[Ground-station] What annual events should we focus on after Ham Expo?

[Jim Tittsler]

On 2021-03-03 02:00 , Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station wrote:
> We were set to go to Tokyo Ham Fair. Covid interrupted this. I have 
> never been, but it is the largest in the world of its type. I was told 
> our work would be a good fit. If anyone that has been can comment, 
> please do.

Anything can fit at the Ham Fair...  there are typically at least 3 
booths devoted to 6M AM, one to fax, a couple to cosplay, as examples. 
The Ham Fair is _very_ club oriented. There tend to be a lot of long 
conversations at booths for members' particular niche(s). I might 
suggest there is a lot of getting together with your group rather than 
necessarily attracting new audiences. The closest thing there has been 
to "forums" or technical track in recent years has been a seating area 
within the noisy main hall where there are introductory presentations.

> I have talked to people about Friedrichshafen. The SDR track was moved 
> this year to online GNU Radio event. Is Friedrichshafen a good place for us?

My impression of Friedrichshafen is that there is more technical 
evangelism (and "forums").

While I miss travel, I'm rather enjoying the virtual trend... especially 
for those conferences that offer breakout rooms/tables to make up for 
the lack of hallways.

Jim 7J1AJH