CONFIRMED next PACIFICON℠ 2024 October 18-20
San Ramon Marriott
2600 Bishop Drive
San Ramon, CA 94583
Thanks for attending!
We saw over 1100 participants
and gave out over $11,000 of prizes at
PACIFICON℠ 2023 October 20-22
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Highlights
Pacificon awarded radios to the youngest ham and twin 11 year old girls from Napa that passed their Technician exam on Saturday morning, the second and third youngest. With permission, above is their reaction to their exam results with their proud father Nik W6QY.
Over $11,000 was given out as prizes.
Three jumpers made parachute mobile contacts.
People Got On The Air at the Special Event Station W1AW/6 hosted by paara.org.
Elecraft released the KH1 radio and we gave one away as a grand prize to an attendee. Wayne Burdick N6KR interview by KK6USY.
Pete Harris was awarded Volunteer of the Year.
Our super Hospitality efforts kept vendors and staff going!
Planning is well under way for 2024.
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
* An all-day Antenna Seminar (additional fee required)
* Gordon West, WB6NOA: Author, educator, speaker and irrepressible promoter of all things ham radio
* Large Vendor and Nonprofit expo filled with exciting products and exhibits
* Events including an outdoor Swap Meet
* Youth Activities
* Parachute Mobile contacts
* Electronics kit building and soldering instruction
* 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 One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to upgrade to the General Class level
* Two days of License Testing
* A Special Events Station W1AW/6 where you can operate and contact other hams worldwide, even if you don't have a license
* Our wonderful Banquet & Keynote (video) Speaker Steve Goodgame K5ATA, ARRL Education and Learning Department (additional fee required)
* Our annual Wouff Hong Initiation ceremony
* 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
* M17 digital voice mode (patent free) and MMDVM talk and booths. M17 will be supported by our repeater W6CX soon.
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.
Pacificon℠ Announcements
10/17/2023
Pacificon℠ 2023 final preparations continue.
Register in person.
Pacificon℠ 2024 is confirmed!
09/14/2023
Attendee registration prices rise from $30 to $35 on Oct 1 so register asap.
San Ramon Marriott hotel reservations are full but a few rooms may still be available at the Residence Inn (a Marriott Bonvoy property), one mile from the Marriott. We will update the web page as availability changes. https://www.pacificon.org/registration/hotel.
Our banquet speaker is Steve Goodgame K5ATA, ARRL Education and Learning Department. https://www.pacificon.org/events/banquet
05/10/2023
More vendors and non-profit exhibitors have been added to the website. Have a look at https://www.pacificon.org/finding-everything/vendor-list and https://www.pacificon.org/finding-everything/non-profit-exhibitors-list.
04/16/2023
Pacificon Registration is open! See https://www.pacificon.org/registration/attendees.
Pacificon 2023 T-Shirts are available!
See our T-Shirt page.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS
PACIFICON℠ is looking for qualified people to give presentations at our next conference. We need good speakers for the Antenna Seminar on Friday and the Forums on Saturday and Sunday. 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, digital communications, maker kits and just about any other subject of interest to hams.
If you would like to be considered as a backup speaker, please send an email to Julie Mah at chair@pacificon.org.
If you are interested in presenting at PACIFICON℠, please go to our
Speaker Proposals page
to complete the speaker application
and THANK You!
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Volunteer at PACIFICON℠
Volunteers make all the difference at Pacificon℠.
We need your help in all areas to make Pacificon℠ the best conference possible. Whether it be registration, security, forums or any of the many other events, we can use your help. Even just a couple of hours will be appreciated. We also need volunteers to help plan and prepare for the Big Weekend. Go to our Volunteers registration page.
The Many Stories of PacificonSM 2022 in Photo
The Pacificon 2022 photo album is available for viewing at the link below. These photos were taken during the convention which took place October 14, 15 and 16, 2022. The primary Pacificon photographers last year were Pete Harris, KE6ZIW, and Judi Clark, KKZCU. We recommend full screen viewing on a computer if possible.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/11636522@N06/albums/72177720304273794
NOTICE: Photographers and/or videographers may be on site to document the Pacificon℠ Conference events and activities. Photos and videos are the sole property of the Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club. By registering for and/or attending Pacificon℠ events, attendees understand that Pacificon℠/MDARC may use their likenesses for future promotional purposes. If you do not wish to be photographed, please notify the photographer and/or videographer on site.
Most of the images on this web site are provided by MDARC's photographers extraordinaire, Pete Harris, KE6ZIW, pictured at left, and Barry Isseks, K6ZA pictured at right.
Thank you, Pete! Thank you, Barry!
Pacificon℠ 2023
is the ARRL Pacific Division
Annual Conference
presented by the
Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club.
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