The Flex 6600M is a handsome standalone SDR transceiver.
Saturday and Sunday were long (though fun–!) days at the 2018 Hamvention–I did have a moment to visit most of the inside exhibit tables. Most of the following photos were taken (in no particular order) in the main Hamvention buildings and tents at the Greene County Fairgrounds.
Again, it was especially fun meeting so many SWLing Post readers and contributors in person!
Note that the folling photos are in no particular order. Click here to view photos of the 2018 Hamvention flea market.
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The SunSDR table at the 2018 Hamvention.
These large, heavy duty mag loop antennas are amazing.
The new ELAD FDM-S3.
The Begali family not only makes the best keys, but they are amazing friends.
Will demonstrating the new IC-R30.
I made Ray Novak smile!
I joined the RSGB and snagged two books I had been eyeing.
RSGB publications are my favorites.
The friendliest radio society.
HRO had two booth locations in two different buildings.
HamStudy.org now has an app!
The new 1500 watt Elecraft amp.
Dave Shoaf at the Elecraft booth.
The new Kenwood TS-890S. This rig got a lot of attention.
The Flex Radio booth at the 2018 Hamvention.
The Flex 6600M is a handsome standalone SDR transceiver.
Our booth volunteers Nate and Christine purchased their first SDR and mag loop antenna!
The tents this year were a major upgrade from last year.
The new Icom IC-R30 handheld wideband receiver at the 2018 Hamvention.
The TAPR booth is always a must.
The CommRadio CTX-10 QRP transceiver.
There are a massive amount of young people doing really interesting things in radio but often they don’t gather in HAM communities. A lot of the interest is in SDR’s (software defined radios) augmenting other digital or IP information rather than voice communications (QSOs).
If you are interested in finding these guys a good place to start is http://www.rtl-sdr.com
I have been to the last two HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference which is held in New York where the mean age would be in the 30’s. HOPE has quite a large number of SDR radio topics covered including intercepting military satellite comms etc. It seems younger people into radio are not so into it for chatting and perhaps don’t so much think of RF communications as “radio” particularly, they see it more as a wireless communication modality which they like to experiment with.
RTL-SDR.com is an amazing site! Good recommendation, Mark!
Excellent photos. But most photos with people in them showed 50-60 years olds. Will there be a next generation of hams to replace all of them??