09-10 March 2012 8AM - 2:00PM Louisiana State Convention Rayne 52nd Annual Hamfest 2012  Acadiana Amateur Radio Association Contact: Herman Campbell, KN5GRK Phone: (337) 234-5364 Fax: (000) 000-0000 Email: mailto: kn5grk@arrl.net Web: www.w5ddl.org/hamfest/ Location: Rayne Civic Center 300 Frog Festival Drive Rayne, LA Talk-In: 146.820+ (PL 103.5) 146.520 simplex Friday, March 09 0900 Dealer & Flea Market setup 0900 RV Park open 1200 Pick up Pre-registration packets 1700 – 2000 Registration and Hamfest Opens to General Public 1800 Crawfish Boil – Gumbo 1900 Fais-Do-Do – Roland K5EUO and other Texas Hams, will provide French music. Enjoy Dancing and Good Food! Saturday, March 10 (Forums) 0900-1000 AMSAT 1000-1100 Louisiana Contest Club 1100-1230 ARRL with Micky Cox, Delta Division Director and Gary Stratton, Louisiana Section Manager with the Louisiana LCARC immediately following. Saturday, March 12 0700 Dealer & Flea Market setup 0700 RV Park Registration Open 0700 Registration Desk Open 0800 Hamfest re-opens to General Public 0830 Bingo by Weston, KB5WI 0830 DXCC, WAS and VUCC Card checking by Wayne, K5DF 0845 ARRL VE Testing – by Danny K5ARH and Greg K5LFT (Bring copies of ID & CSCE / FCC License) 1100 Fox Hunt (Come and participate to learn who the best hunter is) 1300 Grand prize drawings 1400 Hamfest closes Door Prizes Every Hour! Main Prizes 1st (Grand Prize) - ICOM IC-7200 HF Transceiver 2nd - MFJ Enterprises MFJ-269 Antenna Analyzer 3rd - West Mountain RigBlaster Plus Computer Interface 4th - Astron RS-35M Power Supply 5th & 6th - Harbor Freight 800 Watt Generator (you do not have to be present to win) VE testing, forums, and flea market. Plate Lunches and other concessions available! Admission: Entrance tickets are $5 each, available at door at the hamfest. Prize tickets for the drawings are available at door or from club members and are priced: $1 each, 6-$5, 15-$10, 35-$20, 50-$25, 100-$50. Flea Market Tables: $5 each. (First come first serve) For Advance Tickets contact Herman, KN5GRK Commited vendors to include: Paletto Antennas Regal - Brown, Inc. MCM Custom Computers The Sign Man Of Baton Rouge Austin Amateur Radio Supply JMR Sales ICOM Dealer Ed Byrd, KA5VFU Cedar City Sales Bob and Linda Bill and Linda Christian More vendor details when available... 24 March 2012 8AM - 2:00PM The 2012 New Orleans Hamfest Jeffersion Amateur Radio Club New Orleans Amateur Radio Club Delta DX Association Contact: Keith Barnes,W5KB Phone: (504) 289-1504 Fax: (000) 000-0000 Email: mailto: w5kb@arrl.net Web: noarc.info/hamfest.aspx Location: Muss Bertolino Gymnasium 600 W Esplanade Ave. Kenner, LA Talk-In: 146.860+ (PL 114.8) 146.520 simplex Door Prizes Every Hour! Main Prizes 1st (Grand Prize) - ICOM IC-718 HF Transceiver 2nd - Dual Band Radio 3rd - MFJ Antenna Analyzer (you do not have to be present to win) And Many door prizes presented hourly i.e.: ANTENNAS,GIFT CARD ETC. (Your ticket stub must be present to win, and the ticket stub must be presented to the Hamfest stage to claim. ) NOLA Hamfest will have a full concession stand offering a few New Orleans favorites, as well as most common hamfest staples.
Admission: Entrance tickets are $5 each, available at door at the hamfest. Flea Market Tables: $10 each. (First come first serve) For Advance Tickets contact Keith Barnes,W5KB Commited vendors to include: Regal - Brown, Inc. MCM Custom Computers ICOM Dealer More vendor details when available... NEARBY HOTELS: Hampton Inn (1.2 Miles) - Our Sponsored Hamfest Hotel- 89.99 A night. Just mention the New Orleans Hamfest Rate. 5150 Mounes Street, Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 733-5646 Four points By Sheraton (3.3 Miles) 6401 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, LA 70003 (504) 885-5700 Super 8 (3.4 Miles) 2421 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 456-9081 LaQuinta Inn (3.5 Miles) 5900 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, LA 70003-1738 (504) 456-0003 NOTE: The Hampton Inn special rate is good through September 3rd. After that they cannot guarentee that rate anymore. Reserve your room early. 21 April 2012 8AM - 2:00PM Louisiana Section Convention Monroe Annual Hamfest 2012  Twin City Ham Club Contact: Phone: (000) 000-0000 Fax: (000) 000-0000 Email: mailto: nn5nn @arrl.net Web: www.tchams.org/Hamfest_Flyer-2011.pdf Location: Barak Shrine Temple I-20 Frontage Road (Exit 120) Monroe, LA Talk-In: 146.850+ (PL 103.5) 146.520 simplex West Monroe 147.135 MHz (127.3 Hz tone) Riverton (Wide Area Coverage) on 147.015 Rayville 145.490; and Ruston 147.120 (tone 98.4) Door Prizes Every Hour! Main Prizes 1st - To Be Determined 2nd - To Be Determined 3rd - To Be Determined VE testing, forums, and flea market. Plate Lunches and other concessions available! Admission: Entrance tickets are $5 each, available at door at the hamfest. Prize tickets for the drawings are available at door or from club members and are priced: $1 each, 6-$5, 15-$10, 35-$20, 50-$25, 100-$50. Flea Market Tables: $5 each. (First come first serve) Commited vendors to include: Cedar City Sales The Sign Man Of Baton Rouge Paletto Antennas More vendor details when available... 21 July 2012 8AM - 2:00PM Slidell Annual Hamfest 2012 Ozone Amateur Radio Club Contact: Ronald Riviere , WB5CXJ PO Box 3087 113 Heather Drive Slidell, LA 70458 Phone: (985) 640-5858 Email: mailto: wb5cxj@live.com Web: www.w5ddl.org/hamfest/ Location: John Slidell Park Gymnasium 105 Robert Blvd. Slidell, LA Talk-In: 147.270+ (PL 114.8) 146.520 simplex VE testing, forums, and flea market. Plate Lunches and other concessions available! Admission: Entrance tickets are $5 each, available at door at the hamfest. Prize tickets for the drawings are available at door or from club members Commited vendors to include: More vendor details when available... For the latest official list of hamfests go to: www.arrl.org/hamfests
Event Date 2010/2011 YOUR EVENT NAME Contact: Your Amateur Radio Club Phone: (000) 000-0000 E-mail: youremail@yoursite.net Location:Your Event Location Any Road Any Town, LA 70802 Talk-In: Talk-in Freq.000.000+/- (PL 000.0) Web: www.youreventsite.html * SSB Frequencies: All the frequencies you will operate Plus operating info * CW Frequencies: All the frequencies you will operate Plus operating info The special event is the home of AX5XX, the amateur radio station operated and supported by the members of the Your Amateur Radio Club. The club station is normally staffed on Event Day and other days. |
