May 18, 2019

Dayton Hamvention 2019 Day 1

I typically go to a music festival on this weekend of the year. Last year at that festival I realized I didn’t know anyone there anymore and I used to know everyone, so I decided then that I would do Dayton this year. Dayton totally has the music festival vibe only everyone is carrying walkie talkies instead of beers.

Lots of cars, took awhile to get out.
Yaesu brought a whole truckload of hats
The new K4 radio and Eric WA6HHQ, the owner of the company.
The history of CQ Magazine forum was very interesting. I won a book on CW for remembering that their first DX contest was in 1939.
The Scooter rental station was very popular
I attended the SWODXA DX Dinner at the Marriott. Nobel Prize winner Joe Taylor K1JT, creator of WSJT-X and FT8, got inducted into the hall of fame.

I had a chance to talk with Julie K8VOX and Thom W8TAM from POTA, they were hanging out next to the Wolf River Coil booth. I picked up the Wolf River Coil setup and I’ll be trying that out at a park soon.


Tomorrow I’m going to the DX and Contest forums and going to check out the flea market section of the convention. Then I have tickets to the Contest Dinner and the Wouff Hong ceremony, I’m not really sure what that entails but I figure I’ll do it since I’m here.

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