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Newark Hamfest

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Had a good few hours at Newark today and came away with a yaesu 818 and a wide band wonder wand for portable use.
Met up with Rob and had a good chat....and the weather was nice :D
Now home with a glass of wine.
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Was a good day, met a few canny people and got some great bargains, same crap on Ebay would have costed ten times what I paid at the rally. :lol:
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Glad you guys had a good day, I had a charity event with H4H, so couldn't make it this year.
Hope I will be able to do so next year, but Blackpool will soon come around.


Oh, nice bargains to be had, well done.

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Hi John, I will make an effort to attend Blackpool and hopefully we can have a pint (or seven), the last time I was at the Blackpool rally was n 1998 - twenty years ago!
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Yeah theirs Blackpool next John, regards H4H good charity mate.
I got £30 off my 818 and wonder wand :D
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Nice one Mark!
I normally make a weekend of Blackpool, accommodation is so cheap!
Great few days on the lash by the sea!!
Radio rally in the mix, what could go wrong lol

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Aye I'm definitely making Blackpool John.
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For me Newark was a let down on the Saturday,not what it was ! The flee market had not much in it either you :cry:
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Well it's shrunk.....I enjoyed it but we always expect more I guess....did you see W&S lol 6×6 stand :lol:
No amplifier companies no real heavy duty HF or VHF beams, it's ok selling sets but some of us like to add antennas :D
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I was not as impressed as I thought I should have been, there was some good stuff but most of that would have went on Friday, inside I noticed a distinct lack of specialist equipment, just general HAM equipment - I thought the DX Shop would have turned up!
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