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: Featured Speakers will be Michael Cory, KI1U, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager. James Lea, WX4TV What to Bring to a Disaster, Go-Kits, antenna options & power. Digital Emergency Packet, FLDigi, Winlink 2000/RMS Express, NBEMS What To Bring To A Disaster, John Davis WB$QDX. Solar Panels, Batteries and Emergency Power, Grace Lea, KM4TXT ARES/RACES and the NVIS Antenna Amateur Radio Volunteers in Puerto Rico. Issues, Facts, and First Hand Findings. 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/
I like the Emergency Preparedness angle.... Will not be able to make it on Saturday, hopefully there are some deals on Sunday.