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Grex Radio Item 34: Dayton Hamvention Fun
Entered by glenda on Mon May 20 01:48:00 UTC 2002:

Did anyone go to the Dayton Hamvention?
What great deals did you find?  Any adventures?

16 responses total.

#1 of 16 by glenda on Mon May 20 01:52:30 2002:

We (STeve, Staci, Marcus, and I) went down.  I took and passed my General and
Extra tests.  STeve upgraded through the grandfathering to General.  

We bought STeve an Icom IC-T81A quad band handheld (I got one last year), and
we got alkaline packs and AA Nimhs for them, plus a universal recharger.

We picked up a few other little fun things here and there.  At least STeve
and Staci did since I spent a good part of Friday and Saturday in the test
room.

A good time was had by all.  Staci is now really gung-ho about getting
licensed and is swearing that she will get her Extra before dad does.

#2 of 16 by n8nxf on Mon May 20 02:03:02 2002:

I went down on Friday with w8nn and w8ut.  Life is too out-o-control to get
much stuff to tinker with but I did pick up a color TV camera, some solar
cells and a new mouse for my computer.  Just getting away for a day was all
I really needed!

#3 of 16 by goose on Tue May 21 19:27:53 2002:

r
congrats glenda and STeve!  I unfortunately missed Dayton this year due to
a last minute scheduling problem.  There were a couple of things I wish I
could have played with, the Yaesu VX7R and the Icom IC-2720H for starters.

#4 of 16 by glenda on Wed May 22 02:29:19 2002:

Staci has a pre-reg to take her test on June 8 with the ARROW, I will be
calling tomorrow to pre-reg STeve to take his Extra.  I will be doing my first
observation to prepare for my VE acredidation (paperwork almost filled out
to send as soon as license hits the mailbox).

It's good to get back into being radio-active.

#5 of 16 by krokus on Fri Jun 7 21:47:27 2002:

I didn't get to Dayton, since I was travelling from home to Columbus,
and then onto Myrtle Beach.  I did hear a lot of people on the repeaters
around Columbus, and talked with a few along the way.  (Two guys from
Hilton Head and I were talking on 146.52 for awhile.)

#6 of 16 by goose on Fri Jun 21 03:13:11 2002:

I've always had good luck with .52 while traveling.  There was an interesting
70cm opening the other night and I worked a repeater about 80 miles as the
crow flies.  It was in Berlin Heights, OH and I was near Whitmore Lake.

#7 of 16 by omni on Fri Jul 5 08:37:42 2002:

   Y'all come through Toledo, and not one single call or email. Shame on you.
;)

#8 of 16 by krokus on Mon Sep 2 15:22:25 2002:

re 6
Speaking of 70cm openings, there was a night that I was home that I got
one.  (This was probably back around Xmas.)  I had a qso with a guy that
was just a little west of Findlay, OH, and it sounded like we were right
next to each other.  That was cool stuff.

#9 of 16 by danr on Mon Sep 9 11:10:28 2002:

Great news, Glenda!  Now we have to get all three of you back into the 
ARROW.

#10 of 16 by glenda on Mon Sep 9 16:13:13 2002:

Meeting will be hard, I have a class on Wednesday evenings.  We have been
talking about it.

#11 of 16 by glenda on Mon Sep 9 16:15:42 2002:

I also got my VE certificate a few weeks ago.  Now to light a fire under STeve
and Staci.  Staci has a good excuse - High School, with classes, friends, and
theater tech stuff she has very little time for other activities.

#12 of 16 by danr on Wed Sep 11 00:38:42 2002:

We're now meeting at WCC. Stop by after class!

#13 of 16 by danr on Thu May 6 01:59:19 2004:

As we did in 2003, ARROW (www.w8pgw.org) is sponsoring a bus trip to 
Dayton. There are still seats available. Cost is $40 for ARROW members 
and $45 for non-members. For more information, go to http://www.w8pgw.
org/node/view/222.

#14 of 16 by glenda on Tue May 18 01:24:05 2004:

So, who went and what kind of deals did you find?

Although I spent most of the weekend in the testing room VEing tests, I did
get to help STeve buy and ICOM 703.  In the flea market we found an
unbelievable deal on an ICOM 275H and a 475H.  We walked by sighing.  STeve
looked at me and said "I just found the deal of Dayton and I can't believe
I am walking away."  I looked at him, he looked at me, and we went back and
bought them.  We also got a Diamond tri-band antenna for the new car and a
lot of ARRL books, along with a bunch of little things like tweenies, diodes,
batteries, etc.

#15 of 16 by rcurl on Tue May 18 19:14:37 2004:

I didn't go to the hamvention, but I was nearby in Springfield OH
attending our daughter's graduation from Wittenberg Univ - it rained there
all day too, so the event had to be held indoors rather than in the
traditional "Hollow". She is now a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

#16 of 16 by krokus on Fri May 21 14:41:41 2004:

I wish I could have went, but with the funding issues I have right now,
I had to fight the temptation.  :(

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