[Great-River-DX] great time in Dayton

[Howard Barnes]

Kb0wil , kb0ecf and k0dfw  had a great time.    Made many a good deals in
the flea market.  We stock up on essentials for the upcomng  year.   K0dfw 
bought alot of tools and supplies for his taxidermy shop.    K0dfw went all
the way to Dayton  Hamvention to buy a new linear amp and before I bought 
one made a deal  with  Ny0t  on the floor in the front  of the dealer I was
preparing to buy a  new one and purchased a  amp putting out twice the 
wattage with alot better tubes for finals and for half the price of the new
one.   Only one hitch.   Had to drive back to Missouri to pick it up.   But
the shipping was "free"!   Couldn't of worked out better.   Made a bunch of
new friends just  sitting around and starting up conversations with other
hams out there.   You never know who is sitting next to you.   Some really
nice people.       The  weather for Dayton was excellent.    Had about  3
rain drops fall on me the whole time.    The  crowd was well dispersed
between the indoor exhibitors and the outdoor ones.   Had a  excellent
crowd.   If I was to guess   I would say it was up  a little in attendance
dispite   high gas prices.     N9jf  was doing his bird watching again this
year and I watched another ham from another country taking pictures of
"robins" on the golf course next door  and was amazed at the bird.  He had
a American ham leading around and taking pictures of different birds !    I
saw my  first ham from  China ,  and if was  a   lady.   I should have ran
her down and set up a   schedule for a contact  but   I  figured  she might
have me arrested for a  stalking.      Our  phones was out in our motel  ,
due to a lightning strike before we got there.   So at 5:30 am   I  was  
tapping  cw   through the  wall to the next room and asking if  N9jf  ,his
brother and Fred  kb0wil  where  ready to go.    We  communicate anyway we
can.    Hams can adapt to any condition!   Over all had a ball and have my
reservations in for our rooms next year.   
3s
Howard   k0dfw


Howard Barnes Taxidermy
"Quality Taxidermy Since 1969"
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