NVCF 2016

[Yorkie]

Had a nice day, and always great to hook up with chums. Didn't buy much - hadn't intended to. - I've got so many sets in the loft awaiting attention, that I really can accommodate any more . Just got an ECH35 valve and a pile of old ETI mags. On the Mullard Magic stand I did see some silk fabric covered wire on the Mullard Magic stand with tracer colours that will be ideal for an Ekco A77 that's a stalled project.  (It comes in 17 different colour options).  I'd drawn a scheme of wiring to use alternative colours using Phil Marrisons silicone rubber insulated wire in vintage colours, but it will be much better to use the genuine colours.

http://www.mullardmagic.co.uk/silk-braid...e-tracer-7

Back to business! Five of us on the forum did managed to meet up for long enough to take a quick snap, namely, from left to right: 'Valve Bloke'; Keith ('Keith's TVs); Myself; Mark Hennessey; Kevin Hoyland. Hamid-1 arrive after the pic had been taken, Jeremy 'Pamphonica' was very busy on the Bring & Buy, and Jeffrey (PPPenguin) had gone AWOL. Gary, 'Radio Fixer' (an understatement of a nickname if ever there was one!), had to leave early.

I must say that the BVWS Display Stand was truly outstanding - what a lot of trouble had been taken with that, on top of all the other effort involved in the event.  

There seemed to be a lot more telephone stuff than I've seen in previous years - a full aisle of tables, but maybe I've not noticed before as it's not a facet of the hobby that interests me? I took a few pics of those stands. I noticed on the Brimar stand that they've brought out a valve tester kit (can also be had ready built. Can't recall the exact price but I think the kits was £475, and ready built, £575. Looked nicely styled and made, with a nice double sided PTH PCB to reduce the risk of errors. They had a neat valve amp too. (See pics). There seemed to be a lot more record players than previous years - maybe the ludicrously high priced spawned on e-bay has encourage people to wheel out more record players than in previous years? I noticed that Sid Chaplin's Stand was absent. I know Sid's retired, but his son took over from Sid and his business is now called 'Retrospecialist':  http://www.retrospecialist.co.uk/

A lovely weekend weather wise. Due to the distance, we always stay overnight at Binley Premier Inn (£35.00 if you're lucky), and on Saturday, visit a few local places Compton Verney is quite outstanding:
http://www.comptonverney.org.uk/ then we visited Packwood House & Gardens. (National Trust).  Breakfast this morning was at Hilltop Farm, just up the road from the NVCF. When we left the NVCF it was 18 C - when we arrived home in East Yorks, it was 8 C and the central heating was on!

Hope the pics are of interest. I'll add a few more, of the BVWS Display Stand  in another post.