Sussex NJ, SCARC HAMFEST Sunday, July 16, 2017 I had a great time, good food, hard working volunteers and lots of stuff for sale!!! I asked what the attendance was at Sussex, the reply from John N2HMM; Sussex Hamfest had 1140 buyers and 244 tailgaters. I was at the Sussex County Fairgrounds Sunday, July 16, 2017 The Rear mens room had been renovated in the last year and it was Clean!! I saw a couple of people driving around checking the trash cans, and waved at them and they stopped. I asked, do you work for the Fairgrounds, and they replied Yes. I told them they were doing a very nice job and an extra big thanks for the hard work at the mens room. The Gentleman said that there had been a lot of work done to that rest room, replaced all the urinals and a lot of other plumbing work etc. 73, K2HAT
Glad to hear... wish I could have made it this year but it sounds like the event went great. Hope to catch it next year!
I copied this from the Hamfest announcement forum, and brought it here to the Hamfest Reports. The first Hamfest I went to I arrived at about 10:30am, there were many people packing up to leave. I asked one person, what is wrong, why are theses folks all leaving so early?? I was told that for the folks selling most Hamfest gates open from 6-7 Am and if the sales are not going well, many sellers say the heck with it and pack up to go home starting at 9:30am. To be honest, If you can't get to a Hamfest except maybe Dayton or Orlando, by 3 hours after the start time, you may as well not go. For Sussex, I arrived at 6:05am and started to pack up to leave a little after 12 noon. At Murgas I was there at 5:30am and left at 11:20am. It is a 2.5 + or minus hour drive each way. I stopped to eat lunch on the way home, about 10 minutes from the Hamfest, it was close to 3 hours to get home, because the traffic was heavy. I would bet that 30-40% of the sellers had already packed up and left before I did. At the Murgas {Wilkes Barre, PA} and Rags {Syracuse/Cicero,NY} , and Cortland,NY Hamfests I was gone by about 11:30am. The 9:30am 50/50 drawing Winner was over $480. I did not win. Darn I did not buy a ticket for the 12:30 50/50 drawing and did not pay attention to the winners amount, as I was about to drive out, I would be surprised if it was $100. As most of the vendors don't bother buying the late 50/50 drawing. Elmira Horseheads Hamfest Sept. 30th is a Large hamfest too, and worth the drive 3 hours or so each way for me, also at a Fairgrounds, I arrive at 6am and usually leave about 11am to 12 noon, as sales seem to stagnate after 10am. If i don't make a sale in 30 minutes of even cheap stuff, time to go home. You can use this link, to find hamfest in a search engine, by zip code, a distance from you. I search by 250 miles circle, but normally don't go more than 150 miles away. http://www.arrl.org/hamfests-and-conventions-calendar Best 73 K2HAT