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This Saturday we have the Knoxville Hamfest, ARRL Tennessee State
Convention
06/13/2026.

Location: Wallace Memorial Baptist Church
701 Merchant Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37901

Website: http://www.w4bbb.org

Sponsor: Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville
ARRL State Convention

Talk-In: 145.21 T100

INSIDE SCHEDULE:

6:30 – 8:00 Final inside Vendor setup
8:00 Hamfest Opens – General Admission
8:00 – 8:45 Hospital Net Meeting (atrium)
9:00 – 9:50 ARRL TN ARES (auditorium)
9:15 Hourly prize drawings begin (must be present)
10:00 – 11:20 ARRL TN State Convention (auditorium )
11:30 – 12:30 Forum – TN Amateur Radio Association (auditorium)
12:30 Registration Radio Exams (ETVE table)
13:00 ARRL Amateur Radio Exams (Upstairs room # 243)
14:30 Grand Prize Drawings (do not need to be present)
7:00 – 13:00 Food Service – Breakfast and Lunch (exhibit hall)

EXHIBITS:

RACK – Club Activities and Membership (exhibit hall)
ARRL – Meet Delta & TN visitors (exhibit hall)
Red Cross and Ham Radio (exhibit hall)
Area Radio Clubs and Organizations (back of exhibit hall)
Free radio programming by KG7BAM (exhibit hall)
POTA Information (exhibit hall)
QSL Card Checking – ETDXA or ARRL (WAS and DXCC)
RACK Comm Trailer – outside tailgate area
KEMA Comm Bus – outside tailgate area

OUTSIDE SCHEDULE:

6:15 – 7:30 Tailgate check-in and setup
7:30 – 13:30 Tailgating
8:00 13:00 KEMA Comm Bus
9:00 – 15:00 RACK Comm Trailer (On the air—W1AW/4 TN)
10:00 – 11:00 Fox Hunt – check-in 9:45 RACK Trailer – KO4WIL

Public Contact: Freddy Kittrell , KO4JLK
5715 Ridgefield Rd. Knoxville, TN 37912
Phone: 919-559-1581
Email: Kittrell013@gmail.com

Where did they all go

Bring family, friends even people you don’t know short of kidnapping.

We will be testing Saturday morning at 10:00 am. Come out and get that upgrade you have been wanting for.

Or take that first step into Ham Radio with your Technician license.

Ted Cruz on the importance of Ham Radio operations in Emergencies

Recently we made some improvements to Meshtastic and GMRS on the 23 tower.

Thanks to Mark McDougal W4DMM for supplying the equipment. And huge shout out to Mark Morgan WW9Z for climbing the tower.

Without someone like him all the equipment in the world wouldn’t keep us on the air.

Mark Morgan changed out a meshtastic core node and added a GMRS antenna to the tower.

Also helping as ground support was Wendall Curvin KQ4FIT and Tom Delker K1KY

Thanks to Don Williams, Wendell Curvin, Carl Goebel, Jason Oleham, Mark Roberts, and Mark Swicord for supporting the Murfreesboro Breakfast Rotary Boro BBQ Festival on Saturday, May 2. With more than 11,000 attendees, this year’s festival was the largest yet.

Our team provided golf cart shuttle service between the parking areas and the event, helping keep things running smoothly. We utilized VHF voice, APRS, and Meshtastic technologies to support operations throughout the day.

One disappointment was that, although SRARC secured a Special Event callsign to operate an HF station, the station was never set up. A special thanks to Don for designing the QSL card and creating an online QSL response system—great groundwork for future events.

The good news: we’ve been invited back next year to provide this valuable service. With the experience and systems we’ve developed, we’re well-positioned to make future special event stations a success.

Mark your calendar for May 1, 2027!

73, Mark

KD4EYF

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