UPCOMING MARCH 22 2014

Video From 2013 Greater Houston Hamfest
  • Second largest hamfest in Texas and growing!

  • Houston is the Fourth Largest City in the USA

  • Over 200 vendor tables and 1000 expected attendees
  • GIANT Tailgate Area
  • Featured speakers were:  2013 updated Jan 20
  • Raffle main prizes: TBD
  • Frequent door prize drawings
  • Fox Hunt - $100 CASH PRIZE
  • Many other full "hamfest" features such as VE Sessions, Hands-On Demos, Kid's Corner, Hot Food, Equipment Test Table, live ham special event station, fox hunt and much more.

 

Keynote Speaker was - Ward Silver, N0AX
ARRL QST Contributing Editor


 

HAMFEST SUMMARY
from 2013 specifics for the upcoming 2014 show will be added as we know them

Click here for 2013 Flyer

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2014
Time: 8AM to 1:30PM -- registration begins at 7 AM
Location: Ft. Bend County Fairgrounds, Rosenberg, TX  About 30 miles S/W of downtown Houston   CLICK HERE FOR MAP
Food:  Amazing food (breakfast and lunch) will be available and provided by the Larkins Family DX Kid's Cafe.. Yummy !!
Admission:

At the Door Registration: $10 comes with 1 raffle ticket.
Children under 14 free. Scouts in uniform get in free.
Tables: Tables are only $15 each and $5 more if you want power at your tables, if you must have power please get your tables early. Last year the indoor tables were sold out, you can register your tables online Click here  Over 200 indoor tables will be available. Pre-registration for sellers allows choice of tables ahead of time and power (500W) if requested at time of pre-registration.  5 or more tables includes two admission tickets.
Giant Tailgating Area:  This year we have tailgating and plenty of space.  Tailgating will be in its own area so you won't have to walk the whole parking lot looking for sellers, (like most hamfests) they will all be in one easy to access area.
Free attendee admission to the tailgating area. Buyers will have early access to tailgate sellers before main hall opens at 8 A.M. (Sorry, only service animals allowed.)
Raffle (2013):  Best Ham radio raffle in Texas!   Raffle tickets are $1 each or 7 for $5
VE (Ham radio) Testing – Registration for testing will begin at 8AM. Actual testing will commence at 9AM with another session beginning at 10:30.   You will need a photo ID, Your ORIGINAL license, and a copy of your  License (if upgrading) and $15. Testing is on-site in the Sheriff Department Training Classroom just inside the front gate.  Due to the small size of the testing room, tests can only be given to 12 people at a time, we will test as long as it takes to accommodate everyone that shows up for testing!  For more information contact John Moore, kk5nu, jwm@hal-pc.org .
FOX Hunt – $100 cash prize!!  A fox hunt will be held at 10AM, this is a hunt for a hidden transmitter{s) which will be on the fairgrounds.

Sponsored by River Oaks Car Stereo Conducted by SETAC.

 

Co Chairs for 2013 Hamfest were

John Chauvin
(K5IZO)
k5izo@yahoo.com
Matt Tatro
(K5NGU)
matttatro@gmail.com
 

Table Sales and Commercial

 

Kirk Kendrick
(KK2Z)
kmkendrick@gmail.com
 
 
 

Some of this Last years Commercial Vendors
 

Main Trading Company

 

 

 
 
 
 


 

 

 

 

 

Volunteers Wanted

Email here to Volunteer for 2013 !

 

Directions

No Houston Traffic. Approx. 33 mi SW of downtown Houston. From Houston, take US 59 south to Rosenberg (approximately 17 miles past Beltway 8) to Hwy 36. Go South approx. 1 mi to Fairgrounds (on your right).

 

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