31 Mar
1999
31 Mar
'99
3:34 a.m.
Well, I got there on Saturday, about 1:30. ... Sigh,
not worth
my 45 minute (each way) drive. Don't know if I'll bother next year.
In my experience with Hamfests and swap meets is that your chance of
finding what you want goes down exponentially with time. Thus starting at
perhaps 6AM the curve plunges rapidly until about 8AM where it begins to
level off. (Cheesy graph to follow ...)
Good Stuff --| *
| *
| *
| *
| *
| *
| **
| ***
| ****
| *******
Just Junk --| ***
+-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-->
06 07 08 09 10 11 12 01
AM AM AM AM AM AM PM PM
Therefore, if you're thinking about attending a HamFest and by virtue of
this phenomena if you can't get there by 8AM you may want to reevaluate the
trip, especially if your only goal is to find "good stuff."
--Chuck