Subj : Delta Div Hamfests To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jun 17 2021 11:33:34 Greetings Delta ARRL Members and Amateurs! It is with great pleasure to announce our first ARRL State Convention in 15 months in Delta Division: The Knoxville Hamfest and Electronics Convention, ARRL Tennessee State Convention is this Saturday 06/19/2021! Location: Kerbela Temple 315 Mimosa Ave Knoxville, TN 37901 Website: http://WWW.W4BBB.ORG Sponsor: Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville Talk-In: 147.300 T100 Public Contact: Jim Norman , N4CFB 2521 Pendleton Dr. Knoxville, TN 37924-1570 Phone: 865-310-8310 Email: n4cfb@arrl.net We note further from Lou WB3JKQ and the RACK website: RACK board approved plan to proceed with the Hamfest set for June 19, 2021 and we have approval for ARRL TN State Convention. However, COVID rules may prevent having a normal indoor convention. We may have to limit number of inside tables so make your reservations early. If you are a dealer willing to setup outside, please let me know and your space requirements. We could have a shared generator to provide power for several dealers parked near RACK Van. You would have to provide your own tables/tents for the outdoors with a reduced rate for spaces. Outdoor setup would be on Saturday only. Tents must be supported without stakes because of asphalt surface. At this time can only have a few single inside tables. COVID rules will not allow having a large cluster of tables shared by multiple non-family groups. At this time, we do not know if VE Testing will be possible. Please let us know if you would like to have testing. Number of applicants may be limited because of room size. We have decided to have VE testing using back low ceiling room that was used of clubs. Testing registration at 12:30 Free club tables will not be offered unless capacity limit restrictions are removed. We are interested in Expo tables for family groups that want to display items not for sale. Examples would be homebrew equipment. We plan to offer 6 club tables staged in the west end and will send out specific invites soon. We hope you will enjoy our food and drink concessions by JustSayQueso.com food truck. A custom developed menu for our Hamfest will be posted in a few weeks. RACK receives a percentage on the sales. We do not have any arrangements with local motels or hotels. The two closest in downtown Knoxville are Hampton Inn and Executive Inn. Hampton is brand new and shows price of $111/night. It you want luxury then consider Holliday Inn, Hilton, or Marriott and Embassy Suites. For more reasonable prices consider Merchants and I-75 area - Quality Inn, Main Stay and Super 8 priced $65 to $90 and about 5 miles north from the Hamfest. As of 5-27 we have been offered a Hamfest rate (10% off) the Hampton Inn as follows Booking Link: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?&ctyhocn=TYSHSHX& corporateCode=2789242 (above URL all on one line) Hotel: Hampton Inn & Suites Knoxville-Downtown Company Name: Hamfest 2021 Tentative Forum Schedule - Main Lobby North End. 8:45 - 9:15 ARES District 8 Meeting 9:30 - 10:45 ARRL TN and DELTA Division Update 11:00 - 12:00 Digital Modes - PSK, FT4, FT8 by Burt Wagner WB4RA For more information, go to: http://www.w4bbb.org/knoxville-hamfest June 13, 2021 Lou - WB3JKQ Ldreinho@att.net We will see you at the TN state Convention! 73 ES DX DE K5UZ WB4RHQ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Delta Division Director: David A Norris, K5UZ k5uz@arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .