The 2013 Dayton Hamvention, May 17-19, 2013
TAPR Hamvention Schedule of Events
-
Thursday
7:00 PM - TAPR Board of Directors meeting at Doubletree, Miamisburg
8:00 AM - Outside Exhibits Open
9:00 AM - Inside Exhibits Open
9:15 AM - TAPR Digital Forum
6:00 PM - Exhibit Area Closes
6:00 PM - TAPR/AMSAT Dinner
Saturday
-
8:00 AM - Exhibit Area Opens
5:00 PM - Exhibit Area Closes
Sunday
-
8:00 AM - Exhibit Area Opens
1:00 PM - Exhibit Area Closes
Dayton Hamvention general information is available at Hamvention site.
TAPR's Booth Space
-
See us at Booths 451-454, in the same room with ARRL and AMSAT.
The TAPR booth is located in the Ball Arena of the Hara Arena
TAPR Digital Forum
: The TAPR Digital Forum will be from 9:15 AM to 11:00 AM on Friday, May in Room 1.
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
| 9:15 | Introduction and TAPR Update
What is TAPR been up to this past year and what we see on the horizon. |
Steve Bible, N7HPR, TAPR President |
| 9:30 |
Multiple-Personality SDR: FPGAs, Reconfigurability and Unconventional SDR Applications
A Software Defined Radio can be much more than just a conventional transceiver. From CW Skimmer to WSPR beacons, Chirp Radar, Vector Network Analyzers and DSP enhancement of analog radios, SDRs are ubiquitous. From operating to propagation research, building and experimenting, explore SDR as a versatile addition to every modern amateur's arsenal of tools. |
Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI |
| 9:50 |
An update on Whitebox, the handheld SDR project
Explore the latest in the Whitebox project, an Open Hardware/Software, low power SDR Chris has been working on. See how System on a Chip, or SoC has dawned this revolutionary form factor to create a Maker-style smart software radio device project. |
Chris Testa, KD2BMH |
| 10:10 |
Testing Digital Radios
It is often assumed that poor data link performance is due to propagation. This presentation introduces the theory and measurement of the performance of digital radios and RF modems. |
Dennis Rosenauer, AC7FT |
| 10:30 |
Codec2, FreeDV, and HT of The Future: Wide Open and Digital
A discussion of the current state of Codec2 and FreeDV, digital voice tools that have made great progress on HF, and how we'll bring Open digital voice to VHF/UHF and handhelds. |
by Bruce Perens, K6BP |
AMSAT/TAPR Banquet
Joint TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Dayton.
"The Evangelist's Dilemma: Driving New Ideas With Nothing But Words". Bruce Perens, K6BP, presents a humorous history of technology evangelism and the things that inevitably go wrong, drawing from his history with Open Source, No-Code, Software Freedom, Codec2, and Open Hardware, and introducing a few of the new battle grounds.
Please check the AMSAT - TAPR Banquet page for details on ticket purchase and location.
