[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] 2022 Orlando HamCation Attendance

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Michael Cauley, W4ORL
General Chairman - HamCation
mcauley at hamcation.com

*For Immediate Release*

*75th Orlando HamCation Attendance*

Orlando, Florida (April 2022) On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, February 11
– 13, HamCation took place at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park
in Orlando — an 87-acre lakefront fairground. After having just, a Virtual
Event in 2021. This year’s convention marked the 75th anniversary of
HamCation — one of the largest, annual gatherings of radio amateurs in the
US.

Given the level of enthusiasm for the 2022 Orlando HamCation, attendance
may have seemed up, but for all intents and purposes, it was down this year
with only 19,500 in attendance over the 3 days. We believe this is mostly
due to people not wanting to fly or be in large crowds yet and we
understand.

With the above being said, HamCation 2022 was still a huge success. We have
been talking to lots of the vendors over the last 2 months and a lot of
them have said that 2022 HamCation was the best year that they have had at
HamCation. We almost have a record number of RVs this year with 203 on
property.

Please thank all our volunteers from around the world for their dedication
to making HamCation the 5-Star event that everyone has come to love.

We would like to thank all the Visitors and Vendors that did come to the
show this year for being part of a great show. For those that were holding
off due to Covid concerns we understand and hope to also see you next year.

We are already planning for 2023. We have already started updating hotel
information on our website, please watch our website for further updates.
We can’t wait to see you at HamCation on February 10, 11, 12, 2023
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