Yes, the FEST flu On February 21, 2026 4:57:03 PM EST, [email protected] wrote: >Send Swlfest mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Swlfest digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be converted > into 213 apartments (Ed Muro) > 2. Re: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments (Richard Cuff) > 3. Re: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments (Maryanne Kehoe) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:11:15 +0000 >From: Ed Muro <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments >Message-ID: > > <bl1pr14mb50954447378e54c0011e25aeee...@bl1pr14mb5095.namprd14.prod.outlook.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >Regarding: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be converted into >213 apartments > >I guess it is a sign of the times. The area surrounding the hotel seems to be >more of a mixed use commercial /residential area than a tourist destination. >At the time of moving from Kulsville the facility was certainly an urgrade to >the old Holiday Inn / Best Western. Hoeever, by today's standards the place is >probably in need of major infrastructure renovations. >I am trying to remember was the year of the power outage the same year COVID >broke out, or was that the next year? > >I would alwyas come home sick and dubbed it "The Fest Flu," the year of the >ice storm, prior to the power going out, heat was an issue and I felt cond air >coming through the HVAC vents... maintenance came up to look at it and took >the panel off the HVAC component and there was black mold inside the >unit.....enough said. > >Anyway, it holds some good memories and I always looked forward to the late >winter get-away to see familar faces and play radio. By that time of the year >I was always itching to do something. With Montgomery County law enforcement >now being digitally encrypted, I would probably be focusing on other areas of >the radio hobby than scanning. I am currently playing with Meshtastic devices >and off grid networks. > >I hope to make another trip to the fest in the future, but the grand-kids keep >me busy, not to mention snagging as much overtime as I can get,,,,I got my >eyes on the exit ramp and will have no problem keeping busy in retirement. > >73, >Ed Muro - K2EPM >Scanner Scum Alumni Association > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20260221/601c3832/attachment.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:24:28 -0500 >From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]> >To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to > be converted into 213 apartments >Message-ID: > <CAAvu+iQy4-nVOHUXtvqXqJQfmYFYYFiZ1o=s1aw8zuu_vun...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > >Nice to hear from you, Ed - > >The Fest with the power outage (and Amanda Dawn Christie as banquet >speaker) was 2018; the 2020 Fest was on the cusp of the CoVID-19 >pandemic. > >Your characterization of the area around Plymouth Meeting as mixed >residential / commercial is spot on; as one makes the trek out >Germantown Pike from Philly -- which is very old thoroughfare in the >region -- the area became more commercial / office oriented with the >completion of I-476 (the "Blue Route" to locals) and its connection to >the east-west Turnpike along with the Northeast Extension. However >some old standbys remain: Fat Daddy's, at Germantown Pike and >Plymouth Road, remains once of the area's best hoagie and cheesesteak >shops. > >The transition away from classic shopping malls to big box and online >shopping hurt Plymouth Meeting, particularly since the huge King Of >Prussia mall is fewer than 10 miles away. > >The "Fest Flu" that many folks complained of during our time there is >probably the most concerning aspect of the facility; I don't recall >folks who commuted to the event (or were from the Philly area but >stayed there) often reporting the Fest Flu. Shifting the event to >late April / early May was an attempt to move the event away from >wintry weather (as we are about to experience here...again...). > >Our new home, the Holiday Inn & Suites Fort Washington, isn't as large >a facility, and we haven't held a banquet there the past two years. >It would have to be remotely catered, as the hotel took its banquet >wing, demolished it, and sold it to an Audi dealer. But this hotel >has been a welcoming venue to us, is very convenient to Philadelphia >highways, and is a short walk from a SEPTA regional rail station. > >I hope to have the website updated, with registration set up and >operational, by the end of the weekend or on Monday (unless I'm >outside wrangling the snow blower). > >RC > >On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 8:11?AM Ed Muro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Regarding: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be converted into >> 213 apartments >> >> I guess it is a sign of the times. The area surrounding the hotel seems to >> be more of a mixed use commercial /residential area than a tourist >> destination. >> At the time of moving from Kulsville the facility was certainly an urgrade >> to the old Holiday Inn / Best Western. Hoeever, by today's standards the >> place is probably in need of major infrastructure renovations. >> I am trying to remember was the year of the power outage the same year COVID >> broke out, or was that the next year? >> >> I would alwyas come home sick and dubbed it "The Fest Flu," the year of the >> ice storm, prior to the power going out, heat was an issue and I felt cond >> air coming through the HVAC vents... maintenance came up to look at it and >> took the panel off the HVAC component and there was black mold inside the >> unit.....enough said. >> >> Anyway, it holds some good memories and I always looked forward to the late >> winter get-away to see familar faces and play radio. By that time of the >> year I was always itching to do something. With Montgomery County law >> enforcement now being digitally encrypted, I would probably be focusing on >> other areas of the radio hobby than scanning. I am currently playing with >> Meshtastic devices and off grid networks. >> >> I hope to make another trip to the fest in the future, but the grand-kids >> keep me busy, not to mention snagging as much overtime as I can get,,,,I got >> my eyes on the exit ramp and will have no problem keeping busy in retirement. >> >> 73, >> Ed Muro - K2EPM >> Scanner Scum Alumni Association >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown >> above. >> >> For more information on the Fest, visit: >> >> http://www.swlfest.com >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:04:51 -0500 >From: Maryanne Kehoe <[email protected]> >To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to > be converted into 213 apartments >Message-ID: > <cae+trx+p0lwktv2pp-rufdqorq8nmknsz7o2tx5jbj4cz+m...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Has anyone been back to the old hotel in K'ville? Great memories there but >when it was sold, the soul seemed to go out of it for me > >On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 11:31?AM Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice to hear from you, Ed - >> >> The Fest with the power outage (and Amanda Dawn Christie as banquet >> speaker) was 2018; the 2020 Fest was on the cusp of the CoVID-19 >> pandemic. >> >> Your characterization of the area around Plymouth Meeting as mixed >> residential / commercial is spot on; as one makes the trek out >> Germantown Pike from Philly -- which is very old thoroughfare in the >> region -- the area became more commercial / office oriented with the >> completion of I-476 (the "Blue Route" to locals) and its connection to >> the east-west Turnpike along with the Northeast Extension. However >> some old standbys remain: Fat Daddy's, at Germantown Pike and >> Plymouth Road, remains once of the area's best hoagie and cheesesteak >> shops. >> >> The transition away from classic shopping malls to big box and online >> shopping hurt Plymouth Meeting, particularly since the huge King Of >> Prussia mall is fewer than 10 miles away. >> >> The "Fest Flu" that many folks complained of during our time there is >> probably the most concerning aspect of the facility; I don't recall >> folks who commuted to the event (or were from the Philly area but >> stayed there) often reporting the Fest Flu. Shifting the event to >> late April / early May was an attempt to move the event away from >> wintry weather (as we are about to experience here...again...). >> >> Our new home, the Holiday Inn & Suites Fort Washington, isn't as large >> a facility, and we haven't held a banquet there the past two years. >> It would have to be remotely catered, as the hotel took its banquet >> wing, demolished it, and sold it to an Audi dealer. But this hotel >> has been a welcoming venue to us, is very convenient to Philadelphia >> highways, and is a short walk from a SEPTA regional rail station. >> >> I hope to have the website updated, with registration set up and >> operational, by the end of the weekend or on Monday (unless I'm >> outside wrangling the snow blower). >> >> RC >> >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 8:11?AM Ed Muro <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Regarding: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be converted >> into 213 apartments >> > >> > I guess it is a sign of the times. The area surrounding the hotel seems >> to be more of a mixed use commercial /residential area than a tourist >> destination. >> > At the time of moving from Kulsville the facility was certainly an >> urgrade to the old Holiday Inn / Best Western. Hoeever, by today's >> standards the place is probably in need of major infrastructure renovations. >> > I am trying to remember was the year of the power outage the same year >> COVID broke out, or was that the next year? >> > >> > I would alwyas come home sick and dubbed it "The Fest Flu," the year of >> the ice storm, prior to the power going out, heat was an issue and I felt >> cond air coming through the HVAC vents... maintenance came up to look at it >> and took the panel off the HVAC component and there was black mold inside >> the unit.....enough said. >> > >> > Anyway, it holds some good memories and I always looked forward to the >> late winter get-away to see familar faces and play radio. By that time of >> the year I was always itching to do something. With Montgomery County law >> enforcement now being digitally encrypted, I would probably be focusing on >> other areas of the radio hobby than scanning. I am currently playing with >> Meshtastic devices and off grid networks. >> > >> > I hope to make another trip to the fest in the future, but the >> grand-kids keep me busy, not to mention snagging as much overtime as I can >> get,,,,I got my eyes on the exit ramp and will have no problem keeping busy >> in retirement. >> > >> > 73, >> > Ed Muro - K2EPM >> > Scanner Scum Alumni Association >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Swlfest mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> > >> > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >> shown above. >> > >> > For more information on the Fest, visit: >> > >> > http://www.swlfest.com >> > http://swlfest.blogspot.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >> shown above. >> >> For more information on the Fest, visit: >> >> http://www.swlfest.com >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com >> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20260221/b2306d85/attachment.html> > >------------------------------ > >Subject: Digest Footer > >_______________________________________________ >Swlfest mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > >------------------------------ > >End of Swlfest Digest, Vol 209, Issue 12 >****************************************
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