Delaware Valley Radio Association

Speakers Solicited for the New Jersey ARRL State Convention

Sunday April 25, 2010

For many years, dating back to before World War II, the Delaware Valley Radio Association sponsored a very large hamfest in Trenton that also served as the New Jersey State ARRL Convention.  We are happy to announce that we have now joined forces with the popular Trenton Computer Festival to again offer such an event to the hams of New Jersey on Sunday April 25^th, 2010 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ.

The ARRL has designated the Sunday of that event as the ARRL New Jersey State Convention.  As a result, a reduced $10 single day Sunday admission will be offered.  Of course, persons purchasing the TCF $15 ($12 if purchased in advance at http://www.tcf-nj.org/) entire weekend admissions ticket will be permitted to join in the Amateur Radio related activities on Sunday as well.  This should prove a boon to promoting Amateur Radio to tech savvy non-hams as well.

As we all know, hamfests that serve as simple electronic flea markets have suffered ups and downs recently.   This non-profit festival runs a whole weekend and has numerous presentations and speakers, commercial electronics vendors, large attendance, and an electronics flea market.   Details of past events are at http://www.tcf-nj.org/

We’re now soliciting speakers on radio related topics for the ARRL State Convention on Sunday.  We envision having at least three classrooms dedicated solely to Amateur Radio topics, such as contesting, DXing, homebrewing, EmComm, Youth Activities, etc. A VE session is planned as well. Speakers are customarily offered free admission.  If you’re interested in making a presentation, please register at http://www.tcf-nj.org/

Finally, a half-price $35 non-commercial, single tailgate selling space will be available to hams. Commercial dealer spaces are $70 for 9′x16′ and $100 for 14′x16′.  Each tailgate or dealer space is good for two days and includes one admission ticket.   Inquiries on commercial vendor, tailgate and flea market spaces should be sent to email hidden; JavaScript is required

Thanks & 73

Gary Wilson, K2GW

Radio Speaker Coordinator

2010 NJ State ARRL Convention

www.w2zq.com

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A few updates to brag about:

• The DVRA is joining forces with the Trenton Computer Fest!  The Hamfest page has been updated with all the information (for some time now, but thanks in part to the new theme it doesn’t look horrble anymore) so visit there if you’d like to learn more about the event.
• The licensing page has also been updated with the correct dates for 2009 (now that someone reminded me that the old dates were still there.. from 2007!)

The logo still needs to be fixed, mostly because I need to find a hi-res version of it to scale down (the one that I have doesn’t look decent due to the backgorund in the image).

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Orders placed online must be paid for with a credit card. Orders placed over email or by phone can be paid for by credit card, check, or cash. All orders placed by December 11th are guaranteed to arrive before Christmas.

As a special thank you for your support of the DVRA in this fundraiser, anyone who places an order will receive one entry into a drawing to win one of the gift packs. The winner will be announced at the upcoming DVRA meeting on December 13th at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church (don’t forget the meeting starts at 6:30 this month).

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask!