Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

When I think about hamfests, I think of the people relying on the meager income they derive from their efforts. I enjoyed spaghetti dinner at ours with a couple whose life and livelihood had them traveling nearby hand to mouth from one fest to another. They had some nice products. Another gentl

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

0 10:22 AM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: Big turnout??? More then 10 people??       From: BVARC On Behalf Of Steve Agee via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 3:48 PM To: bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: Steve Agee Subject: Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone   4Z1UG is alrea

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

To:* bvarc@bvarc.org *Cc:* Steve Agee *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone *4Z1UG is already doing a virtual hamfest. First one was several months ago and another is planned for next year. Big turn out. <http://www.arrl.org/news/qso-today-virtual-ham-expo-to-become-twice-yearly-event> <http:

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

Big turnout??? More then 10 people?? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Steve Agee via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 3:48 PM To: bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: Steve Agee Subject: Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone 4Z1UG is already doing a virtual hamfest. First one was several months ago and

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

There are regional hamfests already. San Antonio, Austin, Orange, Texas City, oh yah.. BVARC. All at different times. 73...bruce Sent from my iPhone On Dec 23, 2020, at 10:03 PM, D. Howard Bingham via BVARC wrote:  Would having Regional version of Ham Fests at different times of the year

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

Would having Regional version of Ham Fests at different times of the year, attract more NEW HAMS, than ONE SINGLE HAM-COM, given Covid-19 and various weather related events, TIMED so as to NOT INTERFERE with each other to get interest of LARGE SPONSORING Manufacturers and Vendors of equipment.

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

:* Eddie Runner via BVARC *Cc:* Jimmy Vance *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone Actually there have been a couple of virtual hamfest this year and I know for the one attendance was pretty good. On 12/23/2020 1:49 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: No ONE WOULD COME! Eddie (NU5K

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

You fail to realize YOU STAY HOME during a virtual hamfest. 😊 My humor often goes unnoticed…. From: BVARC On Behalf Of Jimmy Vance via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 2:11 PM To: Eddie Runner via BVARC Cc: Jimmy Vance Subject: Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone Actually

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

*4Z1UG is already doing a virtual hamfest. First one was several months ago and another is planned for next year. Big turn out.   N5ZUA * On 12/23/2020 1:49 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: No ONE WOULD COME! Ed

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

Actually there have been a couple of virtual hamfest this year and I know for the one attendance was pretty good. On 12/23/2020 1:49 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: No ONE WOULD COME! Eddie (NU5K) On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 12:50:40 PM CST, Mark Brantana via BVARC wrote: I have t

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

No ONE WOULD COME!  Eddie (NU5K) On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 12:50:40 PM CST, Mark Brantana via BVARC wrote: I have to wonder what the issues would be to a  virtual ham fest. MarkMark  N5PRD  Sent from my iPhone Brazos Valley Amat

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

I have to wonder what the issues would be to a virtual ham fest. Mark Mark N5PRD Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2020, at 12:21 PM, ELIZABETH WHITE via BVARC > wrote: > > 😥 that was a family tradition for Frosty’s (silent key K5LBU) family for > many years. Daddy took us to help work th

Re: [BVARC] HamCom is gone

😥 that was a family tradition for Frosty’s (silent key K5LBU) family for many years. Daddy took us to help work the booth when he owned Mission Consulting and Expert Amps. Elizabeth J White texaseb...@att.net Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2020, at 12:11 PM, Christopher Boone via BVARC > w

[BVARC] HamCom is gone

Hamcom announced today it is closing forever. 2020 was cancelled and the president of Hamcom,Inc issued a released stating the costs, etc had gotten too high so they have decided to no longer hold Hamcom in the future. Chris WB5ITT Brazos Valley Ama