Quarzfest 2025
Attached is the Quarzfest flyer (updated) for 2025.
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HAM RADIO Operator RV’ers/Tenters…
What? Quartzfest© is an annual HAM Radio RV and tenters Boondocking event which is held in late January every year with dates coinciding with the Quartzsite Arizona “RV Show”.
When? January 19th thru 25th of 2025 (make sure you add these important dates to your 2025 calendar)
Where? 7 miles south of Quartzsite Arizona – on US 95 at La Paz Valley Road
Who Can Attend? ANYONE! If you don’t have your Amateur Radio Operators License yet, you’ll be able to take your Amateur Radio Operators License Exams at Quartzfest©
Cost? $5.00 per person for the entire week
Our Annual Amateur Radio “get together” is called “Quartzfest©” and is open to ALL to attend. Quartzfest© is not a club, no officers and no dues..and only costs $5.00 per person for the entire week of fun!! During the week of Quartzfest©, RV’s are everywhere across the desert, as far as you can see..every make and model you can imagine!
There are hundreds of groups that meet in Quartzsite every year in different parts of the desert who share like interests. Our group, Quartzfest©, started out in 1997 as just a few HAM RV’ers getting together, camping in their RV’s in the middle of the desert..no power, no running water. Solar Panels and Generators are in use everywhere (Porta-Potties are available for our tent campers and day visitors).
Quartzfest© is similar to a Hamfest but lasts an entire week and is packed full of scheduled Seminars and Activities (no vendors are allowed on BLM land though). Talks range in topics from Genealogy and Crafts for Non-HAM’s to Solar Power and Battery Information, Technical information for the seasoned HAM, and introductory information for the new HAM. Also included in the week’s activities are Amateur Radio License Testing, Antenna Walkabout (touring other HAM’s RV Antenna installations), Solar Walkabout, 4×4 Off Road Trip in the Desert, Prospecting, Campfires (some with musical entertainment), Pot Luck dinner, Hootenanny and lot’s more!
We Camp on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land which is FREE, but you can only camp there for 14 days at a time.
For more information, drop a note to our Quartzfest* Organizer Kris – KR1SS kristynweed@gmail.com or visit us on the web quartzfest.org