NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR NORTH STAR RADIO CONVENTION

The 11th of October was a busy day on the Hennepin Technical College campus in Brooklyn Park, where an attendance of more than 250 set a new record for the North Star Radio Convention in its third year, putting the convention more prominently on the state ham radio map.

Program manager, Dale Henninger, WØDHZ, told Newsline [quote] "The convention has successfully revived the tradition of a statewide amateur radio convention in Minnesota - something the community had been without for more than two decades." [endquote]

This was also the 2025 ARRL Minnesota State Convention, organized with the support of 11 local ham clubs whose members provided volunteers and financial sponsorship, through the Minnesota Amateur Radio Consortium.

The agenda included a transmitter hunt, a QRP QSO Party, a Get on the Air station and 25 educational sessions covering a range of topics.

Dale said that the convention is one way in which the groups work together to [quote] "strengthen Minnesota’s amateur radio community and inspire the next generation of operators." [endquote]