[GCARC] Virtual ham fest

Sat Aug 8 13:24:47 EDT 2020

It is much better than I was expecting, there is something for everyone!
There are 4 tracks going on at same time now.
https://qsotoday.vfairs.com/    Do the login.  Give them your email, and
within a few minutes, you get an email back saying you are registered, and
then off you go!
They say they will keep them online for reply to end of month if you miss.
To watch live, the EDT times are shown along with which auditorium to join
(you'll see when join, auditorium, and then 1,2,3,4 shown on top of
auditorium screen)
Here's copy of the lineup. Hope comes through in the reflector email

*Speaker Topic and Name*

*UTC*

*PDT*

*EDT*

*Track*

*Seq*

Keynote: COVID-19: Amateur Radio’s Impact On Problem Solving To Create A
Global Response To The Pandemic - Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD

8/8/2020 1:00:00

8/7/2020 18:00:00

8/7/2020 21:00:00

1

1

How to Solder - Steve Johnston, WD8DAS

8/8/2020 15:00:00

8/8/2020 8:00:00

8/8/2020 11:00:00

1

2

VP6R 160 Meters: Mutiny on the Bands! - Glenn Johnson, W0GJ

8/8/2020 15:15:00

8/8/2020 8:15:00

8/8/2020 11:15:00

2

101

GPS Today - John Ackermann, N8UR

8/8/2020 15:30:00

8/8/2020 8:30:00

8/8/2020 11:30:00

3

1001

ARKnet Wireless Emergency Intranet - Marcel Stieber, AI6MS

8/8/2020 15:45:00

8/8/2020 8:45:00

8/8/2020 11:45:00

4

10001

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

8/8/2020 16:00:00

8/8/2020 9:00:00

8/8/2020 12:00:00

1

3

RFinder BT1 HT Radio

8/8/2020 16:15:00

8/8/2020 9:15:00

8/8/2020 12:15:00

2

102

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

8/8/2020 16:30:00

8/8/2020 9:30:00

8/8/2020 12:30:00

3

1002

>From Rotators to Baluns, What's New At DX Engineering - Tim Duffy K3LR

8/8/2020 16:45:00

8/8/2020 9:45:00

8/8/2020 12:45:00

4

10002

Get Active! Get On The Air! - Don Keith, N4KC

8/8/2020 17:00:00

8/8/2020 10:00:00

8/8/2020 13:00:00

1

4

FT8 & FT4 An Introduction - Anthony Luscre, K8ZT

8/8/2020 17:15:00

8/8/2020 10:15:00

8/8/2020 13:15:00

2

103

Getting Started On EME (Moon Bounce) With A Basic Station - Howard Sherer,
AE3T

8/8/2020 17:30:00

8/8/2020 10:30:00

8/8/2020 13:30:00

3

1003

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

8/8/2020 17:45:00

8/8/2020 10:45:00

8/8/2020 13:45:00

4

10003

Getting On the Air For Beginners, Having Fun With VHF - Bob Witte, K0NR

8/8/2020 18:00:00

8/8/2020 11:00:00

8/8/2020 14:00:00

1

5

FlexRadio: An Introduction To Remote HF Operating - Michael Walker, VA3MW

8/8/2020 18:15:00

8/8/2020 11:15:00

8/8/2020 14:15:00

2

104

Remotely Controlling A Solar Station - Robert Norman, VK5SW

8/8/2020 18:30:00

8/8/2020 11:30:00

8/8/2020 14:30:00

3

1004

Audio Building Block for Hams - Mark Smith, KR6ZY

8/8/2020 18:45:00

8/8/2020 11:45:00

8/8/2020 14:45:00

4

10004

RigExpert Stick 230 - the most innovative antenna & cable analyzer” by
Jason Johnston, KC5HWB

8/8/2020 19:00:00

8/8/2020 12:00:00

8/8/2020 15:00:00

1

6

Portable HF Operating - Mike Dahlhofer, K8MRD

8/8/2020 19:15:00

8/8/2020 12:15:00

8/8/2020 15:15:00

2

105

Is 3 dB Worth A Divorce? - Glenn Johnson, W0GJ

8/8/2020 19:30:00

8/8/2020 12:30:00

8/8/2020 15:30:00

3

1005

Send An Amateur Radio Balloon Around The World - Bill Brown, WB8ELK

8/8/2020 19:45:00

8/8/2020 12:45:00

8/8/2020 15:45:00

4

10005

The Search For Amelia Earhart's L10E - Tom Vinson, NY0V

8/8/2020 20:00:00

8/8/2020 13:00:00

8/8/2020 16:00:00

1

7

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

8/8/2020 20:15:00

8/8/2020 13:15:00

8/8/2020 16:15:00

2

106

Building And Contesting On 10 GHz - Wayne Yoshida, KH6WZ

8/8/2020 20:30:00

8/8/2020 13:30:00

8/8/2020 16:30:00

3

1006

FlexRadio Product Talk - Michael Walker VA3MW

8/8/2020 20:45:00

8/8/2020 13:45:00

8/8/2020 16:45:00

4

10006

Building A New Shack - Vance Martin, N3VEM

8/8/2020 21:00:00

8/8/2020 14:00:00

8/8/2020 17:00:00

1

8

The 630-Meter Band: Is It Practical For Amateur Use? - Steve Johnston,
WD8DAS

8/8/2020 21:15:00

8/8/2020 14:15:00

8/8/2020 17:15:00

2

107

Simple HF Antennas - Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA

8/8/2020 21:30:00

8/8/2020 14:30:00

8/8/2020 17:30:00

3

1007

Digging Dirt On Inductors: Experiments With Custom Magnetics Made From
“Black Sand”- H.P. Pete Friedrichs, AC7ZL

8/8/2020 21:45:00

8/8/2020 14:45:00

8/8/2020 17:45:00

4

10007

DXing With Modern Software Defined Radios - Ria Jairam, N2RJ

8/8/2020 22:15:00

8/8/2020 15:15:00

8/8/2020 18:15:00

2

108

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

8/8/2020 22:30:00

8/8/2020 15:30:00

8/8/2020 18:30:00

3

1008

3D Printing Microwave Antennas - Karen Rucker, KG5GAK

8/8/2020 22:45:00

8/8/2020 15:45:00

8/8/2020 18:45:00

4

10008

Grounding And Bonding: The Essentials - Ward Silver, N0AX

8/9/2020 15:00:00

8/9/2020 8:00:00

8/9/2020 11:00:00

1

9

Getting Started In HF - Michael Burnette, AF7KB

8/9/2020 15:15:00

8/9/2020 8:15:00

8/9/2020 11:15:15

2

109

Youth In Ham Radio - Carole Perry, WB2MGP

8/9/2020 15:30:00

8/9/2020 8:30:00

8/9/2020 11:30:00

3

1009

QSL Confidential - Jeff Murray, K1NSS

8/9/2020 15:45:00

8/9/2020 8:45:00

8/9/2020 11:45:00

4

10009

Fully-Remote Amateur Radio Exam Administration- Marcel Stieber, AI6MS

8/9/2020 16:00:00

8/9/2020 9:00:00

8/9/2020 12:00:00

1

10

Portable Operating - John Jacobs, W7DBO

8/9/2020 16:15:00

8/9/2020 9:15:00

8/9/2020 12:15:15

2

110

Qatar Oscar-100 Satellite - Zvi Segal, 4Z1ZV

8/9/2020 16:45:00

8/9/2020 9:45:00

8/9/2020 12:45:00

4

10010

CWOps CW Academy - Learning CW - Eric Silverthorn NM5M

8/9/2020 17:00:00

8/9/2020 10:00:00

8/9/2020 13:00:00

1

11

Having Fun With Morse - Anthony Luscre, K8ZT

8/9/2020 17:15:00

8/9/2020 10:15:00

8/9/2020 13:15:15

2

111

Youth in Ham Radio Q&A Follows Presentations

8/9/2020 17:20:00

8/9/2020 10:20:00

8/9/2020 13:20:00

3

Summits On The Air: Taking Ham Radio to New Heights - Keith Schlottman,
KR7RK

8/9/2020 17:45:00

8/9/2020 10:45:00

8/9/2020 13:45:00

4

10011

HamSCI: Science With Your Ham Radio - Phil Erickson, W1PJE

8/9/2020 18:00:00

8/9/2020 11:00:00

8/9/2020 14:00:00

1

12

Saltwater Effect: Fact Or Myth - Greg Lane, N4KGL

8/9/2020 18:15:00

8/9/2020 11:15:00

8/9/2020 14:15:15

2

112

Youngsters On The Air - Introduction - YOTA Region 1

8/9/2020 18:30:00

8/9/2020 11:30:00

8/9/2020 14:30:00

3

1010

Welcome to the Arduino - Glen Popiel, KW5GP

8/9/2020 18:45:00

8/9/2020 11:45:00

8/9/2020 14:45:00

4

10012

Kit Building Techniques For Success - Joseph Eisenberg, K0NEB

8/9/2020 19:00:00

8/9/2020 12:00:00

8/9/2020 15:00:00

1

13

Cycle 24, Solar Minimum and Cycle 25 - Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA

8/9/2020 19:15:00

8/9/2020 12:15:00

8/9/2020 15:15:15

2

113

Hollow-State Homebrewing - Grayson Evans, KJ7UM

8/9/2020 19:45:00

8/9/2020 12:45:00

8/9/2020 15:45:00

4

10013

Mountain Goats and Shack Sloths & Marconi and me A QRP adventure in Italy
-Don Minkoff NK6A

8/9/2020 20:00:00

8/9/2020 13:00:00

8/9/2020 16:00:00

1

14

PackTenna: Think Like A Backpacker - George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU

8/9/2020 20:15:00

8/9/2020 13:15:00

8/9/2020 16:15:15

2

114

Everything you need to know about Lithium Batteries- Marcel Stieber, AI6MS

8/9/2020 20:45:00

8/9/2020 13:45:00

8/9/2020 16:45:00

4

10014

Building The Future -David Cripe, NM0S

8/9/2020 21:00:00

8/9/2020 14:00:00

8/9/2020 17:00:00

1

15

EME On 40 Meters - Dennis Kidder, W6DQ

8/9/2020 21:15:00

8/9/2020 14:15:00

8/9/2020 17:15:15

2

115

Everything You Need To Know About USB And Serial interfaces -Bob Wilson,
N6TV

8/9/2020 21:45:00

8/9/2020 14:45:00

8/9/2020 17:45:00

4

10015

8/9/2020 22:00:00

8/9/2020 15:00:00

8/9/2020 18:00:00

1

FT8 DXpedition Mode: Will DXing Ever Be The Same? - Ned Stearns, AA7A

8/9/2020 22:15:00

8/9/2020 15:15:00

8/9/2020 18:15:15

2

116

Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites - Tom Schuessler N5HYP

8/9/2020 22:45:00

8/9/2020 15:45:00

8/9/2020 18:45:00

4

10016

Tips for Being A Better Single Op Contester - Randy Thompson, K5ZD

8/9/2020 23:15:00

8/9/2020 16:15:00

8/9/2020 19:15:15

2

117

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 12:19 PM mary delemarre <marydelemarre at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I just started watching a session on RFinder BT1 HT Radio - it is can be a
> cell phone & is programmed with all of the repeaters ... well that is what
> they claim.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 11:04 AM Daniel McCormick <kd2tus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not sure if anyone is interested.. I am attending my first ham fest,
> which
> > also happens to be virtual. Currently watching a course on soldering.
> >
> > Info at : https://qsotoday.vfairs.com <https://qsotoday.vfairs.com/> ..
> > anyone else watching ?
> >
> > 73,
> > Dan McCormick
> > KD2TUS, NJ USA
> >
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