Pacificon

THANK YOU for joining us at PACIFICON 2014!

We’ll see you all next year at PACIFICON 2015 when we return to our new, old location:

San Ramon Marriott in San Ramon, CA

Save the dates:

Friday through Sunday, Oct. 16-18, 2015

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CALL FOR PAPERS

PACIFICON 2015 is looking for qualified people to give presentations at our next conference. Just a few of the topics we're looking for include tuning duplexers, coax termination, configuring certain handheld radios, fundamentals of radio technology, antennas, public service, emergency response, and just about any other subject of interest to hams.

If you are interested in presenting at PACIFICON 2015, please send an email to:
forums2015@pacificon.org
with a brief description of your propose talk;

and THANK You!

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If you have a suggestion to make next year’s conference even better, let us know with an email to info@pacificon.org

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Below is our PACIFICON 2014 home web page. We're keeping it and the other pages of this site active temporarily, so you can see what we did at the last conference. We've already started planning our next one. We'll have details on this site as soon as we can.
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Pacificon gives you three great days of activities for one low cost: A full slate of outstanding Forum presentations about a wide range of amateur radio topics, a large Vendor Expo filled with exciting products and exhibits, an outdoor Swap Meet, great QRP activities, a Youth Forum and great Youth Activities including electronics kit building and soldering classes, a One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to pass the amateur radio Technician license examination and get your first amateur radio license, a chance to hear about and discuss important national amateur radio issues with top ARRL leaders, a chance to win radios and other great prizes throughout the convention, and perhaps the best part - a chance to interact and share information with lots of other amateur radio enthusiasts to further (or begin) your own knowledge and to advance the hobby.

Check the 2014 Weekend Overview to see everything that Pacificon has to offer, and check the 2014 Forums Schedule for details.

Meet the Biggest Names in Amateur Radio

Pacificon 2014 featured Forum presentations from legendary names in amateur radio including the hosts of Ham Nation: Bob Heil, Gordon West, and George Thomas of AmateurLogic.tv. Carole Perry (Director of Youth Programs @ Radio Club of America, and leader of the Dayton Hamvention Youth Forum) led the Pacificon Youth Forum. Our roster of Forums included thought leaders from the Software Defined Radio, Open Source, D*Star, DMR/TRBO, and Maker communities. Dennis Wingo told the story of how citizen scientists teamed with radio amateurs in an attempt to reactivate the ISEE-3 cometary satellite.

Bob Heil, Ham Nation
and Heil Sound Carole Perry, Director of Youth Programs @ Radio Club of America Gordon West, Ham Nation
and Gordon West Radio School

Eric Swartz, Elecraft George Thomas, Ham Nation and AmateurLogic.tv Bruce Perens, Open Source Initiative and Codec 2

Sponsors
A number of organizations sponsor Pacificon by providing generous donations, to help make our conference even better. Please patronize the companies on our Sponsors page and tell them THANK YOU for Supporting PACIFICON!

Vendors & Non-profit Exhibitors

Click here for a list of all of our 2014 Vendors and Non-profit Exhibitors.

Sessions and Forums

Each year Pacificon hosts a number of incredible and exciting sessions covering topics ranging from the ever popular Antenna Seminar to classes on how to receive an amateur radio license. This year is promising to be one of the best years yet. Session information will be posted here, and updated regularly.

Registration & Tickets

Advance Registration has Closed.

Ham Classes & Licensing

If you're interested in learning about amateur radio or you'd like to upgrade your existing license, there will be numerous opportunities to write exams.

Pacificon 2014 Brochure

See the Brochure page.

Pacificon 2014 T-Shirts!

Pacificon 2014 T-shirt pre-orders are now closed. A limited number of Pacificon T-shirts will be available from the Hip Ham Shirts booth in the Pacificon Exhibit Hall, along with a variety of other styles. Please check there when you arrive.

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