I read today on the WBCQ website about a SWL fest that is being held in the
Philadelphia area in March. Has anyone ever attended this event before? If so
can you tell me more about it. I am new to SWL and would like to learn more.

thanks,

Neil

BCcubed wrote:

I read today on the WBCQ website about a SWL fest that is being held in the
Philadelphia area in March. Has anyone ever attended this event before? If so
can you tell me more about it. I am new to SWL and would like to learn more.

thanks,

Neil

http://www.swlfest.com/

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

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N8KDV wrote:

BCcubed wrote:

I read today on the WBCQ website about a SWL fest that is being held in the
Philadelphia area in March. Has anyone ever attended this event before? If
so
can you tell me more about it. I am new to SWL and would like to learn
more.

thanks,

Neil

http://www.swlfest.com/

Gee wiz Pennsylvania in March. Maybe they would get more than 200
hundred people if it was someplace warmer like Hawaii.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

I think last year they got 500 people, many from other countries.


Telamon wrote:

In article ,
N8KDV wrote:


BCcubed wrote:


I read today on the WBCQ website about a SWL fest that is being held in the
Philadelphia area in March. Has anyone ever attended this event before? If
so
can you tell me more about it. I am new to SWL and would like to learn



more.

thanks,

Neil

http://www.swlfest.com/


Gee wiz Pennsylvania in March. Maybe they would get more than 200
hundred people if it was someplace warmer like Hawaii.

In article If it was 1 -2 hr drive i'd go;
WBCQ has good broadcasts from there;
- They party Hard !!

, Telamon
writes:


http://www.swlfest.com/

Gee wiz Pennsylvania in March. Maybe they would get more than 200
hundred people if it was someplace warmer like Hawaii.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

BCcubed wrote:

I read today on the WBCQ website about a SWL fest that is being held in the
Philadelphia area in March. Has anyone ever attended this event before? If so
can you tell me more about it. I am new to SWL and would like to learn more.

thanks,

Neil

I've never been to the SWL Winterfest but I did attend several of the ANARC
conventions years ago. Always had a good time meeting other SWL/DXers.

If you are in the area I'm sure you'd find it worthwhile to attend.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

In article ,
N8KDV wrote:

BCcubed wrote:

I read today on the WBCQ website about a SWL fest that is being
held in the Philadelphia area in March. Has anyone ever attended
this event before? If so can you tell me more about it. I am new
to SWL and would like to learn more.

thanks,

Neil

I've never been to the SWL Winterfest but I did attend several of the
ANARC conventions years ago. Always had a good time meeting other
SWL/DXers.

If you are in the area I'm sure you'd find it worthwhile to attend.

I'm just trying to make a point that many like myself are not going to
travel to the east coast in winter to a an airport that I can't take a
direct flight too.

There are many cities that cater to the convention business that people
could more easily travel to on direct flights so that more than the
people in the area are likely to join. A better season could be chosen.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

I happen to live within 35 miles of where it is being held, so I have
been there the past few years.

Amazingly, I had not heard about it until I stumbled across an article
on the web four years ago.

There are many, many shortwave radio people that you have heard on the
air that go there every year.

Some of the are as follow:
Kim Elliot of VOA
Bob Zanotti, formerly os Swiss Radio Intermational (The two Bobs
program)
Tom Sundstrom (Reciever review for Radio Netherlands)
Sheldon Harvey (Many time guest and moderator on CBC programs)
Andy Sennet of Radio Netherlands
Larry Magne (Passport to World Band Radio Book)
Allen Graham (HCJB)
Allan Weiner (WBCQ)
Marie Lamb, host of Cumbre DX
John Figliozzi - SWL Log manager for Monitoring Times
Jeff White of Radio Miami International
Ed Mauger and Fred Kohlbrenner of NASWA
DJ Stevie of Radio 510 International (Switzerland)
Mark Fine of Radio Listener Database
and on and on etc.

It is held in a small town of Kulpsville, Pa., located within 500 feet
of the first exit (Landsdale) of the PA (Northeast extension) of the
PA Turnpike.

Very easy to get to from the Philadelphia International Airport
(Although not very close to it)

If you fly in, you would need to rent a car to get there.
here is the link to the website
http://swlfest.com/,
Enjoy,Hope this answer some of your questions.

PS. They have a humongeous raffle after the Saturday evening Banquet
and you should see some of the prizes (wow) usually five or six
portable SW recievers, a major radio like a Drake R8B, ICOM IC-R75
receiver with DSP module, Ten Tec RX-350 DSP receiver, Palstar R30
communications receiver, CC Radio Plus Platinum Edition, Grundig
Satellite 800 and many others.

Look at the website, many other radio items are raffled off that
evening.

Regards,
Warren


On 02 Feb 2004 01:10:45 GMT, (BCcubed) wrote:

I read today on the WBCQ website about a SWL fest that is being held in the
Philadelphia area in March. Has anyone ever attended this event before? If so
can you tell me more about it. I am new to SWL and would like to learn more.

thanks,

Neil