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Pacific Northwest Hamfairs & Events
(Last update Sunday, May 11, 2008 20:11)
May 25, 2008. Port Alberni's first amateur swap meet! Arrowsmith Amateur Radio Club (New listing!). Info, contact Loretta Parkinson (250)723-2555 or Denis Bouchard (250)723-6332. http://www.arrowsmitharc.ca
May 25, 2008. Surrey Amateur Radio Club Flea Market, Surrey, BC. (New listing!). Opening times: 1:00 pm for sellers, 2:00 pm for buyers. SARC is holding its first flea market in 13 years. This is an AFTERNOON flea market held at the Kennedy Hall on Scott Rd. at 87th Ave. Info: Mike, VE7AT, at (604)595-3598. ve7at@shaw.ca. http://www3.telus.net/ve7sar
May 30- June 1, 2008. Sea-Pac Hamfest. Seaside Convention Center, Seaside, Oregon. This is an ARRL sanctioned event. Email ai9q@arrl.net , www.seapac.org/.
June 6, 7, & 8 2008. Wenatchee Hamfest. Apple City ARC. Dryden Gun Club. Dryden, WA. This is an ARRL sanctioned event. Contact Jim W7JBP at shultzjims@aol.com or Judy, at ka7zna@msn.com for information. http://www.qsl.net/w7td/ .
June 8, 2008. Burnaby Amateur Radio Club Flea Market. Queensborough Community Centre, New Westminster, BC. (New listing!). Info: Dan Potvin VE7BYY 604-582-4252 ve7byy@rac.ca Lou Beaubien VE7CGE (604)291-1569 loucge@telus.net . ve7byy@rac.ca . http://www.ve7bar.org/ Flyer in PDF (44K).
June 14, 2008. KARS Hamfest 2008. Kootenai Amateur Radio Society. American Legion Hall, 1138 E. Poleline, Post Falls, Idaho. Always the 2nd Sat in June. Breakfast and lunch available on Saturday. VE Exams. Talk in 146.98/.38. For more info contact Jim, N7ESU at (208)755-2100 or email n7esu@arrl.net . http://k7id.com/ Flyer in PDF. (101K)
June 14-15, 2008. Northeast Montana Father's Day Hamfest. The hamfest will be held at the Downstream (Kiwanis) Campground, located just below Fort Peck Lake. The GS1 group loop has been reserved. Cost will be $12.00 per night for camping, do not pay upon entering, the host group will collect camping fees. Prizes, VE testing, DXCC, VUCC, and WAS field card checking. Registration is $5.00 at the site. (Note reduced rate!) Local repeater talk in on 146.840- with 100Hz tone on input. For more info or details contact Sam Moore, K7SAM, at navajomt@nemont.net or Loren Nichols, AA7MT, at aa7mt@nemont.net .
June 21, 2008. 3rd Annual Port Ludlow ARC Tailgate Swap Meet. http://www.n7pl.org/ .
July 11-13, 2008. Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association Annual Campout and meeting. Boyer Park and Marina, Colfax, WA. Contact Betsy, N7WRQ N7WRQ@aol.com for more information. Flyer in PDF. (83K)
July 12, 2008. Chehalis Valley ARS Hamfair. Lewis County Fairgrounds. Contact John Ellingson, K7OSK. johnk7os@tss.net . http://www.cvars.org/ Flyer in PDF. (26K)
July 18-20, 2008. Glacier Waterton International Peace Park Hamfest and Montana State ARRL convention. This is an ARRL Sanctioned event. Glacier Meadows Campground, 13 miles west of East Glacier on MT Hwy 2. www.gwhamfest.org Contact: Jim Cummins, N7YO, 1804 32nd St. So. Great Falls, MT, 59401, phone (406)453-9992 or email n7yo@mpiwifi.com .
July 19, 2008. Coos County Radio Club Hamfest and Swapmeet. North Bend Middle School, North Bend, OR. Contact Marilyn Mansker, ke7oam@yahoo.com . http://www.coosradioclub.net/ .
August 1-3, 2008. Pacific Northwest DX Convention. Monarch Hotel, Portland, OR. This is an ARRL Sanctioned event. Hosted by the Willamette Valley DX Club. www.wvdxc.org .
August 1-4, 2008. Alaska Hamfest 2008 & ARRL Alaska State Convention. Anchorage, AK. This is an ARRL affiliated Event. http://www.akhamfest.com/
August 9, 2008. Radio Club of Tacoma Hamfest. Spanaway, WA. This is an ARRL sanctioned event. http://www.w7dk.org/ Hamfest@W7DK.org Flyer in PDF (25K).
August 16, 2008. Antique Radio Swap Meet. Puget Sound Antique Radio Association. 9 AM to 1 PM. Shoreline museum parking lot. N. 175th & Linden, Avenue, North Seattle. One block west of Aurora Avenue - one mile west of I-5, exit 176. Free admission. http://www.eskimo.com/~hhagen/psara/swap.html (Always the 3rd Sunday in August)
August 16, 2008. W7PL Pendleton ARC Second Annual Swapmeet. SW 13th St. & Emigrant, Pendleton, OR. Free admission. For table information, contact denton@oregontrail.net . http://w7pl.com/ . Flyer in PDF. (34K)
September 6, 2008. Ham Happenings "2008", Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association. Contact Murray VE7MUX to reserve your table. ve7mux@shaw.ca . (250)753-0373 Flyer at: http://www.ve7na.ca/sites/default/files/Ham%20Happening%202008.pdf (11K)
September 27, 2008. Spokane Hamfest. University High School, 12420 E 32nd Ave, Spokane Valley WA 99216. For more info contact Bryan, K7WXO at k7wxo@gktech.net
September 28, 2008. ComFest 2008. Delta Amateur Radio Society, Delta, BC. http://www.deltaamateurradio.com/
October 3-5, 2008. Pacific Northwest VHF Society Annual Conference. This is an ARRL Sanctioned event. Moses Lake, Washington. For information, contact secretary@pnwvhfs.org . http://pnwvhfs.org/ .
October 11, 2008. North Kitsap ARC Hamfest and Electronics Swapmeet. Bremerton, WA at the President’s Hall – Kitsap County Fairgrounds. This is an ARRL sanctioned event. New and used Ham Gear and Electronics, Door prizes, VE Exams, Live Antique Radio Station, County Emergency Communication Vehicle Display. $5.00 admission, $15.00/Table. For more information visit our web site http://www.nkarc.org/hamfest.html or e-mail kb2skp@arrl.net Map in PDF (19K)
October 11, 2008. Bozeman Hamfest. This is an ARRL Sanctioned event. Gallatin Ham Radio Club, Bozeman, MT. Sacajawea Middle School, 3525 South 3rd Avenue. http://www.gallatinhamradio.com Contact: Tom Lewis, AB5CK mail@gallatinhamradio.com
October 17-19, 2008. Amateur Radio Technician License Course. MicroHAMS ARC, Redmond, WA. www.microhams.com. classes@microhoams.com. Flyer in PDF. (124 K)
October 25, 2008. Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club Flea Market, Lynden, WA. Always the last Saturday in October. For information, contact k7iey@netscape.net . More info at http://www.qsl.net/k7skw/ .
October 25, 2008. Swaptoberfest. Mid-Valley ARES.
Polk County Fairgrounds, Rickreall, OR. This is an ARRL Sanctioned event.
Contact: Chris Portal, W7CLP (503)559-7837.
w7clp@arrl.net 520 South
Pacific Highway.
http://www.swaptoberfest.net
February 2009. Salem Hamfair & Computer/Electronics Swapmeet. Rickreall, Oregon at the Polk County Fairgrounds. http://www.w7sra.com .
March 2009. Mike & Key Swap Meet. Puyallup fairgrounds exhibition hall, Puyallup, WA. For information, contact mwdink@eskimo.com . http://www.mikeandkey.org/flea.htm .
April 2009. Communications Academy. Seattle, WA. http://www.commacademy.org
April 2009. Yakima Hamfest. Yakima, Washington. Selah Civic Center, 216 South 1st Street, Selah, WA. http://w7aq.org/
April 2009. Maple Ridge, ARC Swap Meet. 12460 Harris Road Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge B.C. Canada. http://www.ve7rmr.ca/
May 1-3, 2009. EMCOMMWEST®, Reno, Nevada. http://www.emcommwest.org/ (Tentative date - watch their webpage for updates)
May 2009. Orchard City ARC 5th Annual Spring Flea Market. Kelowna BC. Contact ve7mws@telus.net or gstrachan@telus.net for information. http://www.ocarc.ca/
May 9, 2009. Stanwood Camano Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) Hamfest, Stanwood Middle School, Stanwood, WA. Always the second Saturday in May. Contact Vic, N7KRE (360)387-7705). nwecop@tgi.net .
June 5-7, 2009. Sea-Pac Hamfest. Seaside Convention Center, Seaside, Oregon. This is an ARRL sanctioned event. ai9q@arrl.net . www.seapac.org/ .
July 17-19, 2009. Glacier Waterton International Peace Park Hamfest. This is an ARRL Sanctioned event. Glacier Meadows Campground, 13 miles west of East Glacier on MT Hwy 2. www.gwhamfest.org
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