Ham Radio Village·56 min
Jon Marler
Jon Marler breaks down modern amateur radio digital modes (FT8, JS8Call, APRS), demonstrating keyboard-to-keyboard data transmission over high frequencies.
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Ham Radio Village DC29
Paris and Bally's Hotels, Las Vegas · 5-8 August 2021 · 6 talks
Ham Radio Village explores amateur radio communications, emergency mesh networking (AREDN), satellite contacts, low-power RF propagation, and digital radio modes.
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Ham Radio Village·38 min
Tyler Gardner
Tyler Gardner explores high-speed amateur radio mesh networking (AREDN), building resilient IP-based emergency communication backbones on ham frequencies.
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Ham Radio Village·1 hr 14 min
Kurtis Kopf
Kurtis Kopf introduces essential RF testing instruments—including vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, and power meters—for hardware hackers.
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Ham Radio Village·24 min
Eric Escobar
Eric Escobar shares foundational techniques for low-power (QRP) and long-range RF communications, leveraging LoRa, directional antennas, and digital protocols.
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Ham Radio Village·21 min
Gregg Horton
Gregg Horton demonstrates tracking orbital passes and making two-way amateur radio contacts with the International Space Station using budget handheld radios.
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Ham Radio Village·1 hr 5 min
Bryan Fields
Bryan Fields explains frequency allocation and spectrum coordination mechanisms in amateur radio, covering repeater frequency pairs and interference mitigation.
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