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Hamfests Sat/Sun, Sept 11-12 -- Gaithersburg, MD FAR-FEST -- Montgomery County Fairgrounds Sat/Sun, Sept 18-19 -- Virginia Beach, VA NEW LOCATION: Va. Wesleyan College, 1584 Wesleyan Drive (146.97/R) http://www.vahamfest.com Saturday, October 2, West Friendship, MD CARA-FEST, Howard County Fairgrounds http://www.carafest.org/ Sunday, October 17 Sellersville, PA RF Hill ARC Hamfest. Sellersville Fire House, Main St., Bethlehem Pike. Cathy Soete 215-723-7294. Map and hamfest flyer http://rfhill.ampr.org Sunday, October 31 . Westminster, MD. CCARC Hamfest, Carroll County Agricultural Center. Steve, N3SB, 410-876-1482 http://qis.net/~k3pzn (145.41/R) VE Exams 2nd Saturday, 1 PM, Davidsonville, by AARC. Register 12 noon. Bob, AA3RR, 410-437-8193 3rd Saturday, 9 AM, Laurel, by LARC, 384 Main St. John Creel, WB3GXW, 301-572-5124. 4th Tuesday, 6 PM, Linthicum. At Historical Electronics Museum. Harold, WB4OGP, 410-757-0493(h); 410-712-6829(w) BARC VE Exams 12360 Owings Mills Blvd. Owings Mills Register at 1 pm, exams at 2 pm Saturdays: September 4, November 6, December 4 Sunday: October 3 Pre-registration preferred, walk-ins permitted Call Rusty, N3WKE, 410-247-0578 NOTICE: If you know of any hamfests or VE Exams not listed here, please let us know by sending us an email ... Thanks!

ads are free and get results! Send ad to: BRATS, P.O. Box 5915 Baltimore, MD 21282-5915, or email to mayerzimmerman@netzero.com FOR SALE: The famous W3GXK low-band station Make reasonable offer on any or all of the following (package deal preferred): ICOM 730 xcvr (fan needs some coaxing), ICOM PS-15 power supply, MFJ 481 Grandmaster memory keyer, Bencher BY2 paddle (silver), MFJ 900 econo-tuner, Heath HM102 low band power/swr meter, Heath HD1426 relative field strength meter, all cables and connectors, Alliance HD 73 Heavy Duty rotor, South River 10-foot tripod (some rust); HyGain TH3MK3S (stainless steel hardware) triband beam; (You take down beam and tripod) Call Mayer, W3GXK, 410-786-6839, leave message, or email mayerzimmerman@netzero.com FOR SALE: Heathkit CO1015 w/ inverter, $75. Heathkit Security Sentinel GD-3810, $20. AUTEK Research QF-1A SSB/CW/AM filter, $40. D-104 mic, G-stand, original boxes, $45. Tektronix 604/716M X-Y scope, $50. WWII HiPower ant. tuner, Vac. variables, roller inducter, $120. Headphones: AZDEN DM 10, new in box, $15. Panoramic adapter BC-1031C, $45. Tektronix 105 square wave generator, $25. Power supplies: 13.8VDC @ 20a, $40. 13.8VDC @ 35a, $50. Table mount rack cabinet, $5. Complete UHF repeater system w/ 2 Motorola hand-helds, 1 mobile xcvr, $150. W2IHY 8-band audio equalizer, noise gate, $175. Kenwood TS930SAT, needs service, $150. Call Ted, W3OWN, 410-668-5580. Please leave message if you get answering machine. FOR SALE: ADI AR-146 2-mtr mobile rig. Very dependable, includes mounting bracket, lighter plug adapter, magmount antenna, $125. Yaesu FT50R dualband 2-mtr/440. Scans from 76 MHz to 999 MHz (less cell). Extra battery, CA-15 charger, ear/throat mike, over shoulder harness, regularly $330. Sell for $275. Contact Russ for either or both rigs: n3yi@yahoo.com ATTENTION: if you do NOT want your ad to run again, please send me an email to that effect. Thanks! mayerzimmerman@netzero.com

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