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Spring 2024 Flea Market

  • 13 Apr 2024
  • 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Eastside City Church, 1320 Abbeydale Drive SE, Calgary

Venue: Eastside City Church, 1320 Abbeydale Drive SE, Calgary.

Door open to vendors at 8 AM; doors open to shoppers at 9 AM.

Vendors - please be at your table by 8:30 am or it may be re-sold

Contact tables@caraham.org for:

  • additional information
  • to reserve a selling table in advance -  church tables now sold out but you can still register to bring your own table
  • to volunteer to set up & take down tables, be a door greeter, and sell tickets. 

At the door, we will be accepting funds for the following:

  • general admission tickets for shoppers and sellers $5
  • table rentals for sellers: individuals & retailers $10 / table
  • tables for HAM clubs (no sales allowed) $0
  • 50/50 tickets  $2 ea  ( Raffle License 684644 )

* note that table renters must still pay individual general admissions

Presentations:

  • 8:00am - NanoVNA hands-on basics.  Calibration, Understanding the Smith Chart, Measure Cable Length, and lots more with Live Demos.  VE6PDS Pat Spencer
  • 9:00am - Flea Market opens, no presentation
  • 10:00am - Updated APRS Messaging, VA6PJB Peter Barry
    There has been bad news and good news in the world of APRS messaging in the last year.  The good news is that new systems are in place to send text messages by RF from your APRS radio to cell phones or email.  Learn about the new developments in this service.  They could be life savers when you are off grid.


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