The NARCfest committee is hard at work on the 2024 NARCfest. We are working on bringing you the best Hamfest we have had to date.

We are working on lining up some exciting events for you.  Associated Radio, D&L Antenna and Ham Crazy will be on site for all your new equipment needs.  If you’re in the market for used gear, you’re also in luck!  We will have about 32 tables available for used equipment.  If you have some used gear to sell, please email us ASAP before the tables are gone at hamfest@nixahams.net

Rob Huelga, W3LGA, and members from the Nixa ARC VE team will be holding a VE testing session.

Forums Information TBD

If  you want to catch breakfast, a morning snack or lunch, there will be food available onsite!

There is plenty of parking on site – you will be able to park in the East parking lot and there are handicap parking spots available on a first come, first serve basis.

Prizes to be announced. Some pictures of 2023 winners.

Remember:  All funds from the hamfest go to support the Southwest Missouri Linked Repeater System (SMLRS).  Last year we avertised that we were hoping to add a couple of repeaters to the network to fill in the coverage of the system should it be needed for a regional ARES activation or as a backup for / supplemental communications medium for the regional SkyWarn network. Thanks to your support we were able to add the 145.290-, PL 100.0 Hz Taum Sauk repeater to the link system in March 2022 to expand coverage to our East and we upgraded the 147.060+ PL 162.2 Hz Bolivar repeater in August 2022 with a new 9 dBd gain antenna system and 7/8″ heliax with hopes of adding it to the SMLRS in the near future providing the SMLRS coverage between Springfield and Clinton and beyond! This year we have an opportunity to add a repeater to expand coverage to the West into Kansas and NE Oklahoma and hope to raise funds to support that repeater system. If you would like to make a donation above and beyond your admission ticket or “Super” ticket purchase, you can do so at the hamfest or anytime online by sending it to paypal@nixahams.net and with the donation leave a note stating “SMLRS westward expansion”

73 & we hope to see you at NARCfest 2024 on Saturday, November 9th!

Sponsors for this year’s Hamfest to be determined and will be announced as they come on board.

Below Sponsors were the great sponsors we had for the 2023 Hamfest