We are not putting up a booth this year. At you guys know I like us to have a technical topic we cover as well as the information table. I took a shot at 4...
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Umesh Ghodke
k6vug...
Oct 9, 2012 6:10 am
How about disecting / demonstrating the wireless charging of batteries, and wireless heating, which people are generally amazed by them. Umesh k6vug  ...
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Paul AA6PZ
aa6pz
Oct 9, 2012 6:10 am
I agree that understanding a multi-meter is a good first step into understanding electricity. One application everyone should understand is how to diagnose a...
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Michael Shiloh
michaelshiloh1010@...
Oct 7, 2012 9:03 pm
Some friends are exploring non-conventional analogies to explain electricity like the basic water flow, but more whimsical. Perhaps this creative group can...
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Michael Pechner
mpechner
Oct 7, 2012 7:36 pm
The faraday cage is cool. I think the Tesla coil demonstration gives as big a punch on faraday cage demonstrations as you can get. Show faraday as applied...
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torbjorn.skauli@...
tskauli
Oct 7, 2012 7:10 pm
I think the concept of "everyday electronics" has good potential. Beyond the multimeter, there are everyday issues related to for example charging of batteries...
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Michael Pechner
mpechner
Oct 6, 2012 5:06 pm
This year we showed arduino projects. It was a success in that I saw many more non-hams hanging out at our booth. What shall we do for 2013? Two years ago I...
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Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. W...
leighklotz
Jul 24, 2012 10:23 pm
Dayton is not the ARRL national convention this year. It's Pacificon! I'll be giving an Arduino workshop, and hopefully Michael will be on the agenda there as...
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Michael P
mpechner
Jul 24, 2012 7:47 am
Then it comes down to the other point. There were 800 exhibitors representing many other hobbies. So lots of groups and lots of cross over. And I am sure many...
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M K
geek_marc
Jul 24, 2012 7:44 am
The numbers are not really the point-Dayton Hamvention has been going on since at least the 1950's. They are not likely to move the dates due to another event....
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Michael P
mpechner
Jul 24, 2012 6:43 am
Why not have the 20,000+ hams move theirs? The makerfaire had 110,000 attendees and over 800 exhibitors? plus there is the Detroit and ny makerfaire, each...
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M K
geek_marc
Jul 24, 2012 6:35 am
I realize that I'm wasting my breath here, but WHY do the organizers INSIST on scheduling Maker Faire on the same weekend as Dayton Hamvention... There is a...
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skydiving_who
Jul 9, 2012 7:11 pm
Noted. I'll be ready. Michael-...
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Michael Pechner
mpechner
Jul 7, 2012 12:00 am
May 18 & 19. The weekend before memorial weekend again. -- Michael Pechner NE6RD - Amateur Extra mikey@......
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Linda Bittner
linda.24.7...
Jun 19, 2012 5:04 am
Suggest presenting something that we don't know of yet...about ham radio...something that the Maker Faire is all about...inventing the next best thing. 73,...
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k6xox
Jun 18, 2012 4:11 pm
Here are my thought, Imagine that you are the visitor and come to Maker Fair which Majorities of them expected to see something which is" WOW How do you do...
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Leigh L Klotz Jr WA5ZNU
leighklotz
Jun 18, 2012 4:11 pm
Mike has always done a good job picking projects. We should see what he zeitgeist is closer to next year for the theme. I think a nerdtech theme worked well...
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Michael Wright
mikeht220
Jun 17, 2012 4:08 pm
... that should be typical, live hardware is always good. I thought also valuable is the various gadgets I had Leigh described in the youtube video. Many times...
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rtyd@...
kc6tyd
Jun 17, 2012 6:06 am
I think we should try and always have some sort of active live radio on display. I believe when the public sees ham radio that is exactly what they what to...
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Michael P
mpechner
Jun 17, 2012 5:24 am
Thanks guys, I'll have them check the brackets....
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Rob Fenn
kc6tyd
Jun 17, 2012 5:22 am
Some screws were put in a ziplock not sure were they went from there. Robin may know. And I think the actual 4 screws that attached the mount to the monitor...
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Robin Yee
ki6yta
Jun 17, 2012 5:22 am
The screws were placed in a plastic bag, which was then knotted closed and attached with a piece of re-used gaffer's tape to one of the bracket segments. The...
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Michael Pechner
mpechner
Jun 17, 2012 4:55 am
So now that we had two years with this booth setup. And we have had 4 years with the demo and info table split. What should be do next year to changes things...
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Michael Pechner
mpechner
Jun 17, 2012 4:43 am
The screws that went with the mounting brackets on the monitors are missing. Who ever worked on taking it apart, do you remember where you put the screws? -- ...
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Michael Pechner
mpechner
May 27, 2012 6:13 am
http://campbell.patch.com/articles/missed-maker-faire-we-bring-it-to-you-in-photos#photo-10065519 -- Michael Pechner NE6RD - Amateur Extra mikey@......
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Michael Wright
mikeht220
May 26, 2012 4:11 am
here is all my youtube clips including Kristen's presentation (my youtube account allows for longer videos). I also let Bob Inderbitzen at ARRL aware. Leigh:...
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Kristen A. McIntyre
kristenmcint...
May 24, 2012 12:53 am
Maybe they came to my talk and then published this story ... http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/prolonged-radiation-exposure-0515.html -Kristen (K6WX) "Your...
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Kristen A. McIntyre
kristenmcint...
May 23, 2012 8:20 pm
Okay, either way is fine. The talk was ~30 minutes. ... -Kristen (K6WX) "Your eyes ... it's a day's work just looking into them" Laurie Anderson (--... ...--...
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Michael P
mpechner
May 23, 2012 7:19 pm
Let me see if the maker faire folks have this on HD. If we start pointing people at the talk, it will be the highest quality recording....
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Michael Wright
mikeht220
May 23, 2012 7:17 pm
Kristen, Byron taped your presentation, I sent him email asking if I can borrow tape to burn a DVD and make video file to upload to youtube (I can load vids...
