This year 33,861 people flooded to the Greene County Fairground and Expo Center for the world’s biggest amateur radio show.
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.
