Saratoga County NY {Ballston Spa} Hamfest Sunday Sept. 11, 2016 http://www.k2dll.org/ A few changes from last year. Saratoga County Amateur Radio Association presents our 31st annual HAMFEST 2016 Sunday, September 11th; Gates open at 7:00 am Saratoga County Fair Grounds, 162 Prospect St, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 Only $6 per person includes hourly door prize drawing, plus 8'x8' "tailgate" space • Under-cover tables available for $10 each • Reservations and prepay welcome and encouraged MAKE IT A HAM’S DREAM WEEKEND – 2 HAMFESTS! BRING YOUR TICKET STUB FROM BOXBORO {ON SATURDAY} AND GET INTO OUR FEST FOR HALF PRICE !! -- ONLY $3 !! • Delicious Food served all day • More major prizes; more hourly prizes • Hourly demonstrations: What’s hot in ham radio now? • VE exam to be held at 9:00am (off site) Cornell Co-Op Ext. (Solar Bldg); 50 W. High St / Rt 67 west Ballston Spa, NY 12020 • Lots of gear and accessories to haggle over • Fox-hunt on the fairground property For Information or reservations contact: Jim Polewczak - KG2H 231 Northline Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Email: kg2h@arrl.net Phone: 518-703-9558 Directions: Talk-In • I-87 to Exit 12 • West on Rt 67 to Ballston Spa K2DLL Repeater System – • At intersection of Rts 50 & 67, follow 50 North; look for HAMFEST signs 147.000 or 147.240 • In village, turn left at Citgo station on PL = 91.5 Hz. Prospect Street; up hill on left ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We continue to contact more suppliers who offer us raffle prizes, so here’s another update! My Radio Oasis – G5RV antenna RF Adapter Guy – gift certificate Ham Call/Buckmaster – Ham Call CD Hy-Gain – raffle prize Diamond Antennas – raffle prize True Ladderline – raffle prize In addition, we expect vendor K1CRA Radio to attend, offering antennas, connectors, adapters, and other accessories. http://www.k2dll.org/hamfest/hamfest-2016-raffle-prize-update/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW for 2016 SARATOGA HAMFEST – HOT NEW “BUCKET PRIZES” FROM GIGAPARTS! LDG-AT-200PROII Automatic Antenna Tuner, 200Watts, 1.8 to 54 MHz, 2000 memories - Gigaparts reg. price - $239 IcomIC-2730A Deluxe Dual-band Mobile VHF/UHF Radio, 50-watts, Simultaneous Receive, Includes Remote Head Bracket - Gigaparts reg. price - $ 354 YaesuFT-2DR C4FM/FM 144/430 MHz Dual Band, 5-watt, Digital HT; System Fusion compatible; AMS (Automatic Mode Select) instantly recognizes either analog or digital FM signals - Gigaparts reg. price - $ 399 RigExpertAA-170 Graphical HF/VHF Antenna Analyzer, 0.1 to 170MHz, Connects to PC - Gigaparts reg. price - $ 394 Your $5 Bucket Prize ticket(s) could win you one of these fine pieces of ham gear. Increase your odds with additional tickets at 3 for $10. Prize drawings at 1 pm. You NEED NOT be present to win. PLUS – Hourly presentations/demonstrations of new, fun aspects of ham radio including Arduino, Raspberry Pi Projects – and beyond Remote operation of your home station Olympics of Antenna Launcher Devices Foxhunt on the Fairgrounds Intro to ARES, RACES, and EMCOMM More to come. DON’T MISS IT! SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11. BE THERE!
Hope that many folks are able to attend. Saratoga County Amateur Radio Association presents our 31st annual HAMFEST 2016 Sunday, September 11th; Gates open at 7:00 am Saratoga County Fair Grounds, 162 Prospect St, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 Only $6 per person includes hourly door prize drawing, plus 8'x8' "tailgate" space MAKE IT A HAM’S DREAM WEEKEND – 2 HAMFESTS! BRING YOUR TICKET STUB FROM BOXBORO ON SATURDAY AND GET INTO OUR FEST FOR HALF PRICE !! -- ONLY $3 !! • Delicious Food served all day • More major prizes; more hourly prizes • Hourly demonstrations: What’s hot in ham radio now? • VE exam to be held at 9:00am (off site) Cornell Co-Op Ext. (Solar Bldg); 50 W. High St / Rt 67 west Ballston Spa, NY 12020 • Lots of gear and accessories to haggle over • Fox-hunt on the fairground property • Under-cover tables available for $10 each • Reservations and prepay welcome and encouraged Directions: • I-87 to Exit 12 • West on Rt 67 to Ballston Spa – • At intersection of Rts 50 & 67, follow 50 North; look for HAMFEST signs • In village, turn left at Citgo station on Prospect Street; up hill on left For more Information or reservations contact: Jim Polewczak - KG2H 231 Northline Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Email: kg2h@arrl.net Phone: 518-703-9558 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hamfest 2016 July 24, 2016 Leave a comment Saratoga County Amateur Radio Association presents our 31st annual HAMFEST 2016 Sunday, September 11th; Gates open at 7:00 am Saratoga County Fair Grounds, 162 Prospect St, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 Only $6 per person includes hourly door prize drawing, plus 8’x8′ “tailgate” space MAKE IT A HAM’S DREAM WEEKEND – 2 HAMFESTS! BRING YOUR TICKET STUB FROM BOXBORO ON SATURDAY AND GET INTO OUR FEST FOR HALF PRICE !! ONLY $3 !! Delicious Food served all day More major prizes; more hourly prizes Hourly demonstrations: What’s hot in ham radio now? VE exam to be held at 9:00am (off site) Cornell Co-Op Ext. (Solar Bldg) 50 W. High St / Rt 67 west Ballston Spa, NY 12020 Lots of gear and accessories to haggle over Fox-hunt on the fairground property Under-cover tables available for $10 each Reservations and prepay welcome and encouraged Directions I-87 to Exit 12 West on Rt 67 to Ballston Spa At intersection of Rts 50 & 67, follow 50 North; look for HAMFEST signs In village, turn left at Citgo station Prospect Street; up hill on left Talk-In K2DLL Repeater System 147.000 Mhz, PL 91.5 Hz or 147.240 Mhz, PL 91.5 Hz For information or reservations contact: Jim Polewczak – KG2H 231 Northline Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Email: kg2h@arrl.net Phone: 518-703-9558 If you would like to help us out by distributing some flyers, a PDF document of the Saratoga County Amateur Radio Association HAMFEST 2016 Poster is available. Please tell your friends and post where appropriate Thank you for your assistance! While we were challenged by the date change for Boxboro hamfest to be in conflict with ours, we are making the best of it! Get out and enjoy your weekend, by making it a twofer, Boxboro on Saturday, Ballston Spa on Sunday! You never know where you will find the best deals!
We continue to contact more suppliers who offer us raffle prizes, so here’s another update! My Radio Oasis – G5RV antenna RF Adapter Guy – gift certificate Ham Call/Buckmaster – Ham Call CD Hy-Gain – raffle prize Diamond Antennas – raffle prize True Ladderline – raffle prize In addition, we expect vendor K1CRA Radio to attend, offering antennas, connectors, adapters, and other accessories. http://www.k2dll.org/hamfest/hamfest-2016-raffle-prize-update/
