Forums Schedule 2026

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Friday

Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4
9:15 AM - 10:50 AM HamSCI: The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation Read More	9:15 AM - 10:50 AM Lightning Protection, Generators and Inverters and RFI Read More	9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Updates on the Elecraft K4 Radio and Suite of Upgrades Read More	9:20 AM - 10:30 AM TAPR - Topics in Digital Radio Read More
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Taking Amateur Radio to New Heights Read More	11:00 AM - 12:20 PM ARRL & Salty Walt’s Portable Antenna Forum Read More	10:40 AM - 11:50 AM Supersonic Heterodynes, Frequency Modulation, Brick Phones, 5G, and Cosmic Radiation How RCA Members Read More	10:40 AM - 11:50 AM DX Marathon: Record Growth, 2025 Results, and What’s Ahead Read More
12:30 PM - 1:50 PM SOTA - High Adventure for All Read More	12:30 PM - 1:50 PM Our CW Journeys and How You Can Have One Too: LICW Members Talk Up Close and Personal Read More	12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Radio Club of America and Viavi Test Equipment Tutorial and Workshop Read More	12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Kit Building Techniques For Success Read More
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Antenna Forum Read More	2:00 PM - 2:50 PM FreeDV’s RadioAutoencoDEr (RADE) HF Digital Voice Read More	1:00 PM - 1:50 PM System Fusion Read More	1:00 PM - 2:20 PM RTTY & Digital Contesting Read More
	3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Andy's Ham Radio Linux Read More	2:30 PM - 3:20 PM Amateur Radio & the Law Read More	2:30 PM - 3:20 PM Hackers in Amateur Radio Read More
	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Arduino and Microcontrollers - Going The Distance Read More	3:30 PM - 5:00 PM The Latest from ARDC: Grants and 44Net Read More	3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Women Building Community Through Amateur Radio Read More

Saturday

Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM Ham Nation and Friends Read More	9:15 AM - 10:20 AM Logging Portable Operations on your Phone Read More	9:15 AM - 10:50 AM Radio Club of America - Youth Forum Read More	9:20 AM - 10:50 AM Securing the Airwaves: Cybersecurity for Radio and Beyond Read More
10:15 AM - 11:10 AM The 3Y0K Bouvet DXpedition Read More	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Parks on the Air: The Board Reports on the Past Year and the Year Ahead Read More	11:00 AM - 11:50 AM ARRL Membership Forum Read More	11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Fast Scan Amateur Television Forum Read More
11:15 AM - 12:10 PM Desecheo 2026 DXpedition: The First All Solar Powered Unattended DXpedition in History Read More	12:10 PM - 1:00 PM Reimagining RACES and ARES Programs, Bridging the Gap with Emergency Management Read More	12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Reinventing Ham Radio Education - A New Model Read More	12:00 PM - 12:50 PM VHF/UHF/Microwave Forum Read More
12:15 PM - 1:20 PM Failures & Lessons learned from DXing in Adverse Conditions Read More	1:10 PM - 2:20 PM ARISS: Celebrating 25 Years on ISS and Pioneering New Spaceflight Opportunities for Hams and Youth Read More	1:00 PM - 1:50 PM The MFJ Story Read More	1:00 PM - 4:00 PM ARRL Youth Rally Activities Read More
1:30 PM - 3:40 PM Contest Forum Read More	2:30 PM - 3:40 PM AMSAT Read More	3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Introduction to Operating on the 630 Meter Band Read More	2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Running a First Class Field Day Operation Read More
3:50 PM - 5:00 PM The TinySA: The Perfect Companion to the NanoVNA Read More	3:50 PM - 5:00 PM Remote HF Read More	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Predicting Six Meters Openings - You Must Be Present to Win Read More	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Meetup Read More

Sunday

Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM POTA Hacks: Little Things Add Up to Big Success Read More	9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Ten Meters for Techs - Guide to Getting on HF for Newer Hams Read More	9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Building a Radio Scouting Committee Lessons Learned Read More	9:20 AM - 10:20 AM A Mathematical Proof of How Antenna Tuners Actually Work Read More
10:25 AM - 11:25 AM Parks on the Air 2.0: Preparing for the Next Phase of Growth Read More	10:25 AM - 11:25 AM Big Event Comms: Ham Radio To The Rescue! Read More	10:25 AM - 11:25 AM Teaching a One-Day Tech Class Read More	10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Raspberry Pi Designs - Easy, Medium, & Hard Read More
11:35 AM - 12:35 PM CWops and CW Academy: The Proven Path to CW Mastery in Today’s Amateur Radio World Read More	11:35 AM - 12:35 PM 3D Printing And Portable Operations - Lighter, Faster, Further Read More	11:35 AM - 12:35 PM A Modern Overview of HF Digi-Modes Operation Read More	11:40 AM - 12:40 PM Countrywide Black Swan Events Read More

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Chris Rismiller

N8PEM

Chair, Forums

Barb Gerbs

N8NQE

Assistant Chair, Forums

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