Registration : Attendees | Hotel | Non-Profit Registration | Speaker Proposals | Vendor Registration | Vendor Particulars | Volunteers

Welcome to PACIFICON℠!
PACIFICON℠ is the premier amateur radio event in the Western United States.

 This is a forum-driven event with a variety of topics of interest to

just about every ham!

The deadline for on-line registration is midnight Wednesday, October. 1, 2025 Pacific time.

Mail-in registrations must be postmarked by Wednesday, September 24. 2025.

After these dates, registration was at the door only.

Please Note: We ask that you register for your hotel room using only the Pacificon rate. Please do not use Marriott Bonvoy points or other methods of making reservations. If the Pacificon rate is not used, you will not get free parking or any other hotel amenities we've negotiated. In addition, your room will not count toward the contractually guaranteed minimum number of room-nights we have negotiated with the hotel. Failure to meet that minimum will impact our financial ability to host Pacificon in the future.

Attendee Pricing:

• General Admission - On-Line (until Oct. 1) $35.00

• General Admission - At the Door $45.00

• College Student (w/ Valid Student ID, Max age 25) $5.00

• Youth (Age 17 & under) Free (Scouts see also Scouting for required registration)

• Professional Emergency Responders Free if in uniform.

• Antenna Seminar (Fri, Oct. 10) - On-Line (until Oct 1) $20.00

• Antenna Seminar (Fri, Oct. 10) - At the door $25.00 (See Antenna Seminar page.)

• Breakfast with Gordon West (Sat, Oct. 11) Free   (See Breakfast page.)

• Banquet - (Sat, Oct. 11) - - -         (See Banquet page.)

  • Chicken $77.00   (See Banquet page.)

  • Salmon $77.00   (See Banquet page.)

  • Vegetarian $77.00   (See Banquet page.)

• Wouff Hong (Sat, Oct 11, 11:45 pm)       Free     (See Wouff Hong page.)

• License Testing Fee (FCC mandated)       $15.00 (See License Testing and
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• Marriott Hotel Use Marriott's Pacificon rate.

• Donations Thank you for thinking of us. Please direct donations to mdarc.org/resources/donate-to-mdarc

NO REFUNDS after October 1, 2025.

Addons:
If you have registered and would like to add Banquet or Antenna Seminar options Addons are accepted until October 1, 2025.

Location:
Registration and Will-Call will be located in the Mt. Diablo Room which is to the left as you enter the hotel front entrance lobby area from outside. The Registration Desk can assist attendees who are walk-in’s, have questions about the event or business related to their registration.

Hours:
Registration and Will-Call Desk hours for PACIFICON℠:

FRIDAY - October 10:     7:00am - 5:00pm
SATURDAY - October 11:        6:00am - 4:00pm
SUNDAY - October 12:   7:30am - 11:00am

Contact our Registration Chair, Jim Marchetti at registration@pacificon.org or (925) 642-0791 if you have any questions regarding registering for the event.

FAQ:

• If ordering more than one ticket "View Tickets" will display virtual tickets incorrectly during website ordering and from "View Tickets" buttons in confirmation emails. The "landing page" URLs look like https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/... All tickets incorrectly display the primary attendee name for all attendees. ConstantContact.com acknowledged the problem but has provided no time yet when it will be fixed. You typed the correct names for each badge during registration. Pacificon Registration has the correct names and will print and have badges ready with the correct names at the Will-Call Desk Fri, October 10.

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.