{"id":56034,"date":"2023-03-08T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T23:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56034"},"modified":"2023-03-08T19:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T23:29:20","slug":"register-and-join-us-at-the-qso-today-virtual-ham-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/register-and-join-us-at-the-qso-today-virtual-ham-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Register and join us at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/QSO-Today-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13699\" src=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/QSO-Today-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsotodayhamexpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 2023 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo<\/a> will be held on March 25 &#8211; 26 and I would encourage you to <a href=\"https:\/\/qsotoday.vfairs.com\/en\/registration-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have attended every QSO Today Visual Ham Expo since Eric (4Z1UG) created this brilliant virtual event. The online platform is quite easy to use and there are <em>loads<\/em> of fascinating topics from a wide variety of presenters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsotodayhamexpo.com\/presentations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check out the presentation list.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I applaud Eric for championing radio topics that are open and accessible to Technician (and equivalent) class operators.<\/p>\n<p>Twice before, I haven&#8217;t been able to attend the Expo sessions live (due to my schedule) but I register anyway! Why? Eric archives and provides all of the presentations in video format on-demand for Expo attendees after the event has ended. I simply log in and work my way through presentations over the course of a month, one morning coffee after another! The gift that keeps on giving!<\/p>\n<p>These presentations are a shorter format and (I find) focus less on general topics covered elsewhere; they&#8217;re truly unique to the Expo.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the main reasons I register for the QSO Today Virtual Expo: I want to support a platform that produces brilliant ideas, innovations, and encourages a wide radio of radio activities!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsotodayhamexpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to check out the Expo and register.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have no idea how Eric puts all of this together, but I&#8217;m glad he does and we all benefit from it.<\/p>\n<h1>Ham Radio Workbench Podcast at the QSO Today Virtual Expo!<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hrwb-logo-ham-radio-workbench.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6621\" src=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hrwb-logo-ham-radio-workbench.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>Join us for a live recording of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamradioworkbench.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ham Radio Workbench podcast<\/a> as we help kick off the Expo on March 25, 2023 starting at 1:00 UTC (March 24, 2023, 6:00 PM).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wze95h.qsotodayhamexpo.com\/sessionInfo\/27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for the schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric also shared the following preview of the Roundtable Lounge that allow Expo participants to hang out in real time and move from table to table fluidly.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what the Ham Radio Workbench table will look like (20 seats):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HRWB-Roundtable.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13700\" src=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HRWB-Roundtable.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to this event! I hope you&#8217;ll join us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsotodayhamexpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to register for the Expo!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will be held on March 25 &#8211; 26 and I would encourage you to register now. I have attended every QSO Today Visual Ham Expo since Eric (4Z1UG) created this brilliant virtual event. The online platform is quite easy to use and there are loads of fascinating topics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[7030,9959],"class_list":["post-56034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ham-radio-workbench","tag-qso-today-virtual-ham-radio-expo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ezM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44141,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/qso-today-virtual-ham-expo-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":56034,"position":0},"title":"QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo 2020","author":"Thomas","date":"July 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Franco Venturi (K4VZ), who writes: I just found out that the podcast 'QSO today' has organized a 'Virtual Ham Expo' (https:\/\/www.qsotodayhamexpo.com\/). 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