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
Time	Location	Topic	Presenter(s)
2 PM	Big Forum Room	Arduino for Beginners	Jeff Kashinsky W2UA
2 PM	Small Forum Room	Getting Started in QRP	Steve Hudson AA4BW
3 PM	Big Forum Room	QSO One, What is, how to  use it.	Richard Simble WB9CSP
3 PM	Small Forum Room
4 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
4 PM	Small Forum Room	The Hotspot Owner’s Survival Guide	Jack Parks KQ4JP
2026 – Saturday Forums
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 Domaleski 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	Joe Domaleski KI4ASK and Mary Catherine Domaleski KI4HHI
11 AM	Small Forum Room	National Traffic System Radiogram Relaying and Delivering Radiograms	Frank Hobbs KN4QJ
12 PM	Big Forum Room	RFI	Jeff W4DD
12 PM	Small Forum Room	POTA 101: A regular person’s guide to getting started in Parks on the Air TODAY!	Steve Hudson AA4BW
1 PM	Big Forum Room	RFI	Jeff W4DD
1 PM	Small Forum Room	Radio in the Wild: Deploying Antennas for SOTA & POTA	Jonathan Sarge, W4UYE, Wes Shultz, KE4SJM, and John Hathcock, WE4AUB
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	Next Generation 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 With Telescoping Fishing Poles	Steve Hudson AA4BW

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

• • ARRL Leadership booth
  • AMSAT – ARISS Display
  • Vendors, Clubs, and Groups

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 accommodate 75-100 people. 

• • 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.