amateur-radio

BalCCon - Balkan Computer Congress·41 min

• BALCCON
• Wireless
• Date: 2025
• Location: Balccon

Polyglots in Amateur Radio

Reviews balCCon21k5 - Travis Goodspeed - Polyglots in Amateur Radio and evaluates key implications for security practitioners.

BalCCon2k25·1 hr 2 min

• BALCCON
• Community
• Date: 2025
• Location: Balccon

Petrus

Presenters detail vulnerability discovery and exploitation in Petrus - Why hackers shouldn't get into amateur radio and why I did it anyway.

DCGVR Village·25 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2022
• Location: Las Vegas

Demystifying amateur radio for modern hackers, exploring digital packet radio, APRS telemetry, SDR integration, and emergency communications.

Ham Radio Village·38 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2021
• Location: Las Vegas

Tyler Gardner

Tyler Gardner explores high-speed amateur radio mesh networking (AREDN), building resilient IP-based emergency communication backbones on ham frequencies.

Ham Radio Village·1 hr 5 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2021
• Location: Las Vegas

Bryan Fields

Bryan Fields explains frequency allocation and spectrum coordination mechanisms in amateur radio, covering repeater frequency pairs and interference mitigation.

Ham Radio Village·1 hr 36 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2020
• Location: Online

Breaks down the National Traffic System (NTS) radiogram message format and relay protocols for emergency communications.

Ham Radio Village·51 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2020
• Location: Online

Eric Escobar

Explains how to track amateur satellites, calculate Doppler shift, and establish two-way voice and packet contacts.

Ham Radio Village·46 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2020
• Location: Online

Swissninja

Introduces the OSTRWERK open-source hardware initiative providing accessible RF tooling and equipment for amateur radio operators.

Wifi Village·29 min

• DEF CON
• OSINT
• Date: Aug 2017
• Location: Las Vegas

Andrew Strutt

Monitoring and understanding POCSAG amateur pager network protocols and communications.

Main Stage·49 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2011
• Location: Las Vegas

Matt Krick DCFluX

Matt Krick DCFluX details matt Krick "DCFluX" - DCFluX in: License to Transmit When cell phones, land lines and the internet break down in a disaster, Amateur radio is there.

Main Stage·48 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2011
• Location: Las Vegas

Bruce Sutherland

Bruce Sutherland - How To Get Your Message Out When Your Government Turns Off The Internet How would you communicate with the world if your government turned off the Internet.

Main Stage·48 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2011
• Location: Las Vegas

Dan Rosenberg

Dan Rosenberg explores owned over amateur radio at DEF CON 19, examining amateur-radio and practical defenses.

Main Stage·43 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2011
• Location: Las Vegas

Michael theprez98 Schearer

Michael theprez98 Schearer details michael "theprez98" Schearer - WTF Happened to the Constitution.

Main Stage·39 min

• DEF CON
• Hardware
• Date: Jul 1999
• Location: Las Vegas

Prof. Feedlebom

Prof. Feedlebom explores followup on micropower radio at DEF CON 7, examining packet-radio and practical defenses.

Main Stage·53 min

• DEF CON
• Hardware
• Date: Jul 1999
• Location: Las Vegas

Techno Pagan

Techno Pagan - Radio and Computers DEF CON 7.