Playground Amateur Radio Club (PARC)
PARC, P.O. Box 873, Fort Walton Beach FL 32549

SWAPFEST 2008
Amateur Radio and Computer Show and Swapfest

15 March 2008 at the Northwest Florida Fairgrounds

General Admission: $5 at the door (no reservations needed, accompanied ladies and children under 15 are free).

Time: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Saturday March 15, 2008

Tables: $10 each (separate from admission).

Set-up times: Friday March 14, 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM; Saturday March 15, 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM; table layout same as last three years.

Main Prize Drawing Tickets: $1 each. Drawing will be held at 2:00 PM, attendance is not required, and need not be present to win the Main Prize.

Prizes: First: 1st HF Transceiver, 2nd VHF transceiver; hourly Prizes: Miscellaneous amateur related items.

Homebrew Project Contest Bring your best ham radio homebrew project and enter it in our Homebrew Project Contest! If you put it together and made it work, it is eligible for entry. Schematics, hand drawn or otherwise, and construction diagrams, are a plus for scoring.

DXCC Card Checking Available - see ARRL table at the Swapfest for further details.

Talk-In Frequency: 146.79 (-).

Lodging: Hampton Inn on Hwy 98 west of Beal Parkway, phone (850) 243-7700. Several more motels west of Beal Parkway on Hwy 98.

Email: swapfest@w4zbb.org

RV Sites: Contact Northwest Florida Fairgrounds at (850)-862-0211 regarding RV sites only.

Directions

From I-10: Exit south onto SR 85 at Crestview. About 11 miles, exit south onto SR-123. It's a bypass that brings you back to SR-85 (after 4 miles). Turn right onto SR-189 (intersection with light). SR-189 is Lewis Turner Boulevard.

From US-98: Turn north onto Beal Parkway(SR-189) and continue to the fairgrounds on your left.

The Swapfest site is the Northwest Florida Fairgrounds (previously known as Okaloosa Fair Grounds). Look for the main entrance door near the center of the building. There is a loading door around back. Hope to see YOU there!

For more information email: PARC SWAPFEST Chairman.

PARCFEST 2008 TABLE RESERVATION FORM

Name: ___________________________ CALL: __________ EMAIL: ___________

Street: ______________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________________ State: ______ Zip: ______

Tables: (_______) @ $10.00 = $ ___________

Make Check or Money Order Payable to PARC and Mail Form to: PARC, P.O. Box 873, Fort Walton Beach FL 32549
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