[South Florida DX Association] Stuart Hamfest Report

[Michael Raskin]

There was a small contingency of SFDXA members at the Stuart Hamfest on 
March 16th this year:
K4PB,  W4QN, W3RC, W2CQ, VE3NGW, K1EY, K2EWB, W4SLR, and W4UM.  Only one was 
wearing
orange (W4UM).  The Stuart Hamfest is run by the Martin County Amateur Radio
Association (MCARA) and is one of the better hamfests to buy or sell
junque - there is NO admission charge.  Attendance was reportedly higher
than ever and I did manage to buy some stuff I really didn't need (so what
else is new?).  MCARA sells raffle tickets, 1 for $3, 2 for $5, or 5 for
$10.  Lots of dinky prizes every 15' for those in attendance, but some
really good main prizes you don't have to be there to win:  1st prize -
Yaesu FT-897D HF, 2nd prize - MFJ-269 analyzer, and 3rd prize - Icom T7H HT.
Of course, I didn't win.  Plan to attend next year and we can all get 
together at Bono's BBQ for lunch.

73,
Mike, W4UM (ex-K4KUZ)  w4um at arrl.net
South Florida DX Association  http://www.qsl.net/k4fk/
Florida Contest Group  http://www.floridacontestgroup.org