Saturday, March 26, 2022 Bell County Expo Center in Belton, Texas (301 West Loop 121) From Interstate 35 take Exit 292. About this event Saturday, March 26, 2022 Bell County Expo Center in Belton, Texas  (301 West Loop 121)  From Interstate 35 take Exit 292 to the Dome (1/4 mile west of I-35) Only 50 miles north of Austin Just 130 miles north of San Antonio 140 miles south of Dallas / Ft. Worth 165 miles northwest of Houston.

Approximately 80 percent of the population in Texas lives within 200 miles of HamEXPO! ATTENTION  --  HamEXPO! -- Your opportunity to sell product or distribute information to motivated buyers on a Saturday morning.  Most indoor spaces have free electricity. There are a limited number of spaces against the wall.  

ADMISSION FEE for the public is $5.00 per person at the door (children under 12 free). Includes one free raffle ticket (a $2.00 value).    

Loud Noise & Strobe Light Use  Due to complaints from HamEXPO participants of high noise levels in the exhibition hall, we request vendors and participants to not demonstrate or use devices that make loud noises such as sirens, bells, whistles and amplified speakers.  We also recommend that caution should be taken in the use of strobe lights.  Bright strobe lights are known to trigger seizures for some people.  

The HamEXPO staff requests your cooperation.    PRE-REGISTRATIONS are for PARKING LOT SELLERS, NON_COMMERCIAL SELLERS, or COMMERCIAL VENDORS.  The DEADLINE for pre-registering online is 1:00AM, Monday, March 21, 2022  

Reserve your space at HamEXPO! -- the Belton Hamfest -- today.  

CANCELLATIONS: Reservations canceled before Monday, March 21, 2022, will receive a full refund minus process refund fees. Reservations canceled on or after that date will receive a 50-percent refund minus refund fees.  Cancellations made on Friday March 25, or after will not be issued a refund. Notifications will be excepted by US Mail or Email. 

Questions?  Please e-mail hamexpo@tarc.org  

P.S. Check the HamEXPO! link at www.beltonhamexpo.org -- See you at Belton!   

PARKING LOT SELLERS  $5.00 DONATION is requested per seller, whether setting up Friday or Saturday. May pre-register. NOTE: Parking Lot is not an 'official' part of Ham Expo. Does not include inside admission.  Please park in the half of the parking lot that is closest to Loop 121. Please leave parking spaces close to the building for Ham Expo attendees.  

INSIDE NON-COMMERCIAL SELLERS  Inside Non-Commercial sellers: Set up on Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  Two choices:   (1) Indoor Vehicle Space (sell from your trailer, truck, etc.) $15.00 per each indoor vehicle space.  Tables are not included with vehicle space. If extra tables are available they may be rented for an additional $10 each. Best choice is to bring your own tables if you need them. Admission is included but no raffle ticket.  ** OR **  (2.) Indoor Non-Commercial Vendor Table, $15.00 each.  Admission is included but no raffle ticket.    Free electricity is available near most Non-commercial locations.  

FRIDAY is setup day for pre-registered non-commercial sellers from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  Building will be closed and locked after 9:00 p.m.   If you need to set up on Saturday morning, please arrive no later than 6:00 a.m. for setup if you need to bring a vehicle into the event building.  All  vehicle leaving the event building before the main entrance is opened to the public must exit prior to 6:45 a.m. 

If not pre-registered, Indoor Non-Commercial vehicle SPACES or table(s) if available may be bought at the door on Friday, 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. or Saturday morning, after 5:30 a.m. -- $10.00 each on a first come, first served basis.  Admission is included but no raffle ticket.  

Thanks!     

HamEXPO! -- the Belton Hamfest

HamEXPO! Schedule 

Friday, March 25, 2022 

12:00 PM—Tailgating allowed. 

12:00 PM - Commercial vendor setup begins. 

2:00 PM— Non-commercial vendor setup begins. 

9:00 PM—Indoor arena closed for evening.  

Saturday, March 26, 2022 

5:30 AM-6:30 AM—Vendor Setup. Vehicle Traffic Permitted. 

6:30 AM—Absolutely no vehicle traffic permitted after this time. 

7:00 AM—Doors open for general public. 

9:30 AM—VE Testing Begins. 

12:00 PM—Raffle drawings and closing. 

12:30 PM—Vehicle traffic permitted for vendors.

 The CDARC of Cleveland will be hosting a Yaesu System Fusion Digital Training event on February 5th at approximately 11:00 AM

The location will be at Agave Restaurant in Cleveland Tx. We can get in at 10:45 to start setting up.

Terry Holcomb Sr. KG5ENK, N5BSB, and maybe another surprise guest will be providing the training.

We will try to have a full line up of all the popular Yaesu digital radios. FT-1D, FT-2D, FT-3D, FT-5D,
Mobile radios, FTM-100, FTM-300, FTM-400
And FT-991A

We will have a working Wires-X node, and a pi-star access bridge. We will try to cover all the different ways to access the Wires-X network, rooms, repeaters etc.

The goal of this event is to help people understand in simple terms the hardware, and software and different terminologies used. We want to give people hands on access to the radios, this is a great way to make your buying decisions. We hope to answer as many questions as we can. We are by no means experts, and we don't know everything. We do however have a good deal of experience, and access to Yaesu technical staff if needed.
 

Here is an opportunity for code practice for the upcoming
Texas QSO Party using MorseRunner and RufzXP.

2022 CONTEST DATES

Saturday September 17:     9AM to 9PM CDT 

Sunday September 18:       9AM to 3PM CDT  

Saturday September 17:    1400Z to SEP 18 0200Z 

Sunday September 18:      1400Z to 2000Z

For more information, visit the Rules page.

2021 TQP IS COMING SOON
Time to make sure the mobile is ready for the road and to plan your route! As in the past, prepare your ROUTE in the form of a list of the counties you plan to visit and the day you will be there. It is important to include your operating mode (CWOnly, SSBOnly, MIXed). Route plans need not be detailed - all Chuck NO5W needs is a text file listing the operating mode with the counties you plan to be in and in the order you will pass through them if that is more convenient. The listings do not need crossing times, and in fact, these slow processing to strip them out.

If you are operating both days, there should be two lists, one list for each day. You can list the counties in an email if that is more convenient. If you are not operating as a rover, send Chuck an email with the county you will operate from and your call.

These are examples of the suggested (not required) formats for submissions.
Mobile operators:
NO5W/m(SAT-MIX)=Burnet,Llano,SanSaba,Lampasas,Mills,Hamilton
NO5W/m(SUN-MIX)=Brazoria,Matagorda,Jackson,Calhoun

Fixed operators:
K5OT(SAT-CWO)=Williamson
K5OT(SUN-CWO)=Williamson

Send the lists to routes@txqp.net. Click on the link, attach your list or lists, type a brief note to Chuck if you like, then click send. Simple and quick. Check back here in a few days to verify that your route has been received. To do so, visit 2021 Routes to verify that your route has been received.

If you have additional information such as a schedule of times when you expect to be in each county please do not include it in your lists. Send them to  logs@txqp.net or no5w.chuck@gmail.com as a separate document. This will be included as additional information on the routes page.

Please send your routes as EARLY as possible. Chuck needs time to process the lists, as well as prepare for the contest.

NOTE: Routes received during the final week before the contest (September 6 to September 11) may not get posted before the contest starts. This does not mean you cannot participate or affect your score. See below.

IMPORTANT: you do not have to submit a route in order to participate. Having your route listed is a service to help you make more contacts but is NOT a requirement to enter the contest. To participate in the contest, you must:

• get on the air and make contacts
• log contacts during the contest hours
• submit a log to the contest committee.

There are no fees or entry forms. Just get on the air and have a good time! 

Louisiana State Fairgrounds Agriculture Building: Site for the 2021Shreveport Hamfest

104 Degrees Outside, 65 Degrees Inside

The Shreveport Amateur Radio Association (SARA) is pleased to sponsor the 2021 Shreveport Hamfest. Browse the latest equipment from our featured vendors. Sell your used gear or find the perfect new or used equipment for your rig.

ADMISSION is $10.00. Raffle Tickets are $5.00 each or five for $20.00. 30 for $100. Parking is free. Easy access.

The Hamfest offers great main prizes:
1st Prize, $1250 at MTC or $1000 cash.
2nd Prize, $500 at MTC or $400 cash.
3rd Prize, $250 at MTC or $150 cash.
and numerous door prizes.

The 2021 ARRL Field day is always held the last weekend in June.  

If you are interested in more information on the 2021 Field Day please check out the ARRL website.

http://www.arrl.org/field-day

WE WILL BE DOING FIELD DAY AT WC BRITTON PARK.        

This year we will be running 4 stations.  We encourage everyone to come out and participate.  We we be following regular contest format.  We hope to showcase amateur radio to the community and expand the event to learning, education and just having fun. 

       -- If you would like to help, contact either Lamar, KC5AOI at 832-472-7474

           or Wes, W5WES at 832-205-5483. 

          We could always use help with set-up but plan to come out and operate with us.   

Save the date for the PARC Swapfest! Check back often for updates – more information about prizes, ticket sales, tailgate sales, food and activities for all ages will be posted as your Swapfest Committee gears up for this fun event.

Click here to purchase tickets to this event for chances to win PRIZES!

Grand Prize – Yaesu FT3DR!

Donated by AW Broadband.net

Additional prizes
Alinco DJ-MD5XT Handheld radio
TinySA Spectrum Analyzer
NanoVNA
PL-259’s sets
Powerpoles sets
Powerpole crimping tool

Use this link for directions https://goo.gl/maps/5pVkxoHUgr7kGDY8A

The Club wants to ensure the safety and health of all participants; to that end, we request abstaining if anyone in your party has interacted with anyone diagnosed with COVID, and/or has a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more. Masks will be required by all participants if COVID-19 Regulations still mandate (please abstain if this is inconvenient). There will be a limit on total number of participants in the Main Hall to assist with social distancing if COVID-19 Regulations still Mandate. As participants exit we will allow more to enter.

We will update this information as we progress near the actual Hamfest Dates, it is our hope and prayers to have a great and safe HamFest in these difficult times we are living with these days.

We look forward to seeing you and meeting you this summer,

73’s

Joe G    WA5OMB, TARS President

Tidelands Annual Hamfest

Speakers:

HVRA Auction:

Door Prizes:

Vendor Tables:

General Tables:

Download 2021 Hamfest Registration Form

Hours:  Saturday 9 AM — 4:30 PM,  Sunday 9 AM — 3 PM 

Welcome to the Parks on the Air ® (POTA) site for international portable amateur radio operations that promote emergency awareness and communications from national/federal and state/provincial level parks. are.

Next Sale 3-13-21 Rain or Shine

Starting in March MTC is doing a sidewalk sale every second Saturday. We plan on doing this in March, April and May From 7:00AM to Noon. It will be lots of fun. Get here early. If you have items to sell we will have free tailgating and you are more than welcome to Buy sell and trade right here for FREE!. Of course if you do not want to tailgate you already know that we will buy or trade for your Used Ham Gear and electronics.

There will be store wide discounts on new and used items. Bring Cash, Check, Credit cards, trade ins and get here for some once a month crazy deals. We will always have a special product or two that we will be blowing out at ridiculously low prices. 

We have limited tailgate spots available. You must call us to reserve. Without a reservation you may not be able to get a spot. We will tailgate behind the store, on the side and even out front.

Selling starts early at 7:00AM or before outside. The actual store will not open until 8:00AM. We close at 1:00 on Saturdays. Major Door prizes will be given away at 11:00 AM. No Purchase necessary to win.

Spend the morning in Paris. Next Sale March 13 . We cant wait to see you!

Watch the weather. This time of year you never know. If there is a chance of rain you are more than welcome to bring a canopy, tarps or anything else. The sale will still happen. Since this is not one of our big blowouts we will not have the tents set up with merchandise outside

Please keep in mind that this is not like our other events that we have had in the past. It is a tailgate sale. We will probably not have the stage, music, manufacturers and the big blowout that we have had at our annual events.

Not interested in buying and selling? It's OK. Bring a chair and just hang out a while and meet with others from the area.

While you are here in Paris please feel free to use  KI5DX 444.475 repeater. It is analog and C4FM and is also connected to WiresX and Echolink.

We do have a few Rules

1. Have Fun.

2. Please leave parking around the Pizza Place next door open during their business hours. They open at 10:00AM

3. If possible, park across the street in the big parking lot to allow room for the tailgaters and folks that that need to park close.

4. Keep in mind our store is pretty small. Please use common sense and not pack the store with dozens of folks at one time. There will be plenty of time for people to come in and look around.

5. Masks, If you want to wear one , please do. If you don't want to wear one, please don't. Just be safe, respectful of others and use common sense.

6. Please take pictures, tell your friends, check in and post on social media. Help us spread the word. #MTCtailgate #MTCradio

 "on-demand" until April 12, 2021
​Early Bird Ticket Sales begin January 4, 2021

  Our first QSO Today Expo was a great success with over 16,000 attendees!  We’re working hard to make our upcoming Expo even better with new speakers, panel discussions, kit building workshops, easy-to-use video technology to meet with exhibitors, and much more.  There’s no need to travel - anybody can participate in this groundbreaking, amateur radio Expo built on a virtual reality platform. 

 ​Attendees have the opportunity to:  

• Listen to and engage with 60+ internationally recognized ham radio luminaries that have committed to lead Expo sessions.   For the list of speakers and speaker topic, click here
• Take part in Live virtual kit building workshops.  Kits will be available for purchase and delivered to you in time for the Expo so you can participate and build from the convenience of your home.
• Walk through our virtual exhibit hall filled with popular amateur radio suppliers. Watch new product demos and interact directly with booth staff.  At this Expo we’ll introduce new video technology to enable a better experience when engaging with exhibitors.​
• Return over the next 30 days to listen to speakers you missed during the Live period, explore, and re-engage exhibitor offerings.