The Amateur Radio Operators Reception, affectionately known as the Ham Reception, will be held on Tuesday, April 16 at 6 p.m. in room W102-104 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The reception is free of charge and open to all attendees of the 2024 NAB Show.
The Ham reception is sponsored once again this year by Turner Engineering, and is one of the most anticipated events at NAB Show. It’s where hundreds of broadcastings best and brightest, from company CEOs to shop technicians, spend a relaxed evening talking shop, swapping tales and enjoying the fellowship of the amateur radio community.
This year, our generous donors have contributed door prizes with a combined value of over $13,000 and counting. Every attendee is eligible to win a door prize and will receive a raffle ticket upon entry. This year’s prizes include:
- Yaesu FT-4X VHF/UHF dual-band transceiver
- Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer Smart Bluetooth Audio Glasses
- Clearstream 4max UHF VHF outdoor antenna with amplifier, mast, cable, splitter
- Over 25 ARRL books, including the six-volume, 100th edition 2023 ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications
We’d like to thank our sponsor and all of our door prize donors for their generous contributions, and encourage anyone who would like to become a part of this tradition to contact NAB Vice President, Advanced Engineering David Layer. Here’s a complete list of door prizes and donors for this year’s event:
| Prize | Qty | Donated by |
| Talentcell Rechargeable Lithium ion battery back | 1 | AGC Systems |
| Clearstream 4max UHF VHF outdoor antenna with amplifier, mast, cable, splitter | 1 | Antennas Direct |
| Ham Radio License Manual Spiral 5th Edition | 2 |
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| General Class License Manual Spiral 10th Edition | 2 | |
| Extra Class License Manual Spiral 12th edition | 2 | |
| ARRL backpack and water bottle | 3 | |
| ARRL multi-tool set | 4 | |
| Get on the Air with HF Digital – 3rd Edition | 4 | |
| Parks on the Air book | 4 | |
| ARRL Operating Manual 12th Edition | 4 | |
| ARRL Antenna Book 25th Edition | 4 | |
| 2023 ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications (6 volumes) | 5 | |
| $100 Honey Baked Ham Gift Certificate | 1 | ATSC |
| Azden AZC-902N Type N connector antenna disconnector | 5 | Azden Corp. |
| Rane mixer model MLM 82S | 1 | Broadcast Electronics |
| CC Skywave SSB 2 and AC adapter | 1 | C. Crane |
| Icom IC-V86 VHF Transceiver | 1 | Cavell, Mertz & Associates/Capitol Airspace Group |
| Yaesu FT-60 VHF/UHF dual-band FM transceiver | 1 | |
| Yaesu FT-65VHF/UHF dual-band transceiver | 2 | |
| Yaesu FT-4X VHF/UHF dual-band transceiver | 4 | |
| Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer Smart Bluetooth Audio Glasses | 1 | CTA |
| Dielectric backpack and notepads | 1 | Dielectric |
| RadioWorld t-shirt (large) | 10 | Future US |
| Heil Sound PR 77D Purple dynamic microphone | 1 | Heil Sound |
| SDRplay RSP1B 1 kHz-2 GHz 14-bit SDR receiver | 1 | IEEE Broadcast Technology Society |
| Model LV15-15 variable inductor | 1 | Kintronic Labs |
| Model MS-1 meter switch | 1 | |
| Model AG-3 ball gap | 2 | |
| Comet 25 pF, 15 kV fixed vacuum capacitor | 2 | |
| Jennings 500 pF, 12 kV fixed vacuum capacitor | 2 | |
| Best Buy $75 gift certificate | 2 | NABA |
| $100 gift certificate | 1 | Nemal Electronics |
| Orban Optimod-PCn1600 audio processing software license (Windows PC) | 2 | Orban |
| LiteVNA Portable Network Analyzer and guide | 1 | Over-the-air RF Consulting |
| Gift certificate toward any merchandise in the SBE Store | 1 | SBE |
| Certificate for one SBE CertPreview test | 1 | |
| Certificate for one SBE webinar | 1 | |
| DX Engineering $50 gift card and Telos gift bag (stainless steel cup, t-shirt, baseball hat) | 2 | Telos |
| 100 Feet of LMR-400 coaxial cable | 1 | Times Microwave |
| 100 Feet of LMR-240 low-loss coaxial cable | 1 | |
| Two rolls of Rapid-Tite silicone weather sealing tape | 1 | |
| Times-Protect coaxial lightning protector – BTR series | 1 | |
| Times-Protect coaxial lightning protector – GTR series | 1 | |
| AudioArts Voice 1 microphone processor | 1 | Wheatstone |
| iHD-ITR1-HD Radio tabletop w/alarm | 1 | Xperi |