"John S." wrote:

bb wrote:
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. 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.

ICOM had Very YL's in bathrobes and slippers.
JS Very YL as in pre-teens?


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.

Maybe if the Hamvention ran an advertisement in AARP...

JS I suspect that hams are already well represented in the AARP.

One only needs to be 50 to join AARP. Don't need no kids, lids or space cadets.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Leland C. Scott wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2005 19:01:36 -0700, bb wrote:



ICOM had Very YL's in bathrobes and slippers.


I saw that and I don't know what the point was they were trying to make.


Didn't see that. But as a Japanese owned company, they have a different
culture, and some of the things they do might seem a little different to us.

Yup... that seems different!

- Mike KB3EIA -

On Tue, 24 May 2005 13:26:31 -0400, Michael Coslo wrote:



Leland C. Scott wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2005 19:01:36 -0700, bb wrote:



ICOM had Very YL's in bathrobes and slippers.


I saw that and I don't know what the point was they were trying to make.


Didn't see that. But as a Japanese owned company, they have a different
culture, and some of the things they do might seem a little different to us.

Yup... that seems different!

- Mike KB3EIA -

Well all of the people there, at the Hamvention, were American. I wonder
if the girls were some of their kids and that was a way to take them along
and have Icom foot the bill?

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO

My old man was going to sell some junk there but he was afraid he'd get his
ass kicked again.

"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
oups.com...
I would agree...the days of hamfests are coming to a close.

I was a faithful attendee of Dayton until 1999....since then I have NO
urge to go since Ebay serves my needs well.

This last summer I went to our local hamfest after not going for ten
years...it confirmed that I had not missed anything by not going.

I seriously doubt that the Dayton Hamvention will last another ten
years.

I also suspect we will begin seeing manufacturers going the same route
as the hobby continues to die out.

TMT