11th Annual TECHCON – 2025
TECHCON – The ARRL West Central Florida Section Technical Conference
FRIDAY EVENING SOCIAL
DATE: Friday February 21, 2025
TIME: 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
PLACE: The Original’s Mike’s Grill
This is simply a social dinner for anyone who wants to show up and talk technology. Family and friends are also invited to come as well.
TECHCON MAIN SESSION
WHERE AND WHEN
IN PERSON:
DATE: Saturday February 22, 2025
TIME: Welcome and Check In (Coffee and Doughnuts) – 8:00 A.M.,
Conference Opening – 8:45 A.M., and Presentations begin – 9:00 A.M.
PLACE: Polk County Emergency Operations Center.
The facility is being provided courtesy of Polk County Emergency Management
ONLINE – YOUTUBE:
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
If you are planning on attending or speaking at the conference please fill out the online registration form. Click here for online conference registration form.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
TECHCON – Conference Flyer: PDF Format.
TECHCON – Conference Schedule: PDF Format.
TECHCON – List of Restaurants and Hotels: PDF Format.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
VIDEO RECORDINGS:
The primary track will be streamed live on the Section YouTube channel. The second track will be recorded. Both primary and secondary track will have post-production editing done to them by Russ Delaney N4RTD, one of our ARRL Technical Specialists, to add any slides into them, to make the video a complete product. They will all be available in one to three weeks after the conference once the editing work is complete.
Videos of Presentations – ARRL West Central Florida Section YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFA4-HEjr-lYMFisVG_Nk5A
CONFERENCE SLIDES AND PAPERS:
BUILDING A PORTABLE SDR SCANNER – Kyle Condon KC4ALE – PPTX.
INTRODUCTION TO THE RASPBERRY PI PICO – Darrell Davis KT4WX – ODP
REMEMBER THE BASICS – Larry Gansz K3KA – PDF
ARDUINO WINKEYER A CLUB PROJECT – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – ODP
ARDUINO WINKEYER A CLUB PROJECT – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – PPTX
SBITX UPDATE AND INTRODUCTION TO THE ZBITX TRANSCEIVER – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – ODP
SBITX UPDATE AND INTRODUCTION TO THE ZBITX TRANSCEIVER – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – PPTX
DON’T YELL AT ME, I’M A VOLUNTEER – Ben Green WD8CZP – PDF
PICAXE ELECTRONIC BREADBOARD LAYOUT EMULATOR – Mike Hembrey KV0OOM – ZIP
INTRODUCTION TO BLOCKLY PICAXE PROGRAMMING – MIke Hembrey KV0OOM – ZIP
INTRODUCTION TO NXDN AND NXDN RADIO PROGRAMMING – Paul Toth NB9X – PPTX
Legend:
- PDF: Adobe Reader
- PPTX – Microsoft Power 2007 and later
- PPT – Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and earlier
- ODP: Open Office Impress
- DOCX – Microsoft Word 2007 and later
- DOC – Microsoft Word 2003 and earlier
- ZIP – ZIP File Format (Contains multiple files – must be unzipped)
PAST CONFERENCES
10th Annual TECHCON – Tampa, FL.
9th Annual TECHCON – Tampa, FL.
8th Annual TECHCON – Winter Haven, FL.
7th Annual TECHCON – Virtual via Zoom.
6th Annual TECHCON – Punta Gorda, FL.
5th Annual TECHCON – Tampa, FL.
4th Annual TECHCON – Winter Haven, FL.
3rd Annual TECHCON – Sarasota, FL.
2nd Annual West Central Florida Section Technical Conference – Tampa, FL.
1st Annual West Central Florida Section Technical Conference – Sebring, FL.