Zorro pounds a little brass using the PYE MK II SAS radio.

The BCC 502 key with the PYE MK II has a PYE logo stamped on the top.

  These three guys braved, the mud slides, flooding, road blocks and made it. Shown are: Norm, N3RZU, Paul, WA3GFZ and Bill, KA3AIS. Norm used a TRC-77 to check into the 3885 net. Details on his modulator later.

     Here's Bill's KA3AIS travel remarks:

   "The weather forcast for Saturday was intermittent showers in the Philadelphia suburbs. This is hardly the kind of thing that would stop intrepid surplus hounds from the biggest mil. radio display event on the East Coast. Meeting up at each other's houses for the car pool, the windshield was even't damp. We headed north via the PA. Turnpike's Northeast Extension. Just south of Allentown, things started getting wet. Really wet - the rain came down steadily and heavily. Apparently, it had been raining for a while up North... We saw the top layer of sod slough off the sides of the turnpike 'road cut' and slide right onto the road in lots of places. The underlaying clay and rocks slid off next. (Well, that only means the turnpike commision will raise the tolls (again) this year.) Still, the turnpike is designed to be an 'all-weather' road, so we pressed on."
      "The secondary roads to the fairgrounds were another matter. We noted parking lots flooded, streams over-running their banks and low-lying intersections with deep, fast running water. Still, we were in a 4-wheel drive with a foot of clearance, so it was no problem. Parking at the fairgrounds was no problem (there were only a few cars and trucks to begin with), and we picked a 'high spot' so we wouldn't get our shoes wet (a real good plan!). Paying our way in, we passed and briefly looked at the vehicle displays. We expectantly headed down to the pavilion...and noticed it was at a lower level than the rest of the fairgrounds. We also noted it was surrounded by blacktop which had a few inches of water sitting on top. The pavilion had provided cover, but it had flooded out. Still, we stayed for 3 hours talking about radios and taking the requisite "well, we showed up, where the heck were you?" photos. There was 1 notable event - Paul made his first BC-611 3885 Khz. contact. (The other BC-611 was a couple hundred meters away in the latrine. He was thrilled the radio actually worked - and strangly enough, so were we. We monitored the QSO on an RT-77 on display.) Yes, we will be back next year!"
       
          Bill Pileggi KA3AIS Paul Sokoloff WA3GFZ

  One picture says it all, here are the Cream of the crop. The military collectors that braved mud slides, and flooded roads to be at the appointed place at the appointed time. It was a very successful meet that we will remember for years to come.

Missing from the picture but particapated at Gilbert 04 are: