FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
| EDT UTC-4 | PDT UTC-7 | UTC | PRESENTATION |
| 9:00 | 6:00 | 13:00 | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15 | 6:15 | 13:15 | HamSCI PSWS Overview/Status by Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF (University of Scranton) |
| 9:30 | 6:30 | 13:30 | HF Propagation Measurement Techniques and Analyses by Steve Cerwin, WA5FRF |
| 10:00 | 7:00 | 14:00 | Early Results of Festival of Frequency Measurement Experiment & June 21, 2020 Asian Eclipse by Kristina Collins, KD8OXT (Case Western Reserve University) |
| 10:30 | 7:30 | 14:30 | Break Time |
| 11:00 | 8:00 | 15:00 | Frequency Estimation Techniques by David Kazdan, AD8Y (Case Western Reserve University) |
| 11:30 | 8:30 | 15:30 | LC-PSWS Engineering Status by John Gibbons, N8OBJ (Case Western Reserve University) |
| 12:00 NOON | 9:00 | 16:00 | PSWS Control Software and Database by Bill Engelke, AB4EJ (University of Alabama) |
| 12:30 | 9:30 | 16:30 | Break Time |
| 13:00 | 10:00 | 17:00 | Evaluation of uBlox GPS Receivers Performance by John Ackermann, N8UR (TAPR) |
| 13:30 | 10:30 | 17:30 | TangerineSDR Hardware Update by Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI, John Ackermann, N8UR, Tom McDermott, N5EG (TAPR) |
| 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 | TangerineSDR VLF Module (A new module!) by Jonathan Rizzo, KC3EEY (University of Scranton) |
| 14:30 | 11:30 | 18:30 | Break Time |
| 15:00 | 12:00 NOON | 19:00 | Characterizing and Optimizing the behavior of a Ground-based Magnetometer for Ionospheric Space Weather Observations by Dave Witten, KD0EAG, Hyomin Kim, Julius Madey, Scotty Cowling WA2DFI, et. al. |
| 15:30 | 12:30 | 19:30 | Mobile Mesh Tower Fleet by Erik Westgard, NY9D |
| 16:00 | 13:00 | 20:00 | Design Tips for QSD Down Conversion SDR Designs by Rob Frohne, Ph.D, KL7NA, Jordan Watkins, KN6FFS, Josh Silver, Caleb Froelich, and Konrad McClure (Walla Walla University) |
| 16:30 | 13:30 | 20:30 | Break Time |
| 17:00 | 14:00 | 21:00 | Packet Compressed Sensing Imaging (PCSI: Robust Image Transmission over Noisy Channels by Scott Howard, KD9PDP; Grant Barthelmes; Cara Ravasio, Lisa Huang, Benjamin Poag, Varun Mannam (University of Notre Dame) |
| 17:30 | 14:30 | 2130 | Continued Lessons from the RF-Seismograph by Alex Schwarz, VE7DXW |
| 18:00 | 15:00 | 22:00 | Current Status Report of FX.25 KISS TNC Development by Masaaki Yonezawa, JE1WAZ, Norito Nemoto, JH1FBM (PRUG) |
| 18:30 | 15:30 | 22:30 | Conclusion |
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
| EDT UTC-4 | PDT UTC-7 | UTC | PRESENTATION |
| 9:00 | 6:00 | 13:00 | APRS Performance and Limits by Marco Bersani, IK2PIH |
| 9:30 | 6:30 | 13:30 | Digital Signal Processing: I2S in ESP32 by Anthony Le Cren, F4GOH/KB1GOH (Gabriel Touchard Washington High School – Le Mans) |
| 10:00 | 7:00 | 14:00 | Aids to the Presentation and Analysis of WSPR Spots: TimescaleDB Database and Grafana by Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL, Rob Robinett, AI6VN |
| 10:30 | 7:30 | 14:30 | Break Time |
| 11:00 | 8:00 | 15:00 | QMesh: A Synchronized, Flooded Mesh Network Protocol for Voice by Dan Fay, Ph.D., KG5VBY |
| 11:30 | 8:30 | 15:30 | GaN based RF Power Amplifier Design by Mohammad A. Maktoomi, Ph.D. (University of Scranton) |
| 12:00 NOON | 9:00 | 16:00 | The AERO/VISTA Twin Small Satellite Project by Philip J. Erickson, W1PJE (MIT Haystack Observatory) |
| 12:30 | 9:30 | 16:30 | Break Time |
| 13:00 | 10:00 | 17:00 | ENAMS (Electromagnetic Noise Area Monitoring System) by Michael Hartje, DK5HH |
| 13:30 | 10:30 | 17:30 | PSWS Antenna Designs by Zach Leffke, KJ4QLP, Bob McGwier N4HY (Virginia Tech) |
| 14:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 | RF Machine Learning Applied to doing Cognitive Radio on HF by Bob McGwier N4HY (Virginia Tech) |
| 14:30 | 11:30 | 18:30 | Break Time |
| 15:00 | 12:00 NOON | 19:00 | Improved Layer 2 Protocol by Nino Carrillo, KK4HEJ |
| 15:30 | 12:30 | 19:30 | FreeDV 700D and 202 by David Rowe, VK5DGR |
| 16:00 | 13:00 | 20:00 | Forward Error Correction and Pictures from Mars by David Garner, N6WY |
| 16:30 | 13:30 | 20:30 | TAPR Annual Meeting with TAPR Officers and Board Members |
| 17:30 | 14:30 | 21:30 | Conclusion |
Review
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