Re: [Elecraft] The Ham Expo: What it got right

2021-03-15 Thread AB1DD
Two weeks ago, our local club had our on line ham fest. We did a swap meet. Using Zoom, we had each seller in a break out room. They had a camera on the "stuff" and some had another camera for themselves. When a buyer came in, they could talk to the seller, and the seller could hold up the

Re: [Elecraft] The Ham Expo: What it got right

2021-03-15 Thread SteveL
Interesting, just received an apology letter from Eric (the QSO Today Expo organizer). Kudos for the pioneering effort - but clearly the issues were multi-factor including some outside of their control. While I had a few technical issues on my end, once I figured out which browser worked on

Re: [Elecraft] The Ham Expo: What it got right

2021-03-14 Thread Carroll Wilhelm
Totally agree with you Wayne. The lounge was a great tool. I appreciate the time you dedicated to talk with us. Thank you for all you have done to enrich this wonderful hobby. Yeah, the virtual conference wasn't perfect, but nothing ever is. I'm okay with how it turned out. I learned a lot and

Re: [Elecraft] The Ham Expo: What it got right

2021-03-14 Thread Julia Tuttle
Wayne, Would you consider hosting occasional independent online events like the lounge? 73, Julia On Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 22:40 Wayne Burdick wrote: > Clearly there were major technical glitches with the Expo. I won't rehash > the well-earned gripes. > > There's a mitigating fact many of you

[Elecraft] The Ham Expo: What it got right

2021-03-14 Thread Wayne Burdick
Clearly there were major technical glitches with the Expo. I won't rehash the well-earned gripes. There's a mitigating fact many of you were probably unaware of: The two most critical technical contributors to the effort were laid low by Covid-19 over the week leading up to it. Despite this,