Hamfests around St. Louis in 2013

We have just had the Winterfest in Collinsville, IL today - 01/26/2013

Here is a list of interesting hamfests and conferences in our area (please let us know about others):

• Winterfest - Collinsville, IL - 01/26/2013
• Egyptian Radio Club Auction - 03/09/2013 at 4:00pm, check in equip. at 2:00pm
• Lewis & Clark Radio Club Hamfets - Godfrey, IL - 04/20/2013
• Egyptianfest - Sunday 06/09/2013
• Augustfest, Macoupin County ARC - Carlinville, IL - 08/03/2013
• St. Charles Hamfest - O'Fallon, MO - 08/11/2013
• Joplin Hamfest - Joplin, MO - 08/23-24/2013
• CSVHFC - Chicago, IL - 08/25-28/2013
• Peoria Hamfest - Peoria, IL - 09/20-22/2013
• Midwest Div Convention - Lebanon, MO - Fri-Sat 11/8-9/2013

We will add some details to these later.

73 Herbert

AF4JF

First Contest in 2013

ARRL January VHF Contest takes place on the third or fourth weekend in January. Begins 1900 UTC Saturday, ends 0359 UTC Monday. It will be held on January 19-21 this year (2013).

Objective as found on ARRL web site:

For amateurs in the US and Canada (and their possessions) to work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees x 1 degree Maidenhead grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Stations outside the US & Canada (and their possessions) may only work stations in the US (and its posessions) and Canada.

Stations in KH0-9, KL7 & KP1-KP5, CY9 and CY0 count as W/VE stations and can be worked by DX stations for contest credit.

More details here.