12th Annual TECHCON – 2026
TECHCON – The ARRL West Central Florida Section Technical Conference
FRIDAY EVENING SOCIAL
DATE: Friday February 27, 2026
TIME: 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
PLACE: Golden Corral – 815 Providence Road – Brandon, FL 33511.
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
DATE: Saturday February 28, 2026
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: Hillsborough County Public Safety Operations Complex – Emergency Operations Center. – 9450 E. Columbus Dr., Tampa, FL 33619.
The facility is being provided courtesy of Hillsborough County Emergency Management.
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 Presentations: 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/@arrlwcf
CONFERENCE SLIDES AND PAPERS:
Introduction to Raspberry PI Pico – Darrell Davis KT4WX – ODP.
sBITX Update – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – ODP.
sBITX Update – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – PDF.
sBITX Update – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – PPTX.
Sweeping 2025 F Class for Field Day – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – ODP.
Sweeping 2025 F Class for Field Day – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – PPTX.
Poor Man’s Satellite – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – ODP.
Poor Man’s Satellite – Gordon Gibby KX4Z – PPTX.
Desktop Lasers for Ham Radio – Mike Hembrey KV0OOM – PPTX.
Introduction to Microwaves – Buddy Morgan WB4OMG – PPTX.
NXDN Now! – 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
11th Annual TECHCON – Winter Haven, FL.
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.