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+title: 'MicroHAMS Past Speakers (2024–2026)'
+description: 'A look back at the speakers and presentations at MicroHAMS meetings from 2024 through 2026 — a reference for members and a starting point when planning future programs.'
+author: 'MicroHAMS'
+date: 2026-05-11
+tags: ['community']
+---
+
+A record of the speakers and presentations at MicroHAMS meetings from 2024 through 2026 — handy for members and a useful starting point when planning who to invite next. Spot something missing or misremembered? Corrections are welcome.
+
+## 2026
+
+### January
+
+- Brian — _Modernizing the RF data path and improving your IQ_
+
+### February
+
+- Updates from Hamcation — Scott Honaker, N7SS
+- Modernizing Critical Ham Radio Software — Brian Stucker, KB2S
+
+### March
+
+- Kevin — _Meshtastic and Mesh Core with live equipment demo_
+
+### April
+
+- Jason — _GroundWave_
+
+### May
+
+- Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH — _Station Setup Techniques to Prevent Field Day RFI_
+
+### June
+
+- TBD
+
+## 2025
+
+### January
+
+- Adrian Stimpson, VE7NZ, and Scott, VA7SL — _High altitude and "pico" ballooning_
+
+### February
+
+- _Build a Simple Coax Shield "Sniffer" Probe for Detecting & Solving Stray RF on Your Coax & in Your Shack_ — Group discussion
+
+### March
+
+- Don Greenbaum, N1DG — _DXpeditioning using a Radio in a Box on remote islands_
+
+### April
+
+- Mark Smith, N6MTS (Halibut Electronics) — _Common mode currents_
+
+### May
+
+- _A Father/Son DXpedition to West Africa_ — Angus, KJ7KOJ, and Robin, W7YED
+
+### June
+
+- Seapac and other topics (tentative)
+
+### July
+
+- _Get out and have fun this summer: POTA, SOTA and other reasons to go operate portable_ — Kevin Samson, KI7DEE
+
+### August
+
+- Summer festive gathering at local brewery — _Black Raven_
+
+### September
+
+- _GNU Radio and IQ signal encoding using SigMF_ — Dr. Marc Lichtman
+
+### October
+
+- Crowd-sourced amateur radio "pro tips"
+
+### November
+
+- _10 Simple ways to improve your shack and operating experience!_ — Grant Hopper
+
+### December
+
+- MicroHAMS Holiday Gathering — various attendees
+
+## 2024
+
+### January
+
+- Brian Stucker, KB2S, and Grant Hopper, KB7WSD — _An Introduction to Digital Modes_
+
+### February
+
+- EME — KB7Q, _KISS LDMOS amps for Moonbounce_
+
+### March
+
+- Brian, KB2S — _Automatic Level Control: why it matters to digital transmission performance, and how to do it right_
+
+### April
+
+- _Nine Cool GNU Radio Software Defined Radio (SDR) Projects and GNU herding demo_ — Don, KE7ARH
+
+### May
+
+- Mike Lewis, K7MDL — _VHF/Microwave station performance improvements for every ham_
+
+### June
+
+- _Self-healing APRS digipeater/gateway station in a docker container_ — Ion, W7ION
+
+### July
+
+- Scott Honaker, N7SS — _The Icom IC-905: why you might want one_, and hands-on with the Icom IC-705 HF/VHF+ portable radio
+
+### August
+
+- Summer festive gathering at local brewery — _Black Raven_
+
+### September
+
+- _Transceiver measures and criteria for ARRL's Clean Signal Initiative (CSI)_ — Rob Sherwood, NC0B
+
+### October
+
+- _H44WA DXpedition to Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands (Nov 2023)_ — Jack P.
+
+### November
+
+- _Oregon Sat: a new open-source ground station_ — Andrew Greenberg, KD7CJT, Portland State University
+
+### December
+
+- MicroHAMS Holiday Gathering — _Black Raven_, various attendees