Saturday & Sunday Forums

Only a few time slots are left, see the list below.  Feel free to step up and tell us about a Forum you would like to present.  Email us at  forums@stonemountainhamfest.com

2025 – Saturday Forums
Time	Location	Topic	Presenter(s)
9 AM	Big Forum Room	ARRL – Keynote Forum	Mickey Baker N4MB  ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Hank Blackwood K4HYJ Georgia ARRL Section Manager (SM)
9 AM	Small Forum Room	Arduino: A Beginner’s Guide	Jeff Kashinsky W2UA
10 AM	Big Forum Room	Getting Started in QRP	Steve Hudson AA4BW
10 AM	Small Forum Room	Arduino Projects for Your Ham Shack	Jeff Kashinsky W2UA
11 AM	Big Forum Room	Receiver Performance Numbers – What do they mean? Interpreting the Sherwood Table by its Author	Rob Sherwood NC0B
11 AM	Small Forum Room	PACE (Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency) communications plan	Kathy Austin N8JLJ
12 PM	Big Forum Room	Telescopic Fishing Pole Antennas	Steve Hudson AA4BW
12 PM	Small Forum Room	Packet Networking / TARPN	Don Rotolo N2IRZ
1 PM	Big Forum Room	Georgia AUXCOMM	Joe Domaleeski KI4ASK and John Davis WB4QDX
1 PM	Small Forum Room	Intro to Public Service Events	Jack Parks KQ4JP
2 PM	Big Forum Room	Georgia State Parks on the AIr (POTA)	Claude Ray III AC4SH, and others from the Georgia State Parks on the Air planning group
2 PM	Small Forum Room	Hams Over IP (HOIP) and VOIP for Hams	Dr. Gary Pike KA4KBX
3 PM	Big Forum Room	North Georgia GMRS (NGGMRS)	Justin Byerley WQYR514 / KN4HYN
3 PM	Small Forum Room	Introduction to Meshtastic Bring your Meshtastic Node for this Workshop	Ed Labra KQ4WEB
2025 – Sunday Forums Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour and change the batteries in your clocks, smoke detectors, and carbon dioxide detectors.
9 AM	Big Forum Room
9 AM	Small Forum Room	Optimize Your Antennas & Evaluate Propagation AKA Antenna Modeling With Proof It Works	Lee Johnson N4WYE
10 AM	Big Forum Room	National Amateur Radio Alliance	Mikel Turner W4OPS Director of Operations and Logistics, NARA
10 AM	Small Forum Room	Getting Started in QRP	Steve Hudson AA4BW
11 AM	Big Forum Room	PACE (Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency) communications plan	Kathy Austin N8JLJ
11 AM	Small Forum Room	Telescopic Fishing Pole Antennas	Steve Hudson AA4BW
12 PM	Big Forum Room	Test Equipment for the Radio Amateur. Bring your 2m HT for this Workshop	Steve Yothment W4OGM
12 PM	Small Forum Room	Setting Up Your NanoVNA Bring your NanoVNA for this Workshop	Lee Johnson N4WYE
1 PM	Big Forum Room	POTA 101 – A Regular Person’s Guide to Getting Started in Parks On The Air	Steve Hudson AA4BW
1 PM	Small Forum Room	Introduction to Meshtastic Bring your Meshtastic Node for this Workshop	Ed Labra KQ4WEB

On-going Activities on both Saturday and Sunday in the area directly in front of the Main Exhibit Hall

• • AMSAT – NFARL mobile tower will be on display

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• • Gwinnett Co ARES will have their trailer on display

Forum Room Accommodations:

• • Each Forum room will have; a screen, and video projector with HDMI and VGA video cables.  The Big Forum room will have a podium with a microphone, and a PA system.  The presenter(s) will need to supply their laptop, mouse, and laser pointer.

• • The Big Forum room can seat about 75-100. 

• • The Small Forum/Workshop room can seat 60-70 with just chairs.  In a Workshop layout with 11(8ft tables) and 3-4 chairs per table, about 33-44.