{"id":39024,"date":"2019-08-15T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39024"},"modified":"2019-08-15T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:37:20","slug":"huntsville-hamfest-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/huntsville-hamfest-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville Hamfest this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time ever, I’ll be attending the Huntsville Hamfest<\/a> this weekend. Over the years, I’ve heard so many positive comments (from vendors and attendees) about this large regional hamfest.<\/p>\n

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The Von Braun Center (Source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n

The entire event is held in the Von Braun Center–thus this hamfest will be fully air conditioned. Not a bad thing for a hamfest held during an Alabama summer!<\/p>\n

If you plan to attend the Huntsville Hamfest, pop by the Ears To Our World<\/a> table and introduce yourself!\u00a0 I’ll be there along with other volunteers all day Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

Of course, expect some hamfest photos to be published here on the SWLing Post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m really looking forward to this hamfest and hope to meet a few Post<\/em> readers there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the first time ever, I’ll be attending the Huntsville Hamfest this weekend. Over the years, I’ve heard so many positive comments (from vendors and attendees) about this large regional hamfest. The entire event is held in the Von Braun Center–thus this hamfest will be fully air conditioned. Not a bad thing for a hamfest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[7951],"class_list":["post-39024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-huntsville-hamfest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-a9q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39046,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/2019-huntsville-hamfest-photos-flea-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":39024,"position":0},"title":"2019 Huntsville Hamfest photos: Flea Market","author":"Thomas","date":"August 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday (Saturday, August 17), was the first day of the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama. 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