2017 STONE MOUNTAIN HAMFEST & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR

2017 Stone Mountain Hamfest, Near Atlanta, Georgia.

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation, this year’s 49th Annual Stone Mountain Hamfest theme focus being Emergency Communication and Preparedness with a very heavy emphasis on ARES, CERT, and RACES groups as well as the radio communications with hospitals and other emergency support groups.

Topics of our forums are: Emergency Preparedness and Response, Emergency Communications, Digital Communications Methods and Practices, Hospital Emergency Operations, Packet, FLDigi, Winlink 2000/RMS Express, and NVIS Antennas, just to name a few.

Featured Speakers will be Michael Cory, KI1U, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager. As well as Bret Smith, W4HBS, Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator (ASEC) for Department of Human Resources/Public Health, Georgia Section ARES. Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, ARRL Director Southeastern Division.

Also, the Go-Box Competition is on Sunday, please have your members sign up and get more info at the below link. http://stonemountainhamfest.com/index.php/goboxcontestsignup/

Hamfest Info at http://stonemountainhamfest.com/