by Mark H. Derks, KC1RVQ, ARRL Acquisitions Editor
The Calm Before
The first official day of 2023 Dayton Hamvention® began with half an hour of calm on the show floor. All the transceivers and whips, the coils of coax, and bins of SMA connecters lay abed beneath their evening coverings — white plastic tablecloth in the ARRL exhibit space, black canvas covers for neighboring Icom, and others beyo…