[BC] Post NAB

[Barry Mishkind]

Wow.

This was quite a week.  For those of you who didn't get the chance to 
make it up, there are some posts already, I see, relating to some of 
what was on the floor. I'll hold my thoughts on the displays, for the 
moment, but comment on the really nice comments we received from so 
many on the floor about what we have been doing for the past year on 
this list, the Lunch Gathering, the Transmission Seminar and, of 
course,    Radio Guide.

Although some of you are aware of some trepidation we had relating to 
the Riviera Hotel and our 15th Annual Lunch Gathering, all ended up 
working out well. The manager was quite happy to see us this year. 
The initial reports were that the food and service was much improved 
this year over some previous years.

But the big deal was the group that showed up.  It sure seemed like 
we had more folks than ever before ... many old friends - and a whole 
bunch of new ones! (Next year I have GOT to get a microphone and 
speaker!) By the way, the restaurant manager also offered to set the 
tables in a better arrangement, so we can get more of the group 
seated in the same area.

We tried to do a "spread" on the door prizes this year, and I think 
we had as wide a variety as we have ever had - from the sweater vests 
from Orban to the gear bags/T-Shirts/caps from Comrex, to a brand new 
Radiosophy HD100 radio, their second model.  Radiosophy will have 
these, list priced at $119 (and sold for $99 during the show - you 
might get the price still, if you call/write them and mention Radio 
Guide) in stored shortly.  Shively and Prophet Systems (RCS) also 
contributed goodies, including a 15% discount coupon for the NAB 
Handbook, just released in its new edition.

We also had
         a copy of Office 2007 from Microsoft,
         a Dymo LabelWriter Turbo 400,
         a couple of toolkits other goodies from Neural Audio
         Flash Drives and more from BE,
         a couple of headset amplifiers courtesy of RDL (the stick-on folks)
         some 2007 Antenna Calendars from Scott Fybush
         a couple of neat CD storage units from
         a CardScan multi-user "team" edition of their great card 
scanning system
         a Radio Shack project case.
         and more....

Plus!   Everyone at lunch went home with their choice of a calculator 
notepad or DVM, complete with a complete case, courtesy of Radio 
Guide Magazine.

All in all, it was a great Lunch Gathering ... and seeing some of 
your comments on the list ... I just have to say "Thanks, folks!   It 
all turns out well because you all care and are part of the effort!

thanks again
barry