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Author Topic: Are you a ham Jeff Stricker Master Film Handler Posts: 481 From: Calumet, Mi USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-14-2007 06:34 AM                     Oh well, too bad on not being there Friday, Tim. Many, many years ago I won an Icom IC 04AT (440 MHz handheld) at a local hamfest. The old Cinci hamfest at Stricker's (no relation) Grove used to be the best. Original fest - once price included admission, and all you could eat/drink lunch, dinner, and beer. Hudepol on tap I wonder if your brother remembers "Mr. Spoons" and his one-man band? Have a great time at Dayton. I'm loooking to hear you on AM 3.885. 73 Jeff  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-22-2007 08:43 PM                       Note to self: next year, go to Dayton all three days! Sorry I missed ya, Jeff. We were there on Saturday and Sunday, and still didn't get to see everything. I brought back a bunch of stuff - including that Icom 706 MKIIG from my brother. We didn't get to see much of the fleamarket, though. I got to meet Bob Heil, Katie Breen and Maria Somma with the ARRL, Pietro Begali (who makes those high-precision magnetic code paddles) and the usual ham "celebrities". Gordon West was as goofy and fun as always. I rode up with an old friend from Kentucky, KD4GOV. It was his very first Hamvention and, as luck would have it, HE WON A DOOR PRIZE! I couldn't believe it. He won a bag full of books: an ARRL Handbook, a Callbook, and a couple of other things thrown in for good measure. I figured it was worth at least $70. I told him lots of guys have been going to Dayton for 30 years or more and still haven't won anything, but here he hits something on his first trip. He should've played the lottery that night. We had a blast. JUST A FEW PIX... After missing this hamfest for 15 years, I didn't count on ever seeing Hara Arena again! We be HAMS! The fleamarket I missed. Hundreds and hundreds of spaces! Dealers! The main arena. See ya there next year!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-23-2007 08:24 AM                     Anyone ever make it to the Hamfest at Bryce Canyon? I believe its held in July every year. I plan on going this year. Mark  |  IP: Logged Dick Prather Master Film Handler Posts: 259 From: Portland, OR, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-23-2007 05:06 PM                     10-10 International convention in Omaha this August 10th thru 12th this year. 10 meter group with chapters and certificates. Anybody going? Hope to see someone there from here. Dick - K7KTP  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-23-2007 05:11 PM                     Tim, go back to the old 'do in your member pic...  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-23-2007 05:53 PM                     Tim, You REALLY need a new Barber ... that "Beatles look" went out in the 60's. Perhaps your Barber is ham'n it up. Mark  |  IP: Logged Jeff Stricker Master Film Handler Posts: 481 From: Calumet, Mi USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-24-2007 06:35 AM                     Tim, If you are there Friday of next year's fest then I'll see you. I'm kinda at the mercy of other locals who want to make it a one day thing. Actually not that bad for me...I'm getting too old for the three and two day trips. Most of my time is spent in te flea market since I'm into the boatanchors, AM and the like. Only spent $8 on junk, less than the snacks and beer cost!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-24-2007 06:49 AM                       Jeff, hope you got something useful. I'm planning for next year, for sure - all three days. I can still get around well enough to make the rounds, but my buddy who went up with me has to take his time due to health problems. He is hooked, though, and making plans for next year, too. Mike/Mark... haha, funny you should mention that. I AM thinking of changing hair cutters! She never cuts it short enough, so it reverts to the coonskin cap after about a week.  |  IP: Logged Peter Berrett Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-24-2007 08:06 AM                        Hi fellow hams The next episode of Amateurlogic should feature some fooage of at the Daytona Hamvention. You might even see some footage of an Australian hamfest featuring yours truly. Also my Degen De-1103 (AKA Kaito KA1103) arrived from China and its a beauty! I hope to do a segment about it in the near future. Top radio. See reviews at Eham. Finally I have been asked to do a video hookup with the guys using Skype for the show. cheers Peter vk3pb http://www.amateurlogic.tv  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-03-2007 02:09 PM                       Congratulations, Peter, on becoming a reporter for AmLogic! Dateline: QRZ.com Amateur Logic TV Peter Berrett VK3PB is a member of the Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club, a member of the Wireless Institute of Australia and is a keen ATV enthusiast famous for his electronic Fish Bowl on Melbourne’s VK3RTV repeater. This month Peter joins the team at Amateur Logic TV as their Australian news presenter and Australian news reporter. Amateur Logic TV is a Television program made by Radio Amateurs for Radio Amateurs. It is an IPTV program, which in simple terms means you download it from the internet and watch it on your PC. You can download Amateur Logic edition 13 from the following web address. http://www.amateurlogic.com/downloads.htm In this latest edition of the show, two of the team members Tommy and Jim visit the Dayton Hamvention, the world's largest amateur radio gathering and brings back some great coverage of the event, including an interview with the infamous Tom, WA5KUB and his live helmet cam. Peter Berrett brings to the show some Aussie content with footage of the Moorabbin and District Radio Club Hamfest held recently in Melbourne. The show also contains many practical do it yourself type tips with the current episode showing you how to building your own Homebrew Crimpers for RG213 and LMR400 cable... All in all its 50 minutes of solid Amateur Radio television… Visit the website today http://www.amateurlogic.com/downloads.htm  |  IP: Logged Peter Berrett Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-08-2007 07:21 AM                        Thanks Tim Readers may be interested to know about a segment I have filmed for the upcoming episode (14). Here in Australia we have introduced a new class of license called the Foundation license. The license can be studied for and gotten in a weekend - the syllabus is quite simple. This gives 10 watts privileges across a range of HF and VHF bands. The UK and Australia have both introduced this system. In a series of interviews totalling about 10 minutes I interview Robert Broomhead Director of the Wireless Institute of Australia, Brian Pliatsios President of the Eastern and Mountain Distriucts Radio Club and a new Foundation class licensee, Joe Chakravati. The interviews are insightful as to what the license is all about, the effect it has had on the hobby in Australia and the effect at both a club and personal level. For amateurs and non-amateurs in countries that have not yet introduced such a license the interviews are useful pointers about the way ham radio could or should go in the future. Episode 13 can be downloaded from Youtube or www.amateurlogic.com Regards Peter  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-07-2008 12:27 AM                       Well, they're saying solar cycle 24 has begun! For non-hams, this means that sunspot activity (which creates atmospheric conditions that allow for the propagation of HF radio communications) should begin to increase over the coming year. The bands have been quiet for some time, due to the current 11-year cycle being at minimum. The new year also signals that we're closing in on the 2008 Dayton Hamvention! It's just four months away, I can't wait. My buddy, KD4GOV, and I are planning on going all three days this year, so we'll be looking for other friends there. Maybe we'll catch up with Jeff Stricker, W9GY, this time? 73, de Tim, W3HR  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-07-2008 01:24 AM                     Definitely! I've been hearing more and more DX stations over the last few days, which makes a change. My HF antenna is useless for ground wave signals, so it's been pretty quite for a while!  |  IP: Logged Jeff Stricker Master Film Handler Posts: 481 From: Calumet, Mi USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 01-07-2008 06:18 AM                     Looks like Friday for me Tim, if my buddies decide they are still a "go". I'll be in touch as we get closer. BTW, the current low solar activity makes the lower frequency bands (80, 160) go "long" very early in the evening. Not the best for my AM ragchewing activities, but the DX boys must be having a great time!  |  IP: Logged Jerry D. Cox Film Handler Posts: 35 From: Nashville, TN, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-08-2008 03:28 PM                     Hi Tim,I have been on since 1956 had 3 diff. calls it is N4ZVO now.I like to work CW I have not been on in about a yr.When I get on I like to work 20-in the afternoon and night and 15 early in the day use to like 75& 80 but it is bad now that I dont want to work it ,It is just like CB,40 YOU USE TO BE GOOD BACK IN THE OLD DAYS I have A beam 50 ft.up it will work 10 tru.40 also have A envertied VEE for 75&80 I was A raido opr. in service.CQ  |  IP: Logged

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