Some have suggested that we come up with a theme for the 2024 Northeast HamXposition.
One person has proposed “The Amateur Radio Maker Space” or “Ham Radio Makers” or “Radio Operators and Makers.”
Are you an amateur who loves to make your own gear? Would you like to see a maker-related theme for the convention? Let us know what you think!
The results of the 2022 survey indicated that Friday attendance was poor, in part, because people felt there was little of interest offered.
What a difference a year can make! We now officially start the outdoor flea market on Friday at 12 noon. (In previous years, it officially started on Saturday morning, even though folks showed up Friday to sell their wares.)
In addition, we’ve “beefed up” the Friday programming substantially. This year we featured a whopping six indoor workshops and talks! The big draws included the nanoVNA and MESH Node Kit Build workshops. We hope to feature even more next year.
“You should compare attendance, ticket price, etc. with other conventions. HamXposition is pretty small. Do we present a good value?”
In fact, we do present a good value. According to the chart, below, comparing pricing for the major national hamfests and conventions:
Some footnotes:
(data courtesy K1NKR)
One issue that has come up repeatedly is the overgrown foliage blocking the sign at the entrance to the Best Western Hotel entrance off Boston Post Road (U.S. 20).
We’re painfully aware of this problem and so is the hotel. Unfortunately, the trees are situated on an adjacent property over which the hotel has no control.
This year, we compounded the problem by not having a “HamXposition” sign or banner at ground level to help signal folks that they had arrived. We’ll try to rectify this situation next year.
“I think the general information, vendors, site structure and schedules for this year should remain up or available by a link until you are ready to change over the site to 2024. I think it would be handy for people to see content and not just a stripped down single page that doesn’t give a flavor of what the convention is about.”
Great minds think alike. We talked about this among the committee members and we agree with you. We will keep the entire schedule of talks from the previous year online and available for viewing. We are also making significant enhancements to our website to make it more interesting and attractive in between the conventions.
One attendee writes:
“I attended flea at MIT the week before – did not see anything related to HamXposition next week there. May be you need a bit more publicity?”
You’re absolutely correct! This year, we’ve launched a new subcommittee to deal with Marketing and Promotion. Stay tuned for lots more publicity about the 2024 HamXposition.
Live Free or Ham YouTube blogger Eric Pfeifer, N1JUR, writes, “Seems my storage drive failed, and I lost a lot of footage from the event. So, to salvage any footage from the Expo weekend I put this little ditty together for you.”
We’ve received much feedback and constructive criticism of this year’s HamXposition. We will try to incorporate as many ideas as possible to improve HamXposition in 2024. You may email the individual committee members, or visit our testimonial page to leave feedback.