[TMRA] New Great Lakes HamCon to be held at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) on October 7 & 8, 2017,

[Stephen Bellner]

On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 12:22 PM, Jeff Frank <n8hee at n8hee.com 
<mailto:n8hee at n8hee.com>> wrote:


ARRL Great Lakes Division to hold Convention in October.   The
convention will be part of the new Great Lakes HamCon to be held at 
Michigan International Speedway (MIS) on October 7 & 8, 2017, HamCon 
promises to be an exciting event for ham radio in the ARRL Great Lakes 
Division.  HamCon is sponsored by the Great Lakes Amateur Radio 
Association, a consortium of radio clubs in the Great Lakes Division.
There are currently 14 clubs who have joined the consortium and it is 
continuing to grow.
The HamCon event takes place in the infield of the MIS NASCAR® track, 
where there is room to park 5000 cars.  Additional parking for cars and 
campers surrounds the rack.  HamCon will use "Pit Road" for the flea 
market trunk sales, while the three large infield buildings are 
committed for the vendor booths and inside tables.  Advanced tickets, 
flea market spaces and booth rentals are expected to open for sale in 
mid-March. Planned events include a Wouff Hong Initiation, Ham-in-a-day 
class, FCC license testing, ARRL meetings, DX Forum, Contesting Forum, 
Fox Hunting Forum, and QRP Operating Forum with 10 more events still 
pending.  As it becomes available, up-to-the-minute information will be 
posted on the web page at:  GLHamCon.org