"Ronald Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim, & all, I was there at 4PM, I thought I heard someone doing the net but is was so weak most of it was just the band noise from up here in New England.
Ron Ron Baker / WB4HFN Visit my Website: www.wb4hfn.com Vintage Drake & Collins -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 5:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [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! 73 Jim - W8DRZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
