Saturday, November 9, 2024 8:00AM - 1:00PM

Preston Ridge Community Center
3655 Preston Ridge Road Suite 100, Alpharetta, GA 30005

HamJam 2024

Presented by North Fulton Amateur Radio League

Endorsed by

SouthEastern DX Club, Alford Memorial Radio Club, Atlanta Radio Club, Chattanooga Amateur Radio Club, Cherokee Amateur Radio Society, Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society, North Georgia QRP Club, Sawnee Amateur Radio Association, Kennehoochee Amateur Radio Club, Silver Comet Amateur Radio Society

HamJam is an ARRL Affiliated Event

NFARL and our sponsors are pleased to present an event to raise funds that will be used to encourage youth to get involved in amateur radio and its related STEM technologies.

The event is open to all and admission is FREE to attend thanks to your generosity in purchasing raffle tickets.

HamJam Speakers for 2024 - our 15th year!

This year's speakers will be talking about some of the various programs that are supported by the NFARL YESA (Youth Education, Scholarship and Education) Program. All funds raised by HamJam go directly into the YESA fund and are used exclusively to benefit youth involved with amateur radio.

Presentations begin at 9:00AM.

We have a great team of speakers again this year:

Greg Marco - W6IZT

Greg is no stranger to HamJam. He and fellow NFARL member Warren Merkel - KD4Z have developed the next generation Rig -in-a Box (RIB) that can be operated from anywhere in the world. The RIBs are about to be used on the DXpedition to Rotuma in November 2024. What is special about this expedition is the inclusion of three youth on the Team! Greg is trying to get younger people involved with expeditions, and your NFARL YESA program is helping sponsor one of the youth's expenses.

Jim Reed - N4BFR | Martha Muir - W4MSA | Daryl Young - K4RGK

Jim, Martha and Daryl are all heavily involved with the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). They will tell us about the ARISS program and its importance to school STEM programs. The excitement at one of the ISS contact with the students asking questions of an astronaut is palpable!

HamJam YESA monies play an important part in covering some of the expenses associated with school/student contacts with the ISS.

Jim Storms - AB8YK

Jim is a retired IT professional and is a member of Dayton Amateur Radio Association, 2023-2024 Hamvention General Chair, the Huber Heights Amateur Radio Club VE team and 2014-2015 President of Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA). Jim was a frequent member of the TI5N CQWW contest team and supports the YXDA website. He enjoys contesting, participating in field Day, Ohio QSO Party, CQWW WPX along with other QSO contests, assisting in public service events and DX’ing. Jim has been co-leader on most of the Youth DX Adventures. Jim also participates in Boy Scout activities including JOTA/JOTI. He was also a member of the 2010 BSA National Jamboree K2BSA team.