[DARARepeater] Amateur Radio Pavilion at the Dayton Mini Maker Faire (4-5 Aug 2018)

[Eric Vinande]

Just a few updates regarding the Maker Faire this weekend:

The Sunday event hours are 11am-4pm, not 12pm-5pm as originally stated.

This map shows (along with many other things) the location of the Amateur
Radio Pavilion (yellow shaded area just west of Culp's Cafe):
http://dayton.makerfaire.com/things-to-see-and-do/maker-exhibit-map/

Blue wristbands (for free admission) will be handed out to those on the
list of Amateur Radio Volunteers at the admission area in the main building
on the north side and at the Patterson Road entrance on the east side of
the park. If entering through the main building, look for the "membership
table" as that will let you skip the general admission line.

We are still accepting volunteers for both days and students for the one
day technician license class on Saturday!

Let me know if you have any other questions.


Eric Vinande
KG6NFJ
303-241-9057 (cell)


On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:04 AM Eric Vinande <evinande at gmail.com> wrote:

> [I apologize if you get this note several times as I'm sending it to
> several email lists at once]
>
> The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) is again sponsoring an Amateur
> Radio Pavilion (ARP) at the upcoming Dayton Mini Maker Faire (
> https://dayton.makerfaire.com/), Aug 4-5 at Carillon Historical Park in
> Dayton.  Show hours (same as Carillon Park hours) will be Sat 9:30a-5p and
> Sun 12p-5p.
>
> Our goal with this event is to expose the Make Faire audience to amateur
> radio activities and to  encourage them to learn more about our
> service/hobby.
>
> The ARP have four 20'x20' tents:
> - Solderless kit building (AM and FM radios)
> - RTL-SDR.com branded USB SDR dongle vending ($10 for dongle/antenna set)
> and demos
> - Miami Valley Mesh Alliance system demo along with Hamvention/ARRL info
> - Homebrew radio/electronics projects
>
> DARA is also co-sponsoring with RealArt/Proto BuildBar a "learn to solder"
> area (LED badges and FM transmitter kits).
>
> [At the "Thursday Night Group" at the DARA Clubhouse (6619 Bellefontaine
> Rd, Dayton) this Thursday (26-Jul) starting around 7pm, we will be
> reviewing and practicing building the FM transmitter soldering kits.  If
> interested, please bring your own soldering iron.]
>
> The DARA communications van will be onsite and will be operating a Flex
> SDR HF transceiver w/ large television display.
>
> There will also be a one day technician license course starting at 8:30a
> on Saturday with free technician and higher license testing in the
> afternoon.  Please encourage friends/family/neighbors to sign up at:
> https://dayton.makerfaire.com/amrad-1-day-tech-class/
>
> We are looking for volunteers in all of the ARP tents and soldering area
> along with homebrew project demonstrations.  In exchange for an hour or two
> of your time, you'll get a lanyard that will provide FREE admission to the
> show both days.  If you're interested/available please let me know at
> which times/areas you'd like to help out.  The Carillon Park admission
> counter will have a list of volunteer names from which they'll hand out the
> lanyards.
>
> The park has also authorized us to put up wire antennas between the large
> trees so portable radio operating is encouraged.  I'll have an Arrow
> satellite antenna/HT and will attempt some satellite contacts.  If you'd
> like to demonstrate DMR/D-STAR/System Fusion digital modes and/or analog
> repeater operation, that is also encouraged.  If you can bring it, you're
> welcome to operate it!
>
> Please let me know if you have any other questions!
>
>
> Eric Vinande
> KG6NFJ
> 303-241-9057 (cell/text)
>
>
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