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Originally Posted by ortek_service
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There is a new Black Country one on 30/7/23 near Walsall, but looks to be another fairly small one-hall indoor one, like ones of these near Tipton / one in Aldridge years ago. And on same date as Chippenham (that's not on list yet).
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Some others that are also yet to make these lists:
- Foxton, S.Cambs on their website as 16/4/23
- The BVWS RetroTech (Previously the NVCF) on their website as 21/5/23. And now moved slightly to Ryton-on-Dunsmore, but still £10! (£25 < 10:30)
- Dunstable is always late to announce exact date in May (sometimes too late for Radcom print date), even know they must have to book the site with the Council a while in advance.
- Flight Refuelling in Dorset on 13th Aug
- The Newark National Hamfest, 6/7th Oct: https://www.nationalhamfest.org.uk/
- Princethorpe (Rugby) yet to announce, but usually the week before MK
- St Neots yet to announce, but usually the August Bank Holiday Monday
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I've just found out there's already been more cancellations of some of these, not long after being announced !
- The New Black Country Rally is now shown as Cancelled on RSGB list / Central Radio Amateur Circle Facebook pages, but can't find why.
- The National Hamfest at Newark has also been cancelled for this year, due to venue / date problems. Although they have announced next year's date of 27/28th Sep 2024. See:
https://rsgb.org/main/blog/front-pag...023-cancelled/
And the dates for these ones have now been announced / are on RSGB etc list.
- Dunstable date has finally been announced (a bit later than Jan/Feb they promise to announce it by): 21st May, which is around usual date for this but
now clashes with the RetroTech! (that had been announced a while ago and is a week later than normal this year). As they're < 60miles apart, many traders and visitors (particularly those of us who live between them) normally often go to both. So not great planning! and will mean lower numbers.
Annoyingly, Bletchley Park's TNMoC is also holding an Acorn Computers Econet 'bring-your-own party' to create a large network on that date (but all weekend at least, so also on Sat 20th May).
- Princethorpe (Rugby): 20th Aug, a week before Bank Holiday, as usual
- St Neots: Mon 28th Aug (Bank Holiday, as usual)
Some others, not mentioned yet, that may be of interest (Although I've only been to Newbury & Telford ones) are:
- SNADARC Alferton Derbys DE55 7BD (J28) 100 tables 45 traders (Indoor): 11th Jun
- East Suffolk Wireless Rally (ESWR) (Ipswitch) IP10 0PW: 18th Jun
- Newbury: 25th Jun
- Barford (Norfolk): 2nd Jul
- Finningley Nr M180 J2 / Doncaster DN8 5SX: 23rd Jul
- Chippenham SW M4 J17: 30th Jul
- Telford Harper Adams Uni TF10 8NB 3rd Sep