2985 Tech Connect Radio Club 2023 TechFest!

I had the privilege of leading the resurrection of the 285 Tech Connect Radio Club (NA0TC) TechFest this year, which was held on Saturday November 4th after a four-year hiatus. TechFest is a club tradition dating back to 2008, so it was awesome to get this time-honored event off the ground again.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with TechFest, it's a 6-hour event that features speakers on all sorts of amateur radio technical topics. This year's topics included 3D printing, selecting a new HF radio and the ARRS clean signal initiative, APRS, using ham radio at Starhaven observatory, and a primer on using the NanoVNA.

If you missed the event, have no fear--we recorded the whole day and the presentations and videos are available for viewing for free! Here are the links. There is also a YouTube playlist with all of the videos available as well. 

1. 3D printing (Mark Ehr K0EHR and Corey McDonald KC5YCO)

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2. Selecting a new HF radio and the ARRL Clean Signal Initiative (Rob Sherwood N0COB)

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3. Radio Astronomy and Ham Radio Activities at Star Haven Observatory (Jim Moravec N0COT and his students)

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4. Intro to APRS - Automated Packet Reporting System (Larry Irons, K0LAI)

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5. NanoVNA (Dave Feldman WB0GAZ)

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Thanks to all of our presenters and volunteers, who made this a memorable event, and feel free to share any of these presentations with others. 

73,

Mark K0EHR