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Reading Radio Club Hamfest
August 2 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
$5.00Reading Radio Club Hamfest — Canceled for 2025. See you in 2026.
Due to a fire at Heritage Park, the Reading Radio Club Ham Fest for 2025 has been cancelled.
We are planning on having a 2026 Hamfest.
Everything shown below is a leftover remnant from the 2024 Hamfest. Saved as a starting point for editing the 2026 event
Reading Radio Club Hamfest. Location is Heritage Park, Sinking Spring, PA.
SINKING SPRING, PA (Reading area) –
Park.
From the west, watch for the Sheetz station on the left and Ace Hardware on the right. Slow down and turn right onto Park. See above.
GPS: N 40 deg 19.320 min W 076 deg 01.950 min.
Closest home to Heritage Park entrance: 992 Clematis Street, Sinking Spring, PA 19608.
Type: ARRL Sponsored Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.91/.31– tone 131.8 Hz
Opens: 8 a.m., Vendors 7 a.m. (Ticket prizes awarded at intervals). Closes at noon.
COST: $5 entrance fee or $8 tailgate fee for sellers (per space). No chairs or tables available-bring your own.
NO ENTRANCE FEE for: those taking license exams, Amateurs under 18 years of age, unlicensed spouses, and children under 18 years old.
Breakfast, lunch and snacks available inside Freight Station. Door prizes announced during the morning.
Test Bench with limited AC and DC power and HF antenna provided in Freight Station.
ARRL VE License Testing at 8:30 am (inside Freight Station).
Tests cost $15 for adults, $5.00 for Youth under 18
Public Contact: Harry Hoffman, W3VBY
— Repeater — 146.910 MHz – 600 kHz PL Tone 131.8 Hz.
— Weekly MOTA — (Meeting On The Air)
Every Friday that we do not have an in-person meeting.
Net starts at 8:00 pm on the RRC Repeater.
You do not need to be a member to join us!