<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt"></h1><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">Dayton Hamvention 2021 cancelled</h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The Hamvention organizers have decided to cancel this year&#39;s show which had been planned for May 21-23 in Xenia, Ohio<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">A notice on their website says:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Unfortunately, several setbacks in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic make necessary the difficult decision to cancel Hamvention 2021. Hundreds of volunteers have been working to do everything necessary to bring this Hamvention to the many amateur radio enthusiasts and vendors who support the Dayton Hamvention.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Vaccine distribution both in the United States and around the world is lagging behind what was planned. In addition, the emergence of a more communicable form of the COVID-19 virus increases the potential for further public health problems in the next few months. We make this difficult decision for the safety of our guests and vendors.</em><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Dayton Hamvention<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://hamvention.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://hamvention.org/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">ARRL report<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.arrl.org/news/dayton-hamvention-cancels-2021-show" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.arrl.org/news/dayton-hamvention-cancels-2021-show</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>