Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club has opened volunteer registration for its Winter 2027 Ham Fest, scheduled for Saturday, January 16 at the Larimer County Fairgrounds. The Fort Collins-area event is seeking help across admissions, vendor check-in, raffle-ticket sales, the club table, safety, and breakout sessions.
The published staffing plan starts with vendor admission at 7:00 a.m.; public admission opens at 8:00 a.m. Most assignments run one or two hours, and the club says volunteers will pay $4 admission rather than the regular $7. The plan includes three breakout-session rooms—Estes Park, Timnath, and LaPorte—with one moderator requested for each room during the morning blocks.
NCARC also asks volunteers to bring a handheld radio for coordination in the large fairgrounds facility. Its designated volunteer simplex channel is 147.510 MHz. The club directs operators using tactical identifiers to keep them consistent with their amateur call-sign suffix and to identify with their call signs.
For Arkansas Valley operators who may travel north for the hamfest, the announcement gives practical timing and operating details well before the event. It also illustrates the kind of light, coordinated VHF communications that can support a public amateur-radio gathering. Volunteer roles and the online sign-up link are available from the club.
Source: Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club →
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