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Design a badge competition – GNHF 2011

August 3, 2011

The Great Northern Hamfest in Barnsley has now been running for 20 years.

On the 18th September 2011, it will be somewhat special - as it is the 21st Birthday of the Great Northern Hamfest.

To celebrate our 21st Birthday, we want you to design our limited edition pin button badge.

This will be kindly made and donated to the hamfest by www.geopins.co.uk and be handed out to the first 250 visitors that enter our doors on the day.

Make sure you are early to get one!!! – And wear it in the hamfest with pride!!!!

Now it’s up to you. Here’s how to enter.

1) Download the badge template. Here as JPG

2) Do your design and make it good

3) Email it to pins@greatnorthernhamfest.co.uk

Closing date for designs is the 28th August 2011.

Anyone that enters the competition will be reserved a free winning badge.

PRIZE:

VIP entry to GNHF – More details soon on VIP Access and hospitality.
15 mins of fame & the first to press your historic pin.

GNHF attracts over 1000 radio hams every year. It will be a great day out – Still only £3 entry on the door.

Good Luck!!!

More details at: www.greatnorthernhamfest.co.uk

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Friedrichshafen Friday

June 24, 2011

Its been a hectic but enjoyable first day at Friedrichshafen……

You come half way across Europe and meet folks from your local town.

Above we see Clare of LAMCO showing me their latest fullpage spread, service with a smile as always.

Joking aside its great to see faces old and new and I am never anything but in awe when I attend this Hamfest.

It really is Europes biggest with something for everyone wherever your spectrum intrest may lie.

The side halls are packed with radio enthusiasts from all over the globe selling and swapping their preloved equipment.

The main hall is rammed with dealers, radio clubs, representatives from nearly every nation. I really am in my element.

All the usual dealers are in full force and there is a new offering unveiled by icom, the ID-31E that should keep the D-Star users saving for a few months.

I had a quick chat with the guys and here is a basic specification:

DV/FM
IPX7
Free cloning software
Integral GPS
DR mode
Micro SD card slot
Navigation key interface (similar to GSM phones)
70 cm UHF
Slim line form factor

See some photographs in the gallery > > > HERE

The Hamfest seems to be growing year on year with throngs of people everywhere you go. As always the ham spirit is well and truely alive, when so many like minded people congregate on one place at the same time…

I am signing off now and heading to freshen up, eat, imbibe some of the local brew and do my bit for Anglo – Germanic relations.

Have a great evening and I will be reporting on day two’s events tomorrow.

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