[MRCA] Timonium

[Greene, Peter @ CSG - CSE]

Rumors that the Timonium Hamfest are premature.  I went, and yes, it was smaller than before.  And yes, the sock guy was there, like he's been for as long as I can remember.  And yes, it's ¼ the size it used to be 10 years ago, but it's still a good hamfest, and still one of the larger ones around (since all the hamfests have shrunk in size except maybe Dayton).  The old tailgating area is now used for parking.  We parked in the train station lot, so I didn't walk through the main parking lot, but it did look pretty full.  Not as many folks attending as in the past (going down every year).  I didn't notice much if anything in the way of military radio gear.  Not what it used to be, but far from dead.

73,
Pete N2LVI

From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ray Fantini
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 10:12 AM
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Subject: [MRCA] Timonium

Finally found someone who attended Timonium! I was at VCF East up in New Jersey.  From what he tells me there were maybe six hundred or so people by his estimate and the center parking lot was far from full. That use to be where tailgating occurred but now is used for parking of attendees. Also was told that people selling socks, stupid LED lighting junk and other useless crap were the majority sellers with everything being more like a flea market then a Ham fest.
Although this is information from a second source I have no reason to believe it was not true, it looks to me like the once great Timonium Ham fest is dead.
Anyone want to say otherwise?

Ray F
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