Did You ‘Make’ the SceneAt the 2014 DaytonHamvention?®

By Richard Fisher, KI6SN

With the themed wedding of the Maker community and amateur radio, a crowd of many thousands jammed the hallsand parking lots of Hara Arena for the 2014 Dayton Hamvention® the weekend of May 16-18. ‘Make’ the scene? You betthey did!

As you’ll see in the accompanying photographs and cartoons, good times were breaking out all over the place. The worldrenowned “Cat in the Hat,” Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB, was busy making the rounds with his camera, producing a YouTubegallery of images capturing the fun of this year’s event to the sounds of ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man.” (WATCH andLISTEN: To CQ Kit-Building columnist KØNEB’s Dayton chronicle at <http://bit.ly/1p0RjkL>. – KI6SN.)

You’ll see, as well, CQ cartoonist Jason Togyer, KB3CNM, was literally making the scene, capturing the action in spe-cial 2014 Dayton Hamvention® editions of “Spurious Signals.”

There is no doubt, this year’s Dayton pilgrimage was a winner. We’re already anxiously anticipating Dayton 2015! —KI6SN

1. CQ Kit-Building columnist Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB, puthis digital camera to work at the 2014 DaytonHamvention®, resulting in a YouTube production titled“Sharp Dressed Man,” with a little help from ZZ Top.(WATCH and LISTEN: At <http://bit.ly/1p0RjkL>. –KI6SN.)

2. Spurious Signals @ Dayton – Thursday: It’s Off to‘Nerdland’

3. Dmitry Zhikharev, RA9USU, was thrilled to see his7O2A callsign listed in May’s edition of CQ as the WorldSingle Operator winner in the Contest Expeditions category of the 2013 CQ World-Wide SSB Contest.

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4. Kristen Andrews, KB3OQV, “Antenna Hair Girl,” rockedthe Hamvention® with her ever-more-innovative folically-supported aerial system. From Washington, Pennsylvania,she has become a Dayton regular, much to the delight of her many fans.

5. There were CW instruments galore in Dayton. Here, Doug Hauff, W6AME, mans-the-fort for AmericanMorse Equipment, based in San Luis Obispo, California.

6. CQ Plus “Ham Radio Challenges” columnist and CQ Hallof Fame member Patrick Tice, WAØTDA (facing camera)spread the word about the Courage Kenny RehabilitationInstitute in Minnesota over the three-day DaytonHamvention®.

7. Spurious Signals @ Dayton – Friday: We’re Just GettingStarted

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8. Keith Miller, KA9RSL, of Syracuse, Indiana, took a few moments to chatwith CQ Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, before heading off to deliver a Daytonpresentation on going bicycle mobile.

9. Spurious Signals @ Dayton – Saturday Morning: Forums and the Flea Market

10. Traveling to Dayton all the way from Qatar, Saleh Alqahtani, A71EZ, left,and Abdulrahim Al-Mushiri, A71BA, pose with “The Cat in the Hat,” Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB, who writes the monthly Kit-Building column in CQ magazine.

11. Janice Crawford, KD8CFN, of Beavercreek, Ohio, displays one of thecommemorative 2014 Dayton t-shirts, complete with the “Makers” theme.

12. Capt. Manolis Joannou, HP1X, and his wife Nancy, HP1NYC, are allsmiles having made the journey from Panama to Hara Arena for the 2014Dayton Hamvention®.

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13. Spurious Signals @ Dayton – Saturday Afternoon: On the Red Carpet

14. There was a steady stream of operators eager to operate the ARRL Centennial station W100AW/8 over theDayton weekend.

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15. “Putting the Power to Create in the Palm of YourHand,” a team representing Andromace Enterpriseshelped put the “makers” stamp on this year’sHamvention®.

16. Spurious Signals @ Dayton – Sunday: What aGreat Show!

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