[RTTY] RTTY Contest Dinner

[James AC0E]

Fred,
THANK YOU for all your work in making the RTTY Contest dinner a success.
I drug two out three of my neophyte RTTY ops to the dinner. 
I would it if there is a YouTube of Larry, K8UT, presentations available
He had superb presentation.
73 Jim AC0E 

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On May 22, 2015, 19:29, at 19:29, Fred Dennin <fdennin at numail.org> wrote:
>Good evening all.  I just wanted to give you a report on the Dayton
>RTTY Contest Dinner.  We had about the same number in attendance this
>year as last, with 65 present.  We had representation from all over the
>U.S., DU, VE, VK, JA and M0.  Thanks to Ralph, K0IR for his
>presentation as the keynote speaker on his many DXpeditions.  
>
>Thanks to Ed, W0YK, we put together a little over $1,500 in door
>prizes.  Each person received a ticket for a chance at a door prize
>with their meal, but we sold additional tickets to enhance the
>opportunity to win more prizes.  This raised $600.00 and it was
>supported by the group that we will use these funds to purchase a few
>CQWW RTTY plaques that go unsupported by individuals and the balance is
>slated to go for the production of filming W0YK running SO3R and/or
>SO4R for training purposes.  The video will be made available to RTTY
>Contesters wanting to learn the techniques used in operating multiple
>radios simultaneously and will also be used by Contest University (CTU)
>for training purposes.  Thank you very much to those buying extra door
>prize tickets, as RTTY Contesters continue to give back to the hobby. 
>As a reminder, last year we raised about $1,100.00 that was donated to
>WRTC 2014.
>
>We are exploring other food options for next year at the Crown Plaza
>such as a possible buffet.  The past two years, we’ve had 4 entree
>selections to choose from, but hotel food (the infamous rubber chicken
>dinner) is not generally the reason we attend, it’s the camaraderie
>with our fellow contesters.  That being said, we will strive to improve
>on the food each year, the presentation and the door prizes.
>
>Thanks also to Mark, K6UFO for presenting the NAQP RTTY plaques there
>and for his work in organizing the contest.  Thanks also to Larry, K8UT
>who gave us his RTTY technology predictions during his presentation as
>keynote speaker in 2014 and last weekend, gave us a status report on
>those predictions.
>
>I would like to encourage those of you attending the RTTY Contest
>Dinner next year,  to solicit support of your local contest clubs for
>door prizes.  The Louisiana Contest Club donated not only to the RTTY
>dinner in 2014, but also to the Saturday night Contest Dinner.  The
>past two years in a row, the W4HOD Heart of Dixie ARS has generously
>donated to the RTTY Contest Dinner.  Array Solutions and Elecraft were
>very generous commercial donors again this year so please thank them
>when you have the opportunity to do so.  I also want to thank Dr. Bud
>Azar, N5AN for generously supporting the door prize raffle the last two
>consecutive years.
>
>There are always a number of people to thank in helping put on these
>events so lastly, thanks to K3LR, K8MNJ, KA9FOX, K1ZZI, W0YK, and WF2S
>for making the 2015 dinner a success.
>
>73’…..Fred, WW4LL
>
>
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