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 2012 Tidelands Amateur Radio Society’s
Texas City HAMFEST    
 


Date:
   July 14th, 2012

Place:  Doyle Convention Center (Map) , 2010 5th Avenue North, Texas City, TX 77590 (29.389212, -94.924064)

Directions:  From I-45, take exit 16. Go approximately 8 miles east to 21st street and turn right.  The Doyle Convention Center is located at Phoenix Lane and 21st Street.

Time:  Hamfest opens to the Public at 8AM  -  Grand Prize Drawing at 2PM

Set up:     Commercial Vendors      6:00  AM

                Flea Market Tables       7:00  AM

Talk-in:  147.140/pl167.9  (Secondary 442.025/pl103.5)

 

Pre Registration Admission Price $4.00
 
At the Door Registration Price $5.00
 
Swap Tables  $15.00 + Registration Fee.
 (Swap Tables  Not claimed by 9AM may be reassigned)
 
Vendor(Commercial) Tables $20.00, No registration fee required.

Power available in most locations (Bring your own extension cords, multi outlets, Tape)
 
No Pets, Alcohol, Smoking or Firearms.  (City Ordinance)
 
ARRL Awards  -  QSL Card Checker on site
 
Fox Hunt, Left Foot CW contest, Forum, Testing Station with 12 Volt power available and UHF,VHF antenna, Food Vendor.
 
Amateur Exams
We will have drawings for a Grand Prize, Hourly prizes and unscheduled Prize drawings.  You do not have to be present to win the Grand Prize.  All other unclaimed prizes will be given away in a "Blitz Drawing" at the end of the Hamfest.  Tickets for the above mentioned prizes will be sold during the Hamfest only.
 
Beautiful Air Conditioned Convention Center, plenty of near by free parking, covered unloading area. Contact Joe Wileman, AA5OP, P.O. Box 73, Texas City, TX 77592. Phone: 409-945-6794 E-Mail: aa5op@yahoo.com

  The Texas City Hamfest is an ARRL sanctioned event.

2012 Texas City Hamfest Registration Form with information

2012 Texas City Hamfest Registration Only Form

Hamfest visitors must pay the registration fee, regardless if a table is rented or not.

Major Commercial Vendors are excluded from registration fees with table rentals.

Tables are rented on a first paid for basis.  We cannot guarantee a table unless it is paid for in advance of the Hamfest.  Tables not claimed by 9:00 AM may be reassigned.

Tables are reserved when payment is received by mail or in person with a completed registration form.  If any tables remain at the time of the Hamfest, they will be awarded  on a first come first serve basis.

 

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