Record attendance this year at Hamvention
Record attendance this year at Hamvention
This year 33,861 people flooded to the Greene County Fairground and Expo Center for the world’s biggest amateur radio show.
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Were you there this year?
I have yet to go one of the big hamfests. I went to the Rochester one a while ago and it was quite impressive. It's no longer add big.
I get good deals at the local ones, though, and that keeps me happy.
Rochester was amazing in the late 80s. It was like our own Dayton in the Northeast. As a teenager I came home with a pile of great equipment for not a lot of money. I think now it's a small affair at a fire company?
Xenia just doesn't have the same vibe as Hara Arena did. Hara was a dump but you could sense the history and the legacy. Xenia feels like a farm show. But you should make the pilgrimage at least once....
I got my HTX-202 at Rochester. I also remember seeing the first round of presentations on this wacky voice over IP project called Echolink.
I actually took notes.