Four Days in May - Dayton Hamvention
May 16-18, 2001
This page published by J. Pickett Cummins, AD4S
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![]() Nearly 200 Hams at the symosium. |
![]() QRP-ARCI President, Jim Stafford, W4QO, welcoming the attendees..! |
![]() FDIM Chairman, Ken Evans, W4DU, preaching the gospel. |
![]() Speaker, Joe Everhardt, N2CX describing his rf attenuator. |
![]() Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV, speaking on surface mount technology. |
![]() QRP-ARCI Board Member, Bill Harding, K4AHK, introducing the next speaker. |
![]() George Herron, N2APB, speaking on his stand alone PSK31 transceiver. |
![]() George and his PSK31 Controller. Built in an Elecraft K2 enclosure. George was inducted into the QRP Hall of Fame on Saturday night. |
![]() Ed Hare, W1RFI, from ARRL HQ speaking on RFI to Hams..! |
![]() Bill Kelsey, N8ET, speaking on contruction and test equipment. |
![]() Incoming FDIM Chairman, Tom Dooley, K4TJD, while he could still smile. |
![]() Speaker, Jim Kortege, K8IQY, describing his 40/17 meter transverter. |
![]() Tom, K4TJD, getting serious. |
![]() Peter Zenker, DL2FI describing QRP activity in Germany. Peter was inducted into the QRP Hall of Fame on Saturday night. |
![]() Mike Boatright, KO4WX, showing his superhet mod to the SMK-1 to John McDonough, WB8RCR and others. |
![]() One of the 3 attendees from Canada that rode down bicycle mobile and his "K2 on-a-bike"..! |
![]() "Outbacker-on-a-bike" |
![]() Bob Kellog, AE4IC, from the Knightlites and his wife are wowing Jim Stafford, W4QO, with the NC QRP activity at the "Author's Social" on Thursday night. |
![]() Jim Kortge, K8IQY (Mr. 2N2222) and Wayne, K8FF showing their creations at the "Authors Social" |
![]() Joe, N2CX, at the "social" putting the hard sell on an unsuspecting attendee. |
![]() Would you buy a used car from this man..? Jim Worthington, AD4J, showing off the wares of Mike Branca, W3IRZ. |
![]() Flying Pigs... didn't catch the calls or names. |
![]() More "Pygmalia" |
![]() Ed Hare, W1RFI, with some W1FB certificates to give out. |
![]() Tom Hammond, N0SS, doing his great service of aligning K2's for the tecnically challenged. Here Joe Trombino, W2KJ is taking lesson number 1. |
![]() Vern Wright, W6MMA of "Super Antennas" fame showing his newest creation. The Golden antenna was not for sale. |
![]() Original Tuna Tin 2 of Doug DeMaw, W1FB, featured in the May, 1976 QST. The Flying Pigs operated with this rig on Friday night. |
![]() W8DIZ, Deiter "Diz" Gentzow, notorious Flying Pig and the original TT2. |
![]() Original TT2. There is an interesting story of how this rig was lost and then found many years later. Probably on the ARRL web site. |
![]() Diz, W8DIZ, made many contacts with the TT2 including attendees in the motel. |
![]() One more shot of the original TT2. |
![]() NoGaNaught, Russ, AE4NY, and a BC-610-D in the bone yard. Check out http://www.nogaqrp.org member pages. |
![]() German "Enigma" code machine from WW2. In the bone yard, not for sale. |
![]() Meissner 150-B transmitter and Signal Shifter VFO in use. Big AM class C transmitter with an 813 driven by a pair of 100's. |
![]() Vietnam War era emergency transmitter. Limited horsepower in service in the bone yard. |
![]() Keys by Richard Meiss, WB9LPU. Richard won 1st place in the homebrew contest. |
![]() Project of Flying Pig, Mike Hall, WB8ICN. |
![]() Deiter "Diz" Gentzow, W8DIZ, projects. |
![]() Creation of Flying Pig, Steve Baker, K8PZ. |
![]() Very neat NoGaWaTT meter entered in the homebrew contest. It had the mod to permit both 2 and 6 watt settings. |
![]() Back of the NoGaWatt. |
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![]() Howrd Krause, K2UD's, ARRL Handbook single tube 10W transmitter. |
![]() Another shot of the ARRL transmitter. Designed by Lew McCoy, W1ICP |
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![]() Built by Flying Pig, Harold Smith, KE6TI. |
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![]() Double side band transceiver. |
![]() Double Sideband transceiver. |
![]() Another shot of the DSB transceiver. |
![]() One of K2UD's "spy transmitter". It's the Forty-9er with built in key. |
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![]() Norcal 40A in a lunch box. Room for accessories and the battery in the bottom. |
![]() Pixie Transceiver. |
![]() Knightsmite from the Knightlites. They obviously know "stuff from shinola". |
![]() Another Pixie in the homebrew contest. |
![]() Mike, KO4WX |