Category — Hamvention

Just announced on one of the reflectors I subscribe to, the Dayton Antenna and Contest Forums are now on-line.

Antenna Forum

The Dayton Antenna Forum has three presentations. The first is Real World Antenna Patterns vs. Theoretical Computer Antenna Plots by Mike Wetzel, W9RE, and Tom Chance, K9XV.

The second is A New Approach for Measuring Complex Antenna Currents in a Vertical Array by Greg Ordy, W8WWV (love THAT call…).

And the third is Multi-element Lowband Vertical Arrays - Approaches for Small Lots by Ted Rappaport, N9NB, and Ray Sokola, K9RS.

Nice to see those Midwestern calls!

Contest Forum

The contest forum offers six presentations.

The first is, of course, the 2008 Dayton Contest Forum Introduction by Doug Grant, K1DG.

The second is Passing the NCJ Torch by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LZ, and Alan Dewey, K0AD. (Doing nice job as well).

The third is When Giants Walked the Bands – The Early Days of Multi-Multi by Doug Zwiebel, KR2Q.

The fourth is SDR and Contesting – The Future is Now by Pete Smith, N4ZR.

The fifth is Beamforming on 160 Meters by Victor Kean, K1LT.

Finally, Contesting with 28 Miles of Feedline by my former neighbor John Battin, K9DX

Thanks to KKN.net for hosting these presentations. All of the links are PDF files.

Scot, K9JY

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In case you have missed it, Steve, K9ZW, has a great post that suggests Dayton’s days are numbered for hosting the Hamvention. Not the club, but the city.

He presents it well and there is a very good comment thread after the article about the decision to stay or leave. Check out the article — and the comments — in Dayton Hamvention 2008 Follow-Up Report No. 21 — Dayton the Unwashed.

Then contribute your opinion on what you think a Hamvention should all be about and if Dayton (the city) is the right place for it.

Scot, K9JY

There are more videos up from the Dayton Hamvention 2008. Here’s the latest  batch.

Hamvention 2008 — All night long from K0NEB

[youtube r3TPlQf2nA All Night Long]

Gotta love the Three Ham-igos from Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube KpT0z9sSWmw The Three Ham-igos]

K9IED — Bob Heil, by Gary Johnston, KI4LA. Bob talks about his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[youtube uMLohBFBK0M Bob Heil at Hamvention 2008]

Assistant General Chairman Michael Kalter, W8CI, by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube 68GbN7aUI6I W8CI on Hamvention 2008]

K1MMH, ARRL Chief Development Officer, by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube MOUMOG5ggPk K1MMH, ARRL Chief Development Officer]

Yamini, VU2YAM, at the Dayton Hamvention 2008, by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube AwicOC9uaRE Yamini, VU2YAM]

Russ, WB4PGT, in a spacesuit at the Hamvention 2008, by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube 5pAEOOWPGwc Russ, WB4PGT, in a space suit]

Chip, K7JA, of Jay Leno text versus CW fame, by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube YI4ylKJObso Chip, K7JA]

K4BRI on QRP Operating by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube hga2DkH5Gys K4BRI on QRP]

DARA President Jim Simpson, WB8QZZ, on Hamvention 2008 by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube 1w8pNr41QiM Jim, WB8QZZ]

Gordon West, WB6NOA, interview by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube PsBNatsBA-k Gordon West, WB6NOA]

Gould Smith, WA4SXM, AMSAT Director Field Operations at Hamvention 2008 by Gary, KI4LA:

[youtube 06wUlgNaMUM Gould Smith, WA4SXM, AMSAT]

Gary, KI4LA — you rock!

Scot, K9JY

Without being there, photos help create the feeling of being at the Hamvention. Here’s a roundup of photos that have been published out on the various photo sites about Hamvention 2008.

KE9V puts out some 76 photos, both inside and outside of Hara Arena. Too bad about the lack of sleep — from work!

Twenty more pics from nebulagirl. Here’s the photo stream on Flickr.

Some great pics from half framed idiot (I love the names!). Including one of the Enigma code machine.

KxsEnterprises puts up 64 photos.

Mattleah has a photo set of 41 photos.

Haideki Saito has two sets: one of 41 photos and the other 117 photos.

Thanks for sharing these photos for the ham community.

Scot, K9JY

Here is the lineup from Dayton of all the videos I could find posted. Enjoy!

Brief interviews with the folks at Icom about what’s new:

[youtube TFuy01zZR4g New from Icom at Hamvention 2008]

Another view of what’s new at Icom:

[youtube xQgJtYnQvTA New from Icom at Hamvention 2008]

View of the Hara center arena at Hamvention 2008:

[youtube VH_0hiI8YQg Hara Arena Hamvention 2008]

TenTec at the Dayton 2008 Hamvention with Scott Robbins, W4PA:

[youtube 8mThHIjfZP8 TenTec at Dayton Hamvention 2008]

Yaesu VX-8 at Dayton Hamvention:

[youtube 9x_sZ-6Yo8o Yaesu VX-8 at Hamvention 2008]

The unstoppable  Bob Heil in action with yet another new microphone:

[youtube VIfsh4_a8U8 Bob Heil at Hamvention 2008]

Joel Harrison, W5ZN, ARRL President, reveals the new 5th pillar of ARRL’s mission:

[youtube 4Y4N42XHV1s ARRL 5th Pillar at Hamvention 2008]

Best crank up tower idea — use a cordless drill!

[youtube DNyooVeP5tE Cordless drill crank up at Hamvention 2008]

Robots at the Hamvention

[youtube 7pglU3hqBg0 Robots at Hamvention 2008]

Hat tip to Katie, W1KRB, who did many of these videos.

Are there others?

Scot, K9JY

Looks like the last of the rain finally went away. Radar at 18:55 UTC:

My onsite buddy, Eric, K9GY, reports good weather, but still windy. One of the flea market vendors reported selling $1,200 of stuff on Thursday — before the hamfest opened.

Scot, K9JY