https://www.ipernity.com/tag/2543754/keyword/10670 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/200/8A/D0/2543754.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/2543754/keyword/10670 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:32:23 +0000 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:32:23 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53331734 tag:ipernity.com,2026-05-23,doc-53331734 Sat, 23 May 2026 19:30:54 +0000 2026-05-17T10:07:37-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53331734"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/34/53331734.cbe6d47c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken at Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio. This is a big amateur radio get-together. They have a "flea" market in the open field near the exhibit halls. This fellow was selling TUBES! Yes, there are still tube radios being maintained and used for amateur radio.<br /> <br /> (And they were also selling tube testers, not shown.)<br /> <br /> For the Sunday Challenge the issue was context. So, the viewer might ask: where is this? why all these items? these seem for sale, but who buys them?<br /> <br /> When I first posted this, I tried to provide some context using words, but we get a little bit of visual context with the grass and vehicle in the background (flea market?). So, where do we go from here?<br /> <br /> Image taken with phone and processed with Snapseed.</div> Tubes (HTT) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53331734"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/34/53331734.cbe6d47c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken at Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio. This is a big amateur radio get-together. They have a "flea" market in the open field near the exhibit halls. This fellow was selling TUBES! Yes, there are still tube radios being maintained and used for amateur radio.<br /> <br /> (And they were also selling tube testers, not shown.)<br /> <br /> For the Sunday Challenge the issue was context. So, the viewer might ask: where is this? why all these items? these seem for sale, but who buys them?<br /> <br /> When I first posted this, I tried to provide some context using words, but we get a little bit of visual context with the grass and vehicle in the background (flea market?). So, where do we go from here?<br /> <br /> Image taken with phone and processed with Snapseed.</div> Robert Swanson