Scott, missed seeing you guys there this year...hope you can go next year . There was no rain but some wind this year.
73 John VE3AMZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2008 >I asked my XYL if the Repeater-Builder group would qualify for one of > Hamvention's reduced-price Club spaces?? ($100 for 4 spaces) > > My kids will be old enough next year to allow for my wife and I to tend > some > tables. If we do get a few club spaces, we can all have a central location > to meet other board members, plus sell a few items on the "club" table > without having to pay $70 per space!!! > > As we have done in the past, we can bring our canopy that will cover 3 > spaces, so we would have shelter. I already have a banner that says > Repeater-Builder on it. We'll just need to be sure to make it look like a > club booth and not a commercial tailgating spot. > > We have tried the dinner thing in the past with not real good results, but > maybe a meeting tent would be a good idea. I will try to get 4 club spaces > next year and see how that goes. I will let everyone know how I make out > early next spring. > > Comments? > Scott > > Scott Zimmerman > Amateur Radio Call N3XCC > 474 Barnett Rd > Boswell, PA 15531 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "n9wys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:24 PM > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2008 > > >> So you were there too, Jeff??? >> >> That does it - next year, WE (or at least *I*) absolutely NEED to >> coordinate >> a meet location and time, so we can put faces to names! I'm so frustrated >> I >> missed everyone! >> >> Maybe next year I'll float a mini-blimp over my head with my call on >> it... >> kinda like KE8T- who had the quagi on his hardhat. (NOT!!!) Apparently my >> callsign mametag wasn't enough to "git 'r' done." hehehe >> >> Mark - N9WYS >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Jeff DePolo >> >>> It was great to meet up with Bob, Dave, Jeff and everyone else >>> who made Dayton 2008 a lot of fun. I kept trying to encourage >>> Bob to buy more surplus radio gear... >> >> Where were you Sunday? NO6B bought lunch (brats) but you were nowhere to >> be >> found... >> >>> My back hurts from hauling a near weight-limit suitcase back >>> to the left/west coast so you know I fell off my "12-Step Junker >>> Enders" Program for a short time. I'm both grateful and >>> disappointed I don't live within driving distance of the Dayton >>> Hamvention. >> >> In a moment of weakness (or perhaps utter stupidity?), on Sunday I bought >> roughly 16000 electrolytic capacitors, 1000 ferrite chokes, a few hundred >> toggle switches, a few hundred LED's, and a few hundred other random >> components and connectors, all new in bags or on tape reels, for $100. I >> almost escaped with the truck mostly-empty. My XYL was overjoyed with my >> last-minute purchase...NOT. >> >> --- Jeff >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1454 - Release Date: >> 5/19/2008 >> 7:44 AM >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.10/1421 - Release Date: >> 5/7/2008 >> 5:23 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
