Ham Holiday 2018

Friday evening will be the annual Ham Holiday banquet. Valerie Hotzfeld N9VL is our featured speaker. Valerie’s a regular on the Ham Nation podcast, and is from Central Illinois. This banquet starts after the Friday session completed. Dinner is served at 7:30 pm, in the Salon A-B-C suite. We have a little more room this year, and this event always sells out, so get your tickets early. This is a great place to visit with your fellow hams, and visit with the state, and local ARRL leadership present. After the banquet we’ll have the Wouff Hong ceremony for ARRL members.

The meal was a barbecue buffet, from “Catering by Finley”. Order your banquet tickets today.

Announcement & Information will be made on our talkabout frequencies! Make sure your VHF radio can listen to 146.490 MHz simplex, and your DMR radio can listen to the NW OKC Local talkgroup.

Ready to get your license or upgrade? Ham Holiday 2018 will give you that opportunity. Register for the VE Testing Session by clicking here. Testing will be Saturday at 1:00 pm. All test sessions must begin by 1:30 pm. Special offer for new hams. Pass the VE test for your first license and we’ll refund your Ham Holiday ticket price!!! Start studying today.

Yes, we will have the prizes you have been wanting to get. In 2017 we had a lot of digital radios and antenna analyzers given out. Take a look here for the list of 2017 prizes.

This year we’ll again have the ability to buy additional raffle tickets. These will be available online, and at the door.

We’ll be at the spacious Tower Hotel, in Northwest Oklahoma City. This 14 story, 354 room hotel / conference center is northeast of the I-44 & the Lake Hefner Parkway intersection. Just north of the Baptist hospital.

The hotel address is: 3233 Northwest Expressway,
Oklahoma City, 73112.

The Tower Hotel has huge FREE parking lots on the north, and east sides of the hotel. The entry to the conference center is on the NorthEast corner of the building.

The 2018 list of vendors is phenomenal. Click here for a list of the vendors that are scheduled to attend.

If you want to purchase a swap meet table, here’s our table policy! Click Here to see the policy.

Friday 3:00 pm – Open

Friday Banquet 7:30 pm

Friday 7:00 pm – Close

Saturday 8:00 am – Open

R ‘Lil Diner Food Truck starts breakfast at 8:00 am and Coits Food Truck and R ‘lil Diner Food Truck started lunch at 11:00 am.

VE Testing 1:00 pm

Saturday 3:00 pm – Close

Help us publicize Ham Holiday to make this a bigger, and better event for all. Here’s a printable Ham Holiday 2018 flyer to distribute to friends, clubs, or other organizations.

The following forum list for Saturday was extensive. For more detailed information about the forums, click here.

ARRL Forum – Kevin O’Dell N0IRW, ARRL West Gulf Division Director
Using Your Antenna Analyzer – Joel Hallas W1ZR ARRL HQ, via Skype
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Forum – Mark Conklin N7XYO
Oklahoma OEM: Auxcom – Gayland Kitch WX5MOR
Youth Forum – Leah Ohse W3LEO
Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network AREDN.org – Duane Angles AA5KD
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) – Mark Matalik AE5DN
Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) – Michelle Carey W5MQC
Oklahoma DX Association (OKDXA) – Kim Elmore N5OP
Fusion Digital – David Downing WD5G
Program your DMR/Fusion/D-Star HT’s – OKC Digital Wizards
DIY – 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, etc. – Mark Kleine N5HZR

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