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