October 2017 Meeting - RadioFallFest
Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Sunday, October 15th
Tailgating at 8:00AM and Auction at 12:00 or earlier if raining
MAARC RadioFallFest - a combined Antique Radio, Vintage Audio, and HAM gear swap meet.
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Replacing Power-Cord Resistance Elements or Ballast Tubes
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Have an old radio that used power-cord resistance elements or ballast tubes that are no longer available? Ed Lyon has taken Charlie Rhodes' equations for determining how to replace those with modern-day capacitors and created some charts to guide your repairs. Published in the September 2017 Radio Age, they are provided here for your use.
To view the charts and related article, click here.
July 2017 Presentation - Building a Tech Library
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Our July 2017 meeting featured a very useful presentation on Building a Tech Library by Brian Belanger and Joe Meagher.
To view a consolidated listing of recommended books and links from the presentation, click here.
RadioActivity 2017 Old Equipment Contest Results
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This year's Old Equipment Contest (OEC) had over 40 entries and featured some very interesting pieces. The theme, GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE), was well represented.
Pictures of the winning and other OEC entries can be viewed to the right or on the RadioActivity Photos Page.
Here are the winners:
2017 RadioActivity Video
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Scott Johnston, a first time RadioActivity attendee, put together a very nice, comprehensive RadioActivity 2017 video.
To view the video, click here.
2017 RadioActivity - Ed Lyon Transformer Presentation
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Ed Lyon again provided us another radio repair session at RadioActivity, this year covering transformers.
To view the presentation, click here.
