Does Amateur Radio need a DEFCON?→

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Does Amateur Radio need a DEFCON?

Last week, I taught my fourth one-day Tech class at DEFCON. DEFCON, as some of you may know, is one of the premiere hacker/cybersecurity conferences.

This year, I had 32 students in the class, and 30 passed the test that day, while the remaining two passed the next day after a little more study. 100% Yay!! The purpose of this post is, however, not to brag about my teaching prowess (well, okay, it is at least a little). Instead, I’m going to describe how DEFCON is organized and explore how we might adopt and adapt this model to amateur radio. And, in doing so, I’m going to compare and contrast DEFCON with the Dayton Hamvention.

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PRESENTER OPINION - Misinformation About one-day Tech Classes

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PRESENTER OPINION - Misinformation About one-day Tech Classes

In the latest Great Lakes Division newsletter, there is a article titled, “What kind of Ham Radio Classes is your club teaching?” Its basic premise is that one-day Tech classes—the kind of classes that I teach—are inferior to more traditional classes. There’s so much misinformation in this article, that I just had to reply.

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RSGB Awards Manager Announces a New Awards Series

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The RSGB Awards Manager has introduced a new awards series for amateur radio contacts with stations across all UK country and crown dependency prefixes.

The Worked All UK and Crown Dependency Prefixes Award offers several different sub-sets with the rules varying slightly for each. The idea for the award was put forward as a way of encouraging, or tapping into, intra-UK activity as well as encouraging contact with UK amateurs.

Get involved with this new award by going to the awards web page and selecting ‘Worked All UK and Crown Dependency’ from the right-hand menu. You can find details of other awards offered by the Society using the same link.

Worked All UK and Crown Dependency - https://rsgb.org/main/operating/amateur-radio-awards/worked-all-uk-crown-dependency-prefixes-awards/