the traffic on the e-mail reflectors goes down to practically nil.
But the advent of social media, especially Twitter means that we get news and views of new equipment all that much faster.
Jeff KE9V and others have been tweeting great photos of various things all day. TJ, W0EA has been putting video log reports on YouTube.
If you can't be there, this is almost as good, thanks to the efforts of these fine gentlemen.
So far, I've seen great photos of TenTec's new Rebel, which is a dual band rig featuring open source firmware for experimentation. For comprehensive details, visit "The QRPer" - the link is to the right.
Jeff KE9V also posted images of TenTec's new auto tuner and some images of the new CrankIR portable antennas. Jeff also tweeted a mouthwatering photo of a lineup of Bengali keys.
With all the goodies available, maybe it's a good thing that I didn't make it out to Dayton. I probably would have come home a much poorer man.
I am going to get up early and take a ride to the OMARC hamfest in Wall Township, NJ tomorrow morning. It's definitely not Hamvention, but it will be fun, anyway. There's not anything that I have a real pressing need for, but it's always good to stock up on PL-259s, power connectors, and things like that. Who knows? There's always the chance to find a hidden treasure.
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
Good evening Larry, good old Dayton is like Christmas week for ham op's.
ReplyDeleteThere is sure lots of new stuff that is being shown off this year.
Mike