Nearfest, Fall 2025!

[KD1SH]

   So far, the weather's looking good. I will be there both days, riding up with a friend on Friday, but not selling anything myself, and then with my own truck and my wife on Saturday, possibly selling a few things. She'll be selling her crocheted stuff, as usual.
   Good weather, good company, lots of stuff we don't need; what could be better?

[W1DAN]

I'll be there Friday.

Selling some items that nobody wants.

Dan

[KD1SH]

   Okay, while the forum is up, a brief Nearfest report. The weather forecast was flawless for a good ten days prior to the event. The forecast is usually a bit questionable right up until the last day. The turnout was great on Friday, probably because of the promising forecast. Honestly, I was just a bit disappointed in Saturday's turnout, but it was still fine.
   The local AM crowd was well represented. Great to see:
Steve, WA1QIX
Carl, WA1KPD
George, N2LJO
Ross, W1EKG
George, W1LSB
Dan, W1DAN
Chris, AJ1G
Larry, NE1S
Brown, W1NZR
Mark, WA2FXM
Bear, WB2GCR
   I didn't go to the AM Dinner, but I heard it was well attended. One of these days I'll go; it's just that it would make for a very long day, since I go back down to CT Friday evening so that I can go back up with my wife on Saturday. Some year I'll talk my wife into spending the night at a B&B or something, and we'll both go to the dinner.
   I don't usually sell much at hamfests, but this time I felt the need to make some space in my shop, so I unloaded a few things, including my Ranger, a nice HQ-170, a couple of tube testers, a Browning Golden Eagle MK4A receiver, and a Knight TR-106 6-meter AM rig.
   Bought only a few items, which was great since I'd sold the other gear in order to make room in my shop. Found a very nice, and huge, isolation transformer rated at 2KVA for either 120 or 240v, and an excellent rolling rack cabinet, which will eventually house a power-supply/modulator built around the Gates BC-1T mod and plate iron I brought home from a past Nearfest.
   My wife, as usual, had a great time selling her crocheted goodies. All in all, a fine Nearfest, and I'm already looking forward to the next one. Thanks once again to all the Nearfest staff for making this excellent event possible!

[WBear2GCR]

Ran into

Larry W1UUU
Steve WA1QIX
Mark KA2QFX
Wayne W1SSJ
Steve W2TRH
Tim WA1HLR
Ed N2FRY
Ross H - Whitman Ma, but can't pull out his call!!
George N2LJO
Ted K1QAR
Dave W1FUU
Dave S ex-W2IJY (has a new call!)
Dirk-a-tron was there on Saturday... I wasn't...

Sorry, if I forgot some calls...

Have a couple of pix... next time I can find this server up?!?!?

                       _-_-

[AG5UM]

All of you NorthEast Coast Am'ers are so lucky and fortunate.
Great Fests, lots of Cool AM' activity, Cool people, ......
Someday,
maybe I'll get over there, to be there with you. What a great group.
All the best,
73
AG5UM.