Subject: The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo has a successful first day

1 September 2022

Dear Friend,


The 5th QSO Today Virtual ham Expo is off to an excellent start with a full day of excellent ham radio presentations. The gathering and "eyeball QSOs" in the Kumospace lounges exceeded expectations.


You can still enjoy the remaining presentations on Sunday morning, beginning at 0800 PDT (1500 UTC)  and get the ones you missed from Saturday during the 30 day on-demand period.

Here is a list of Sunday's Presentations beginning at 0800 PDT (1500 UTC)

  • "Contesting for the Absolute Beginner - Competing Against Yourself - Alex Van Patten, W3AVP", "Silent Key Estate Planning — A Guide - Dino Papas, KLØS"

  • "An Introduction to the nanoVNA Vector Network Analyzer - Greg Algieri, WA1JXR",

  • "Automatic Antenna Tuner Solutions for the 1KW Operator - DaveSteve JensenBennion, W7DGJW7DJ"

  • "The $14.00 Remote Rig Controller - Bruce Perens, K6BP"

  • "Haifuraiya - Open Source HEO Satellite Project Proposal - Michelle Thompson, W5NYV"

  • "Open Headset Interconnect Standard: An open standard for headset portability and interconnect devices - Mark Smith, N6MTS"

  • "HT + DTMF = Fun: Simple Digital Communication for Handheld Transceivers - Zhemin Zhang, KD2TAI"

  • "Using Modern Technology in Emergency Communications: HAMNET, WINLINK, VARA - Suad Čobo, E79SUA"

  • "Buildathon: Let's build a simple Transceiver - REXStephen HarperHouser, W1REXN1SH"

  • "Successful Operating- Assessing Effectiveness of Your Station - Anthony Luscre, K8ZT",

  • "Ribbit, a new digital text messaging mode for UHF/VHF emergency communications - Pierre Deliou W4CKX, and Ahmet Inan

  • "Launching into ARISS - Evan Kauffman, KC8EK"

  • "Introduction to HamPC - Dave Slotter, W3DJS"


https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/exponav.html

Meet New Hams and See Old Friends at the Expo!

The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo creates the opportunity to meet new hams and visit with old friends in our Kumospace virtual lounges. These rooms allow visitors to see who is in the room, where they are, and allow small and intimate settings for conversations on any subject, especially amateur radio. Join us at the Expo next week.


New Project Gallery

We have has some amazing Project Gallery entries in this new addition to the Expo. The Project Gallery is up for the entire period of the show including the 30 day on demand period. Each kiosk includes an optional live Q&A text chat to receive and answer questions from visitors to the Project Gallery.


Presentations from Previous Expos Available on our Vimeo Channel

All of the video presentations made at the previous Expos, over 200 of them, are edited and available on our Vimeo channel. The catalog is completely searchable by name and keyword. Go to this link: https://vimeo.com/showcase/qsotodayhamexpomar2021