Hamvention Affiliated Events
This list has NOT been fully updated for 2012. Any events that have not submitted details for 2012 should follow these instructions to be added here:.
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
Updated activites for 2012:
Thursday Activities
D-STAR Meet Greet and Eyeball QSO
Outdated activites for 2011: (If you are affiliated with these events, please send an update as detailed above!)
Multi-Day Activities
Hamvention Weekend Contest Super Suite
QRP Amateur Radio Club
International - Four Days In May
Hams on Twitter Meetup
Thursday Activities
Dayton Contest University
D-STAR Meet Greet and Eyeball QSO
NADXA (North America DX Assoc., Inc.)
Friday Activities
VHF Weak Signal Group Banquet at the Dayton
Hamvention
22nd Annual TopBand Dinner
The SouthWest Ohio DX Association Annual Dinner
QCWA Banquet
Collins Collectors Association (CCA) Banquet
AMSAT & TAPR Banquet
D-STAR Across America
Saturday Activities
The Annual Dayton Contest Dinner
One-Day Ham Radio Class for Technician Class License
Penn-Ohio DX Society 070 Club Dinner
Kansas City DX Club Annual CW Pileup Competiltion
Midwest Amateur Radio Service (MIDCARS) Eyeball QSO Gathering
Multi-Day Activities
QRP Amateur Radio Club International: Holiday Inn, Fairborn,
OH. FDIM 2011 runs from 19-22 May. See website
for details.
Wednesday - Registration opens in the evening
Thursday - Seminars, Buildathon, Meet The Speakers, Vendors Night
Friday - Hamvention, Show and Tell, Homebrew Contest, Vendors Night
Saturday - Hamvention, Grand Banquet
Sunday - Hamvention
2011 Contest Super Suite
Wed. May 18 thru Sat. May 21, 2011
7pm - 2am Each Night
Crowne Plaza, Dayton OH
2nd floor - Miami and Beckel Ballrooms
Free Pizza Parties All 4 Nights!
We welcome all Contesters and DXers
Cash Bar available
http://contestsupersuite.com
Wednesday, May 18
Contest University registration from 8 PM to 10 PM.
10:30 PM Pizza Party Sponsored by Contest University 2011.
Thursday, May 19
9:15 PM Eyeball Suite Sprint Contest
10:30 PM Pizza Party Sponsored by K8CC, K3WW and K3LR
All are welcome to join the fun !!
Friday, May 20
10:30 PM Spurious Emission Band performs live.
11 PM Pizza Party Sponsored by the Potomac Valley Radio Club.
Saturday, May 21
11 PM Pizza Party Sponsored by the Yankee Clipper Contest Club.
Pizza Party Sponsors: Potomac
Valley Radio Club - Contest
University - Yankee Clipper
Contest Club
For More Info: http://contestsupersuite.com
Hams on Twitter Meetup
The Dayton Hamvention is schedule for May 20-22, 2011. Talk has started on Twitter
of doing a meetup so that we can all put a face with our Tweets and voices on
the #HamTwitNet. The thought is to meet during the Hamvention itself for a meet
n’ greet, and then folks can wander around the Hamvention with the friends
they’ve made on Twitter afterwards.
If you’d like to meet the Hams you’ve gotten to know so well on
Twitter, we will be meeting on Friday and Saturday at 11am and 3pm at the Hamvention
Docking area. It is located just to the east of the North Hall Entrance. See
the Hamvention Inside Exhibits Map.
Sunday we will meet again at 11am at the Dock, and then one final time at 1pm
in the arena. Where we will be sitting can be determined at our 11am area. We
will work on establishing 2 or 3 #HamTwitNet frequencies for people to monitor
as well so we can stay in touch.
Thanks for taking the time to respond, and we (hopefully) look forward to meeting
you! Please visit http://www.hamtwit.net
or email Craig, KD8NJZ@arrl.net for more information
Friday: Meet at the Dock 11am & 3pm
Saturday: Meet at the Dock 11am & 3pm
Sunday: Meet at the Dock at 11am Meet at the arena at 1pm, in section 3 &
4.
Thursday Activities
Contest University will be held on Thursday May 19, 2011, 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. http://contestuniversity.com
NADXA The annual meeting of the NADXA (North America DX Assoc., Inc.) will be held on Thursday 7:30 pm at Big Boys Rest. on Old troy Rd. 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 45432
(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:
147.105+ W8RTL^^C and 443.0500+ W8RTL^^B. Excellent handheld coverage at HARA
and all of Dayton.
145.270- W8HEQ^^C and 444-0875+ W8HEQ^^B. (In northeast suburb of Huber Heights)
Recommend high power with hand held outdoors at Hamvention® HARA Arena.
Good coverage analog repeaters are:
146.940- Tone 123 Hamvention® Talk-In
146.910- Hamvention® Talk-In backup frequency
146.640- Tone 123 Skywarn Weather
145.110- Tone 67 ARES
146.820- Tone 77 Good coverage Dayton area
147.360+ Tone 77 Good coverage Dayton area
442.100+ Tone 123 Good coverage Dayton area
442.925+ Tone 123 Excellent coverage Dayton area
442.950+ Tone 118.8 Huber Heights (Dayton northeast suburb)
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 16th VHF Weak Signal Group banquet to be held on Friday evening May 20th,
2011 at the Doubletree Dayton Downtown Hotel at 11 South Ludlow Street, Dayton,
OH 45402.
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, followed by a speaker 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.
Indoor Valet Parking is included in the price. There is limited parking on the street for those vehicles to large for the garage.
For more information contact Tony at WA8RJF at ARRL.net
22nd Annual TopBand Dinner
Crowne Plaza Hotel – Van Cleve Ballroom
Friday, May 20, 2011
6:15 PM social hour
7:30 PM Dinner
Dinner programs and TopBand hospitality
Reservations in advance
Please go to http://topbanddinner.com
for information
Collins Collectors Association (CCA) Banquet - Banquet at the Ramada Plaza @ 7 PM – Social (6 PM), Speaker & Door Prizes. Annual Collins Collector's Association Awards Banquet to be held Friday Night, May 20, 2011. Social Hour and libations begin at 6:00 PM with the Official CCA Banquet Dinner commencing at 7:00 PM sharp! The speaker will be James Maccani, W0HUP, former Customer Service Manager for the HF/KWM380 talking on this notable rig. More Information at: http://collinsradio.org
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 20 May 7:30 PM
Holiday Inn, Dayton Airport … Your Hamvention HQ
NW corner of N. Main St. and I-70. (Engelwood)
Presentation: “My Life as an Artist”
by Richard Black
Register with Jerry Ragland, WA8BOB
409 Park Av. Franklin, OH, 45005-3550
Tel (937) 746-5857
Include check for $25 per person.
The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) is
pleased to again sponsor the DX Dinner™, held in conjunction with the
2011 Dayton Hamvention®. The dinner will be held on Friday, May 20, 2011.
This year the dinner will be at the Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Blvd.,
Dayton, OH 45409.
We are excited about our new venue. It is less than five minutes from our previous
location, has a much larger capacity, and the dining room is on the ground floor
so there are no steps. There is ample, free, on-site parking.
As in the past, there will be some major door prizes. And there is always great
anticipation as to who will be named the “DXpedition of the Year”.
Program details and a list of the prizes will be available soon at www.swodxa.org
or www.swodxa.blogspot.com.
There will be a cash bar starting at 5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 7:00.
Tickets are $40 each, payable in US funds. Sorry, we do not process Paypal or
credit card payments. If a vegetarian meal is desired, it must be indicated
when tickets are ordered. We attempt to honor group seating requests when tickets
are ordered together. Each table seats ten, and seats are assigned as the requests
are received. Check or money orders, payable to SWODXA, should be sent to Kirk
Swallow, W8QID at 3137 Compton Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45251. Be sure to include
a SASE for ticket return.
The Marriott is a large hotel with many room choices. Should you need accommodations,
their phone number is 937 223-1000 or the website is http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dayoh-dayton-marriott
Following the meal, there will be a separate room and cash bar available for
more fellowship. This is an excellent opportunity to meet and renew old acquaintances.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the DX Dinner™ at the Marriott and
at Hamvention®. Good Dxing!
For more information and to order dinner tickets, visit WWW.SWODXA.ORG.
AMSAT and TAPR will hold their annual Hamvention banquet at Kolher's Presidential Banquet Center in Kettering, OH on Friday May 20, 2011. Reservations are required in advance and can be made through the AMSAT store 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. David Rowe, VK5DGR talking about The Village Telco. Tickets ordered through AMSAT may be picked up at the AMSAT booth or at the door of the banquet.
D-STAR Across America
The Georgia D-STAR group will again host a session of D-STAR information and
presentations at the Drury Inn. Join other D-STAR enthusiasts to find out what’s
going on across the country in D-STAR. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet
the people behind those D-STAR QSOs. . Light refreshments will be provided.
More info is available at www.dstarinfo.com.
Friday, May 20, 7:00 – 9:00pm - Drury Inn (Ballroom) -6616 Miller Lane
-Dayton, OH
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 9:00 AM 4:00 PM; Where: In
the Hallway behind the Main Arena. See the Inside Exhibits booth map.
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.
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
19th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner
The North Coast Contesters are proud to announce The 19th Annual Dayton Contest
Dinner. Master of Ceremonies for the Dayton Contest Dinner is John Dorr, K1AR.
The 2011 CQ Contest Hall of Fame Inductions will be formally announced by the
CQ WorldWide Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST. The main dinner speaker will be
Scott Redd, K0DQ. The Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday night, May 21,
2011 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.
Kansas City DX Club Annual CW Pileup Competiltion
The Kansas City DX Club will host its 31st consecutive Annual CW Pileup Competiltion
on Saturday evening, May 21 from 8:00 p.m. until Midnight, in conjunction with
its Hospitality Suite, at the Dayton Crowne Plaza Hotel, Suite 525.
Excellent prizes will be awarded to the winners. All are invited.
Midwest Amateur Radio Service (MIDCARS) Eyeball
QSO Gathering
“Midcars, (The Midwest Amateur Radio Service) will hold an “Eyeball
QSO Gathering” in the west half of the Food Concession Area from 2-3PM
on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Meet some of the many hams who check in on 7258 KHz
daily to stay in touch with friends and provide support services for those mobiling
around the country. Look for the white and orange “Midcars” signs
sticking up from the tables.
