[K3VOA] Welcome to Winterfest 2019!

[Ken Claerbout]

Dear Fellow Amateur Radio Operator:

We hope you are planning to join the Vienna Wireless Society, at its 43rd Winterfest event on Sunday, March 24, 2019.  Forty-four exhibitors, including commercial ham radio vendors, the ARRL HQ, and all the local Ham Radio Clubs from the area will be there, to make this one of the area's largest hamfests.

Tailgating opens at 6:00 am.  General admission opens at 8:00 am, and runs through the one-o'clock hour.  Door prize drawings will occur throughout the event.  VE testing will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.  Admission tickets are $10, and can be purchased at the door.

Our hamfest is located in the Richard J. Ernst Cultural Center on the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.  The campus is at 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA, just off the I-495 expressway via Little River Turnpike (SR-236), exit 52 (towards Fairfax).  Free parking adjacent to the Ernst Cultural Center is available.  For more info, a list of vendors or a map of the campus, see our web site at: https://viennawireless.net/wp/events/winterfest/<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fviennawireless.net%2Fwp%2Fevents%2Fwinterfest%2F&data=01%7C01%7Ckclaerbo%40usagm.gov%7C6821e888555b4ba546b808d6ad22df2d%7Cba99e87c673541c2b1c1354eee3a8659%7C0&sdata=j2k71V6e1aNkkImo47azjc6gU%2FeMaZyUvIE%2Bb4zQxeY%3D&reserved=0>

The Fairfax County ARES and the Northern Virginia FM Association will be hosting a "talk-in" on 146.91 MHz.

A limited number of tables are still available in our spacious indoor vendor sales area, if you wish to sell some of your radio gear.  Table rental is $25 per table, and we offer a $5 per table discount if more than one table is rented.  Tailgating just outside the Ernst Cultural Center is also available for $20 per car, and an admission ticket is included in each tailgate transaction.

Please contact Mike Aimone, WA8AHZ at Winterfest2019 at viennawireless.net<mailto:Winterfest2019 at viennawireless.net> or call him at (703) 870-1730 for more information.

We look forward to seeing  you there!

Sincerely,

Vienna Wireless Society

Winterfest!2019 Committee

Winterfest2019 at viennawireless.net<mailto:Winterfest2019 at viennawireless.net>