 Seminars
The seminars are on Thursday 17th May 2012 in the Ballroom of the Holiday Inn, Fairborn, OH
N.B. The running order is subject to change !
0700 Registration
0800 FDIM 2012 Opens
0825 Welcome
- from QRP ARCI president Ken Evans W4DU
0830 - 1600 Seminars
- Craig Johnson, AA0ZZ
Are QRPers Insane ?
Contrary to the commonly quoted definition of insanity, we experimenters often *must* do the same thing over and over and the results are often *not* the same because there are usually additional factors affecting the experiment that we didn't know about. Actually, it would be insanity if we just tested something once and expected it to always work that way.
I will encourage everyone to find something that interests them and then to dig in and experiment with it.
I will focus on PIC microcontrollers and show that the basics are easy for anyone to understand. Microcontrollers are good building blocks for experimentation and project ideas are easy to come up with. We will discuss some the basics of devices that hams like to use. Then we will discuss a few of my more advanced PIC microcontroller-based projects. One, in particular, is a very useful tool for experimenters to use to dig into the inner workings of PIC mocrocontrollers.
- Jason Milldrum, NT7S
Leveraging Free and Open Source Tools in Homebrewing
- Ed Breneiser, WA3WSJ
Once You Go Pedestrian Mobile, You'll Never Go Back !
Pedestrian mobile operation is known by few and operated by only a handful of amateur radio operators. So why don't more hams operate as /pm? If it was easy we wouldn't do it! Listen as WA3WSJ describes how to build, operate and maintain an amateur radio pedestrian mobile station.
- Grayson Evans, KJ7UM
Hollow-state Homebrewing
This presentation will introduce the FDIM attendees to the latest techniques in hollow-state (vacuum tube) homebrewing as well as re-introducing many techniques lost in the past. It first covers some of the reasons why this niche area is making a comeback, the advantages of tubes and tube circuits, plus a quick refresher on tube characteristics. It then covers test equipment specifically for tube work and sources of tube info, followed by some great examples of current tube QRP transmitters and receivers with an emphasis on how to use what we learned with solid state homebrewing to make tube gear easy to build.
- James Duffey, KK6MC
VHF/UHF QRP
Running order to be confirmed.
Complimentary refreshments will be available before the seminar and at morning break.
There will be a short lunch break at around 12:30pm
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