[CQ-Contest] Room Reservations for Dayton 2020 at the CrownePlaza hotel in downtown Dayton

[Richard F. DiDonna NN3W]

The Marriott is a viable option.  I've stayed there on business.

73 Rich NN3W

On 9/17/2019 10:44 AM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> My point was that "ubering out" to a different hotel could be a better solution than walking around the CP area.  Times have changed, yes.  So have ways to deal with times changing.
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> 73
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> Ed  N1UR
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Allan W Schlaugat
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 8:03 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Room Reservations for Dayton 2020 at the CrownePlaza hotel in downtown Dayton
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> I personally know of two assaults on contesters, one requiring medical attention, within the immediate area around the CP last year. My last trip to Dayton in 2018 I was with the K9PG group dining at a great BBQ place south of the CP and it was just starting to get 'sketchy' then. (we never did find a good place that sold milk shakes afterwards) Stay in groups and be aware of your surroundings.
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> Al   N9ISN
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> On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 03:01:35 +0000, Radio KØHB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I'm only familiar with the area immediately adjacent to the CrownPlaza, so I can't speak about the "Oregon area".
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>> In my (mis-spent) youth in the Navy I navigated a lot of dark and sketchy waterfronts in down-scale foreign ports.
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>> In none of them was I ever so apprehensive for my safety as I was this
>> last May after the Contest Dinner walking
>> 2 blocks from CP to where my vehicle was parked in a surface lot.
>> Approached twice with offers of intimate horizontal refreshment and once by a pair of fellows desiring "money for the bus".
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>> 73, de Hans, KØHB
>> "Just a boy and his radio"T