[Towertalk] Dayton Attendance

[Carl Smidt]

What does, "shack on the hat guys" mean?????

73,   Carl   VE9OV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Greene" <wa2moe@firstinter.net>
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Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Dayton Attendance


> At 10:48 AM 5/18/02 -0700, Chris BONDE wrote:
> >Is there not a natural waxing and waning of these things?
>
> I stopped going in the early 1990s when attendance exceeded 30,000. The
> crowds, erratic transportation from the convention center to downtown,
> waits for a tables at restaurants, shack on the hat guys, and the booze
> were turn offs for me.
>
> But, for people who want to see new equipment and who want to buy it, and
> for people who only get once chance to meet those they talk to on the air,
> Dayton or Visalia are "musts".
>
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