If you have an idea for a forum for 2008, e-mail the
Hamvention® Forums Chairman at forums@hamvention.org.
All forums will have a 15 minute break between sessions. The Forums
information will also be available at the show.
At this time, room assignments and
times are
subject to change. The day should be correct. This listing will be
updated as soon as possible.
NOTE: A new
forum room, Room 5, has been added. It is located to
the right of the ARRL Expo area. if you are standing in the 400
Exhibits area and facing right, toward the Expo area you will be facing
Room 5.
Details will be added to this page as they become available. For
a listing of forums by day and time click here.
May 18, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. American Red Cross Moderator Dan Miller K3UFG
Speaker: Chet Hallberg,K0TCB
Steve Halley,KI4FQD
Ted Harris,N6IIU
Gordon West,WB6NOA
Mike Mitchell,K9SKP
Greg Sarratt,W4OZK
Barry Boyce,KC7BZC
Keith Robertory KG4UIR; Official policy on background investigations.
11:15 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. AMSAT
Moderator: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary
Speakers: Rick Hambly, W2GPS, AMSAT-NA President; Summary of AMSAT-NA
Activities in 2007
Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, AMSAT-DL President & Bob McGwier, N4HY
AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering; Phase 3-Express: An Update
Jim Sanford, WB4GCS, Eagle Project Manager; Eagle Status Update
Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA VP Operations & Gould Smith,
WA4SXM AO-51 Command Station; AMSAT-NA Satellite Operations and AO-51
Update"
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Director-Human Space Flight; ARISS and
Future SuitSat Missions
2:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Antenna
Moderator: Tim Duffy, K3LR
Speakers: Dr. David B. Leeson, W6NL-Antenna Secrets from the W6NL/HC8L
Notebook
Dr. James Breakall, WA3FET and Tim Duffy, K3LR-The Design, Construction
and Operation of the 28 Element OWA 15 meter Stacked Yagi Array at K3LR
Dr. Ted Rappaport, N9NB-People I Know and The Antennas They Grow
Dean Straw, N6BV-What's New in the 21st Edition of the ARRL Antenna Book
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. TAPR Digital
Moderator: David Toth, VE3GYQ
Speakers:John Ackermann. N8UR; TAPR " Open Hardware Licence"
Steve Bible, N7HPR; Scott Cowling, WA2DFI; HPSDR Update
John Ackermann,N8UR: Timing Projects
Matt Ettus, N2MJI; GNURadio
11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
ARRL Ham Radio Club
Room 2
Moderator: Norm Fusaro, W3IZ
Many radio amateurs like to socialize! They gather in groups on-the-air
and for popular
ham radio activities such as contests and ARRL Field Day. No
matter what your favorite
ham radio activity is, you likely participate with a buddy or a group
of friends. Come
and find out how ARRL clubs are a centerpiece for building friendships
among hams.
12:15 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. Teacher's Workshop
This forum is designed to offer suggestions and resources to both
teachers and ham radio instructors who work with children. Moderator-
Carole Perry, WB2MGP
Speaker: Don Wilson,K1IN; Projects used with young students at the
Talcott Mountain Science Center in Avon,Ct.
Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ; Using Ham Radio in the Science Class.
Dr. Barry Cohen, K2JV; Events Leading up to the ARISS QSO at School.
Carole Perry, WB2MGP; Using Ham Radio with At-Risk Students.
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. County Hunter Forum
An Invitation for New Operators
Moderator: Tim Eklin W8JJ; What is County Hunting?:
Speakers: Bob Woody N8KIE; Activating Counties from Hawaii
Jeff Napier AF3X; Computer Spotting Networks for County Hunting
Bob Voss N4CD; The Current State of County Hunting/Sunspot Cycle Update
TBD; Computer Logging Software for County Hunting
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Amplitude Modulation AM
AM International Update
Moderator: Dale Gagnon, KK1K
Floyd Soo, W8RO, Past President and Founding Member of the Collins
Collectors Association will outline his team's involvement in the
restoration of Collins Radio equipment at the Hammond Museum of Radio
in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The team, including Fred Holmes, W1SKU and
Scott Madison, W1NB, restored the S/Line and KWM-2s in the museum's
radio room main console a couple of years ago and is now in the process
of putting the two KW-1s in the main display room back on the air.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Lightning Protection
Learn how to direct lightning away from your equipment and home.
Moderator: Ron Cohen, K3ZKO
Speaker: George McCormick,N2BCX; Grounding and Lightning Protection at
remote radio locations
10:15 a.m.. - 11:15 a.m.
Ham Radio Aboard International Space Station Room 3
Featuring NASA Astronaut Bill McArthur, KC5ACR. Moderator: Mary Hobart,
K1MMH
ARRL welcomes NASA Astronaut William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr.,
KC5ACR (Colonel, USA, Ret.). Among Bill's extensive space flight
history, he last served as Commander and Science Officer with the
International Space Station Expedition-12 crew. He has made extensive
contacts with school children and hams around the world through Amateur
Radio aboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. N.T.S. The National Traffic System Presented by the Ohio Single Sideband Net
Moderator: N8IO, Present Net Manager OSSBN, ASM SE Ohio
Speakers: Frank Piper, KI8GW, SEC Ohio and member OSSBN
Karensue Roth, KC8WUU, Ohio Navy/Marine MARS Director and member OSSBN
Greg Zach, WG8Z, Present Asst. NM OSSBN , Net Manager TATN, AEC and
Digital Coordinator, Hamilton Co Ohio
The new STM Ohio to be announced March 15 by Joe Philips, K8QOE SM Ohio
12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Amateur Radio and the Law Getting It Up and Keeping It Up
Moderator: Jim O'Connell W9WU, ARRL Volunteer Counsel
Speakers: Fred Hopengarten,K1VR; Author,"Antenna Zoning for the Radio
Amateur".
Brennan T. Price, N4Q, ARRL Volunteer Counsel
Paula Uscian, K9IR, ARRL, Volunteer Counsel
Tim Ellam, VE6SH, IARU Vice President;
A discussion by Amateur Radio
Attorneys on legal issues of interest to hams: How to avoid restrictive
covenants,present your case for a tower permit,info on the
latest court rulings on RFI, PRB-1 and towers. Updates on the
ARRL's Legal Defense and Assistance Committee.
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Gordon West, WA6NOA
Moderator: Gordon West, WB6NOA
Tropospheric Ducting VHF/UHF Demo's.
Learn how local weather conditions impact on your extended VHF and UHF
range.
Hear sound bites on why SSB is far more effective in weak signal work
than FM.
Green Laser Demo.
Two lucky winners will receive their own copies of the Neubeck/West
tropo book and tropo CD.
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. National Frequency Coordinators'
Council (NFCC) Information Session.
Moderator/speaker: Doug Sharp, K2AD
Speakers: Jay Maynard, K5ZC
Nels Harvey,
WA9JOB
Richard Ranson, N9YAY
John Gebuhr, WB0CMC
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Techniques of Best Operators
Moderator Mitch Stern,W1SJ
Speakers: Mitch Stern W1SJ; Start Simple-FM Repeater Operating
Mitch Stern,W1SJ & Tony Pazzola W2BEJ; Answering the Call - Public
Service Operating; Hams Working With Non-Hams
Mitch Stern,W1SJ; Working the World - HF Operating; Training to be the
Best Operator Through Contesting
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. What's So Great About QRP?
Moderator: Hank Kohl,K8DD
Speaker: Graham Firth, G3MFJ/W3MFJ; Simple Test equipment for the
QRP'er.
11:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Kit Building
Moderator: Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB; Kit Building Techniques
Speakers: Phil Anderson,W0XI; New kits for beginners/educators and
more; advanced kits
Wayne Burdick, N6KR; News from Elecraft
Richard Stubbs, KC5NSZ; Latest in kits and soldering practice kits from
Vectronics/MFJ
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. YLRL (Young Ladies Radio League)
YLRL is a league for all licensed women amateur Radio Operators (YL's)
Moderator: Mary Moore, WX4MM, YLRL President
Speaker: Nancy Rabel-Hall, KC4IYD, Vice President YLRL; YL Conventions,
Past and Future
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. HF Digital
Moderator: Jeff Reinhardt, AA6JR
Speaker: Taka Nakayama, KW6I; Growing Interest In HF Digital.
Mel Whitten, K0PFX; Sound Bites from DV QSO"s
Yoshi Nishimura, JA6UHL
Bob Hanson,W6RH; DV Nets and Roundtable QSO'S
Topics on the G4GUO open protocol featured in
the ARD9000 mk2 and ARD 9800.
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. 10-10 International
Moderator: Gerry Gross, WA6POZ, #21274, 10-10 Data Manager
Speakers:
Dick
Gerd, K6PZE
Bob Farow, N6OPR
May 19, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Software Defined Radios Open Source Software Defined
Radios- the new wave in radio communications. The
Future
of radio is NOW and is moving forward at the speed of light!Amateur radio operators are at the forefront
of a technical revolution in radio. In the foreseeable future, everyone
will be
able to configure the ‘front panel’ of a, radio, spectrum analyzer,
VNA,
oscilloscope, signal generator and more, all with the same hardware!Groundswell open source amateur offerings of
hardware and software ranging in price from $29 to several hundreds of
dollars
are available. Come see what this International excitement is all
about, and
win a Software Defined Radio! (Must be present to win at end of
presentations.) Moderator:
Eric Ellison,AA4SW
Speakers: Lyle Johnson, KK7P; Introduction to the HPSDR-High
Performance Software Defined
Radio Project.
Phil Harman,VK6APH, A Simple Approach to Learning Digital Signal
Processing.
Jonathan Naylor,ON/G4KLZ; The µWave SDR Hardware and Software.
Alex Shovkoplyas,VE3NEA; Rocky, a View From Inside and Out. More details
11:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Contesting Moderator: Doug Grant, K1DG
Speakers: Atilano Oms, PY5EG-WRTC2006 Video
Randy Thompson, K5ZD/PT5Q; John T. Laney III, K4BAI/PW5Y & Charlie
Wooten, NF4A (referee of PT5O)-Memories of the WRTC2006 Experience
Dick Norton, N6AA/PT5K-The 40-Zone Adventures of Phil Goetz, N6ZZ
Champ C. Muangamphun, E21EIC (PS2T in WRTC2006)-Contesting from
Thailand & South East Asia
Tim Duffy, K3LR/PT5G-The K3LR Multi-Multi Station and Video Notebook
2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. DXing
Moderator: Jay Slough, K4ZLE
Assitant Moderators,Harry Flasher, AC8G & Tom Kissner, W8WQT
Speakers: John Papay, K8YSE ..KH8SI; Swains Island
Ramon Jose Perez Brett, YV5EED..YX0A/YX0LIX; AVES Island
Ralph Bellas Jr., K9ZO..ZL8R; Kermadec Island
Theodore Mirgliotta, KB8NW; OP Bulletin preparation and distribution.
Glen Johnson,W0GJ.. VU7NR; Lakshadweep Island
Mike Mraz, N6MZ-The upcoming Scarborough Reef operation.
Dewey Jones,W8KJ
8:00 A.M. - 9:00
A.M. ARRL Laboratory
Room 2
Moderator: Ed Hare, W1RFI
Meet ARRL Lab Manager and RFI/EMI "guru" Ed Hare, W1RFI. Ed serves on a
number of
industry advisory committees and has lead technical studies for ARRL
illustrating the
impact of Broadband over Power Line, or BPL, on the Amateur Radio
bands. Ed will speak about a variety of topics including radio
frequency interference (RFI). Participate in
Ed's popular "Stump the Speaker" question and answer period.
9:00 A.M. - 9:45
A.M. Public Service and the Media
Room 2
How to get attention for our best stories
Moderator: Allen Pitts, W1AGP
Emergencies often gain the attention of newspapers and television
media. And yet, the
good works of volunteers in the Amateur Radio Emergency Service are
often overlooked. Our best stories are never heard by the public.
This ARRL forum will discuss ways to help
your public service activities capture the attention of the media.
10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Youth in Amateur Radio
Moderator- Carole Perry, WB2MGP
The Youth Forum will be featuring all young adults who will give
presentations designed to share with other young people all that is fun
and challenging in amateur radio. They are all very accomplished and
will give multimedia talks.
Sam Rose KC2LRC, age 17, Syracuse, New York; Internet Linking Project
To Be Used By Youth Clubs
Cathy Ferry, NC8F, age 19, Silver Lake, Ohio - Young Ham Of The Year
Winner, Field Day Fun For Youth
Rachel Johnson, KE5LTB, age 11, Carolton, Texas; A Family Affair
Karun Kumar Rao, KC0WXC, age 12, Louisville, Colorado; How Ham Radio
and Education Work Together
Kevin Johnk, KC0YLY, age 15, Arvada, Colorado; Medical Emergencies and
Ham Radio
Logan Garbarini, KC0WBA, age 10, Boulder, Colorado; My Wonderful
Antenna Experience
Radios and other gifts will be given out to youngsters who are present
at the forum.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
ARRL Membership Room 2
New Opportunities for
Every Ham!
Amateur Radio entered a new era this year when the FCC eliminated the
Morse code
examination as a licensing requirement. The change has rekindled
enthusiasm among many newcomers and inactive hams. A panel of ARRL
staff will share their first hand experiences on the flurry of activity
that followed the recent rule changes.
Panelists:
Maria Somma, AB1FM - Manager, ARRL VEC. Hundreds of test sessions were
conducted in the days following the FCC rule change. Maria and her team
at the office of the ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (ARRL VEC)
continue to enjoy an avalanche of test session paperwork and license
applications.
Dan Henderson, N1ND -ARRL Regulatory Information Specialist. As
ARRL's rules-and-regs expert, Dan has assisted thousands in the Amateur
Radio community with help navigating the new rules and privileges. He
is also quite active on the air from W1AW, recently led the W1AW HF
Open House special event aimed at welcoming newcomers to the HF bands,
and is the ARRL Field Day Manager.
Katie Breen, W1KRB -ARRL Membership Manager. ARRL members have been at
the forefront of our growing community of radio amateurs. Since
joining the ARRL staff in 2006, Katie has been busy creating and
refining programs for ARRL members. She has lead special event
activities aimed at encouraging on-air activity among new and
newly-active hams, including real-time web blogs and videos,
Hello-Live!,
and the W1AW HF Open House.
1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Techniques for Ham Radio Instruction Room 2 Workshop
Moderator: Mark Spencer, WA8SME
During this presentation, techniques for instructing the 5-building
blocks of radio, modulation and demodulation, and other science of
radio fundamentals will be demonstrated. Learn more about these and
other resources available to school teachers and in-service
opportunities during the summer ARRL Teacher's Institute. Though
volunteer instructors are not eligible for equipment grants or
institute participation, they will
be encouraged to utilize the free resources and services made available
through the ARRL's Education and Technology Program and encourage their
local schools to include
ham radio in their curricula.
2:15 p.m. -4:45 p.m. VHF/UHF/Microwave
Moderator: Michael Schulsinger, N8QHV
Presentations:
Gerd Schrick, WB8IFM; "Earthbound Microwave Transponder."
Kent Britain, WA5VJB; "Using Big Antennas."
Dave Sublette; K4TO; "Getting Started in VHF and Above.
Palle
Hansen, OZ1RH.
8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
The Future of ARES - A look at the National
Report Room 3
A look at the National Emergency Response Planning Committee (NERPC)
Report
Moderator: Frank Piper, KI8GW (SEC Ohio)
Speaker: Harold Kamer,
WJ1B, ARRL Chief Operating Officer
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ATV
Moderator: Art Towslee, WA8RMC, Introduction to ATV
Speaker: Ron Cohen,K3ZKO; Getting Started in Amateur Television.
Gene Harlan, WB9MMM, Emergency Communications using Amateur
Television-The possibilities.
Mike Collis, WA6SVT; Linking ATV Repeaters.
Bill Brown, WB8ELK; Airborn ATV
Frank Amore, WA8HFK; ATCO Picture Slide Show.
Henry Ruh, AA9XW; Some Bits about TV Bytes.
12:45 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.
The 2006 Ham Radio Town Meeting Room 3 A Beginner's Look at the Digital
Future of Amateur Radio
Moderator: Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF
Assistant Moderator: Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ
Director: Don Wilbanks, AE5DW
Prizes: Julie Fraedrich, KD8AYJ and "Jixser"
1. What is digital communications and what does it mean to ham radio?
; Jeff Reinhardt,
AA6JR - AoR Inc. - Agoura Hills, CA.
2. Will ham radio be forced to go digital and if so, why?-Eric P.
Nichols, KL7AJ - North Pole, AK
3. Emergency Communications: Why Radio Data Transfer is a 'hot' item
for the agencies we serve?-Steve Waterman, K4CJX - Winlink - Nashville
TN.
4. If Regulation by Bandwidth" is enacted by the FCC, how
will it impact the move to digitalization of ham
radio?-Rich Moseson, W2VU - CQ Magazine - Hicksville N.Y.
5. Digital to analog interference and analog to digital interference
issues-Fred Vobbe,
W8HDU - WLIO-TV, Lima, Ohio.
6. New modes: If ham radio goes "all digital" what "carriers of
information" akin to
today's "modes" will be most prominent in an all-digital world?- Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF -
ARNewsline, Inc., Los Angeles, CA.
7. Old modes: Can Morse and other legacy modes be
maintained in a digital ham radio world? - Mark Braunstein, WA4KFZ -
Centerville VA.
8. Digital Amateur Radio demonstration by various manufacturers.
Speakers and topics covered subject to change.
Door prizes will be drawn during and at the end of this session.
You must be present in
the session room to win. The Ham Radio Town Meeting is produced for the
Dayton Hamvention® by the Amateur Radio Newsline, Inc., Los
Angeles, CA. 91350
E-Mail: newsline@arnewsline.org
3:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. SLOW SCAN TV (SSTV)
Moderator: Don Miller, W9NTP
Speakers; Mel Whitten, K0PFX-FlexRadio and DRM (Digtrx, Digital Slow
Scan Television)
Lew McFadin, W5DID-SuitSat 2, Not the Same Suit. This is the second
chapter of a great SSTV space Experiment.
Dave Jones, KB4YZ-Operating Digital radio Mondiale (DRM) with EasyPal
Lite Software.
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. SATERN
Salvation Army Team Emergency Network
Moderator: Peggy McNary, N9QT
Speaker: Major Paterick McPherson, WW9E; Interfacing the National
SATERN Network with the Local Community.
Ms. June Jeffers,KB0WEQ; Kansas and Western Missouri Division SATERN
Coordinator-The SATERN operation in Kansas.
9:15 a.m. -10:45 a.m. DRAKE
Moderator: Evan Rolek, K9SQG.
Speakers: Gary Poland, W8PU; Mark Guilger, WB0IQK; Bob Lusby, K9FOH;
Sindre Torp, LA6OP; Rob Sherwood,NC0B
Drake Related Resources-Restoring and Upgrading Drake Gear. Slide Show.
Door Prizes.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. APRS
Moderator: Stan Horzepa,WA1LOU
Speakers:Steve Bragg, KA9MVA; Robert Bruninga, WB4APR; Byon Garrabrant,
N6BG; John Hansen, W2FS; Scott Miller, N1VG
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Fox Hunting
Moderator Bob Frey,WA6EZV
Speaker: Dick Arnett,WB4SUV
1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. COLLINS RADIO
Presented by the Collins Radio Association
Moderator: David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA., publisher of the Collins
Journal, secretary
to the CRA
Speaker: Bill Wheeler, K0DEW; the Pre-World War II Era of the Collins
Radio Company.
Jim Stitzinger, WA3CEX; A view of the WA3CEX Collins collection .
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. MARS
US Army/Air Force/Navy-Marine Corps
Moderator: Donald Poquette,AF MARS Chief
Speakers: Bo Lindfors,Navy-Marine MARS, Stuart Carter,Army MARS, Donald
Poquette,Air Force MARS
Forum is an update on the status of the three separate MARS services
and will address Joint Exercises and our support of Homeland Defense
and Homeland Security.
May 20, 2007
8:45 A.M. - 9:45 A.M.
RTTY Room 1
Moderator: Shelby Summerville, K4WW
Speakers: Ken Wolff, K1EA; Log checking, distinguishing between myth
and reality,
busted/unique calls, serial numbers, and packet poaching
Ed Muns, W0YK; Ideas for improving efficiently during RTTY contests.
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. D-Star Room 1
Moderator: Greg Sarratt,W4OZK,Alabama D-Star Group
Speaker: Jim McClellan,N5MIJ,Texas Interconnect Team
Digital is becoming the future of communications.
This Forum will review D-STAR,Digitized Voice and Digital Data
technology for amateur radio. Learn about its use and the innovations
of Digital D-STAR applications. We will review D-STAR concepts,
ideas,activity,networks and repeater growth around the nation. We
well.learn how to access the Internet on the Digital Data Port and how,
by just using your call, you can find an amateur operator on the D-STAR
network.
8:45 A.M. - 9:45 A.M.
ARRL Education Room 2
Moderator: Debra Johnson, K1DMJ
Meet the staff of the new ARRL Education Services Department. Tour ARRL
instructional resources-everything you need to develop a ham
radio license class. Share your input and
suggestions during an overview of future ARRL instructional support
initiatives. Ham radio newcomers, license upgrade candidates, volunteer
instructors and school teachers are all encouraged to participate.
10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
ARRL Operating and Awards Program
Room 2
They're not just for
wallpaper
Moderator: Dave Patton, NN1N
Operating events are fun and offer hams opportunities to earn
certificates and awards. But, these activities also prepare hams for
other types of operation. See how on the air fun can increase
your operating proficiency and help improve your station
performance.
You don't have to be hard core to have fun.
8:45
A.M. - 9:45 A.M. Ham Radio and the General
Public Room 3 Moderator
Terry
Fletcher, WA0ITP
10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. Battleship N.J.
Room 3 Moderator Harry Bryant AA2WN
Speaker Dave Burgess WA2TVS
8:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Mobile Hams of America
The 16th Annual BMHA forum at Hamvention
Moderator: Russ Dwarshuis, KB8U
Speakers: Norm Huber, N9ZKS, Stephen Hepner, KC9EKU & Budd
Drummond,W3FF; BMHA Direction and Bicycle Mobile HF Pictures
Moderator:
