Below are the Forums 2024

Times, Rooms, Topics, and Presenters are pretty much locked in so start planning your selection of forums to attend.

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

2024 – Saturday Forums
Time	Location	Topic	Presenter(s)
9:00 AM	Big Forum Room	Meeting Future Hams Where They Are Today	Jody Carter W4LWC Club Sponsor, Rambler Radio Club
9:00 AM	Small Forum Room	Cybersecurity for the Individual	Jack Parks KQ4JP
10:00 AM	Big Forum Room	Georgia ARES	Lee Stone KT4LS Georgia Section Emergency Coordinator
10:00 AM	Small Forum Room	SERA – South Eastern Repeater Association	David Benoist AG4ZR – Repeater Coordinator for Georgia
11:00 AM	Big Forum Room	Whole House Generators	Dave Christie N5JEY
11:00 AM	Small Forum Room	Arduinos in Your Ham Shack	Jeff Kashinsky W2UA
12:00 PM	Big Forum Room	Get on the Air Antennas for HF, VHF, and UHF	Dallas Mellichamp N4DDM
12:00 PM	Small Forum Room	Getting Started In QRP	Steve Hudson AA4BW
1:00 PM	Big Forum Room	Georgia AUXCOMM	John  Davis WB4QDX and Joe Domaleski KI4ASK
1:00 PM	Small Forum Room	A Beginner’s Guide to the 10 GHz Band	Scott Littfin N0EDV
2:00 PM	Big Forum Room	Georgia State Parks On The Air	Claude Ray AC4SH
2:00 PM	Small Forum Room	Maximizing Your VHF/UHF Radio Investment Using RepeaterBook.com	Chuck Adams KV4VT GA Administrator – RepeaterBook.com
3:00 PM	Big Forum Room	Setting Up Your NanoVNA	Lee Johnson N4WYE
3:00 PM	Small Forum Room
2024 – Sunday Forums Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour and change the batteries in your smoke, and carbon dioxide detectors.
9:00 AM	Big Forum Room	ARRL	Mickey Baker N4MB, ARRL SE Director, and Hank Blackwood K4HYJ Georgia ARRL Section Manager
9:00 AM	Small Forum Room	Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC)	Rebecca Key KO4KVG ARDC Communications Manager
10:00 AM	Big Forum Room	A Discussion of the Appalachian Trail Golden Packet Event and APRS	Jeff Hochberg W4JEW and Flip Hager W4FLP
10:00 AM	Small Forum Room	Maximizing Your VHF/UHF Radio Investment Using RepeaterBook.com	Chuck Adams KV4VT GA Administrator – RepeaterBook.com
11:00 AM	Big Forum Room	Antenna Modeling	Lee Johnson N4WYE
11:00 AM	Small Forum Room	Get on the Air Antennas for HF, VHF, and UHF	Dallas Mellichamp N4DDM
12:00 PM	Big Forum Room	LUNCH
12:00 PM	Small Forum Room	LUNCH
1:00 PM	Big Forum Room
1:00 PM	Small Forum Room

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

• Code Practice Oscillators – NFARL
• AMSAT – NFARL mobile tower will be on display
• Georgia AuxComm will have their trailer on display
• Gwinnett Co ARES will have their trailer on display

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Forum Room Accommodations:

• Each Forum room will have; a screen, a 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) needs 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.