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I watched a few track presentations as well as all the sponsor events. Elecraft’s were excellent. I found most of the other companies presentations to be much lower in quality. One demonstration of a product was 30 minutes of interface on a touchscreen that was unreadable and unfocused in the presentation.
The overall virtual conference interface was unnecessarily over-animated and thus slow over cell phone data streaming (I was camping at the time). The track videos I watched were better produced by the individual presenters than most companies, and most had good technical advice to pique my interest. Thanks to Elecraft for the opportunity to interface during the KX2 “X-Ray.” I am hearing impaired and was sincerely impressed that this company was willing to look at the possibility of incorporating Bluetooth hearing aid connectivity to their radios as a future opportunity for SSB. The time-delay inherent in Bluetooth for use with CW was something I never considered and I appreciated the tech details provided. Regarding the contest I will make no public statement regarding my communications with the convention’s organizers. There was, eventually, a public posted comment that only ONE gamer was identified and removed. During the first few days of the post “live” session I intentionally acquired enough points, playing the “game,” to be at least 3rd on the board for that day, but never showed up. So much for that. Maybe Elecraft should simply host their own virtual event. The only incentive I need is to be a better Ham, both technically and operationally. Keeping Watch- shu Joe Shuman, KE8KJZ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Ham Expo is an "OK" idea for the "time of COVID", but not a replacement for
the live convention or hamfest. I quickly found that the design of the virtual event does fit not my way of learning or operating. I will not specifically address the Elecraft presentations except to say they were much better than most. 1. A few "venues"/talks were great, too many were purely canned promo that I neither needed nor wanted hear again. Other talks were presentations rehashed. Overall there was a startling lack of really new content. 2. It was not possible to "walk around and discover" - the essential small businesses, the idea creators, hobby/business makers, and boneyard folks were not there. 3. Meeting people (particularly new people) in yet another virtual room is not the way to spend a weekend after weeks of Zoom and GoToMeeting teleconferences. Nothing meets the organized or chance in-person encounter. 4. "Influencer" style YouTuber blather really turns me off. I need something to think through and evaluate... unfortunately that has become a norm to some presenters. Many thanks to those who presented material designed to stimulate thought. 5. Commercial venues were "OK". The front end presentation was too "cartoony". Some MFG did better than others in their "in booth" presentations. The cartoony booths were inevitable result of low end virtual technology trying to look like real life... but virtual booths have been there in professional conference and trade show apps for years - it felt stale to me. 6. Agree with the many other comments about the "contest" style promotionals. Organizers need to "go back" to the registration lottery. Forced competition to participate is a symptom of the illness in "radio-sport" - when everything becomes centered on "bragging rights" the braggarts take over. 7. Person hardest issue to deal with was being asked sitting in front of a yet another computer screen for an additional 12 to 18 hours at the end of a rough online week. I have picked a few venues I heard were good and spent time listening to those. My Bottom Line: I won't bother next year without hearing of some significant improvements, particularly an added opportunity for interaction with presenters. Unfortunately mine is a generally negative assessment. The Real Bottom Lines: -How many of the participants actually stayed through during most of the active online event (or spent the 12-18 hours afterwards reviewing it). My guess is a small fraction of those who registered. -Did the sponsors see any significant ROI or did most of it go to the committee that put the Expo together and the virtual convention company that produced it. That last "real bottom line" will tell the tale and probably dictate the future of this event. Jack - KD4IZ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I think the Ham Expo was a good idea for our current times but I do not see it as a permanent replacement for the in person events. Perhaps going forward, the in person events could have a remote access side like Ham Expo.
I particularly enjoyed the Elecraft sessions, much more than the others; they seem to have thought the format through better and also more interesting subject matter (to me at least). I also liked not being crowded out of hearing a good show. 73 de W5SV - David F. Reed ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Wayne,
I enjoyed the K4 presentation and the Q&A that followed. This on-line Ham Expo was a very good idea, especially in this time if travel limits. I still look forward to seeing the K4 in person before finalizing my group 2 purchase. Thanks for the opportunity to comment. 73, tom w7sua Chino Valley AZ On 8/21/2020 4:47 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to write up a summary of the recent [virtual] Ham Expo, especially for the benefit of those who weren't able to make it. Perhaps they'll get a chance later this year or next March -- both likely, as the Expo was quite a success overall. > > It was, shall we say, unique...I'd love to hear about your experiences, good, bad, or in-between. Ideas for future expos are also welcome, whether Elecraft-specific or applicable to the event as a whole. > > This feedback will also be invaluable for the team that put on the expo, including my good friend Eric Guth, 4Z1UG. (Don't let my acquaintance with Eric inhibit your free expression...he's pure teflon.) > > Thanks again to all who dropped by our booth. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Eric,
I missed the 3D modeling on the KX2 presentation and perhaps lost the bubble on watching it. So being able to watch that presentation via Elecraft would be good. Thanks and 73, tom w7sua On 8/22/2020 1:47 PM, Eric Swartz wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > We’re waiting for the recording K4 Q&A video that followed my show talk. the show recorded that one. When we receive it we will put it up on the Elecraft YouTube page. > > I’ll also check to see if we have the recordings from our various Demo/Q&A sessions, including the K4 sessions, that we held at our virtual booth. > > 73, > Eric > elecraft.com > _..._ > > > >> On Aug 21, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Adrian <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> I add to request for the K4 Q&A video if available please ? >> >> The expo revealed some great K4 features previously unknown to myself. Would love to see the Q&A ? >> >> >> Thankyou >> >> Adrian Fewster >> >> >> >>> On 22/8/20 12:32 pm, Grant Youngman wrote: >>> I thought the Expo was excellent overall. I visited all of the booths, and watched maybe 80% of the presentations, both during the live event and afterwards. Couldn’t have cared less about trying to earn points and winning a prize. And of course the Elecraft events. >>> >>> It was unique. And except for not having a BA boneyard to wander through and take too much of my money, the best fest I attended this summer. Well, it was the ONLY fest I attended :-) >>> >>> Your presentation on the 3D KX2 design, was thoroughly enjoyable and very interesting. Eric’s appearances— all three of the them — on the K4, were informative. I do wish the Q&A after Eric’s official Expo presentation had been posted to the web, and perhaps more so, both of the extended 90 minute Q&Aa on the K4. I learned something new in each of them. >>> >>> I had some issues with the expo software itself, which I referred to the organizers as feedback in the questionnaire I received afterwards. But they were largely minor, and mostly just navigation issues. >>> >>> I’m looking forward to the coming one of these next year. Mostly, I’m looking forward to my K4 :-) >>> >>> Grant NQ5T >>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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That specific video is available on the Elecraft YouTube channel ….
Grant NQ5T > On Aug 30, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Tom Azlin W7SUA <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > I missed the 3D modeling on the KX2 presentation and perhaps lost the bubble on watching it. So being able to watch that presentation via Elecraft would be good. > > Thanks and 73, tom w7sua > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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