Outdoor Swap

Back again due to overwhelming response, we will have an outdoor swap area! Outdoor swap is the bread and butter of many hamfests and continues to be the preferred place for folks hunting vintage gear and parts. If you enjoy wheeling and dealing at outdoor flea markets, this is the place for you!

If you're a dealer you may want to consider having tables indoors for your regular items and a spot or two outside for your clearance items. Some folks love to dig through the piles for "gems"! Don't miss out, get your spot in the outdoor swap!

Outdoor spaces are a flat rate of $15 per spot. Outdoor swap spots DO NOT include entrance tickets. Each person that comes through the door MUST have their own entrance ticket. Entrance tickets can be ordered with your outdoor swap spots or purchased at the door the day of the show. Each space is the size of a parking space big enough to accommodate a full-size pickup truck. You can park your vehicle there and sell from it or you can unload in your spot and then move your vehicle away from the sales area. Space is limited and this area will be very popular. There is no rain date for this event. Just like at any outdoor swap area, the weather is a risk. Being that we are in South Florida, if rain does come its usually short lived. There will be no refunds due to bad weather.

Vendors will be expected to purchase whatever number of spaces they occupy. If your vehicle and your stuff occupies 2 spaces, you will need to buy 2 spaces. The fee is based on how much space you take up in the outdoor swap area, not what you use it for.

WiFi INTERNET ACCESS IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE BUT MAY BE SPOTTY OUTDOORS. SPACES ARE RESERVED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.

Unattended vehicles/items may be left in outdoor swap area overnight but it is solely at the risk of the owner and not recommended. Neither the Mahi Shrine, nor the Dade Radio Club of Miami will be responsible for theft/accident/vandalism/acts of god. NO CAMPING IN THE OUTDOOR SWAP AREA.

TENTS or CANOPIES are allowed but must be freestanding. Nothing may be driven into the ground. Food or drinks cannot be sold at the show except by the in-house concession stand. There is no power in the outdoor swap area and generators are not permitted unless they are built into an RV.

All vendors are required to abide by the Hamtoberfest rules. You will receive a copy with your vendor packets and you will be required to sign off that you have received them. A copy of the Hamtoberfest rules will be available on this site.

We ask that vendors refrain from packing up early. We have gone to great lengths to advertise our show to technical minded folks not only within the amateur radio community but also to robotic hobbyist, computer hobbyist, and electronic hobbyist in general. Amateur radio operators may be used to being early birds but the rest of the tech community really is not. Let's try expand our horizons and our customer base at the same time!