2008 Events
A listing of the ARRL-sanctioned and other major
events for 2008
Remember to verify date & details as the
event approaches!
Please send additions and corrections to
n6tw@arrl.net
Credit for this list goes to the Western Amateur Radio Friendship
Association.
For additional information see the web-site at http://www.warfa.org
Swap Meets
Most of reporting clubs, etc have not posted for the year 2008.
If you have a swap meet that is not listed, please e-mail your
information to w0qni@juno.com and we will see that it is posted to this
list.
This list may be printed out, (since it is not copywrited) but please if
you use it, give credit to the Western Amateur Radio Friendship
Assocation. For additional information, go to our web site at
http://www.warfa.org
The list has swaps meets, ARRL division and section meetings in the
following states and canada: AZ, BC, CA, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, AND
WA.
At the bottom of this list are monthy swap meets and on air swaps in the
Western U.S. that we know about. This list has been compiled
from many
sources, e-mail, web sites and word of mouth. We want to thank all who
have contributed to this list. without them, it would not be possible.
Events
FEB 4: Sun City, AZ Annual Equipment Auction. West Valley Amateur Radio Club
FEB 15/16: Yuma, AZ Yuma Hamfest & Electronics Expo
FEB 16: Rickreall, OR Salem Hamfair. Salem Repeater Association
FEB 23/24: Monterey, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section Convention (RadioFest 2008
FEB 4. Sun City, AZ Annual Equipment Auction. West Valley Amateur Radio Club
http://westvalleyarc.org/
Talk-In: 147.300 +600 offset (PL 162.2)
Contact: Ken Solheim, WN7DRX
15874 West Grand Isle Way
Surprise, AZ 85374
Phone: 623-544-2827
Fax: 623-544-2827
Email: hamauction2008@gmail.com
FEB 15/16 Yuma, AZ Yuma Hamfest & Electronics Expo
Yuma Amateur Radio Hamfest Organization
http://www.yumahamexpo.com
Talk-In: 146.840- (PL 88.5)
Contact: George Scott, III, K7YMA
2408 South Greenwood Avenue
Yuma, AZ 85364-6813
Phone: 928-314-0025
Fax: 928-314-0025 (On request)
Email: k7yma@roadrunner.com
FEB 16 Rickreall, OR Salem Hamfair. Salem Repeater Association
http://www.w7sra.com
Talk-In: 146.86 (PL 186.2)
Contact: Don Brusch, K7UN
PO Box 5130
Salem, OR 97304-0130
Phone: 503-371-8070
Email: k7un@arrl.net
FEB 23/24 Monterey, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section Convention (RadioFest 2008
Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club
http://www.radiofest.org/
Talk-In: 146.970- (PL 94.8)
Contact: Sal De Franco, N6SPD
PO Box 721
Seaside, CA 93955
Phone: 831-394-6678
Fax: 831-337-5200
Email: sal@n6spd.com
MAR 8 Puyallup, WA Electronics Fleamarket Mike and Key ARC
http://www.mikeandkey.org/flea.htm
Talk-In: 146.82/22 (PL103.5)
Contact: Michael Dinkelman, N7WA
22222 148th Avenue SE
Kent, WA 98042
Phone: 253-631-3756
Email: mwdink@eskimo.com
MAR 8. Scottsdale, AZ. Spring Hamfest. Scottsdale ARC & ARCA
Talk-In: 147.18 (no tone)
Contact: Edwin Nickerson, WU7S
902 North 73rd Place
Scottsdale, AZ 85257-4302
Phone: 480-949-5162
Fax: 480-292-8789
Email: hamfest2008@aol.com
APRIL 5/6: Seattle, WA Communications Academy 2008. ARES of King County;
Seattle Auxiliary Communications; WWA Medical Services
Communications; WA State ARES
http://www.CommAcademy.org
MAY 2/4. Reno, NV EMCOMMWEST 2008 Convention, EMCOMMWEST, Inc.
http://www.emcommwest.org
Talk-In: 147.030+ (PL 100.0)
Contact: Don Carlson, KQ6FM
5591 Barcelona Court
Sparks, NV 89436
Phone: 775-354-2788
Fax: 209-391-4819
Email: kq6fm@arrl.net
MAY 3, Sierra Vista, AZ. Larry Warren Cochise Hamfest. Cochise
Amateur Radio Association
http://www.k7rdg.org
Talk-In: 146.76(-) (PL 162.2)
Contact: Lee Ilse, KD7OED
3785 Mohawk Drive
Sierra Vista, AZ 85650
Phone: 520-378-1643
Fax: 520-533-2165
Email: kd7oed@arrl.net
May 10 Silver City, NM Silver City SwapFest. Gila Amateur Radio Society
Talk-In: 146.98 (PL 103.5)
Contact: Tom Meyer, N4CYV
103 Nevada Avenue
Hurley, NM 88043
Phone: 575-537-2946
Email: n4cyv@arrl.net
MAY 30/ Seaside, OR. Northwestern Division Convention (SeaPac)
JUNE 1. Oregon Tualatin Valley ARC
http://www.seapac.org
Talk-In: 146.660
Contact: C. Wayne Schuler, AI9Q
16414 NE 21st Street
Vancouver, WA 98684
Phone: 360-892-5580
Fax: 360-892-5580
Email: ai9q@arrl.net
JUNE 6/8 Dryden, WA Wenatchee Hamfest. Apple City Amateur Radio Club
http://www.qsl.net/w7td
Talk-In: 146.68 (PL 156.7)
Contact: Judy Chrisco, KA7ZNA
1812 SE Soden Street
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
Phone: 509-884-1251
Email: ka7zna@msn.com
JULY 11/13 Bryce Canyon, UT. Rocky Mountain Division Convention. Utah
Hamfest Inc.
http://www.utahhamfest.org
Talk-In: 146.98 (no PL) & 447.575 (no PL)
Contact: Bob Anderson, AA7TR
995 North Tremont Street
Tremonton, UT 84337-1027
Phone: 435-863-5272 (D) or 435-257-2154 (N)
Email: aa7tr@arrl.org
AUG -1/4. Anchorage, AK Alaska State Convention
Anchorage ARC, Matanuska ARA, Moose Horn ARC, & Arctic ARC
http://www.akhamfest.com
Talk-In: 147.27+ (PL 103.5)
Contact: Richard Tweet, KL2AZ
PO Box 101987
Anchorage, AK 99510-1987
Phone: 907-278-9338
Email: secretary@kl7aa.net
SEPT 12/14 Mesa, AZ Southwestern Division Convention. AzHamComm
http://www.az-arrl.org/swdc2008
Talk-In: tbd
Contact: Rick Aldom, W7STS
PO Box 27226
Scottsdale, AZ 85255-0137
Phone: 480-707-8423
Email: natecf@gmail.com
OCT 3/5 Moses Lake, WA Pacific Northwest VHF+ Conference
Pacific Northwest VHF Society
http://www.pnwvhfs.org
Talk-In: 146.58 FM Simplex; 144.200 SSB
Contact: Steve Pack, WB7VAS
25815 176th Place SE
Covington, WA 98042
Phone: 253-639-3631
Fax: 253-639-3631 (not auto-answer, call first)
Monthly
Swap Meets
Redondo Beach, CA (TRW Swap meet.)
Santee, CA El Cajon ARC Swap Meet (aka Santee Swap Meet)
- When: 1st & 3rd Saturday of the Month, Sellers' Gates open 6:00. 630 AM for buyers.
- Where: Santee Drive-in Theater, 10990 Woodside Ave. off of Hiway 67.
- Talk in on 146.52. Buyers seventy-five cents.
- Information: 449-SWAP
Upland, CA. Inland Empire ARC Swap Meet
- When: 2nd Saturday, Starts at dawn and goes to about 11:30 AM
- Address is 1749 West 13th Street, Upland CA
- Where: Cable Airport Parking Lot on the South side of the landing strip.
- Additional Information: www.w6ier.org . Look for the tab: "Our Local Swap Meet"
Pomona, CA. Microwave Relay Association et.
- When: Third Saturday of each month
- Where: California Polytechnic State University, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, parking lots F8, F9, and F10.
Chino Hills, CA Swap meet.
- When: Third (3rd) Saturday of each month. Starting at 6:30 AM till whenever.
- Where: the new Chino Hills high school on "Pomona Rincon Road" facing highway 71.
- Directions: From the 91 freeway take highway 71 (at
the dam) towards Pomona to Soquel Cyn. (approx. 8 miles) off ramp. At
top of ramp make a left turn on Soquel Cyn. to "Pomona Rincon Road"
(traffic signal) make left turn, drive past the brick factory and you
are there.
- From the 210, 10, or 60 freeways take highway 71
towards Corona, take the Soquel Canyon offramp. Make a right turm on
Squel Cyn. to "Pomona Rincon Road" (traffic signal) and make left turn
on Rincon Road . Drive past the brick factory and you are there.
- Cost to sell is $10 per space.
- Additional Information: Steve Hippler. (909) 597-3522
LAS VEGAS, NV Local swap meet in Las Vegas, NV
- When: First Saturday of the month. Runs all year, and is from daylight (about 6:30 or so).Usually completed by 11 AM.
- Where: AES parking lot. It is a very small meet, no fees for either buyers or sellers,
New Mexico Radio Collectors Club (NMRCC).
- When: Our club meets on the second Sunday of each month at the Kaseman
- Hospital on Constitution, just west of Wyoming. We gather in the parking
- lot at 1:30 pm for a swap meet, then move inside to conference room B for
- the meeting at 2:00 pm. http://members.aol.com/NMRCC/
On-Air
Swap Nets
Northwest Saturday Morning SwapNet.
Meets each Saturday morning at 9AM Pacific time, and goes until 11AM (or until there are no more
listings).Net control is Ron, N7TAW, Gresham, OR, just east of Portland. The net is conducted
over the Evergreen Intertie. The Evergreen Intertie is a series of VHF and UHF repeaters that
are capable of being tied together to provide communications over a large area of the northwest.
Covers a 4 state area. http://www.nwhams.com/
7.240 Every Sat. and Sun. Starts around 12:30PM Controls are various. Covers West Coast.
3.915 On Sunday mornings at 10:00AM Pacific Time. Net control W7BUN. Mostly northwest states
3.908 "WARFA" swap net. Wed. nights at 8:00 PST. This net is on the West Coast, but many check ins from the midwest.
3.922 Mid-West Swap Net On Sunday evenings from 5:30PM to 7:30PM PST
7.235 Chaverim Rag Chew/Swap NetEvery morning at 11:30AM PST. Monday -Friday Western US. Net control WA6USL
3.908 "Northstar Traders net" - 8:30AM Central. (originates from Minnesota/Winsconsin area) Host W5MAZ
146.085 + 600 "Yuba Sutter Amateur Radio Club's" Monday Night Swap Net at 7:00PM PST
145.210 Thursdays at 8:00PM in Sacramento. Covers central California and Reno via UHF/VHF Links Hosted by Armond, WB2ZEI
147.080 Sundays at 7:00PM Inland Empire Swap Net(Spokane, WA area). Hosted by Art, W7COZ
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