We just passed an important milestone and was just curious if you have heard anything important? Discount yesterday's ho hum news.
May is the month for the Dayton Hamvention and being kind of away from mainstream ham radio stuff -- what's up? It been two weeks since it was held and there seems to be a radio silence.
The one and only time I went to Dayton, FLEX Radio had a small booth with a laptop connected to a black box and I could see this was going to be big time stuff.
So, any new rigs being showcased? Any new innovative stuff being displayed? How was the flea market?
If I were dreaming about a month ago and pondering an expectation list my dream sheet would be like the following.
- A US made real SDR radio with 15 watts output for less than $300.
- A test instrument to rival the Nano VNA that really works and is not vapor ware.
- A 100 MHz DSO for $199.95
- A 13.8 VDC, 5 Amp Linear Power Supply for $35.
- A small form factor Single Board Computer at 2.0 GHz with 8GB RAM for $45.
- A high quality 40M Dipole costing less than $40.
- An array of parts like IRF510's, J310's, 2N5109's, MC1496's, BF991's and FT-37-43 cores that are not counterfeit, priced reasonably and actually work.
- A stock of reprint Solid State Design for the Radio Amateurs book @ $12 a copy.
I guess if you are a bratwurst aficionado, that used to be the place for a hookup or has that too taken a place in history.
73's
Pete N6QW
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