Pacific Beach 2023

Pacific Beach 2023

Join us for our 4th Ham Radio Adventures – Pacific Beach adventure.  The last couple of years have been a blast, lots of good times with good nerds. Each year gets bigger and better.

Oct 11th – 16th in Pacific Beach, WA

This will be a fun filled week to meet fellow hams interested in getting out of the shack to play radio.  Bring your go kit/bag.  This will be a great opportunity to show off your equipment and see what other hams are using as well.

We have a few fun activities planned such as:

  • Pico balloons
  • Solar Eclipse QSO Party
  • An antenna building workshop.  Build your own linked dipole antenna.  There will be a few kits on hand for purchase or build something totally insane. (Kits for sale from Craig for approx $30.)
  • A crash course in fox hunting with a hunt afterwards.  A 2m/70cm HT and fox hunting gear, i.e. attenuator, antennas, will be required.  Parts to build a tape measure yagi will be available.
  • A hands-on instruction on how to work amateur satellites
  • VE session  (Tech – Extra)  Sign up here.
  • Pizza night

The rest of the time will be for going out and activating Parks On The Air stations or enjoying the coastal Pacific Beach area.

We plan on activating the following Parks On The Air POTA entities:

Pacific Beach State Park K-3241 CN77 South within walking distance  Park Info Map 

Olympic National Forest K-4532 CN77/CN87  North East approx 30 min  Park Info Map

Griffiths-Priday Ocean State Park K-3197 CN77 South approx 15 min  Park Info Map

Ocean City State Park K-3238 CN77 South approx 25 min  Park Info Map 

Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge K-0581 CN86 South approx 35 min Park Info

Bottle Beach State Park K-3164 CN76 South approx 1 hr  Park Info 

Twin Harbors State Park K-3286 CN76 South approx 1hr 5 min  Park Info Map 

Westport Light State Park K-3290 CN76 South approx 1hr 10 min   Park Info Map This is also is a lighthouse USA 342 

Westhaven State Park K-3289  CN76 South approx 1hr 10 min  Park Info 

Grayland Beach State Park K-3196  CN76 South approx 1hr 10 min  Park Info Map

 

Houses will be shared with fellow hams and have 4 to 5 private rooms and a full kitchen furnished with basic cookware and dishes so bring your own food or plan group meals as a house.

Each house has WiFi and cell service is spotty depending on carrier.

Special accommodations may be available upon request.

Pricing:

All Inclusive $290 – Covers 5 nights of lodging, Thursday night prime rib dinner at the Green Lantern, Saturday night pizza dinner, and activities.
 
Guest $70 –  This is an add on to an All Inclusive price and shares a room with the primary guest.  Includes all the fun. Intended for family and non-ham friends.  
 
No lodging $100 – This rate is if you are participating in all the fun but not reserving a room.
 

Cost cannot be pro-rated for shorter stays and refunds will be considered but cannot be guaranteed.

For more information visit this link. Info may change so check back.