2026 Pacificon Ham Radio Convention in San Ramon California
October 16 @ 8:00 am – October 18 @ 5:00 pm PDT
Easy Day Trip from Sonora on Saturday OCT 17th, 2 hour drive, $35 entry for a full day of learning!
REGISTER: www.pacificon.org
Pacificon℠ gives you three great days of activities for one low cost:
* A full slate of outstanding Forum presentations about a wide range of amateur radio topics
* An all-day Antenna Seminar (additional fee required)
* Gordon West, WB6NOA: Author, educator, speaker and irrepressible promoter of all things ham radio
* Vendor and Nonprofit expo filled with exciting products and exhibits
* Events including an outdoor Swap Meet hosted by livermoreark.org.
* QRP Low Power Activities
* Youth Activities including Scouting
* Parachute Mobile contacts
* Electronics kit building and soldering instruction
* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to pass the amateur radio Technician license examination and get your first amateur radio license
* Two days of License Testing
* A Special Events Station W1AW/6 where you can operate and contact other hams worldwide, even if you don’t have a license, hosted by paara.org.
* Emcomm Vehicle Showcase: San Ramon Fire, Alameda County Sheriffs, Fighter cockpit exhibit from USS Hornet, SATERN Van
* Our wonderful Banquet & Keynote Speaker (additional fee required)
* Our annual Wouff Hong Initiation ceremony
* A chance to hear about and discuss important national amateur radio issues with ARRL leaders
* A chance to win radios and other great prizes throughout the convention
* M17 digital voice mode (patent free) and MMDVM. M17 is supported by our repeater W6CX.
* First annual conference held 1920 in San Francisco.
