Upcoming
Hamfests for 2023

Next, let’s look at the SC Hamfests
coming up in 2023:
Ridge Amateur Radio Club Tailgate Party
Date: April 15, 2023
Location: Open lot next to Shealy’s BarBQue - 340 East Columbia
Ave.
Leesville, SC
Hours: 8:00 AM until
Sponsor: Ridge Amateur Radio Club
For more information visit www.W4RRC.org

Amateur Radio Club of Augusta - ARCA
Swapmeet April 22, 2023

For more info contact Bob - KC4KPN@gmail.com
Their Website and further info is here
Coastal
Amateur
Radio Society
2023 Hamfest and Swapmeet
The date is April 29th at the
Savannah
Airport Rec Center. Admission is free.
The event is held outdoors in typical tailgate format.
There are restrooms on site
and
hotels
and fast food outlets close to the site.
Raffle tickets are now
available. You
can click the Website
to purchase a ticket and get other info.
The location map below is exit
104 on I95. The red icon marks the spot.
Turn towards the airport and make a
left at the first light. About a quarter
mile on the right turn into the
rideshare parking lot (gate opens automatically)
and then enter through the open gate
directly in front of you.
Columbia Amateur Radio Club Swapfest
Date: May 13, 2023
Location: SC Military Museum, 1 National Guard Road, Columbia, SC
(across from Williams-Brice Stadium)
Hours: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sponsor: Columbia Amateur Radio Club
For more information, check www.w4cae.org

WCARS Hamfest 2023
Saturday, July 29th, 2023
Where:
Smokey Mountain Event Center
758 Crabtree Road
Waynesville, NC 28785
Gates open for vendors at 6am, doors open at 8am.
Tickets: $7 in advance*, $10 at the gate
Tables inside: $15 each, Covered flea market spaces: $15 each
Free Parking • Door Prizes • Forum Presentations • VE
Testing
Talk-In: N4DTR Repeater, 147.39 +/up / PL 94.8
Their Website is here
: Their Flyer is here

Florence Amateur
Radio Club Swapfest
Date: August 12
Location: West Florence Fire
Station Annex
3379 Pineneedles Rd.
Florence SC
Hours: 8AM -12 Noon
Sponsor: Florence Amateur Radio Club
For more information visit www.w4ulh.net

Rock Hill Hamfest
Date: October 7, 2023
Location: TBD
Hours: TBD
Sponsor: York County Amateur Radio Society (YCARS)
Talk-In: 147.030(-) Tone 88.5
Admission: TBD
VE Testing: TBD
Website: www.ycars.org
Additional details will be added as they become available. For more
information contact John Gendron, NJ4Z, NJ4Z@yahoo.com

Gaffney Hamfest
Date: October 21, 2023
Location: 204 West Oneal St. Gaffney, SC
Hours: 7:00 AM-3:00 PM
Sponsor: Carolina Amateur Radio Emergency Services (CARES)
Talk-In: 145.430(-) Tone 162.2
Admission: 5.00
VE Testing: No
For more information contact Jim Fagan, KI4MJK, c/o CARES PO Box 8006
Gaffney, SC 29340, (864) 490-6369 or KI4MJK@gmail.com

If you have a Hamfest
you would like added contact the Webmaster
Updated
3 / 18 / 23