Friday & Saturday Forums
Feel free to step up and tell us about a Forum you would like to present. Email us at forums@stonemountainhamfest.com
2026 – Friday Forums
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Topic |
Presenter(s) |
| 2 PM |
Big Forum Room |
Arduino for Beginners |
Jeff Kashinsky W2UA |
2 PM
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Small Forum Room |
QRP 101 |
Steve Hutson AA4BW |
| 3 PM |
Big Forum Room |
QSO One, What is, how to use it. |
Richard Simble
WB9CSP |
| 3 PM |
Small Forum Room |
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| 4 PM |
Big Forum Room |
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| 4 PM |
Small Forum Room |
The Hotspot Owner’s Survival Guide |
Jack Parks KQ4JP |
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2026 – Saturday Forums
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| 9 AM |
Big Forum Room |
ARRL – Keynote Forum |
Mickey Baker N4MB ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Hank Blackwood K4HYJ Georgia ARRL Section Manager (SM), and Frank Dean K4SJR, our Section Emergency Coordinator |
| 9 AM |
Small Forum Room |
The Hotspot Owner’s Survival Guide |
Jack Parks KQ4JP |
| 10 AM |
Big Forum Room |
Georgia AUXCOMM |
Joe Domaleeski KI4ASK and John Davis WB4QDX |
| 10 AM |
Small Forum Room |
3D Printing |
Jeff Kashinsky W2UA |
| 11 AM |
Big Forum Room |
Fox Hunting 101
Fox Hunt after the forum
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Joe Domaleeski KI4ASK and Mary Catherine Domaleeski KI4HHI |
| 11 AM |
Small Forum Room |
National Traffic System
Radiogram Relaying and Delivering Radiograms
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Frank Hobbs KN4QJ |
| 12 PM |
Big Forum Room |
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| 12 PM |
Small Forum Room |
QRP 101 |
Steve Hutson AA4BW |
| 1 PM |
Big Forum Room |
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| 1 PM |
Small Forum Room |
Getting Started In POTA |
Steve Hutson AA4BW |
| 2 PM |
Big Forum Room |
QSO One, What is, how to use it. |
Richard Simble
WB9CSP |
| 2 PM |
Small Forum Room |
Are You a New Ham? |
Kevin Scott K4GTR |
| 3 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 |
| 3 PM |
Small Forum Room |
Fishing for Signals
Making an antenna from telescopic fishing poles.
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Steve Hutson AA4BW |
LAST YEAR’S FORUMS
2025 – Saturday Forums
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Time |
Location |
Topic |
Presenter(s) |
9 AM |
Big Forum Room |
ARRL – Keynote Forum
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Mickey Baker N4MB ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Hank Blackwood K4HYJ Georgia ARRL Section Manager (SM) |
9 AM
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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
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Rob Sherwood NC0B |
11 AM |
Small Forum Room |
PACE (Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency) communications plan
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Kathy Austin N8JLJ |
12 PM
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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
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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
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Small Forum Room |
Hams Over IP (HOIP) and VOIP for Hams |
Dr. Gary Pike KA4KBX |
3 PM
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Big Forum Room |
North Georgia GMRS (NGGMRS) |
Justin Byerley WQYR514 / KN4HYN |
3 PM
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Small Forum Room |
Introduction to Meshtastic
Bring your Meshtastic Node for this Workshop
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Ed Labra KQ4WEB |
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LAST YEAR’S FORUMS
2025 – SundaysForums
Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour and change the batteries in your clocks, smoke detectors, and carbon dioxide detectors.
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9 AM |
Big Forum Room |
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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
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Steve Yothment W4OGM |
12 PM |
Small Forum Room |
Setting Up Your NanoVNA
Bring your NanoVNA for this Workshop
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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
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Ed Labra KQ4WEB |
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On-going Activities on both Saturday and Sunday in the area directly in front of the Main Exhibit Hall
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- ARRL Leadership booth
- AMSAT – ARISS Display
- Vendors, Clubs, and Groups
Forum Room Accommodations:
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- 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.
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- The Big Forum room can accommodate 75-100 people.
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- The Small Forum/Workshop room can accommodate 60-70 with just chairs. In a Workshop layout with 11(8ft tables) and 3-4 chairs per table, about 33-44.
