Alford Memorial Radio Club Announces Annual “Hamfest” Stone Mountain, GA, November 5 & 6, 2016

Alford Memorial Radio Club Announces Annual “Hamfest” Stone Mountain, GA,
November 5 & 6, 2016

The Alford Memorial Radio Club announces that the annual Stone Mountain Hamfest will be held Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6.
http://stonemountainhamfest.com/

Visit our website for more information.
Among those exhibitors expected to be at the 2016 Stone Mountain Hamfest are:

• Ham Radio Outlet
• Icom America
• JMR Sales
• Kenwood USA
• MFJ Enterprises
• Radio Wavz
• Sew Whatever
• The Sign Man of Baton Rouge
• The WireMan Inc.
• Tower Electronics
• Two Way Digital Radio
• TN07 Engineering
• HTF-The Survival Store
• TRUPREP

 

http://mikelee911.com/wordpress/2016/09/03/emcomm-1-tour-schedule/
With sponsorship from ICOM America, EMCOMM-1 will be touring various locations during the months of October and November 2016 in order to educate public safety and public service organizations on the value of InterOperability.
ECOMM-1 will be at the Stone Mountain Hamfest Nov 5th & 6th
http://stonemountainhamfest.com/index.php/exhibitors/
http://stonemountainhamfest.com/index.php/speakersforums/
Look at the website for more information.

 

I will be speaking there! My topic will be "Keeping the AMATEUR in Amateur Radio." Jim Massara will be hosting me. Thanks Jim!

 

We’re proud to have Eric Nichols, KL7AJ speaking in our forums as well as having a booth at the 2016 Stone Mountain Hamfest.

Exhibitors will be at the 2016 Stone Mountain Hamfest are:

· Batteries America
· Ham Radio Outlet
· Ham World, Inc
· Homecraft Gutter Protection
· HTF – The Survival Store
· Icom America
· JMR Sales
· Kenwood USA
· MFJ Enterprises
· Radio Wavz
· Renewal by Andersen
· Ring & Things
· RT Systems
· Sew Whatever
· The Sign Man of Baton Rouge
· The WireMan Inc.
· Tower Electronics
· TruPrep
· Two Way Digital Radio
· TN07 Engineering
· VIS

Saturday Forums

9:00AM Forum Room Georgia ARES Mission, When Disaster Strikes Dave Benoist/AG4ZR
10:00AM Forum Room EME Earth-Moon-Earth Communication
Ray Rector/WA4NJP
11:00AM Forum Room ARRL Activities In The Southeastern Division Dr. Eugene Clark/W4AYK
12:00PM Forum Room Keep The Amateur In Amateur Radio Eric Nichols/KL7AJ
12:00PM VE Testing Area YLs in Ham Radio – Then and Now Catherine Andrews/AC4YL
1:00PM Forum Room DMR Digital Mobile Radio Tom Powers/W8RED
1:00PM VE Testing Area National Parks On The Air Margie Spangenberg/KK4AGN
2:00PM Forum Room Vintage Radio Restoration And Renovation Dr. Gary Bush/W6GB
2:00PM VE Testing Area YL Ham Radio Operating Hints and FAQs Catherine Andrews/AC4YL
3:00PM Forum Room D-Star Innovations And Multi-Mode Devices John Davis/WB4QDX
3:00PM VE Testing Area Building a 6 Meter Hex Beam Bill Hawkins/WR1TR

Sunday Forums
9:00AM Forum Room Lightening Protection And Grounding Greg Abernathy/AI4UD
10:00AM Forum Room The Digital Mode FLDigi
All attendees will be entered into a drawing for a SignaLink USB (you must be present at the forum to win!) Dave Freese/W1HKJ
11:00AM Forum Room via SKYPE Gordon’s Way To Inspire The Ham Radio World Gordon West/WB6NOA

On-going Outside Activities on both Saturday and Sunday
In the area directly in front of the Main Exhibit Hall

1. EMCOMM-1 Vehicle, State of Florida — Michael Lee/AA6ML
Loaded with 29 Radios, Pull-Behind Generator, Crank-up Mast, and Hex-Beam
2. AMSAT – Dr. John Kludt/K4SQC
The Stone Mountain HamFest AMSAT Challenge
3. Gwinnett ARES Trailer

http://stonemountainhamfest.com/

 

Just look at the pictures of all that attended. Great Hamfest https://www.facebook.com/2016stonemountainhamfest/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED