[Fourlanders] Dayton Report

[Bob Lear]

W4ZST 2007 Dayton Report

Finally getting around to this after Dayton, prep for VHF Contest and 
VP2EDH DXpedition

The Thursday night VHFers get-together at the Shuckin’ Shack, organized 
by K5AND, was once again a success for the forty or so participants. 
Good Food, drink and discussion were the order of business for the 
evening.  Don’t miss it next year, keep an eye out for notices on the 
reflectors before hand.  Thanks to Dick for putting this good time 
together for us.

Our spaces at the flea market were dominated by the new K4RF motor home 
which drew much attention.  No one noticed the dancing girls we had 
trying to sell our meager flea-market offerings.  Instead all eyes were 
drawn to the Freightliner/Mercedes/DynaMax motor coach as it could 
hardly be called an ordinary RV.  With our penchant for naming rolling 
stock, we have decided to christen it the “Bluesmobile” and I’m sure 
Steve and Shirley will like that.  Special thanks to Steve for making it 
our Dayton HQ area and  to he and Dick K5AND for obtaining and 
organizing the spaces for all of us and SVHFS to share.  Meeting and 
greeting our friends there were Steve K4RF, Dick K5AND, Jim W4KXY, Bob 
W4ZST, Bill KI4US, Ron WW8RR and Jim WE8W.

We enjoyed the flea-market shopping, talking with new and old friends 
and checking out the bounty of new radios and gear introduced this year. 
  We all found some buys in the flea-market and sold some of the items 
we brought.  Some went home with receipts for new radios in hand to be 
shipped later.  They will be looking forward to having fun with them and 
to returning to Dayton next year for more of the same.

The Friday night VHF banquet was another great time.  Thanks to Tony 
WA8RJF and Tom WA8WZG for putting together another good one.  Excellent 
food and conversation at the Holiday Inn were enjoyed by all attending. 
  Everyone enjoyed the round-robin introductions with six-digit grid 
squares as Tony called on the six-digit table numbers around the room. 
Palle, OZ1RH gave us a interesting talk about VHF operating practices in 
Europe.  Tony and Tom capped off the evening witht the ever popular door 
prize drawing sending a number of smiling faces out into the evening. 
Keep your eyes peeled for next years banquet annoucement and join the 
great group.

Nice weather at Dayton this year to make it another succesful and 
enjoyable Dayton trip.  Looking forward to next year and hope to see you 
there.

73, Bob W4ZST