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The 2016 ECARC Swap Meet or What can $10 get you?
The 2016 Eastern Connecticut Amateur Radio Club Flea Market is now history. It took place last Saturday, March 19. I wait all year for this one (see an earlier post about the 2013 event). It’s nearby (I made the drive … Continue reading
Posted in Radio: Amateur & Broadcast
Tagged "flea market", "swap meet", capacitors, crystals, CT, ECARC, hamfest, TRF, tubes
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2015 Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival
Somehow I heard about the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival. It takes place on the grounds of the Klingberg Family Centers, an organization that has served children and families since 1903. (Note: clicking on any image will enlarge it. Use the … Continue reading
Posted in 1941 Buick Roadmaster, Occasional Commentary
Tagged "New Britain", "Wayne Carini", antique, auburn, Buick, Connecticut, CT, Festival, Franklin, Fury, Klingberg, packard, Plymouth, pontiac, rolls, starter, stutz, switch, thermos, vacuum, vintage
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A Hamfest Weekend
What makes a good weekend for you? Some would answer eight hours straight of football games on Sunday afternoon. Others would say climbing Mount Washington or a good 100-mile bike ride. For me it is my annual trek … Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Commentary, Radio: Amateur & Broadcast
Tagged 900, amateur, Bristol, Bristoline, Bristolscope, CT, Dayville, ECARA, ham, microscope, radio, RI, stewart, warner
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Flea Market Finds at the Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of Connecticut
Bing Crosby demonstrating the 1946 Philco model 46-1201 radio / record player. Today this item is often referred to as the Bing Crosby radio. I have an addiction to old radios, especially anything that was manufactured in the 1923-1950 period. … Continue reading →