[CQ-Contest] Greene Co (OH) isn't very green

Barry w2up at comcast.net
Tue Oct 3 09:41:52 EDT 2017


I was planning to attend "Dayton" in 2018.   As Southwest pulled out of 
Dayton last year and there are very few non-stops available,  I thought 
I'd make a road trip out of it, driving my Electric Vehicle from 
Colorado.  I've had the car for 2 1/2 years and made several long 
distance trips.  Interstate driving on auto-pilot is very relaxing.  
Looking at the route, there's no problem getting to Dayton, as there are 
Tesla Superchargers all the way to the Englewood exit of I-70.

Expecting to make at least 2 round trips between downtown Dayton and the 
Greene Co Fairgrounds, it would be nice to be able to top off my charge 
at least once.  Greene Co has zero EV chargers near the fairgrounds.

I emailed Hamvention management and we had several emails back and forth 
about this.  I gave them info on how the Fairground can obtain and 
install chargers provided by Tesla for FREE.  Although they seemed 
enthusiastic initially, final answer was it's not going to happen.

While there are some chargers in the downtown Dayton area (I have a 
Crowne Plaza rez), it's a bit of a hassle, so I'm considering not making 
the trip.  Last Dayton for me was 2015 - maybe my last.

Barry W2UP


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