Friday, 16 May

Greetings from Dayton,

Overnight rain. Cool morning - low 50's

We left the hotel around 9:20. We arrived at the remnants of the Salem Mall to find the original parking lot shrunk by 50%. There is a new Home Depot on part of the property that comprised the former mall. Only the Sears store remains from the original mall.

Friday, 16 May

Greetings from Dayton,

Overnight rain. Cool morning - low 50's

We left the hotel around 9:20. We arrived at the remnants of the Salem Mall to find the original parking lot shrunk by 50%. There is a new Home Depot on part of the property that comprised the former mall. Only the Sears store remains from the original mall.

Thursday - 15 May

Slept in until 8:30 after having difficulty falling asleep last night – too much caffeine probably.

Walked through the property to breakfast – cold outside – low 50’s.

Partly cloudy all day – temperature in the mid- to upper 60’s and breezy with winds 14-22 mph. Temp is 65F as I type.

Packed stuff for Dayton, loaded the van, picked up Ryan from school, topped off the gas tank and hit the road at 2:10pm.

Cloudy. Light traffic. No typical traffic jam around Frederick, MD (I-270/I-70). First Rest Area past Frederick is closed until Fall 2009.

Started raining just after Frostburg, MD. Steady rain from West Virginia-Maryland state line. Rain tapers off as we approach Wheeling, WV.

At 6:45pm we stopped for dinner in St Clairsville, OH (Exit 218) across the river from Wheeling). The gas station near the Cracker Barrel is no longer there.

Keep in mind that forescasting the weather is generally accurate up 60-72 hours into the future. Anything past that is merely a guess. Here is what the Weather Channel (www.weather.com) is predicting for the rest of the week.

Travel safely.

Driving to Dayton on Thursday?

There is a 40% chance of rain from West Virginia to Dayton. The high temperature along the route is expected to be in the mid-60's.

Driving to Dayton on Friday?

Vistors to the Dayton Hamvention will encounter road construction, and lots of it. Hopefully this advance notice will help to minimize the problems staff, volunteers, attendees, speakers, and everyone will face in traveling to Hara Arena. As always, listen to Talk-In on 146.940 for late breaking details and assistance.

DAYTON, OH – May 1, 2008 Scout Leaders will be reaching out to Ham
Radio Operators at the Dayton Hamvention May 16-18 to encourage them
to provide Amateur Radio opportunities to Boy Scouts back in their
home towns. A forum session will given on Saturday, May 17 at 9 AM
in Forum Room 2 explaining how hams can reach out to Scouts to get
them involved in the exciting world of Amateur Radio. And, for the
first time, an exhibit booth will be staffed by veteran "Ham
Scouters" to answer hams questions and provide them with resources

Received the following information about the live video broadcasts on the way to and during the Dayton Hamvention....

You may have watched us the past couple years. We broadcast live streaming video and audio of the worlds largest hamradio convention. It is the Dayton Hamvention in Dayton , Ohio. Hams from all over the world come to this each year.

Three weeks from today (Friday, 25 April) the doors open at the 57th Hamvention®.

I am driving to Dayton this year. Brenda, Ryan and I will depart on Wednesday, 14 May around 2:15pm.

• We’ll be monitoring 146.520 and 146.430 along the way.
• Not sure if we’ll stop for dinner or pack some food and drive through to Dayton.
• We’re staying at the Homewood Suites in Fairborn (about 8 miles from Dayton on the east side).
• On Thursday, we plan to visit the Air Force Museum and generally goof off.

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 marked an historic event at the Anne Arundel Radio Club's clubhouse when the two youngest Volunteer Examiners (VE) accredited by the Laurel amateur Radio Club Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (Laurel VEC) and maybe the USA, and the oldest VE accredited by the Laurel VEC and maybe the USA, took part in the AARC's regularly scheduled Amateur Radio License Exam session.