2024
TechFest 2024 – Large Forum Room |
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| Time | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
| 9:00 AM | Large Forum Room | Combined ARRL, GA ARES and meet the new Georgia ARRL Section Manager | David Benoist AG4ZR, Lee Stone KT4LS, and Hank Blackwood K4AHYJ |
| 10:00 AM | Large Forum Room | ARDC Grants and 44Net (AMPRnet) | Rebecca Key KO4KVG and John Hays K7VE |
| 11:00 AM | Large Forum Room | Antenna Modeling | Lee Johnson N4WYE |
| 12:00 PM | Large Forum Room | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 1:00 PM | Large Forum Room | Parks on the Air – What does it take to activate a park? | Claude Ray AC4SH, Chris Edwards AE4XO, Richard Dervan N1RBD, Skip Kazmarek K4EAK, and Colin Cameron KO4IZK |
| 2:00 PM | Large Forum Room | Gwinnett AREDN Network | Kevin Igarashi-Ball W4KIB and Larry Whited AB4NX |
TechFest 2024 – Small Forum Room |
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| 9:00 AM | Small Forum Room | NanoVNA | Lee Johnson N4WYE |
| 10:00 AM | Small Forum Room | The World Below 160 Meters | Kevin Scott K4GTR |
| 11:00 AM | Small Forum Room | Georgia AUXCOMM | Joe Domaleski KI4ASK and John Davis WB4QDX |
| 12:00 PM | Small Forum Room | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 1:00 PM | Small Forum Room | Code Plug Basics: Configuring, Customizing and Connecting 1st hr | Mark Prichard KN2TOD and Bob Hoffmann K4CQO |
| 2:00 PM | Small Forum Room | Code Plug Basics: Configuring, Customizing and Connecting 2nd hr | Mark Prichard KN2TOD and Bob Hoffmann K4CQO |
TechFest 2023
Time |
Large Forum Room |
Small Forum Room |
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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 Applicanttesting 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 |
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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
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2019 Forums
10:00am |
Portable Operations by Ryan Kovacs |
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11:00am |
” INTRO TO DMR and DMR ADVANCED TOPICS” presented by Ken BryantDMR portable repeater K1DMR |
1:00pm |
“Lightening Protection and Grounding” by Greg Abernathy, AI4UD |
2018 Forums
10:00am |
John Kludt, K4SQCAMSAT — 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. |
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11:00am |
David Benoist, AG4ZRState of ARES Statewide, Getting Youth and New Hams Involved |
1:00pm |
Steve Ellington, NL4QEFHW AntennasOne simple antenna for ALL HF bands……The EFHW Topics: |
2017 Forums
10:00am |
Emergency Power for Amateur Radio |
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11:00am |
ARRL Update |
1:00pm |
To be announced |
