I was at the hamfest today from 1500-1700.? Sat through a fascinating class on "NCTC history, usage, and procedures."? The schedule says it will be presented twice more on Saturday (once at 0900 and once at 1000) and I highly recommend you attend one of them.? If you can't or won't, be sure to drop by the NCTC table on the main selling floor (near the prize ticket barrel,) and pick up a copy of the system map with the repeater info and lead volunteers on the back..
I didn't find a decent outdoor or balcony location for the "N5ERS BYO Lunch and Eyeball QSO," but it looks like Room #201 will be empty, starting at 1100 and continuing through the lunch hour (1200-1300,) so I propose that we commandeer the room for our purpose.? I'll tack up some signs to make us "official."? If for some reason that doesn't work out, Room #202 shows to be unused during the lunch hour and the following hour (1300-1400,) and I hereby designate it as "Plan B."? I suspect that 2 hours will be enough time to do the meetin' and eatin'.
One piece of advice -- it appeared that the food concessionaire was really low on the small denominations of cash required to make change, so if you think you might need to buy something there, bring small bills and coins.
