HamCon Colorado is famous for it’s forums. At this convention you’ll have nearly 60 hours to learn about anything you can dream of when it comes to amateur radio. Actual timed forum schedules will be released around 10/1 due to many factors but many changes will happen before then. Please bear with us.
Willem Schreuder, AC0KQ is leading the charge to find the very best speakers for this event. If you have a talk, posterboard or paper you would like to use for hamcon or publishing in the proceedings please make sure you submit an outline on the tool below.
We have closed our call for forums as we have filled all available spots. If you are speaking and need to submit your presentations, Click here to submit.
If you are wondering if your paper has been accepted, you should have received an email with this information shortly after submitting. It’s almost real-time! You can also log onto the forum submission website and it will indicate acceptance.
For Dates and time of the Forums please
see the “Schedule of Events” Tab in the menu above!
FORUM LIST
| Title (as of 10-8-25) | Submitter |
|---|---|
| A Visit to the Sun and the Ionosphere | Ron Wilcox |
| The Early Days of Ham Radio and DXing | Ron Wilcox |
| Critical Communications for Planned EVENTS | Steve Schroder |
| Women in Amateur Radio - Connect, Learn, and Inspire! | Amanda Alden |
| Planning Your Next POTA Activation | Perry Lundquist |
| DMR Operating Best Practices | Michael Lozano |
| DMR Programming for Amateur Radio | Michael Lozano |
| Amateur Radio Hotspts | Michael Lozano |
| Remote Station Operation using wfview | Edward James |
| Operating multiple HF stations in close proximity such as Field Day | Doug Sharp |
| Having Fun With Mountaintop VHF Operating | Bob Witte |
| Using ChatGPT AI and OpenSCAD to generate printer 3D STL files | Edward James |
| The Deep Space Exploration Society (DSES): Amateur radio, EME, STEM and Science | Roger Oakey |
| Radio Operations for Amateur Ballooning | Jim Langsted |
| APRS vs. Meshtastic: A Comparison of Position Reporting, Telemetry, and Messaging | Roland Smith |
| Hotspot Workshop | Michael Lozano |
| "Locating and eliminating RFI" | Alan Higbie |
| RMHAM Multi-State 5 GHz Microwave Network: A Realtime Demonstration of its Functionality and Capabilities | Edward James |
| Integrating Digital Software with AppleScript | Edward Asmus |
| My Favorite Antennas for Portable Operations | Jed Petrovich |
| EOSS: Adventures over the last 177 HAB launches | Nancy Koos |
| Propagation Tools | Bill Mader |
| How to Make 200 Contacts per Hour (and Have Fun Doing It) | Bill Mader |
| Major Events in Morse Code History | Bob Carter |
| Beyond SWR with a Nano VNA | Roland Smith |
| POTA - A fun way to obtain emergency operating skills | Erik Larson |
| FantasticDC-RX | Don Moore |
| Introduction to Microcontroller Applications in Amateur Radio | Glenn Reker |
| Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) | Leon Ciereszko |
| Using amateur radios in High Attitude Balloon (HAB) operations | Glenn Reker |
| NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) | Leon Ciereszko |
| Learning Morse Code after Puberty | Bob Carter |
| The How's and Why's of DXing | Bob Carter |
| Climbing Towers Safely - Gear and Equipment | Mike Langhenry |
| Tower Safety Considerations | Mike Langhenry |
| WWV Amateur Radio Club - celebrating more than a century of radio frequency standards from WWV | Dave Swartz |
| PSWS, HamSCI’s Personal Space Weather Station: Hosts Wanted! | Gary Mikitin |
| How 3D Printing Fits in the Amateur Radio Hobby | Kevin Rowley |
| “Being a Net Controller: Do’s, Dont's & Benefits” | Chuck Poch |
| Vehicle Power Systems | Mike Pappas |
| Using WSPR To Find Band Activity | David Casler |
| Using Power Tool Batteries for Ham Radio | Ken Lawrence |
| THE VEE BEAM ANTENNA – A wire alternative to the multi-band Yagi | Michael Ferguson |
| Fox Hunting for Fun and Service | Larry Jacobs |
| Digital Mobile Radio, A look Under the Hood | Paul Olson |
| Failover and route redundancy for IP based networks | Willem Schreuder |
| POTA Lessons Learned from the Field | Perry Lundquist |
| Summits On The Air (SOTA) - Learn More about this unique program | James Cizek |
| Improving your DX Chase - Station Optimization and Automation | James Cizek |