Hamfest India is an annual amateur radio convention held in India since 1991. The event typically includes technical sessions, presentations, exhibitions, demonstrations, sales of radio equipment, and a flea market aimed at ham operators. It also seeks to promote interest in ham radio.
The venue for the next event is decided by the General Body of the previous event.
History
A series of meetings organised by the All Kerala Amateur Radio Clubs' Coordination Committee in Kerala, lead to the idea of a yearly convention. In August 1991, a net featuring discussions on technical topics named Hinet was launched.The Net frequency was 7065 kHz, and the timing was 8 AM to 8.30 AM on all Sundays,
The hinet discussions lead to the idea of organizing a "Hamfest" where HAMs and SWLs could meet and share ideas and techniques. The Kerala Amateur Radio Clubs Coordination Committee organized the first Hamfest on 28 and 29 December 1991 at Government Guest House, Kuttikkanam. The meeting had 38 participants.
Host cities with Convenors
+ Host cities with Convenors Year Place Convenor name Convenor call sign 1991 Kuttikkanam Joseph Mattappally VU2JIM 1992 Aluva K. N. Gopinadhan VU2EGM 1993 Salem Premchand K. VU2RPC 1994 Mysore K. R. Madhukar VU2MUD 1995 Mumbai Adolph Shephard VU2AF 1996 Kolkata Avinash Misra VU2EM 1997 Kochi (Cochin) S. Suresh VU2SUO 1998 Bangalore Ramachandra VU2RCR 1999 Mysore M. T. Kesari VU2MTK 2000 Hyderabad Chalam Chivukula VU2CLM 2001 Nagpur Shrikant Jichkar VU2SJA 2002 Chennai M. Saravanan VU2MSS 2003 Gandhinagar S. K. Nandarelated to IAS SWL(no call sign) 2004 Mumbai Nilesh Rathod VU2NLF 2005 not held 2006 Kollam K. G. Nadarajan VU2KGN 2007 Guntur R. Sarath Babu VU2RS 2008 Gandhinagar Dr S. K. NandaSecretary to Govt. of Gujarat SWL 2009 Bangaluru M. R. Sampath Kumar VU2YZ 2010 Pollachi S. Vijayan VU2WDP 2011 Kochi (Cochin) K. G. Girish Babu VU2KGB 2012 Chennai K. M. Devadas VU2DH 2013 Gwalior Jayant Bide VU2JAU 2014 Hyderabad Ashaar Farhan VU2ESE 2015 Rajkot S, K. Nanda, I.A.S SWL 2016 Mount Abu Yeshwant Patil VU3YOR 2017 Kolkata Mohammad Ariff VU2HRF 2018 Bangalore Dr S. Sathyapalhttp://hamfestindia2018.com/ VU2FI 2019 Kanyakumari P. A. Kumarasamy Raja VU2PAJ 2020 not held 2021 2022 MysoreShankar Prasad VU2SPK 2023 Ahmedabad E. RadhakrishnaSWL 2024 Kolkata Nilkantha Chatterjee VU2OII 2025 Goa Sandesh Bhat VU22DX (ex VU3FGJ)
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References
External links HAMFEST INDIA - HFI official interactive website Gujarat Gandhinagar Hamfest of 2008 The Hindu HAM RADIO CallSign Directory of India qrz.vu2ukr.com Amateur Radio Social Network (for CallSign Holders) Hamfest India 2022