RE: This Hobby's Expensive - Tosh! No,my good man, it isn't!

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

Just go here:

http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html

to get a list of all Hamfests in your area.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: "Ralph Zekelman"
> <gridleak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Paul,
>
> All that solder / rosin smoke makes us hams a pretty
> friendly bunch. I
> suggest
> you contact some of the local hams for info re
> nearby hamfests. Old
> but working Heathkit and Eico scopes can be found
> for five bucks.
> Twenty-five
> bucks can get you a Tektronix scope that sold new
> for kilobucks. You
> gotta
> make the contacts. Good luck.
>
> Ralph Zekelman
>
>
>
>
> Original poster: "Paul B. Brodie"
> <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Robert,
> I'm well aware of the limitations of trying to enjoy
> this hobby on Soc
> Sec,
> since that is what I live on. My wife won't let me
> spend any of "her"
> money
> on my "exorbitantly expensive ridiculous hobby!" She
> did, however, buy
> me a
> digital multimeter with a transistor check function,
> frequency counter,
> and
> 20 A DC capacity. I thought that was awfully nice of
> her. It sure comes
> in
> handy. I'm just jealous, that's all. I sure would
> like to have an
> oscilloscope! Anybody know how I can locate one
> cheap? I think I'll
> check
> out E-Bay. I recently got burned badly on E-Bay and
> I'm now a little
> leery
> of buying there. How do you go about finding local
> hamfests? I know
> there
> are a lot of ham guys around here but I don't know
> any of them
> personally.
> Thanks for any help. Regards.
> Paul Brodie
> Think Positive
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: This Hobby's Expensive - Tosh! No,my
> good man, it isn't!
>
>   > Original poster: robert heidlebaugh
> <rheidlebaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   >
>   > Paul: Some members do indead have deap pockets,
> The majority do not.
> Some
>   > like my self play with tesla on social security
> with only time to
> invest. We
>   > taks coils of wire from wash machines that fail
> and scraps of pipe
> from
>   > construction projects. No we do not run out and
> buy what we nead and
> it
>   > takes us years to compleat each project, but we
> enjoy what we can do
> as much
>   > as the deap pockets people do , maybe more.
>   >    Robert   H
>   > --
>   >
>   >
>   > > From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>   > > Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:05:59 -0600
>   > > To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>   > > Subject: Re: This Hobby's Expensive - Tosh!
> No,my good man, it
> isn't!
>   > > Resent-From: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>   > > Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:06:12 -0600
> (MDT)
> .............
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