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PACIFICONSM History
The Pacific Division ARRL Convention has a wonderful history dating back to 1920. It has been called Pacificon since about the 1980s.
The current seven Sections (managers, boundaries) in the Pacific Division (arrl) are:
East Bay (arrleb.org, arrl EB) - CA counties of Napa, Solano, Contra Costa and Alameda
Nevada (arrl NV) - all counties
Pacific (arrl Pacific) - Hawaii and U.S. possessions in the Pacific
Sacramento Valley (arrlsacvalley.org, arrl SV) - CA counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba
San Francisco (arrl SF) - CA counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, San Francisco, Sonoma
San Joaquin Valley (arrl SJV) - CA counties of Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne
Santa Clara Valley (arrlsantaclaravalley.org, arrl SCV) - CA counties of Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
Year Location Club
2024 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2023 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2022 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2021 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2018 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2017 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2016 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2015 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2014 Santa Clara Marriott mdarc.org
2013 Santa Clara Marriott mdarc.org
2012 Santa Clara Marriott mdarc.org
2011 Santa Clara Marriott mdarc.org
2010 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2009 Canceled due to excessive hotel costs
2008 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2007 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2006 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2005 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2004 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2003 San Ramon Marriott mdarc.org
2002 Concord Sheraton mdarc.org
2001 Concord Sheraton mdarc.org
2000 Concord Sheraton mdarc.org
1999 Concord Sheraton mdarc.org
1998 Concord Sheraton mdarc.org
1997 Concord Hilton mdarc.org
1996 Concord Hilton mdarc.org
1995 Concord Hilton mdarc.org
1994 Concord Hilton mdarc.org
1993 Concord Hilton mdarc.org
1991 Canceled due to staffing
1990 San Jose Le Baron Hotel SCCARA
1989 Santa Cruz SCCARC
1988 San Jose Le Baron Hotel SCCARA
1987 San Jose Le Baron Hotel SCCARA
1986
1985 Las Vegas Hacienda Hotel
1984 Santa Clara Marriott ARCSJ (SCCARA)
1983 Reno
1982 Santa Cruz
1981
1980 Santa Clara Marriott SCCARA
1979 Reno
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964 Sacramento
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959 Honolulu
1958
1957
1956 San Francisco (national)
1955
1954
1953
1952 San Francisco
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933 San Jose Hotel St. Claire SCCARA
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924 San Francisco SFRC
1923
1922
1921
1920 San Francisco SFRC