Forums
& Programs
The Tampa Bay Hamfest, hosting the ARRL West Central Florida Convention, is pleased to offer a number of forums and programs at this years Hamfest.
Manatee Civic Center has excellent meeting room facilities which are located on the northeast side of the building closest to the main parking lot. All meeting rooms are carpeted, and have excellent acoustics.
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On Saturday:
AMSAT, MARS and The Florida Repeater Council will all have meeting, all being open to all interested parties.
The Florida Contest Group contesting
symposium!
They will discuss Contesting with the following scheduled presentations:
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Field Day On A Budget - the W1HR/4 expeditions
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A trip to PJ2T - Not Your Father's DXpedition by Ron Harps - K8NZ
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Lightning Protection and Grounding by George Wagner K5KG (aka E51MMM if he gets
back in time)
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HI3A - The FCG DXpedition for CQ-WW-CW - 2007 by Dan Street K1TO
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Contesting Basics - How to compete in NAQP - by Lu Romero W4LT
- possibly 2 other Presentations, Pictures, Sounds, and possibly... PIZZA!
The ARRL West Central Florida Section forum
will have representatives from both the Division and Headquarters in attendance
in addition to our Section Officials. Visit and meet your elected
officials. Ask questions and hear the latest from Headquarters.
Speaking of ARRL Headquarters, Katie Breen, W1KRB, the
League Membership Manger will give her Tour of Headquarters presentation
which proved to be very popular at the National Convention in Huntsville.
Katie will also be in the ARRL forum later in the day.
D-Star will have an open house room all day.
Greg Sarrett, our newly elected Division Director and past Alabama Section
Manager will give his Intro to D-Star forum in the morning.
Then from 2 to 3 in the afternoon there will be an Advanced
D-Star forum. The room will be
open the rest of the day for demonstrations, questions and answers, and just
sitting around and talking D-Star. Curious, have a general question or
maybe you need some specific help on D-Star. Or maybe you have some
knowledge to share with others! This
is the place to be!
Another all day will be the DXCC/WAS/ VUCC card checking.
Drop off your cards and have them checked while you attend a forum, visit your
favorite commercial vendor or stroll the tailgate area.
And yet another all day event, VE Exams are
available all day except two half hour breaks. Come on in and upgrade or
bring your spouse or child in for his/her Technician license.
ARRL ARECC Exams will also be given in the afternoon in the room with the VE Exams.
Public
Information
Officer
Forum for anyone interested in public relations and publicizing out
favorite hobby, "Publicity Boot Camp - Back to the Basics" with Sherri
Brower, W4STB
Intro to Digital for all those who have heard of
digital modes but want to know a little more and see a demo before jumping on
the bandwagon.
QSL/LoTW is just the right place to learn all about QSLing, why, how, who and anything else you can ask. Learn all about setting up and using Log Book of The World.
We have a Youth Forum for the young who want to learn more about amateur radio.
Also offered is the YL Forum for all the YLs and XYLs. I am not allowed to know what goes on in there but they seem to have a good time!
On Sunday:
The D-Star open house room may be operating depending on the interest shown on Saturday. Go by and check it out.
Geoff Haines, the Section Technical wizard and
published homebrew tinker will give his Homebrew Forum, always
interesting and informative.
DXCC/WAS/ VUCC card checking will be offered all day
again.
VE Exams will
be available all day on a reserved basis only , no walk-ins.
On Sunday afternoon both Basic and Advanced Skywarn classes are offered. Come in and get certified or renew your existing certification.
DX Century Club (DXCC) card checking will be available at the ARRL booth after 1:30 PM
Amateur Radio testing FCC exam fee is $14.00.
The ARECC exam fee is $10.00 per exam.
Please pre-register for the Sunday Amateur Radio Exams.
If you have questions or would like to schedule your group's meeting or informal gathering please contact Bill, AG4QX, at forums@fgcarc.org
Contact
Information
Postal address: PO Box 22042,
Tampa, FL
33622-2042
Electronic mail
Please
contact FGCARC
Hamfest Committee members directly: Hamfest
Committee
Site Last Updated Wednesday, November 28, 2007 08:53 PM .