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

Ria Jairam rjairam at gmail.com
Tue Oct 3 21:47:15 EDT 2017


You'd probably get ICEd anyway by the 75 meters crowd.

If you're not going, please consider giving me the room at CP. :)


73
Ria, N2RJ


On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I drive a 32-valve 6.6L turbocharged V8. I could give you a tow.
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 10:30 Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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