They were sanctioned in 2015 (http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/hamjam-2015), received good press from ARRL back in 2010 (http://www.arrl.org/news/coming-home-to-hamjam-2010 <http://www.arrl.org/news/coming-home-to-hamjam-2010>), and appear to have a really good track record (http://www.hamjam.info/about.html <http://www.hamjam.info/about.html>) Not sure what’s up with their sanctioning status this year but, I agree with you Bob, it does appear to be a very worthwhile event. 73, Brian N5ZGT
On Nov 16, 2016, at 7:53 PM, Bob Vallio <rbvallio@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,
I saw a reference, in a reflector to which I subscribe, to HamJam at http://hamjam.info <http://hamjam.info/>. It sounded interesting, and when I went to the URL I found an ARRL Diamond at the top of the homepage, and another in the list of sponsors. Further reading listed two $50 ARRL gift certificates, and two $25 ARRL gift certificates.
The fact that there is no admission fee, and that they list raffle prizes for purchase, piqued my curiosity. I checked the hamfest/convention listing at arrl.org <http://arrl.org/>, and found no listing for this event searching on both the state of Georgia and the Southeastern Division. Is there an omission in the website listing, or is this not an ARRL sanctioned event?
It sounds like a very worthwhile event to me, other than the sanction question. Any of the readers of this reflector have an answer? Thanks.
Bob Vallio, W6RGG
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