From durhamfest-announce at km4mbg.org Wed May 22 23:37:29 2019 From: durhamfest-announce at km4mbg.org (DurHamFest Announcements) Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 23:37:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [DurHamFest] DurHamFest this Saturday (May 25th) Message-ID: Remember DurHamFest 2019 is this Saturday (May 25th)! This year's Durham FM Association's hamfest, DurHamFest, will again be at the Durham Public Schools Staff Development Center, 2107 Hillandale Rd, Durham 27705 (detailed directions below or go to for more information and a map). This facility is air conditioned and is less than a mile from Interstate 85! The fest will feature: * Radio & Other Prizes * Food * VE Testing (no advanced registration. $15 and a picture ID) * Mobile Communication Unit Tickets are still $5 per person. Tailgate slots are $5 (plus tickets). We open up to the public at 8:30am. We'll be monitoring 145.450- PL 82.5 for Talk-in. Hope to see you there! 73 de Jack, KM4MBG, HamFest Chair & Dee, KU4GC, DFMA President ps: We'll have free coffee like last year. Some sausage biscuits and donuts will be available for sale early on. Later we'll fire up the grill and have hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie-burgers, and soft drinks, all at very reasonable prices. ------------------------- See our web site dfma.org ------------------------- Directions to DurHamFest: (Lat: 36.0362 Long: -78.9365 for GPS) Approach Northbound on US 15/501 - Merge right onto I 85 North. Use Exit 174 Hillandale (right after merge!) - right hand exit then left across bridge on Hillandale Road Westbound on I 85 South - Use Exit 174B Hillandale - stay right onto Hillandale Road. Eastbound on I 85 North - Exit 174 Hillandale - right hand exit then left across bridge on Hillandale Road Southbound on US 501/Duke Street - Turn right onto Carver St. Follow Carver, crossing NC 157/Guess Rd and finally Hillandale Rd. Immediately after crossing Hillandale, turn left into the driveway for DurHamFest. If you miss the turn unto Carver, keep going until you reach I 85. Turn right onto I 85 South. Exit 174B Hillandale - stay right onto Hillandale Road. Durham Freeway/NC 147 - Use Exit 158 (Fulton St/Hillandale Rd - Duke Hospital). Turn North (away from Duke Hospital) on Hillandale Rd and keep going for a while. Final Approach (local) Driving north on Hillandale Rd, continue approximately 1/4 mile to next stop light at the intersection with W. Carver Street and turn left. From W. Carver make the first left into the DurHamFest driveway to the parking lot. From durhamfest-announce at km4mbg.org Thu May 30 22:13:05 2019 From: durhamfest-announce at km4mbg.org (DurHamFest Announcements) Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 22:13:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [DurHamFest] Thank you and feedback Message-ID: With a day full of finding good deals, finding new caretakers for classic equipment, interesting conversations, prizes, and good food, DurHamFest 2018 has come and gone. The DFMA enjoyed putting on the Fest. However, the Fest would not be what it is without all of you who participated. Thank you for being part of DurHamFest. We're conducting a survey to help us to improve the fest in future years. I encourage you to fill it out. If you weren't able to make it this year, I'm sorry we missed you. You're still welcome to fill out the survey and let us know why. The survey address is https://durhamfest.km4mbg.org/2019 Thanks and 73, Jack Hill KM4MBG DurHamFest Chair