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 Mid America Toy and Train Show.

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The July 2010 NPRHA convention held in Spokane Washington was a

huge success.  There were all kinds of activities for the attendees and

their families.  Presentations of all kinds were happening throughout

each of the five-day event.  Ray Uhlich from Digital Command Central,

Inc. presented a mini-seminar on Saturday.  It too was one of the

high points of the convention.  Several manufacturers offered

exciting door prizes.  In addition to door prizes, Digital Command

Central, Inc. offered a Digitrax Zephyr system as a raffle prize.

Upon completion of the seminar, Ray was asked to attend next years

NPRHA convention and offer a DCC mini-seminar for the folks

attending the 2011 convention in Minnesota. Ray accepted without

hesitation.

Here Ray is preparing for his "Looking at DCC from the layout's eye"

approach.  Ray says too much emphsis is placed on looking at the

layout from the command station.  Most of the problems occur on the

layout due to errors in judgment, and/or workmanship.

Each seminar attendee received a valuable packet of information

to use as tools for troubleshooting and maintaining DCC equipment.

“Notes for presentation”

“How To” - - DCC  10/17/’09

                   ”Oops!”  There is a typo on the last page of the hand out

                                      information.  The 30 AWG should read 12” Length =

                                      .100 DC Voltage drop, not .250 Voltage drop.

                                                                                                                      Sorry Guys!

A few snap shots of Ray's "How To" - DCC seminar at Union Station on 10/17/09 taken by Jack Rosenfield.  Thank you Jack.

Digital Command Central, Inc. extends a special thanks to those folks who attended the seminar at Union Station.  The seminar had to be moved to the Arthur Stillwell meeting room directly below the Town Hall meeting room, because of last minute A/V system technical difficulties.  The meeting room served adequately except for the lack of lighting which was made up for by additional spot & flood light fixtures.  Ray addressed the major DCC systems and passed around samples of each so the attendees could get a close, hands-on look of each system. The purpose of this seminar was to understand general conditions concerning DCC systems.  Ray's explanation of the elements of a satisfactory DCC system included tips on how to avoid existing and future problems with wiring and track installations. In addition, he spoke about test systems and devices which help to alleviate DCC electrical continuity problems. At seminar's end, there were door prizes presented to attendees whose names were drawn from a bowl by Stu Stewart.  One prize was a DVD offered by Tony Cook.  The other, a Tony's Trains' DCC digital voltage/amp meter complete with three load devices (1, 1.5, and 2.25 AMP). This combination of load test instruments will come in mighty handy.  They were offered by Digital Command Central, Inc.  The positive comments from the survey sheets turned in indicated that the information and material covered during the seminar was well received.  Digital Command Central offers survey sheets at each seminar for the purpose of obtaining information from attendees.  This information is then scrutinized in an effort to improve and streamline future seminar activities.

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