See, the thing is that DARA never reached out us the ham community to seek help
in finding a solution. They kept the transition a secret. For the very reason
you pointed out- Dayton being the largest ham event in the world- you seek help
when the event is in trouble.
I would've gladly contributed in whatever way I can to retain Dayton's status.
I bet many others would do the same just like for WRTC2014. We don't need a
glitzy venue, but do need an appropriate venue and location.
So, yes, I wish them all the best with the new venue. Really want them to
preserve the spirit of Dayton. But in 2017, I will be flying to Germany, not
the Midwest as I don't wish to contribute to ham radio being diminished to a
county fair.
Rudy N2WQ
Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate
autocorrect.
> On Aug 2, 2016, at 1:47 AM, Radio KØHB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Rudy, DARA has been staging the Dayton Hamvention since 1952. It’s a local
> ham club, not a professional “event coordinator”. A bunch of volunteers in a
> small Midwestern city, without a big glitzy “convention center”, without
> professional convention organizers, without a huge hotel room inventory, and
> burdened with a poor physical facility, have managed to keep the Hamvention
> (the largest ham gathering in the world) going for all of these years.
>
> So now they’ve hit a rough spot in the road, losing their facility (such as
> it was), and have scrambled to replace it and keep the event alive.
>
> Since there is no other “DARA” out there volunteering to stand up a new
> organization in a better location, how about the ham community quit their
> cheap sniping from the sidelines, wish the boys and girls of DARA good luck
> in their transition, and make their reservations for next May.
>
> That’s what I am doing.
>
> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>
> From: Rudy Bakalov
> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 4:53 AM
> To: Radio K0HB
> Cc: CQ-Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New hamvention location
>
> Maybe I have been taking Dayton too seriously and wrongly compared it to
> other key ham radio events around the world, such as Friedrichshafen and
> Tokyo. As such, right or wrong, I expect certain set of attributes, one of
> them being location. Location is more than just the town/city, but also the
> actual venue.
>
> Further, I have always considered Dayton the mother of all ham radio events
> in the USA. The Grand Prix of sorts.
>
> So, yes, the thought of the Grand Prix of ham radio moved to this venue
> scares the heck out of me in terms of symbolism. Makes me feel sad that ham
> radio is being reduced to a county fair type of event.
>
> Rudy N2WQ
>
> Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate
> autocorrect.
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2016, at 10:21 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have no idea what Rudy's post is intended to communicate..
>
> Typical schedule of events at a Midwest county fair in late summer. Winners
> move on up to the state fair.
>
> How this relates to amateur radio boys and girls is a mystery to me.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 20:15 Rudy Bakalov <r_bakalov@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Looks like this is the perfect venue. The ham schedule of events fits very
> nicely and complements the current schedule. The vendors will certainly feel
> at home. For example:
>
> MONDAY, August 1
> 8:30 a.m. Breeding and meat rabbit show
> 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Check-in for Swine Jackpot Show
> 9:00 a.m. Nutrition Baking Contest
> Followed by Best o f the Bakers *AB
> 9:00 a.m. Turkey show
> 10:00 a.m. Poultry and turkey showmanship
> 10:00 a.m. Swine jackpot Show Barn 2
> 11:30 a.m. Sign up for General Livestock Judging Contest-Hog Barn
> 12 Noon General Livestock Judging Contest-Cattle Barn
> 12 Noon Free hands-on activities for youth *AB - sponsored by 4-H
> 4:00 p.m. Lamb homegrown show
> 4:30-5:30 p.m. Modeling Practice
> 5:00 p.m. Homegrown goat show
> 6:00 p.m. Goat judging contest
> 6:30 p.m. Market lamb judging - sheep barn
> 7:00 p.m. Market hog judging - swine barn
> 7:00 p.m. 4-H Clothing Fashion Revue *AB
> 7:00 p.m. Dairy judging contest - cattle barn
> 7:30 p.m. Market beef judging - cattle barn
> 8:00 p.m. Dairy cattle exhibitor meeting
> 8:00 p.m. SMASH IT Demo Derby *GS
> 8:00 p.m. Wyatt McCubbin *EC
>
> TUESDAY, August 2
> 8:30 a.m. 4-H/FFA Dairy cattle show and showmanship
> 8:30 a.m. Goat Showmanship followed by Dairy, Production and Market Shows
> 9:00 a.m. English Horse Show –Horse Arena
> 10:00 a.m. Open dairy cattle show
> 10:00 a.m. 4/H FFA Market Hog Show
> 12 Noon Watermelon eating contest *EC
> 12 Noon Free hands-on activities for youth *AB - sponsored by 4-H
> 2:00 p.m. Table Setting Contest *AB
> 2:30 p.m. Breeding Sheep Showmanship, Breeding Show, Market Lamb Showmanship,
> Pee Wee and Adult Showmanship, Open Market Lamb Show
> 6:00 p.m. Grab for Cash *EC
> 7:30p.m. Granger Smith with special guest Clark Manson GS
>
> Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate
> autocorrect.
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Radio KØHB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.whio.com/news/news/officials-to-announce-big-event-coming-to-greene-c/nr77W/
>
> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>
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