Dayton (Ohio) Hamvention - Page 1
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author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2014, 03:47:26 am
content: Hi,The Dayton Hamvention is next week, 16-18 May 2014, Are any members of the Forum going to be there?http://www.hamvention.org/This is a very large hamfest, typically around 20,000 visitors from all over the world.I will be easy to spot in the flea market, I am male, pale, a little chubby and I will have a call sign on my hat (in joke. If you have ever been there you will understand).I will be there.Regards,Jay_Diddy_B

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2014, 08:34:28 am
content: Love to go,but too old,too poor,too far!

author: M0BSW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2014, 03:36:20 pm
content: I want to go, probably once I retire in 5.5 Years, We'll incorporate it in a holiday as I really want to see a Radio Ham friend of mine in Kansas,I think it would only be a short flight from Kansas to Ohio, not that I would care about that .I've got to see it once though. So anyone going I really hope you have the best time ever.Paul

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2014, 04:33:46 pm
content: Hi,I have made the trip every year for about the last 10 years, may be more, I have lost count. It is about an 8 hour drive from Toronto.Regards,Jay_Diddy_B

author: w2aew
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2014, 04:36:05 pm
content: Not this year, unfortunately. Hopefully next year! I've been twice, but the last time was about 10 years ago. It's about 9 hours from NJ.What's your call, Jay?

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 10, 2014, 10:38:06 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on May 10, 2014, 08:34:28 amNo too old, but all the rest apply. Central Florida here.Tom, NW0LF

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2014, 10:39:20 pm
content: I've been there every year, for years, probably just Saturday this round.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2014, 03:17:49 am
content: Went to a local mini-hamfest yeaterday,caught up with a lot of old cronies,bought a semi-dead Quansheng 2m handheld,combined it with my own semi-dead Quansheng to give a working unit.Cost me $A25---OK,I probably could have got a new one on eBay,but I don't like to wait.Not a lot of affordable non-Ham goodies---saw a Tek 556 for $25,HP 606? RF Sig Gen for $15 or thereabouts,HP N & D Set $25.Hammy stuff:- Old Kenwood 2m FM radio for $10 (No mic),Barlow-Wadley portable radio for $75( definitely a collectable,but I'm too mean),various nice Icoms & Yaesus,but outside my payscale!One very interesting little device is the X1M QRP HF transceiver.5 watts on all the non-WARC Bands except 160m,about the same size as two Quanshengs side by side---dunno how they do it!!On special at $A399,but as I said before,I'm too poor!

author: M0BSW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2014, 09:19:33 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on May 11, 2014, 03:17:49 amWhen I get over ,I'd have to be careful, what I bought because I couldn't take it back as hand luggage, you know how paranoid security and customs are, so I'd have to ship it over , or pay the seller to ship it,then there's import duties of course,can you imagine going through JFK with a bag full of electronic components, I'm sure you would be arrested at least.

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2014, 11:47:21 am
content: Hi M0BSW,I did fly once, normally I drive. It is a 8 hour drive from my home to Dayton.There was (or still is) a UPS facility at the Hamfest that I used to get my stuff home. It was not cheap.Regards,Jay_Diddy_B

author: M0BSW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2014, 02:11:23 pm
content: Quote from: Jay_Diddy_B on May 11, 2014, 11:47:21 amThanks Jay we have UPS over here in the UK to, they may even work together, I'll keep that in mid when I come over.thank youPaul

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2016, 09:44:19 pm
content: Anybody going to Dayton Hamvention this year? It starts on Friday.Regards,Jay_Diddy_B

author: rf+tech
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2016, 01:36:21 am
content: Hi Jay-This will be my forty-first year attending Hamvention. No whining please, I live 55 minutes southeast of Dayton.I'll be set up at spaces 2580, 2581 and 2582. I'm the youngest and thinnest of the three old fellows likely to be found at that location.Jonaka RF+ Tech

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2016, 08:07:20 pm
content: I would love to go to Dayton but I'm on the No Fly List. It appears that the Land of the Free don't want me around.

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2016, 01:09:13 pm
content: Wow, how did you manage to make it onto their black list, did you upset some US customs officer?Anyway, there's the "HAM Radio" hamfest at Friedrichshafen (near Lake Constance), starting at June 24., the flea market there is quite coolhttp://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/ham-de/index.php

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2016, 01:25:13 pm
content: QuoteThere's also (at least) one in Holice, Czech Republic near you.

author: Nuno_pt
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2016, 01:28:51 pm
content: Hope to go one day to Dayton before I pass.Also no Germany this year, but I'm planning to go there next year, only 22 hours drive from here.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2016, 08:17:15 pm
content: The no fly list? I got as far as an application for tourist entry via the visa waiver programme and just got a letter back saying that my paperwork had been rejected, I did a little digging but nobody was willing to tell me why I'm not allowed to enter. I understand that there are about a million people on the list(s) so I'm not alone here.Here's the silly thing......................You can be rejected when filling out the initial paperworkYou can be stopped when you check in for your flightYou can be stopped at the gate from boardingYour flight can be turned around or forced to land at an airport outside the USA (this does not happen often)You can be turned around at US immigration and put back on the next flight homeAfter that you're photographed and fingerprinted like a common criminalAnd people STILL want to visit the USA!My plans for Friedrichshafen are already in place and I am looking forward to the trip.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2016, 09:39:54 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on May 20, 2016, 08:17:15 pmGetting turned down for a visa waiver is entirely separate from being on the no fly list.

author: slimbobaggins
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 21, 2016, 01:17:49 am
content: I'm just getting into ham... don't even have a license yet, but have a Baofeng HT. Sent $100 with my coworker to Dayton and told him to get me the best used mobile that he could. I expect he'll buy a $20 used unit, and $80 of beer.