WARFA Swap Meets On The Left Coast

Swap Meets On The Left Coast

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3 month calendar

Revised: 06-10-2009

Most of reporting clubs, etc have not posted for the year 2008.

IF YOU HAVE A SWAP MEET THAT IS NOT LISTED, PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR INFORMATION TO w0qni@juno.com AND WE WILL SEE THAT IT IS POSTED TO THIS LIST.

THIS LIST MAY BE PRINTED OUT, (since it is not copyrighted) BUT PLEASE IF YOU USE IT, GIVE CREDIT TO THE WESTERN AMATEUR RADIO FRIENDSHIP ASSOCATION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WARFA, GO TO OUR WEB SITE AT http://www.warfa.org.

THE LIST HAS SWAPS MEETS, ARRL DIVISION AND SECTION MEETINGS IN THE FOLLOWING STATES AND CANADA. AZ, BC, CA, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, AND WA.

AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS LIST ARE MONTHY SWAP MEETS AND ON AIR SWAPS IN THE WESTERN U.S. THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. THIS LIST HAS BEEN COMPILED FROM MANY SOURCES, E-MAIL, WEB SITES AND WORD OF MOUTH. WE WANT TO THANK ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS LIST. WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.

June

6-12/14-09 Dryden, WA Wenatchee Hamfest
Apple City Amateur Radio Club

http://qsl.net/w7td
Talk-In: 146.68/156.7
Contact: Judy Chrisco, KA7ZNA
1812 SE Soden Street
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
Phone: 509- 884-1251
Email: ka7zna@msn.com

July

7-18-09 North Bend, OR Coos County Radio Club

http://www.coosradioclub.net
Talk-In: 146.610- (no tone) or 147.280+ (PL 146.2)
Contact: Marilyn Mansker, KE7OAM
96900 Sitkum Lane
Myrtle Point, OR 97458
Phone: 541-572-3406
Email: ke7oam@yahoo.com

7-17/19-09 Essex, MT. Montana State Convention (Glacier-Waterton Hamfest)
Great Falls Area Amateur Radio Club

http://gwhamfest.org
Talk-In: 146.520
Contact: George Forsyth, AA7GS
207 2nd Avenue South
Great Falls, MT 59405
Phone: 406-868-2212
Fax: 406-453-8661
Email: aa7gs@arrl.net
According to the GW Hamfest website, this is the oldest continuously running hamfest in the world.

August

8-7/9-09 Spokane Valley, WA 54th Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention
Spokane DX Association

http://www.sdxa.org
Talk-In: None
Contact: Gary D. Elliott, K7OX
PO Box 19358
Spokane, WA 99219
Phone: 509-838-0303
Fax: 509-922-6201
Email: k7ox@msn.com

8-7-09 Spanaway, WA Radio Club of Tacoma

http://W7DK.org
Talk-In: 147.28 (PL 103.5) & 147.50 Simplex
Contact: Rick Rose, KE7EMW
9019 Meadow Road SW
Lakewood, WA 98499-2140
Phone: 253-581-7673
Email: hamfest@w7dk.org

8-14/15-09 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico State Convention (Duke City Hamfest)
New Mexico Hamvention, Inc.

http://www.dukecityhamfest.org
Talk-In: 145.33- (PL 100) & 444.00+ (PL 100)
Contact: Mike Langner, K5MGR
929 Alameda Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87114-1901
Phone: 505-898-3212 or 505 238-8810 (cell)
Email: mlangner@swcp.com

September

9-26-09 Spokane Valley, WA Washington State Convention
Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Assn., Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateurs, Northwest Tri-State ARO, Spokane DX Assn., Palouse Hills ARC, Spokane Radio Amateurs, University High School ARC, & Lilac City ARC

http://www.kbara.org
Talk-In: 147.24 MHz (+offset, no tone); 146.52 MHz simplex
Contact: Betsy Ashleman, N7WRQ
3903 East 48th Avenue
Spokane, WA 99223-7866
Phone: 509-448-5821
Fax: 509-448-5821
Email: n7wrq@aol.com

Monthly Swap Meets
REDONDO BEACH, CA (TRW Swap meet.)
TRW Parking lot, Marina Blvd, Redondo Beach.
Last Saturday of the month. Northrup Grumman parking lot SE corner of Marine Ave. and Aviation Blvd. in Redondo Beach. Last Saturday of every month 7 am to 11:30 am. Goto this link for directions/info: THE W6TRW ARC SWAPMEET Address: http://w6trw.com/swapmeet/w6trw_arc_swapmeet.htm

SANTEE, CA El Cajon ARC Swap Meet (aka Santee Swap Meet)
1st & 3rd Saturday of the Month
At the Santee Drive-in Theater at 10990 Woodside Ave. off of Hiway 67.
Talk in on 146.52.
Buyers seventy-five cents. Sellers' Gates open 6:00, 6:30 AM for buyers.
FOR INFORMATION CALL 449-SWAP

UPLAND, CA. Inland Empire ARC Swap Meet
2nd Saturday, Starts at dawn and goes to about 11:30 AM
At Cable Airport Parking Lot on the South side of the landing strip.
Address is 1749 West 13th Street, Upland CA
PLEASE GO TO w6ier.org.
LOOK FOR THE TAB, SAYING "Our Local Swap Meet" for additional information.

LIVERMORE, CA First Sunday of the month. Las Positas exit off 580.
Largest in the San Francisco Bay Area
Open to buyers and sellers at 7:00AM

POMONA, CA Microwave Relay Association
Held the third Saturday of each month at
California Polytechnic State University
3801 W Temple Ave
Pomona, parking lots F8, F9, and F10.

CHINO HILLS, CA Swap meet. Third (3rd) Saturday of each month. Starting at 6:30 AM till whenever. Cost to sell is $10 per space. Location is at the new Chino Hills high school on "Pomona Rincon Road" facing Highway 71.

From the 91 freeway take highway 71 (at the dam) towards Pomona to the Soquel Canyon. (approx. 8 miles) off ramp. At top of ramp make left turn on Soquel Cyn. to "Pomona Rincon Road" (traffic signal). Make left turn, drive past the brick factory and you are there.
From the 210, 10, or 60 freeway take Highway 71 towards Corona. Take the Soquel Canyon offramp. Make a right turm on Squel Canyon to "Pomona Rincon Road" (traffic signal) and make left turn on Rincon Road and drive past the brick factory and you are there.
CONTACT: Steeve Hippler. (909) 597-3522
LAS VEGAS, NV

Local swap meet in Las Vegas, NV
First Saturday of the month at the AES parking lot. It is a very small meet, no fees for either buyers or sellers. Runs
all year, and is from daylight (about 6:30 or so). Usually completed by 11 AM.

New Mexico Radio Collectors Club (NMRCC). Our club meets on the second Sunday of each month at the Kaseman Hospital on Constitution, just west of Wyoming. We gather in the parking lot at 1:30 pm for a swap meet, then move inside to conference room B for the meeting at 2:00 pm.

On The Air Swap Nets
Northwest Saturday Morning SwapNet. Meets each Saturday morning at 9AM Pacific time, and goes until 11AM (or until there are no more listings. Net control is Ron, N7TAW, Gresham, OR, just east of Portland. The net is conducted over the Evergreen Intertie. The Evergreen Intertie is a series of VHF and UHF repeaters that are capable of being tied together to provide communications over a large area of the northwest. Covers a 4 state area.
http://www.nwhams.com/

7.240 Every Sat. and Sun. Starts around 12:30PM
Controls are various. Covers West Coast.
3.915 On Sunday mornings at 10:00AM Pacific Time.
Net controls - W7BUN. Mostly northwest states
3.908 "WARFA" swap net. Wed. nights at 7:30 Pacific Time. Hosted by Bart, WA6HZN.
This net is on the West Coast, but many check ins from the midwest.
3.922 On Sunday evenings from 5:30PM to 7:30PM PST
Mid-West Swap Net
7.235 Every morning at 11:30AM PST. Monday - Friday Western US
Chaverim Rag Chew/Swap Net
Net control - WA6USL
3.908 "Northstar Traders net" - 8:30AM Central.
Host = W5MAZ
(originates from Minnesota/Winsconsin area)
146.085 + 600 "Yuba Sutter Amateur Radio Club's"
Monday Night Swap Net at 7:00PM PST
145.210 Thursdays at 8:00PM in Sacramento. Hosted by WB2ZEI
Armond. Covers central California and Reno via UHF/VHF Links
147.080 Sundays at 7:00PM Inland Empire Swap Net. Hosted by Art
W7COZ (Spokane, WA area)