Cowbit October 2009 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Mike Phelan · 23rd Oct 2009, 1:59 pm

It's that time again; I'll be there - who else is going?

Aerodyne · 23rd Oct 2009, 2:37 pm

Me, of course, Mike. See you there!
-Tony

Heatercathodeshort · 23rd Oct 2009, 6:51 pm

Me too, everything willing. J.

M0TGX Terry · 23rd Oct 2009, 7:09 pm

Have I missed something - I don't seem to have the date in my diary. Is it this Sunday (25th October)? If it is I'll try to be there.
Terry

mickjjo · 23rd Oct 2009, 7:33 pm

http://www.vmars.org.uk/vmarsnews.html

It is the 25th, shame it's not the following week otherwise I would have gone.

.

Regards, Mick.

Sean Williams · 23rd Oct 2009, 9:07 pm

Sadly I will not be there - the DVLA have cocked my driving license up, so I am temporarily off the road....

Heatercathodeshort · 26th Oct 2009, 9:52 pm

I very much enjoyed this meet at Cowbit. I bought a very nice Marconiphone battery receiver from 1938 for a few pounds and a couple of Philips 1937 wrecks for knobs and spares. One had a TRANSISTOR radio chassis cobbled into it.................I can't tell you the shock when I took the back off! To be honest it was a good laugh and created a smile among other friends[?] collectors.. A complete waste at the inflated price of £2..
So if you see a nasty looking Philips seven hundred or something at an auction near you, take a look in the back before you part with your hard earned cash.
OK joke over. I am very pleased with my purchases. The two Philips will yield all that is required to bring my set to working order and the Marconi 876 is a TRF gem. It was a GREAT day meeting guys and Chas. Travelled up the A1 in glorious sunshine, lovely countryside. Regards, John.

Mike Phelan · 27th Oct 2009, 10:11 am

Somehow, John, I must have missed you - likewise Tony (Aerodyne). Might be because I set off for home when the auction started or the fact that my facial recognition is virtually non-existent.
I had my eye on a rather scruffy Ambassador, but it had gone when I got back from lunch.
An excellent event!

Aerodyne · 27th Oct 2009, 11:11 am

That's weird, Mike. I looked for you and missed you, too. I know I suffer from the same 'facial recognition' problem - memory not good since an operation, but its a long story - and I too left not long after the auction started, feeling under the weather, weakling that I am. Not to worry. I enjoyed the meeting as always, with long chats with like-minded gents, though I do feel it wasn't overly well attended nor was there an overabundance of tables. Perhaps it's the time of year; certainly the Spring meeting was a much busier affair IMHO.
Chas seems well, considering his recent problems.
See you and the rest of the gang there next year, all things being equal.
-Tony

howard · 27th Oct 2009, 11:56 am

Hello,

I was at the Cowbit auction. The meet wasn't well attended, I suspect cos Cowbit is rather remote. There was nearly 300 lots there, mainly large old radios and scruffy transistor sets which fetched very little or didn't sell at all. I don't think folk have the room to accomodate big old radios. Many transistor radios too, some nice, but even those fetched very little eg: an immaculate blue Hacker Sovereign II with only the rexine on its handle missing sold for just £2. A fair proportion of the lots sold for only £2 - £5 but a few reached double figures, notably an early TV chassis and a mint crocodile Ultra Twin de luxe went for over £70 each. I won a nice undamaged little Murphy A100 for £42, a fully working Heathkit bridge for £12 and several other sets for £2 - £8 but mainly for spares. It must have been very disappointing for the sellers, some of the sets had been lovingly restored but sold for £2 ....

Good to meet a few folk from the forum including Mike Phelan and John Wakeley.

Howard

23rd Oct 2009, 1:59 pm	#1
Mike Phelan Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Near Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 4,609	Cowbit October 2009 It's that time again; I'll be there - who else is going? __________________ Mike.

23rd Oct 2009, 2:37 pm	#2
Aerodyne Octode Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hampton Vale, Peterborough, UK. Posts: 1,698	Re: Cowbit October 2009 Me, of course, Mike. See you there! -Tony

23rd Oct 2009, 6:51 pm	#3
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Cowbit October 2009 Me too, everything willing. J.

23rd Oct 2009, 7:09 pm	#4
M0TGX Terry Hexode Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 262	Re: Cowbit October 2009 Have I missed something - I don't seem to have the date in my diary. Is it this Sunday (25th October)? If it is I'll try to be there. Terry __________________ Terry the Morganist

23rd Oct 2009, 7:33 pm	#5
mickjjo Rest in Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dartford, Kent, UK. Posts: 1,661	Re: Cowbit October 2009 http://www.vmars.org.uk/vmarsnews.html It is the 25th, shame it's not the following week otherwise I would have gone. . Regards, Mick.

23rd Oct 2009, 9:07 pm	#6
Sean Williams Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: St.Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire QRA IO91UW Posts: 3,518	Re: Cowbit October 2009 Sadly I will not be there - the DVLA have cocked my driving license up, so I am temporarily off the road.... __________________ Engineers make things work and have spare bits when finished

26th Oct 2009, 9:52 pm	#7
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Cowbit October 2009 I very much enjoyed this meet at Cowbit. I bought a very nice Marconiphone battery receiver from 1938 for a few pounds and a couple of Philips 1937 wrecks for knobs and spares. One had a TRANSISTOR radio chassis cobbled into it.................I can't tell you the shock when I took the back off! To be honest it was a good laugh and created a smile among other friends[?] collectors.. A complete waste at the inflated price of £2.. So if you see a nasty looking Philips seven hundred or something at an auction near you, take a look in the back before you part with your hard earned cash. OK joke over. I am very pleased with my purchases. The two Philips will yield all that is required to bring my set to working order and the Marconi 876 is a TRF gem. It was a GREAT day meeting guys and Chas. Travelled up the A1 in glorious sunshine, lovely countryside. Regards, John.

27th Oct 2009, 10:11 am	#8
Mike Phelan Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Near Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 4,609	Re: Cowbit October 2009 Somehow, John, I must have missed you - likewise Tony (Aerodyne). Might be because I set off for home when the auction started or the fact that my facial recognition is virtually non-existent. I had my eye on a rather scruffy Ambassador, but it had gone when I got back from lunch. An excellent event! __________________ Mike.

27th Oct 2009, 11:11 am	#9
Aerodyne Octode Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hampton Vale, Peterborough, UK. Posts: 1,698	Re: Cowbit October 2009 That's weird, Mike. I looked for you and missed you, too. I know I suffer from the same 'facial recognition' problem - memory not good since an operation, but its a long story - and I too left not long after the auction started, feeling under the weather, weakling that I am. Not to worry. I enjoyed the meeting as always, with long chats with like-minded gents, though I do feel it wasn't overly well attended nor was there an overabundance of tables. Perhaps it's the time of year; certainly the Spring meeting was a much busier affair IMHO. Chas seems well, considering his recent problems. See you and the rest of the gang there next year, all things being equal. -Tony

27th Oct 2009, 11:56 am	#10
howard Nonode Join Date: May 2005 Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK. Posts: 2,593	Re: Cowbit October 2009 Hello, I was at the Cowbit auction. The meet wasn't well attended, I suspect cos Cowbit is rather remote. There was nearly 300 lots there, mainly large old radios and scruffy transistor sets which fetched very little or didn't sell at all. I don't think folk have the room to accomodate big old radios. Many transistor radios too, some nice, but even those fetched very little eg: an immaculate blue Hacker Sovereign II with only the rexine on its handle missing sold for just £2. A fair proportion of the lots sold for only £2 - £5 but a few reached double figures, notably an early TV chassis and a mint crocodile Ultra Twin de luxe went for over £70 each. I won a nice undamaged little Murphy A100 for £42, a fully working Heathkit bridge for £12 and several other sets for £2 - £8 but mainly for spares. It must have been very disappointing for the sellers, some of the sets had been lovingly restored but sold for £2 .... Good to meet a few folk from the forum including Mike Phelan and John Wakeley. Howard