"John S." wrote

... and one vendor actually had bikini clad women prancing around.

Sounds good to me! You have a problem with bikini clad YL'S?

dit dit

de Hans, K0HB

On Mon, 23 May 2005 16:14:03 +0000, KØHB wrote:


"John S." wrote

... and one vendor actually had bikini clad women prancing around.

Sounds good to me! You have a problem with bikini clad YL'S?

I liked the blond working in the "Radio Works" booth. The two working
around the corner from the Kenwood exhibit were nice, and the top heavy
one working in the far back corner in the hall where the Hummer was at too.

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO

Hamsoldandnew wrote:


Forget it folks..
IMHO Dayton is finished, stick a fork into it.
It will never go back to what it once was Years ago
despite all the marketing and hype that they make it.
Oh there will always be the camaraderie and the new
equipment showings, but the flea market is just about finished.
Stick to hamfests located with 30 miles of your QTH.


Buh-Bye!

DLTDHYOTAOYWO!


- Mike KB3EIA

KØHB wrote:

"John S." wrote


... and one vendor actually had bikini clad women prancing around.


Sounds good to me! You have a problem with bikini clad YL'S?


Which vendor? I didn't see anything of the sort! 8^(


- Mike KB3EIA -

John S. wrote:

If it was so bad in years past, why did you go this year. My last trip
to Dayton was about 1995 and my impression of the used equipment for
sale outside was that it had been carted between too many other
hamfests.

I bought a fair amount of interesting Ham stuff for fair prices.


And there was a surprising amount of non-radio electronic
gear and parts. The inside was the usual glitzy trade show and one
vendor actually had bikini clad women prancing around.

Yeehaa! Too bad I didn't get to see it


In my experience hamfests in general are showing lower attendance
because of both internet-based competition and the ham radio hobby
itself being on the far side of the growth and maturity curve.

Now you've hit on something. I wouldn't doubt that a lot of people who
are "fed up" with Dayton are just tired of the whole hamfest thing in
general.

I've been going for three years now. There were less vendors this year
than last. But there was less crap than last year also. And a lot of the
crap that went missing this year was the people selling ancient
computers and old HT junk. If you wanted ham radio items, there was
plenty to be had. And I'd rather have fewer vendors selling more ham
radio equipment than more vendors selling IBM XT's and Old Handi-talkies
that some Fire department got rid of in 1990.

Interesting that with the high prices that Collins equipment has been
getting lately, a lot of them came out of the woodwork. I would suggest
that anyone collecting them keep their eyes open for good deals.


- Mike KB3EIA -

If you wanted ham radio items, there was
plenty to be had. And I'd rather have fewer vendors selling more ham
radio equipment than more vendors selling IBM XT's and Old Handi-talkies
that some Fire department got rid of in 1990.


Don't forget the old beat up VCRs and such....

K=D8HB wrote:
"John S." wrote

... and one vendor actually had bikini clad women prancing around.

Sounds good to me! You have a problem with bikini clad YL'S?

dit dit

de Hans, K0HB

Hopefully Robeson doesn't pop in here and tell us they were selling
"something."

On Mon, 23 May 2005 16:44:37 -0400, Michael Coslo wrote:


I've been going for three years now. There were less vendors this year
than last. But there was less crap than last year also. And a lot of the
crap that went missing this year was the people selling ancient
computers and old HT junk. If you wanted ham radio items, there was
plenty to be had. And I'd rather have fewer vendors selling more ham
radio equipment than more vendors selling IBM XT's and Old Handi-talkies
that some Fire department got rid of in 1990.

That's too bad since this is one of the few flea markets where you can
find this "old stuff". In fact I found exactly what I was looking for,
some old 72 pin 32MB EDO memory sticks and some 128MB 168 pin DIMM memory
sticks. It was FAR cheaper than any vendor on line I found, if they even
had what I was looking for in the first place. Those old computers get put
into service as packet nodes, dedicated remote rig control computers, DSP
based sound card digital modes, etc. I would rather tie up the old PII
333MHz machine I'm using right now, got it for $80 including the monitor
at a local Ham fest, than my new AMD FX-55 system. Now all I have to do is
find some Linux based sound card software.

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO

"bb" wrote

Hopefully Robeson doesn't pop in here and tell us they
were selling "something."

The correct terminology according to K4YZ is "Musta beem selling SOMEthing!". I
don't know how you "beem" sell SOMEthing, but I'm sure "Steve" (alias for K4YZ)
will provide a weasel-worded explanation.

dit dit
(Note Farnsworth spacing)

de Hans, K0HB

K=D8HB wrote:
"bb" wrote

Hopefully Robeson doesn't pop in here and tell us they
were selling "something."

The correct terminology according to K4YZ is "Musta beem selling
SOMEthing!". I
don't know how you "beem" sell SOMEthing, but I'm sure "Steve" (alias
for K4YZ)
will provide a weasel-worded explanation.

What "weasel worded" explanation, Hans?

You STILL have yet to explain this alleged insult adequately to
anyone.

I said that pretty faces in comely attire sell things. That's
nothing that any first year advertising student doesn't already know.

So...Just running off at the mouth on yet another self-righteous
rant, hans?

Seems like it too me.

Steve, K4YZ