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videos from the
Dayton Hamvention®
  • 2008 FCC Forum and Hamvention Tour (coming soon)

2008 D-STAR Meetings
  • Friday Forum: 1 hr, 45 minutes
  • Friday Night Event: 1 hr, 45 minutes
  • 1st D-STAR contact between the US and Japan: 2 minutes
This DVD is strictly for rabid D-STAR fans. It contains every minute of both D-STAR events at the Hamvention, with the high video and audio quality you've come to expect from ARVN.*  Extensively indexed, of course.

The Forum features presentations by Greg Sarratt W4OZK and Ron Shaffer W4VM of Alabama D-STAR (Alabama leads the nation in D-STAR build-out for emergency communications); Jim McClellan N5MIJ from the Texas Interconnect Team; and Robin Cutshaw AA4RC, co-inventor of the DV Dongle, author of several software tools for D-STAR Gateway systems, and admitted D-STAR addict. This part of the program has technical and operational tips for both newcomers and seasoned repeater owners (as seasoned as anyone can be with technology this new).

The Friday Night Event is mostly just fun. Jim McClellan N5MIJ and Ray Novak N9JA from ICOM introduce many of the hams who have taken leadership positions in advancing the art of D-STAR technology and operation. You'll see the debut of what will surely become The Legendary CLUE BY FOUR. Tim Barrett K6BIV gets the monkey off his back, and passes it along to someone who will be responsible for another advancement. Satoshi Yasuda AD6GZ/7M3TJZ announces the opening of the Japan D-STAR network to contacts from the rest of the world. Lots more, of course.

And finally there's a two minute clip of the first D-STAR contact between the US and Japan. Though D-STAR originated in Japan, the Japan network has been closed to international contacts, until now. The first contact happened on Saturday morning, in the stands around the Hara Arena.

This DVD is not for club meetings! I'm not prohibiting that, but hey, it's four hours long, and all D-STAR. If you want to introduce your club to D-STAR, get my Digital Voice for Amateur Radio DVD. Watch this yourself, or maybe invite some of the local D-STAR ops over and re-create your own event.

*Well, I'll admit that to jam almost four hours on one DVD, I had to compress a little harder than usual, but it still looks good. And the PowerPoint screen played havoc with my camera now and then. Hey, I'm not NBC. Not even ESPN. More like C-SPAN.
D-STAR Meetings
at the
2008 Dayton Hamvention
DVD $15
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Watch a 10-minute preview:
Robin Cutshaw AA4RC "D-Constructs" D-STAR
2007
FCC Forum DVD
90 minutes

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2007
FCC Forum Video
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Riley Hollingsworth,
Stand-Up Comic?
The FCC Forum at the Dayton Hamvention is always standing room only, and this year was no exception.

William Cross W3TN reviewed recent rulemaking and pending requests. In the Q&A section, he tried hard not to say whether or not D-STAR is a repeater.

Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH skipped the usual "enforcement update" (now available on the FCC web site). Instead, he talked about what's right and wrong with hams and our radio service. Warm, funny and encouraging, Riley began his talk by saying, "You could have gone to the Flea Market, but you decided to come to church instead. So I got you now...." He sure did!

Riley's talk is classic and timeless. If your club hasn't seen this video, it's worth watching, even though 2007 is history.

The entire DVD runs 90 minutes. That's too long for a club meeting program, so I've separated the DVD into three parts. Any one part will make a good program for a club meeting, and you can easily select which one to play. Or invite a few ham friends over and play the whole thing in the living room. For the real feel of the forum, make a couple of people stand up against the wall for the whole thing.
  • Part 1: William Cross W3TN - 37 minutes
  • Part 2: Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH - 22 minutes
  • Part 3: Q&A (including the D-STAR question) - 32 minutes
I've also indexed every topic so you can easily get back to any specific topic for a review.
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Hamvention TOUR DVD
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2007
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My friend Jeff AC4ZO was a "Dayton Virgin" at the 2007 Hamvention. He couldn't believe it!  See the hamfest through his eyes, and see what Dayton is all about, from the Flea Market to the Exhibit Halls to the Forums.

We looked especially for some of the more unusual activities and talked to many of the people. We think you'll be amused!

This DVD runs 33 minutes – perfect for a club meeting program. And it's carefully indexed so you can go back and look at something again without hunting the whole DVD.

This DVD is also worth your time here in 2008. I'll slip it into the archives when it's a relic.
 2007 Dayton Hamvention TOUR
Jim N2GHD shows Jeff a working
spark-gap transmitter from around 1916

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