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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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