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TechFest 2023

Time

Large Forum Room

Small Forum Room

9:00am

 Combined ARRL and ARES, – Plans for 2023

David Benoist AG4ZR, Lee Stone KT4LS

VE Testing

10:00am

 Locating Power Line and other RF Noise

Jeff Stuparits W4DD

1.5 hours with 30 minutes of Q&A

VE Testing

11:00am

 Locating Power Line and other RF Noise

Jeff Stuparits W4DD

1.5 hours with 30 minutes of Q&A

VE Testing

(Admissions for Applicant

testing ends at 11:00am)

12:00pm

 Around the World – Amateur Radio Ballooning

Audrey McElroy, KM4BUN and Jack McElroy, KM4ZIA

 Georgia AUXCOMM

John Davis WB4QDX

1:00pm

 Introduction to HamPi, HamPC, and HamIQ

Dave Slotter, W3DJS

 Remote Operation of Amateur Radio

Ray Bailey N4GYN

2:00pm

 Basic HF Wire Antennas for HOA-restricted neighborhoods

Kevin Scott, K4GTR

 History, Explanation, and Getting Started in POTA (Parks on the Air)

Claude Ray, AC4SH

2022 TechFest Cancelled due to COVID-19

 

2021 TechFest Cancelled due to COVID-19

 

2020 Forums

9:00am

Lightning Protection and Grounding – Greg Abernathy, AI4UD

10:00am

Digital Mode Hotspots – Ed Woodrick, WA4YIH

11:00am

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi for Ham Radio – Dave Slotter, W3DJS

1:00pm

VHF/UHF “DXing” Fun –  Kevin Scott, K4GTR
Propagation Types, How to Find Out When the Bands are Open and Methods to Push Your Signal to the Max!

 

2019 Forums

10:00am

Portable Operations by Ryan Kovacs

11:00am

” INTRO TO DMR and DMR ADVANCED TOPICS” presented by Ken Bryant

DMR portable repeater

K1DMR
443.0375+
CC 15
ATLANTA METRO TS 1 TG 8
K4USD Network

1:00pm

“Lightening Protection and Grounding” by Greg Abernathy, AI4UD

 

2018 Forums

10:00am

John Kludt, K4SQC

AMSAT — No Sunspots – How About Giving Satellites a Try?

This presentation will focus on the current fleet of satellites in orbit carrying amateur radio. We will discuss what is needed to work them. This can be as simple as an HT and an Arrow antenna, or as complex as a 2.4 GHz system for the ISS HamTV downlink. Additionally we will discuss some of the activities presently going on with satellite users including telemetry monitoring, grid expeditions and the VUCC Satellite award program.

11:00am

David Benoist, AG4ZR

State of ARES Statewide, Getting Youth and New Hams Involved

1:00pm

Steve Ellington, NL4Q

EFHW Antennas

One simple antenna for ALL HF bands……The EFHW

Topics:
* End Fed Half Wave Antenna Introduction
* EFHW compared to random length end fed antennas.
* Installation techniques of the EFHW antenna.
* Advantages and disadvantages of end fed antennas.
* One antenna for 11 bands!

 

2017 Forums

10:00am

Emergency Power for Amateur Radio

11:00am

ARRL Update

1:00pm

To be announced
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