30/10/2026
LAST CHANCE to Book! https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/
Booking close on Sunday 1st November 2026 for the VK7 event of the year, Tassie Ham-E-Con 2026 is shaping up as a genuinely national and international gathering of the amateur radio community. Registrations are open, and we already have attendees booked from every Australian state as well as New Zealand. This year’s theme, “Hack the Ether: Education, Ingenuity, Connection,” celebrates what amateur radio does best: experimenting, learning, sharing ideas and finding ever more inventive ways of getting signals from one place to another.
The conference brings together amateurs, makers, educators, communicators and technical explorers for a fully catered weekend built around four streams: Hack the Mind, exploring education and learning; Hack the System, showcasing experimentation and ingenuity; Hack the Culture, looking at community, engagement and connection; and Hack the Future, examining leadership, purpose and where amateur radio heads next.
Presentations are being polished and rehearsed and the program is being finalised for a great weekend.
There’ll also be pre-conference and post-conference activities, making this much more than simply two days sitting in a theatre listening to presentations.
There are a huge number of excellent raffle prizes including an ICOM ID-5200A, a couple of ID-52As handhelds and so much more and these prizes are only available to those who attend the conference. Check out the website for more raffle prize details.
Tassie Ham-E-Con 2026 will be held on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November at the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre on the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay campus in Hobart. With registrations already stretching across Australia and over the Tasman, and just under a month to go, it’s looking like being quite a weekend. The program is available and bookings are open now through the conference website. Search for Tassie Ham-E-Con 2026 and come and Hack the Ether in Hobart this November.
We can confirm that the Pre-Conference activity on the Friday afternoon of the Mystery History Radio Tour of Hobart will be going ahead and is nearly full so, if you want to be on this tour then book soon as there are only a few spots left!
https://events.humanitix.com/tassie-ham-e-con
Australia's Premier Amateur Radio Conference - Tassie Ham-E-Con - 7/8th November 2026. Theme is Hack the Ether: Education, Ingenuity, Connection.
