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<h1><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<h1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Dayton</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:City> SDR
Forum – Saturday May 17 2008 – 9:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. <o:p></o:p></h1>
<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Room 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Moderator – Eric Ellison – AA4SW<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Scotty Cowling WA2DFI <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State></st1:place>,
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:City></st1:place> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Hands-on SDR Projects<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Phil Harman G3WXO, VK6APH <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Fully
Digital HF Radios<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Talk
Overview<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Frank Brickle</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, AB2KT<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Frank Brickle</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, AB2KT was
first licensed in the early 60<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>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 <st1:place w:st="on">Princeton</st1:place> 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<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>re likely to
meet him on the air late at night on 40 or 80 CW.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Talk Overview<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>SDR
in the Clouds<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hams are becoming very interested in using their radios
remotely. With Software Defined Radio, however, it<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>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<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s
tailored to high performance in your area of interest – DXing, HF
contesting, weak-signal VHF, or EMCOMM.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Other SDR
Related Presentations at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dayton</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:13.5pt;text-align:center'><span
class=CharChar><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>TAPR
DIGITAL</span></font></b></span><font size=4 color="#000099" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000099'><br>
</span></font><span class=CharChar><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Friday, May 17, 2008 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM – <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:13.5pt;text-align:center'><span
class=CharChar><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Forum
Room 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
John Ackermann, N8UR and Phil Harman, VK6APH<br>
"Design Considerations for an HPSDR Time Reference"</span></font><font
size=4 color="#000099" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000099'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
Steve Bible, N7HPR<br>
"How to Submit a Project for Consideration by TAPR"</span></font><font
size=4 color="#000099" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000099'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
Steve Bible, N7HPR and Scott Cowling, WA2DFI<br>
"Manufacturing for the HPSDR Community: An Update on Penelope and
Mercury"</span></font><font size=4 color="#000099" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000099'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
Mel Whitten, K0PFX<br>
"Update on Digital Voice"</span></font><font size=4 color="#000099"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000099'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
Matt Ettus, N2MJI<br>
"USRP 2008"</span></font><font size=4 color="#000099" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000099'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span
class=CharChar><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>CONTESTING</span></font></b></span><font
size=4 color="#000099" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000099'><br>
</span></font><span class=CharChar><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:45 AM - 2:15 PM – <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span
class=CharChar><b><font size=5 face=Cambria><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Forum
Room 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
Pete Smith, N4ZR<br>
"SDR and Contesting—The Future is Now"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
Victor Kean, K1LT<br>
"Beamforming on 160 Meters"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Speaker</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
John Battin, K9DX<br>
"Contesting with 28 Miles of Feedline"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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