Program

Don’t miss the presentation “Resurrecting a College Radio Club” by Hisen Zhang, KD2TAI, at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition. #hamxposition

Don’t miss the Elecraft K4 Update by Eric Swartz, WA6HHQ, at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition. #hamxposition

A lot has changed in ten years. Are you considering a new radio?

Don’t miss these dynamite presentations on Friday and Saturday by nationally renowned engineer Rob Sherwood, NCØB. Rob founded Sherwood Engineering, in Colorado, to build receiver upgrades and to test the performance of amateur radio receivers and transceivers. Rob’s list has become the gold standard by which many amateurs, including contest operators, choose their next rig. #hamxposition

You won’t want to miss the Friday, August 23, afternoon workshop presentation, “Introduction to the TinySA” (spectrum analyzer) by Greg Algieri, WA1JXR, at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition. #hamxposition

Want to know what’s happening at AMSAT? Join Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, as he talks about the latest exiting projects under development at AMSAT-NA, at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition. #hamxposition

Just a quick reminder, tickets are limited at the Thursday comedy kickoff event. Sales will stop once we have sold 250 tickets. Thus far, only people on our ham radio mailing lists have received notice of these tickets being available online. However, later this week we will begin an ad campaign to the general public in the Marlborough area. We expect tickets will sell briskly once this is done.

If you’ve been on the fence about attending the event, now is a good time to decide. Juston puts on a great show. If your would like to see him in action, lots of his videos can be found on his official YouTube channel.

Purchase Tickets Here

Thursday Night Comedy

We’ll kick off the weekend on Thursday night with a laugh! We’re pleased to announce that world-renowned comedian Juston McKinney will present his comedy act. Juston has starred in numerous Comedy Central shows including his half-hour Comedy Central Presents and his one-hour special “Juston McKinney-A Middle-Class Hole.” He has multiple appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien as well as a Showtime Special with Rob Gronkowski. He has also appeared twice at Denis Leary’s, Comics Come Home at the TD Garden. Seating is limited to 250, so if you want to go, get your tickets soon! $35

Of course, after the kickoff we have an incredible lineup of workshops, talks and presentations on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, including workshops on: POTA (“Parks On The Air”), contesting, and digital modes and of course the Friday DXCC/Contesting Dinner and the Saturday grand banquet.

Tickets for individual events as well as the “Convention PLUS” package can be purchased by visiting https://tickets.hamxposition.org.

The PLUS package includes:

* General Admission
* NEW Thursday Night Comedy Kickoff
* Friday Dinner
* Saturday Banquet

For the latest news and updates on the 2024 Northeast HamXposition / New England Convention, visit https://hamxposition.org.

73,

Bob – K1IW

Chairman, HamXposition 2024

Comedy Show Thursday 8/22 at 8PM
Seminars & Forums Fri, Sat, and Sun
Flea Market Hours: Fri 12-5, Sat 9-5, Sun 9-1
Exhibit Hall Hours: Sat 9-5, Sun 9-1

The Northeast HamXposition and New England Division Convention announces it will again conduct a daylong Tech In A Day study course at the Convention on Saturday, August 24, 2024 from 8 AM – 5 PM. The course is sponsored by the Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Details and registration form can be found at https://hamxposition.org/tech-in-a-day-study-course/.

The Northeast HamXposition and New England Division Convention is proud to announce a major addition to its program for 2024.  

“Mini-Contest University,” or mini-CTU, based on K3LR’s popular Contest University, has been featured at the Dayton Hamvention since 2007 and has been presented in 15 countries to over 10,000 participants, is a series of contest-oriented talks and presentations offered at HamXposition on Friday. Interested participants may attend free of charge. Registration is now open.

Door prizes will include gift certificates, courtesy DX Engineering, and an autographed copy of the ARRL’s popular Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners book written by Doug Grant, K1DG.

The preliminary mini-CTU agenda for Friday, August 23, 2024, is as follows:

Mini-CTU Outline:

Getting Started in Contesting

Why it is fun
How it helps you become better at …EmComm, POTA, everything!
How to make a contest QSO
How to submit an entry
Digital contesting
Logging programs

Station setup for contesting

Focus will be on practical issues for small-lot, small station setup
Ergonomic equipment layout 
Computer interface and automation
 
Antennas for contesting

This is the most important equipment in your station!
High band options – beams
Low band options – how to be competitive with simple wires
Feedlines and connectors

We are pleased to have as our special guest well-known international DXer/Contester Yuri Onipko, VE3DZ.

Yuri will recap his 50 years of DX and Contesting activities sharing his operating experiences from a variety of locations from around the world.  Yuri recently took top honors in the 2022 WRTC competition held in Italy. He will share practical lessons learned and offer advice for those that may be considering a DXpedition or contest effort from a remote location.

The DX / Contest Banquet will be held at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center Marlborough, Massachusetts on Friday evening, August 23, 2024.  Tickets for the banquet and other events can be purchased online at https://ticketing.hamxposition.org.

The hamxposition.org website now has a new page, “Welcome to Marlborough.” It highlights numerous hospitality, historical, and entertainment venues situated in and around Marlborough and the Metro West area. The page is a valuable resource for attendees who are traveling to the convention accompanied by non-ham family members and children.