[Elecraft] Dayton Hamvention

[Craig Rairdin]

>... my first ever Dayton Hamvention and/or FDIM!  
> ... So I am looking for any information and 
> suggestions that anyone might have.  

When walking through the flea market, work out a pattern that allows you to
switch which direction you're looking. If you do like I did last year and
walk down an aisle looking at the booths on your right, then turn around at
the end of the aisle and come back down the other side with the booths on
your right again, then repeat this for several aisles, your neck will be
really, really sore and you won't be able to turn your head to the left for
the rest of the day. This is dangerous when you go to drive home.

Get cash before you get to the arena. There's an ATM machine there but it
seems to be very picky about what cards it will take. I've always had
success but judging by the level of cursing from the people before me, it
doesn't always work for everyone. On the other hand, a strategic stop or two
at the ATM will allow you to report: "I went to Dayton with $500 in my
pocket, and I came home with $500 in my pocket."

Don't monitor the talk-in repeater. Just jump on and ask the same questions
that everyone has been asking for the last hour. I've never done that, but
based on listening to the repeater, that's the rule. :-)

Along those lines, don't go to the hamvention.org Web site and print a map,
or find out what tickets cost, or when the arena opens, or where the parking
lot is. Just drive to Ohio and ask around. :-)

Craig
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