Hamfests (& Auctions)

Alamogordo 2024 Hamfest Tailgate

Saturday, August 31, 2024

7 AM - 3 PM

Otero County Fair grounds (in Alamogordo NM) 

Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club Serving Hams In The Tularosa Basin And Around The World And Beyond

AARCs' 38th Annual missed a couple for lockdown Hamfest 31 Aug Labor Day Weekend 2024 from 7am to 3pm-ish (depends upon presentations)

Free admissions, donations from local and Ham related vendors for door prize drawings throughout the day

Morning brew and eats by club for donations, for lunch support your local vendors

Plenty of parking at the Otero County Fairgrounds, RV's welcome but no RV hookups, dump station on site.

Hamfest is ARRL approved and small listed nonprofit (needing all the help we can get)

AARC is also looking for items to be donated as door prizes throughout the day.

"Give a big thank you to those who donated to our past Hamfests." You keep us afloat

We would like to list your logo on our website to show donor support and advertise your business during the event

Main prizes and Ht drawings are normally purchased by the club, (donations accepted) must be present for all except 1st prize

    1st FT-710 AESS

    2nd FTM-6000R

    3rd Mini 1.3 OLED ZUMspot Kit

    4th DM-30TR

    $1.00 Drawing for FT65 HT

Main Prize drawing tickets $8.00 mail in post dated before 24 Aug (eligible for Pre-Registration Prize drawing of $50.00) $10.00 at the door, Swap Tables $15.00 with one chair

Any profits made from our event goes back into paying our bills, insurance, repeater systems maintenance, classes and our other public activities

We are also looking for folks/groups who would like to do short presentations

Testing will be conducted on site around 9am-ish (depends upon the VE and VEC's)

Check us out at http://www.qsl.net/k5lrw/ and on FB at Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club NM