Hamvention Affiliated Events
This list has been "pruned" for 2010. Some events that did not contact us with updated info have been removed!!!
We provide listings on our web site and in our program for "Additional Events" that are amateur radio-related and occur during Hamvention® weekend. Last date for submission is April 1. For those looking for non-Hamvention related activities to experience while in Dayton please visit the Other Activities Page
Note: Hamvention® is unable to verify the validity of these listings which were provided by the group listed.
Send the required information in a word document with minimal formatting (including what, where, when, whom to contact, a daytime phone number) and your e-mail and web address, if available to:
Additional Activities
Dayton Hamvention®
PO Box 964
Dayton, OH 45401
FAX: (937) 276-6934
E-mail: program@hamvention.org
Here are some of the groups listing activites for 2010 (in no particular order) - we have included external links when possible: (Some have NOT been updated for 2010!)
One-Day Ham Radio Class for Technician
Class License
Dayton Contest University
Hamvention Weekend Contest
Super Suite
QRP Amateur Radio Club
International - Four Days In May
The Kansas City DX Club's Annual CW Pileup Competition
Collins
Collectors Association (CCA) Banquet 2010
Penn-Ohio DX Society 070
Club Dinner
Hamvention
Weekend AMSAT / TAPR Banquet
D-STAR Meet Greet and Eyeball QSO
The Annual Dayton Contest
Dinner
ATV Friday Night Dinner
International Visual Communication
Association (IVCA) - Friday Night IVCA SSTV Meeting
HFpack Portable HF Events (Multiple Events Listed Below)
The SouthWest Ohio DX Association
Annual Dinner
QCWA Banquet
NADXA (North America DX Assoc., Inc.)
AMSAT and TAPR - Tickets Pub and Eatery Gathering
AMSAT and TAPR - Annual Banquet
VHF Weak Signal Group Banquet at the Dayton Hamvention
Multi-Day Activities
QRP Amateur Radio Club International: Holiday Inn, Fairborn,
OH. FDIM 2010 runs from 12-16 May. See website
for details.
Wednesday, 12 May - Registration opens in the evening
Thursday, 13 May - Seminars, Buildathon, Meet The Speakers, Vendors Night
Friday, 14 May - Hamvention, Show and Tell, Homebrew Contest, Vendors Night
Saturday, 15 May - Hamvention, Grand Banquet
Sunday, 16 May - Hamvention
2010 Contest Super Suite
Wed. May 12 thru Sat. May 15, 2010
7pm - 2am Each Night
Crowne Plaza, Dayton OH
2nd floor - Miami Ballroom
Free Pizza Parties All 4 Nights!
We welcome all Contesters and DXers
Cash Bar available
http://contestsupersuite.com
Wednesday, May 12h - Contest University registration from 8 PM to 10 PM.
10:30 PM Pizza Party Sponsored by Contest University 2010.
Thursday, May 13th - 10:30 PM Pizza Party Sponsered by K8CC and K3LR - All are
welcome to join the fun !!
Friday, May 15th - 11 PM Pizza Party Sponsored by the Potomac Valley Radio Club.
Saturday, May 16th - 11 PM Pizza Party Sponsored by the Yankee Clipper Contest
Club.
We welcome all Contesters and DXers!
7pm - 2am Each Night - Free Pizza Parties Every Night! Cash Bar available!
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton OH - 2nd floor - Miami Ballroom
Contest Super Suite Sponsors: Mad
River Radio Club - North
Coast Contesters - Frankford
Radio Club
Pizza Party Sponsors: Potomac
Valley Radio Club - Contest
University - Yankee Clipper
Contest Club
For More Info: http://contestsupersuite.com
Thursday Activities
Contest University will be held on Thursday May 13, 2010, from 7:00 am to 5:00 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dayton, Ohio. This is the day before the Dayton Hamvention officially opens. Don't miss this rare opportunity to gain knowledge that may take you years of practice, trial and error or lost time to learn otherwise. Get the edge to improve your scores and put your station in the winners circle today! Advance registration is needed. ttp://contestuniversity.com
NADXA (North America DX Assoc., Inc.) meets on Thurs May 13, 2010 at 8:00 pm at Frisch's Big Boy Rest. 8154 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights, OH.
Pre-Hamvention® D-STAR Meet Greet and Eyeball
QSO
Time: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location:
Marion’s Piazza
1320 N Fairfield Rd
Beavercreek OH
(937) 429-3393
GPS: 39:43.596N 084:03.392W (Degrees:Minutes.Decimal minutes)
From Dayton, go east on US 35 toward Xenia. Turn north at the N Fairfield Road
exit. Marion’s Piazza is on the right one half mile immediately after
Tim Horton’s. If you went to the traffic light at Dayton-Xenia Road, you
have gone too far. Turn right at the light and turn right again after Pizza
Hut. Go behind Pizza Hut and you will see Marion’s Piazza.
(Note that N Fairfield Road is approximately 8.5 miles east of the I-75 and
U.S. 35 intersection.)
From I-675 exit 13, go east on US 35 toward Xenia for approximately 2 miles. Follow directions above.
From I-675 Exit 17, go south on N Fairfield Road 3.3 miles and turn left at the light onto Dayton-Xenia Road. Immediately get into right lane and turn right after Pizza Hut. Go behind Pizza Hut and you will see Marion’s Piazza.
Individuals may order from the menu and will be responsible for their own purchases.
Dayton D-Star:
145.270- W8BI Port C. -- Accessibility outdoors at Hamvention® HARA Arena
with a handheld at 0.5 watts is marginal with R2D2. Higher power is recommended.
444.0875+ W8BI Port B. -- Hope to have the 70 cm repeater operational by Hamvention®
time.
Good coverage analog repeaters are:
146.940- Tone 123 Hamvention® Talk-In
146.910- Hamvention® Talk-In backup frequency
146.640- Skywarn Weather
145.110- Tone 67 ARES
147.360+ Tone 77 Good coverage Dayton area
146.985- Tone 123 linked to 442.925
442.100+ Tone 123 Good coverage Dayton area
442.925+ Tone 123 Excellent coverage around Hamvention
442.950+ Tone 118.8 Huber Heights (Dayton northeast suburb)
AMSAT and TAPR will be holding an informal gathering at Tickets Pub and Eatery in Fairborn on Thursday evening beginning at 6:30 PM.. This was a very popular event last year and it is an excellent chance to meet your friends and many of the top satellite operators the night before Hamvention starts. Tickets Pub and Eatery is located at 7 N Main in Fairborn. Parking is available both on the street and in public parking behind the restaurant. No reservations are necessary. Order from the menu.
Friday Activities
VHF Weak Signal Group Banquet at the Dayton Hamvention
I would like to invite all Weak Signal VHF, UHF and Microwave enthusiasts to the 15th VHF Weak Signal Group banquet to be held on Friday evening May 14th, 2010 at the Doubletree Dayton Downtown Hotel at 11 South Ludlow Street, Dayton, OH 45402. (*****PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A NEW LOCATION *****)
The cash bar opens at 6:15 PM with plenty of room to mix and mingle with VHFers from all over the country and around the world. The two entrée sit-down dinner will be served starting at approximately 7:15 PM and with prizes drawn at 9 PM.
Reservations are required. Cost per person is $35.00 and includes dinner and prize ticket. Seating is limited to 125 and spouses are welcome to join us and are eligible for the prize drawing. For tickets please send $35.00 per person and an SASE to: Tony Emanuele WA8RJF, 7156 Kory Court, Concord Township, Ohio 44077-2221. Please include the names and calls of all attendees as well as an email address.
Important changes from previous years:
*****PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A NEW LOCATION *****
Indoor Valet Parking is included in the price. There is limited parking on the street for those vehicles too large for the garage.
For more information contact Tony at WA8RJF at ARRL.net
AMSAT and TAPR will hold their annual Hamvention banquet at Kolher’s Presidential Banquet Center in Kettering, OH. Reservations are required in advance and can be made through the AMSAT office at www.AMSAT.org. Happy hour will begin at 6:30 PM and dinner will be served at 7:30 PM. The guest speaker will be Dr. Bob Mc Gweir, NH4Y. Tickets ordered through AMSAT may be picked up at the AMSAT booth or at the door of the banquet.
Collins Collectors Association (CCA) Banquet 2010 will be held Friday, May 14, 2010 at the Ramada Plaza Dayton, 2301 Wagner Ford Road North, Dayton, OH 45414. Doors Open at 6:00 PM, Banquet Starts at 6:50 PM - ADVANCED RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. More Information at: http://tinyurl.com/dlyywg
Event Point of Contact: James F. Stitzinger jstitz@pacbell.net. You are cordially invited to support or join the Collins Collectors Association. See http://www.collinsradio.org/membership.
QCWA Banquet Fri 14 May 7:30 PM - QCWA banquet at the Holiday Inn, , Dayton Airport at 7:30 p.m. Friday May 14. …. Your QCWA Hamvention HQ NW corner of North Main St. and I-70. (Engelwood) Register with Jerry Ragland, WA8BOB 409 Park Av. Franklin, OH, 45005-3550 Tel (937) 746-5857 Include check for $23 per person.
The ATN/ATV Friday night dinner and meeting will be from 7-10 PM located at Roush's Restaurant, 305 W. Main St., Fairborn, OH. For those of you with GPS: 39-49-19N 84-01-30W Phone: (937) 878-3611 Door prizes were donated in past dinners thanks to some of the ATV vendors perhaps we will be lucky this year. The dinner menu is varied, moderately priced and ordered separately. We will enjoy a sit down dinner then have speakers talk about various ATV topics. We will also include door prizes for those present. The meeting terminates at about 10PM. http://www.roushsrestaurant.com/ And here is a link to our web site: http://atn-tv.org/
The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) has announced that Dave Anderson K4SV will be the featured speaker for their 25th annual DX dinner™. The dinner, held in conjunction with the 2010 Dayton Hamvention®, will be on Friday, May 14, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dayton.
Dave was first exposed to amateur radio while living in Germany with his parents, who worked for the US Army. He returned to the US and was first licensed as a novice in 1974. The Ham Radio hook was set.
Today Dave lives in North Carolina where he has a successful business that provides equipment for commercial communications companies. He spends his spare time as a DXer with 335 countries confirmed. As a DXpeditioner, he has been to such remote places as Peter One Island, Baker Island, Bhutan and Africa, among many others.
He credits his success in commercial two-way radio to his hobby of ham radio as this stimulated his interest in electronics. As a devout ham, Dave encourages all of his employees to become hams. And, because of his fondness of CW, he conducts code as well as theory classes. Dave is definitely an active promoter of our hobby. He puts many hours into bringing more people into the hobby, and helping those who are already in, to understand it technically.
Dave will have an informative and entertaining presentation on DXing. We look forward to hearing him, and hope you join us.
For more information and to order dinner tickets, visit WWW.SWODXA.ORG.
International Visual Communication Association (IVCA) - Friday Night
IVCA SSTV Meeting
7:00 PM Friday
May 14, 2010
Location:
Holiday Inn - Dayton Airport
10 Rockridge Rd.
Englewood, OH 45322
Phone: 937-832-1234
(Same location as last year)
Directions:
Three miles from Hara Arena.
Go East on Shiloh Springs Rd turn Left on N Main St (48).
Continue to the I-70 overpass.
Rockridge Rd is on the Left just past the overpass.
Meeting room - no food or beverage of any kind will be permitted to be brought in or taken out of any banquet/meeting room. Ice water will be available.
A brief business meeting will take place to elect new officers. After some announcements and discussions there will be a program.
Anyone is welcome to present a program. Contact Dave Jones, KB4YZ if you would
like to speak to the group on any SSTV related subject. (djones@tima.com)
Saturday Activities
One-Day
Class for Technician Class Amateur Radio License
Study and get your Technician Class Amateur Radio License right at Hamvention,
the same day!
When: Saturday 8AM-4PM; Where: Behind the
Luso Tower in the East Hall
This is a full day training class for the Technician Class Amateur Radio License.
STUDENTS MUST PRE-ENROLL PRIOR TO CLASS. Upon enrollment, students will receive
a course book, workbook and access to on-line pre-study materials. Everything
will be taught in class, along with several exciting demonstrations of amateur
radio. Exams will be conducted at the conclusion of class. This leaves time
on Sunday to do some last minute radio shopping! Go to http://www.hamclass.net/hamvclass.htm
for more details and enrollment information.
The Kansas City DX Club will be hosting
the 30th consecutive running of its Annual CW Pileup Competition
on Saturday evening at its hospitality suite, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Suite 525.
The piluep test may be taken between 8:00 p.m. and Midnight, and prizes will
be awarded shortly thereafter. Contact info: Bill Henderson, K0VBU, Pileup Competition
Chairman, Kansas City DX Club. Phone: (913) 908-6906 email: bill@hendersonkc.com
Penn-Ohio DX Society
070 Club Dinner
Karen Russo, W4KRN, has again graciously agreed to act as our "social
coordinator" for a PODXS Ø7Ø Club dinner @ The
Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurant 36 West 5th St. Dayton, OH 45402 at 6:00
pm. What a great opportunity to not only attend Hamvention, but also enjoy the
company of some of our fellow members. If you are planning on attending, please
drop Karen an email at: w4krn@his.com
The 18th Annual
Dayton Contest Dinner
The North Coast Contesters are proud to announce The 18th Annual Dayton Contest
Dinner. Master of Ceremonies for the Dayton Contest Dinner is CQ Magazine Contest
Editor John Dorr, K1AR. The 2010 CQ Contest Hall of Fame Inductions will be
formally announced by the CQ WorldWide Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST. The
main dinner speaker is Joel Harrison, W5ZN. The Contest Dinner will be held
on Saturday night, May 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM Cash bar opens at 5:30 PM. Located
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Official Contest Hotel) 5th and Jefferson Streets
(Next to the Convention Center) Dayton (Downtown), Ohio in the VAN CLEVE BALLROOM.
Seating is random. Tables are set in rounds of 10. Tickets are only available
on http://www.contestdinner.com
Many contest operators from around the world attend this event. If you enjoy
radio contesting, you do not want to miss this Contest Dinner in Dayton, Ohio.
There are no tickets available at the door.
HFpack Dayton Annual Eyeball QSO Rally
"Largest gathering of HF backpack operators in the world"
12:30pm to 1:30pm Saturday May 15 - Location: Hara Arena main entrance (awning)
HFpack Dayton Portable
Pedestrian Mobile Net
"Huge Net of HF Portable Ops" - 1:00pm Saturday May 15 (1700
UTC) -18157.5 kHz USB --- Net Control: Mark KI0PF/PM
