NARLFEST 2009 WAS SMASHING SUCCESS!!!
The NARL Hamfest was held Saturday, June 20th, 2009 at St. Mary's School, 652 Willard Ave, Newington, CT. Doors opened to the public from 8 am to 2 pm.
This site is directly across Willard Avenue from Newington High School.
What is a "NARLFEST?"
A gathering by, for and about amateur radio, electronics, and computers produced by NARL, the amateur radio club of Connecticut's Capital Region. Vendors of all sorts of radios, electronics, components, hardware, computers and peripherals, wire and antennas display new and used wares for sale; organizations have tables and displays to explain what they are all about; experts lecture and demonstrate a variety of related topics; a Special Event ham station will dispense QSL cards to contacts made over the air; new hams can take the FCC license exams; and ticket holders get a chance to win valuable prizes every half hour during the show.
The indoor vendors sold out the tables in the gymnasium, the outdoor Flea area was full, and so were both front and rear parking lots.
And lots more:
Mary Hobart, NARL President, dispensed many valuable door prizes throughout the show
There were seminars on Logbook of The World; Skywarn; a Q&A for beginning hams; and an ARES quarterly meeting
displays and information on ARRL, NARL, ARES, and other local ham radio groups; books and CD's for sale
walk-in ARRL-sanctioned FCC license exam session, all license levels
Special Event Station with the new NARL club call, NA1RL
- Discount coupons from local vendors