This is your 2010 Hamfest Report, counting down 2 weeks to Saturday August 14
Earl Warren Showgrounds Everything is ready to go with same great layout as last year!
Woody's BBQ Also ready to go with the same delicious menu and prices as last year
Exhibitors Elecraft with their new amplifier and HRO with tons of gear will be in same locations as last year - all other exhibitors returning + 3 new ones!
Speakers Keynote - Wayne Rosing, KD6ALG will be describing the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network Wayne Rosing has been involved as a key player in several landmark projects in the computing industry since the late 1970s. Gaining experience as an engineering manager at DEC and Data General in the 1970s, he became a director of engineering at Apple Computer in the early 1980s. There he led the Apple Lisa project, the forerunner to the Macintosh. He then went on to work at Sun Microsystems and headed the spin-off First Person. At Sun Labs, his team developed Java.Rosing served as Vice President of Engineering at Google from January 2001 to May 2005. He continues to serve as an advisor to Google and is now a senior fellow in mathematical and physical sciences at the University of California, Davis. He splits his time between Silicon Valley and the Santa Barbara area.
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A great group of additional speakers be handling topics from product design to getting off the grid to electric vehicles...
Swapmeet Bill Gross will be wetting your appetite with more goodies, and there will be tens of additional booths
Static Displays All those great vehicles from last year will be back + 3 new ones
ATV Catch an update on what's new in amateur television!
GOTA Station David, AC9AC, assisted by Cyril, AF6GW, and Jug, WA6MBZ and a host of scouts will be positioned between the SBARC Rover and ARES Van
THunt Darryl has 2 different modes of competition, and a bunch of cool prizes ready for you to sign up - click on the THunt link at WWW.SBARC.ORG
Website registration Is running flawlessly and ready for you to purchase your raffle and meal packages!
Flyers If you don't like on-line registration, print out the back page of the attached flyer and mail in with your check to the SBARC address listed
Raffle Speaking of tickets, Rick, KG6VLB has an even greater list of prizes than last year which we will be publishing this week
We need your earliest registration to properly plan the meals, so click or print or email me at hamfest@sbarc.org with any questions
SEE YOU THERE!
Michael W7HUT
