[Towertalk] First day at Dayton - Attendance continues to slide

[Barry Schieferstein]

I just returned from Dayton and for the second year in a row I didn't buy 
anything big (really wasn't looking) but some valid points were made about 
prices.  There are some exeptions though.  I ran across an OM selling 
1000pf 5kv doorknob caps 2 for $5.  He siad he has had them for a number of 
years and has turned down offers to buy the lot because he didn't want to 
sell them to someone who was going to resell them for more - his way of 
giving back to the ham community.  Anyway, on a antenna/tower related note, 
I stopped by the StepIrr antenna Ryder truck on the way out.  I wish I had 
found it earlier and had more time to play.  They had the three element 
mounted and it looked pretty solid.  It was pretty wild to listen to the 
wires move as it tuned.  I got to watch a s9+20 signal go to S6 by hitting 
the 180 button.  A gentleman standing there told me he had bought one but 
had yet to put it up. He ordered it last year about this time and when it 
was time to ship they called and asked him if he wanted it then or if he 
would wait until they made some improvements that they wanted to do prior 
to shipping.  He decided to wait and received it last fall. I think that 
says something about the integrity of the company that they didn't want to 
ship a product that they knew they could improve.
73,
Barry KW8W
-----Original Message-----
From:	K7LXC@aol.com [SMTP:K7LXC@aol.com]
Sent:	Saturday, May 18, 2002 10:55 AM
To:	KI9A@aol.com; k9zm@frontiernet.net
Cc:	towertalk@contesting.com
Subject:	Re: [Towertalk] First day at Dayton - Attendance continues to 
slide

In a message dated 5/18/02 7:47:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, KI9A@aol.com
writes:

> We need the motel/tourism industry to throw some weight around in 
congress
>  to get gasoline prices stable at 99 cents per gallon if you want to see
>  attendance figures go up.

    HOLD IT. This is not a suitable topic for TOWERTALK. Thank you.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
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