This event is put on by the local ham Radio clubs. Originally it was a way for them to swap equipment, it was a true swap meet. Now it is a place for old test equipment, just about anything electronic, tools, and excess computers. One time a vendor was selling 20 Agilent 3G test stations for $100. At a minimum they were good spectrum analyzers. This event occurs the second Saturday of the month, March thru September. It starts at 5AM and goes to 12PM, but you can always find early shoppers there at 4:30AM looking for the best deal. You can learn more about it here
https://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/
Why are we here? Good question, well as electronics hacker from way back, I have acquired lots of things. So we are here to sell of excess stuff that I dont want to end up in land fill and to show our MyMakerTools products.
As the first picture shows we have our normal products (except the Soft Wear since this crowd is not really into that). Also you can see some of the items we are selling as we downsize my collection of goodies from the past 20+ years.
It is an interesting collection of people. Ham's looking for the right component for their next project, Makers looking for old equipment that they can re-purpose and hackers with old computers looking for parts to keep them running. It is always interesting talking to people and the projects they are working on. There are four more flea markets this year and we will probably be at three of them. The one in July conflicts with Bricks by the Bay, which we will have more about later.
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