From Hamvention Yahoo Group D-STAR Users Posted by: "josephbrassard" [email protected] josephbrassard Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:36 am (PDT) Pre-Hamvention® D-STAR Meet Greet and Eyeball QSO
Date: Thursday May 14, 2009 Time: 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Location: Marion's Piazza 1320 N Fairfield Rd Beavercreek OH (937) 429-3393 GPS: 39:43.596N 084:03.392W (Degrees:Minutes. Decimal minutes) >From Dayton, go east on US 35 toward Xenia. Turn north at the N Fairfield Road >exit. Marion's Piazza is on the right one half mile immediately after Tim >Horton's. If you went to the traffic light at Dayton-Xenia Road, you have gone >too far. Turn right at the light and turn right again after Pizza Hut. Go >behind Pizza Hut and you will see Marion's Piazza. (Note that N Fairfield Road is approximately 8.5 miles east of the I-75 and U.S. 35 intersection. ) >From I-675 exit 13, go east on US 35 toward Xenia for approximately 2 miles. >Follow directions above. >From I-675 Exit 17, go south on N Fairfield Road 3.3 miles and turn left at >the light onto Dayton-Xenia Road. Immediately get into right lane and turn >right after Pizza Hut. Go behind Pizza Hut and you will see Marion's Piazza. Individuals may order from the menu and will be responsible for their own purchases. Dayton D-Star: 147.105+ W8BI Port C. Accessibility outdoors at Hamvention® HARA Arena with a handheld at 0.5 watts is marginal with R2D2. Higher power is recommended. 443.0500+ W8BI Port B (not operational yet). Hope to have the 70 cm repeater operational by Hamvention® time, but looks doubtful. Good coverage analog repeaters are: 146.940- Tone 123 Hamvention® Talk-In 146.910 Hamvention® Talk-In backup frequency 146.640- Skywarn Weather 145.110- Tone 67 ARES 146.985- Tone 123 linked to 442.925 442.100+ Tone 123 442.925+ Tone 123 Excellent coverage around Hamvention 442.950+ Tone 118.8 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
