[Boatanchors] Dayton 2010

[David Knepper]

The Dayton Hamvention 2010, if you missed it, was a super event.  What made 
it especially great was the fine weather that we had on Friday and Saturday.

The crowd seemed larger than last year but the outdoor vendor area had an 
unusually high number of empty spaces.  I am at 2325-2326 and there were 
five vacant spaces to the right of me, for instance.

Lots of used gear appeared in the fleamarket at very reasonable prices. 
NC-183D, Central Electronics 200V, SX-71, 75A-4, Hallicrafter SX-100, and so 
on ....  However, there seemed to be an absence of Collins equipment, 
particularly, the S-Line and KWM-2s.  No KWS-1s were spotted.

We had over 60 in attendance at the Collins Forum on Saturday afternoon in 
Room 3.   Ted Craven, W5USI, presented a slide program on the maintenance 
and restoration of the KWM-2.  If you would like a copy of his presentation 
on DVD, email him at W5USI at yahoo.com  If he is available next year, we hope 
to have him as our guest presenter again at the Collins Forum.  He did a 
super job and had a strong round of applause at the end.  Ted,  as you may 
know,  is the associate editor of the Collins Journa and technical advisor 
of the CRA.  His lovely wife and daughter assisted him in setting up the 
program, I might add.

For those that I met, it was most kind of you to stop by to say hello.

Perhaps, I will meet you at the Butler Hamfest on June 6th at Butler, PA

Thank you

David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA
Publisher of the Collins Journal
Secretary of the Collins Radio Association
www.collinsra.com
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