Expo Tickets On Sale Now

Tickets are on sale now at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo website. Click Here to go to ticketing and registration. Use the emailed credentials to test your login before the Expo weekend. The cost is a flat $10.00. We offer a free ticket to students and kids under 18 years of age, Click Here for Application.

New Project Gallery

Here are a few of the Project/Product Gallery entries:

• A Double Wide Flat Cage 40 meter Dipole - Thomas Planer KJ9P

• Ham radio and voip - Ian Abel G3ZHI

• Hearham.live - Luke Bryan KJ7BKH

• How to Make Meteor Scatter QSOs - Jim Wilson K5ND

• Novel Application of Lock-in Amplifiers with 2-bit FSK - Jonathan Dorminy KN4LGM

• Open Source Satellite Work is Free of ITAR and EAR in the United States - Michelle Thompson W5NYV

• Opulent Voice - High Bitrate Voice and Data Protocol - Michelle Thompson W5NYV

• Rohn Tower Raising - Chip Lohman NN4U

• Web Radio Control - Enable remote control of your station via a web browser using a Raspberry Pi - Mikael Nousiainen OH3BHX

Share your latest ham radio project in our new Project Gallery. You can feature an article, poster, video, or slides, along with a downloadable PDF document about your project from a self service kiosk on our platform. This is a great way to make a presentation in the Expo without making a speaker commitment.

The Project Gallery is up for the entire period of the show including the 30 day on demand period. Each kiosk includes an optional live Q&A text chat to receive and answer questions from visitors to the Project Gallery. Accepted Project Gallery submissions will receive a free ticket to the Expo. For more information, Click Here.To submit your project to the gallery - Click here

Preview of Coming Expo Presentations

Here is a list of 46 presentations coming to the Expo on September 17-18th

• A Broadcast Engineer's Version of an HF Station - Mark Persons, W0MH

• A Minimalist QRP Approach - ADX HF QRP - Baris Dinc,TA7W and Barbaros Asuroglu, OH2UDS WB2CBA

• After 35 Questions: How Young Hams Can Enjoy Their License - Katherine Campbell, KE8LQR, and Liam Gazeley, KI5JXQ

• All Bands in an HOA: Stealthy Backyard Broadband Delta Loop Antenna - Corey Ruth, KD3CR

• Anatomy of a Special Event - Scott Rosenfeld, N7JI

• ARDC Grants Making an Impact - Dan Romanchik, KB6NU

• Arduino: The Next Generation - Glen Popiel, KW5GP

• Automatic Antenna Tuner Solutions for the 1KW Operator - Dave Jensen, W7DGJ

• Beyond the gas generator - backup power strategy for amateur radio in the 21st century - Ria Jairam, N2RJ

• Buildathon: Let's build a simple Transceiver - REX Harper, W1REX

• Building and Operating a 122GHz Station - Doug Millar, K6JEY

• Contesting for the Absolute Beginner - Competing Against Yourself - Alex Van Patten, W3AVP

• End Fed Antennas From Theory, to Concept, and On-The-Air! - Robert Glorioso, W1IS

• Engaging the Next Generation - Fully Remote Amateur License Testing - Brandin Hess, WL1B and Drew Dasher,N1ER

• Forward Error Correction in M17 Protocol - Michelle Thompson, W5NYV

• Fractal Mobile Antennas - Gary Watson, ZL3SV

• Haifuraiya - Open Source HEO Satellite Project Proposal - Michelle Thompson, W5NYV

• Headset Interconnect Standard: An open standard for headset portability and interconnect devices - Mark Smith, N6MTS

• Herding Cats, or Unifying a local group with a mission using a structured Simplex Exercise. - Gerhard Spangenberg, KF4GGK

• Hide your rig, not your signal! - Andy Mitchell, VA3CW

• High Power Magnetic Loop Antenna Theory and Construction - Ted Robinson, K1QAR

• How to Make That QSO- Get in the Rhythm, Know the Rhyme & Dance the Dance - Anthony Luscre, K8ZT

• HT + DTMF = Fun: Simple Digital Communication for Handheld Transceivers - Zhemin Zhang, KD2TAI

• In Search of the “Optimum” Magnetic Loop Antenna - John Portune, W6NBC M0GCK

• Introduction to DX - Bill Salyers, AJ8B

• Introduction to Software Defined Radio with Focus on Aviation Frequency Applications - David Horvath, KB3RIJ

• Introduction to the nanoVNA Vector Network Analyzer - Greg Algieri, WA1JXR

• Launching into ARISS - Evan Kauffman, KC8EK

• Miniaturizing Digital Voice Using the ESP32 Microcontroller - Mooneer Salem, K6AQ

• Never Stop Learning New Ham Radio Concepts - Mitch Stern, W1SJ

• Parks on the Air - 3 Practical Methods for Successful Activations - John Leonardelli, VE3IPS

• Ribbit, a new digital text messaging mode for UHF/VHF emergency communications - Pierre Deliou, W4CKX

• Silent Key Estate Planning — A Guide - Dino Papas, KLØS

• Simple Station accessories: Key, Keyer, Sidetone Oscillator, Antenna & Tuner - REX Harper, W1REX

• Smith Charts: What Are They and Why Would I Use One? - Roland Smith, K7OJL

• Successful Operating- Assessing Effectiveness of Your Station - Anthony Luscre, K8ZT

• The "Leyden Jar" Magloop Antenna - Reinier van der Lee, W6WYN

• The $14.00 Remote Rig Controller - Bruce Perens, K6BP

• The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program - Mike Ritz, W7VO

• The Fast Track to Understanding Ham Radio Antennas - Michael Burnette, AF7KB

• Transmitter Testing Using Low Cost Test Gear - Shirley Dulcey, KE1L

• Truly Excellent Digital Voice Quality: Opulent Voice - Paul Williamson, KB5MU

• Updates in VHF and Above LNA - Thomas Henderson, WD5AGO

• User Authentication for Amateur Satellites - Paul Williamson, KB5MU

• Welcome Back to the World of Arduino - Glen Popiel, KW5GP

• Youth on the Air - Two Years of Life-Changing Success in IARU Region 2, and More To Come - Sterling Mann, N0SSC

For more information on our Presentations and Speakers, Click Here

Presentations from Previous Expos Available on our Vimeo Channel

All of the video presentations made at the previous Expos, over 200 of them, are edited and available on our Vimeo channel. The catalog is completely searchable by name and keyword. Go to this link: https://vimeo.com/showcase/qsotodayhamexpomar2021

Buy your ticket today, and see you at the Expo!

73,

Eric Guth, 4Z1UG

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