*HAMFESTS and EVENTS*
December 9th & 10th 2022 – Plant City – the 47th Tampa Bay Hamfest is the Florida State Convention and West Central Florida Section Convention, Friday and Saturday, at the Expo Building in the Strawberry Festival grounds, advanced admission $9, at the door $10, for information contact Bill Williams AG4QX, chairman@fgcarc.org or go tohttp://www.tampabayhamfest.org or you can just ask me, Jim or Dee at a meeting 😉
January 2023 – TARCFest, at the TARC Clubhouse, 22nd St at the river, $5 entry including tailgate, a few inside tables reserved in advance, talkin on 147.105 +146.2, more info at http://hamclub.org/ TARCFests will be normally be held in January, April, and August of each year. Check the TARC website (hamclub.org) for actual dates and more information.
February 10th – 12th, 2023 – Orlando Hamcation and State Convention, Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 West Colonial Drive, Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at door. Talkin 146.4760 – no PL or D-Star 146.850 -, all the information at www.hamcation.com or call 407-841-0874
February 24th & 25th, 2023, 9th Annual TECHCON Convention, Hillsborough County Emergency Operations Center, 9450 E. Columbus Drive, Tampa, FL, 33619. For more info go to http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/wcftechconference/
May 27th, 2023 – WormFest, Pinellas Park, admission FREE, tailgate free, Freedom Lake Park, 9990 46th St N, southeast corner of US 19 and 49th Street, 33782. Park opens at sunrise for vendor setup, hamfest starts at 0800. Talk-in on 442.625 + or 146.850 – both with a tone of 146.2. For a map and directions see https://www.TheWormholeSociety.org
Mid January Adventure Run, Honeymoon Island
Last full weekend January Winter Field Day, https://www.winterfieldday.com/
Late January Gasparilla celebration
Late February West Central Florida Tech Conference http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/wcftechconference/
Early to Mid March MS 150 Citrus Tour bike ride http://www.citrustour.org/register.php
March/April MS Walks
March/April Mass Casualty Exercises
Late April Southeastern VHF Society Conference, http://www.svhfs.org
Late April Florida QSO Party
Mid May March For Babies (was March of Dimes) https://www.marchforbabies.org/Registration/Events
Mid-May Annual Armed Forces Crossband Test
Mid-May Florida Hurricane Exercise
May, Memorial Day Weekend Wormfest
Early June Museum Ships on the Air
Fourth weekend in June Field Day http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/
July 3/4 Midnight Run in Largo http://www.kiwanismidnightrun.com/
August International Lighthouse/Lightship Week https://illw.net/
October, 3rd weekend JOTA, Scout Jamboree-on-the-AIR (around 14.280MHz)
Early December ALS bike ride in Walsingham Park
December, Second weekend Tampa Bay Hamfest https://www.fgcarc.org/