Buy Your Hamfest Tickets and Tables Today!

General Admission and Vendor Bundle tickets (i.e. a flea market table and vendor admission) are on sale now in the RRRA online box office.

Your advance purchase gets you to the bargains faster at the Dakota Division’s biggest hamfest.

Don’t waste time in the ticket table line ‼️

Finding Your Path in This Hobby

As you might recall, recently I stumbled on an excellent list of 52 weekly challenges put together by Fabian, DJ5CW and friends. You can find it at hamchallenge.org. As I’ve previously mentioned, it contains activities right across the amateur spectrum, from designing a QSL card to making a contact on 80m or 160m, with everything in between. It’s an excellent tool to set a weekly goal to achieve and I recommend that you have a go.

It’s not the only interesting tool around.

Ham Radio Operators Serving During California Firestorms

As the firestorms across Southern California continue to threaten millions of residents, trained amateur radio operators are serving critical volunteer roles to help officials spot fires before they get out of control. Dry conditions and wind gusts of 100 miles per hour have fueled days of devastating wildfires. Entire neighborhoods have been leveled by infernos.