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The Annual Drake Dinner - Thursday May 17, 2009

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The annual Drake Dinner at the Longhorn Steak House was a pleasant evening with plenty of food, drink, and fellowship.     This year we had 14 attending the dinner, pictured below is the left and right sides of  the long banquet table.

 

On the left side, front to rear, is Gary Poland, W8PU, then Bill Elmore, KG4SZS, and Bill Frost, WB0DFP, and his wife Marsha, next is the open spot were I am sitting, Ron, WB4HFN, and on the very end is my lovely wife Donna, KB1HGX.   

In the picture on the right, in the front is Jeff Covelli, WA8SAJ, and Mark Gilger, WB0IQK, next is Sindre Torp, LA6OP, and his wife, then Evan Rolek, K9SQG, and on the very end is Bob Harmon, W4WTO.

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Pictured here on the left is Evan Rolek, K9SQG, this years Drake Forum moderator and one of the net controllers for the Sunday afternoon Drake Technical Net.  On the right is Sindre Torp, LA6OP, and his wife.   Sindre is considered the world largest Drake collector,  you should take a look at his website and all that Drake equipment.

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After dinner some of us gathered out front of the Longhorn for more conversation.   From left to right, Sindre Torp, LA6OP, and his wife, Jeff Covelli, WA8SAJ then my wife, Donna, KB1HGX, and then Bill Elmore, KG4SZS, and ,Bob Harmon, W4WTO, both up from Savannah Georgia.   And, of course, I am there too, Ron Baker, WB4HFN, standing behind the camera.

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