2022
HVRA CONVENTION MARCH 4-6
THE FOLLOWING ARE IMPORTANT ITEMS PERTAINING TOTHIS YEARS CONVENTION, PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:
VOLUNTEER TO HELP
PRE-REGISTER
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RESERVE YOUR OVERNIGHT MARRIOTT GUEST ROOM
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SELECT CONTEST CATEGORIES THAT BEST ALLOW YOU TO DISPLAY ITEMS FROM YOUR COLLECTION; THIS IS A BIG CONTEST ROOM, MANY CATEGORIES AND LOTS OF RIBBONS.
DID I MENTION…..VOLUNTEER
BRING MONEY – ESTATE MANIFEST
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CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ……PHONE NUMBERS ARE LISTED ON THE HOME PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE.
BillWerzner, President, Auctioneer
Lewis Brittain, Vice President and Convention Chairman
Brett Martin Treasurer and Membership Coordinator
Tom Taylor, Convention Contest Chairman
Joe Gernand, Auction Coordinator
Steve Scheel, Estate Coordinator; TemporaryWebmaster Regards
Jerry Sirkin, Editor
TWODAYS OF AUCTIONS, SWAP MEETS, CONTESTS, LECTURES,
GUEST SPEAKER AND BANQUET
Auctions
include items from active members and estates from deceased members, including test equipment, tubes, speakers, console radios, tabletop cathedral and tombstone style radios, amateur radio equipment and much more.
Location:
Houston Marriott North (Greenspoint) 255 North Sam Houston Parkway
East, Houston, TX 77060
Discounted Room Rates, including free Wi-Fi, $92.00 per night + tax (King or 2 Queens) from Thurs. Mar. 3rd thru Mar. 5th (Check– out Mar.6th).
NOTE: Discounts apply to reservations made prior to Feb. 21, 2022 (unless extended). Contact 1-281-875-4000 OR CLICK HERE
Discounted Breakfasts: $15.00 per day for HVRA Members and their guests.
Convention Theme: Atwater-Kent Radio, Its Development and Marketing. In addition, we will have a presentation on safe handling of hot chassis radios.
Call For Volunteers
Auction Handler Volunteers
With the upcoming HVRA Convention this March we need volunteer “Handlers” in support of the auctions on Friday and Saturday. We will need help in the “Drop-off Room”, the “Auction Hall”, and the “Pick-up Room”. If you would like to volunteer to be a handler, please contact Joe Gernand at gernandjoe793@gmail.com.
Additionally, volunteers will also be needed in the follow-ing areas: front registration table, Old Equipment Contest Room, Auction Room assisting treasurer as manual back-up recorder and working with auctioneer as bid and sale re-corder. Please contact Lewis Brittain at 713-517-8722 or(britfaml@juno.com)
Prior to the convention we will be looking for Volunteers to help us pack / pick up the various estate items that will be moved by the club to the auction. Please look for an email blast looking for volunteers soon.
Convention Event Schedule:
Friday, March 4, 2022:
-Registration;
-Old Equipment Contest Check-in (see contest rules);
-In-Door Swap Meet by table reservation
-Auctions #1 and #2 beginning about 4PM: including paper, tubes, test equip., speakers, plastic/Bakelite radios, misc. ($5 Min. Bid); Mid-afternoon
-Cash Lunch Concession furnished by Marriott.
– Technical Session: (11 AM – 1:00 PM) Presentation: TBA
Saturday, March 5, 2022:
-Registration,
-Old Equipment Contest
-In-Door Swap Meet by table reservation,
– Auction #3 beginning about 11AM: including wood radios, consoles, valuable speakers, and tabletop radios ($20. Min Bid)
– Cash Lunch Concession
– Awards Banquet Dinner ($30). Guest Speaker: Ted Oberg, Channel 13 investigative reporter.
– Afternoon Cash Lunch Concession furnished by Marriott.
Sunday, March 6, 2022:
Post Convention Swap Meet (no reservations necessary)
7AM—11AM,
Room TBD.
CONVENTION
REGISTRATION & AUCTION RULES
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All auction bidders and sellers must be active HVRA members ($20 per family)
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All bidders and sellers must register and receive a registration number.
Registration: $15 before Feb. 15, 2022; $20 on- site (one
registration per family or bidder). -
Commission from Member Sellers = 15%
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Sellers and Buyers settlements at conclusion of each day’s auction activities
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Old Equipment Contest participants must be active members and registered for this convention.
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Swap Meet Note: Limited space; please contact Lewis Brittain for details.
For
questions, please contact Lewis Brittain (britfaml@juno.com)
713-517-8722
Banquet Guest Speaker Ted Oberg
Eyewitness News Reporter Ted Oberg thinks he has the greatest job in local news anywhere. His Ted Oberg Investi-gates reports air on our 6 & 10 O’Clock newscasts and strive to look beyond telling you what happened today. We hope they tell you why things are happening in your community and let you in on the secrets those in power want to keep to themselves. We give Ted more time to research and report topics that need a little extra explanation. Whether it’s a po-litical race or a breaking news story there are always reasons why things unfold the way they do and that is what his Ted Oberg Investigates pieces strives to explain. Ted’s been in Houston since 2001. He and his wife, Krista have 3 wonderful daughters. After 10 years in the wonderful Houston Heights, they now live in The Woodlands.
2022 OLD EQUIPMENT CONTEST CATEGORIES
1. Wireless/Spark Equipment
2. Crystal Receivers and Related Crystal Equipment
3. 1920s Battery Receivers
4. Cathedrals, Tombstones and Consoles (wood)
5. Table Receivers, Tube (wood)
6. Table Receivers, Tube (non-wood)
7. Transistor or other Portable Radios
8. “Modern” Electronics, 1980’s to the present Electronic Equipment and Electronica {Examples include vin tage computers, “modern” radio equipment and recent unique electronic and computing items}
9. Phonographs, Speakers, Reproducers, Microphones
10. Miscellaneous Vintage Electrical Equipment (Examples include Telephones, Telegraph, Scientific Test Equipment, Electrical Devices and Television)
11. Kit Radios and Equipment (At Least 10 Yrs. Old)
12. Hi-Fidelity Equipment
13. Amateur Radio Equipment (At Least 10 Yrs. Old)
14. Military Electrical and Electronic Equipment
15. Replicas and Vintage Style Creations
16. Foreign Radios
17. Special Convention Theme: Atwater Kent and all items carrying the manufacturer’s name
18. Components, including Vacuum Tubes
19. Open Display
Your judges will look for these items and I believe its in the order shown
Is it Rare
• Is it rare for this contest category?
• Was the Manufacturer short lived?
• Is it rare for this manufacturer?
• Is it a rare example of this model number?
Documentation
What is unique about your exhibit? Is it the materials used, perhaps something about the chosen wood, its construction or the electronic design which was preceded and then fol-lowed by what circuit features? Where was it built, for how many years? Was there a famous owner in its past or was it known by a “nick name”? ……perhaps……the “Nick Knack” radio. At minimum, you should include information that identifies the radio manufacturer and model, the year built, and what is special about this radio or set of radios. Most award winning displays and exhibited items use a card or some other display device that shows the key information about the radio or item on display. Generally speaking, more documentation is better than no documentation.
Cosmetics
Is it clean and unblemished with all the correct ‘as built’ knobs and trinkets? BTW, missing trinkets will cost you eve-ry time. Have you stooped to use of Polyurethane or excess-es of sand paper
Functionality
Only in the event of a tie will this become of interest so put your efforts elsewhere if a ribbon and one of the remaining, highly coveted, budget straining, walnut plaques is your goal.