Amateur Radio Topics

Presented at Notacon 2 (2005), April 10, 2005, 11 a.m. (60 minutes)

Amateur radio is a wide field full of interesting communication systems to play with. Communications systems, however, only work when there are people that want to communicate. When any group of people communicate, regularly, a community of sorts is formed. This year, we will be focusing on the technical and social aspect of an amateur radio repeater network. The talk will explain how an amateur radio repeater works, and briefly how a repeater network operates. Additionally, this talk will cover some of the various communities that I interact with while working on repeaters. If time permits, some discussion of packet radio will happen.

Presenters:

• Jeff Goeke-Smith / AmishOne   as Jeff Goeke-Smith aka Amishone
  Working as a network manager drove Jeff to acquire an Amateur Radio license in the fall of 2000. Ignoring all common sense and good judgment, he dove right into the middle of building repeaters. Along the way he ended up working with dozens of groups and picking up a photography addiction. Additionally, Jeff has been distracted by various other technical topics and shiny objects. Look for him holding the camera in one hand, and the radio in the other.

Links:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20050331054328/http://notacon.org/speakers.html#goeke-smith
• https://infocon.org/cons/notacon/notacon 2 - 2005/Video/Amateur Radio Topics.mp4

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