Hamfest NL  2026 September 12th Event Program

 9:30am –  Doors open and registration and Swap Shop begins

10:30am – Coffee courtesy of BARK

11:00am – Bus leaves for “afternoon at the Mall for XYLs.” Swap shop

Continues.

12:00 – Welcome and opening remarks -Al Boyd VE3AJB, Pres RAC

12:30 – Jason Tremblay VE3JXT, RAC Community Services Officer

1:00 – Dave Goodwin, VE3KG, RAC Regulatory Affairs

1:30 – Coffee and sandwiches courtesy of SONRA

2:00 – Bryan Taylor VO1MXZ – Cross Island Repeater Network

2:30 – Paul Webster VO1HC – On air behavior and etiquette

3:00 – Joe Craig VO1NA – Commemorating Marconi – tentative

3:30 – Dave McLennon VO1LM, Chris Vernon VO1CH – Remote Operations

4:00 – Tom Dunster VO1TAD – CANWARN – tentative

4:30 – Bus returns with XYLs, Bar opens, coffee courtesy of ARCON

                                         Evening Session

5:30 – Bus leaves Capital Hotel for evening events

6:00 –

• Full Course Turkey Dinner
• Evening of Song and Dance with our “Just off frequency Band”
• DJ Andrea
• prize draws

9:00 – Draw for 50/50 and Kenwood TS 430 station and HTX 212 VHF

10:00 – Draw for door prize provided by Radio World

11:15 – Bus returns to the Capital Hotel

                                   Sunday Sept 13, 2026

8:00 – Farewell breakfast at the Capital Hotel (included in room charge)

              Others are welcome to order from the Menu

                    Thanks for coming and safe drive home