I returned home last night from my week-log Dayton Hamvention trip around 8:30 PM.
我昨晚8:30結束了代頓展一周的行程，返回家中。
The Hamvention actually ended at 1:00 PM on Sunday, May 22, but my buddy Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), his son Miles (KD8KNC) and I stayed Sunday night in Dayton, and Monday night at Eric’s home in Athens, Ohio.
代頓展實際是在5月22日周日下午一點閉展的，但是我和好友Eric McFadden (WD8RIF)以及他的兒子 Miles (KD8KNC) 在代頓呆到周日晚上，周一晚我們在阿森斯 (俄亥俄州) Eric的家中度過。
After packing up our Hamvention booth (for Ears To Our World) on Sunday, we made our way to the nearby National Museum of the USAF–the largest aviation museum in the world. We visit the museum every year–and every year I discover something new.
在周日打包好展會裝備後，我們到了附近的美國空軍國家博物館參觀，這個博物館是世界上最大的航空博物館，我們每年都會來這裡參觀，每一年，我們都能發現一些新東西。
In June, the Air Force museum is actually opening a fourth building which will house an additional 70 aircraft in four new galleries.
在六月，空軍博物館開放了第四大樓用於新增的70架飛機的展出倉庫。
If you’re an aviation buff–trust me–the National Museum of the USAF is worth a pilgrimage to Dayton, Ohio.
如果你是航空迷，相信我，來代頓參觀美國空軍國家博物館是絕對是最佳朝聖之旅。
NPOTA activationsMonday morning, Eric, Miles and I packed up, ran a few errands on Wright Patterson Air Force Base, then made our way to our first National Parks On The Air activation: theDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (HP11) and North Country National Scenic Trail (TR04) 「two-fer」 at Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center in Dayton, Ohio.
周一早上，我、Eric和Miles整裝待發，前往賴特帕特森空軍基地，然後開始我們第一次國家公園通聯活動，代頓航空歷史遺產國家歷史公園(HP11)和北方地區的國家風景區之路(TR04)「two-fer」都位於美國俄亥俄州代頓霍夫曼草原飛場中心。
Eric worked CW on 20 meters and I worked SSB on 40 meters using the LNR Precision LD-11 transceiver (which I’m currently reviewing) and my recently-purchased Hardened Power Systems QRP Ranger.
Eric在20米用CW操作，我在40米用SSB操作，我們使用的是 LNR Precision LD-11 收發信機和Hardened Power Systems QRP Ranger套裝。
For all of my Monday NPOTA activations, I used the EFT Trail Friendly antenna I purchased at the Hamvention:
整個周一的NPOTA通聯活動，我使用了在代頓展上購買的 EFT Trail Friendly 天線。
The EFT Trail Friendly Antenna made set-up a breeze: simply throw a line into a tree, hang the end of the antenna, then hook up the other end to the feedline/transceiver. No antenna tuner is needed for 40, 20 or 10 meters once the antenna is tuned for resonance. It packs up into a small bundle that easily fits in my radio go-kit (see photo above).
EFT Trail Friendly天線設置簡單：只是一條線往樹上扔，掛住天線的末端，然後把另一端連結饋線/收發器。一旦天線調整好後，在40米、20米或10米段不需要另安裝天線調諧器。該天線可包成一小捆，輕鬆適合我的電臺套件(見上圖)。
The LD-11/QRP Ranger/EFT antenna combo worked amazingly well and made for very quick deployment.
LD-11、QRP Ranger、EFT天線組裝快速，裝備之間配合的很好，所以通聯效果非常棒。
I can easily fit the LD-11 transceiver and QRP Ranger on a foldable metal chair (my make-shift field table!).
My buddy Eric, I should mention, is typically on the leaderboard for NPOTA as he’s an avid QRP field operator.
Eric (WD8RIF) operating NPOTA with his field-portable vertical HF antenna.
You can follow Eric’s activations on QRZ.com or his website.
Eric’s field-portable HF vertical packs up into this small canvas bag.
We had a tight NPOTA activation schedule to meet Monday, but after packing up from our first sites, we took 30 minutes to stop by the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and The Wright Cycle Co. museum in downtown Dayton.
我們周一NPOTA的通聯活動安排緊湊，但是我們從第一個地點整理完畢後，我們花了30分鐘的時間到我們的下一站代頓市中心的Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center 和萊特環公司的博物館
Well worth the short visit! Next year, I』ll plan to revisit both museums when I have more time.
今年簡單參觀了一下，明年如果有更長的時間，我計劃重新參觀這兩個博物館。
Next, we made our way to the second scheduled NPOTA activation site: the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument (MN18).
接下來，我們去了NPOTA通聯活動的第二個地點：查爾斯年輕水牛士兵國家紀念碑(MN18)。
Despite not having my antenna very far off the ground (my antenna line fell down one branch in the process of hanging) I still managed to work a pile-up of stations from Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan and Indiana. After Eric and I racked up a number of QSOs, we packed up our site in haste and made our way to the final activation of the day: the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (HP15). We arrived as the Park Ranger was getting in his car to leave for the day!
儘管我的天線沒有離地很遠（在懸掛我的天線時候還搞斷了一根陣子)，但是我還是受到了從喬治亞、北卡羅來納州、俄亥俄州、伊利諾斯州、康乃狄克州、密西根和印第安納州的大量電臺通聯。埃裡克和我進行了大量的通聯，我們匆忙將數據提交到我們的網站上，讓我們最後的通聯完美收官：霍普韋爾文化國家歷史公園(HP15)。我們到達公園，公園管理員正要進入他的車離下班了!
At Hopewell, I managed to deploy the EFT antenna much higher off the ground. I worked a small pile up of stations from all over the region which, to my surprise, included two radio friends (Ed and Eileen) in Franklin, NC. Eric also worked blogging buddy John Harper, AE5X on 20 meters CW (got your message, John!).
在霍普韋爾公園，我成功地將EFT天線設置的更高。在這個區域，我的電臺通聯密集，讓我驚訝的是，我通聯到了包括在紐約富蘭克林的兩個電臺好友Ed和艾琳。Eric還在20米用CW模式通聯了他的博客好友約翰·哈珀AE5X(收到你的消息,約翰!)。
All in all, it was a fantastic day to be outdoors and on the air.
在戶外通聯的一天，所有的一切都那麼神奇。
Of course, a side benefit of doing National Parks On The Air activations is that you get to check out all of these amazing park sites.
當然在這些國家公園通聯的好處就是能夠體驗這些神奇的通聯場地。
Without a doubt, this was one fun-filled and radio-centric Hamvention week! It couldn’t have been better.
毫無疑問，參加以無線電為主題的代頓展，在這一周的時間是充滿樂趣的，沒有什麼比這更好的了！
source:http://swling.com/blog/2016/05/one-week-of-hamvention-air-force-museum-wright-brothers-and-national-parks-on-the-air/