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More details on the Geosynchronous satellite that Bob McGweir N4YH introduced in HRN 272 at last year's DCC.

Skip the intro - FF to 5:14 (but think about clicking the Pig).

Actually TNC-Pi 9.6k - Mark Griffith KD0QYN has upgraded the TNC Pi to 9600 bps... if you're signal is strong enough. Lots of details in this talk that puts the P back in TAPR.

Radio Rating: C. Keep in mind that this is not rating the quality of the program, just how much you lose (or keep) without the video. So lots of charts and graphs, but pretty well explained.

Ham Radio takes a beating on a recent episode of the CBS crime drama NCIS. Gary and David look into it.

This show has three parts; ARRL's response to our 'Force of Two' episode; a warning from ICOM's Ray Novak N9JA about some DMR features; a peek at an NCIS episode that has a major ham radio element. And yes, it's a click-bait headline.

This is an archive episode from the 2015 Hamvention® DX forum.

If you were a DXer in the 1960's, you knew all about Don Miller W9WNV. Or you thought you did. Don wasn't the first DXpeditioner, but he expanded and refined the game. He helped demonstrate the need for clear rules and definitions, sometimes by breaking them. He spent time in prison (serious, disputed, but not ham related), and regained his ham license after his release in 2002. He's speaking here at the 2015 Dayton DX Forum.

Dave Larsen KV0S's complete title for this talk is Development and Design of Firmware Programming Tools for the openHPSDR Hardware. And that says a lot about where this talk is going.

Midwestern rivers have a serious problem with an invasive species of carp that the USGS was trying to track using radio tags (yep, on the fish). But they needed some radio expertise to advance the project to receive the signals using drones rather than people with yagi's on boats. Dave Witten KDOEAG got involved through a request for help at his local radio club.

This talk follows the progress of the project, which rapidly grew to include multiple agencies (including NASA) and experts... and Dave.

Although Morse code is no longer required to get a ham license, it's still quite popular, and can be a draw for some potential hams before they get licensed. Learning it is one thing, but being able to use it while still learning is a challenge before you're licensed and have a station set up.

Scotty Cowling WA2DFI used his TAPR skills to develop an improved, inexpensive and easy-to-build CPO (Code Practice Oscillator). That led to an online system that also needed some improvement.

Whatever ham radio rut you're stuck in — ragchewing on 75, DX on 20, the daily commute on a repeater — it's good to listen to Ward Silver N0AX to break out for a while and look... in this case, forward across the horizon and think about what ham radio - and hams - will look like in a decade or three.

This is the least technical talk of the conference. It led off the Saturday morning sessions, and provided a good foundation for the purpose behind the more technical talks to follow.

Two hams, Jeremy NS0S and Michael N5TGL, tell their stories of being deployed to Puerto Rico as part of the ARRL's 'Force of Fifty' to provide communications following the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria. They relate the good, the bad, and the frustrating, with emphasis on a lack of planning and leadership. Jeremy in particular has a bitter story (at about an hour fifty in, if you need to skip ahead). This is their story - HamRadioNow is open to telling other perspectives.