[Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009 (Cow-girl Drill Team)
Hi John, A well placed food tent in the flea market area with very nice visual effects. ... and the smell of cooking brats blow all over the place. They have a large tip jar and flirt with pretty much everyone for obvious good results. Our group assembles (our booth) an unfortunate short two row distance away so frequent trips are required. I fell off the (diet) wagon twice but I honestly didn't try that hard to stay on it... cheers, skipp JOHN MACKEY jmac...@... wrote: Skipp - Please tell more about the Cow-girl Drill Team (for those of us who couldn't make it to Dayton this year and want to hear about best of Dayton!) -- Original Message -- Received: Sat, 16 May 2009 08:46:22 PM PDT From: skipp025 skipp...@... SNIP Sunday is the big finish... Last Brat from the Cow-girl Drill Team (you have to have or be here to know about the CGDT) and then back on the healthy diet Monday morning. SNIP
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009
I agree with Skipp's review of Dayton... I left Saturday afternoon, mainly because I'd spent my allocations of money - but more so because I was staying at Motel Hell. Skipp - I tried to call your cell Friday around noon, but got no answer. I guess the brat waits for another year. ;-) Now to get to playing around will all the new goodies! 73 all! Mark - N9WYS -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skipp025 Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:46 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009 Re: Dayton 2009 What does everyone who is here think? We try not to... This is my first year with a booth, but the longtimers are telling me that attendence is down again, and purchases are slow. Actually, this year is up in a number of areas with the possible exception of inside sales... only because last year inside sales were reported by some vendors to be near record high amounts. This year has so far been informally reported to be a a very good year... I know we still have all our MastrII stuff sitting here, as well as most of the MSF stuff. Not even getting offers. For a number of reasons, most of them unrealated to Dayton... Duplexers seem to be stagnant too. Repeat of the above above comment. What'cha got and what booth are you in? I'm seeing Decibel Motorola UHF duplexers selling in the $60 to $100 range (two and three cavity versions). There are decent quality Sinclair close space duplexers selling for $150 to $250 in addition to some very proud vendors who think they'll get $375 for the same product. There's a Paraflector (antenna) at one vendor booth I've seen purchased and resold at least twice already... very funny to see it move around the place. One booth has a large trailer full of surplus equipment selling for $1 per pound. Buying a boat anchor will cost you. We're having a great time here... last day in the Morning and then back to the salt mine. Friday Weather was very nice... dry and very warm. Many of the vampire and pasty white people started to lobster up in the mid day heat. Today (Saturday) was pretty good most of the time, nicely cooler. One or two large nasty fronts dumped buckets of rain for a reasonably short time... then we all nicely resufaced until about 4:15 when another front arrived. Most everyone was tired and had already started to wind down so it was just an early motivator to wrap up the day. Sunday is the big finish... Last Brat from the Cow-girl Drill Team (you have to have or be here to know about the CGDT) and then back on the healthy diet Monday morning. Can't tell you how pleasant the bathrooms smell when you wander in... Everyone's a pretty good mood so far. I've fallen off my Junk Ender's 12 step program and need rehab. cheers s. Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.32/2118 - Release Date: 05/16/09 17:05:00
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, N9WYS n9...@... wrote: I left Saturday afternoon, mainly because I'd spent my allocations of money - but more so because I was staying at Motel Hell. ... --- The Super Inn in Lewisburg? Ugh. Never again...
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009
Nope - Magnuson Hotel in Dayton... right off I-75 just south of I-70. LOTS of little problems, and management was less that helpful. -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of nj902 --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, N9WYS n9...@... wrote: I left Saturday afternoon, mainly because I'd spent my allocations of money - but more so because I was staying at Motel Hell. ... --- The Super Inn in Lewisburg? Ugh. Never again...
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009
I used to stay at the Red Room Inn Dayton North - it is on I-75 about 1/4 mile south of I-70. Year after year, same type of thing LOTS of little problems, and management was less that helpful!! One yaer, the front desk gave our registration to a group that myself and another had confronted for jamming the local talk in repeater. We know it was the front desk that gave our registration information, as the room was registered under the name of our room mate to had to cancel out at the last minute due to a family emergency. The jammers knew the name of our friend and that he was from Seattle. Since he was not actually there, and his name was only used for check in, only the front desk could have given this information. I had multiple problems with the Red Roof Inn Dayton North, and complained to the Red Roof Inn headquarters since the local management refused to ever do anything after multiple requests. I then received a letter from the local manager stating I was not welcome to stay there anymore. The only reason I stayed there was to be with a friend of mine, so moving wasn't a big deal. Clearly, the manager didn't give a damm. -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 17 May 2009 03:12:35 PM PDT From: N9WYS n9...@ameritech.net To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009 Nope - Magnuson Hotel in Dayton... right off I-75 just south of I-70. LOTS of little problems, and management was less that helpful. -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of nj902 --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, N9WYS n9...@... wrote: I left Saturday afternoon, mainly because I'd spent my allocations of money - but more so because I was staying at Motel Hell. ... --- The Super Inn in Lewisburg? Ugh. Never again...
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009
Re: Dayton 2009 What does everyone who is here think? We try not to... This is my first year with a booth, but the longtimers are telling me that attendence is down again, and purchases are slow. Actually, this year is up in a number of areas with the possible exception of inside sales... only because last year inside sales were reported by some vendors to be near record high amounts. This year has so far been informally reported to be a a very good year... I know we still have all our MastrII stuff sitting here, as well as most of the MSF stuff. Not even getting offers. For a number of reasons, most of them unrealated to Dayton... Duplexers seem to be stagnant too. Repeat of the above above comment. What'cha got and what booth are you in? I'm seeing Decibel Motorola UHF duplexers selling in the $60 to $100 range (two and three cavity versions). There are decent quality Sinclair close space duplexers selling for $150 to $250 in addition to some very proud vendors who think they'll get $375 for the same product. There's a Paraflector (antenna) at one vendor booth I've seen purchased and resold at least twice already... very funny to see it move around the place. One booth has a large trailer full of surplus equipment selling for $1 per pound. Buying a boat anchor will cost you. We're having a great time here... last day in the Morning and then back to the salt mine. Friday Weather was very nice... dry and very warm. Many of the vampire and pasty white people started to lobster up in the mid day heat. Today (Saturday) was pretty good most of the time, nicely cooler. One or two large nasty fronts dumped buckets of rain for a reasonably short time... then we all nicely resufaced until about 4:15 when another front arrived. Most everyone was tired and had already started to wind down so it was just an early motivator to wrap up the day. Sunday is the big finish... Last Brat from the Cow-girl Drill Team (you have to have or be here to know about the CGDT) and then back on the healthy diet Monday morning. Can't tell you how pleasant the bathrooms smell when you wander in... Everyone's a pretty good mood so far. I've fallen off my Junk Ender's 12 step program and need rehab. cheers s.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton 2009
Skipp - Please tell more about the Cow-girl Drill Team (for those of us who couldn't make it to Dayton this year and want to hear about best of Dayton!) -- Original Message -- Received: Sat, 16 May 2009 08:46:22 PM PDT From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com SNIP Sunday is the big finish... Last Brat from the Cow-girl Drill Team (you have to have or be here to know about the CGDT) and then back on the healthy diet Monday morning. SNIP
