Knoxville Hamfest 2008
Updated: 02 Jul 2008
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Group picture at ARRL forum. Pictured (L-R in front row): David Norris (K5UZ), Arkansas Section Manager; Karl Bullock (WA5TMC), Delta Division Vice Director; Amy Bullock (N5TBB), Delta Division Legislative Action Chairman. Pictured (L-R, back row): John Nordlund (AD5FU), Delta Division "Ham-of-the-Year" recipient; Lou Dreinhoefer (WB3JKQ), Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville Hamfest Director; Dan Dura (K2DCD), ARRL Headquarters, ARRL Emergency, Preparedness and Response Manager. |
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Table at Knoxville Hamfest and Electronics Exposition.
Pictured (L-R), front row: Amy Bullock (N5TBB), Delta Division Legislative Action Chairman; Karl Bullock (WA5TMC), Delta Division Vice Director; Mike Bishop (WM4RB); David Norris (K5UZ), Arkansas Section Manager. Back row (left): Lowell Bennington (WD4DJW), TN Section Emergency Coordinator. |
Pictured just before activities started at the ARRL
forum. Pictured (L-R): Mike Bishop (WM4RB); Emily Bishop (WE4MB), Delta Division Assistant Director for Youth; Karl Bullock (WA5TMC), Delta Division Vice Director. |
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| Karl Bullock (WA5TMC), Delta Division Vice Director, speaks at the ARRL Forum titled "ARRL and Delta Division Happenings." | Doug Campbell (N1CWR), Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club President, presents a tribute to L.B. Cebik (W4RNL--SK) on the stage at the Knoxville Hamfest and Electronics Exposition/Delta Division Convention in Knoxville on June 14. L.B. Cebik was a world-famous authority on amateur radio antenna design and had published numerous books and articles on the subject. He was resident of Knoxville, past President of the Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville, and a Life Honorary Member of the East Tennessee DX Association. | Dennis Dura (K2DCD), ARRL Emergency, Preparedness and Response Manager, from the League Headquarters spoke on emergency communications and other matters. |
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| Group picture. Pictured (L-R): David Norris (K5UZ), Arkansas Section Manager; Lynette Dowdy-Nordlund (KD5QMD), wife of John Nordlund; John Nordlund (AD5FU), Delta Division Ham-of-the Year recipient; Kayla Dowdy (KE5JYX), daughter of John and Lynette; Karl Bullock (WA5TMC), Delta Division Vice Director. | Delta
Division Ham-of-the-Year Award. Pictured (L-R): John
Nordlund (AD5FU), Awardee; David Norris (K5UZ), Arkansas
Section Manager; Karl Bullock (WA5TMC), Delta Division
Vice Director.
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The group listens to Dennis Dura (K2DCD), ARRL Emergency, Preparedness and Response Manager, at the emergency communication forum. |
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| Lowell Bennington (WD4DSJ), Tennessee Section Emergency Coordinator, speaks and moderated the forum on "Emergency Communications" at the Knoxville Hamfest and Electronics Exposition/Delta Division Convention on Saturday, June 14. | Dennis Dura (K2DCD), ARRL Emergency, Preparedness and Response Manager, from the League Headquarters spoke on emergency communications and other matters. | Emily Bishop (WE4MB), Delta Division Assistant Director for Youth, speaks and moderated the third forum titled "Becoming a Ham and Youth in Amateur Radio." |
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| The University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club demonstrated and conducted a high altitude balloon launch at the Knoxville Hamfest and Electronics Exposition/Delta Division Convention on June 14. The club also presented a forum at the 2008 Dayton HamVention on the subject. Members of the club and their sponsors proudly pose after another successful launch. | The crowd watching the launch look at the balloon as it quickly gains altitude. | The balloon gains altitude before disappearing from view. The electronics payload, below the balloon, was designed and constructed by the students. |
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| Following the forums, Dewayne Siddon (KE4IDH), Tennessee Section Assistant SEC for Health Care (left), talks with Lowell Bennington (WD4DJW), Tennessee Section Emergency Coordinator. | Lou Dreinhoefer (WB3JKQ), Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville Hamfest Director. | Jim Norman (N4CFB), Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville President (left), greets Jerry Whetstone (N4IJL) to the hamfest. |
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| An outside vendor at the Knoxville Hamfest and Electronics Exposition/ARRL Delta Division Convention has lots of goodies for sale, including vacuum tubes. | The crowd visits the various Inside Dealers at the Knoxville Hamfest and Electronics Exposition/Delta Division Convention. This was the 42nd annual hamfest sponsored by the Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville. | |
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photos/captions provided by: David Bower, K4PZT |