[Scan-DC] HAMFEST: Winterfest 2014 - Feb 23, 2014 - Annanale, VA

[Alan Henney]

From: VWS Winterfest Hamfest 
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 10:18 PM
To: winterfest2014 at templaro.com 
Subject: HAMFEST: Winterfest 2014 - Feb 23, 2014 - Annanale, VA

Hello,

I'm writing to let you know about Winterfest, an annual ham radio flea market in Northern Virginia that allows hams and other makers to get together and find some bargains on radios, antennas, radio-related publications, test gear and components. This regional hamfest typically attracts 500-1000 attendees, with both commercial and hobbyist vendors selling radio equipment at indoor tables and at an outdoor tailgating area. This year, in addition to the indoor and tailgating sales, we're trying some programming on technical topics. If this is popular, we will expand it next year. 


More details are available online at http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php, but here are the essentials:

DATE: February 23, 2014. Tailgating starts at 6 am, the indoor sales area opens at 8 am. The event wraps up at 2 pm, but come early for the best stuff.

LOCATION: Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Campus, 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA. Talk-in on the 146.91 repeater. GPS coordinates are 38.833216N, 77.236872W.

COST: Tickets are $7 at the door; students high school age and younger get in free. Outdoor tailgating spots are $15, and available the day of the event. Tables are $25. One indoor admission is included in the cost of tailgate or table.

SPONSOR: This event is run by the Vienna Wireless Society, a not-for-profit ham radio club located in Northern Virginia. This is an ARRL-affiliated event. The proceeds from this event help support the activities of the Vienna Wireless Society, which include community service, emergency preparedness, and technical innovation.

*Tables Available*:  We still have some indoor table spots available. Have radio-related stuff to sell: radios, antennas, parts for home brewing? Spread your treasures on our eight-foot tables (and the floor under them!). Reserve a table by contacting tablesales2014 at viennawireless.org. Please, keep the merchandise topical: radios, electronic parts, test gear, etc.

For the last two years, we have reached out to area ham exclusively by emails. I don't want to bother people unnecessarily, so if you'd prefer not to get these email messages, please reply and I can take your address off the distribution list. This is the only email we're sending out this year, so please copy it into your calendar app and/or stick it on your fridge.


I'd appreciate it if you could mention this event at club events and to your friends, because word of mouth is our best means of letting people know about this hamfest.

TNX ES 73 DE AI4SV,

Jack Welch,
Winterfest Coordinator
Vienna Wireless Society