[QCWA] Orlando HamCation report

[Ken Simpson, W8EK]

Thanks very much to all of you who attended the Orlando
HamCation this past weekend.  At this point, every indication
is that it was larger than last year.  Please mark your
calendar now for next year -- February 11, 12, and 13, 2011.
Not on Valentines Day next year!

We had a very good QCWA forum, with a good attendance.  Some
QCWA members missed it, due to being involved with other
things, but it was well attended.

I wish we could have controlled the weather, but such is not
the case.

We had a lot of very positive comments.  Most vendors in the
swap building reported record sales, with most selling all
they brought, or very close to it.  One person said they had
brought 15 "major radios" to sell, and had sold 13 of them
by Friday afternoon.  Some even went home and got more things
to sell! This was true if they were selling ham gear.  The
people reporting average sales were the computer vendors,
or those selling jewelry.  Is it possible that HamCation is
going back to a "real hamfest" selling ham equipment?

Thanks to all who attended.  See you there next year, and at
other hamfests in the upcoming year.

Thanks.

73,

Ken, W8EK

Ken Simpson
E-mail to W8EK at FLHam.net or W8EK at arrl.net
Voice Phone  (352) 732-8400