I went to a hamfest (an electronics swap** meet) last sunday, a week ago, and the ticket had on it "I AM" with no serifs on the letters. I asked a guy at the table with those running the thing if it said "One A.M." or "I am". He said it meant I am. I said, what does that mean, and he said it meant "You are".
Does anyone have an idea what it really meant?
**Although swapping is rare and most of it is buying and selling for cash.
Unless "a.m." didn't refer to a time-of-day I'd have thought that one a.m. was a bit late at night (or a bit early in the morning) for a hamfest to start.
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I guess he did get it. I meant to have the ticket in front of me when I first posted.
Here are details. The original has no serifs.
No. 6098 [different number each ticket]
Xxxxxxxx Yyyyyyy
Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
W4RKC
Annual Hamfest I AM
Call ......................
Handle ...................
As you can see, except for the call sign, it's the only line in all capitals, and that's certainly what confused me. Also, maybe because I have no handle and can't remember my call (I only got a license again 2 years ago) I didn't notice the two lines below.
Still, this is the stub that I keep, not the part that gets put in the drum for the raffle, and the phrasing seems strange. It sounds like those stick on labels from conventions and singles dances that say "Hi! My name is ...... " Do some also have "What's yours?"? But no one pins this stub to their shirt. So on this piece of paper, it doesn't serve to identify anyone to anyone.
Some do pin them to there hats. I have been to a few of them and saw many there wearing there ticket stub. Just so that freinds they talk to on the radio might see there call sign and ID them as a friend. JTT, I AM KF4HUF.
I was KN9FAI, but that was for a 1-year novice license. I never got up to 13wpm, so I couldn't go any further at the time.
I took the new test without any studying and passed it, but I have no transmitter, so I don't remember my call.
I've been to many of these at I think 14 different locations in SE Pa, Md, and N. Va. and I don't think I've ever noticed someone wearing the stub in his hat. So that's why I didn't get it. This was the first time I went to Berryville, Va.
But you have seen it so I'm sure that's the reason.
I have a couple other stubs and they don't have the I Am, but I'm going to pay more attention
Yes, like you said - not all tickets have that on them. Maybe it is catching on. It was mostly the older guy's that did it. The younger crowd is more of a click group and not really interested in making distant friends. Or probably it was a club there that was doing it. This was at the Dayton Ohio ham fest. Advertised as the biggest electronics swap meet in the USA.
OT: Michael Terrell - did you have a happy birthday :)
I used to go to the Dayton Hamfest whenever I could get there. I lived in Middletown, Ohio, so I went most years from 1970, till I left Ohio in 1987. It was around an hour's drive to Harra Arena. I like the smaller Cincinnati Hamfest, too. My main competitor sold their surplus wire and used Dukane school intercom equipment there, and there were lots of boxes marked "Free". ;-)
Thanks for asking, but no, I was too sick to do anything.
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