I Amateur Radio (And So Can You!)

Presented at BSidesLV 2015, Aug. 4, 2015, 3 p.m. (55 minutes)

Ham radio: it's the 100 year-old technology that refuses to die. Whether you're a wireless enthusiast, electronics tinkerer, or just someone who wants to be able to communicate during the zombie apocalypse, having a ham radio license can open a new world of possibilities for any hacker. Come learn how and where to get your license, what you can expect to study, how you can work radio into your everyday hacking, and anything else you ever wanted to know about ham radio but were afraid to ask.


Presenters:

  • Kat Sweet
    Kat Sweet wrote her first line of code in her mid-twenties and never looked back. Now she's a network security student at Madison Area Technical College, where she also serves as president of her school's IT student organization. Outside of class, you can find her fixing other people's computers, teaching, and wielding pointy objects (mainly lockpicks and knitting needles). She has a ham radio Extra class license, and organizes ham exams for CircleCityCon. Combining her passions for infosec and terrible puns, she interns as a SOC monkey. An alumna of the BSidesLV Proving Ground in 2013, she is thrilled to be paying it forward as a Proving Ground mentor!

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