hamvention 2002 tm you’re not in kansas anymore… ted turner ve3lv ben price ve3cda
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HamVention 2002TM
You’re not in Kansas anymore…
Ted Turner VE3LV
Ben Price VE3CDA
Getting to Dayton (from Ottawa)
• 1150 kilometres14 hours of reasonable drivingOttawa – Detroit on the 401Detroit – Dayton on 75 south
• Customs (at the border)
30 minutes going (bridge traffic)
5 minutes returning
Location of HamVention
Accommodations and Meals
• All hotels are booked in advance
• Hotel rates are about double the normal rates for the same room
• Lots and lots of American restaurants
• The coffee sucks
Hotel to HamVention™
• Park in the Salem Mall and take the shuttle bus
• Park at the HamVention
The Salem Mall
• We parked at the Salem Mall and took the shuttle bus to Hara Arena
• The mall is about 2 kilometres from the arena
• The bus ride costs $2 per day
Waiting on the busat the Salem Mall
Purchasing a bus ticketCan you spot the VE3?
Shuttle bus ticket ($2 U.S.)
Long bus lines, but it moved quickly
In the bus(the only vehicle without 4 antennas)
Arriving on Friday morning
Buying a $22 ticket
The ‘big’ picture‘We took this from our helicopter’
There are 3 major areas of interest
• Inside the Hara Arena(s) 500 exhibits
• Inside, at the forums (or seminars)
• Outside, at the flea-market, 2500 vendors
Our first look inside,this is the ‘main’ building
A forum in progress
Outside, at the flea-market…
It rained a bit on Friday…
Friday
• We spent most of Friday inside…
The not-so-good floor plan
The good (blue) floorplan It’s very handy to have a good floorplan
I’ve got this old talkie and the battery is dead…
All I want for Christmas…
Inside vendors…
More inside vendors…
What kind of rocket is this, anyway?
Look! Mecca…
Stereo Kenwoods
Yes, can you tell me where the MFJ booth is?
Ah, here it is…
Hey! Where’s Martin?
Here’s Martin!Hey Martin, what can we have for FREE!
He gave us his card…
…and we gave him ours
QCWA – Jim Walsh, hard at work
Gord West, live and direct
A re-enactment of HamVention DXing (VE3LV will explain)
Back at the ranch
Reading up on my wish list
HamVention was big news in Dayton
Saturday
Arriving Saturday morning
Saturday
• We spent the day outside, roaming…
• People we met while on patrol
Lots of Antennas
Is this VE3GK?
That’s a funny looking windshield wiper
Truckers forever…
Check out the screwdriver
We saw lots of spiders?
Tall towers
One is just not enough
Now for the ‘funny’ peopleIf you look closely, you’ll see an angel
N3TPM/portable 8 land
There’s one in every crowd
Paparazzi are everywhere…
…everything in this booth is free…
QRP dummy load (cheap)
Gee, those are weird looking tubes…
Old radios
Very nicely arranged
SB104 A or B?
More tubes
National tuner
Directional, or not?..
Lunch?
Yahoooooo
This guy’s giving away Yaesu hats
Canada, eh?
Whoa, I feel like I’m falling…
Going to the dogs…
VE3DSRJim from Willowdale
Hummer with attitude
Need a techtronics plug-in?
Here, put this in your mouth…
The guy on the left I recoginze…
Wow, this place clears out quick!
Poor people line up for the bus back to the Salem Mall
Our helicopter coming to pick us up
Hara Arena
Emergency vehicles
More emergency stuff
Wheelchair
Sunday
Breakfast with Ohio’s finest
Fuzzy focusing, a new technology
What kind of stuff can you buy at the HamVention?
Radios
Super Glue
Rocks
Lots of Catalogues
Surgical stuff
Slot machines
Red lights…
Underwater radios
A desk for your radio
Nuclear detonator
Everything but the…
Snacktime on Sunday
May we help you?
Ever try to take a picture, then someone walks in front?
Same picture, no hat
You’ll NEVER see it this quiet
In back of these people…
Getting ready for the Sunday draw…
Our local club hosts
Dayton was on the Webcast…
The prizes are on the right
Waiting on the prize draw…
Is that an antenna in your hat, or are you happy to see me?
A hush falls over the crowd, during the prize draw
Is that all we get?
Flight 123 has been delayed…
What’s that sign say?
Going home with their treasures…
Until next year
Questions?Yes, I have a question…
When can I go to Dayton?Let’s go THIS YEAR!