Monday, August 3, 2020

QSO TODAY Expo Virtual Talks - Sat 8th & Sun 9th Aug 2020


Normally at Amateur Radio conventions or expos, there are a series of talks which run alongside all of the other commercial business going on. With the COVID-19 restrictions, the QSO TODAY team have put on a virtual expo instead.

What is of particular interest are the sixty or so virtual talks and there is something there for everyone. Please note that these are free.

Speakers below begin at 1500 UTC on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of August in 5 parallel tracks.  Start on the hour with Q&A following each one. More info on how to register HERE

From the organisers...

All lectures are: 
fully live interactive with speaker during the session hour
completely downloadable
collateral materials are downloadable in PDF format
everything available up to 30 days beyond the presentation

The list of sixty or so talks are shown below....

List of talks...

How to Solder - Steve Johnston WD8DAS

The History of Heath Company, the G.I. Bill, and Economics of Restoration - Paul Topolski W1SEX

21st Century Transceiver Design: The K4 High Performance Direct Sampling SDR - Eric Swartz, WA6HHQ

3D Printing Microwave Antennas - Karen Ricker KG5GAK


5 Fun Things for Youth to Do With Ham Radio - AD8FQ

A 100W HF-6M Amplifier Project -Jim Veatch WA2EUJ

Antenna theory - Robert Zavrel W7SX

APRS - Ray Rischpater KF6GPE

ARKnet Wireless Emergency Intranet - Marcel Stieber AI6MS

Audio Building Block for Hams - Mark Smith KR6ZY

Building a new shack - Vance Martin N3VEM

Building the Future -David Cripe NM0S

Citizen Science: HamSCI and the Personal Space Weather Station Project - KE8HPA

Contesting on 10 Ghz and UP - Wayne Yoshida KH6WZ

CWOps CW Academy - Learning CW -Eric Silverthorn NM5M

Digital Amateur Television - and social distancing - Joel Wilhite KD6W

DXing with modern software defined radios - Ria Jairam N2RJ

DXpeditions - Glenn Johnson W0GJ

EME on 40 Meters - Dennis Kidder W6DQ

Everything you need to know about Lithium Batteries - Marcel Steiber AI6MS

Everything you need to know about USB and Serial interfaces -Bob Wilson N6TV

FlexRadio - An Introduction to Remote HF Operating -Michael Walker VA3MW

FT8 & FT4 An Introduction - Anthony Luscre, K8ZT

FT8 DXpedition Mode - Will DXing ever be the same? - Ned Stearns AA7A

Fully-Remote Amateur Radio Exam Administration- Marcel Steiber AI6MS

Get active! Get on the air! - Don Keith N4KC

Getting Girls Involved in STEM, Specifically Amateur Radio! -Audrey McElroy KM4BUN

Getting Started in HF -Michael Burnette AF7KB

Getting started on EME (Moon bounce) with a basic station - Howard Sherer AE3T

GPS Today - John Ackermann N8UR

Grounding and Bonding - The Essentials - Ward Silver N0AX

Having Fun With Morse - Anthony Luscre K8ZT

Highly Flying Kids With HAB - Jack McElroy KM4ZIA

Hollow-State Homebrewing - Grayson Evans KJ7UM

Introduction to Low Frequencies - Eric Nichols KL7AJ

Is 3 dB Worth a Divorce? - Glenn Johnson W0GJ

Kit Building Techniques For Success - Joseph Eisenberg K0NEB

Marconi and me: A QRP adventure in Italy or a program on SOTA, Summits on the Air - Don
Minkoff NK6A

PackTenna - Think Like A Backpacker George Zafiropoulos,  KJ6VU

Portable HF operating - Mike Dahlhoffer K8MRD

Portable operating - John Jacobs W7DBO

Possible working title: "Digging Dirt on Inductors" - H.P. Pete Friedrichs AC7ZL

Qatar Oscar-100 Satellite - ZVI SEGAL 4Z1ZV

Remotely controlling a solar station -Robert Norman VK5SW

Salt Water Amplifier - Key To QRP SSB DX - Thomas Robinson G0SBW

Saltwater Effect: Fact or Myth - Greg Lane, N4KGL

Science with your Ham Radio - Phil Erickson W1PJE

Send an Amateur Radio Balloon around the World - Bill Brown WB8ELK

Simple HF Antennas - Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA

QSL Confidential - Jeff Murray K1NSS

Solar and Propagation Topics - Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA

The 630-Meter Band: Is it Practical for Amateur Use? - Steve Johnston WD8DAS

The new Blue Lightning Transceiver, Design and Use - David White WN5Y

The Search for Amelia Earhart's L10E - Tom Vinson NY0V

The Slot Antenna -- Undiscovered Country for Most Hams - John Portune W6NBC

Tips for Being a Better Single Op Contester - Randy Thompson K5ZD

Using Pluto SDR as a spectrum analyzer - Beric Dunn K6BEZ

Welcome to the Arduino - Glen Popiel KW5GP

Your Radio Club is the Answer - Joel Wilhite KD6W

​Youth in Ham Radio - Carole Perry WB2MGP

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