Dayton Hamvention 2021 has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On January 11, 2021, the Dayton Hamvention 2021 Executive Committee announced:

Unfortunately, several setbacks in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic make necessary the difficult decision to cancel Hamvention 2021. …

Those who had their tickets, inside booths or flea market spaces deferred last year will be deferred again. Those who purchased 2021 tickets, inside booths or flea market spaces will also be deferred. If you desire a refund instead please email tickets@hamvention.org and we will contact you. ¹

Purchase your early-bird tickets for the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo 2021 live on-line March 13^th and 14^th—and on-demand until April 12^th—2021.

According to QSO Today Podcast host Eric Guth, 4Z1UG/WA6IGR, “the inaugural QSO Today Expo last August attracted more than 16,000 attendees, and … the March 2021 event will be even more successful.” ¹

The event organizers have been “working hard to make [their] upcoming Expo even better with new speakers, panel discussions, kit building workshops, easy-to-use video technology to meet with exhibitors, and much more.” ² All without the risk and expense of travel.

There’s a new contest debuting October 3–4, 2020 for portable Amateur Radio Operators, and those living under onerous HOA restrictions or the realities of limited real estate: the Portable Operations Challenge (POC). Potential participants are encouraged to add this event to their calendars and review the Operator Resources.

Get your free tickets to the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo today!

This virtual expo is intended give Amateur Radio Operators, and others interested in the hobby, an opportunity to “engage with amazing speakers, leading suppliers of equipment, parts and services, and fellow attendees”¹ without exposing themselves to COVID-19.

The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is sponsored by the QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast and is hosted on the vFairs virtual events platform.

Make that elusive South Dakota contact and celebrate Independence Day by contacting the during the Mount Rushmore Specal Event Station W0I between July 3rd 1800Z and July 5th 2359Z!

Members of the Pierre Amateur Radio Club (PARC)—AKA SDHAMS—will be participating in this special event from the Black Hills Amateur Radio Club building in the Black Hills of South Dakota.