1999 Hamvention General Chairman Dick Miller, N8CBU. [All photos by Rick Lindquist, N1RL]
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1999 Hamvention General Chairman Dick Miller, N8CBU. [All photos by Rick Lindquist, N1RL] |
DAYTON, OH, Jun 22, 1999--The 1999 Dayton Hamvention General Chairman, Dick Miller, N8CBU, reports that attendance at the world's largest Amateur Radio gathering rose slightly again this year. The official attendance at the event May 14-16 was 28,176, up from 28,120 in 1998.
The 1999 figure marks the second year in a row that attendance at the Hamvention has gone up and continues a trend of growing attendance. Hamvention officials reported that 28,000 attended in 1997.
Miller, who served as Hamvention general chairman for the past three years instead of the usual two, is stepping down after his extended tour of duty. The 2000 Hamvention General Chairman is Jim Graver, KB8PSO, and the Assistant Chairman is Bill Ervin, KA8WCF. Graver had served as Miller's assistant.
The 2000 Dayton Hamvention also will be the site of the ARRL National Convention. The Hamvention is operated by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association as a separate entity. According to Miller, this year's show boasted 200 or more indoor exhibitors and another 1500 exhibitors or vendors in the open-air flea market.
Hamvention 99 entertainer Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, checks out the vintage Collins KWM-1 transceiver he bought. |
This year's Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year was Ken Miller, K6IR. Rock musician Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, formerly of the Eagles and The James Gang, provided the post-banquet entertainment at this year's gathering.
The weather--one of the factors that prompted the Hamvention a few years back to move from April to May--cooperated nicely for this year's Hamvention. "I joke about it," Miller says. "I order the weather a year in advance."
For more information about the Dayton Hamvention, visit http://www.hamvention.org.
Walsh takes time to sign an autograph. |
Some Dayton Hamventioneers enjoy the flea market. |
The Dayton lunchtime crowd seeks some shade. |
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