[Milsurplus] [MMRCG] Hancation this weekend

[Mark K3MSB]

 Ray .....as an embedded software engineer, I completely understand and
agree with your comments about not being anti-technology.

And, on top of that....

https://www.tentec.com/parts-and-service-is-discontinued-in-sevierville/

73 Mark K3MSB

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 10:14 AM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:

> Hamcation in Orlando is this weekend. I will not be attending. Can only do
> one big event a year and Dayton (Xenia) is it. Everyone knows that due to
> Covid Dayton has been canceled for the last two years and this will be the
> first year its returning.
>
> Much conversation over will it be as big as before? Will this be the
> beginning of the end and all that sort of stuff concerning Dayton? Now
> whenever you talk about Dayton Hamcation down in Florida also comes up.
>
> Some have proposed that the Florida event is almost as large as Dayton and
> maybe this year it will tie or exceed attendance at Dayton, that’s yet to
> be determined.
>
> The big question for me is about the Flea market and what will be
> happening there, I can care less about the buildings full of new gear, SDR,
> Software and how small you can make a radio has little interest to me. I am
> there for the flea market and what’s out in the fields.
>
> It has been proposed that Hamcation would have a poor-quality flea market
> due to the majority of people in the region who attend are transplants from
> other parts of the country and in many cases have sold off all their
> collections before relocating to the south. That along with most of the
> attendees are modern or appliance type Hams who are there for seeing what
> vendors are peddling in the form of the latest skins for your SDR, you know
> the thing where you have virtual screws in the corners of the screen and if
> its better to have Phillips or hex head for the virtual screws?
>
> I know there is a lot of that at Dayton also, know several that attend
> Dayton and never go over to the horse track but just stay in the confines
> of the vendor village.
>
> The question is what is the quality of the flea market at Hamcation and
> how it compares with the Horse track at Xenia? Will be looking for reports
> from the field, being it’s never too early to start making plans for 2023
> and like I said can only afford to do one of the events.
>
>
>
> A footnote:
>
> I am not anti-technology, it’s just that I have to work with it all day
> and the last thing I want to do when I am off is deal with troubleshooting
> software and updating drivers. FT8 and unattended contacts just don’t do it
> for me.
>
>
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
>
>
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