[drakelist] Findlay Hamfest and the Drake Net..

Greetings to all,

40 was in bad shape at net time as

I was not able to hear anyone! Yikes. Not sure if

there even was a net today. A few signals up and

down from 7238 but mostly a flat line on the band

scope at 2000 GMT.

The Findlay Hamfest was a nice weekend outing.

The weather was outstanding. I thought the

attendance was down a bit, this seems to be the trend

the last few years of all the Hamfest I go to,

Dayton included. I guess it is easier to go

on-line to look or list for that item. I still enjoy

seeing old friends and making new ones and

especially being able to see all the goodies first hand

still makes the trip worth while.

On the Drake front there was not too many things to see,

I noticed 2 TR-7's, one T-4XC with AC-4/MS-4 ( I'll bet

someone got the R-4C, hi) a TR-3 with RV-3, a TR-4C and

a PS-75. I'm sure missed some of the others. I did see

Mark WB0IQK with a smile on his face, perhaps he found a

few good deals.

It is a nice hour and 45 min trip for me down 224 from

Vermilion. 2-meters and 440 were hot on the way over to

Findlay. I could bring up the Hometown UHF Repeater all the

way to my parking spot at the Hamfest. Normally its a moot

point after 20 miles or so.

Cost of Gas at 3.0995 $15.25 (39.8 mpg in a 94 Honda)

Hamfest Ticket $ 5.00

Lunch $ 3.50

Hamfest purchase $15.00 (12 old QST's 1943)

Having Fun with Ham Radio on a nice day..PRICE LESS!

Jim - W8DRZ

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