2010 GrayHamfest®

October 16, 2010


Each GrayHamfest® admission ticket provides one chance to win a prize.  Extra prize tickets for the drawings may be purchased at the front desk.  Be sure to fill-out and place each ticket-stub in the tumbler immediately to have a chance to win.




2010 Prizes

Main Prize Drawings:
02:00 p.m. (14:00)

First Place:

Yaesu FT-950: HF+6 TRANSCEIVER



Features include:

° Solid SSB and CW power on 160 through 6 meters adjustable in increments from 5 watts to the full 100 watt output.
° AM - 5 to 25 watts output.
° High Speed Automatic Antenna Tuner
° Front Panel Proprietary High-visibility Fluorescent Display (VFD)
° Front Panel Block Diagram Display for Function Status
° Triple-conversion super-heterodyne receiver
° 32-bit floating point IF DSP
° Digital PLL
° Three (3) Factory Installed 1st IF Roofing Filters
° IF WIDTH and IF SHIFT Interference Reduction
° DSP Digital Noise Reduction
° Antenna Selection Capabilities


Link: Yaesu FT-950





Second Place Prize

Alinco DR-635T: Dual Band Transceiver


The Alinco DR-635T is a Mobile/Base 144/440 MHz Transceiver with an Expanded Range Receiver.

Features include:

° VHF/UHF full-duplex operation (V/U and U/V)
° Cross-band repeater function
° 200 Memory channels
° VHF: 50/25/5W UHF: 35/20/5W
° Removable control head
° Selectable display color (Amber, Blue, or Violet)
° Internal duplexer - single antenna connector
° CTCSS & DCS encode and decode
° CTCSS Tone and DCS scan

Link: Alinco Home Page





Third Place Prize

Kenwood TH-F6A Tri-Band HT

The Kenwood TH-F6A is a 144/220/440 MHz transceiver/receiver with dual-channel RX capability.

Features include:

° 144/220/440 MHz with 5 WATTS on all 3 bands
° 435 PC Programmable Memories
° Dual Channel Simultaneous Receive even on the same band
° 7.4 Volt 1550 mAh Lithium Ion battery (largest & most power in the industry)
° 4 Selectable Transmit Power Levels
° MIL-STD 810 for vibration, shock and light rain
° Built-in CTCSS Encode/Decode / DCS Digital Coded Squelch
° 10 DTMF Auto-patch memories
° 1200/9600 bps TNC ready (no adapter required)
° Single High Performance Antenna (no switching required)
° AM Aircraft Receive
° Built-in VOX
° Special (10) Channel Weather station mode
° FM/FM – W/FM – N/AM + USB & LSB / CW
° Wireless Remote Control

Link: Kenwood TH-F6A





Hourly Prizes

In addition to the above prizes, presented at 02:00 p.m., there will be various prize drawings from tickets in the tumbler on an hourly basis, certain to please each lucky winner.  Arrive early and get your ticket-stubs filled out and in the tumbler - just inside the the entrance of the Main Exhibit Center - immediately to have a chance to win.

Since a winner must be present for an hourly prize, please make certain to go to the front desk to claim the prize.  Hourly prizes that are not claimed within two hours will be redrawn and given to another winner.



Extra Tickets

Extra tickets for drawings, in addition to the admission ticket chance, are available just inside the entrance of the Main Exhibit Center. Be sure and fill-out your tickets clearly and put them in the tumbler located next to the ticket desk.

Extra Drawing Tickets:
     ° Baker's Dozen Tickets = $20
     °  6 Tickets = $10
     °  3 Tickets = $5
     °  1 Ticket = $2


To Claim Your Prize