[Fourlanders] FW: [Mw] Hams at the 2010 IEEE International Microwave Symposium

[Jim Worsham]

Hello everyone.  This is a very good video from the ham radio social at the
2010 IEEE International Microwave Symposium.  I went when it was in Atlanta
a couple of years ago and it was very informative and educational.  K1JT
even gave a talk on WSJT with a side discussion on SETI (he thinks that your
chances of hitting the lottery are several orders of magnitude better than
hearing anything from another civilization somewhere out there).  If it
comes back to Atlanta again or you otherwise have an opportunity to attend I
recommend that you do so.

73
Jim, W4KXY

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart
you are.  If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
Richard P. Feynman

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[mailto:microwave-bounces at lists.valinet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Long
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:28 PM
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Subject: [Mw] Hams at the 2010 IEEE International Microwave Symposium

Last night at the IEEE IMS in Anaheim, CA around 15 hams showed up for the
Ham Radio Social with microwave/millimeterwave radios to demonstrate to
conference goers, many of whom are hams themselves.  I brought my 10/24/47
GHz setup and had quite a few interesting conversations with a whole bunch
of people, and it was really a neat opportunity to show amateur equipment at
one of the most presitgious microwave conferences around.

While the free food and alchohol was certainly the main attraction for many
people, there were several hundred attendees who got to see the amateur side
of microwaves and at least a few seemed interested enough in what we are
doing that they may get involved themselves.

I took a short video (my apologies for the lack of editing) of the various
setups and people talking about them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89tpvfi2mcw

-Tony KC6QHP
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