Please join ARRL Rhode Island Section Manager Nancy Austin, KC1NEK, and other R.I. amateurs for the third ARRL Rhode Island Section “town hall” meet and greet at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition.
Program
“Tactical Communications for Amateur Radio” at 2025 HamX
Join Howard Chain, K9NPD, as he will present best practices and real world use of “Tactical Communications for Amateur Radio” at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition.
Topics will include message speed, accuracy, and brevity, along with determining formal or informal message format and examples. K9NPD will also discuss how to choose (and use) meaningful tactical names. Questions will be taken throughout and at the end of the presentation.
Soldering / Kit Building Sessions at 2025 HamXposition
Beginners who need soldering instruction and practice are welcome to join the crew from New England Sci-Tech to build an easy beginner kit in under an hour. New England Sci-Tech volunteers will help anyone age 10 and up learn how.
Choose from several kits – Morse Code Oscillator, Blinky Name Badge, Night Light, Spinning Top, FM Music Receiver—all kits were invented by students! Price per kit is between $5-$10, cash only.
Multiple kit building sessions will be held at HamX. See the Sci-Tech web site for details: http://nescitech.org/hamx.
QCWA Intro, Meet and Greet at 2025 HamX
Join John Facella, K9FJ, for an introduction to the Quarter Century Wireless Association and to meet and greet other QCWA members at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition.
“The Journey from the Polar Explorer to Aurora” at 2025 HamX
Over the past six years, Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP, developed a high-efficiency HF transmitter that produces 500W output. The design was adopted by Flex Radio as the basis for their new Aurora transceiver. Hear Tony’s fascinating journey in his own words at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition.
“Next Generation Emergency Nets” at 2025 Northeast HamXposition
Join Don Rolph, AA1PH, at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition (“HamX”) as he discusses some experimental efforts in developing next generation emergency nets.
He’ll consider impact of forms-based messages, and the need to cover large portions of the US using RF only.
“AMSAT Golf-TEE Flight Software—How Does it Work?” at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition
Golf-TEE is the AMSAT “Technology Evaluation Environment.”
Many components have not flown on AMSAT satellites before, including a new on-board computer, the RT-IHU. The Golf-TEE flight software will ensure that new hardware is properly tested and can operate along with the legacy components.
Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, from AMSAT will discuss the flight software on Golf-TEE, including how the multiple processors are coordinated at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition. Check the preliminary schedule for date and time.
“Successful POTA” at 2025 Northeast HamXposition
Don Dickey, WV1W, will share his experience from over 700 activations and 71,000 POTA QSOs at the 2025 HamX. Don is also the author of the original POTA book “Successful POTA.”
This presentation will help new operators get started with portable operation and POTA, but experienced hams will also pick up new tricks to make their outings more fun and productive. Everyone will come away having learned something useful.
Connecticut Section Meeting at HamX
Join ARRL Connecticut Section Manager Douglas Sharafanowich, WA1SFH, for a discussion of Connecticut news and activities at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition.
“Radio on the Byrd 1928 Antarctic Expedition” at 2025 Northeast HamXposition

The magnitude of Richard Byrd’s all-out privately funded Antarctic Expedition in 1928 was going to put it in a class all by itself; perhaps one only bested by the Mars program with Space-X. Join Mike Murphy, WU2D, of the popular Mikrowave1 YouTube Channel as he presents a history of Byrd’s south pole overflight attempt at the 2025 HamX.