Saturday, Oct. 23rd is the Harrisburg Radio Amateur Club Oktoberfest HAMFEST
7 am to 11 am. Flea market and electronics tailgate. Vietnam Veterans of America 8000 Derry Street Harrisburg, PA.
$5 admission per person. See the flyer: http://www.w3uu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Oktoberfest2021.pdf
or visit http://www.w3uu.org/oktoberfest/
SINKING SPRING, PA (Reading area) – Reading Radio Club Hamfest
Heritage Park, Sinking Spring, PA. West on 422 at Rt. 724, after one mile left on Park Ave ( just past the Sunoco station on the right); Park Ave 0.3 miles to dead end, left onto Clematis St. 0.2 miles to the entrance to Heritage Park. Look for signs.
GPS: N 40 deg 19.320 min W 076 deg 01.950 min
Closest home to Heritage Park entrance: (992 Clematis Street, Sinking Spring, PA 19608)
Website: http://readingradioclub.org
Sponsor: Reading Radio Club, Inc.
Type: ARRL Sponsored Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.91/.31 tone 131.8
Opens: 8 a.m., Vendors 7 a.m. (Ticket prizes awarded at intervals)
COST: $ 5 entrance fee or $ 8 tailgate fee for sellers (per space)
NO ENTRANCE FEE for: those taking license exams, Amateurs under 18 years of age, unlicensed spouses, and children under 18 years old.
Handicap Accessible Rest room facilities and refreshments available inside Freight Station
Test Bench with limited AC power and HF antenna provided near Freight Station
ARRL VE License Testing at 8:30 am (inside Freight Station)
Cost $ 15 (we prefer check written to ARRL/VEC). Exact cash payment is also acceptable.
Please bring one form of ID. (A copy of your license or CSCE is sufficient) You must provide an e-mail address and FRN number.
Here is a list of hamfests for 2021, compliments of the ARRL EPA Section Manager, George, W3GWM:
07/03/2021 – Firecracker Hamfest, ARRL Pennsylvania State Convention
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club
Website: http://www.W3uu.org
07/04/2021 – Murgas ARC Hamfest and Computerfest
Location: Plains, PA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Murgas ARC
Website: http://hamfest.murgasarc.org
07/17/2021 – Valley Forge Hamfest
Location: Phoenixville, PA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://marc-radio.org/hamfest2.htm
07/31/2021 – CVARC 2021 Hamfest
Location: Chambersburg, PA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Cumberland Valley Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://w3ach.org
08/07/2021 – Reading Radio Club Hamfest
Location: Sinking Spring, PA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Reading Radio Club, Inc.
Website: http://www.qsl.net/w3bn/
10/02/2021 – Red Rose Repeater Association Hamfest
Location: New Holland, PA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: N/A
Website: http://w3rrr.org
* More Hamfests may be added to the calendar later.
** Contingent on Covid-19 restrictions
The Harrisburg Radio Amateurs’ Club (HRAC) presents WINTERFEST, a Harrisburg Hamfest on Sat., Jan. 11, 2020 from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Get the flyer: http://www.w3uu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Winterfest-2020-Flyer.pdf
Location: Vietnam Veterans of America, 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg, PA 17111.
Talk-in 146.76 (PL 100 Hz)
Admission $5.00 per person. First table free. Additional table $5.00 each.
DXCC/WAS/VUCC QSL Card checking on site.
Amateur radio testing at 9:00 am (Must pre-register – http://www.w3uu.org/license-exams/)
The summer is the hottest time for Hamfests with 4 regional events on 7/6, 7/7, 7/13, and 8/3. Here’s the list:
Saturday, July 6th 2019
Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club Firecracker Hamfest & EPA Convention
Shumaker Public Safety Center, 3599 Industrial Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17101
http://www.w3uu.org
Sunday, July 7th
Murgas Amateur Radio Club
Polish American Veterans Club
2 South Oak St., Plains, PA
http://hamfest.murgasarc.org
Saturday, July 13th
Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio Club (PAARC will have a table for members to sell their stuff)
Kimberton Fire Co. Fairgrounds
762 Pike Springs Rd., Phoenixville, PA 19460
http://marc-radio.org/
Saturday, August 3rd
Reading Radio Club
Heritage Park, Sinking Spring, PA 19608
992 Clematis Street (GPS)
Park Entrance – Sinking Spring, PA
http://readingradioclub.org