[hpsdr] First report from Dayton

[Sid Boyce]

No mention of Hermes I notice. I thought that was going to be one of the 
highlights of Dayton.
73 ... Sid.

On 22/05/11 23:32, george byrkit wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> Since I travelled less distance than most who were at the TAPR booth at
> Dayton, and I'm already home (have been for 2.5 hours now, at 6:30PM EDT in
> the US), I'll say a few things.
>
> First, the TAPR forum on Friday at 9:15 AM was well attended.  And the
> presentations by Steve Bible, Scotty Cowling, Phil Harman and Bruce Perens
> was very well received.  Phil spoke on his 'Griffin' project (not TAPR
> related that I know of for funding), which uses the 'chirp' technique to get
> the same effect of a very high power beacon from only say 10 watts.  Phil
> then stunned us when he showed data of this technique being used on 20m as a
> real-time propagation analyzer (NOT predictor)!
>
> The Amsat/TAPR dinner that evening offered a good, collegial gathering after
> a long day at the booth.  Saturday saw lots of hams stop at TAPR and take a
> look at our open HPSDR project, its hardware and software.  The booth was
> ably staffed, and many hams who had this kit who were at Dayton stopped by
> for extended periods of time to participate in building community.
>
> Saturday night saw many of us in the booth of to Tom's house (an old friend
> of John Ackerman), just north of Dayton, for a more relaxing evening.  We
> were joined by Kjell and 5 or 6 of his Norwegian ham friends who were all at
> Dayton.
>
> This morning saw somewhat sparser visits by Hamvention visitors to the
> booth, but the 'usual suspects' were all there to greet and converse with
> whomever showed up.  About Noon the packing was well underway, and about
> then John Ackerman left, followed or slightly preceeded by me.  The others
> were all packing, giving each other going-away parting wishes, and vowing to
> meet to 'do it again next year'.
>
> It was a job well done by the TAPR officers, board, hangers-on and others.
> If I tried to list all names, I'd surely leave a few out and accidentally
> maybe offend someone, which I would never want to do!  It was good to meet
> Phil, with whom I have only spoken previously on Teamspeak or Skype.  It was
> good to meet others who post on this list, whether asking questions or often
> answering them.
>
> I'm tired and my feet hurt!
>
> 73,
> George Byrkit, K9TRV
>
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