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The MARC Presents our 48th Annual
HAMFEST 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Massillon Boy's
& Girls Club
730 Duncan Street S.W.
Massillon, Ohio 44646
Setup at 6:00 AM - Doors open at 8:00 AM
13,000 Sq Ft : Handicap Accessible : All Indoors
Free Parking !!
Saturday Setup - Not Available This Year
Additional details
will be posted as they are completed. Table locations have been established, Click
Here To See The Layout.
Limited electric will be available, generally only at the wall table
locations and select inside tables.
Click Here for the 2008 Hamfest Flyer
TICKET INFORMATION
General Admission is $ 5.00. Under 12 free. Admission ticket good for all main & door prizes. Advanced Sale tickets will offer two chances at the main prize drawing!
PRIZES
Grand Prize Drawing at 1:30 PM. You DO NOT have to be present to win the grand prizes. Major Door Prizes will be drawn at 1:30 PM and you must be present to claim these prizes.
ATTENTION VENDORS
The Sale of Illegal Amplifiers or Adult Material is Strictly Prohibited.
EMail us for information !
The Grand Prize Lineup for Hamfest 2008
Prizes subject to Change !
The Yeasu FT8900 Quad Band Radio
The FT-8900R is a ruggedly-built, high quality Quad Band FM transceiver providing 50 Watts of power output on the 29/50/144 MHz Amateur bands, and 35 Watts on the 430 MHz band. It includes leading-edge features like cross-band repeat, dual receive, VHF-UHF Full Duplex capability, and over 800 memory channels. And its 10-meter FM coverage brings the possibility of world-wide FM DX-ing to you on your drive in to work!
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Second Prize
The MFJ Model 269 Antenna Analyzer
Covers 1.8 to 170 MHz and 415 to 470 MHz -- an MFJ-269 Exclusive! It includes all the features of the MFJ-259B, the world's most popular SWR Analyzer plus much more! Large easy-to-read two line LCD display and side-by-side meters clearly display your information Built-in Ni-Cad/Ni-MH charger circuit, battery saver, low battery warning, smooth reduction drive tuning. Use as signal source for testing/alignment. Built-in CoaxCalculator -- calculates coax line length in feet given coax length in electrical degrees and vice versa for any frequency and any velocity factor (great for building matching sections and phasing lines) -- an MFJ-269 Exclusive! New 12-bit A/D converter gives much better accuracy and resolution than common 8-bit A/D converters -- an MFJ-269 exclusive. Super easy to use! Just set the bandswitch and tune the dial -- just like you transceiver.
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Third Prize & Fourth Prizes
2 Handhelds
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A Special Thanks to our Major Door Prize
Donors !
Click on their logo's to learn about our donors.
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THE ARRL
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AUCTION
Auction begins at 10:00 AM. 15% Commission charged on all items sold. You may buy back your own items at no charge. Seller must be present when your items are being auctioned. MARC reserves the right to limit the amount or type of items sold at the auction. No Computer Equipment.
Tables are $12.00 per 8 foot size.
Mail your request for advance tables and tickets to Terry Russ, N8ATZ.
3420 Briardale Drive NW, Massillon, Ohio 44646
(330) 837 - 3091
EMail to truss@sssnet.com
Mobile Checkins & Directions provided on the 147.18+ Club Repeater.
AN ARRL APPROVED HAMFEST
Some of last years attendee's
The American Radio Relay League
Quarter Century Wireless Association
M & K Engraving Radio Shack
Twin-Tronics
Webster Communications
The Weller Man
KLD Enterprises GEM City TV
A - 1 Rechargers Mercury Media
International Computer Exchange
CLICK HERE for the table layout of this years Hamfest
CLICK HERE for directions to the Hamfest
This page was last updated on - 10/01/08