Program

The “Club Track” talks are focused on successful clubs helping clubs by sharing programs that have worked for them. A series of half hour talks, by clubs and for clubs, to help clubs energize, invigorate, and grow.

The current schedule on Friday is as follows:

• 12:00 – 12:30 Bruce Blain, K1BG, Nashoba Valley ARC – Guerilla Marketing: Finding contacts, creating email lists mailings and CRM tips.
• 12:30 – 1:00 David Tessitore, K1DT, Providence Radio Association – Marketing your Club.
• 1:00 – 1:30 Chris Ranny, WA1CMR, Falmouth ARA – Getting New Hams Active – How a radio library can help.
• 1:30 – 2:00 George Allison, K1IG, PART of Westford – Kitbuilding and other projects to attract people to join your club.
• 2:00 – 2:30 BREAK
• 2:30 – 3:00 Phil Temples, K9HI – Overview of WordPress website options.
• 3:00 – 3:30 Brandon Hockle, NQ1W, Cape Ann ARA – Radio Club Rejuvenated: What we did at Cape Ann ARA and what might work for your club.
• 3:30 – 4:00 Ross Hochstrasser, W1EKG, Whitman ARC – How to Hold a Successful License Class.
• 4:00 – 4:30 Nancy Austin, KC1NEK, SM/RI, with Jeremy Taylor, K1JST, and Rowan Eggert, WO1P – Leveraging the biannual ARRL School Roundup in the New England Division as a new youth force multiplier follow up to Winter Field Day and JOTA.

Join Mark Smith, N6MTS, as he discusses The Open Headset Interface Standard at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition.  OHIS is the open standard being proposed to the industry for the interface between a radio and the user. (https://ohis.org/). OHIS is most commonly but not exclusively used for headsets, hence the name. 

Kim Peck, WA1PBU, will present “The Highs and Lows of Aeronautical Mobile Operation,” the lowdown on mobile operation from light aircraft, at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition. #hamxposition

Don’t miss the SKYWARN Spotter training class offered by the National Weather Service Boston/Norton office, at the Northeast HamXposition on Friday, August 23, 2024. It will be taught by ARES SKYWARN Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY.

VarAC is a keyboard-to-keyboard communication tool using VARA, a high-performance HF software modem for fast, error free transmission. It is seeing rising acceptance and incorporation as an important new tool for EmComm use. This presentation by Rory Griffin, W4RJG, at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition will get you started with the setup and use of VarAC.

Mike Crestohl, W1RC, and Tom Perera, W1TP, will present at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition their ever popular presentation and discussion about secret radio communications and related equipment used during the Second World War and afterwards. This includes the German Enigma and other forms of mechanical cryptography.

Tom Perera , Ph.D., W1TP, is a retired professor of neuroscience. He has been a ham radio operator for 70 years specializing in the history of telegraph keys and Enigma cipher machines. He has given hundreds of lectures on these topics at hamfests, clubs and conventions.

Michael Crestohl, W1RC, a.k.a. “MisterMike,” is a well-known collector and restorer of “spy radio” equipment.

Come and hear a presentation by Rick Zach, KK1RZ, entitled “Digital Voice—Seven Years Later” at the 2024 HamXposition.

In the past few years, Digital Voice has gone from “I couldn’t find a single club with experience using it” to “I have a hard time finding a club that does not use it.” But just what is “it” and how many of those “its” are out there? Join Rick (and maybe a few friends) for an extended review of what’s happening in the digital voice modes. What may seem to be a cacophony of alphabet soup is actually ham radio at its best—exploring the technology and capabilities of numerous modulations and protocols.

Rob Leiden, K1UI, will present “Powerline RFI Hunting On the Go,” case studies involving finding power line RFI using laptop PCs, an HF transceiver, and an inexpensive GPS unit at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition.

If you’re a digital operator, you won’t want to miss “Introductory and Advanced FLDIGI Configuration and Usage” by Don Rolf, AB1PH, at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition. Don will discuss how FLDIGI is used in emergency communications, and the basic configuration of FLDIGI, FLMSG, and FLAMP, along with the important points to consider when using FLDIGI in nets.