Jim - W5JCS sent this picture of his ticket and radio like
usual!
Fast Eddie - W8ED came by to install the beer keg. He
is tapping the first beer!
Now Keith - WA8ZWJ is tapping his first beer.
Cheers! Yes, the glasses were quite full of
foam. This is after the foam had dissipated.
Bob - N0BIX is on his way and just getting ready to cross
into Ohio!
About 1PM the gang meets at Fast Eddie's to load the floors
for the flea market!
These pipes are for the canopy that protects our sales
area.
The floors and all are loaded! Here is the group that helped with the loading.
L-R Joe - N8BYT, Jim - WB8VSU, Keith - WA8ZWJ, Randy -
AB8CO, Ed - W8ED, Chas - AI0OK
Bob - N0BIX took these pictures.
Dinner for the Early Birds was at Company 7 BBQ.
Here are Marian - WD8CJD and Keith - WA8ZWJ
John - N5AAA, Jan - KA9VQS, Debbie - KB4LOO, Chick - AC4CT
Debbie - KA3VNF, Tom - W3TOM
Chas - AI0OK has joined the group!
Debbie, Tom and Bob - N0BIX
After we got back from dinner it was soon time to get on
the IOOK Wednesday Evening Net!
Bob - N0BIX takes a turn!
Breakfast at Frisch's in Xenia.
Chas - AI0OK and Bob - N0BIX
Jim - WB8VSU, Bruce - W6RBM, Chick - AC4CT, John - N5AAA
Keith - WA8ZWJ and Joe - N8BYT
Then it was time to go to the flea market and set up our
sales area.
We had some difficulty figuring out which piece of flooring went where.
John - N5AAA called Lou - N8KXM who originally set the floors up and he managed to straighten us out.
Lou was not able to come to HamVention because there was a
great grandchild being born into his family.
The floors are now all in place. The catch is when we started setting up the canopy we discovered some pipes were missing.
The missing pipes were found when we packed things up on
Sunday. They were inside one of the floors.
While John and Keith took the rented pickup truck to get
replacement pipes the guys worked on trying to put the canopy together.
The new pipes are being cut to length.
We are getting ready to move the canopy into place!
Then the canopy was secured to the floors so it would not
blow away.
Adding the tables for the sales area.
Here is our set up crew!
Bob - N0BIX, John - N5AAA, Joe - N8BYT, Chick - AC4CT,
Keith - WA8ZWJ, Chas - AI0OK, Bruce - W6RBM and Jim - WB8VSU
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS GUYS!
On our way home Bob - N0BIX and I went to the grocery to
purchase items for the IOOK lunches. We are just getting started.
After a while Bob - N0BIX went to visit with the camper
group Tom - W3TOM, John - N5AAA and Chick - AC4CT and their wives are in these
three campers.
Jan - KA9VQS, Debbie - KB4LOO and Marian - WD8CJD
having a visit on our back porch!
Here are a couple of pictures of some visiting going on in Keith's hamshack.
Keith - WA8ZWJ, Chas - AI0OK
John - N5AAA and Chick - AC4CT
Bob took a picture of Marian's flowers in an old tuba on
our back porch.
Dinner that evening was at the Toll House Tavern in Union!
Chick - AC4CT, Joe - N8BYT, John - W9KD, Bob - N0BIX, Mike
- KG8CW and Chas - AI0OK
Ron - NA6RS, Keith's empty chair, Marian - WD8CJD, Jan -
KA9VQS, John - N5AAA and Debbie - KB4LOO
John - KF8KK, Dave - W8TVC and Mike - K8LMJ
Stan N5JFQ, Liz and Cathy - WA5FLT's wife - may WA5FLT Rest
In Peace!
Jim - W5JCS
Tom - W5KUB
Stan - N5JFQ and Jim - W5JCS
Jan - KA9VQS got a shot of the HamBulance and sent it to
N0BIX.
Dave - KE8KEF and a friend of his.
We are set up and selling!
Lots of people here already...
Jim - W5JCS and Stan - N5JFQ
Keith - WA8ZWJ, Bruce - W6RBM and Joe - N8BYT
Dave - W6EVO, Bruce - W6RBM, Bruce's friend Bruce, Dave -
W8TVC
"Persimmons are being served on the veranda" by
lunch chef Dave - W8TVC
AC4CT and W6EVO
W5JCS and N0BIX
W3TOM
Randy - KA0AZS
Bob has arrived at the Farley Flophouse South for the 39th
Gathering Of The Faithful!
Jim - KA8SFL visits with Fast Eddie - W8ED
Keith's antenna farm
Chick, Debbie, Jan and John arrive!
Visiting as folks arrive...N5AAA, KG8CW, NA6RS, AC4CT
K8LMJ, W8TVC
N8BYT, W8TVC, WA8ZWJ
KA3VNF, W3TOM
KB4LOO, KA9VQS
W8TVC, WD8CJD
KF8KK, W8ED, K8LMJ
Dave - W8TVC is preparing the Brats that he brought!
John - N5AAA is setting up a zoom for the Gathering.
Marian has said the blessing and it is time to start
filling our plates with our dinner!
W6RBM, KA8SFL, N8BYT, W8ED, WB8VSU, KF8KK
W3TOM
Liz, Cathy, Jan. Debbie, Marian
N5JFQ, W5JCS
AC4CT, back of KG8CW, K8LMJ, AI0OK, NA6RS, W8TVC
W6EVO
Folks are invited to come down and see Keith's ham shack.
Jim - KA8SFL is showing his brother Keith something on his
phone.
W9KD
The Gathering group was smaller than usual but it was great seeing everyone!
As I was going into Frisch's to meet up with the gang for
breakfast I managed to get a free shot of Moonshine! Cheers!
AC4CT, NA6RS, W6RBM, AI0OK
Bruce, WB8VSU, N8BYT, N5AAA
W6EVO
A bit of a breeze blowing the flag attached to the portable
repeater antenna.
Wil - WB5YFX
"Persimmons are being served on the veranda" by
Joe - N8BYT!
Thomas is the son of one of Betty - KC8PCQ's friends in
Michigan. He recently got his ham radio license.
There were not very many pictures taken that day.
Then it was time for dinner at Rob's in Brookville.
Chick and Debbie
Jan and John
Tom, Chas, Joe and Bob
Jim, Marian and Debbie
Ron
Frisch's breakfast group!
WA8ZWJ, W6EVO, AI0OK, W6RBM. N0BIX
We are set up and selling!
There were not many pictures taken on Sunday either. I managed to keep busy selling stuff...
Here the gang is unloading the floors!
Great group helped out!
W6RBM, KE8KEF's son, KE8KEF, a friend of KE8KEF, AI0OK,
WB8VSU, WA8ZWJ, N8BYT
Bob got a shot of a plant that Jan gave Marian.
Dinner was at Marion's Piazza!
Nice dinner group!
AC4CT, KB4LOO, AI0OK, WA8ZWJ, WD8CJD, N8BYT, N5AAA, KA9VQS,
N0BIX
I believe our flea market sales were better than I can ever remember. When I counted the money in the envelopes we had sold over $2,800 worth!
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On Saturday, May 28, 2022 Jim - W5JCS sent me this info which I forwarded to the IOOK!
The attendance at Dayton HamVention 2022 is reported as 31,367. I got this from Michael Kalter, the Treasure of DARA who I have become acquainted with over the past few years.
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association is pleased with this attendance. Michael told me the attendance far exceeded what they expected. Tim Duff, K3LR, who organizes Contest University the day prior to the opening of the HamVention, was hoping for 200 to attend the program this year. It was a sell out with 300 people registering.
W5JCS
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I would like to thank everyone who helped with so many of the activities to make this HamVention a success!
I certainly hope we can figure out another way to transport the floors so we don't have to rent a pickup truck next year!
I also appreciate all the donations even though I never really talked about estimated expenditures!
Photo contributors for this web page are N0BIX, W5JCS, W8ED, WA8ZWJ.
73, Keith - WA8ZWJ
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