Thursday, February 12th, we said goodbye to Wauchula and headed north towards the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando for the Orlando HamCation. There are exhibit areas for new equipment, areas with parts and electronic supplies and an outdoor flea market area with a variety of items ranging from used to just plain junk.
We were parked just a few hundred feet from the exhibit halls. We were plugged into just enough electricity to keep our batteries charged, but were using our own tanks for water and sewerage.
Glenn with Eric Swartz, WA6HHQ, one of the founders of Elecraft in Aptos, California. Elecraft is one of a new generation of companies now building first-class ham radio gear in the USA, after years of Japanese companies dominating the market. Between them is an Elecraft K3 transceiver, arguably one of the most exciting new developments in ham radio in years. Or at least Glenn would argue that. He ordered one – he should get his in late March.
It didn’t take Glenn very long to figure out that he knew some of the same people that Eric had worked with in the early 1980’s.
Glenn at the display of Yaesu handheld transceivers. Note Glenn's Yaesu VX-170 hanging from his belt!
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Hey, Glenn. Didn't know if you knew, but Aptos, CA is where Larry Lapides and his wife have their beach house. Just thought you'd enjoy the small world aspect of that. :-)
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