ARRL Southwestern Division Amateur Radio Convention
HAMCON 2011 - September 9, 10 and 11, 2011

TECH TALK:

The Technical Programs for the ARRL Southwestern Division Conventions have always covered a wide spectrum of Amateur Radio topics. The presenters are all experts in their fields and are in high demand by Amateur Radio clubs throughout the Division. We are fortunate that we have so many highly talented people who have volunteered to help make this HAMCON one of the best we have ever had.

Following are the confirmed Technical Programs and speakers for the convention. If available, you can view a short biography of the presenter along with a synopsis of the program (click on the presenter's name). Please keep in mind that it is still early and some of this information may change as we get closer to the convention.

TECH TALK INFORMATION INCLUDES:

Second Floor Layout • Friday Schedule • Sunday Schedule • Saturday Tech Talk Information

HOURS:

  Friday:      3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

  Saturday:  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

    Sunday:    9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Marriott Torrance S. Bay Floor Layout: click here

A LIST OF GUEST SPEAKERS:

No.
Name
Program
1.
J. Scott Bovitz, N6MI
TITLE:  Contest 'Emergency Com Van: LB Yagi 2 OPS,
3 Masts, 5 Whips, 6 Amps, 8 Batt, 9 Bands,
(Saturday 10 AM Suite 8).
2.
Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ
TITLE:  Collecting and restoring Amateur Radios of the Past.  W6D "Dxpedition."
3.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
TITLE:  How to Work Amateur Satellites With your HT.
4.
Clift Cheng, AC6C
TITLE:  (1) Eddie "Tap" Tapscott W6TDN sk Early 2m AM Fixture in LA.  (2) Tribute to Lenore Jensen, W6NAZ sk.
5.
Joe Fairclough, WB2JKJ
TITLE:  Educom- Education thru Communication. How to
bring Ham radio to school as a learning tool-Get kids excited and Interested via the magic of ham radio.
6.
J.D. Fort K7JDF
TITLE:  Buddipole.
7.
Brenden Geary KJ6HVP
TITLE:  Hear Ham Radio Via Aerial Repeater.
8.
TITLE:
9.
Kate Hutton K6HTN
TITLE:  Using Your National Traffic System.
10.
Dennis Kidder, W6DQ
TITLE:  (1) Radio Astronomy and Radio Amateurs.
 (2) Moon Bounce on 40 Meters.
(3) History of Receiver Technology: From Hertz to SIS.
11.
John Kountz WO1S/T6EE
TITLE:  (1) All You Would Want To Know About Afghanistan (Friday 3 PM Suite 8).  (2) Afghanistan DXpedition (Friday 4 PM Suite 8).  (3) 440 The Hard Way
(Saturday 12 PM Suite 3-5).
12.
Jeff Lee KF6NXQ
TITLE:  Integrating Civilian Volunteers and Sworn Agency Personnel.
13.
Jeff Lewis KJ7TX
TITLE:  Personal Emergency Preparedness begets Professional Emergency Preparedness.
14.
Chip Margelli K7JA
TITLE:  Quick Deployment Antennas for Field Day or      
Emergency Communications.
15.
Joy Matlack KD6FJV
TITLE:  (1) Creating a Mobile Command Console
(Friday 3 PM Suite 2-4).  (2) Leads a Panel Discussion about the Baker 2 Vegas Race (Sunday 10 AM Suite 2-4).
16.
Ken Miller K6CTW
TITLE:  Evolution of the Morse Code (Saturday 4 PM Suite 8).
17.
April Moell WA6OPS
TITLE:  Amateur Radio - It's role in the Hospital Incident Command System (Saturday 10 AM Suite 2-4).
18.
Joe Moell K0OV
TITLE:  Hidden Transmitter Hunting, Mobile or on Foot.
19.
Dick Norton N6AA
TITLE:  Contest Forum plus ARRL Forum.
20.
Bruce Nolte N1BN
TITLE:  The Art of the Field Day Video.
21.
Walt Ordway K1DFO
TITLE:  CQ and MARAC Awards.  MARAC Logger Program.
22.
Bill Pasternak WA6ITF
TITLE:  The Ham Radio Town Meeting - "How to make a Ham Radio, Promotional Video in the 21st Century."
23.
Chris Storey KA6WNK
TITLE:  Reporting Emergencies With Ham Radio.
24.
Eric Swartz
TITLE:  High Performance Ham Radio - Inside the KPA500 and Elecraft "K-line."
25.
Brian Thorson AF6NA
TITLE:  (1) Staying Safe on Field Day: RTVI from Electrical Utility Source (Saturday 9 AM Suite 3-5).  (2) Building a 10 Ghz Radio (Saturday 3 PM Suite 9-11).
26.
Marty Woll N6VI
TITLE:  Trouble shooting for the Non-Techie Ham; and
     NVIS: The Ultimate Backup for Regional Communications.
27.
Gordon West WB6NOA
TITLE:  Working Hawaii on 2 Meter SSB via Tropo.
28.
Allen Wolff KC7O
TITLE:  SDR - Software Defined Radio.
29.
Steve Wardlaw
TITLE:  Don't take a Vacation, Take a DXpedition, Trips to Hawaii, Turks and Caicos - all designed for the XYL
(Friday 4 PM Suite 3-5).
30.
Mark Seigel W6MES
TITLE:  Building an Antenna Launcher (Sunday 9 AM Suite 7).
31.
Dennis Oszuscik KI6UNC/Roozy Moabery KG6OKB
TITLE:  ARES LAX (Amateur Radio Emergency Service)
(Friday 3 PM Suite 7).
32.
Doug Millar K6JEY
TITLE:  (1) Sidewalk EME (Earth Moon Earth) communication (Friday 3 PM  Suite 9-11).  (2) Setting up a Laboratory for Ham Radio (Saturday 2 PM Suite 8).
33.
Mike Collis, WA6SVT
TITLE:  ATV (Friday 4 PM   Suite 9-11).
34.
Dr. Bruce Edgar, AG6BJ
TITLE:  Sun Spot Cycle 24, Magnetic Storms and
Ham Radio (Saturday 3 PM  Suite 7).
35.
Mike Frye, KM6AB
TITLE:  Modern Military Radios in Amateur Service
(Saturday 1PM Suite 2-4).
36.
Cecil Casillas, WD6FZA -
Ed Kane, W6NT - Don Jacob, WB5EKU
TITLE:  D Star   (Saturday 4 PM Suite 2-4).
37.
TITLE:  Microwave Forum (Saturday 4 PM Suite 9-11)
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