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Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
Booth, prototypes, forum presentation, give-aways, and more!
Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
Forum presentation.
M17 Project
Booth, forum presentations, give-aways, and more!
Open Research Institute
Booth, demonstration reports, give-aways, sales, and more!
ARRL Technology Track
Talk by Michelle Thompson W5NYV.
Abstract:
Digital communications technology is large interdisciplinary field that incorporates some of the most fundamental scientific advancements of the past 120 years.
From the first spark gap transmitters, to telegraph, to the transistor, to the fast fourier transform, to the tape drive, to telnet, to touchscreens and trace routes, trackballs and telecommunications of all sorts, digital transmission of everyday information has revolutionized the way we communicate with each other, the way we store data, and the way we process that data to create things of greater and greater value.
This talk is about how information travels over the air in ways relevant to motivated amateur radio enthusiasts.
Digital communications is a difficult subject. This talk is simplified, but definitely not dumbed down. You will leave this session with a greater intuitive understanding of how digital communications works.
There’s a vibrant community and growing body of work in open source amateur radio digital communications for space and terrestrial work. The talk will close with a brief summary of open source digital communications work at Open Research Institute, Inc., a 501(c)(3) dedicated to open source work for amateur radio and beyond.