SPARK-CON 2026
ARRL Midwest Division Convention • Sedalia, Missouri
When is SPARK-CON?
Friday October 9th, 2026
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Saturday October 10th, 2026
8:00 AM – 5 PM
Where is SPARK-CON?
Missouri State Fairgrounds
2503 W 16th St, Sedalia, MO 65301
Grid Square EM38iq
38 41 49 North by -93 15 31 West.
Director’s Welcome to the 2026 ARRL Midwest Division Convention
Dust off your HT, grab your call sign badge, and prepare to join your fellow Midwesterners at the 2026 Midwest Division Convention. Whether you can solder with your eyes closed or still think “QSL” is a new texting abbreviation, you will find a place for you here.
Join your fellow hams, electronics experts and tinkerers for an amateur radio weekend of talks, demos, flea market, and camaraderie. You can expect lots of wizardry, questionable puns, handshakes, new techniques and operating skills.
Please come for the community. Join us for the banquet. Enjoy the chance to win raffle prizes. And find that special radio you can’t live without.
I look forward to meeting you, renewing our friendship, and to sharing ideas.
73, Art KØAIZ
Midwest Division Director
Plan Your Visit
Radio Talk-In
147.030 MHz Negative Offset, PL 179.9
ARRL Midwest Division
Four states. One convention.
SPARK-CON brings together operators, tinkerers, clubs, vendors, educators, and curious newcomers from across the ARRL Midwest Division for a weekend built around learning, community, and conversation.
From SPARK-CON 2025
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A weekend of radios, people, ideas, and conversations across the Midwest Division.
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