I did notice I didn't write about this radiomarket (or in some parts of the world it's called radiofest or radiorally) for a few years. But actually I attend this every year. Since a few years with my colleague and fellow radioamateur PD8HW Herman. It's not about buying all kind of gear but more about the atmosphere and meeting old and new friends. And of course we met a lot of them and after all I missed some. Sometimes I didn't even know because I've never seen them before and we were so close and probably seen each other but didn't meet. This happened with Jim PA8E and PA3KL Kees both participants in the CWops intermediate at the start of the year. I also met some people from the Netherlands Telegraphy Club and had a nice talk with them.
This year I bought two jackplug adapters. A mono one and a stereo one to connect various morsekeys to my radio(s). Most old keys have a 1/4 inch (6,35mm) jackplug. But newer and QRP radios mostly feature the 1/8 inch (3,5mm) jack or phone connector. This one solves it.
Lots of old gear seen. A lot of garbage as well. With a lot of OM that go SK there is a lot of items sold from estates. A lot of it is homemade. Not always the best looking. But those items have a story if you know the OM personally. Without the story it's worth almost nothing.
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| A few years ago they displayed one. But it seems there is a whole family. |
Well we had a great time and with this being the biggest hamradio market left in the northern part of my country I guess we will go there next year as well.
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| A lot of vintage stuff as well. Notice the coil sets they used in radios 100 years ago. |
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