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Bruce Perens, K6BP

Algoram "HT of the Future" - Prototype Demonstration and Technical Overview

Algoram, the company founded by Bruce Perens K6BP and Chris Testa KD2BMH, is building a hand-held software-defined-radio HT that runs Android applications. The design now works and a "developer version" will soon be offered for sale. Bruce and Chris demonstrate the design and discuss its technology and how to develop Amateur Radio applications for it.

Bio:
Bruce Perens K6BP is CEO of Algoram. He has made the movement of Amateur Radio into the future his personal project for two decades. He has worked on many issues of that goal, including evangelism, the creation of new policy at FCC and elsewhere, and the development of new technology such as Open Source digital voice systems. He is one of the founders of the Open Source movement in software and created the Open Source Definition, the legal framework for Open Source software licensing. He was the founder of No-Code International, and successfully lobbied for the end of Morse Code requirements for Amateur Radio licensing worldwide. He is an internationally-renowned professional public speaker, and has advised multiple governments and met with heads of state. He was series editor of "Bruce Perens' Open Source Series", a series of 24 books on Open Source software.

Palm Room B

Sat 9 AM

Bruce Perens, K6BP

The Algoram Digital Voice Server: A Platform for Digital Voice Development

Digital Voice Server is a successor to the FreeDV digital voice application. This version, like FreeDV, is Open Source. It adds many features for developers and can support remote control, embedded systems, and multiple digital voice protocols. Bruce Perens K6BP discusses its architecture and how to use and develop for it.

Palm Room A

Sun 10 AM

Bruce Perens, K6BP

Boat Anchor 101! Building a Complete Engineering Laboratory on the Cheap!

A "boat-anchor" is a big heavy piece of old equipment that costs much less than its modern equivalent. As part of putting together a new wireless start-up without venture capital Bruce Perens K6BP equipped an entire engineering laboratory on the cheap, purchasing oldie-but-goodie test equipment at 1/50 of the price of new. On the way he dealt with how to find the diamonds in the rough among the available used test equipment and determining fair prices, broken devices, calibration, and the difficulty of keeping old equipment alive, and all of the complications of buying, shipping, and owning "boat-anchor" equipment.

Palm Room A

Sun 11 AM

Paul Rios, KC6QLS

Button Hole QSO’s

Part of this forum will be conducted as a Radio-less net. The topic will be how and why you became a Ham Radio Operator and what interested you to get your license. Bring an interesting storey to share that you may have heard over the ham band or been a part of. For example, the storey about the snake fence heard on 40 meters. Stories shared at this open forum may be recorded. Some Les Volta short stories may be shared if time allows.

Bio
Paul has been in Amateur Radio since 1985, has been a member of various clubs in San Diego, has been President and Chair of different Amateur Radio Clubs, past Vice Chair of SANDARC, and has worked as Vice Co-Chair on the past two Amateur Radio Conventions in San Diego. Paul’s stories have been published in the QST Magazine and both of these were about CAL Fire VIP Red Flag Patrol. He had some other stories published in the QST Magazine about Amateur Radio events in San Diego, specifically the Amateur Radio Library Display and SANDARC’s purchase of books for the San Diego County Library System. He also had a short storey entitled “Love is on the Air” published on the ARRL’s website. He serves as the ARRL Southwestern Division PIO.

Theater

Fri. 5 PM

"2 Hours"