Prizes...we'll have prizes

The annual Fest raffle will feature the following items to entice you to buy tickets:

Receivers:

Palstar R30CC

Ten-Tec RX320D

Eton E1XM (two of ‘em!)

Eton E5

Icom R3

Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi Internet Radio

Squeezebox Network Music Player

Sangean HDR-1 HD Radio

Winradio G303e

Kaito KA-1121

Kaito KA-2100

GE Superadio III

Kaito KA-11

Freeplay Plus

Books/Guides:

2007 Passport to World Band Radio (3 copies)

2007 WRTH (5 copies)

2007 Super Frequency List on CD-ROM

Antennae:

Skywire Dipole

Flextenna HVU

Select-A-Tenna Model M

Twin Coil Ferrite AQM Antenna

Kaito KA-31 SW Amplified Loop Antenna

Kaito KA-33 SW/MW Amplified Loop Antenna

Assorted listening accessories: including a Digital FM Transmitter

Reminder: Discounted registration fees end 28 February

If we receive your registration after February 28th or on-site, it's priced higher.

Please send in your registration today or tomorrow if you know you'll be coming. That way you'll have a few more $$ remaining in your pocket for raffle tickets...

Co-Festmeister Cuff

Updated Fest Forum Schedule

2007 SWL Winterfest Activity Schedule, updated 2/6/07 and subject to change

All times EST. All forums 60 min. unless otherwise indicated. Registration, Raffle Ticket Desk and Exhibit Room hours to be announced. Exhibits/Demos/Club Tables to be announced. Raffle Prize List to be announced.

Thursday, March 8

0900 - Registration Table Opens*/Exhibit Room Opens
1030 - Satellite Broadcast DXing (incl. antenna issues)/ Tracy Wood
1130-1330 - Lunch on your own
1330 - GPS—A New Radio Hobby? / Skip Arey
1500 - Zenith’s Mexican Connection--Cespedes Marin / Harold Cones
1630 - A Survey of Radio Control Software / Tim Lemmon
1730 - Dinner on your own
1930 - Thursday Swap Meet Opens

Friday, March 9

0800 - Registration Table Opens*/Exhibit Room Opens
0900 - Radio on the Road / Janice Laws & Steve Karlock
1030 - Digital Radio Forum/Rob de Santos & Daniel Srebnick
1130-1330 - Lunch on your own
1330 - DXing Worldwide / Dan Henderson
1500 - The Year in Pirate Radio / George Zeller
1630 - The Listening Lounge Daytime Edition / David Goren & Myke Wyskopf
1730 - Dinner on your own
1800 - Vintage Radio Collection Tour (location to be announced)
1930 - Friday Swap Meet Opens
2100 - The Listening Lounge Evening Edition / David Goren & Myke Wyskopf (as late as it goes)

Saturday, March 10

0800 - Registration Table Opens/Exhibit Room Opens
0900 - Faith and Shortwave / Allen Graham
1000 - Silent Auction Opens
1030 - Scanning with The Scum / Tom Swisher & Skip Arey
1200 - Salad & Pizza Lunch
1240 - Remarks by Allan Loudell, Anchor/Reporter, WDEL
1315 - 1988-2007 Receiver Market Review / Alan Johnson & George Zeller
1430 - Broadcasters’ Forum / Ian McFarland (90 min.)
1600 - Exhibit Room Closes
1615 - Silent Auction Closes
1630 - Time Reserved for Club Meetings, etc.
1800 - Cash Bar
1900 - Banquet (After Dinner Remarks by Jacques Bouliane of RCI/DRM)
2130 - The Grande Raffle
2400 - The Voice of Pancho Villa

Swap Meet - Thurs & Fri

We will be holding informal, unstructured "swap meets" in the main banquet room ("Stockholm Room" to those familiar with the Fest) both Thursday and Friday evenings.

Hours aren't yet finalized.

Mike Wolfson has a bunch of items he is considering bringing if there's interest.

Best way to see what people are selling (or buying) is to join the SWLFEST e-mail list; click on the live link or see the link in the left sidebar.

Richard

Tentative forum schedule - 20th (!) Winter SWL Fest

Just to whet your appetites a bit more, here's the tentative schedule, topics and presenters for this year's 20th anniversary SWL Winterfest Forums program. Remember, we have a whole (well, almost whole) added day of presentations. Be there!

2007 Fest Forum Schedule (tentative):
(All forums 60 min. unless otherwise indicated)

Thursday

10:30 am - Satellite Broadcast DXing (incl. antenna issues)/ Tracy Wood

1:30 p.m. – GPS—A New Radio Hobby? / Skip Arey

3 p.m. - The Year in Pirate Radio / George Zeller

4 p.m. - A Survey of Radio Control Software / Tim Lemmon


Friday

9 a.m. - Radio on the Road / Janice Laws & Steve Karlock

10:30 a.m. - Digital Radio Forum/Rob de Santos & Daniel Srebnick (tentative)

1:30 p.m. - DXing Worldwide / Dan Henderson

3 p.m. - Zenith’s Mexican Connection--Cespedes Marin / Harold Cones

4:30 p.m. - The Listening Lounge Daytime Edition / David Goren

9 p.m. - The Listening Lounge Evening Edition / David Goren (500 min.???)


Saturday

9 a.m. - Faith and Shortwave / Allen Graham

10:30 a.m. - Scanning with The Scum / Tom Swisher & Skip Arey

1:15 p.m. – 1988-2007 Receiver Market Review / Alan Johnson

2:30 p.m. - Broadcasters’ Forum / Ian McFarland (90 min.)

Note these upcoming Fest deadlines...

February 7th: Finalize hotel reservations (if you can) -- the Best Western allocates a block of rooms for the exclusive use of Festers, but as of February 7th, the hotel no longer will keep these rooms set aside specifically for us. This means the hotel could fill up between February 7th and the Fest, which could inconvenience out-of-towners trying to make last-minute reservations. You must reserve your room directly with the hotel; the toll-free and web reservation systems do not have the special Fest room rate available. The Best Western's hotel phone number is +1 215 368 3800; ask for the special "SWL Fest" rate.

February 16th: Early-bird reservations, eligible for a separate portable SW receiver drawing, must be received by this date.

February 28th: Last date for discounted registration fees; registrations received after this date or on-site are priced higher.

Thanks -

Richard

Please don't e-mail registrations

In case you were wondering, we really aren't set up to handle reservations via e-mail. It's tough to stuff that check as an attachment, and we haven't yet made ourselves Paypal-friendly yet.

So, at least for 2007, please continue to use good ol' Snail Mail.

Thanks!