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April 19 Tri-State Radio Fest |
May 15-16, 18-19 John Rollins OT DX Contest |
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April 24-25 IHRS/AWA Spring Radio Festival |
May 15-16 NARC Radio Daze |
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May 2 AWA Spring Meet |
May 30 CC-AWA Spring Swap Meet |
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May 2 AWA Museum Board Meeting, AWA, Inc. Board meeting |
August 20-23 AWA Annual Conference |
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| Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society (PARS) and the Buckeye Antique Radio and Phonograph Club (Akron, Ohio). This year we're back again at the 10,000 sq. ft. Center Stage Banquet Hall, 1495 Old Brodhead Road, Monaca, PA, next to Beaver Valley Mall. Food and lodging are within walking distance. This is an indoor flea market and auction focusing on antique/vintage radio, phonograph, TV, audio and amateur equipment. Vendor set up: 6:30-8:30 a.m. Flea market: 8:30-noon. Auction check-in is 9 a.m.-noon. The auction, called by Richard Estes, begins at noon. Six-foot flea market tables are $20 each and include entry for two persons. Visitor entrance fee is $5 per person. Children 12 and under free. For additional information visit www.pittantiqueradios.org or call Rege Flaherty 724-969-0643, Chris Wells 724-942-1113 or Tom Dixon 412-343-5326. |
| Friday April 24 - swap and sell 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm (setup 3 pm) Saturday April 25 - 7:00 am to about 2:00 pm Held at the roomy, clean and new Kokomo Event Center, 1500 N. Reed Rd. (US 31), Kokomo, IN. Tables provided at nominal cost. Old Equipment Contest. 1920s operating radio display. More info: www.indianahistoricalradio.org. Contact Fred Prohl at (812) 988-1761 or fprohl@att.net; Herman Gross at (765) 459-8308 or hw144ihrs@comcast.net |
| To be held consecutively at the Bloomfield, NY Elementary School, 45 Maple Ave. (Route 444) just around the corner from the A.W.A. Electronic Communication Museum Annex at 6910 Rt. 5 & 20 (intersection with Rt. 444). See map in Conference Preview section. Starts at 7:00 a.m. vendor setup. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. The entire day will be devoted to vintage radio and communication, starting with indoor and outdoor flea markets, an extended auction of radio items during the morning hours, with coffee and donuts available in the school auditorium. The entry fee remains at $ 5.00 for this event and includes an award drawing at the conclusion of the radio auction. Indoor flea market tables (provided) and outdoor parking spaces remain at $ 7.00 each. This annual A.W.A. event is open to the public and the indoor venue assures a great time, rain or shine. Tours of the world famous AWA Museum available. Contact Spring Meet Coordinator Ron Roach, W2FUI, at (585) 526-5487 for meet information. |
| To be held at the at the new Media Center (Bldg. 2) of the AWA Electronic Communication Museum complex at 6925 Rtes 5&20 (intersection with Rt. 444), Bloomfield, NY. beginning at 1 p.m. Includes a special meeting to discuss merger of AWA, Inc. and AWA Museum. |
| See "Amateur Radio" column in this issue. |
| Visit the Northland Antique Radio Web Site at www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/4544/ for details as they become available. |
| At the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. Admission is free. For details, visit www.cc-awa.org or contact Ron Lawrence at 704-289-1166 home; 704-516-8819 cell; e-mail W4RON@carolina.rr.com |
| Two renowned British Vintage Wireless Society events take place back to back on these dates. They are the garden party at the British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum (June 6 in West Dulwich, London) and the Harpenden Swapmeet (June 7 at Harpenden Public Hall, Southdown Road, Harpenden). Both events are open to members only, but bonafide guests of members are eligible to attend at Harpenden. Visit www.bvws.org.uk/index.htm for more details, including how to join. |
| Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Location: Sheraton Washington North Hotel, 4095 Powder Mill Rd., Beltsville, MD. Flea Market (starts 6am Fri.), Seminars, Old Equipment Contest, Banquet, big Auction Saturday (Noon). Full details at www.maarc.org, or contact Steve Hansman, (410) 974-0561. |
| At the Rochester Institute of Technology Conference Center. See "Conference Preview" in this issue. |
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Our Winter Swap Meet was held on the last Saturday in January. This was the first year at our new location in the Mebane Auction Gallery at Mebane, NC. It's an all-indoor event, which we've discovered is a good thing in January. We were all amazed at the turnout. All available table space inside the auction house was filled with radios and radio accessories. There were more than 25 vendors and well as over a hundred shoppers. Many thanks to my buddy Kirk Cline and the good folks at the Mebane Auction Gallery for hosting this event. Mark your calendars for the last Saturday in January 2010, we will be back there next year.
IBy the time you read this, the 2009 Charlotte Conference will have come and gone. The next event on the CC-AWA calendar is our Spring Swap Meet. It will be held in Spencer NC , at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, on Saturday May 30th . As with all of our Saturday swap meets, admission is FREE.
Our Summer Swap meet will be in Valdese NC again this year, on Saturday, August 8th. This meet is held right in the middle of a large downtown festival that draws thousands of people. Our flea market is in a parking lot on a corner of Main Street, where there's a steady stream of people walking by. Lots of chances to sell radios and introduce the hobby of radio collecting to the public.
Details for all of our events can be found on the club web page at www.cc-awa.org, or contact me directly if you have any questions.
Ron Lawrence, W4RON PO Box 3015, Matthews, NC 28106-3015 704-289-1166 home, 704-516-8819 cell e-mail W4RON@carolina.rr.com
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This "AWA Mini Meet" was held at the home of N3IBX, Washington's Crossing, PA, on February 28, 2009. Standing, left to right, are Jim Richardson KB1MCV, Vernon Yeich KB3RQE, Bill Fizette W2DGB, Joe Cro N3IBX, and Bill Hurni W3HWT. Front row, L to R, Bill Fleig K1BF, Tom Bohlander WA3KLR.