Don, Missed you at Dayton this year.
The AM Forum went well. We were in Meeting Rm #2. Not so cavernous as one of the big rooms. We had 65 attendees. Happily the PC projector worked well and Don, K1DC's presentation of his restoration of the Collins 30-FX was a high point. Friday looked threatening from time to time, but was a mild day and a good one for the flea market. As previously noted Sunday was surprisingly busy and very nice WX. Dale KW1I ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Re: [Collins] Hamvention 2004 > > I was unable to make it this year, due to time factor. Wonder how the AM > forum went? I recall last year attendance was down. Was it even lower this > year? > > It used to never get rained out, back when they held it the 3rd weekend in > April. Then someone got the brilliant idea of moving it to the 4th weekend > in April, and it rained practically every year. So they moved it to May to > escape the rain and cold, and although there have been a couple of > rain-free events, weather still seems to be a problem. > > Apparently, the 3rd weekend in April by some quirk of nature turns out to > usually be dry in that little corner of the world. After they moved it to > the 4th weekend, I used to ask locals what the weather was like the week > before, and inevitabley they would respond that the weather was fine then; > that would have been a good weekend to have had the hamfest. Of course that > third weekend would sometimes be cold, and I have seen snow, but the > fleamarket rarely shut down. I recall one year in their brochure they > mentioned that in 22 years the hamfest had been rained out only twice. I > suspect that rain-free weekend in April is one factor in Dayton becoming > such a ham radio mecca. Too bad someone had to mess with the date. > > -k4kyv > > _________________________________________________________________ > Best Restaurant Giveaway Ever! Vote for your favorites for a chance to win > $1 million! http://local.msn.com/special/giveaway.asp > > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >
