{"id":41424,"date":"2020-01-03T09:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41424"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:44:42","slug":"tomorrow-morristown-hamfest-and-youth-radio-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/tomorrow-morristown-hamfest-and-youth-radio-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow: Morristown Hamfest and youth radio event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My buddy, Vlado (N3CZ)<\/a>, and I have decided to head to the Morristown, Tennessee hamfest tomorrow morning. The event is sponsored by the Lakeway Amateur Radio Club and also features a “kids day” to promote amateur radio to unlicensed youth. The club provides opportunities for both individuals and youth groups to get on-the-air experience and help sort out the best path to get an amateur radio license.<\/p>\n

Neither one of us knew about this regional hamfest until last month when I received a request from the radio club’s president asking if I could help spread the word. It was then that I discovered Morristown is within a two hour drive. Vlado and I are always<\/em> up for a road trip (even if it means leaving at 5:00 am…egad–!).<\/p>\n

We’ll keep our expectations in check, but we both hope to sell some radio gear that is in excess to our needs. If you happen to live in the area, pop by and introduce yourself!\u00a0 Here are the details:<\/p>\n

Lakeway Amateur Radio Club\u2019s<\/strong>
\n28th Annual HAMFEST<\/strong>
\nWhere: 1615 Pavilion Drive, White Pine, TN 37890<\/strong>
\n8:00 AM -3:00 PM<\/strong>
\nSaturday, January 4th, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gates Open @ 8:00 AM.<\/strong>
\nAdmission $10.00 at the Gate<\/strong>
\nOpening Cermonies @ 8:30<\/strong>
\nHAMFEST Forums start at 9:oo AM, District 8 Meeting and ARRL, David Thomas<\/strong>
\nKeynote: Jason Johnston W3AAX, Parks on the Air<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Grand Prize is an Icom IC-7300.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to visit the hamfest website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My buddy, Vlado (N3CZ), and I have decided to head to the Morristown, Tennessee hamfest tomorrow morning. The event is sponsored by the Lakeway Amateur Radio Club and also features a “kids day” to promote amateur radio to unlicensed youth. The club provides opportunities for both individuals and youth groups to get on-the-air experience and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[8233,8232],"class_list":["post-41424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-lakeway-amateur-radio-club","tag-morristown-hamfest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aM8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36405,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/photos-from-the-2019-charlotte-hamfest\/","url_meta":{"origin":41424,"position":0},"title":"Photos from the 2019 Charlotte Hamfest","author":"Thomas","date":"March 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning around 5:30 AM I started my nearly three hour pilgrimage to the 2019 Charlotte (North Carolina) Hamfest. 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