See you
Friday, October 16 -
Sunday, October 18, 2026
San Ramon Marriott
2600 Bishop Drive
San Ramon, CA 94583
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Highlights
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
* Large 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.
* 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 was supported by our repeater W6CX and will soon be supported again.
* First annual conference held in San Francisco in 1920.
And perhaps the best part - a chance to interact and share information with lots of other amateur radio enthusiasts to further (or begin) your own knowledge and to advance the hobby.
Pacificon℠ Announcements
03/28/2026
Check back regularly as our exciting convention plans and details grow.
Registrations are open.
Pacificon 2026 T-Shirts TBA!
Plain, Pocket, V-Neck and Long Sleeve will be available separately from HipHamShirts.com.
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Highlights from 2025
About $8,500 of prizes were awarded
Approximately 1,400 participants, totals in progress
Ironically due to the 10k srvef.org/the-run Bishop Drive was closed
Sunday early and from 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM.
Thank you talk-in operators & others helping drivers.
We have volunteered to provide public-service next year with the Education Foundation, San Ramon Police department and
San Ramon Public Works department with amateur radio.2025 Pacificon Photo album Many thanks to the primary Pacificon photographers Pete Harris, KE6ZIW and Barry Isseks, K6ZA.
Pacificon 2025 was held on the second Saturday of October, a week earlier than usual.
PACIFICON℠ has great speakers for the Antenna Seminar on Friday and the Forums on Saturday and Sunday. If you would like to be considered as a 2026 speaker please go to our Speaker Proposals page to complete the speaker application. Thank you!
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Volunteers make all the difference at Pacificon℠.
We need help to make Pacificon the best conference possible. Even just a couple of hours will be appreciated.
Register as a Volunteer.
NOTICE: Photographers and/or videographers may be on site to document the Pacificon℠ Conference events and activities. Photos and videos are the sole property of the Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club. By registering for and/or attending Pacificon℠ events, attendees understand that Pacificon℠/MDARC may use their likenesses for future promotional purposes. If you do not wish to be photographed, please notify the photographer and/or videographer on site.
Most of the images on this web site are provided by MDARC's photographers extraordinaire, Pete Harris, KE6ZIW, pictured at left, and Barry Isseks, K6ZA pictured at right.
Thank you, Pete! Thank you, Barry!
Pacificon℠ 2026
will be the 33nd ARRL Pacific Division
Annual Conference
presented by the Organizing Committee &
Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club aka mdarc.org.
The Pacific Division Conference was first held in 1920.
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