Shelby NC 2024 Hamfest - 3 Day Walking Tour - by Blueglow / KG4FDR

[@rogerbryant]

Thanks for great video. I have cancer and taking chemotherpy and cannot attend this or any other public event. You have done an excellent job. Shelby is the grand daddy of them all to me. Don't ever forget you have an inpact way beyond youtube. I wish I could attend. You made it possible.

[@rogerbryant]

WW4RB

[@robertyoung1777]

Great to have your depth of knowledge describing this show!

[@wrbigelow]

Good to meet you! I bought a wire strip tool last year and didn't see him this year. My daughter wanted one so I gave her the info. Great video and already looking forward to next year. 73 Wayne W4CEE

[@Duckariffic]

Thanks for the walk!! Hate I missed it....

[@Mr.NiceGuy80]

I was there Friday and Saturday. I rode with some lightweights on Saturday instead of driving myself there. That was a mistake. They found what they wanted and were ready to leave and I wanted to check the place out some more. Won't happen again. That's why I don't ride places in other people's vehicles. Great turnout on Saturday, plenty of people on Friday as well. Thank you for the video. KQ4UHS 73

[@BruceHarris-ft8eh]

Thanks for the video.

[@BrokenSignal]

You came through about 10 minutes before I arrived, just missed you. I bought both Hallicrafters SX-100 and SX-99 showed at 29:33 in the video. Was surprised to find the 99 works after bring it up on variac.

[@jamesrobinson9176]

I scored a daystrom nichimen 12au7 at a garage sale in a box years ago. Finally got around to getting it tested and listened to. Amazing. Whole box was maybe $20...

[@RadioHist]

Thanks for the show tour. I was there on Friday from 1PM to 3:30PM. I had my pop-up awning sun shirt and hat. But heat kept people from circulating out in the field. Total of $8 sales! Heat got dangerous for me and I packed up. Hope to see folks at the Asheville Radio Museum annual flea market on Sept. 14th.

[@geofftaylor8913]

Have fun!!!

[@GoAmateurRadio]

Oh man I want that Visual Basic 2015 book!

[@Mrsteve4761]

Great stuff, thanks for taking us along!

[@athom1931]

Good to meet you Mark. I continue to enjoy your videos.

[@thesquirrelchroniclesakare7808]

I made some honey moonshine last year and I guarantee you would love it !

[@thesquirrelchroniclesakare7808]

Thanks for the video. Hope to meet you one day

[@stacyharmon5865]

I didn't see the mc 40 in your haul, darn it I was hoping you were going to get it. Maybe next time

[@daviddavidson1372]

2 things .scanners arent dead or encrypted. There digital. Cleveland county where the hamfest is. Isnt encrypted or gaston county and most of charlotte. The entrance you pointed at is where the main entrance was posted. The one you said to go to was for vendors.. great hamfest. Great video.

[@MrDoneboy]

Mark, hopefully you're drinking lots of water, and maybe something with some electrlytes in it. Heat exhaustion, is no joke, and can easily lead to heat stroke.

[@tomki6asp]

I had a Thorens TD125 but with a different tonearm. Traded it for a Sota Sapphire at Audio Advice, Raleigh, in 1980s. Thanks for the video. Callsign?

[@jdmccorful]

Good times and good stuff! Thanks!

[@msaradio7455]

i see the hamfest catfish is back at it lol... Ferengi....

[@HAUNTED-HAM]

Wish I knew who had the RCA AR88 I’d buy that! KB2LMN

[@1McMurdoSilver]

No MC40?

[@johnsenchak]

Did you buy that unit with the $100 battery

[@thesquirrelchroniclesakare7808]

Hahahaa… 100 amp ! Transformer

[@jasonatkin6787]

First time attending Shelby, and frankly, I was not impressed. I guess maybe I didn't do enough digging, but I was really turned off by how much non amateur radio junk there was, such as crafts, obsolete computers, air mattresses, musical instruments, and the worst, CB radios. CB Radios everywhere. There was even one seller that was selling Confederate flags. One seller had a CB base station decorated like a confederate flag. So many of the boat anchors I saw looks like they'd washed up at low tide and sellers were asking pie in the sky prices for them. Very disappointing.

[@justinecooper9575]

We stopped going years ago. It used to be fun but after it moved back to Shelby from Dallas (NC) it became a ghost of it's former self.

[@reubengeorge220]

Worest shelby ham fesrt ive been to

[@GoAmateurRadio]

Better than a good day in the office

[@Steven-pv1xr]

This use to be the largest hamfest in the south. Has about 1/2 what it was in the 90s

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I love browsing for parts. It helps if you have actual (future?) project lists, but general shopping is also great. N1KHB