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Orange Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in Orange, Texas The OARC typically holds their Orange Amateur Radio Club Hamfest , commonly referred to as the Orange Hamfest, during the last Saturday of February. For 2016, the date fell on February 27. This was my first year to make this show – I had purchased tables and planned to […] Read more »
2016 Capital City Hamfest Review: The Capital City Hamfest was my first experience with this particular show. I very much enjoyed it and I plan to attend again next year. This Hamfest takes place in Jackson, MS and is very well attended. I didn’t realize how large it was, in fact. Several of the larger […] Read more »
2016 marked the 3rd year that I attended the Cowtown Hamfest, the 2nd year as a vendor. Three years ago, it was still held at the old Lockheed Martin facility. Since then it has been at the Forest Hill Civic and Convention Center. The website for the hamfest is found at this link. The convention center […] Read more »
It’s been a while since I wrote a review post about a local Hamfest. The main reason for this is because I was doing review videos and posting them to my new Video Podcast blog called Ham Radio 2.0. This videos post on YouTube, but I first blog about them and share a short snipet […] Read more »
This was my first year to attend the Weatherford Hamfest in Weatherford, TX. I wasn’t very sure what to expect, but I had heard from other Hams in the area that the show was small. I was alright with it being small since it is practically in my backyard. It presented a good advertising opportunity […] Read more »
This was my first year to attend the St. Patrick’s Day Hamfest in Midland, Texas. It was a great show. The show sold all of their tables (even though some people didn’t show up that day, the tables were sold) and I heard a rumor that they sold 3000 tickets to the event. I didn’t […] Read more »
Tomorrow I fly to Las Vegas to attend the IWCE conference. This will be my first time to attend this show, so I am not sure what to expect. But I do think it will be information overload for 2 whole days. I chose Wednesday and Thursday only because those are the days of the […] Read more »
Last weekend, March 7, was the annual Irving Hamfest in Irving Texas. I always enjoy this show because it is local and draws local hams to it. It is good to see everyone whom I usually only talk with over the air. There are only a small number of Hamfests that are inside of the […] Read more »
Last weekend, January 16th and 17th, was the annual Cowtown Hamfest in Ft Worth, TX. This Hamfest has been around for years, but featured a brand new venue this year at the Forest Hills Community and Civic Center, in Forest Hills. It is just South of Ft Worth, neat I35W and I20. Unlike the venue […] Read more »
Last weekend, Oct 3-4, was the Fall Hamfest in Belton, TX. This was our 3rd Hamfest to attend, but it was our first time to camp-out in the parking lot overnight with other patrons of the fest. It was fun getting to know some new people and talking with everyone about radio. Some vendors were […] Read more »
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