I will agree with both. Dayton does have appeal to hams beyond the "fly first
class or don't fly at all" club, but will also say;
Forgawdsake! Shower daily and wear clean clothes!
Nothing hurts the image of ham radio more than foul-smelling ogres in dirty
clothes.
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> On Nov 16, 2015, at 17:18, K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
> I'll stand up in defense of the Dayton Flea Market. Unless you take a very
> narrow view of what constitutes ham radio stuff (by excluding desktop PC's,
> for example), there is not all that much non-electronic stuff out there.
> Sure, there is a lot of stuff that would have been good dumpster material
> decades ago, but one man's trash is another man's treasure.
>
>
> It does, however, make a big difference if you're driving or flying. If you
> are limited to buying (or selling) stuff that will fit in a suitcase and
> still go through TSA, you are very limited. Which is why the flea market at
> Orlando is far less interesting than that at Dayton. A snowbird like myself
> has had a good time socializing and checking out some exhibits at Orlando,
> but being limited to what will fit in a car headed north in the spring along
> with all our other worldly possessions means I'm not going to be buying
> physically big stuff. Nor will I be bringing any such stuff to sell.
>
>
> OTOH for years I've been selling stuff at the Mad River Radio Club's flea
> market spot. Most years I'm able to make my XYL very happy by coming home
> with more money and less junk than I left with. And keeping the junk pile at
> home down to a dull roar is a good thing.
>
>
> Sure, I'd like nicer bathrooms and non-erupting sewer lines at HARA. But for
> those of us within reasonable driving distance, it still fits the bill very
> well.
>
>
> See you in both Orlando and Dayton!
>
>
>
>
> 73 - Jim K8MR
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Clarke <ku8e@bellsouth.net>
> To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 16, 2015 10:54 am
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Dayton Hamvention Future?
>
>
> Agree 100% with Bob. Plus it seems like half the stuff in the flea market is
> non-ham radio related stuff. It's understandable why DARA would sell these
> spots
> to non-hams because they can make more money. I'm sure the local non-ham types
> who sell stuff at normal flea markets take advantage of this because they know
> they will have a huge audience to sell their trinkets.
>
> The question to ask is
> does DARA want quantity (i.e. attendance) vs quality. ( a premier ham radio
> event)
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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