Dayton ?
 

Yep. I know, I ask every year.
Anyone going? Me, I can't make
it. Health. Hope, next year.
I will be going to the locals.
Always support your local clubs.

Drifter...

Dayton ?
 

Not going, never been, probably never will.

Drifter wrote:

Yep. I know, I ask every year.
Anyone going? Me, I can't make
it. Health. Hope, next year.
I will be going to the locals.
Always support your local clubs.

Drifter...

Dayton ?
 

dxAce wrote:

Not going, never been, probably never will.

Though as I think about it, I have been to Dayton. Had a relative who
lived there and remember visiting when I was very young.



Drifter wrote:

Yep. I know, I ask every year.
Anyone going? Me, I can't make
it. Health. Hope, next year.
I will be going to the locals.
Always support your local clubs.

Drifter...

Dayton ?
 

On Thursday, May 15, 2014 6:05:22 AM UTC-4, dxAce wrote:
dxAce wrote:



Not going, never been, probably never will.



Though as I think about it, I have been to Dayton. Had a relative who

lived there and remember visiting when I was very young.







Drifter wrote:



Yep. I know, I ask every year.

Anyone going? Me, I can't make

it. Health. Hope, next year.

I will be going to the locals.

Always support your local clubs.



Drifter...

Don't forget the Roswell survivors.They were taken away to Dayton (W-P AFB).

Dayton ?
 

wrote:

On Thursday, May 15, 2014 6:05:22 AM UTC-4, dxAce wrote:
dxAce wrote:



Not going, never been, probably never will.



Though as I think about it, I have been to Dayton. Had a relative who

lived there and remember visiting when I was very young.







Drifter wrote:



Yep. I know, I ask every year.

Anyone going? Me, I can't make

it. Health. Hope, next year.

I will be going to the locals.

Always support your local clubs.



Drifter...

Don't forget the Roswell survivors.They were taken away to Dayton (W-P AFB).

Forget them? Who do you think I was referring to when I mentioned my relative?

Dayton ?
 

On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:13:58 PM UTC-4, Drifter wrote:
Yep. I know, I ask every year.

Anyone going? Me, I can't make

it. Health. Hope, next year.

I will be going to the locals.

Always support your local clubs.



Drifter...


It would be trivially easy for me to go, since I'm in Columbus this week. But I looked through a couple of the Dayton threads on QRZ.com and now find myself wondering why anyone ever goes. It looks and sounds like the opposite of fun.

Dayton ?
 

Dayton is a hundred thousand miles from doggy's couch, I can't go. There are no space aliens in Dayton, or anywhere else within millions of light years from Earth. I doubt they exist at all.

Dayton ?
 

On Thu, 15 May 2014, Steve wrote:

On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:13:58 PM UTC-4, Drifter wrote:
Yep. I know, I ask every year.

Anyone going? Me, I can't make

it. Health. Hope, next year.

I will be going to the locals.

Always support your local clubs.



Drifter...


It would be trivially easy for me to go, since I'm in Columbus this
week. But I looked through a couple of the Dayton threads on QRZ.com and
now find myself wondering why anyone ever goes. It looks and sounds like
the opposite of fun.

Because there's too much to see, or because you think there isn't enough?

The closest I got to Dayton was Rochester NY, and that was pretty big
forty years ago. Local ones can be fun, but they can also be limited,
since only locals attend. A regional one, like Dayton (or is that more
like a "national hamfest"?) brings in so many that it just increases
attendance. You may not get to everything, but if you were looking for
something exotic, it's more likely to be there.

Michael

Dayton ?
 

On Thu, 15 May 2014 15:33:34 -0700, DhiaDuit wrote:

Dayton is a hundred thousand miles from doggy's couch, I can't go. There
are no space aliens in Dayton, or anywhere else within millions of light
years from Earth. I doubt they exist at all.

Did I see you running across Highway 49? You had a mouf full of pretzels
and screaming about Hattiesburg!

Dayton ?
 

On Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:48:48 PM UTC-4, Michael Black wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Steve wrote:



On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:13:58 PM UTC-4, Drifter wrote:

Yep. I know, I ask every year.



Anyone going? Me, I can't make
Been to Dayton just once,around 1998...Took a Grehound bus...Very l-o-o-o-ng
ride...Met lots of interesting characters- including a very pleasant lady from "Nuts and Volts" magazine. It was very educational from every perspective.

it. Health. Hope, next year.



I will be going to the locals.



Always support your local clubs.







Drifter...





It would be trivially easy for me to go, since I'm in Columbus this

week. But I looked through a couple of the Dayton threads on QRZ.com and

now find myself wondering why anyone ever goes. It looks and sounds like

the opposite of fun.



Because there's too much to see, or because you think there isn't enough?



The closest I got to Dayton was Rochester NY, and that was pretty big

forty years ago. Local ones can be fun, but they can also be limited,

since only locals attend. A regional one, like Dayton (or is that more

like a "national hamfest"?) brings in so many that it just increases

attendance. You may not get to everything, but if you were looking for

something exotic, it's more likely to be there.



Michael

Dayton ?
 

On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:13:58 PM UTC-4, Drifter wrote:
Yep. I know, I ask every year.

Anyone going? Me, I can't make

it. Health. Hope, next year.

I will be going to the locals.

Always support your local clubs.



Drifter...

On 5/15/2014 6:04 PM, Steve wrote:

It would be trivially easy for me to go, since I'm in Columbus this
week. But I looked through a couple of the Dayton threads on QRZ.com
and now find myself wondering why anyone ever goes. It looks and
sounds like the opposite of fun.

Well, I guess it depends on your definition of "fun" and how active you
are in the radio hobby.

Dayton has a *HUGE* flea market (ham and SWL stuff, technical stuff like
lasers and Tesla coils, you name it, it's there), manufacturers
introduce all kinds of new equipment and have current equipment on
display and for sale, they have many seminars (RTTY, contesting, DX,
etc, etc), dinners for special interest groups.

The only "problem" I have with Dayton is that there is SO much going on,
it can be overwhelming and frustrating, as there is not enough time to
see everything.

Your mileage may vary.

Dayton ?
 

On Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:41:07 PM UTC-5, Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:13:58 PM UTC-4, Drifter wrote:

Yep. I know, I ask every year.



Anyone going? Me, I can't make



it. Health. Hope, next year.



I will be going to the locals.



Always support your local clubs.







Drifter...



On 5/15/2014 6:04 PM, Steve wrote:



It would be trivially easy for me to go, since I'm in Columbus this

week. But I looked through a couple of the Dayton threads on QRZ.com

and now find myself wondering why anyone ever goes. It looks and

sounds like the opposite of fun.



Well, I guess it depends on your definition of "fun" and how active you

are in the radio hobby.



Dayton has a *HUGE* flea market (ham and SWL stuff, technical stuff like

lasers and Tesla coils, you name it, it's there), manufacturers

introduce all kinds of new equipment and have current equipment on

display and for sale, they have many seminars (RTTY, contesting, DX,

etc, etc), dinners for special interest groups.



The only "problem" I have with Dayton is that there is SO much going on,

it can be overwhelming and frustrating, as there is not enough time to

see everything.



Your mileage may vary.

An old buddy I have known since 1954, he and his wife live a few streets West of the Walmart store on Highway 49 in Richland. They escaped the tornados a few weeks ago.

Dayton ?
 

On Fri, 16 May 2014 09:52:15 -0700, DhiaDuit wrote:


An old buddy I have known since 1954, he and his wife live a few streets
West of the Walmart store on Highway 49 in Richland. They escaped the
tornados a few weeks ago.

Was that you in Hattiesburg getting a taco? I swear that I almost ran
you over?

Dayton ?
 

On Friday, May 16, 2014 12:27:24 PM UTC-5, sctvguy1 wrote:
On Fri, 16 May 2014 09:52:15 -0700, DhiaDuit wrote:





An old buddy I have known since 1954, he and his wife live a few streets

West of the Walmart store on Highway 49 in Richland. They escaped the

tornados a few weeks ago.



Was that you in Hattiesburg getting a taco? I swear that I almost ran

you over?

I haven't been to Hattiesburg in about 20 years. A long time ago a guy was looking for a place for a Railroad Depot. His wife's name was Hattie. That is how Hattiesburg got it's name.

Dayton ?
 

Google,,, Who put the Roswell press release on news wire

Dayton ?
 

On Friday, May 16, 2014 6:50:47 PM UTC-4, DhiaDuit wrote:
Google,,, Who put the Roswell press release on news wire

R.D. Adair. From AP.

Dayton ?
 

On 05/14/2014 03:13 PM, Drifter wrote:
Yep. I know, I ask every year.
Anyone going? Me, I can't make
it. Health. Hope, next year.
I will be going to the locals.
Always support your local clubs.

Drifter...

As usual I will attend via Leo LaPorte and Bob Heil on TWIT TV's
HamNation. Gordo West should be around too. Great fun.

Dayton ?
 

On Saturday, May 17, 2014 8:56:48 AM UTC-5, dave wrote:
On 05/14/2014 03:13 PM, Drifter wrote:

Yep. I know, I ask every year.

Anyone going? Me, I can't make

it. Health. Hope, next year.

I will be going to the locals.

Always support your local clubs.



Drifter...



As usual I will attend via Leo LaPorte and Bob Heil on TWIT TV's

HamNation. Gordo West should be around too. Great fun.

Headin out the door this afternoon, going to the Trail. Google,,, Trail of Honor Mississippi 2014 That is only about seven miles South of doggy's couch. Much closer than Dayton.