Wellington Regional Expo-08

The Combined Wellington Amateur Radio Expo 2008 Committee invite you to attend the annual Wellington Radio EXPO-08 to be held Saturday 15 March 2008. This will be the fourth Wellington Region trading of radio equipment.

There will be the usual trade displays, trade sales of new amateur equipment and trading tables of used equipment. Refreshments, coffee, sodas, buns & cakes will be available in the hall. Throughout the show there will be spot prizes and raffles.

For 2008, the Wellington EXPO Committee have secured the attendance of Chip Margelli K7JA, and his wife Janet KL7MF. Both are well known to New Zealand amateurs, Chip as the new Vice-President of Heil Sound Amateur Radio (ex-Yaesu Sales and Marketing) and Janet, the Manager of the HRO (Ham Radio Outlet) store in Anaheim, California. Chip will be undertaking presentations on Heil Sound products, while Janet will be on the Andrews Communications stand. Chip was successful in beating a young texter in the US by sending the same sentence in Morse code!

This year the function will be held at:-
KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL
574 High St, Lower Hutt
10am on 15 March 2008

The hall is about 2 km south of the old NaeNae College venue. There will be plenty of parking.

Entrance fee (buyers) is a $4.00 door charge. Note that this includes one raffle ticket and a FREE drink. Vendors entry is covered by their table space purchase, $20 for a 2 metre table ($25 on the day).

Call ZL4FUN on Climie 730 for driving instructions, or any other information.

More information from - zl2hv@nzart.org.nz, or phone (04) 566 5829