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[Larry Bloomfield]

Hi all:

I need your help:

First I?m putting together the Road Show for this 
next year, 2006. There?s a lot of good cutting 
edge technology out there we want to bring with 
us, but it is not always easy to convince some 
companies of the value of having it brought to 
the grassroots folks who wouldn?t see it 
otherwise. If you know of a company who has 
innovative technology that you?d like to see and 
believe other broadcast folks across the country 
would benefit by it, let both them and Tech-Notes 
know and we?ll work to get them on the ticket 
with us. I?m especially trying to get a better 
balance with more radio oriented gear this year.

You know, it doesn?t make sense to bring the same 
old stuff. The Taste of NAB 2006 will be 
different than in past years. Will have all new 
equipment/technology to present and we plan to 
make the presentation more complete. It will be 
different in other respects also. In the past we 
have limited our number of sponsors to around a 
dozen. This next year (2006), that cap will be 
removed and we will take as many as two dozen. 
For those who saw our van, you may ask, how can 
you do that? The answer is simple. Our good old 
faithful van is very long in the tooth and will 
be replaced this year with a much larger van. 
We?re look at getting a Dodge Sprinter.

Because of the increase in the amount of 
technology we?ll be bringing with us in 2006, the 
Road Show will not be just an hour or so in 
length. We?ll be asking the various SBE chapters 
to plan on us for a full afternoon or full 
evening of information and education. When we 
tested the waters this year (2005) with this 
idea, it met with very positive comments. After 
all, where else can you see, touch and find out 
about the latest ?whatevers? ? right in your own 
backyard ? and we love doing it.

I know we had a lot of e-mails asking us back in 
2006. I?ve not started to address those yet, so 
if you want the Road Show to come to your neck of 
the woods, please let me know and we can probably 
work it out. I?m especially interested in being 
part of any SBE, SMPTE or similar organization?s 
educational plans for their members. There is no 
charge to any organization for me to bring the 
Road Show to you, but I will need some help. We 
can discuss that later. Also, I?m not going to 
kill myself like I did this past year (2005) with 
sixty-five venues; we?ll only be doing fifty-three.

Also, for those interested, we?ve just posted 
Tech-Notes #133 on our website. The URL is:
http://www.tech-notes.tv/Archive/tech_notes_133.pdf It is about 920 KB in size.

Thanks in advance for your help and Happy New Year

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Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC
1980 25th St.
Florence, OR 97439
(541) 902-2424 - Everything