JULY
DUNSEITH, NORTH DAKOTA — The 51st International will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, July 11 and from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday July 12 at the International Peace Garden, 10939
Highway 281. Activities include an outdoor flea market, tailgating, hourly door
prizes, contests, Saturday night social, lunch, transmitter hunts, ladies and
kids activities, an auction, bingo, and Canadian and American exams that begin
at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each and include lunch and dance. Contact: Richard
Holder, VE4QK, P.O. Box 1011, Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada RØE ØCØ. Phone:
(204) 268-1702. Email: <ve4qk@mts.net>. Website: <http://www.mts.net/~holderr/ihf.htm>.
MILTON, FLORIDA — The Milton Amateur Radio Club will hold the 19th
Annual Ham Fest from noon to 8 p.m., Friday, July 11 and from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m., Saturday, July 12 at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium. 4500 Spikes Way.
Activities include an indoor flea market, tailgating, hourly door prizes, and
VE exams on Saturday beginning 9 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Indoor tables are
$10 each. Tailgating spaces are $5 each. Additional raffle tickets are $1 each,
6 for $5, 12 for $10, 24 for $20, 60 for $50, 120 for $100. Contact: Milton
ARC, P.O. Box 4072, Milton, FL 32570-4072. Phone (850) 390-1665. Talk-in
145.490 (PL 100).
AUSTINTOWN, OHIO — The 20/9 Radio Club will hold the 20/9
Radio Club Tailgate/Hamfest 2014 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 12
at the Austintown Senior Center, 112 Westchester Drive. Activities include an
indoor flea market, tailgating, door prizes, 50/50 drawing, an auction, food
concessions, and VE exams that begin at 8:30 a.m. Admission is free. Indoor
tables are $10 each and include electricity. Tailgating spaces are $5 each.
Contact 20/9 Radio Club, (330) 651-8420.
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA — The Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur
Association (WØMG) will hold WØMG Swap Meet 2014 from 8 a.m. to
noon, Saturday, July 12 at the Island Park, Shelter #1. Activities include a
flea market and tailgating. Tickets are free but a donation would be
appreciated. Tables are $1 each. Email: <swapmeet2014@w0mg.net>. Website:
<http://www.w0mg.net>. Talk-in 146.94-
(PL 136.5).
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA — The Wattsburg Wireless Association will hold the 13th
Annual Northwest Pennsylvania Hamfest beginning at 7 a.m., Saturday, July
12 at the Greene Township Municipal Building, 9333 Tate Road. Activities
include an indoor flea market, tailgating, door prizes, food concessions, and
VE exams. Tickets are $4 each in advance, $5 at the door. Children under 16 are
admitted free. Tables are $4 each in advance, $5 at the door. Contact: NW PA
Hamfest, 9333 Tate Road, Room #114, Erie, PA 16509.Email: <hamfest@wattsburg-wireless.us>.
Website: <http://www.wattsburg-wireless.us>.
Talk-in 147.315.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — The Indianapolis Radio Club will hold the 44th
Indianapolis Hamfest and Communications Expo beginning 6 a.m., Saturday,
July 12 at the Marion County Fairgrounds, 7300 East Troy Avenue. Activities
include an air-conditioned, indoor flea market with commercial dealers;
tailgating; forums; 100 years of radio exhibit, homebrew contest, QSL card
contest, RV camping, half-hourly door prizes, and VE exams. Tickets are $6 in
advance, $8 at the door. Active-duty military are admitted free. Indoor tables
are $25 each and include electricity. Tailgating spaces are $5 for a 10-foot
space. VE exams are $15. RV spaces are $25 per night and include a full hookup
(20 available). Contact: Indianapolis Hamfest, P.O. Box 1672, Noblesville, IN
46061. Phone: (317) 261-6658. Website: <http://www.indyhamfest.com>.
Talk-in 146.76-.
KIMBERTON, PENNSYLVANIA — The Mid-Atlantic Radio Club will hold the Valley
Forge Hamfest and Computer Fair beginning 8 a.m., Saturday, July 12 at the
Fire Company Fairgrounds, Route 113 and Firehouse Lane. Activities include an
indoor flea market, tailgating, hourly door prizes, DXCC/WAS/WAC/VUCC card
checking, food concessions, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $6
each. Unlicensed spouse and children of licensed hams are admitted free. Tables
are $10 each plus admission for 1 to 4 tables, $8 each plus admission or 5 or
more tables. Tailgating spaces are $6 plus admission. Contact: MARC, P.O. Box
557, Fagleville, PA 19408. Email: <hamfest-info@marc-radio.org>.
Vendor contact: Mike Pilotti, KF3CD, (610) 696-5040. Email: <kf3cd@arrl.net>. Website: <http://www.marc-radio.org>. Talk-in
145.13- or 147.06+ (PL 131.8).
NORTH BEND, NEBRASKA — The Pioneer Amateur Radio Club will hold its 17th
Annual Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, July 12 at the St.
Charles Parish Center, 8th & Locust Street. Activities include a
flea market, half-hourly prizes, a door prize, free coffee and tea in the
morning, food concessions by Darlene’s Diner, and VE exams that begin at 10
a.m. Tickets are $2 each. Selling spaces are $5 in advance, $7 at the door.
Contact: Rich Mehaffey, KBØARZ, 230 W. 11th Street, North Bend, NE
68649-4011. Phone (402) 652-3410. Email: <4randjme@futuretk.com>. Website:
<http://www.k0jfn.com>. Talk-in
146.67-.
OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN — The South Milwaukee Amateur Radio
Club Inc., will hold its Swapfest ’14 beginning 6:30 a.m.,
Saturday, July 12 at the American Legion Post #434, 9327 S. Shepard Avenue.
Activities include tailgating, door prizes, and food concessions. Tickets are
$5 each. Contact: Robert (414) 764-3871. Email: <wb9tik@arrl.net>.
Talk-in 146.52 simplex.
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA — The Minnesota Amateur Group of
Independent Communicators will hold its 11th Annual Magic Repeater Yard
Sale from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, July 12 at 37 W. Hatch Avenue.
Activities include a flea market, door prizes, and free coffee. Admission and
selling spaces are free. You must provide your own table and chair. Contact:
George, NØSBU, <n0sbu@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.magicrepeater.net>.
Talk-in 145.170- (PL 100).
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA — The Rowan Amateur Radio Society will hold the 29th
Annual Firecracker Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 12 at the
Salisbury, NC Civic Center, 315 Mrtin Luther King Avenue S. Activities include
an air-conditioned indoor flea market, tailgating, food concessions, and VE
exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $4 in advance, $5 at the door. Children
under 12 are admitted free. Tables are $5 each. Tailgating spaces are $5 each.
VE exams are $12. Contact: Ralph Brown, WB4AQK, (704) 636-5902. Email: <rkbrown5902@bellsouth.net>.
Website: <http://www.rowanars.org.>
Talk-in 145.41 (PL 136.5) or 146.52.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — The Tidelands Amateur Radio Society will hold Hamfest
2014 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 12 at the Doyle Convention
Center, 5th Avenue North. Activities include a flea market with
commercial vendors, hourly door prizes, food concessions, exhibitions, forums,
“Left Foot” CW contest, hidden transmitter hunt, an auction by the Houston
Vintage Radio Associatio, and VE exams. Tickets are $4 each if you
pre-register, $5 at the door. Commercial tables are $20 each. Swap tables are
$15 each plus admission. Contact: Tidelands Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box 73,
Texas City, TX 77592. Email: <aa5op@yahoo.com>.
Talk-in 147.14 (PL 167.9) or 442.025 (PL 103.5).
AURORA, ILLINOIS — The Fox River Radio League will hold its Hamfest
beginning 8 a.m., Sunday, July 13 at the Aurora Central Catholic High School,
1255 N. Edgelawn Drive. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea market, “Ask
the Elmers” booth, seminars, hourly door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams
that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $6 each in advance, $8 each at the door.
Children under 16 are admitted free. Tables are $10 each. Parking is free.
Contact: Dawn Williams, KC9LQS, (630) 531-1670. Email: <hamfest@frrl.org>. Website: <http://www.frrl.org>. Talk-in 147.210+ (PL
103.5).
CICERO, NEW YORK — The Radio Amateurs of Greater Syracuse will hold the RAGS
2014 Hamfest from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday, July 13 at the American
Legion Post 787, 5575 Legionnaire Drive. Activities include an air-conditioned
indoor flea market, tailgating, door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams
that begin at 9:45 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Tables are $8 each. Tailgating
spaces are $5 each. VE exams are $15. Parking is free. Contact: Roger Hamilton,
WA2AEW, <hamfest@ragsclub.org>.
Website: <http://www.ragsclub.org>.
Talk-in 146.91- (PL 103.5).
AUGUSTA, NEW JERSEY — The Sussex County Amateur Radio Club will hold the 35th
Annual SCARC Hamfest beginning 8 a.m., Sunday, July 13 at the Sussex County
Farm & Horse Show Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road. Activities include an indoor
flea market, tailgating, food concessions, door prizes, camping, and VE exams
that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $7 each. Indoor tables are $20 each.
Tailgating spaces are $20 each and include one admission. Additional sellers
must pay admission. Camping fee is $25. Contact: Dan Carter, N2ERH, 8 Carter
Lane, Branchville, NJ 07826. Phone: (973) 948-6999. Email:
<hamfest@scarcnj.org>. Website: <http://www.sussexhamfest.org>.
Talk-in 147.30+ (PL 151.4).
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — The American Radio Relay League will hold its ARRL
National Centennial Convention 2014 from Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July
19 at the Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Boulevard. Activities
include an indoor flea market with manufacturer’s exhibits, seminars,
workshops, forums, tours of W1AW and ARRL headquarters and a Friday night
banquet with Wouff-Hong ceremony. Tickets are $75 each for three days, $50 for
youth aged 21 and younger. Two-day tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.
Two-day youth tickets are free. The banquet is $75. Commercial booths are $225
each. Club booths are $112 each. Flea market booths are $65 each. Contact:
ARRL, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111. Phone: (860) 594-0200. Email: <expo@arrl.org>. Website: <http://www.arrl.org>.
WILLIAMS, ARIZONA — The Amateur Radio Council of Arizona and the City of
Williams will hold the 2014
ARCA/Williams Hamfest and ARRL
Arizona State Convention beginning noon, Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July
20 at the Williams Rodeo Grounds, 800 Rodeo Road. Activities include and indoor
flea market with commercial dealers, a swap meet, seminars, QSL card checking,
hospitality suite, camping, hourly door prizes, a raffle, Saturday night BBQ
dinner, a train trip to the Grand Canyon on Sunday, and VE exams. Tickets are
free. Raffle tickets are $20 for 12 or $5 for 3. Indoor spaces are $85 per
space. Outdoor spaces for selling or camping are $20 per space before July 1,
$25 afterwards. Contact: ARCA, (602) 881-ARCA (2722). Website: <http://www.arca-az.org>. Talk-in 146.78-
(PL 91.5).
ESSEX, MONTANA — The 80th Annual
Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park Hamfest will be held from Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20
at the Glacier Meadow RV Park, 15735 U.S. Hwy 2. Activities include a crafts
program, bingo, tailgating, door prizes, a pet parade, hamburger BBQ, QCWA
meeting, high-speed CW contest, DXCC/VUCC/WAS card checking, 2-meter and HF
bunny hunt, RV camping, and VE exams. Tickets are $15 for a full registration,
$22 after June 15. A Saturday-only pass is $22. Tables are $5 each. A pin is $5
each. Contact: Hamfest Registrar, P.O. Box 1763, Great Falls, MT 59403.
Website: <http://www.gwhamfest.org>.
ALEXANDER, NEW YORK — The Lancaster Amateur Radio Club, Inc. will hold
the Batavia Hamfest beginning 6
a.m., Saturday, July 19 at the Alexander Fireman Grounds, 10708 Alexander Road.
Activities include an outdoor flea market, tailgating, camping, and VE exams.
Tickets are $7 each. Tailgating spaces are free with admission. Contact: Luke,
N2GDU, (716) 481-5747. Talk-in 147.285 (PL 141.3).
ALLISON PARK, PENNSYLVANIA — The North Hills Amateur Radio
Club will hold its 29th Annual Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday,
July 19 at the Parkwood Presbyterian Church, 4289 Mt. Royal Boulevard.
Activities include an indoor flea market with commercial dealers, tailgating,
door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams. Tickets are $5 each. Indoor tables
are $10 each. Tailgating spaces are $5 each. Parking is free. Contact: John
Fowler, KB3YBS, 200 Lee Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Phone: (412) 366-3133 or
(412) 496-3720. Email: <johnr.fowler@gmail.com>.
Website: <http://www.nharc.org>.
Talk-in 147.090 (PL 88.5).
ATHENS, TENNESSEE — The McMinn County Amateur Radio Club, Inc. will hold
the 10th Annual MCRAC Hamfest
beginning 7 a.m., Saturday, July 19 at the McMinn County Expo Center, 2405
Decatur Pike. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea market and food
concessions by the MCARC Women’s Auxiliary. Tickets are free for buyers. Spaces
under the roof are $10 each. Outdoor spaces are $5 each. Contact: MCARC (423)
263-1989. Email: <kg4fzr@yahoo.com>.
Website: <http://www.mcminnarc.com>.
Talk-in 147.060- (PL 141.3) or 145.150- (PL 141.3).
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA — The Cary Amateur Radio Club will hold the Annual
Cary NC Mid-Summer Swapfest from 8 a.m. to 1p.m., Saturday, July 19 at the
Harold Ritter Park, 301 West Lochmere Drive. Activities include an outdoor flea
market, tailgating, and VE exams. Tickets are $4 each. Children 11 and under
are admitted free. Tables are $10 each. Tailgtaing spaces are $5 each. Parking
is free. Email: <n4nc@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.qsl.net/n4nc/>.
ELYRIA, OHIO — The Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society will hold NOARSFEST
2014 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 19 at The Spitzer Conference
Center, Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road. Activities include
and indoor/outdoor flea market, door prizes, and food concessions. Tickets are
$6 each. Indoor tables are $10 each. Outdoor flea market spaces are $5 each.
Contact: NOARS Hamfest Committee, 161 Herrmann Drive, Avon Lake, OH 44012.
Darlene Ohman, KA8VTS, (216) 398-8858 (before 11 p.m.) Email:
<noarsfest@noars.net>. Website: http://noars.net>.
FRANKFORT, NEW YORK — The Utica Amateur Radio Club, Inc. will hold
Radiocom 2014 Hamfest and Computer Fair
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 19 at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds,
135 Cemetery Street. Activities include an indoor flea market, tailgating, door
prizes, UARC’s club table sale, and VE exams. Tickets are $6 each. Inside
tables are $3 each plus admission. Tailgating spaces are free with admission.
Club table sales require a 10 percent commission. Contact: Bob Decker, AA2CU,
(315) 797-6614. Email: <tbd2626@yahoo.com>.
Contact: Marty Benedict, W2MVB, (315) 866-5924. Email: <mbenedi1@twcny.rr.com>. Website: <http://www.uticaarc.com>. Talk-in
146.76-.
NORTH BEND, OREGON — The Coos County Radio Club will hold its Annual
Hamfest and Swapmeet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 19 at the North
Bend Middle School, 1500 16th Street. Activities include an indoor
flea market, food concessions, RV parking, door prizes, ARRL representatives,
seminars, and VE exams. Tickets are $4 each. Non-ham spouses are and children
are admitted free. Tables are $15 each and include one admission. Contact: Zane
Albertson, WA7OXM, Coos County Radio Club, P.O. Box 698, Coos Bay, OR 97420.
Phone: (541) 404-6908. Email: <zane.albertson@gmail.com>.
Talk-in 146.610- (PL 110.9) or 147.280+ (PL 146.2).
OTTUMWA, IOWA — The Ottumwa Amateur Radio Club will air special event station, W4H, from 0400 to 1000 UTC, Saturday, July 19 in conjunction with
the Wapello County Iowa 4H Expo. Frequencies include 14.250 and 7.250. QSL a
#10 SASE to Paul Cartwright - W4H, 8431 215th Avenue, Blakesburg, IA
52536. Website: <http://www.wa0dx.org/>.
SLIDELL, LOUISIANA — The Ozone Amateur Radio Club will hold the 2014
Slidell EOC Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 19 at the John
Slidell Park Gymnasium, 105 Robert Boulevard. Activities include an indoor flea
market with commercial dealers, hourly door prizes, ladies raffe, forums, and
VE exams. Tickets are $5 each and include one raffle ticket. Tables are $10
each with a 2-table limit. Contact: Paul
Strickland, WB9SUG, (985) 373-8093. Email: <hamfest2@w5sla.net>. Talk-in
147.270+ (PL 114.8).
WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI — The Warrensburg Area Amateur Radio
Club, Inc.
will hold the Warrensburg Hamfest
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 19 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, 386
SE 145 Road. Activities include an indoor flea market, tailgating, door prizes,
forums, food concessions, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Raffle tickets are
$15 for 1 or 3 for $10. Indoor tables are $10 each. Tailgating spaces are $10
each. Contact: Ken Smith, (660) 441-0007. Email: <hamfest@waarci.org>. Website: <http://www.waarci.org>. Talk-in 146.880
(PL 107.2).
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — The Harvard Wireless Club, MIT Electronics
Research Society, MIT UHF Repeater
Association, and MIT Radio Society
will hold the monthly Flea at MIT
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, July 20 at the Albany Street Garage, 32 Albany
Street. Activities include a flea market. Tickets are $6 each. Swap spaces are
$17 for the first space in advance, $20 at the door. Additional swap spaces are
$12 in advance, $15 at the door. Season passes for swap spaces are $99 for the
first space, $70 each for additional spaces. Contact: MIT Radio Society, W1GSL,
P.O. Box 397082, Cambridge, MA 02139-7082. Phone: (617) 253-3776 (9-5,
Monday-Friday). Website: <http://www.swapfest.us>.
Talk-in 146.52 or 449.725- (PL 114.8).
PEOTONE, ILLINOIS — The Kankakee Area Radio Society (W9AZ) will hold KARSFEST
2014, the 31st Annual
Hamfest beginning 6 a.m., Sunday, July 20 at the Will County Fairgrounds,
West Wilmington Road. Activities include an air-conditioned indoor flea market,
tailgating, door prizes, forums, DXCC card checking, camping, food concessions,
and VE exams from 10 a.m. to noon. Tickets are $8 each before July 10 and
include 2 prize tickets, $10 each at the door and include 1 prize ticket.
Indoor tables are $10 for the first table, $8 each for additional tables plus
admission. Tailgating spaces are free. Free overnight parking, $20 with
electricity. Contact: Craig Cahan, N9FD, 7 Franklin Drive, Manteno, IL 60950.
Phone: (815) 474-2237. Email: <karsfest@gmail.com>.
Website: <http://www.w9az.com>.
SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA — The Somerset County Amateur Radio
Club will hold the Somerset County PA Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, July 20
at the Somerset County Technology Center, 281 Technology Drive. Activities
include an indoor flea market, tailgating, food concessions, door prizes, and
VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Children under 13 are
admitted free. Additional raffle tickets are $1 each. A special “black box”
prize ticket is $5. Indoor tables are free if you pre-register. Tailgating
spaces are free. Parking is free. VE exams are $15. Contact: Stew, AK3J, (814)
444-0637. Email: <ak3j@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.k3smt.org>.
Talk-in 147.195+ (PL 123) or 443.250+ (PL 123).
VAN WERT, OHIO — The Van Wert Amateur Radio Club will hold the 27th
Annual Van Wert Hamfest beginning 8 a.m., Sunday, July 20 at the Van Wert
County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington Street. Activities include an indoor
flea market, tailgating, and overnight camping. Tickets are $5 each. Indoor
tables are $10 each. Tailgating spaces are $5 each with a paid admission.
Overnight camping is $20. Contact: Steve Kouts, WA8WKF, (419) 771-8152. Email:
<secretary@w8fy.org>. Website:
<http://w8fy.org>. Talk-in 146.850.
WASHINGTON, MISSOURI — The Zero Beaters Amateur Radio Club will hold the 52nd
Annual Zero Beaters ARC Hamfest from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, July 20 at
the Washington Elks Hall, 1459 West 5th Street. Activities include
an indoor/outdoor flea market with commercial dealers, ARES regional meeting,
door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams. Tickets are $7 each in advance and
include 2 free raffle tickets. Tickets at the door are $10 each and include 1
raffle ticket. Children 17 and under are admitted free. Extra raffle tickets
are $3 each or 4 for $10. Contact: Bruce Serbus <kd0kcf@sbcglobal.net>. Website: <http://www.zerobeaters.org>. Talk-in
147.24+.
WEST FRIENDSHIP, MARYLAND — The Baltimore Radio Amateur
Television Society will hold the Maryland Hamfest and Computer Fest
beginning 6 a.m., Sunday, July 20 at the Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210
Fairgrounds Road. Activities include a flea market, tailgating, door prizes,
demonstrations, DXCC/WAS card checking, food concessions, and free VE exams
that begin at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $5 each in advance, $6 each at the gate.
Children under 12 are admitted free. Tailgating spaces are $9 each in advance,
$10 each at the gate. Email: <hamfest@bratsatv.org>.
Website: <http://www.bratsatv.org>.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Central States VHF Society will hold the 48th
Annual CSVHFS Conference from Thursday, July 24 to Sunday, July 27 at the
Austin Marriott South, 4415 S. IH-35. Activities include a commercial dealer
exhibition hall, a flea market, technical programs, guest speakers, antenna
testing, rover tours, a banquet that includes a gift table, hospitality room,
auction, and a boat trip Friday night. Pricing was not available as of press
time. Website: <http://www.csvhfs.org>.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — The Central Oklahoma Radio
Amateurs will hold Ham Holiday from 3 to 7 p.m., Friday, July 25 and from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m., Saturday, July 26 at the Bricktown Hotel, 2001 East Reno Avenue.
Activities include an indoor flea market with commercial vendors, a Friday
night banquet featuring a guest speaker, an ARRL forum, seminars on antennas
and DXing, radio merit badge session, DXCC/WAS card checking, and VE exams that
begin at 9 a.m., Saturday. Tickets are $8 if you pre-register, $10 at the door.
Children under 16 are admitted free with a paid adult. Tables are $15 each if
you pre-register, $20 at the door. Contact: CORA, P.O. Box 1103, Nicoma Park,
OK 73066. Vendors email: <vicepresident@hamholiday.org>.
Website: <http://www.hamholiday.com>.
Talk-in 146.82- (PL 151.4).
CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON — The Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio
Society will hold the 16th Annual Indoor/Outdoor Electronic Tailgate Swapmeet
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 26 at the Southwest Washington
Fairgrounds, 2555 N. National Avenue. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea
market with commercial dealers, door prizes, an auction that begins at 10:30
a.m., and BE exams that begin at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $3 each, free after 11
a.m. Vendor spaces are $10 for one space, $5 for each additional space.
Commercial vendors get free selling space. Table rentals are $6 each. Contact:
John, (360) 273-5929. Email: <k7osk@boatanchor.com>.
Website: <http://www.cvars.org>.
Talk-in 146.07 (PL 110.9). or 146.52 simplex.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA — The Newton County Radio Club will hold the 2014
Covington Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, July 26 at Berry’s
Christmas Tree Farm, 70 Mt. Tabor Road. Activities include a flea market,
tailgating, hourly door prizes, food concessions, digital station display, and
VE exams from 9 to 11 a.m. Tickets are $5 each and includes a vendor space and
free raffle ticket. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Additional raffle
tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Contact: Del Davis, W4DEL, (404) 229-7555.
Email: <w4del@att.net>. Website: <http://ncrcga.org>. Talk-in 146.925 (PL 88.5).
LANSING, MICHIGAN — The Central Michigan Amateur Radio Club will hold the 2014
CMARC “Outdoor” Hamfest from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 26 at the
Holt Christian Church. 2424 S. Washington Road. Activities include an outdoor
flea market, hourly door prizes, forum, get-on-the-air station, special event
station K8H, ARRL section manager Larry Camp, food concessions, and VE that
begin at 11 a.m. Tickets are $3 each. Children 15 and under are admitted free.
Selling spaces are $3 each, additional spaces are $5 each. Contact: Julie
McLain, KB8ZXR, (517) 694-0812. Email: <kb8zxr@aol.com>.
Talk-in 145.390 (PL 100).
MONUMENT, COLORADO — The Pikes Peak Radio Amateur
Association, Inc. will hold the PPRAA Ham
Radio Megafest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 26 at the Lewis-Palmer
High School, 1300 Higby Road. Activities include a flea market, hourly door
prizes, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 each and include one
prize ticket. Additional raffle tickets are $1 each, 6 for $15, 15 for $10, or
40 for $20. Tables are $15 plus admission if you pre-register, $17 plus
admission at the door. Contact: PPRAA, P.O. Box 16521, Colorado Springs, CO
80935. Email: <megafest@ppraa.org>.
Website: <http://ppraa.org>. Talk-in
146.970- (PL 100).
WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — The Western Carolina Amateur
Radio Society (W4MOE) will hold its Hamfest beginning 6 a.m., Saturday, July
26 at the Haywood County Fairgrounds, 758 Crabtree Road. Activities include an
indoor/outdoor flea market, camping, hourly door prizes, forums, and VE exams
that begin at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 each in advance, $7 at the gate. Inside
tables are $12 each. Outdoor covered spaces are $10 each. Contact: WCARS, P.O.
Box 1488, Asheville, NC 28802. Website: <http://www.wcars.org>.
Talk-in 146.910- (PL 91.5) or 147.390+ (PL 94.8).
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN — The Fox Cities Amateur Radio Club will air a special event station from 1500 to 0000 UTC daily, from Wednesday, July 30 to Sunday, August 3 in conjunction with the EAA Airventure 2014. Frequencies include 14.250, 7.250, 50.150 SSB. QSL a large SASE to FCARC AirVenture 2014, P.O. Box 2346. Appleton, WI 54912.
AUGUST
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Austin Summerfest 2014 and the ARRL Texas
State Convention will be held from Friday, August 1 through Saturday,
August 2 at the Crowne Plaza, 6121 North IH-35. Activities include an indoor
flea market with commercial dealers, an exhibition center, outdoor tailgating,
forums, the Summer Meeting of the Texas VHF-FM Society, a hospitality suite,
and VE exams that begin at 12:30 p.m., Saturday. Tickets are $10 each. Tables
are $10 each and limited to three per customer. Electrical hookups are $5.
Website: <http://www.austinsummerfest.org>.
Talk-in 146.94 (PL 107.2).
ANGOLA, INDIANA — The Land of Lakes Amateur Radio Club will hold the Angola
Hamfest from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, August 2 at the Angola Community
Church of the Nazarene, 225N Gerald Lett Avenue. Activities include an indoor
flea market, tailgating, and camping. Tickets are $6 each. Tables and
tailgating is free. Contact: Sharon Brown, WD9DSP, (260) 475-5897. Email: <kc9qdo@arrl.net>. Talk-in 147.18+ (PL
131.8).
CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS — The Macoupin County Amateur Radio
Club will hold the West Central Illinois Hamfest from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, August
2 at the Macoupin County Fairgrounds, 21368 Route 4. Activities include a flea
market, tailgating, hourly door prizes, food concessions, forums, a test bench,
and VE exams. Tickets are $5 each. Tailgating spaces are $5 each. Contact: Jim
Pitchford, N9LQF, (217) 854-3352. Email: <james@royell.org>.
Talk-in 444.250 (PL 103.5).
EMERSON, IOWA — The Heartland Hams Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Hamfest
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, August 2 at the Indian Creek Historical
Society Building, 59256 300th Street. Activities include an indoor
flea market with commercial dealer and a Ladies Table. Tickets are $3 each for
adults, $2 each for children. Tables are $5 each. Contact: Don Brown, WØAF,
(712) 526-2080. Email: <w0af@arrl.net>.
Talk-in 145.290.
ESCANABA, MICHIGAN — The Delta County Amateur Radio Society will hold the U.P.
Hamfest beginning 9 a.m., Saturday, August 2 at the Bay de Noc Community
College – Joseph Heiman University Center, 2001 N. Lincoln Road. Activities
include a flea market, food concessions, and a U.P. Net meeting. The first
table is free, additional tables are $5 each. Contact: John Amderson <wd8rth@dcars.org>. Website: <http://dcars.org/u-p-hamfest>.
Talk-in 147.15+ (PL 100).
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — The Arctic Amateur Radio Club will hold its 2014
Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, August 2 at the Associated General
Contractors of Alaska Building, 3750 Bonita Street. Activities include a flea
market, board elections, forums, soldering demonstration, food concessions,
awards ceremony, and VE exams that begin at 1 p.m. Contact: Sterling W. Muth,
912 N. STOL Drive, North Pole, Alaska 99705. Phone: (907) 347-0265. Website:
<http://www.kl7kc.com>.
TRUMANSBURG, NEW YORK — The Tompkins County Amateur Radio
Association will hold the Annual Ithaca Hamfest from 7 a.m. to
noon, Saturday, August 2 at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds, NYS 96. Activities
include indoor/outdoor tailgating, door prizes, raffles, antenna contests, food
concessions, and VE exams. Tickets are $5 each and include an outside
tailgating space. Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult. Inside
tailgating spaces are $10 each. Email: <ithacahamfest@gmail.com>. Website:
<http://tcara-ny.org/hamfest>.
Talk-in 146.940-. 146.970-, or 449.025-.
VINTON, VIRGINIA — The Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio Club will hold the Roanoke
Hamfest 2014 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, August 2 at the William Byrd
High School, 2902 E. Washington Avenue. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea
market with commercial dealers, tailgating, hourly door prizes, a SKYWARN class
from 9 to 11 a.m., food concessions, and free VE exams that begin at 10 a.m.
Tickets are $6 each. Tables are $16 each for a 10-foot table, $8 each for a
5-foot table. Electrical hookups are $10. Tailgating spaces are $5 per space.
Parking is free. General contact: Tom Wilcox, W4TKW, (540) 772-0907. Email:
<w4tkw@cox.net>. Vendor contact: Scott Fisher, AK4DV, (540) 759-0767.
Email: <ak4dv@yahoo.com>. Website:
<http://www.w4ca.us>. Talk-in 146.985-
(PL 107.2).
BERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA — The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio
Club, Inc.
will hold the 64th Annual
Berryville Hamfest beginning 6 a.m., Sunday, August 3 at the Clarke County
Ruritan Fairgrounds, 890 West Main Street. Activities include an
air-conditioned indoor flea market with commercial dealers, tailgating,
camping, hourly door prizes, raffles, country ham and eggs breakfast beginning
at 7 a.m., BBQ beginning at 11 a.m., and VE exams that begin at noon. Tickets
are $6 each. Children under 16 are admitted free. Commercial exhibit space is
$20 each in the air-conditioned building, $15 each in the non-air-conditioned
building and includes an electrical hookup. Tailgating spaces are $10 each.
Camping spaces are $15. Contact: John Cottrell, WD4GEK, or Elizabeth Cottrell,
W4EHC, (540) 436-3818. Email: <berryvillehamfest@gmail.com>.
Website: <http://www.w4rkc.org>.
Talk-in 146.82-.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — The Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club will hold its Hamfest
2014 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, August 3 at the Teamster’s Hall, 5000 J
Street SW. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea market with commercial
dealers, hourly door prizes, technical forums and presentations, food
concessions, QSL acrd checking, and VE exams that begins at 9:30 a.m. Tickets
are $7 each. There is no admission required if you are only taking the
licensing exam. Tables are $10 each before July 10, $15 afterwards. Contact:
Dave Wilson, KBØDW, (319) 393-3776. Email: <krk9840@msn.com>.
Bob Klaus, NØYWB, (319) 521-1134. Email: <n0ywb1@gmail.com>.
Website: <http://cvarc.rf.org>.
Talk-in 146.745 or 146.520 simplex.
PEOTONE, ILLINOIS — The Hamfesters Radio Club will hold its 80th
Annual Hamfest from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, August 3 at the Will County
Fairgrounds on West Wilmington Road. Activities include am air-conditioned
exhibitor space, an outdoor flea market, door prizes, food concessions, and VE
exams from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $8 each in advance and include 2 prize
stubs, $10 each at the door and includes 1 prize stub. Children under 12 are
admitted free. Tables are $15 each. General contact: Kerry Nelson, AA9SB, 3404
Hazel Lane, Hazel Crest, IL 60429. Phone: (708) 335-4574 or (708) 501-0238.
Email: <kw_nelson@earthlink.net>.
Advance ticket sales contact: Dave Bukowski, N9KPD, P.O. Box 1135, Oak Forest,
IL 60452. Pnone: (708) 252-3283. Email: <n9kpd@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.hamfesters.org>.
Talk-in 146.52 simplex.
FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA — The Fort Pierce Amateur Radio Club will hold the 2014
Fort Pierce Hamfest Saturday, August 9 at the Indian River State
College-KSU Student Union Center, 3209 Virginia Avenue. Activities include
indoor tailgating, DXCC card checking, forums, prizes, and VE exams. Tickets
are $5 each and include 1 raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets are $1 each
or 6 for $5. Tables are $10 each without power, $15 each with power. Website:
<http://fparc.weebly.com>. Talk-in
147.345 (PL 107.2).
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON — The Young Ladies Radio League will hold its YLRL
2014 Convention and 75th Anniversary from Thursday, August 7
through Saturday, August 9 at the Heathman Lodge, 7800 NE Greenwood Drive.
Contact: Barbara Yasson, <ac7uh@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.ylrl.org>.
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — The Duke City Hamfest and ARRL Rocky
Mountain Division Convention will be held from Friday, August 8 to Sunday,
August 10 at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, 800 Rio Grande Boulevard NW.
Activities include an indoor flea market with manufacturer exhibits and commercial
dealers, tailgating, forums, seminars, demonstrations, special event station,
balloon launch, hands-on projects, contests, VE exams, DXCC/WAS card checking,
door prizes, RV camping, Friday night mixer, DX/Contest breakfast on Saturday,
Saturday night banquet, Sunday youth breakfast, and a Wouff Hong ceremony.
Tickets are $5 each in advance and include 1 free prize ticket. $5 at the door.
Additional prize tickets are $2 each. Tables are $15 each, $20 with
electricity. Tailgating spaces are $5 each. RV spaces are $10 per night. Friday
night mixer tickets are $12.50. Saturday breakfast is $17.50. Saturday night
banquet is $30. Sunday morning breakfast is $15. Contact: Bill Ripley, KY5Q,
(505) 503-7491. Email: <ky5q@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.dukecityhamfest.org>.
Talk-in 144.33- (PL 100) or 444.0+ (PL 100).
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA — The Tri-State Amateur Radio
Association, Inc. will hold its 52nd
Annual Hamfest from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, August 9 at the Christ
Temple Church Health and Life Center, 2400 Johnstown Road. Activities include a
flea market with commercial dealers, PSK demonstration, forums, and VE exams. Tickets are $6 each. Tables are
$10 in advance, $12 at the door. Contact: John Davis, KB8TGK, 130 Township Road
1252, Proctorville, OH 45669. Phone (304) 412-2355. Email: <kb8tgk@gmail.com>. Website: <http://www.orgsites.com/wv/taraclub/>.
Talk-in 146.76- (PL 131.8).
ONALASKA, WISCONSIN — The Riverland Amateur Radio Club will hold its Annual
Swapfest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, August 9 at the Onalaska Omni
Center, 255 Riders Club Road. Activities include a flea market and VE exams
that begin at 9 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Tables are $10 each. Contact: Greg
Miller, KA9FOZ, Riverland ARC, P.O. Box 621, Onalaska, WI 54650. Phone: (608)
792-7841. Email: <gmiller@centurytel.net>.
Talk-in 146.97 (PL 131.8)
SHREVEPORT, LUISIANA — The Shreveport Amateur Radio
Association will hold the Shreveport Hamfest from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m., Saturday, August 9 at the Red Cross Building, 805 Brook Hollow Drive.
Activities include a flea market and door prizes. Tickets are $5 each.
Additional prize tickets are $5 each or 6 for $20. Tables are $10. Contact:
Shreveport ARA, P.O. Box 37632, Shreveport, LA 71133-7632. Email: <hamfest@k5sar.com>. Website: <http://k5sar.com>.
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS — The Vermilion County Amateur Radio
Association will hold the 2014 East Central Illinois Hamfest from
8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, August 16 at The Edge, 3723 N. Vermilion Street.
Activities include an indoor/outfoor flea market, hourly door prizes, food
concessions, and VE exams that begin at 11 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Children
12 and under are admitted free. Indoor tables are $5. Outdoor flea market
spaces are free. Parking is free. Contact: Francis Dearth, KC9KZB, (217)
446-0215. Email: <fldearth@comcast.net>.
Talk-in 146.820- (PL 88.5).
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA — The Huntsville Hamfest will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, August 16
and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, August 17 at the Van Braun Civic Center, 700
Monroe Street. Activities include a manufacturer exhibits, indoor flea market
with commercial dealers, GAREC 2014, YHOTY award presentation, forums, Ted Randall’s
QSO radio show, W5KUB’s live helmet cam, HRO Atlanta D-STAR Repeater, N.
Alabama DX Club banquet, QSO card checking, hospitality suites, HAYLARC YL
breakfast, special event station, foxhunts, kit building, scavenger hunt, a
youth lounge, hourly prizes, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday and
Sunday. Tickets are $8 each. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Parking
is $5. Exhibitor booths are $180 for a single booth, $210 for a corner booth,
$420 for an end-cap booth. Booth add-ons include $75 for carpeted floors, $50
for electrical hookups, $75 per day for telephone, $375 for high-speed
Internet. Flea market tables are $35 each. Electric hookups for flea market
tables is $50. Exhibitors and dealers contact: Charlie Emerson, N4OKL, 8003 Craigmont
Road, S.W., Huntsville, AL 35802. Phone: (256) 882-9137. Email: <n4okl@arrl.net>. Flea market contact: Dave
Givens, K5RSI, 10000 Ramsbeck Circle, Huntsville, AL 35803. Phone: (256)
883-2760. Email: <k5rsi@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.hamfest.org>.
Talk-in 146.94 or 147.30.
VACOUVER, WASHINGTON — The Clark County Amateur Radio Club will hold the Clark
County Ham Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, August 16 at the Salmon Creek American Legion Hall, 14011 NE
20th Avenue. Activities include an indoor flea market, door prizes,
raffle, food concessions, consignment table, seminars, a can drive, and VE
exams. Tickets are $6 in advance, $8 at the door. Tables are $12 in advance,
$15 at the door. Electrical hook-ups are $1. Contact: Don Parvin, KG7FEN,
<clarkcountyhamfair@w7aia.org>. Website: <http://www.w7aia.org>. Talk-in 147.240 (PL
94.8).
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — The Harvard Wireless Club, MIT Electronics
Research Society, MIT UHF Repeater
Association, and MIT Radio Society
will hold the monthly Flea at MIT
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, August 17 at the Albany Street Garage, 32 Albany
Street. Activities include a flea market. Tickets are $6 each. Swap spaces are
$17 for the first space in advance, $20 at the door. Additional swap spaces are
$12 in advance, $15 at the door. Season passes for swap spaces are $99 for the
first space, $70 each for additional spaces. Contact: MIT Radio Society, W1GSL,
P.O. Box 397082, Cambridge, MA 02139-7082. Phone: (617) 253-3776 (9-5,
Monday-Friday). Website: <http://www.swapfest.us>.
Talk-in 146.52 or 449.725- (PL 114.8).
CORTLAND, OHIO — The Warren Amateur Radio Association will hold its annual Hamfest/Computer
Show from 8 a.m., to 2 p.m., Sunday, August 17 at the Trumbull County
Fairgrounds, 899 Everett-Cortland Hull Road. Activities include an indoor flea
market, tailgating, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 each.
Tables are $15 each. Additional tables are $5 each. Tailgating spaces are $10
each. Contact: Jacqueline Williams, N8JMW, P.O. Box 809, Warren, OH 44482.
Phone (440) 636-2806. Email: <warrenhamfest@gmail.com>.
Website: <http://www.w8vtd.com>.
Talk-in 146.970- (PL 100) or 443.000+.
GOLDEN, COLORADO — The Denver Radio Club will hold the Denver
Hamfest 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, August 17 at the Jefferson
County Fairgrounds, 15200 West 6th Avenue. Activities include indoor
flea market with commercial dealers, hourly door prizes, forums, food
concessions, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $6 each. Children
under 13 are admitted free with an adult. Tables are $12 in advance, $16 at the
door. Contact: Bryan Steinberg, KBØA, (303) 987-9596. Email: <drcfest@w0tx.org>. Website: <http://www.w0tx.org>. Talk-in 145.490- or
448.625- (PL 100).
JOPLIN, MISSOURI — The Joplin Amateur Radio Club will hold the Joplin
Hamfest from 3 to 8 p.m., Friday, August 22 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Saturday, August 23 at The Joplin Convention & Trade Center, 3535 Hammons
Boulevard. Activities include an air-conditioned indoor flea market with
commercial dealers, forums, card checking, door prizes, food concessions, and
VE exams, Contact: JARC, P.O. Box 2983, Joplin MO 64803-2983. Phone: (417)
437-9547. Website: <http://www.joplin-arc.org>.
BARABOO, WISCONSIN — The Yellow Thunder Amateur Radio Club, Inc. will hold
the Circus City Hamfest from 8 a.m.
to noon, Saturday, August 23 at the Badger Steam & Gas Engine Property,
S3347 Sand Road. Activities include an indoor flea market, tailgating, door
prizes, food concessions, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5
each. Tables are $10 each. Tailgating spaces are $10. Contact Tom Harrison,
N9PQJ, (608) 963-0762. Email: <n9pqj@yellowthunder.org>.
Website: <http://www.yellowthunder.org>.
Talk-in 147.315+ (PL 123).
FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — The Cape Fear Amateur Radio
Society will hold the 16th Annual Ole Fashioned CFARS SwapFest from 8 a.m. to
noon, Saturday, August 23 at the Cumberland County Shrine Club, 2040 Ramsey
Street. Activities include a flea market and VE exams. Tickets and tables are
free. Contact: David, KR4OE, (910) 425-8003. Email: <n4ughpat@aol.com>. Website: <http://www.cfarsnc.org>. Talk-in 146.910-
(PL 100).
LEBANON, TENNESSEE — The Short Mountain Repeater Club will hold the Cedars
of Lebanon 34th Annual Hamfest and Emergency Expo on Saturday,
August 23 at the Cedars of Lebanon State Park, 328
Cedar Forest Road. Activities include an outdoor flea market, workshops,
demonstrations, contests, camping, door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams.
Tickets are free. Selling spaces are $7.50 each if you pre-register, $10 each
afterwards. Large vendor spaces are $30 if you pre-register, $40 afterwards.
Contact: SMRC, P.O. Box 330914, Murfreesboro, TN 37133. Phone: (615) 787-7672.
Website: <http://smrclub.com>. Talk-in
146.910-.
STOW, OHIO — The Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club will hold the 6th
Annual Tailgate Hamfest from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, August 24 at the
Robert Pinn Armory, 4630 Allen Road. Activities include a flea market and
tailgating. Tickets are $5 per vehicle. Additional tailgating spaces are $5 for
two spaces. Email: <tailfest2014@cfarc.org>.
Website: <http://cfarc.org>.
ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO — The Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club will hold its 30th
Annual Hamfest from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, August 30 at the Otero
County Fairgrounds, 401 Fairgrounds Road. Activities include an indoor flea
market, hourly door prizes, an ARRL booth, food concessions, and VE exams.
Admission tickets are free. Prize tickets are $6 if you pre-register, $7 at the
door. Tables are $7 each. Contact: Rick Norton, KB7SQF, (575) 491-4290.
Website: <http://www.qsl.net/k5lrw/>.
Talk-in 146.800- (PL 100).
SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA — The Shelby Amateur Radio Club will hold the 58th
Annual Shelby Hamfest and ARRL North
Carolina State Convention from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, August 30 and
from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, August 31 at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds,
1751 E. Marion Street. Activities include an indoor flea market with commercial
dealers, tailgating, door prizes, camping, and VE exams. Tickets are $6 each. Children
12 and under are admitted free. Contact: SARC, P.O. Box 2206, Shelby, NC
28151-2206. Phone: (980) 295-5151. Email: <chairman@shelbyhamfest.org>.
Website: <http://www.shelbyhamfest.org>. Talk-in 146.880-.
SEPTEMBER
MENA, ARKANSAS — The Queen Wilhelmina Hamfest Association will hold the 45th
Queen Wilhelmina Hamfest from Friday, September 5 through Saturday,
September 6 at the Queen Wilhelmina State Park, S3877 Arkansas 88. Activities
include an outdoor flea market with commercial dealers, hourly door prizes,
camping, meetings, forums, BBQ dinner on Friday night, and VE exams from 9 a.m.
to noon on Saturday. Selling spaces under the tent are $10, $5 outside of the
tent. VE exams are $15. Contact: Randy (479) 928-5845. Email: <kg5ne@centurytel.net>. Website: <http://www.menahamfest.net>. Talk-in
146.460.
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA — The Cumberland Amateur Radio Club will air special event station, K3IEC, from 1400 to 0200 UTC, Saturday, September 6 to celebrate
the club’s 50th anniversary and the heritage of Cumberland County.
SSB frequencies include 3.860, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360, 28.360, 50.220, 144.225
(USB) all +/-. CW frequencies include 28.045, 21.045, 14.045, 7.045, 3.545. FM
frequency is 146.490. For a certificate send 3 forever stamps and labeled 9 x
12 envelope to: Cumberland Amateur Radio Club, 1367 Kiner Boulevard, Carlisle,
PA 17013. Website: <http://home.comcast.net/~carc-k3iec/>.
SHEPARDSVILLE, KENTUCKY — The Greater Louisville Hamfest
Association Inc., will hold the Greater Louisville Hamfest 2014 and ARRL Kentucky State Convention from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, September 6 at the Paroquet Springs Conference Centre,
395 Paroquet Springs Drive. Activities include an indoor flea market with
commercial dealers, tailgating, exhibitors, forums, meetings, hourly door
prizes, DXCC/VUCC/WAS card checking, food concessions, and VE exams from 9 a.m.
to noon. Tickets are $6 in advance, $7 at the door and include one prize
ticket. Children under 13 are admitted free. Extra prize tickets are $1 each or
6 for $5. Tables are $10 each and include power. Tailgating spaces are $5.
Parking is free. Contact: GLHA, P.O. Box 34444, Louisville, KY 40232-4444.
Website: <http://www.louisvillehamfest.com>.
SPRINGFIELD, NEBRASKA — The Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Flea-Esta
from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, September 6 at the Sarpy County Fairgrounds,
1000 Main Street. Activities include an indoor air-conditioned flea market and
food concessions. Website: <http://www.aksarbenarc.org>.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA — The Tidewater Radio Conventions
Inc. will hold the Virginia Beach Hamfest from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, September 6
at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th Street.
Activities include an indoor flea market with commercial dealers, tailgating,
forums, DX dinner, hourly door prizes, and VE exams from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tickets are $9 each in advance, $10 at the door. Powered tables are $45 each
with sharing an outlet. Non-powered tables are $30 if you’re a dealer, $25 for
non-dealers. Tailgating spaces are $30 and includes one admission. Dealers
contact: Lew Steingold, W4BLO, 1008 Crabbers Cove Lane, Virginia Beach, VA
23452. Email: <w4blo@cox.net>. General
contact: Bill Holland, WA4EUL, 833 Earl of Chesterfield Lane, Virginia Beach,
VA 23454. Email: <wa4eul@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.vbhamfest.com>.
Talk-in 146.970 (PL 141.3).
BALLSTON SPA, NEW YORK — The Saratoga County RACES
Association will hold its annual Hamfest from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday,
September 7 at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds, 162 Prospect Street. Activities
include a flea market with commercial dealers, tailgating, fox hunt, door
prizes, food concessions, and VE exams that begin at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $10
and include one tailgating space. Contact: Darlene Lake, N2XQG, (518) 587-2385.
Website: <http://wa2umx.net>.
FINDLAY, OHIO — The Findlay Radio Club will hold its annual Hamfest
beginning 8 a.m., Sunday, September 7 at the Hancock County Fairgrounds, 1017
East Sundusky Street. Activities include an indoor flea market, tailgating, and
camping. Tickets are $7 each. Children under 18 are admitted free. Tailgating
spaces are $5 each. Inside tables are $20 each, $15 for each additional table.
Camping is $12 per night. Contact: FRC Tables, P.O. Box 587, Findlay, OH 45839.
Email: <w8ftfrc@gmail.com>.
Talk-in 147.15+.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — The San Diego County Amateur Radio
Club will hold the ARRL Southwestern Division Convention from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday,
September 12; from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, September 13; and from 8 a.m. to
noon, Sunday, September 14 at the Four Points Hotel by Sheraton San Diego, 8
Aero Drive. Activities include a manufacturer exhibit hall, a flea market,
hospitality room, special event station, forums, seminars, door prizes, a
banquet featuring Ward Silver as a guest speaker, a DX breakfast, a convention
lunch featuring a guest speaker, and VE exams from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
only. Registration is $22 before August 22, $25 afterwards. Children under 16
are admitted free with a paid adult. The DX Breakfast is $28. Banquet tickets
are $45 each. Banquet lunch tickets are $29 each. Exhibitor booths are $320 for
a premium booth, $265 for a standard booth. Contact Mike Maston, N6OPH, ARRL
2014 Southwestern Division Convention, P.O. Box 3245, San Diego, CA 92163-3245.
Email: <mastroleo@mindspring.com>.
Website: <http://sandarc.net>. Talk-in
145.32- (PL 107.2) or 146.52 simplex.
BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS — The Chicago FM Club will hold the CFMC
Radio Expo from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, September 13 at the Boone
County Fairgrounds, 8791 IL 76. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea
market with commercial dealers, forums, food concessions, RV camping, and VE
exams from 9 a.m. to noon. Tickets are $8 each in advance, $10 each at the
gate. Children under 12 are admitted free. Tables are $20 each plus admission
for 1 to 3 tables, $15 each plus admission for 3 or more tables. RV camping is
$35 and includes water and electric. Parking is free. Contact: Chicago FM Club,
5127 N. Monterey Drive, Norridge, IL 60706. Phone: (708) 457-0966. Website:
<http://www.chicagofmclub.org>.
Talk-in 146.76- (PL 107.2), 147.255+ (PL 114.8), or 444.725+ (PL 107.2).
GARDNER, KANSAS — The Sante Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club will hold its Hamfest
2014 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, September 13 at the Johnson County
Fairgrounds, 136 E. Washington Street. Activities include a flea market with
commercial dealers, a fox hunt, HF shootout, demonstrations, soldering
workshop, forums, door prizes, food concessions by Smokey Hill Catering, and VE
exams from 9 to 11 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Tables are $10 each in advance,
$15 each at the door, and include one free admission. Contact: SFTARC, P.O. Box
3144, Olathe, KS 66063. Website: <http://www.sftarc.org>.
Talk-in 147.24.
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY — The Central Kentucky Amateur Radio
Society will hold the Annual Richmond Fall Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday,
September 13 at the Madison County Fairgrounds, 3237 Old Irvine Road.
Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea market with commercial dealers and VE
exams that begin at 1 p.m. Tickets are $6 each, Children under 16 are admitted
for free. Tables are $5 each in advance, $6 at the door. Website: <http://www.qsl.net/ckars/>. Talk-in
145.370 (PL 192.8).
WYOMING, MICHIGAN — The Grand Rapids Amateur Radio
Association will hold the GRAHamfest 2014 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Saturday, September 13 at The Home School Building, 5625 Burlingame, SW.
Activities include an indoor flea market, tailgating, QSL card checking, food
concessions, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $6 each. Students
K-12 are admitted free. Tables with electricity are $10 each. Tables without
electricity are $5 each. General Contact: KC8NKA (616) 531-6218. Vendor
contact: John Streyle, W8QZ, (616) 791-9411 (evenings only). Email: <streyle.j@comcast.net>. Website:
<http://www.w8dc.org>. Talk-in 147.26+
(PL 94.8).
ADRIAN MICHIGAN — The Adrian Amateur Radio Club will hold the Adrian
Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, September 14 at the Lenawee County
Fairgrounds, 602 N. Dean Street. Activities include a flea market, tailgating,
door prizes, and VE exams that begin at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $5 each in
advance and includes two prize stubs. Tables are $10 each. Tailgating spaces
are $3 each. VE exams are $15. Contact: Mark Hinkleman, NU8Z, (517) 423-5906.
Email: <cqnu8z@comcast.net>. Website: <http://www.w8tqe.com>.
Talk-in 145.370- (PL 85.4).
MULLICA HILLS, NEW JERSEY — The Gloucester County Amateur
Radio Club will hold its Hamfest 2014 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Sunday, September 14 at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds, 240 Bridgeton
Pike. Activities include a flea market, tailgating, door prizes, DXCC/VUCC/WAS
card checking at 11:30 a.m., and VE exams that begins at 9 a.m. Tickets are $8
each. Children and non-ham spouses are admitted free. Tables are $10 each.
Tailgating spaces are $7 each. Contact: Cory Sickles, WA3UVV, (856) 582-9146.
Email: <wa3uvv@arrl.net>. Website:
<http://w2mmd.org>. Talk-in 147.180+ (PL
131.8).
PEORIA, ILLINOIS — The Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club will hold the Peoria
Superfest from 6 a.m. to dusk, Saturday, September 20 and from 6 a.m. to 1
p.m., Sunday, September 21 at the Exposition Gardens 1601 W. Northmoor Road.
Activities include a indoor exhibition space with commercial dealers, an
outdoor flea market, forums, a balloon launch on Sunday, hourly door prizes,
DXCC card checking on Saturday, and VE exams from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Saturday. Tickets are $7 each in advance, $10 each at the door. Outdoor flea
market spaces are $5 each. Contact: PAARC, P.O. Box 3508, Peoria, IL
61612-3508. Phone: (309) 692-3378. Email: <w9uvi@arrl.net>. Website:
<http://www.w9uvi.org>. Talk-in 147.075+ (PL 103.5).
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — The Harvard Wireless Club, MIT Electronics
Research Society, MIT UHF Repeater
Association, and MIT Radio Society
will hold the monthly Flea at MIT
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, September 21 at the Albany Street Garage, 32
Albany Street. Activities include a flea market. Tickets are $6 each. Swap
spaces are $17 for the first space in advance, $20 at the door. Additional swap
spaces are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Season passes for swap spaces are
$99 for the first space, $70 each for additional spaces. Contact: MIT Radio
Society, W1GSL, P.O. Box 397082, Cambridge, MA 02139-7082. Phone: (617)
253-3776 (9-5, Monday-Friday). Website: <http://www.swapfest.us>.
Talk-in 146.52 or 449.725- (PL 114.8).
CINCINNATI, OHIO — The Ohkyin Amateur Radio Society will hold its Hamfest
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, September 21 at the Aiken High School, 5641
Belmont Avenue. Activities include an air-conditioned indoor flea market,
tailgating, door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m.
Tickets are $5 in advance, $6 at the door. Tables are $5 each. Website: <http://www.ohkyin.org>.
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA — The Mount Airy VHF Radio Club Inc. will hold the Mid-Atlantic
States VHF Conference from Friday, September 26 through Suunday, September
28 at the InnPlace Hotel, 3327 Street Road. Activities include a Friday evening
hospitality suite and flea market, conference and forums, pizza lunch and
snacks, Saturday evening banquet dinner with door prizes, and a Sunday morning
flea market. Registration for the conference is $40 each before September 17,
$50 each afterwards. Banquet tickets are $40 each. Additional proceedings CD is
$5. Contact: Dave Mascaro, W3KM, 1603 Mink Road, Ottsville, PA
18942-9541. Website: <http://www.packratvhf.com>.
BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA — The 3900 Club will hold Hamboree
2014 beginning 8 a.m., Saturday, September 27 at the Bellevue Volunteer
Fire Department Hall, 2108 Franklin Street. Activities include a flea market
with commercial dealers, tailgating, door prizes, and food concessions. Tickets
are $5 each and include one raffle ticket. Tables are $15 each. Contact: Tom
Huber, WDØBFO, (402) 990-5135. Email: <wd0bfo@gmail.com>.
Website: <http://www.3900club.com>.
Talk-in 147.06+ (PL 131.8).
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS — The Cooke County Amateur Radio Club will hold the Gainesville
Hamfest 2014 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, September 27 at the
Gainesville Civic Center, 311 South Weaver Street. Activities include an indoor
flea market with commercial dealers, tailgating, forums, hourly door prizes,
and VE exams that begin at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $8 each if you pre-register,
$10 each at the door. Tables are $10 each if you pre-register, $12 each at the
door. Electrical hookups are $5. Tailgating spaces are $6 each. Contact: James
K. Floyd, N5ZPU, (940) 668-7511. Email: <jfloyd54@suddenlink.net>. Website:
<http://www.gainesvillehamfest.org>. Talk-in 147.34 (PL 100) or 442.775
(PL 100).
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON — The Inland Empire VHF Radio
Amateurs, Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association, Northwest Tri-State ARO, Spokane
DX Association, Palouse Hills
Amateur Radio Club, University High
School Amateur Radio Club, and Panoramaland
Amateur Radio Club will hold the Spokane
Hamfest and ARRL Washington State
Convention from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, September 27 at the University
High School, 12420 E. 32nd Avenue. Activities include an indoor flea
market with commercial dealers, seminars, demonstrations, displays, hourly door
prizes, raffles, food concessions, an auction, hamfest dinner at 5 p.m., and VE
exams that begin at noon. Tickets are $5 each. Children 18 and under are
admitted for free. Commercial tables are $12 each before September 6, $15 each
afterwards. Swap tables are $5 each before September 6, $7.50 each afterward.
Off-site parking is free. Contact: Betsy Ashleman, N7WRQ, (509) 448-5821.
Email: <n7wrq@aol.com>. Website: <http://www.kbara.org>. Talk-in
147.38+.
LONGMONT, COLORADO — The Boulder Amateur Radio Club will hold the 60th
Annual BARC Hamfest beginning 8 a.m., Sunday, September 28 at the Boulder
County Fairgrounds – Exhibit Building, 9595 Nelson Road. Activities include a
flea market, hourly door prizes, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are
$5 each. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult. Tables are
$10 each plus admission in advance, $15 each plus admission at the door. VE
exams are $15. Contact: Mike, W3DIF, (303) 404-2161. Email:
<barc70@arrl.net>. Website: <http://www.qsl.net/w0dk/>. Talk-in
146.700-.
OCTOBER
BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY — The Kentucky Colonels Amateur
Radio Club will hold the Vette City Hamfest from 7:30 a.m. to 2
p.m., Saturday, October 4 at the Sloan Convention Center, 1021 Wilkinson Trace.
Activities include an indoor flea market, ARRL booth, hourly door prizes,
DX/WAS card checking, and VE exams that begin at 9 a.m. Tickets are $6 each.
Children 12 and under are admitted free. Tables are $8 each. Contact: Ed Gann,
N4HID, (270) 843-8911. Email: <edwardgann@twc.com>.
Website: <http://www.vettecityhamfest.com>.
Talk-in 147.33 (PL 107.2).
GEORGETOWN, DELAWARE — The Sussex Amateur Radio Association and the Sussex
Technical High School will hold The
Delmarva Amateur Radio and Electronics EXPO beginning 7:30 a.m., Saturday,
October 4 at the Sussex Technical High School, 17099 County Seat Highway.
Activities include a flea market with commercial dealers, tailgating, forums,
workshops, a silent auction, DX card checking, food concessions, and VE exams.
Tickets are $5 each. Children under 18 are admitted free. Tables are $15 for
the first table, $10 each for additional tables. Electric is $5. Tailgating
spaces are $10 each. Contact: Paul Ross, NR3P, (302) 569-1618 or (302)
629-4949. Email: <delarexpo@live.com>
or <kf3bt@arrl.net>. Website: <http://radioelectronicsexpo.com>.
Talk-in 147.090+ (PL156.7).
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA — The Orange Park Amateur Radio Club will hold the OPARC
Hamfest from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, October 4 at the Jacksonville Dog
Fanciers’ Association Inc., 6932 Morse Avenue. Activities include tailgating,
camping, and raffle prizes. Tickets, parking, tailgating, and camping are free.
Raffle tickets are $1 each for 50/50, $5 each for the radio. Website: <http://oparc.net/hamfest>. Talk-in
146.670.
WICHITA, KANSAS — The Valley Center Amateur Radio Club will hold the 2014
Wichita Area Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, October 4 at the
Riverwalk Church of Christ, 225 N. Waco. Activities include a flea market and
VE exams that begin at 9 a.m. Tickets are $4 each. Tables are free. Contact:
Steve Periman, NØYYI, (316) 617-1658 or Bruce Barley, KKØS, (316) 744-3555.
Email: <wichitaareahamfest2014@gmail.com>.
Website: <http://www.vcarc.org>.
Talk-in 146.940-.
QUEENS, NEW YORK — The Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club will hold its semi-annual Hamfest beginning 9 a.m., Sunday, October 5 at the New York Hall of
Science parking lot in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 47-01 111th
Street. Activities include a flea market, door prizes, drop and shop, QSL card
checking, food concessions, free admission to the museum between 10 and 11
a.m., and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Tables are $10
each plus admission. Contact: Stephen Greenbaum, WB2KDG, (718) 898-5599 (nights
only). Email: <wb2kdg@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.hosarc.org>.
Talk-in 444.200 repeat (PL 136.5).
WEST LIBERTY, IOWA — The Muscatine Amateur Radio Club and the Washington
Area Amateur Radio Club will hold the Southeast
Iowa Hamfest and ARRL Iowa Section
Convention beginning 7 a.m., Sunday, October 5 at the Muscatine County
Fairgrounds, 101 N. Clay Street. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea
market with commercial dealers, camping, food concessions, an ARRL table,
seminars, door prizes, Saturday evening pre-hamfest wiener and brat roast, and
VE exams that begin at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $7 each and include one prize
ticket. Children 14 and under are admitted free. Indoor tables are $10 each and
include electricity. Outside tables are free with admission. Electrical hook up
for camping and tailgating is $6. Contact: Tom Brehmer, NØLOH, 1114 East Tenth
Street, Muscatine, IA 52761. Phone: (563) 263-3097. Email: <n0loh@arrl.net>. Website: <http://www.kc0aqs.org>. Talk-in 146.31+
(PL 192.8) or 146.520.
BLYTHE, GEORGIA — The Amateur Radio Club of Augusta will hold the Augusta
Georgia Hamfest beginning 9 a.m., Saturday, October 11 at the Blythe Area
Recreation Center, 3129 Highway 88. Activities include an indoor flea market
with commercial dealers, tailgating, ARRL forums, door prizes, food
concessions, and VE exams that begin at 9 a.m. Tickets are $6 each. Contact:
Doug, KE4JSJ, (803) 279-6725. Email: <doug9945@yahoo.com>.
Website: <http://w4dv.org>. Talk-in
145.490-.
LA GRANGE, GEORGIA — The La Grange Amateur Radio Club, Inc. will hold
the La Grange Hamfest from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m., Saturday, October 11 at the Oakside Baptist Church, 1921 Hamilton Road.
Activities include an indoor flea market with commercial dealers, breakfast and
lunch concessions, forums, hourly door prizes, and VE exams that begin at 11
a.m. Contact: Anna Pike (334) 521-2662. Email: <lagrangehamfest@yahoo.com>.
Website: <http://www.lagrangeradioclub.org>.
Talk-in 146.70- (PL 141.3).
MINERAL WELLS, WEST VIRGINIA — The Wood County Emergency
Communications will hold the Parkersburg 2014 Hamfest from 8 a.m. to
12:30 p.m., Saturday, October 11 at the Wood county 4-H Fairgrounds, 2230
Butcher Bend Road. Activities include an indoor flea market and swapmeet with
commercial dealers, tailgating, frequent door prizes, 50/50 raffle, meetings,
WAS/VUCC/WAC/DXCC car checking from 9 to 11 a.m., and VE exams that begin at 8
a.m. Tickets are $5 each, $10 with 8 extra prize tickets. Children under 12 are
admitted free. Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5, 15 for $10, 30 for $15,
45 for $20, 60 for $25, 75 for $30, 100 for $35. Commercial tables are free.
Swap tables are $5 each. Contact: Ken Harris, WA8LLM, P.O. Box 3328,
Parkersburg, WV 26103. Phone: (304) 679-3470. Email: <wa8llm@yahoo.com>.
Website: <http://wc8ec.com>. Talk-in
147.255 (PL 131.8).
MORRILTON, ARKANSAS — The Randy Griffin Memorial Radio Club will hold the Randy
Griffin Memorial Hamfest beginning 8 a.m., Saturday, October 11 at the
Petit Jean State Park-Recreation Hall, 1285 Petit Jean Road. Activities include
a flea market hourly door prizes, RV camping, pre-ham fellowship meeting on
Friday night, memorial devotional, and a pie auction. Tickets are free. Tables
are free for the first table, additional tables are $5 each. Contact: Brian
Sherrod (501) 626-6252. Website: <http://www.k5boc.org>.
SEASIDE, OREGON — The Pacific Northwest VHF Society will hold the Pacific
Northwest VHF Conference from Saturday, October 11 through Sunday, October
12 at the Shiloh Inn Suites, 30 North Promenade. Activities include a swap
meet, door prizes, award presentation, contesting reports, section reports,
food concessions, and presentations. Tickets are $40 each in advance, $50 at
the door. Additional lunch guests are $16 each. Engraves society pins are $15
each. Contact: PNW VHF Society, P.O. Box 147, Fox Island, WA 98333. Website:
<http://www.pnwvhfs.org>.
HUBERTUS, WISCONSIN — The Southeastern Wisconsin FM Amateur
Repeater Society Inc. will hold its annual
Swapfest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Sunday, October 12 at the Sterling Chalet, 1271 Highway 175. Activities include
a flea market. Tickets are $5 each. Tables are $12 each, $15 with electric.
Contact: SEWFARS Swapfest, P.O. Box 105, Eagle, WI 53119. Phone: (262)
742-4903. Email: <sewfars@hotmail.com>.
Talk-in 146.82- (PL 127.3).
GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE — The Andrew Johnson Amateur Radio
Club will hold the 2nd Annual Greeneville Tennessee Hamfest beginning 6
a.m., Saturday, October 18 at the Greene County Fairgrounds, 123 Fair Grounds
Road. Activities include an indoor/outdoor flea market; food concessions by
Smokey Pig BBQ, Top Dog Hot Dogs, and Creamy Cup; hourly door prizes, and VE
exams. Tickets are $5 each. Children under 12 are admitted for free. Inside
selling spaces are $10 and include 1 table. Partitioned booth spaces are $10
each and include power. Additional tables are $10 each. Outside flea market
spaces are $5 each. Contact: Bob Gass, N4FV, <n4fv@greenevillehamfest.com>.
Website: <http://ajarc.org/>.
ROME, GEORGIA — The Northwest Georgia Amateur Radio Club will hold the Al
Brock Memorial Hamfest/Tailgate from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, October 18
at the Rome Senior Center, 406 Riverside Parkway Northeast. Activities include
a flea market, tailgating, door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams.
Admission is free. Tailgating spaces are $1 each. Contact: Grover Keith,
KA5QFI, (706) 766-1118. Email: <ka5qfikeith@aol.com>.
Website: <http://w4vo.org>. Talk-in
146.940- (PL 88.5).
SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO — The Socorro Amateur Radio Association, Tech Amateur Radio
Association, West Mountain Radio,
City of Socorro, and the Vertu Fine Arts Gallery will hold the 2014 Socorro Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m., Saturday, October 18 at the New Mexico Fire Fighter’s Academy, 600 Aspen
Street. Activities include an indoor flea market with commercial dealers,
tailgating, forums, demonstrations, food concessions, half-hourly door prizes,
arts/crafts, Hamfest Banquet at Bodega Burger Co. on Friday night, silent
auction, Ham’s tour of the Very Large Array on Friday, and VE exams beginning
at 11 a.m. Admission is free. Indoor tables are $10 each. Tailgating spaces are
$10 each. Contact: Al Braun, AC5BX, 722 California Street, Socorro, NM 87801.
Phone: (575) 835-3456. Email: <ac5bx@juno.com>.
Website: <http://www.socorroara.org/hamfest.html>.
146.68- (PL 100) or 444.500.
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — The Harvard Wireless Club, MIT Electronics
Research Society, MIT UHF Repeater
Association, and MIT Radio Society
will hold the monthly Flea at MIT
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, October 19 at the Albany Street Garage, 32
Albany Street. Activities include a flea market. Tickets are $6 each. Swap
spaces are $17 for the first space in advance, $20 at the door. Additional swap
spaces are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Season passes for swap spaces are
$99 for the first space, $70 each for additional spaces. Contact: MIT Radio
Society, W1GSL, P.O. Box 397082, Cambridge, MA 02139-7082. Phone: (617)
253-3776 (9-5, Monday-Friday). Website: <http://www.swapfest.us>.
Talk-in 146.52 or 449.725- (PL 114.8).
CONNEAUT, OHIO — The Conneaut Amateur Radio Club and The Conneaut
American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Cowle Unit 151 will hold the Conneaut Hamfest beginning 8 a.m.,
Sunday, October 19 at the Conneaut American Legion Hall, 272 Broad Street.
Activities include an indoor flea market, door prizes, and food concessions by
The American Legion Auxiliary. Tickets are $5 each. Tables are $10 each and
include one admission. Contact: Conneaut ARC, P.O. Box 661, Conneaut, OH 44030.
Email: <kd8osj@yahoo.com>. Website:
<http://qsl.net/w8bhz/>. Talk-in
147.390 (PL 131.8).
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN — The Kalamazoo Amateur Radio Club and the Southwest
Michigan Amateur Radio Team will hold the 32nd Annual Kalamazoo Hamfest from 8 a.m. to noon,
Sunday, October 19 at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairgrounds, 2900
Lake Street. Activities include an indoor flea market, tailgating, door prizes,
forums, DXCC/WAS card checking, camping, and VE exams that begin at 10 a.m.
Tickets are $5 each. Tables with power are $22 each, without power $12 each.
Contact: Kalamazoo Hamfest, P.O. Box 33, Richland, MI 49083-0033. Phone: (269)
205-3560. Email: <info@kalamazoohamfest.com>.
Website: <http://www.kalamazoohamfest.com>.
Talk-in 147.040 (PL 94.8).
SELLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA — The RF Hill Amateur Radio Club will hold its 38th
Annual Hamfest from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, October 19 at the
Sellersville Fire House, 50 N. Main Street. Activities include an indoor flea
market, tailgating, door prizes, food concessions, and VE exams that begin at
10 a.m. Tickets are $6 each. Children and non-ham spouses are admitted free.
Tables are $12 each plus admission or $10 each plus admission for five or more.
Tailgating spaces are $8 each plus admission. Contact: Jim Soete, WA3YLQ, P.O.
Box 336, Perkasie, PA 18944. Phone: (215) 723-7294. Fax: (215) 257-0724. Email:
<wa3ylq@arrl.net>. Website: <http://www.rfhillarc.org>. Talk-in
145.31- (PL 131.8).
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE — The Chattanooga Amateur Radio Club will hold the 36th
Hamfest Chattanooga from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, October 25 at the
Alhambra Building, 1000 Alhambra Road. Activities include an indoor flea market
with commercial dealers, tailgating, hourly door prizes, forums, two
transmitter hunts, breakfast and BBQ lunch served, and VE exams that begin at 9
a.m. Tickets are $5 each and include 1 prize ticket. Extra prize tickets are $1
each. Tables are $15 each. Electricity is $5 where available. Tailgating spaces
are $5 each. Contact: Wayne James, WB4IEJ, (423) 899-7970 (from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m.). Email: <hamfest@w4am.org>.
Website: <http://www.hamfestchattanooga.org>.
Talk-in 146.790-.
HAZARD, KENTUCKY — The Kentucky Mountains Amateur Radio
Club will hold the Hazard Hamfest on Saturday, October 25 at the Hazard DAV #64, 153
Industrial Drive. Activities include an indoor flea market, food concessions,
door prizes, and VE exams. Tickets are $5 each. Tables are $5 each. Contact:
Johnnie Brashear, KY4JLB, (606) 438-5557. Email: <jlb741@yahoo.com>.
Alternate contact: Dacker Combs, KK4UUY, (606) 216-5972. Email: <dacker.combs@perry.kyschools.us>.
Talk-in 146.07+ (PL 103.5).
KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI — The Saint Louis Amateur Radio Club will hold the 23rd
Annual Halloween Hamfest from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, October 25 at
the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S. Geyer Road. Activities include an indoor
flea market with commercial dealers, hourly door prizes, food concessions, and
VE exams that begin at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $3 each or 4 for $10 in advance,
or 2 for $10 at the door. Children under 12 are admitted free. Tables are $15
each. Electrical hook ups are $15. General contact: Steve Welton, WØSLW, (314)
941-8500. Email: <swelton@clear.net>.
Vendor contact: Bob Sluder, NØIS, (636) 285-7605. Email: <bcsluder@msn.com>. Website: <http://www.halloweenhamfest.org>.
Talk-in 147.75-
NOVEMBER
DAVENPORT, IOWA — The Davenport Radio Amateur Club will hold the 43rd
Annual Davenport Radio Amateur Club Hamfest/Computer Show from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m., Sunday, November 2 at the Clarion Hotel, 5202 N. Brady Street. Activities
include an indoor flea market with commercial dealers and exhibits,
demonstrations, food concessions, and door prizes. Tickets are $7 each in
advance and includes 2 prize stubs, $8 each at the door and include only 1
prize stub. Children under 12 are admitted free. Tables are $13 each. Contact:
Kelly Lovely, W1HAM, 1261 Woodlawn Avenue, Clinton, IA 52732. Phone: (563)
321-7559. Email: <w1ham@arrl.net>.
Website: <http://www.arcsupport.com/drac/hamfest.html>.
Talk-in 146.28+ (PL 77) or 146.10+.
MASSILLON, OHIO — The Massillon Amateur Radio Club will hold it 54th
Annual Hamfest beginning 8 a.m., Sunday, November 2 at the Massillon Boy’s
& Girls Club, 730 Duncan Street, SW. Activities include an indoor flea
market, an auction, and door prizes. Tickets are $5 each and include 2 raffle
tickets if purchased in advance, 1 raffle ticket at the door. Children under 12
are admitted free. Tables are $14 each. There is a 15 percent commission for
the auction. Parking is free. Contact: Terry Russ, N8ATZ, 3420 Briardale Drive
NW, Massillon, OH 44646. Phone: (330) 837-3091. Email: <truss@sssnet.com>. Website: <http://www.w8np.org>. Talk-in 147.18+.
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA — The Washington Amateur
Communications will hold the WACOM 2014 Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 3
p.m., Sunday, November 2 at the Washington County Fairgrounds, 2151 North Main
Street. Activities include a flea market with commercial dealers, door prizes,
DX card checking, food concessions, and VE exams that begin at 9 a.m. Tickets
are $5 each. Tables are $12 each plus admission or $10 each plus admission for
5 or more. Contact: N3TIR (724) 350-6745. Email: <bud@n3tir.com>. Website: <http://www.wacomarc.org>. Talk-in
146.790.
CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA — The Grand Strand Amateur Radio
Club will hold the Annual Grand Strand ARC Beachfest 2014 & Computer Expo from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, November 8 at the Old Pee Dee School/Academy of Hope,
3521 Juniper Bay Road. Activities include and indoor flea market with
commercial dealers, tailgating, ARRL forums, half-hourly door prizes, food
concessions, and VE exams that begin at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $6 each. Inside
tables are $12 each. Tailgating spaces are $12 each an include 1 admission.
Contact: Beachfest 2014, P.O. Box 2135, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578-2135. Vendor
contacts: Edward Jordan (843) 458-3856. Email: <kf4eck@w4gs.org>. Jim Wood (843) 340-1132.
Email: <kf4cje@w4gs.org>. Website:
<http://www.w4gs.org>. Talk-in 145.110
(PL 85.4).
MARANA, ARIZONA — The Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club will hold the Tucson
Hamfest from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, November 8 at the Marana Middle
School, 11279 West Grier Road. Activities include a flea market with commercial
dealers, tailgating, door prizes, seminars, ARRL card checking, food
concessions, and VE exams that begin at 11 a.m. Tickets are $5 each and include
1 bottle of water and 1 raffle ticket. Children under 12 and students with
valid student IDs are admitted free. Vendor’s spaces are $30 each. Tailgating
spaces are $10 each and include 1 admission. Contact: OVARC, 21 E Speedway
Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85705-7114. Email: <hamfest@tucsonhamradio.org>.
Website: <http://www.tucsonhamradio.org>.
Talk-in 146.620- (PL 156.7) or 444.100+ (PL 156.7).
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — The Montgomery Amateur Radio Club will hold The 2014
Montgomery Hamfest beginning 9 a.m., Saturday, November 8 at the Alcazar
Shrine Temple, 555 Eastern Boulevard. Activities include an indoor flea market,
tailgating, forums, door prizes, food concessions, a bone yard, and VE exams
that begin at 8 a.m. Tickets are $7 each. Tables are $15 each and include
admission. Tailgating spaces are $15 each and include admission. General
contact: Fred Beatty, K8AJX, (334) 270-0909. Email: <k8ajx@arrl.net>. Vendor contact: Lew Nyman,
K1AZE, (334) 354-1933. Website: <http://www.w4ap.org>.
Talk-in 146.84-.
PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA — The St. Petersburg Amateur Radio
Club will hold SPARCfest from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, November 8 at the Freedom
Lake Park, 9990 46th Street N. Activities include a flea market,
tailgating, and VE exams that begin at 8:30 a.m. Tickets, swap meet, and
tailgating is free. VE exams are $15. Contact: Clayton Parrot, KJ4RUS, (727)
215-8140. Email: <clayton_parrot@yahoo.com>.
Website: <http://www.sparc-club.org>.
Talk-in 147.06+.
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA — The Allen County Amateur Radio
Technical Society will hold the 42nd Annual Fort Wayne Hamfest
& Computer Expo and 2014 Indiana
ARRL State Convention from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, November 15 and from
9 a.m. to noon, Sunday, November 16 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Exposition Center, 4000 Parnell Avenue. Activities include a manufacturer
exhibit hall, an indoor flea market with commercial dealers, forums, meetings,
hourly door prizes, and VE exams. Tickets are $6 each for both days, $4 each
for Sunday only. Children 11 and under are admitted free. Tables are $50 each
for a premium table. Flea market tables are $25 each for both days. Electrical
hookups are $30 each. Parking is $5. Contact: ACARTS/Fort Wayne Hamfest, P.O.
Box 10342, Fort Wayne, IN 46851-0342. Phone: (260) 579-2196. Email: <tables@fortwaynehamfest.com>.
Website: <http://www.fortwaynehamfest.com>.
Talk-in 146.880-.
