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

    • Trojan Ham@sh.itjust.worksM
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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        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…

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          1 year ago

          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.