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2023 Season Hamfests coming up.

Nov 4, 2023
Harkfest
Redeemer Lutheren Church
470 Rose Lane, Wickenburg AZ

Nov 11, 2023
Oro Valley Radio Club
Marana Middle School
11285 W Grier Road, Marana AZ

December 2, 2023
Superstition SuperFest
Mesa Community College
US 60 at Dobson, Mesa AZ

Copafest is Saturday 10.29.2022 in Maricopa at the casino.

Also the Yuma hamfest is now defunct per their website.
The end of an era.

It was a good hamfest season, although I do believe attendance was down across the board.

Nothing now until fall and none of those are advertised yet.

Gas prices will probably put a dent in attendance by then, unfortunately.

Lets get this going for 2022. 15 January 2022 Thunderbird Hamfest 2022 Hosted by the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club Glendale Nazarene Church, 5902 W Cactus Road, Glendale, AZ Hours: 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon Admission - $5.00/person, Children under 12 Free 18-19 February 2022 Yuma Hamfest Hosted by the Y...

These come to mind Prescott area. Could be more.

Mingus Mountain Repeater Group
http://k7mrg.org/

Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association
https://www.vvara.org/

Yavapai Amateur Radio Club
https://www.w7yrc.org/

Regarding Post 31 above.

Another Hamfest now canceled.

Harkfest in Congress on Nov 7 bit the dust.

Hamfest added Show Low AZ.

17 October 2020
Amateur Radio Tailgate Swap Meet
Masonic White River Lodge #62, 741 E Whipple Street, Show Low, AZ

$5.00 to Tailgate - Free to Walk-In
Talk In - 146.76- PL 162.2
Contact w8ybm@cableone.net for details.

Flash wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2020, 1:25 pm You can make a pretty good J pole out of twin lead antenna cable and nobody has a clue what it is.

This aka "slim jim".

I would certainly just go with a transceiver. They are general coverage as well.
The hottest thing on the market currently (bang for buck) is the Icom IC-7300.

That gets you all of HF. If you want a HF/VHF/UHF "shack in a box" then maybe a Yaesu FT991A.

For out of the box, the commercial J Poles are about $40.
https://www.mtcradio.com/phoenix-vhf-uh ... 7-450-mhz/

It's an all aluminum antenna and could be painted.

Also you could consider a mobile dual band antenna. I've done that mag mounted to the roof AC.

That's pretty open ended.

How much do you want to spend?

Another hamfest canceled.

5 December 2020 - Superstition Superfest (Canceled for 2020)
You can still buy raffle tickets and the prizes will be drawn for on Dec 5.

Wow, Payson has just been added. Last year was small, but a nice trip anyhow. And the airport open house was the same day. Might be larger this year due to the others cancelling. Or not...... 3 October 2020 TARA Swapfest Hosted by the Tonto Amateur Radio Association Rumsey Park, Ramada #5, 400 Mc La...

Hamfest update from POST 31 above: 26 September 2020 - Tucson Fall Hamfest (Canceled per their website) 24 October 2020 - Copafest (Canceled for 2020) 14 November 2020 - Oro Valley Hamfest (Canceled for 2020) 5 December 2020 - Superstition Superfest (Canceled for 2020) Other than maybe Harkfest, I'm...

FYI, currently scheduled hamfests. Obviously subject to change/cancellation. 26 September 2020 - Tucson Fall Hamfest 10 October 2020 - ATN Surprise Hamfest 24 October 2020 - Copafest 7 November 2020 - Cochise Hamfest and 7th Region Communications Exercise 7 November 2020 - HARKfest 14 November 2020 ...