You could certainly start here: http://www.arrl.org/hamfests-and-conventions-calendar But good luck - it's likely going to be a pretty long time before ham fests as we knew them are back. Outdoor parking lots / tail-gate fests maybe.... but for the foreseeable future, I'm pretty sure the days of packing thousands of hams inches apart, crammed into crowded isles are over. Dave W7UUU
That statement does not bode well for Dayton. Still scheduled for 6 months away. Lets hope. I'm going through hamfest withdrawal. Graham Ve3gcx
I think we all have to worry about the next 3 months and the holidays before we can start thinking about hamfest. Breathing is more important to me than a hamfest/ in the mean time I've been making lots of contacts on the air.
You're really hoping to cram in face-to-face, inches from thousands of other hams in tight isles in a hot sweaty room for days? Are you really thinking venues by Spring will be willing to take on this liability and responsibility? I don't see that happening - but totally understand others may have other views. Dave W7UUU
Realistically, No!. Nor would I fault, any organization that decided to play it safe. That said, I still miss hamfests and hope for their return. Hamvention and NEARFest are the 2 biggies that I travel to the US for. Right now I know of only person that crosses the border right now, he owns the family farm in MA and needs to check on it, but lives in Canada and has both US and Canadian Passports so gets through border checks on "citizen returning home". The price though, is enforced 2 weeks of home quarantine when returning to Canada. Our federal government does check that the quarantine is observed. With respect to Dayton The conferences have ample empty spaces and the inside commercial vendors I will visit them Thursday or Sunday morning before the herd arrives and after it departs. The outside usually has plenty of space. This virus is not going away anytime soon. According to that which I have read in The Economist Magazine, clinically confirmed, second infections of people that have already had and recovered from Covid-19, have occurred. This would lead me to believe the antibodies generated do not last long or the virus mutates rapidly. Hence a vaccine's effects would also be short term. Graham Ve3gcx
They are planning on having the Orlando Hamvention 2-11-2021 to 2-14-2021 I'm on their web page.... I'm planning on driving down,and maybe driving to Miami, and Key West. It all depends on the virus and other stuff. I flew to Orlando in 2016,and then drove to Key West and back up to Miami for their ham convention.then back to Orlando found some time to do some metal detecting on the beach I would almost like to spend a 1-3 months,just metal detecting up and down the 30 miles plus beach,that they have .Would also like to do the same in Hawaii
