Bob's entourage left around 6:30 am and arrived around 2 pm; whereas, Ron left around 1 pm and arrived around 7:30 pm on Thursday. The entrance to the Country Suites hotel was graced with a 4 meter dish for EME work later on in the morning.
There were not as many antenna entries this year. I don't believe any 6 meter antennas were measured. Herbert had two 3456 MHz patch antennas measured.
The forums were excellent and I made a few new friends. Herbert, Harry and I started to make plans for the upcoming ARRL 10 GHz and up contest.
The banquet and prize table had a new twist this year. Steve N2CEI was the MC and he called ticket numbers randomly to enact jeopardy, the wedding game and other TV shows as a means to give away top prizes and to entertain. It was a great idea, and I found it very funny, but it did run a bit long. We didn't leave the banquet until 11:30. I love the idea and I vote the society consider doing it again, but trim it back a bit. Rod's recounting of looking for Amelia Earhart's plane was very interesting.
I had so much fun, that I'm already marking next year's calendar for CSVHFS in La Crosse, WI in late July.
