[KCDXC] AZ Snowbirds

[W0WOI at aol.com]

We need your help; we are calling on other hams to please  assist us.  The 
2011 ARRL Arizona State Convention, held in conjunction  with the Yuma 
Hamfest & Emergency Preparedness Show, is Friday and  Saturday,  February 18-19, 
2011 at the Yuma County Fairgrounds in Yuma,  Arizona.  Now in its seventh 
year, the Yuma Hamfest is a traditional  amateur radio convention and trade 
show that also features products and displays  about disaster preparedness.  
We hope you will assist us by getting the  word out to your club membership 
and other hams in your community by  announcements at club meetings, 
newsletters, radio nets or word of  mouth. 
One of the largest hamfests in the ARRL's Southwestern  Division, the Yuma 
Hamfest is one of the few multi-day convention-style hamfests  held in 
Arizona.  We feature commercial exhibitors and vendors, tailgating,  on-site RV 
camping, seminars held in parallel tracks in two separate buildings,  amateur 
license testing, DXCC card checking, the famous Buzzard BBQ dinner, a  huge 
grand prize drawing, great hourly door prizes, a hospitality area, the  
"Country Store" consignment sales area, and much more.  Last year Icom,  Yaesu 
and HRO were among the vendors who exhibited.  This year,we hope the  show 
will be even larger. 
Unlike many conventions, admission is only $1, tailgating  spots are $20 
for the weekend, and the dinner catered by Famous Dave's BBQ is  $10.  We are 
giving away a netbook computer as a registration prize to  someone just for 
coming to the hamfest.  You should mark the third weekend  of February on 
your calendar and plan on attending the Yuma Hamfest! 
The grand prizes this year total about  $5000:
Kenwood TS-590S
Icom IC-7000
Kenwood TM-D710A mobile  rig
Icom ID-880H
Kenwood  TH-D72A
Yaesu VX-8GR
Icom IC-80AD 
Please check our website at _www.yumahamfest.org_ 
(http://www.yumahamfest.org/)   for more information.  If you prefer, you can contact us directly at 
_info at yumahamfest.org_ (mailto:info at yumahamfest.org)   or by phone at 
928-305-1034.  We are also taking proposals for seminars at  this time, and 
welcome volunteers to assist us in putting on the State  Convention.  Please 
contact us in either case. 
Roger D. Hunt
K7MEX
Director, Yuma  Hamfest