- Date:
2024-02-09 -- 2024-02-11
Our first time attending the three-day Orlando, Florida HamCation. We departed Athens on Thursday Morning, and we attended the ham fest on all three days.
Haocheng prepared all of the food.
Chuck joined us Thursday night, and he attended the ham fest on Friday with us before returning home.
A look at the entrance to the rental home. It was a delightful place, and it met our needs for three nights.
At the hamfest
Friday morning line for ticket purchase
Front gates
Tailgaters
Inside the one of the exhibition halls
Haocheng filling out our tickets for the raffle drawing. Of course, we didn't win.
Bioenno Power batteries for sale. They are so expensive. I bought one a small battery a couple of years ago, and they work well.
The dirty nonworking water fountains - the clean working ones were in the back of the tailgating area.
The POTA duck crew. Junie, N1DUC, Mochi, and the ducks.
Just before Chuck went back home.
A bunch of old handheld radios and scanners I bought along with the old Motorola XTS-5000 radios I brought for local comms.
Haocheng at 34 weeks. Dang this is getting real.
Oscilloscope for sale. Don't need it, but it's a nice photo.
On Saturday I bought three Igloo coolers, and this volunteer helped Haocheng and me take them to the car.
Guacamole and lettuce. A delightful snack after returning to the rental on Saturday.
It wasn't until I returned home that the realization of how much space these coolers (and the red toolbox) occupy really occurred to me.
Powerwerx Anderson Powerpole cables I bought.
My car on the return trip.
We had an excellent road-lunch thanks to Haocheng's preparation.
Passing by the Lake City Exits on I-75 NB.
There was heavy rain during the second half of the return trip.
