[hpsdr] Join us at the SDR forum at Dayton!

[Eric Ellison]

Dayton SDR Forum - Saturday May 17 2008 - 9:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.  


Room 1


Moderator - Eric Ellison - AA4SW

The phenomenal Software Defined Radio  paradigm shift continues with a
significant number of "off the shelf' as well as amateur hardware offerings.
Many programmers are fueling the fire! Come hear the leaders in this
movement describe the vast potential of this rapidly advancing technology on
ham radio. 

An Atlas Motherboard, and Ozymandias USB computer interface, the basic
building blocks of a High Performance Software Defined Radio will be given
away as a door prize, at the end of the session. You must be present to win.

 

Scotty Cowling WA2DFI 

Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI, was first licensed in 1967 and has been continuously
active since that time.  He is active in the Maricopa County Emergency
Communications Group (MGECG) in Arizona, mostly implementing APRS networks
for public service events. Scotty is active while mobile on HF CW and on
APRS. Scotty is an advisor for Explorer Post 599, a BSA affiliated ham club
for teens in the Phoenix area.  Scotty has been involved in the HPSDR
project for the last 2 years, and currently serves on the TAPR Board of
Directors. He is active in the production of HPSDR components and with other
TAPR projects.

Hands-on SDR Projects

Are you interested in Software Defined Radio but don't know where to start?
Are you a dyed-in-the-wool experimenter looking for an exciting new project?
>From the $10 Softrock Software Defined transceiver to the six-board modular
High-Performance Software Defined Radio (HPSDR) project, new technology is
here today and waiting for you!  Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI, leads the
production team at TAPR and is helping to make low cost HPSDR project
components available to designers and experimenters. He will give you an
overview of hands-on SDR projects and help you jump-start your involvement
in SDR projects that are the most exciting thing to happen in ham radio in
recent years. 

 

 

Phil Harman G3WXO, VK6APH 

 

Phil Harman, VK6APH, has held a ham license for over 40 years.  For much of
this time he has worked on leading edge RF techniques related to receivers
and transmitters.  Phil's current passion is the development of fully
digital HF radios. Phil co-writes the Software Defined Radio column in the
RSGB Radio Communications journal and also co-authored the SDR chapter in
the latest RSGB Handbook. 

 

 

 

Fully Digital HF Radios

 

Talk Overview

Do you remember vinyl records, 8 track tape recorders, Beta video tapes and
Super 8 cine?  What has happened to them?  They have all been superseded
with digital technologies that provide superior quality, higher performance
and lower cost than the original.  We are just seeing the start of a new
wave of HF radios that use digital technologies directly at the antenna
socket. Are these new radios going to be better, faster, smarter and cheaper
than the analogue radios we are use to?  Phil Harman, VK6APH, has been
helping design, build and operate this new technology and will explain how
they work and, more importantly, if they will live up to our expectations. 

 

Frank Brickle, AB2KT

 

 

Frank Brickle, AB2KT was first licensed in the early 60's, went inactive for
a long time, but started  once again to foul the bands in 2000. He has long
maintained a dual career as a musician - a composer, with a PhD from
Princeton in Music - and as a technologist, working in computer science,
cryptomathematics, and the strange area where radios and computers meet. He
is a member of the ARRL SDR Working Group, the AMSAT Eagle and Suitsat II
design teams, and has been a frequent presenter at recent TAPR and AMSAT
conferences. Technology notwithstanding, you're likely to meet him on the
air late at night on 40 or 80 CW.

 

Talk Overview

SDR in the Clouds

 

Hams are becoming very interested in using their radios remotely. With
Software Defined Radio, however, it's suddenly a lot less important where
all the pieces of the radio system are located physically. In this talk we
will discuss how to use the new SDR technology to build a remote system
that's tailored to high performance in your area of interest - DXing, HF
contesting, weak-signal VHF, or EMCOMM.

 

 


Other SDR Related Presentations at Dayton.


 

TAPR DIGITAL
Friday, May 17, 2008 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM - 

Forum Room 1

Speaker
John Ackermann, N8UR and Phil Harman, VK6APH
"Design Considerations for an HPSDR Time Reference"

Speaker
Steve Bible, N7HPR
"How to Submit a Project for Consideration by TAPR"

Speaker
Steve Bible, N7HPR and Scott Cowling, WA2DFI
"Manufacturing for the HPSDR Community: An Update on Penelope and Mercury"

Speaker
Mel Whitten, K0PFX
"Update on Digital Voice"

Speaker
Matt Ettus, N2MJI
"USRP 2008"

CONTESTING
Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:45 AM - 2:15 PM - 

Forum Room 1

Speaker
Pete Smith, N4ZR
"SDR and Contesting-The Future is Now"

Speaker
Victor Kean, K1LT
"Beamforming on 160 Meters"

Speaker
John Battin, K9DX
"Contesting with 28 Miles of Feedline"

 

 

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