Alabama 2006 Hamfest, Archived

 

 

Archived

 

All 2006 Alabama Hamfest

 

 

****** JANUARY 7, 2006  ******

 

Blount County  Freezefest

 

Blount County Amateur Radio Club - Blount County, Alabama

8AM til ?

at Summit High School (Old Rock School)
2 miles north of Hwy 278 (Rainbow Crossing) on Hwy 231 North

additional information:

http://cvhamradio.org/index.htm

 

 

 

****** JANUARY 28, 2006 ******

 

GREENVILLE, ALABAMA

COME ON DOWN

(or up or over) 

 

BUTLER COUNTY RACES 

PRESENTS

HAMFEST ‘06’

JANUARY 28, 2006

AT THE

BUTLER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

 

1 MILE EAST OF I-65 ON ALA 10  ON THE RIGHT

 

HOURS 8 AM UNTIL

 

VEC TESTING ON SITE STARTING AT 9 AM

 

FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SITE.

 

ADMISSION $3

 

TABLES: $10  ONE ADMISSION PER TABLE.

 

TAILGATING $5 PER SPACE

 

SETUP FRIDAY 5 P.M. TILL 8 P.M.

 

SATURDAY AT 6:30 A.M.

 

CALL JERRY McCULLOUGH  334-382-7644 OR 334-301-5007

OR E-MAIL KE4ERO@GREENLYNK.COM

 

TALK-IN  146.88

 

BACK AT THE OLD SITE WITH HEAT!!

 

 

****** April 15th 2006 ******

 

Turkey Heaven Mountain Repeater Association
Swap Fest
 
April 15th, 2006
 
8:AM til 12:00 PM Saturday Morning
 
Location:
 
Trickum Valley  Recreation Center.
 15 miles east of Heflin, Alabama on HWY 46
 6 Miles west of Ranburne Alabama on HWY 46
 
There will be a sign on the HWY to point the way
 
Free to sell, free to get in.  It only cost money to buy.
 
There will be some junk and there will be some treasures and who knows what
A great time for eyeball QSO and face to face ragchew
  
Gordon McKinney
gmckinney@mindspring.com

 

 

****** April 22 & 23 2006 ******

 

Mobile Amateur Radio Clubs 2006

Amateur Radio Hamfest & Computer Show

 

April 22 & 23 2006

Saturday 8AM to 3PM

Sunday 8AM to 1PM

Main Drawing at 1PM

 

Setup on Friday the 21st. 3 PM to 6pm and Saturday 7AM to 8AM

 

Prizes , vendors, flea market, All lic. testing , 200+ tables, Estates sales, tail gate, great food!

 

Location: Elk's Lodge

2671 Dauphin Island Parkway

(HWY 163 south) South of I-10

about 2 miles on left

Mobile, Alabama

 

Talk-in: 146.820 Repeater 203,5Hz Tone

 

Tables

$20.00 for 1st

$10.00 for each additional

 

Hamfest Chairman:

L.J. Early WB4YOR

ph# 251 391 0600

wb4yor@comcast.net

 

Assistant Chairman:

Danny Carpenter N4UXY

ph# 251 554 8626

n4uxy@comcast.net /Subject : MARCFEST06

 

 additional information

 

 

 ****** May 6-7 2006 ******

Birminghamfest

 

 

Birmingham Amateur Radio Club

will host the

Alabama State Convention

Birminghamfest

http://www.w4cue.com

Location:

Birmingham/Irondale, AL
Zamora Temple
3521 Ratliff Road

 

Talk-In: 146.880

 

Contact:

Glenn Glass, KE4YZK
PO Box 603
Birmingham, AL 35201
Phone: 205-681-5019
Email: ke4yzk@myway.com
 

 

****** May 13th 2006 ******

 

THE FIFTH ANNUAL
( JEAROLD HORTON )
W4JPH
NORTH EAST ALABAMA SIX METER NET
Amateur Radio Tailgate Party

 

Date:    SATURDAY MAY 13th 2006
Time:   9:00 AM CDST  until ?
Place:  Nixons Chapel volunteer fire dept. in Nixons Chapel Alabama. 

Contact: The six meter net on 50.150 MHz
Tailgate committee:  STAN W4SRG
There will be Coffee, Soda and  Hot Dogs for those of you who may want to snack.
Admission FREE  [There will be a place for donations for the volunteer fire dept. for the use of their facilities.]

There will be a sign in sheet inside the fire hall, if you will please sign in so we can get a count of attendance.

This is a real tailgate party. Bring your own tailgate, there are no Fees, tables, prizes, or paid venders, 'EVERYONE IS WELCOME'
so bring what you have for sell ,swap, trade or just visit.

Directions: To the Tailgate Party

Directions from Guntersville, Al & Hwy. 278.

Take Hwy. 79S from Guntersville, go 10 miles to the Minnow Ponds
which will be on your left.  Turn left (East) on Cox Gap Rd., and
go to Stop sign at top of Mt.
Turn right, go to Stop sign, the Volunteer Fire Dept. will be
to your right about 200 Yds.

Or if you are using Hwy. 231 from the north or south.

Turn east on Hwy. 278 then, from Hwy. 278, North on Hwy. 79 about 7 miles,
when you see the Marshall County line, turn right on next road (Cox Gap Rd) Go to top of Mt.
turn right, go to Stop sign, turn right, Fire Dept. is on your left
200 yds away.

If you have GPS Nixons Chapel Alabama is at the following coordinates.
34 degrees 12 minuets 13 seconds  N
086 degrees 23 minuets 04 seconds  W

talk-in frequency:  the K4WWN Repeater 145.170 , minus offset, No pl tone, over looking Guntersville Alabama.  

for map and additional information

 

****** June 10th 2006 ******

 

The DeKalb County Amateur Radio Club

Presents

Our Sixth Annual Tailgate Outing

 

WHEN: Saturday, June 10th, 2006 • 8am - 1pm

 

WHERE: Fort Payne, Alabama

VFW Fair Grounds

18th Street North

Just off I-59, Exit 222

 

Admission:

$3.00 per person

$5.00 per vendor

 

• Site is outside under covered shed

 

• Talk in 147.270 100Hz + offset

• VE Testing at 11am

 

• Plenty of public parking available

• For additional information contact: Barbara, KI4EXS  at silentspring42@earthlink.net 

 

for additional information

 

 

 

****** August 19-20 2006 ******

 

Huntsville Hamfest

The third full weekend in August, the place to be for hams in the Southeastern U. S. is Huntsville, Alabama's Von Braun Center - 700 Monroe Street SW. The site of one of the best hamfests in the USA.

 

For Dealer Show Inquiries, write to Charlie Emerson, N4OKL, 8003 Craigmont Rd. S.W., Huntsville, AL 35802
Phone 256-882-9137
charlieemerson@hamfest.org
 

Admission: is $6.00, Under 12 free.

Hamfest Hours: The hamfest will be open to the public from 9:00 to 4:30 PM on Saturday and 9:00 to 2:30 PM on Sunday. Grand prize drawing will be 4:00 PM on Saturday and 2:00 PM on Sunday.
Move-in hours for dealers and flea market are from 10 AM to 9 PM on Friday and 7AM to 9 AM on Saturday.

 

Joel Harrison, W5ZN, the new ARRL President will be a special guest at the 2006 Huntsville Fest

 

2006 forum provisional listing

(Additional forums will be added as they are identified)

 

 

for more information

 

 

 

****** September 9 2006 ******

 
CALHOUN COUNTY HAMFEST
September 9th 2006 – 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Friendship Community Center, Oxford Alabama
 
ADMISSION $5.00 CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE !
TABLES: $5.00/1 $8.00/2 OR MORE
$3.00 FOR TAILGATES
SETUP: FRI 6-8 PM, SAT. 7 AM
9:30 AM:  VEC LICENSE TESTING A.R.R.L. TEST SESSION

APRS BEACON ON SITE ! FOOD: HAMBURGERS – HOT DOGS - BBQ

RAFFLE FOR DOOR PRIZES THROUGHOUT THE DAY !
 
SPONSORS INCLUDE  :
SONNY’S REAL PIT BBQ I.H.O.P. 
ZAXBY’S RESTAURANT  HRO (Ham Radio Outlet) 
WAFFLE HOUSE JOHNNY’S RADIO SHOP (N4UQB)
GRAND PRIZE DRAWING: 2:30 pm 
 
DIRECTIONS: I-20 TO EXIT 188
THEN SOUTH TO FRIENDSHIP ROAD.
Friendship Community Center across intersection on right.

TALK IN: 147.090 + OFFSET, 131.8 TONE

147.040+ 131.8 CCERC CLUB RPTR.

CONTACTS

AG4AC-KEITH ag4ac@ragland.net

KA5EXI – MIKE mlg1060@bellsouth.net

WA4KXX – BOB C3controls1@cs.com

E-MAIL:  WX4O@ARRL.NET FOR RESERVATIONS
AND ADDITIONAL INFO

 

 

****** October 7, 2006 ******

2nd Annual Fayette Amateur Radio Tailgate

Guthrie Smith Park

Fayette, Alabama

Just Off Of US 43 North Of Town

Next To Richard Authur Field (Fayette Airport)

Turn In Next To Mike Freeman Chevorlet

(Watch For Signs)

Saturday, October 7, 2006

9:00am until Everybody Is Ready To Go Home

Live Entertainment

Great Food - Hamburgers And BBQ With All The Fixins

Banana Pudin And Other Great Desserts

(Please Give A Donation)

Buy, Sell Or Trade Your Used Radio Gear

Or Anything Of Value

V.E.'s On Site For Anyone Wanting To Take The Technician Or General Class Test

At 9:00am

We Will Be Selling Chances On An I-Com V-8000 2meter Radio

($1.00 Per Chance)

Talk-In on 147.200 mhz With A + Offset

(No Tone)

With KI4IKM - David Bash

Drive In, Walk In, Fly In, Just Come on In

 

 

****** November 11 2006 ******

Hamfest and Computer Show
Montgomery ARC

 

Garrett Coliseum

Montgomery, AL

 

http://w4ap.org

 

 

 


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