Back in January Jim - W5JCS sent in these shots showing he was making his preparations for HamVention 2015!
As you can see, Jim is one guy who takes his attendance at HamVention very seriously!
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In March of 2015 Fast Eddie - W8ED was playing the IOOK's Vice Presidential Slot Machine. Look at the total credits Ed acquired during this series of plays!
135,855,510? What's up with that?
Ed certainly seems to have too much time on his hands! UGH!
Here's a link for you...
http://legitimate.org/iook/games.html
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Here's a look at Joe - WA5FLT's new fusion repeater from May 4th.
His comment was "Less than one hour old. Up and running. 146.610 minus no tone."
Congratulations Joe!
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On May 6th this was e-mailed to the IOOK! Golly, that is a lot easier than the snail mail version we used to do back in the OLD days!
This was attached to the e-mail...
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On May 8th Tom - W3TOM had this to share with us:
For the first time the full HamVention 2015 program is available before the start of the event:
http://hamvention.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Hamvention-Program-2015.pdf
de w3tom
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HamVention stuff is laid out on the pool table! Plans
are coming together! (5/10)
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Wednesday afternoon Lou and Keith loaded the floors onto Lou's pickup in preparation for delivery at HamVention Thursday after breakfast.
Here's a cheesecake shot of Lou!
After Keith got back to the Farley Flophouse, Fast Eddie -
W8ED, the Flow Manager, arrived to set up the keg!
Here Fast Eddie and Keith toast the first beer drawn from
the keg! Mmm Mmm good!
Bob and Jean are soon to cross into Ohio!
The Fisher's arrived at the Pauly Pavilion!
Jean and Bob - N0BIX!
John and Jan have arrived at the Pauly campground...
John - N5AAA
C'mon Back! C'mon Back!
Jean and Jan
John and Lou hooking things up...
Sandi, Jan, Jean and Lou...
Sandi and Jan at the computer...
Dinner Wednesday night was at Company 7 BBQ - back
entrance...
Loyd - K8EI, Sandi, Jean, Jan - KA9VQS and Marian - WD8CJD
Dinner at Company 7 BBQ! L-R K8EI, Sandi, Jean,
KA9VQS, WD8CJD
L-R N5AAA, N0BIX, N8KXM, NN3V
John is taking a picture of Bob's new watch...
Here's Bob's new IOOK watch! Another breakthrough in
IOOK Technology! Bob is the first to get one of these!
Our waiter took several shots...
The motif of Company 7 BBQ is oriented around fire fighting
equipment. The back bar is a converted fire engine!
Jean and Jan
Here's the front of Company 7 BBQ!
A good time was had by all and we managed to get all fed up!
Thursday, 5/14./2015
Breakfast at Burkey's N8KXM, N5AAA, N5JFQ
Wendell - WB5ISO, WA5FLT, AB8CO, AI0OK
WA8ZWJ & N8KXM
Time to set up the floors for our booth!
The van is in place beside the floors and the antenna mount
is under the rear tire.
While the guys were going to the flea market to set things up, Stan - N5JFQ, Wendell - WB5ISO and Chas - AI0OK went to the Air Force Museum.
According to Stan "Thursday after breakfast Wendell
and I headed out to the Air Force Museum. With increased security and a
slow mag line, we were able to catch up with Chas at the membership counter
while getting our membership cards. Chatting with the volunteer (who
happened to be from Oklahoma) the Foundation Executive Director, Michael Imhoff,
came up and heard us talking with him. Mr. Imhoff took an interest
in us, not sure why, maybe because we were from Oklahoma and talked about the
tornados, etc. Anyway we chatted with him awhile and then headed
inside. Just past the store there was a photo “booth” setup and Mr.
Imhoff volunteered to purchase a photo for each one of us. So we all
jumped in with him and ended up with this photo."
Stan says: "Upon hearing that we had tickets to next IMAX show at the museum, Mr.
Imhoff gave us a private tour of the IMAX projection booth and of
course another photo op.
L-R WB5ISO, Mr. Imhoff, N5JFQ, AI0OK
This is a close up of one of the IMAX projectors. For 3D it uses
two projectors simultaneously and a special glass just in front of the lens. (And your 3D glasses) They are DLP Cinema projectors, no
film, and anything can be inputted. They recently had a seminar in the auditorium and used one for a Power Point presentation on that
huge screen. Imagine that.
One of my interests at the museum was to see the recently
awarded Congressional Medal of Honor to the Doolittle Raiders. And yes, I
was able to get that close to the glass to get a full picture.
Chas left early, so Wendell and I got a bite of lunch.
While in the cafe, Mr. Imhoff came through with foundation board member
and retired Astronaut Frederick Gregory and introduced us. Another photo
op of course. Upon talking about Oklahoma's recent tornadoes, he told us
about one of his special missions in Oklahoma years ago. He was flying a
fighter jet (an F-4 I recall) into thunderstorms while the NSSL Doppler radar
was tracking him and the storm. His purpose was verifying the data that
the radar was obtaining. I'll keep it short here, but his story continues
with more interesting details.
After doing the initial set up in the flea market the guys
went to the grocery to pick up lunch fixings.
Making progress...
We ended up with two carts of stuff...
Joe is checking out the 6 meter duplexer that is supposed
to go home with them in Stan's SUV.
Here are a few shots that Bob - N0BIX took at Lou and
Sandi's...
Tom and Debbie have arrived at the Pauly Campground...
Jan - KA9VQS and Debbie - KA3VNF
Tom - W3TOM is checking out something under their motor
home.
It is time to head to the Toll House Tavern!
NA6RS - Ron and Brenda
Max - K1MAX and Joe - N8BYT
Dave - W8TVC and Big Al - KB8FJB
Chas - AI0OK
Joe - WA5FLT
Randy - AB8CO
Jim - KA8SFL
Keith - WA8ZWJ and Marian - WD8CJD
Lew - KC4US and Miriam
Loyd - K8EI and Charlie - NN3V
Lou - N8KXM, Bob - N0BIX, John - N5AAA and Jan - KA9VQS
Jim - W5JCS
Gail and Wil - WB5YFX
Bruce - W6RBM
Stan - N5JFQ and Wendell - WB5ISO
Hmm, it looks like John is messing with Bob just a
bit! Har!
Chas is too busy with his nachos to look at the camera...
Bill - WZ1L
WE usually have difficulty hearing Bill on the 40 meter
schedules. So, Bob took this shot of Dave, Bill and Keith to show Mike -
K8LMJ that Bill - WZ1L is not Keith's imaginary friend! Here's proof
Mike! Bill - Please buy an amplifier so we can hear you!
Here's a look at the entrance to the Toll House Tavern.
We all managed to get fed up once again!
Then a bunch of us were off to the arena to finish setting up the flea market booth.
Sorting the poles and laying out the brackets...
The frame is taking shape...
Here comes the tarp...
Securing the tarp to the frame...
Preparing to have an erection...
Moving the canopy into position...
Securing the IOOK flag to the top of the antenna...
Putting up the antenna and flag...
Group picture...The job is nearing completion...
Bob taking a shot of the set up crew...
Setting up the tables...
Peachy dandy!
Back at the Pauly Place, John and Jan are relaxing after
one very long day!
Friday, 5/15/2015
HamVention is here!
Part of the early breakfast group...
Setting up our sales in the flea market...
Jim - WB8VSU
Lou is explaining about an item...
Wendell and Stan have arrived....guess they have already
been inside...
N0BIX has arrived!
Bob runs into Charlie while looking around inside...
Stan and Wendell (tall guys) assist in the booth set up by
putting up our banner...
Hmm, looks like Wendell is getting assistance from front
and back!
According to Stan "Early Friday morning at the IOOK
booth shortly after Wendell and I (two tall guys) put up the official banner."
Max - K1MAX
Loyd - K8EI and Bob - N0BIX
Chas - AI0OK
Jim - W5JCS
Dave - K7DRM with Flat KBob...
Bob and Jim...
Unfortunately Jim sprained his ankle later in the day and did not get to
participate in HamVention as he is accustomed...
Doc Dave - K8WPE
Hmm - somehow a peanut shell has appeared upon Max's hat!
N5JFQ says "A newly introduced scanner from AOR. It will receive and decode
almost any digital mode (not encrypted), but it runs $1100 plus."
Stan says "With an interest in digital Amateur radio,
on Friday I went to the DMR Forum presented by John Burningham, W2XAB."
Bill - N8TQ
Keith - WE0G
Bill - WZ1L
Dave - W8TVC and Big Al - KB8FJB
Persimmons are being served on the veranda...
While the IOOK were enjoying our lunch N0BIX's XYL, Jean was enjoying lunch at the Golden Lamb in Wilmington, Ohio with friends.
Now, back to HamVention!
Wil - WB5YFX
Audrey - KC8DTM (Damn Tired Mom)
Rob - KV8P
Bruce - W6RBM, Loyd - K8EI and Stan - N5JFQ having some
fun...
Some of the IOOK has taken advantage of our neighbors
HOSSpitality across the way by using some of their chairs to relax a bit...
Skip - N2FOE
Wynn - W6CDR
Yep! That's rain dripping off the tarp...
Dave is making a sale as the rain diminishes...
Ed - W8ED
Loyd is checking his eyelids for leaks...
Close down the booth for the day and head to the Gathering Of The Faithful!
Bob gets a shot of some of the gang arriving at the Farley
Flophouse...
The blessing has been said and dinner is served...
Stan says "Gathering activities: here is N0BIX talking
with Hoss on the cell phone. The phone was passed around to almost
everyone and Hoss really enjoyed the chat."
According to Stan "More Gathering chitchat and Keith
on the phone with Hoss."
Stan says "More Gathering: With Keith's cutter,
Dave prepares a cigar."
Dinner is over...time for awards...
According to Stan "With a fresh cigar Keith begins the
awards as The Flat Prez presides."
But first, the Candle Lighting Ceremony to remember our
friends who have passed...
You can't see it but it is lit...
Keith - N8LIS receives an award...
Keith is assimilated by Bill - N8TQ
Wendell - WB5ISO is assimilated by Stan - N5JFQ
Stan says "Keith gets animated over something
ridiculous."
Bob - N0BIX receives several awards...
Some of the gang...No, Lee - WA8MSD is not asleep. He
is feeling very poorly and ended up having to go home early because of his
illness...
Bob gets another award...
Lew - KC4US receives an award...
Fast Eddie receives an award...
Tom - W3TOM receives an award for being elected as the
ARRL's Director of the Atlantic Division!
Marian - WD8CJD passes out gifts to new grandparents...
Charlie - NN3V receives an award...
Charlie presents an award to Loyd - K8EI
Lou - N8KXM prepares to make an award...
Our videographer and Fast Eddie taking snap shots...
Sasha and Grandpa Randy enjoying the awards...
It was said that Sasha would clap enthusiastically after each award and then
tell Grandpa that she did not understand. :-)
Charlie - NN3V is the recipient of the 2015 IOOK Hall Of
Fame Award! Congratulations Charlie!
The awards are done and now let's all move to the living
room to watch a video about how KBob became President of the IOOK for 3
lifetimes!
We all enjoyed the 3 short videos about President KBob! Yes, he really shot his motor home out of season!
Stan has managed to get all the 6 meter repeater stuff into
his SUV! No easy feat! Front shot...
Back shot...
A look at HamVention APRS activity late Friday evening!
According to Stan "Jimbo (W5JCS) was curiously absent
from the Gathering and missed an award. He had a sprained ankle and needed
crutches to get around. His bunkie, Jim Leadham, follows."
Saturday, 5/16/15
Imagine Keith - WA8ZWJ's surprise when this is what he
found when he arrived to drop off his van before breakfast!
He was devastated! Our canopy appeared to have been
destroyed!
Keith describes to the group at breakfast what the canopy
looked like....BLAAAAAH!
Early breakfast group at Burkey's - 6:15 AM!
It is 7:16 AM and time to figure out what to do with the
canopy.
Pretty badly bent in places...
Lou and Joe seem to think that the poles can be
straightened...
Lou uses a sledge hammer to straighten some of the bow out
of some of the pipes...
The frame is back together and amazingly the tarp was not
damaged!
Here it is back up at 8:25 AM! WOW!
We begin putting out the sales items...
We are open for business!
Since Keith's van was parked in the other lot, we moved one
of the tables from under the canopy and Dave set his sales stuff up there.
Lee - WA8MSD
Jim - WB8VSU
Charlie went inside and took a few shots of some new items
available...
Here is one VERY huge crank up tower...
Bob - N0BIX arrived and went inside for a look
around! He found W3TOM, N5AAA, AB8CO and N8KXM!
While Charlie was looking at new toys Lou - N8KXM was being interviewed by Tom - W5KUB!
Yes, Bob recorded some of the interview and it will appear on the
DVD. He says it is difficult to hear.
Wendell - WB5ISO
Kim and Butch - WD8EOL
Doc Dave - K8WPE
Randy - KA0AZS
Persimmons are being served on the veranda!
Loyd is enjoying his persimmons!
Lee and Chas have finished theirs...
Loyd - K8EI and Randy - AB8CO
According to Stan "Saturday's luncheon chefs enjoying
their own persimmons with a heavy dose of Fritos."
Dave - K7DRM working on a sale...
Bruce - W6RBM and Lou - N8KXM
According to Stan "Getting mellow after Saturday's
lunch."
Hmm - looks like a meeting. I didn't think the IOOK
had any meetings!
Charlie - NN3V runs into an old friend...
Stan says "The Hilberling PT-8000A Transceiver that
Charlie wants real bad. Runs about $13,290.00 in Euro dollars (about US
$14,836)."
Bill - N8TQ
W3TOM, K8EI, KC4US and Miriam
3:27 PM - Baby the rain must fall!
The rain only lasted about 10 or 15 minutes and we were able to take the
plastic off the tables again.
We closed up shop a little before 5PM and headed towards Rob's for dinner.
Dinner at Rob's!
Yes. the IOOK does travel on it's stomach and we all managed to get all fed up!
Here are a couple of after dinner shots of the R&R at the Pauly Place!
Sunday, 5/17/15
The early breakfast was at 7:00 AM this morning!
AI0OK, K7DRM, N5AAA
WB8VSU, KA8PBB
N8KXM, NN3V, K8EI
WA8ZWJ, AB8CO
W6RBM, N8BYT
W3TOM
Randy set up his own booth in the space vacated by our
neighbors across the aisle from us.
Randy made a sign to identify his space...
WB8VSU
WZ1L
AB8CO & N5AAA
Edward - KD5JUM
Chas - AI0OK
Our Korean neighbor has set out his breakfast and then went
to search for something in his car. Lou - N8KXM decided to play a trick on
him by making it look like he was eating the breakfast!
Lou is confronted...
We are all smiles now!
Fast Eddie ventured inside for a while and took this shot
of a new radio...
Bill - WZ1L shows us his purchase...front...
back...Thank you to all the veterans for your service!
Who knows?
Another new radio...
Randy's son and granddaughter...
Sunday view of the back of our space. No neighbors
behind us any more.
Our IOOK flag proudly waving in the breeze attached to the
antenna we have used for the weekend!
While we were enjoying the hamfest, N0BIX's XYL, Jean was
visiting with her friends Al and Karla in Kingman...
Here are Jean and Karla before Bob picked up Jean to head
back to Dayton.
Back to Dayton!
Looks like Charlie and Joe are setting up for lunch...
Persimmons are being served on the veranda!
Tom and Debbie have to head back for their missionary
efforts! Here's his parting shot...
Several of the guys ventured inside to watch tickets.
Sadly, none of our numbers were drawn.
It's after 1PM. We have closed up and begun our
tearing down activities...
There is actually an aisle you can walk down in the middle
after all the stuff was loaded. We must have sold some stuff because there
was no room to walk when the van made it's trip into the flea market on
Thursday!
Taking the tarp off the frame...
Bruce is getting ready to take Charlie to the airport for
his afternoon flight.
Loading the floors...
Securing the load...
Meanwhile at the Pauly Pavilion, the girls were visiting
with the farm animals across the fence...
Here's Jan - probably checking e-mail...
Tom and Debbie are ready to head east...
There goes Tom...
Here goes Debbie! They will hook the Jeep up to the
camper after while.
Jean and Jan watch them drive off...
Well, it must be time for the guys to unload and store the
floors for another year!
Look for the small set of wheels Lou has made up. The
floors are loaded onto the wheels and then pushed back to the shed where they
are stored.
On the wheels and ready to head that direction. Much
easier than carrying them all the way! These are HEAVY!
The pickup is empty. The small floors go on top of
the large floors. They are light enough to be carried.
One small floor on top...
There goes the last one!
Yee haw! Another task is done!
A bit of R&R for W8ED, WA8ZWJ and K7DRM before
dinner...
Time to head to Marion's Piazza!
Ron - KA8PBB and Vicky
Jean and Bob - N0BIX
Lew - KC4US and Miriam
Waiting on the pizza...KA8PBB, Sandi, KA9VQS, N5AAA &
N8KXM
WA8ZWJ & WD8CJD
AB8CO, Marilyn and Miriam
The pizza has arrived!
WZ1L and WA8ZWJ
AB8CO, Marilyn, Miriam and KC4US
Looks like Marian has received a gift! Someone knows
her pretty well!
Hmm, looks like someone needs to order a new shirt!
Yep, as the IOOK does, we all managed to get all fed up!
Monday, 5/18/15
Here's Keith's group shot from Monday morning breakfast...
WD8CJD, Jean, N0BIX, W8ED, KA9VQS, N5AAA, WA8ZWJ
Here's Bob's group shot!
Jan and John!
After breakfast, Bob and Jean headed west. Here's a
look at the arch from the other direction!
It turns out the bag that was found in the van belongs to Stan - N5JFQ. So, another mystery is solved!
As mentioned in the above note, it was great seeing all of you who attended! :-) We missed those of you who were not able to attend!
Tuesday, 5/19/15
This is from Ron - W6KJ...
Congratulations Charlie!
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As you have managed to get this far, you certainly have a strong desire to see what is what with the IOOK's version of the 2015 HamVention.
Many thanks to all who helped make this IOOK HamVention a memorable one!
There are over 460 jpeg images used in this web page. Wow! I cannot guess how many photos are on the cutting room floor!
Photo contributors are: AB8CO, Jean, N0BIX, N5AAA, N5JFQ, N8KXM, NN3V, W5JCS, WA5FLT, W8ED, WA8ZWJ
If I missed someone, please let me know!
Best wishes to all!
Respectfully submitted by Keith - WA8ZWJ
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On May 29th, 2015 Mike - KG8CW took this shot of Keith - WA8ZWJ presenting this "Gathering" award to John - KF8KK since he was unable to attend HamVention this year!
Congratulations John!
