[PaQSO] Hamfest July 11

[Kay Craigie]

The Murgas and Harrisburg hamfests are excellent events -- and I should
know because I used to go to dozens of hamfests every year.

I'd like to invite PA QSO Party folks to the Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio
Club hamfest in Kimberton, PA, on Sunday, July 11. That's in Chester
County near Phoenixville, between the Downingtown and Valley Forge exits
of the Turnpike. It's the only summer hamfest in the Philadelphia
suburbs (on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, anyway).
Non-ham family members can visit historic Valley Forge National Park or
shop at King of Prussia Mall (the second-largest shopping mall in the
USA), both nearby, while you enjoy the hamfest.

Both buyers and sellers (indoor tables with electricity and outdoor
tailgaiting spaces) are welcome at the event. I will be at the ARRL
booth, so please stop by to say hello and talk about PAQP 2004. For
details about the hamfest, please go to
http://www.marc-radio.org/hamfest.html.

Anyhow, please go to some hamfests this year. They raise the funds that
keep the sponsoring clubs financially-healthy supporters of amateur
radio! 73 - Kay N3KN