The Hosstraders retire

[Bill Sconce]

Feb 9, 2007

To All Radio Amateurs...
>From the Hosstraders, Joe K1RQG, Bob W1GWU, and Norm W1ITT

The October 2006 event was the last Hosstraders.  After careful
consideration, we have decided to discontinue hosting the event.

We've been running Hosstraders for a third of a century, but
we've always done it "our way" and we feel that the result has
been an event unique in the Amateur Radio world, certainly in
New England.  A number of things have been taken into account,
but foremost in our mind is that we want Hosstraders to be a
quality experience in  every way, and not to slowly run it into
the ground just for the ride.   We want to take things out on a
high note, while we can still be proud of our efforts.

[This and more, including a history of the event and the $1.3M
donated to the Shriners Hospitals for burned and crippled
children, at:
    http://www.qsl.net/k1rqg/
]