Hamvention 2012 in Dayton is evaluated by wdtn.com as a boost of $10 million to the local economic area. For an event that is world wide recognized as “the top experience” of the amateur radio trade shows, seems to be a small niche of business.
Despite this, a lot of vendors are showing new range of products, a result of the investments in R&D implemented to fight the world economic crisis.
I don’t know if the market will reward their efforts (I hope YES!), for sure the interest on these topics is rising up again and it is evident in the “likes” gained by the live updating from Dayton posted by Michele, IZ4GWE on the Facebook fan page of DxCoffee.
The hobby is still alive!