View From The Porch: Overheard in the Parking Lot at the Columbus Hamfest:

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Overheard in the Parking Lot at the Columbus Hamfest:

Me: "Make sure when we stop at the Antiques Mall on the way back that you lock the car, or someone will put more old radio crap in the back seat while we're in there."

17 comments:

Scott said...: You sound like my wife. She still thinks I need to get rid of my inertial guidance system (minus Gyro) from a Minuteman 1, that I have had since 1979.; 8:52 PM, March 31, 2012
bob in houston said...: You forgot the second part:

Roberta-X: Glare!; 9:32 PM, March 31, 2012
Old NFO said...: LOL, in Texas you have to do that at Church, otherwise you come back to a car full of veggies, or squash or what ever is in season... :-); 9:49 PM, March 31, 2012
Eck! said...: Scott, Do you have the D17 computer that the INS was a peripheral for?

I's not old junk, it's mature technical resources.

Most of my radios glow in the dark.

Eck!; 9:53 PM, March 31, 2012
KC said...: When I still lived in Indiana, I went to the Hamfest over in Fort Wayne. It was seemed like paradise to me, as a new ham operator. While I got some good deals on VHF gear that I still use, looking back I can see that 90% of the stuff there was junk to at least 99.999% of the population (which still includes me).; 9:56 PM, March 31, 2012
Mikael said...: Eck!: So hurray for radioactive paint? ;); 12:30 AM, April 01, 2012
Scott said...: Eck:

No, only the frame, a few circuit boards, the elgin clock that gave the hours it was active in the silo and the Mg side panels with the 12 pt Ti bolts and Be washers

When I was in College I used it as a shelf for paperback books in my Dorm room. It is in my garage now. I believe the circuit board contacts are gold. I do not know if they are a solid alloy or plated.

Some of my radios glow in the dark as well.; 12:51 AM, April 01, 2012
JC said...: OT, but you need this: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-04-01
Best,
JC; 1:16 AM, April 01, 2012
Wayne said...: Ask Roberta if she'd like a Hammerlund HQ-101; 1:21 AM, April 01, 2012
Anonymous said...: Boat Anchors ahoy!; 6:30 AM, April 01, 2012
Justthisguy said...: Do people also leave zucchini in yer car when they think you are not looking?; 7:06 AM, April 01, 2012
Mopar said...: Tam says that like it's a bad thing.
And Wayne, who WOULDNT like a HQ101? I used to have a HQ120 and I miss that old boat anchor. Got rid of all the old boat anchors at a low point in my life when I was living in a Dodge Omni, and could only keep a few compact things. Been back on my feet a long time, but have never been able to replace a lot of the old radios (and guns) that I used to have.; 9:17 AM, April 01, 2012
montieth said...: Hey, know where I can Unload an AN/MPQ-51 Radar set thats mounted on it's own M514 trailer? I happen to have one holding down some dirt in the back yard.; 11:26 AM, April 02, 2012
Robert said...: Montieth: Bring it on over! I wanna freak out the neighbors... BTW, does it rotate? I realize radiating would be too much to ask for.; 7:14 PM, April 02, 2012
Anonymous said...: I knew I guy who had a search radar for an F101 Starfighter mounted in the front of VW bug where the lid was a fibreglass replacement.

No cop withing a couple of towns had a functioning radar speed detector for a while until said guy realized the sheer amount of micro-wave radiation that it produced was probably unhealthy. Nevermind, the big arse generator in the back seat.

He went on to more subtle projects.; 9:18 PM, April 02, 2012
Zendo Deb said...: HAM radio? You must be taking this whole TEOTWAWKI thing seriously.; 3:04 AM, April 03, 2012
Tam said...: No, my rommate's a ham radio hobbyist.

I don't know a Herz from a hole in the ground.; 6:41 AM, April 03, 2012