Well here I am blogging to you from my 8th Dayton Hamvention.
The day started off windy, cool and gray after overnight rains. However by the time we arrived at the Hara Arena mid morning, the sun was poking from between the clouds and by noontime plenty of bright sunshine and blue skies. When I parked my car in the shuttle parking lot, I thought to myself that in all the years I have been coming to Dayton I had never seen the parking lot so full especially on Friday. Plenty of cars with almost every antenna imaginable were in the lot, and I even saw a few that I thought had an excessive amount or antennas that were too big for a mobile!!
Dave N2AAM and I walked the flea market from end to end but didn't spy anything exciting...at least to us. We then made our way inside, and while crowded it wasn't packed to the point that you couldn't move, I was even able to get some questions answered on the arena floor in a few short minutes.
Except for a jacket that I badly needed, all the goodies purchased so far are for my XYL WX1LDB.
More tomorrow and I'll have pictures up next week.
2 comments:
Thanks for the report! I look forward to seeing pictures of the flea market and the new gear exhibits, too.
Jim,
Glad you enjoyed the report and I'll be sure to post some pictures Monday or Tuesday.
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