hamfest

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noun

An event where amateur radio operators can meet up and trade equipment.

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Meanings

nounhamfest (plural hamfests)

plural hamfests

  1. informalAn event where amateur radio operators can meet up and trade equipment.

    A morning at my local hamfest got me a low-band transceiver (everybody called it a "rice box") for what seemed to me a very reasonable price. The antenna, however, was a more difficult problem.

    2002, 73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers 494-505

Origin

From ham + -fest.

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Chicago

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