Melbourne Hamfest – October 21st and 22nd, 2016

NOTE: POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 21/22

We are just one week away from the Melbourne Hamfest and ARRL Florida State convention. The Hamfest will be open Friday Oct. 7th from 1PM until 7PM and Saturday Oct. 8th from 9AM until 3PM. The location is the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E Hibiscus Blvd, Melbourne, FL.  If you have not purchased your Swap Table, there are still a few in both the main room and some in the side rooms. In addition we will have our large Tailgate area open by 10AM on Friday.

We have listed all the forums, times and locations on our website. Norm Fusaro W3IZ will be coming from League Headquarters to present the ARRL Forum. He will be discussing the Logbook Of The World (LOTW) and can answer questions you may have about the LOTW program and the ARRL in general. Don’t forget to come by the ARRL Table and meet Norm.  In addition, Fridaywill have forums by  QCWA, AMSAT and High Speed MESH Networking.  The ARRL QSL Card checkers will be at the ARRL table so bring your cards and get your credit for those QSL cards.  Click here for the Melbourne Hamfest Website.

On Saturday morning AMATEUR LICENSE EXAMS will be given in the Fee Avenue Library building only 600 feet behind the Auditorium. Testing will start at 9AM.  It is an easy walk from the Auditorium. Be sure to pre-register before the Hamfest if you plan to take any of the License Tests. Click here for information about the testing and pre-registering.

If you have some equipment to sell and don’t want to rent a table, we offer a Consignment Table where you can bring your equipment and PCARS Members will sell your items while you enjoy the Hamfest. Click here for the form to fill out to describe your equipment and the price.

As in the past, we will have drawings hourly for nice Door Prizes. You must claim the hourly prize within the hour. The Main Prizes will be given away between 2:30pm and 3pm on Saturday. Click here for a list of the main prizes and donors for hourly prizes.

We hope to see you at the 2016 Melbourne Hamfest and ARRL Florida State Convention.

Don Winn  AF4Z
Hamfest Chairman