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Amateur Radio Operator’s Reception – an NAB Tradition The annual Amateur Radio Operator’s Reception, more affectionately known as the HAM Reception, is a free-of-charge event at the 2013 NAB Show that is open to all attendees. This year’s event will be held in Ballroom B of the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from 6PM-8PM.
Amateur radio-related prizes:
Broadcasting-related
prizes:
Miscellaneous:
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NAB’s
HAM Reception is a big draw for both amateur radio operators as
well as those who have never “pushed-to-talk” nor learned
Morse code, with hundreds lining up outside hours before the doors
open. Typically over 600 people pack the ballroom, each hoping that
they will be the lucky winner of one of the fabulous (and sometimes
very expensive) door prizes (over $14,000 worth of prizes in all
this year!). Shown in the photos above are perennial host and hostess
(and sponsors) Bob and Sarah Heil (at left); the eager crowd (at
center) which shows up well before the event begins to get a good
place in line, and at right, John Marino of NAB reading off someone’s
lucky number. This year the HAM Reception is co-sponsored by 
Everyone
attending the HAM Reception is eligible to win a door prize, and
is handed a raffle ticket upon entering the ballroom. This year
there are over 140 prizes to be handed out, which have been generously
donated by broadcast equipment manufacturers, engineering consulting
firms, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and others. Many of
these prizes are listed below along with whom they were donated
by (in parentheses, including a link to the donor’s web page).
If you are interested in becoming part of this tradition and donating
a prize, please contact David Layer at 
