Bag by NoGa QRP, book courtesy of MFJ

Thanks to the generosity of MFJ and NoGa QRP everyone went home with goodies worth more than the price of the seminar entrance ticket !

FDIM Seminar The seminar featuring - Bill Kelsey, N8ET - The practical way of getting antennas to work Mike Boatright, KO4WX - Emergency Communications in Ham Radio George Dobbs, G3RJV - A Regenerative Receiver Primer - a little history and lots of practical ideas Gary Breed, K9AY - Fibreglass poles and uses for making antennas Eric Swartz, WA6HHQ and Wayne Burdick, N6KR - High-Density Design and the 4-Band KX1 Transceiver Chuck Adams, K7QO - K7QO Mark IV transceiver and what is needed in a CW transceiver

Buildathon This year the Buildathon was organised by WB9IPA - 35 lucky people get to build the K1EL K40 Keyer G4ANN

QRP ARCI booth W5JAY and K8DD promoting QRP from the club booth at the Dayton Hamvention

FDIM Report - THE WINNER IS... With so many prizes to hand out at this year's FDIM, it is almost impossible to list all the winners, but here is a list of those winning in the Building Contest and the ones winning the "grand prizes" at the banquet. First, the building contest: 1st Place - (TIE) Rich Meiss, WB9LPU -ROTObug and Denny Payton, N9JXY -2n2/20 Transceiver 2nd Place - Jeff Hecht, K8GD- 2n2/20 Transceiver 3rd Place - Dale Parfit, W4OP - HF Receiver 4th Place - Pete Hoover, W6ZH - QRP20/ATU In addition, there were several "major prizes" awarded throughout the weekend. Thursday award - LDG Z11PRO tuner - N0YJ Major Door prizes at the Banquet: 5th place - M Cubed Power Meter Deluxe ($350) - NS5Z 4th place - Blue Cool Transceiver Kit - DL QRPproject ($380) - WS8T 3rd place - Super Antenna's New muliband rotating dipole ($399) - K8ZT 2nd place - Begali Graciella Paddle ($490) - N8MGU 1st place - Ham Radio Outlet - IC703+ ($835) - KM0Y Raffle - Elecraft $1000 Gift Certificate - K3NVI Congrats to all the big winners - in addition there were over 60 "little" winners. In all, a lot of happy campers!

Photos courtesy of Jeff Davis KE9V and Jeff Embry K3OQ.