Mike, Well, it doesn't help. Problem is that at this time of the year, it's going to be very difficult to NOT find another event (be it a hamfest or a contest or whatever) that's not too close to Hamvention weekend.
And even when it's not... For example, the Breezeshooter's Hamfest used to be the weekend before Memorial Day weekend. When Hamvention was the last weekend in April, that left usually three weeks between. Breezeshooters eventually changed their date to the first weekend in June, leaving about 5 weeks on average in between. Nice cushion, right? Then Hamvention changed their date... now leaving usually 2 weeks between the events, closer than ever. This change hasn't benefited the Breezeshooters in the least (tho I know that this was an unintended consequence of the Hamvention move). OTOH, it's still better than having the two events a week apart -- or like this year due to the calendar, they theoretically would have been on the same weekend (ouch!)... 73 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike(W5UC) & Kathy(K5MWH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ron Notarius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Hamvention: Death By Paper Cuts? (Long) > Good Morning Ron & all: > > Please let me raise an issue that I haven't seen addressed here. Very > simply, are Dayton & HamCom too close together on the calendar? This year, > it will be two weeks between. Yeah, Yeah, I know, HamCom doesn't draw the > crowd that Dayton does, but if they were farther apart, would both > benefit. In my simple life, it's a no-brainer. HamCom is a 4 hour drive, > and the costs are much lower. Thoughts? > > 73, > Mike, W5UC > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
