{"id":36405,"date":"2019-03-10T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T13:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36405"},"modified":"2019-03-16T08:13:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T12:13:46","slug":"photos-from-the-2019-charlotte-hamfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/photos-from-the-2019-charlotte-hamfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos from the 2019 Charlotte Hamfest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This RS HF receiver was pristine. If I had the budget and the shack space, it would have gone back with me. See more photos in our gallery below.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday morning around 5:30 AM I started my nearly three hour pilgrimage to the 2019 Charlotte (North Carolina) Hamfest<\/a><\/strong>. The Charlotte Hamfest is one of the larger regional hamfests in the area–due to its central location, it attracts people from all of the surrounding states.<\/p>\n

The Charlotte Hamfest typically falls on the heels of (or the same weekend as) the Winter SWL Fest<\/em> in Pennsylvania so I usually don’t even put the dates in my calendar. Indeed, the last time I attended the Charlotte Hamfest was about twenty years ago! It was at a different location and, back then, was also very much a computer show. Today it’s almost purely radio.<\/p>\n

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Following Vlado to the hamfest site on a very foggy, rainy Saturday morning.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Charlotte Hamfest is a Friday\/Saturday event held at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center in Concord, NC. The center is a superb hamfest venue: it’s well lit, clean, spacious and can easily house all of the vendors indoors–a huge bonus as weather was less than desirable.<\/p>\n

My buddy, Vlado (N3CZ) reserved two vendor tables and packed it with gear to sell–I also brought along a handful of items.<\/p>\n

I was very impressed with the turnout–indeed, it was one of the busiest regional hamfests I’ve attended in ages. I sold a couple of items and Vlado sold a lot (he also purchased a lot, but that’s another story!).<\/p>\n

I believe I’ll start putting the Charlotte hamfest in my calendar–even though timing isn’t always convenient for me, I think it’s well worth the trip!<\/p>\n

Kudos to the Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society<\/a> for putting on such a great show!<\/p>\n

Photos<\/h1>\n

I’ve embedded over 140 photos of the Charlotte Hamfest below–click each one to enlarge. Being a lover of vintage radios, my photos feature a lot of boat anchors. Note that when possible, I try to include the price tags for each item.<\/p>\n

Note: If you can’t view the embedded photos below in our email digest, click here to view them on the web.<\/em><\/p>\n

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