[CQ-Contest] 2005 Dayton Forum Wrap Up

[Joe Subich, K4IK]

> 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