Dave Hall wrote:
On 07 Jun 2005 21:27:02 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
On 07 Jun 2005 11:02:58 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
BTW, how was Dayton?

Nerd festival. :P

That's a shame. It used to be interesting, from an electronic flotsam
perspective. Some hams have a er... ah... problem with personal
hygiene though......

True. It was ok but the used gear there wasn't any cheaper, or better
than what is on ebay really.

E-Bay will be the death of Hamfests. A shame, but an interesting part
of ham culture is about to become extinct.

I believe your right. I kinda hate to see the boat anchors fade away but
it's inevitable. The new wave of technology is going to leave a big part of
the HF radio hobby in the dust.

I'll try Findlay next. Ever been there?

No, I can't say that I have. I usually don't travel that far from home
to attend hamfests. Dayton was the lone exception. And were it not for
the fact that my company paid to send me there (And hotel for the
weekend), I probably wouldn't have gone. It took me 9 hours to drive
there.

Yea, that's a cruise. It takes that or a little more to haul my travel
trailer to Bristol for the Nascar race in the spring. I -sure- wouldn't do
it for what I saw at Dayton, more than once.