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SCARC Hamfest

Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:59 PM PDT
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I went to the Sussex County Amateur Radio Club Hamfest this morning. I was
debating internally about it as the hamfest is about an hour drive from
home, and after driving back from Lake George yesterday, I really didn't
feel like being in the car today.
I haven't been to any hamfests this year and this is the biggest one in the
northern half of the state, so I gave in and went. About the only thing I
was in the market for was a second VOM. I reasoned you can usually find
dozens of vendors selling them, so the chances were good that I would come
home with one.
I reasoned wrong. I was only able to find one seller with VOMs on his table
and he had two Radio Shack models for sale. I already have a Radio Shack
VOM and it works well, but I find its analog to digital converter to be on
the slow side. There's a delay between placing the probes and the reading
showing up on the display. I didn't want another with the same spec.
I ran into some friends and familiar faces, so it wasn't a total loss.
There was a new vendor in the indoor section that I had never heard of
before - Three Mosquitos. They were selling EFHW antennas and end fed
random length wire antennas, designed with the portable op in mind. They
seemed to have drawn a small crowd at the table when I was there. Here's a
link to their website - https://www.threemosquitos.com/ I am interested in
their drive on mast holder which I guess is coming soon, as there's no link
to it yet.
72 de Larry W2LJ
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