Fort Wayne Hamfest 2014

posted 11/10/15

It appears that somehow these photos are not in the archives as they should be!  So, here they are!  Note the posting date above!

 

 

 

 

Keith and Marian stop at Farmer Brown's for lunch on their way to Ft. Wayne.

 

Yep, it was cold.  See the ice on the fountain?

 

Arrival at the hotel in Ft. Wayne.

 

N0BIXie is having a bit of fun!

 

On the way to drop stuff off at the hamfest - N0BIX and KF8KK.

 

N5AAA

 

Unloading the stuff out of the van...

 

 

 

N0BIX setting up for the group shot.

 

Set up group shot - WA8ZWJ, N0BIX, KF8KK, N5AAA and Flat KBob

 

Pre dinner visit time in John and Jan's room...

 

 

WD8CJD and KA9VQS

 

N0BIXie having some fun...

 

Jean and Bob

 

 

N5AAA and KA9VQS

 

Bob is having a good laugh!

 

 

Time to head towards dinner...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean and Jan

 

Marilyn and Marian

 

Big Al and Dave

 

John and John

 

 

Preparing for our group shot...

 

 

 

Saturday morning...

 

Early breakfast at the hotel...N5AAA, AB8CO and WA8ZWJ

 

W8AK

 

Randy and John

 

 

WB9DIA

 

WN5TL

 

WD8NHI

 

WA8ZWJ

 

 

Meanwhile, back at the hotel it is time for second breakfast...

 

Bob says "Look this way!"  So they did!

 

No fun being had here!

 

Back at the hamfest things are picking up...

 

 

 

 

Keith is standing on a chair to get those group shots around the arena...

 

 

Randy taking a picture of Keith...

 

Keith taking a picture of Randy...

 

N0BIX

 

KB8FJB, W8TVC, KF8KK

 

W8AK and N5AAA

 

K9XT

 

N8TQ

 

WN5TL

 

WB0W

 

KA0AZS

 

KA0AZS  with his XYL...

 

N5AAA adding a belt clip

 

 

Erv - N8YEA is also seen at the Yuma hamfest each year...

 

 

 

 

 

Something funny on the table...

 

Here's what they were looking at...

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty good turn out...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look carefully - you can see some IOOK'ers waving...

 

Look carefully - you can see some IOOK'ers waving...

 

 

The entrance to the coliseum...

 

Some of the guys leave the hamfest early and do lunch...

 

Bob's lunch...

 

Back at the hotel...Big Al is enjoying some popcorn...

 

The girls returning from a shopping spree..

 

 

Back at the hamfest...

 

 

Before dinner visit time...

 

Time for dinner...Jean taking a snap shot...

 

 

Jan and Jean

 

John and Jan

 

 

Jean and Bob

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday morning...

 

Breakfast at the hotel...

 

 

 

 

Keith and Gary...

 

 

Things are not as well attended on Sunday...Here's WB0W, AB8CO and N5AAA

 

Matching new toys...

 

These speak for themselves...

 

 

Gary - WB9DIA...

 

Gary and Randy...

 

Time to load up and head to lunch...

 

 

 

 

 

As usual, lunch is at the Back Forty Junction...Here's Marilyn and Randy...

 

 

Gary and his friends...

 

N0BIX and Jean had some snow at the place in O'Fallon, IL when they got home...

 

So did WA8ZWJ and WD8CJD...

 

As always, a fun time was had by all!  It really is strange that these came up missing in a year's time...

 

Best 73, Keith - WA8ZWJ