What is a Hamfest?
A hamfest is a meeting of people interested in Amateur Radio. Hamfests offer exhibits, forums, amateur radio testing, and fleamarkets for Amateur Radio operators or “hams.”
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Hours of Operation
Oklahoma City’s Ham Holiday is a two-day hamfest. On Friday, vendors and flea market table holders can set up their wares from noon to 3:00 p.m. The doors will open to the public from 3:00 p.m. until the banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, the building will open for setup at 7:00 a.m., and the doors will be open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to the show’s end at 3:00 p.m. The Hamfest schedule is listed on the Ham Holiday Schedule page at this link.
Friday BanquetWe have a 6:30 p.m. Friday evening banquet to feed and entertain the hams in attendance. This year’s featured speaker will be Tim Duffy K3LR CEO of DX Engineering. Tim was an Edmond club member before transplanting to Pennsylvania. Tim will talk about where he sees the amateur radio hobby and his 14 years of living in the Oklahoma City area. This banquet is a great place to visit with your fellow hams and the regional, state, and local ARRL leadership present. The banquet information is available on this page. This year, through the generosity of ICOM and DX Engineering, the main raffle prize for the banquet is an ICOM 7300 radio. This fan-favorite transceiver covers the HF through 50MHz bands with 100 W of output power, has sold over 100,000 units worldwide. You must have a 2025 banquet ticket and must be present to win!! |
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Wouff Hong Ceremony
The Wouff Hong was discovered by “T.O.M.,” who was later identified as Hiram Percy Maxim (aka The Old Man). Hiram co-founded the American Radio Relay League and served as the first President. According to a legend, “T.O.M.” heard the Wouff Hong being used on an operator who exhibited advanced “liddish” operating behavior (which means inferior operating methods and practices). T.O.M. investigated and found a live specimen of the Wouff Hong. He presented Wouff Hong (shown above) at an ARRL board meeting. This Wouff Hong is displayed at ARRL HQ, so it is available for use. Poor operators blanch at the thought of seeing a Wouff Hong and usually improve their operating behavior. Sign up on this page now.
The Wouff Hong story is relayed in a short ceremony after our Friday night banquet. All are invited to attend this event while you are at Ham Holiday.