HamCon Colorado is again coming to beautiful Estes Park Colorado for the 2006 Rocky Mountain Division Convention. The dates are June 9, 10, and 11, 2006 at the Holiday Inn-Rocky Mountain Park Hotel near Scenic Rocky Mountain National Park.
FCC Special Counsel for Amateur Radio Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth will be the featured speaker at the 2006 HamCon Colorado Convention Banquet. Hollingsworth is no stranger to Amateur Radio Operators the world over. Since 1998, Holllngsworth has brought back the pride in Amateur Radio by strong actions, such as the response to 9/11 and the countless hours Amateur Radio operators during huricaine season. Hollingsworth has been quoted as saying that Amateur Radio is the “only truly fail-safe communication service on the planet Earth.”
The most recent HamCon Colorado was back in 2003, since the Rocky Mountain Division Convention rotates between locations. Unfortunately, a family event took me out of state that weekend, so I missed that one. I am very much looking forward to this year’s event since it is the only real ham convention that we have in Colorado. This is not to be confused with the run-of-the-mill swapfests (some say junkfests) that occur quite often around the Front Range cities.
Mark your calendars and make plans to be there. Getting your reservation in early is highly recommended (both for the convention and any hotel reservations).
73, Bob K0NR