David, great work! Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio _____ From: Dr. David Woolweaver [mailto:k5rav@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:48 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17813] West Gulf Convention HamCom was held June 12-13, 2009 in Plano, TX. There were 46 commerical vendors and the two day attendance total exceeded 4,000. The attendance was up 20% from last year. The ARRL forum was standing room only. Dave Sumner's PowerPoint presentation on the FCC BPL redactions was well received by the members. There were a lot of, "I told you so's" rumbling through the crowd. Coy Day, N5OK, was present to receive his DXAC membership certificate. The Lone Star DX Association's W5DXCC DX dinner was sold out several weeks in advance. Bill Allphin, K4UEE, presented a slide and video show on the KP5, Desecheo Expedition. Bill, as usual, did a great job. The ARRL booth processed 113 membership applications with one life membership and several multi year memberships. Thanks to Assistant Director Doug Loughmiller, W5BL, the booth was also active in soliciting support for HR2160. Using the web site provided by Dick Norton, 147 signed letters were generated. David, K5RAV