2024 ENID HAMFEST

Will be at Garfield County Events Center

September 14th, 2024 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

CLICK HERE FOR TABLE PURCHASES

Table Sales-Call

Sheldon Holt at 580-402-5882 or

Jim Faubion at 580-542-1054

Tables with electricity are available.

Pre-show Setup: 4 to 6pm Friday and 6 to 8am Saturday

PROGRAMS

9:00 American Radio Relay League is having Region 5 Town Hall Meeting to help get us caught up on current events. There will be question and answer session with a discussion led by an ARRL Volunteer.

9:30 Build Class: Joe Eisenberg , world famous ham builder, will be here again for an exciting build class. It should be approximately a $10 project and take a couple hours to build. It will start at 9:00 am or when we get the crowd corralled into the build area.

10:00 ‘Freddie Mac’ McGuire Jr - ‘The Ham Radio Crusader’ KD5FMU will be giving a presentation on AllStarLink 3. He hopes to discuss all the ins and outs of the newest version of the software and the hardware.

11:00 Steve McGrane, KM9G - Temporarily Offline Ham Radio is leading an open discussion on ‘Getting young people interested in Ham Radio’. This is particularly close to Steve’s heart because he has mentored 3 of his kids into wanting to enjoy the hobby. He has also been involved with at least two YOTA, Youth on the Air, camps and supported their radio hobby after they came home. Two of his daughters also followed Steve down the YouTube path showing how to do Ham related things, POTA, Antenna Building, and CW mentoring to name a few!

12:00 Chuck Hast and Chris Chambers will be presenting Oklahoma DMR Society and AREDN. Discussion will include installation

13:00 - License Testing - ($14) W5YI Volunteer Examiners will be available for FCC Technician, General, and Amateur Extra testing.

14:00 Give-Away Grand Prize - Yaesu FT-891

Grand prize drawing at 1400L. Prior to pulling the Grand Prize Ticket, ALL tickets will be added back to the hopper. The Grand Prize drawing will be done out of our large hopper and the winner will be the ticket pulled at random. If the individual is not present the radio or package will be delivered to the address on the ticket. The phone number, will also be called to determine the best way to accomplish delivery. If this cannot be determined by the information on the ticket another name may have to be drawn.

Club members and non-members are eligible winners.

Hourly Prize Drawings - Includes Miscellaneous Ham Items.

Every entry into the Hamfest will enter you into drawings. Extra tickets are available. Hourly drawings of HAM radio products and swag, starting at 09:00. Hourly winners will be drawn from the hopper for persons present at the show.

Location: Chisholm Trail Expo Center

111 W Purdue Ave, Enid, OK 73701

TALK-IN

W5HTK 444.825 (+) No PL (Echolink WA5ZBW)

OR W5HTK 145.290(-) 141.3 PL (Allstar Node 27008)

ADMISSION Tickets will be available at the door for $10

RV Sites are available to the participants of the Enid HamFest. $25 Per Site Per Night. Electric/Water on Concrete and Full Hookups on pads.

Current Vendors and Contributors:

Grant donations from OneGas and Visit Enid have been a huge help in keeping the endeavors of this non-profit organization going. Thank you for your support!

American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Gift certificates

Les Sullins with D&L Antennas offering radios, antennas, etc.

Mark from Derby (Radio Shack) carrying radios, antennas, etc..

Terrence Laurendine will be offering the micro computers and ancillary equipment.

(James) Chapman Computers will be donating a laptop computer.

DX Engineering donated gift certificates this year for giveaway prizes.

Radioddity Online Store is donating a GS-5B Hand held radio.