That is the typical broad painting with the same brush. No matter WHERE you
go, there will always be an unscrupulous prick who will make the rest look
bad. You can't blame all for the sake of a few. ALL groups - etc, have their
share of bad apples.

L.

"willow" wrote in message
...
The alt.ham-radio.hf newsgroup has been informed.

The following was posted on the rec.radio.scanner newsgroup by
"B L R" . I presume they do not like us Hams very
much.

"
I beleive Hamfests are a traveling caravan of scam artists.
I have been over charged and lied to by long time, respected vendors.

The recent Tampabay hamfest had a raffle. It was printed on the ticket
"drawing 1:00 pm Sunday". I showed up and waited at the drawing location.
About 1:15 I tracked down the local official only to be told that they
decided
to have the drawing at noon!?

I asked, who won the radio? He pointed to a fellow working the booth
directly
behind the drawing area and called him by first name.

Considering the hundreds of (perhaps thousands) of attendees this seemed
VERY suspicious.

Don't give these traveling band of theives your money (nor the local
outfit
who pimps for them).

The focus on getting to together to share and learn about our fun hobby is
almost non existent.
These events are only designed for one thing, to seperate you from your
money.


wrote in message
oups.com...
I just went to my first hamfest and I am disappointed. I bought a
Alinco dr590 that the guy said worked great. WHen I got it home,
everything in the display lights up, but only sqigially lines where the
numbers go. Pressing all the buttons does nothing. I can not even hear
static. I can power it off and on however.

What could this be and is it repairable? The radio is about 10 years
old. Can I repair this myself? WHat should I do from here?