MicroHAMS Past Speakers (2024–2026)

A look back at the speakers and presentations at MicroHAMS meetings from 2024 through 2026 — a reference for members and a starting point when planning future programs.

A record of the speakers and presentations at MicroHAMS meetings from 2024 through 2026 — handy for members and a useful starting point when planning who to invite next. Spot something missing or misremembered? Corrections are welcome.

2026

January

  • Brian — Modernizing the RF data path and improving your IQ

February

  • Updates from Hamcation — Scott Honaker, N7SS
  • Modernizing Critical Ham Radio Software — Brian Stucker, KB2S

March

  • Kevin — Meshtastic and Mesh Core with live equipment demo

April

  • Jason — GroundWave

May

  • Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH — Station Setup Techniques to Prevent Field Day RFI

June

  • TBD

2025

January

  • Adrian Stimpson, VE7NZ, and Scott, VA7SL — High altitude and “pico” ballooning

February

  • Build a Simple Coax Shield “Sniffer” Probe for Detecting & Solving Stray RF on Your Coax & in Your Shack — Group discussion

March

  • Don Greenbaum, N1DG — DXpeditioning using a Radio in a Box on remote islands

April

  • Mark Smith, N6MTS (Halibut Electronics) — Common mode currents

May

  • A Father/Son DXpedition to West Africa — Angus, KJ7KOJ, and Robin, W7YED

June

  • Seapac and other topics (tentative)

July

  • Get out and have fun this summer: POTA, SOTA and other reasons to go operate portable — Kevin Samson, KI7DEE

August

  • Summer festive gathering at local brewery — Black Raven

September

  • GNU Radio and IQ signal encoding using SigMF — Dr. Marc Lichtman

October

  • Crowd-sourced amateur radio “pro tips”

November

  • 10 Simple ways to improve your shack and operating experience! — Grant Hopper

December

  • MicroHAMS Holiday Gathering — various attendees

2024

January

  • Brian Stucker, KB2S, and Grant Hopper, KB7WSD — An Introduction to Digital Modes

February

  • EME — KB7Q, KISS LDMOS amps for Moonbounce

March

  • Brian, KB2S — Automatic Level Control: why it matters to digital transmission performance, and how to do it right

April

  • Nine Cool GNU Radio Software Defined Radio (SDR) Projects and GNU herding demo — Don, KE7ARH

May

  • Mike Lewis, K7MDL — VHF/Microwave station performance improvements for every ham

June

  • Self-healing APRS digipeater/gateway station in a docker container — Ion, W7ION

July

  • Scott Honaker, N7SS — The Icom IC-905: why you might want one, and hands-on with the Icom IC-705 HF/VHF+ portable radio

August

  • Summer festive gathering at local brewery — Black Raven

September

  • Transceiver measures and criteria for ARRL’s Clean Signal Initiative (CSI) — Rob Sherwood, NC0B

October

  • H44WA DXpedition to Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands (Nov 2023) — Jack P.

November

  • Oregon Sat: a new open-source ground station — Andrew Greenberg, KD7CJT, Portland State University

December

  • MicroHAMS Holiday Gathering — Black Raven, various attendees