If this was really true, the Hamvention would be more interested in catering
to the needs of the contester/DXer crowd. They have not demonstrated this
by their actions over the past several years...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
> Subich, K4IK
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:17 PM
> To: jjreisert@alum.mit.edu; 'John Warren'; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2005 Dayton Forum Wrap Up
>
>
>
> > Tim K3LR wrote:
> >
> > >The new venue for the Antenna forum and the Contest forum at
> > the Crowne Plaza on Saturday afternoon was a major hit.
> K1DG and K3LR
> > are not certain which location will be used next year (HARA or the
> > hotel).
>
> to which AD1C replied:
>
> > The remote location also made it hard for us working a
> booth to drop
> > into the forums.
>
> It also makes the vendors/exhibitors unhappy in that it makes
> participants in the Antenna/Contest and potentially DX forums
> less likely to spend time at their booth. Taking a large
> number of the most active, most likely to buy attendees away
> from HARA makes Hamvention much less valuable to the "big
> ticket" vendors.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, K4IK
>
>
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