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Title: Where


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Where When?
  • Holiday Inn Estes Park Conference Center
  • Estes Park, Colorado
  • Colorado Hwy 7 at US Hwy 36
  • June 9 11, 2006

3
Background
  • HAMCON Colorado, Inc. established in 2002
  • Letters of Invitation sent to all Colorado ARRL
    affiliated clubs by KØRM
  • HAMCON Board of Directors established in January
    2002 (ADØA, KØRM, KØGS, KØMP, KCØHVD, WØCP)
  • Convention Committee established in February 2002
    representing 15 Colorado Amateur Radio
    Organizations

4
Background
  • HAMCON Colorado, Inc. By-Laws established and
    approved 2/9/02
  • Mission ARRL affiliated organizations dedicated
    to the sponsorship, management, and execution of
    special amateur radio events in Colorado such as
    ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Conventions

5
Background
  • Vision Promoting goodwill, public service and
    all aspects of amateur radio
  • 2003 Convention held in Estes Park
  • - Over 450 attendees
  • - Excellent technical speakers
  • - President of ARRL was guest Banquet
  • speaker

6
Background
  • So successful that 2003 Convention Committee said
    Lets do it again in 2006
  • Thus, HAMCON Colorado was reconvened in January
    2005
  • Board of Directors established (ADØA, KØRM, WØGV,
    KØHBZ, AIØW, WS7W)
  • Convention Committee representing 11 Colorado
    Amateur Radio Organizations

7
Thanks to the Sponsoring Clubs
  • Boulder ARC (BARC)
  • Colo Council ARC (CCARC)
  • Colorado QRP Club (CQC)
  • Denver RC (DRC)
  • Denver Radio League (DRL)
  • Estes Valley ARC (EVARC)
  • Loveland Repeater Assn (LRA)
  • Mountain ARC (MARC)
  • Northern Colo ARC (NCARC)
  • Park County RC (PCRC)
  • Pikes Peak RAA (PPRAA)

8
2006 Convention Committee
  • ADØA ARRL
  • WA7BNG LRA
  • ABØCD CQC
  • ACØCH LRA
  • WDØDGL DRL
  • W3DIF BARC
  • KCØGMI ARRL
  • WØGV DRC
  • KØHBZ MARC
  • KCØHUF PCRC
  • KCØHVD PCRC
  • W9INE EVARC
  • N7LV PPFMA
  • NØMPM ARES
  • KCØOUQ DRC
  • NØPUF ARES
  • KØRM ARRL
  • KØSRW PPRAA
  • WBØTUB CCARC
  • KBØUBZ ARES

9
2006 Convention
  • Convention Committee selected Estes Park as 2006
    convention site
  • Planning commenced in March 2005
  • Convention Theme Amateur Radio Facing The
    Future
  • Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH quickly confirmed as
    main Banquet speaker
  • Brian Mileshosky N5ZGT Friday night Keynote
    speaker followed by Dr Evelyn Patterson
    granddaughter of Clarence Tuska, co-founder of
    ARRL

10
Many Forums
  • ARES Forum
  • ARRL Open Forum
  • BARC Juniors
  • EMCOMM/Digital Forum
  • FCC Forum
  • Ham Radio Instructors Forum
  • MARS Forum
  • New Hams Forum
  • NTS/Digital Traffic Forum

11
Many Technical Sessions
  • ALE Sys Simulation
  • Antenna Modeling
  • BPL
  • Echo Link
  • EOSS
  • Lightening/Grounding
  • Katrina Lessons Learned
  • Modern Kit Building
  • OSCAR
  • Receiver Specs
  • Station Ergonomics
  • T-Hunt Tutorial
  • QRP Basics

12
Many Exhibitors Prize Donors
  • ACE-HF
  • Alpha Radio Products
  • AMSAT
  • Burghart Amateur Ctr
  • Cheapham.com
  • Clear Signal Products
  • Cordpro
  • Digi-Key
  • DX Engineering
  • Electric Radio
  • Elecraft
  • Hamcity.com
  • Ham Test On-line
  • Heil Sound
  • HRO
  • ICOM
  • ISOTRON Antennas
  • Kenwood
  • MFJ
  • My 3 Sons Embroidery
  • Powerex
  • Yaesu

13
Special Events
  • Riley Hollingsworths war stories (5 pm Fri)
  • Peter I DXpedition talk by N6JRL (9 am Sat)
  • Ladies Luncheon Ann Trudeau KAØZFI (Sat noon)
  • Banquet K4ZDH (Sat 7 pm)
  • Wouff Hong (Sat midnight)
  • Sunday Breakfast Harold Kramer WJ1B (8 am)
  • Special Event Station W1AW/Ø
  • QLF and CW Pileup contests
  • T-Hunt

14
Register Now!
  • Visit www.hamconcolorado.org for on-line
    convention registration and convention program
    schedule
  • Holiday Inn Estes Park Conference Center
    reservations www.rockymountainparkinn.com
  • Estes Park RV Campground
  • www.koa.com/where/co/06113.htm
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