After a discussion with Yaesu in Huntsville the Yaesu’s bluetooth has and will most likely always have limited use (I hope I am wrong). Unless you are using or plan on using the Yaesu ear piece research should be made to be sure what you plan on using will work. (It does not work with my iPods.). Forget about connecting to the shack computer with Yaesu’s weak version of bluetooth. Also, if you are using a Mac as your shack computer forget about Yaesu becoming Mac friendly.
We made our first trip to the Huntsville Hamfest this year. It was very well attended and most of the major vendors were in attendance. The facilitates were excellent. It was mini as compared to Hamvention and Hamcation. Although enjoyable it is unlikely we will return. The cost of any large harvest to attend is high or more accurately put, excessive. I say this because many of us have to travel and stay in hotels to attend the big ones.
After a ten year hiatus we made the trip to Dayton. We spent two full days at Hamvention 2022. We had to pass on Sunday’s activities to return home. It was a fantastic show! It is great to be around like mined individuals that understand what Ham Radio is with no explanation required.
For a long time I have wanted to go to the Huntsville Hamfest. In fact, several years ago I tried but was too late to buy tickets. So with tickets purchased, hotel reservations made, COVID shots in the arm, masks in the ready, and the car serviced, my wife and I were ready to go to Huntsville. Then one by one the vendors I wanted to see cancelled coupled with an already weak set of forums that was getting weaker, we cut our losses at $20 and cancelled the trip. Even sadder, we may never get to another Hamfest again in our lifetime.
There is an annual yard sale along Route 127 traversing several eastern states. Traveling a small portion of the sale in TN I thought a few Morse Keys might be found. I was hopeful because a few years ago an old Hallicrafters S-20 receiver was spotted for sale. As remote a chance of finding Morse Keys may be, finding a Heathkit Dip Meter is more remote. But, that is what was found. It was sitting there on a table of stuff, aka junk.