2020 Prescott Hamfest at Arizona Downs
ARRL 2020 Arizona State Convention
Tentatively Scheduled for: May 8th & 9th, 2020
Confirmation Pending as of January 10, 2020
Visit This Site Regularly for Confirmation and Updates
Website Under Construction
Note: The 2019 Prescott Hamfest is over. Thanks to everyone who supported this year’s hamfest and hope that you enjoyed the event.
Check back from time to time over the next couple of weeks. We will be posting what presentation slides that we can get from the presenters. A good number of hamfest photos have been posted – see the link below.
Grand Prize Drawings
Here are Bill W7PVA, Jeff WB7RFY, Mike N7IEP, and Kathy KJ6KMK preparing to begin the Grand Prize Drawings.
First Grand Prize Winner
Here is Virgil K7VZ presenting the FT-991A first grand prize to Rob Monsipapa AK7RM.
Congratulations to all of this year’s Grand Prize Winners. Winners of the Prescott Hamfest Grand Prizes follow (corrected 06/02/2019):
Hamfest Technical Seminar Presentations
Click this LINK to view presentations that authors have agreed to share with us.
2019 Prescott Hamfest Video – containing a subset of the photos below.
Hamfest Photos – taken by Dottie Akers WF7DS, Mike Belanger W1DGL, Bob Rosevear WB7RRQ, Art Protas KG6AY, and Frank Bender K8FB
Clicke this LINK to view hamfest photos. Double click the first photo and then scroll through the remaining photos.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS OUTDATED
TWO DAY HAMFEST – MAY 31st and JUNE 1st, 2019
2019 ARRL Arizona State Convention
2019 Amateur Radio Council of Arizona (ARCA) Annual Meetings
Co-sponsored by Eagle Amateur Radio Club at ERAU, Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (YARC), and Amateur Radio Council of Arizona (ARCA)
This hamfest and Arizona State Convention are sanctioned by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
ARRL Sanctioned Hamfest ARCA Co-Sponsored
NOTICE: DETOUR TO HAMFEST ON SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST because of a construction project – Saturday only
ANSR-125 High Altitude Balloon Launch Announcement – Saturday, June 1 – 0900
HAMFEST VENDOR SPONSORS AND PRIZE DONATIONSCOMPLEMENTARY RADIO FREQUENCY PROGRAMMING |
Hamfest Information Links:
| Hamfest Flyer – updated May 01, 2019 | Attending the Event |
| Hamfest Activities | Commercial Vendors |
| Clubs/ Volunteers | Prizes and Prize Tickets |
| Hamfest Resources | ANSR Balloon Launch – 9 AM, June 1st |
CLICK THIS LINK TO PURCHASE GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE TICKETS ONLINE (You do not need to be present to win)
CLICK THIS LINK FOR INFORMATION ON CONSIGNMENT SALES AT THE HAMFEST
Friday, May 31, 2019 Technical Seminar Schedule
Saturday, June 01, 2019 Technical Seminar Schedule
Dick Norton N6AA, ARRL Southwestern Division Director will be joining Rick Paquette W7RAP, ARRL Arizona Section Manager in leading the ARRL Forum beginning at 1330 MST on Saturday.
Our hamfest is a full, two day event with technical seminars, tailgating, indoor commercial vendors, ARRL booth and QSL card checking, consignment sales, test bench, hourly prize drawings, and an ANSR Near Space Balloon Launch on Saturday morning. There will even be seminars for the non-ham. Grand Prize drawings will take place Saturday afternoon. There is limited RV dry camping on Thursday and Friday nights with pre-registration only – see the “Attending the Event” menu above.
Weather at the Prescott Hamfest at ERAU is normally sunny with temperatures in the low to mid eighties.
Click for weather forecast
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