http://kixs.com The Country Leader Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:03:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://kixs.com/greater-houston-hamfest-this-saturday-32313/ http://kixs.com/greater-houston-hamfest-this-saturday-32313/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:00:55 +0000 Skeeter Nash http://kixs.com/?p=144106 Amateur ("Ham") radio operators from all over will converge on the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds (4200 Highway 36, Rosenberg, Texas) for the Greater Houston Hamfest Saturday, March 23rd. Ham radio is a great hobby, as well as a means of emergency communications when other systems fail. Presented by the Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club, this is the 2nd largest hamfest in Texas!

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