{"id":890,"date":"2021-06-16T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/?p=890"},"modified":"2021-08-17T23:48:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T04:48:57","slug":"hamfest-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/?p=890","title":{"rendered":"Hamfest &#8217;21"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hamfest-21-flyer.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Hamfest 21 flyer<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A few more notes about Hamfest \u201921:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Folks with Derby Radio Shack will be present, selling all sorts of wonderful ham radio wares.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Doughnuts and beverages will be available.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 There will be a raffle for several excellent prizes, including an Anytone DMR with an extra battery. Raffle tickets will be $5 each. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easywayhambooks.com\/index.cfm\">Easy Way Ham Books<\/a> is donating licensing and operating manuals, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 This is a good chance to get your license <i>free<\/i> before the FCC begins charging $35 for the privilege in a month or two. And speaking of license testing, the ARRL reminds us that &#8220;all amateur exam applicants must provide their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/wireless\/support\/universal-licensing-system-uls-resources\/getting-fcc-registration-number-frn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FRN<\/a><\/strong> to the Volunteer Examiners (VEs) <i>before<\/i> taking an amateur exam.&#8221; Read more about that and other requirements in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/first-time-exam-applicants-must-obtain-fcc-registration-number-before-taking-exam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARRL news story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A few more notes about Hamfest \u201921: \u00b7 Folks with Derby Radio Shack will be present, selling all sorts of wonderful ham radio wares. \u00b7 Doughnuts and beverages will be available. \u00b7 There will be a raffle for several excellent prizes, including an Anytone DMR with an extra battery. Raffle tickets will be $5 each. Easy Way Ham Books is donating licensing and operating manuals, too. \u00b7 This is a good chance to get your license free before the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/?p=890\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-events","tag-hamfest-21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rckara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}