Muscatine Amateur Radio Club - Southeast Iowa Hamfest

Southeast Iowa Hamfest

34th Annual

ARRL Iowa Section Convention

and...

Hamfest Coordinator:

C Scott Richardson - NØMRZ

1109 1st Avenue

Muscatine, Iowa 52761

Ph: 563-506-0304

Sunday, October 7, 2018

ARRL Iowa Section Convention

SOUTHEAST IOWA HAMFEST

Doors Open at 7:00am All Wristbands are $8.00

Hours: 7:00am to 2:00pm

Indoor Tables are $10 each (All include electricity)

$5.00 each for returning commercial vendors,

or new commercial vendors if paid prior to Sept 1, 2019

Outside area is FREE!

Muscatine County Fairgrounds

1Ø1 N. Clay Street | West Liberty, Iowa

Indoor / Outdoor Flea Market / Commercial Vendors

Seminars / Licence Testing (walk-in) / QSL Card Checking

Talk in Repeaters:

146.910- with 192.8 Hz CTCSS & 147.760- with No Tone

For more information go to:

www.WAARC.net/hamfest.html

Muscatine County Mobile EOC Trailer

Drone video from 2017 SE Iowa Hamfest By K9ZK

Schedule of Events:

7:00am - Doors Open to the Public

Admission is $8.00 per head at the gate - Tailgaters open for business! Get your goodies!

8:00am - Seminar - Emergency Communications by Lee Garner / WAØUIG - Ia State Traffic Coordinator

Held in the Floral Building. Find out how you can get involved in public service communications and make a difference in times of disaster. Work with your local government and non-government agencies providing emergency communications and providing piece of minds to your neighbors when they are in their time of need.

9:00am - ARRL Iowa Section Convention

Held in the Floral Building. More information coming soon!

9:30am - VE Sign In for Testing Session - Contact: Jerry - KCØWWV - 563-607-0793

10:00am - License Test Session- Contact: Jerry - KCØWWV - 563-607-0793

Testing to be held in the Midway Pavillion. Information coming soon

11:00pm - Seminar - DMR - Digital Mobile Radio by Iowa DMR Users Group 3119

Seminar to be held in the Floral Building. Everything DMR. Learn more about what is spreading across the state of Iowa like wild-fire! See live demonstrations and programming tips.

1:00pm - Seminar - HF Digital Communications by TBA

Seminar to be held in the Floral Building. Using FLdigi and multiple modes. Learn about its practical uses in everyday QSOs, Contesting, and Emergency Communications. Discover just how easy it is to setup and to operate. See a live demonstartion in the mobile EOC trailer.

2:00pm - Close of event - Final Drawings