Friday all day. Catch Doug and pick up your EZ-WSPR transmitter kit and start building it.
There is a kit building area with all the tools you will need, but I'm not sure when it opens. You may have to supply your own tools. The cost is $10. It's way below the normal cost, but QRPGUYS.com is happy to subsidize this event. Please don't buy a kit unless you plan on building it and participating in the contest.
Friday 4:00 pm. Meet in the lobby and then we will go to Panera nearby for no host dinner. This banquet set up by Dr. Legacy clear who has come out of retirement to be our Pacificon Qrp Banquet Chairman. We will leave the hotel at 4:15. No host event.
Friday 7:00 pm. Building event in the Pleasanton/Danville room. Bring your EZ wspr kit and finish building it. Then, we will test each entry by having it transmit for 2 minutes. We will supply raspberry pi and antenna. The winner will be whoever makes the furthest distance.
Friday 8:00 pm. Qrp auction. Maximum items 3. No minimum allowed, every thing must sell.
Saturday 2:00 pm. Portable Pota/Sota station set up on lawn area. Come see how to make a Pota/Sota contact and make your first Pota/Sota contact with Mt. Hamilton. CW and ssb modes.
Saturday 7:00 pm. HOTA qso party in the Pleasanton/Danville room. Bring your own gear. We supply antenna and attenuators if needed. All transmitters limited to 1/2 Watt output to antenna either by setting power to 1/2W or using attenuator.
Saturday 9:00 pm. Show and tell.