Subj : Upcoming Hamfests To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jul 26 2019 09:38:03 Greetings Delta Members and Amateurs! I am back from the July ARRL Board of Director’s Meeting and within a week I am hitting the road again. There was much accomplished at the board and committee meetings and I shall share that with you in greater detail as soon as the minutes are approved. I think we truly did some good for the ARRL membership, advanced the hobby and overall worked as a team to promote the Amateur Radio Service. That being said, I am off to Lebanon, TN (Nashville area) this weekend for the Greater Nashville & Middle Tennessee HamQuest. We will see you there. I also wish to express my condolences to vice Director Hudgens, WB4RHQ and his XYL, Abbie on the loss of Abbie's sister. May God bless her and keep her. Let’s keep Ed and Abbie in our prayers. This weekend's event: The fourth annual Greater Nashville & Middle Tennessee HamQuest will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2019. We will be in the same location once again this year at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center located at 945 E. Baddour Parkway, Lebanon, TN 37090. Gates will open to general admission at 8:00 AM CDST to allow our vendors plenty of time to set up. Vendor setup will be from 6:00 AM until 8:00 AM CDST. Admission will be $5.00 per person age 16 years and older, free for youth 15 years old and younger. Side (formerly called back-in:) booths will consist of of a 10X12 space with one table & two chairs set up before you arrive, & A/C electrical hook-ups for $15.00 each. Interior aisle (formerly called middle covered) booths will consist of a 10X10 space with 1 table & two chairs set up before you arrive for $10.00 each. All booths in the pavilion include one admission ticket with additional tickets for others attending with you are available at the regular admission rate. Tailgate spaces will be $10.00 each this year and will include one admission ticket to the pavilion booth area with additional admission tickets available at the regular admission rate. We are pleased to announce our door prizes worth over $450.00 for this year’s HamQuest. Drawings will begin at 9:00 AM, will take place at the top of every hour with the grand prize drawing being held at 12:00 PM. The current list of door prizes is: N3FJP Software Package without CD - a $49.99 value $100.00 DX Engineering Gift Certificate A Gift Certificate from The Wire Man. Three ARRL Gift Certificates - 1 $50.00 certificate and 2 $25.00 certificates. THIS YEAR'S GRAND PRIZE VALUED AT OVER $150.00: 1 Yaesu FT-70DR dual-band FM/C4FM 5 watt handheld transceiver with Nifty Manual. Have you been working on that DXCC Award or endorsement and have a few QSL Cards that need to be checked? Bring them with you to HamQuest 2019 and stop by the ARRL Booth up by the stage to get them checked so you can get credit for your next award or endorsement. I will see you at HamQuest! 73 ES DX DE K5UZ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Delta Division Director: David A Norris, K5UZ k5uz@arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- --- SBBSecho 3.07-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .