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I've been cornered into organizing this years club swap meet. I've only been to a couple of them myself so I'm looking for ideas to make this a really fun swap meet. Any suggestions will be happily entertained.

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defiend space sizes


tickets to define the size


radio or radio related only-no fucking lamps and quilts


bathrooms of some sort


food - reasonably priced, even if it's soda froma cooler it's something.


Radio testing area with:

50 amp ps
100 watt or better dummy load
frequency counter
general coverage receiver
wattmeter




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I like the radio testing area idea. We're going to use the county fair grounds. I have an in there.
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Yeah, it's important.

Be sure to have the right adaptor cables too.


I hate people that try to sell broken shit at hamfest and lie that it works fine.
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This is excellent. This thread is already productive, and I simulcast it at another ham radio web site and it's resulted in nada.
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Yeah, you may want to put the kibosh to 10/11m amps and the like. And prohibit software from you know who :beltfed:
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n3jfw wrote: Be sure to have the right adaptor cables too.
Like male to male ones?
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n3jfw wrote:Yeah, it's important.

Be sure to have the right adaptor cables too.


I hate people that try to sell broken shit at hamfest and lie that it works fine.
Heck yeh! have powerpole, molex, and just a jumper panel.

Good idea on the check out zone!
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n3jfw wrote:

I hate people that try to sell broken shit at hamfest and lie that it works

fine.

makes you just wanna put the boot right between their cheeks.....you pick the side

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