Speakers
If you want to give a presentation at MUD 2024 in Vancouver BC you can use the Call For Speakers page to submit a proposal. If you don't have a subject yet but still want to present at the event please also go ahead and send in a proposal so we can start planning the schedule.
![G4DBN](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/Neil G4BDN.png)
G4DBN
Neil Smith
Modelling and Machining Matched Microwave Feedhorns and Subreflectors
Novel techniques for Creating mmWave Antenna Systems
![K4SME and N2CEI](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/K4SME.jpg)
K4SME and N2CEI
Sandra Estevez
Steve Kostro
Soup to Nuts, Commercial Manufacturing of a Microwave Transverter
![G4DDK](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/G4DDK.jpg)
G4DDK
Sam Jewell
An Updated VLNA for the 23 and 13 cm Amateur Bands
![KM5PO](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/KM5PO.jpg)
KM5PO
Jim McMasters
Wavelab 24 GHz systems
Covers history of PA0MHE pcb board and new variants. Building, testing, integration. Maximizing the RF output. Other uses for the "XN" module (a pointing tool for lining up 122 GHz dishes).
Improved rover pointing
Introduces new solutions for AZ/EL pointing as a rover particularly microwave applications where 3 dB beamwidths are tight.
24 GHz QRM - Proximity alert devices
VA3IQ
Cyber Security for the Amateur Radio Operator
By
Dr. Lawrence Dobranski, VA3IQ, P.Eng.
As amateur radio operators, we tend to be at the forefront of communications and information technology. This is even more true for those of us that are QRV on 6 meters and up. We live in a period of disruptive technology highlighted by the Internet, social media, and web-enabled technologies. Adopting these new technologies will expose us to malicious actors seeking to exploit us for money, personal, and political gain. How can we, as amateur radio operators, continue to enjoy our hobby yet have an acceptable level of risk so that our information and capabilities are not exposed to risks we do not accept.
This presentation will examine cyber security from the amateur radio perspective. Cybersecurity is not just about confidentiality but also about integrity and availability. What are the threats to which we are exposed, what risks are attributable to them, and how can they be mitigated to an acceptable level?
Dr. Lawrence G. Dobranski, VA3IQ, P.Eng., has worked in cyber security and communications infrastructure engineering for almost 40 years. He is licensed to provide professional engineering services to the public in BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. His scope of practice focuses on Operational and Platform Technologies for communications and radar systems. He has been a licensed amateur radio operator for over thirty years, currently assembling a rover to be QRV from 50 MHz to 10 GHz -- a never ending journey. He is the Vice President of the West Carleton Amateur Radio Club in Ottawa.
![VA3ELE and VA3TO](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/Peter & Hugh 1.jpg)
VA3ELE and VA3TO
Peter Prabucki
Hugh Duff
47 GHz VUCC in One Week
![W7PUA](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/BobPhoto3M.jpg)
W7PUA
Bob Larkin
Microwave Contacts Using Scattering from Upper- Tropospheric Ice Crystals
![VE6BGT](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/VE6BGT.jpg)
VE6BGT
Skip MacAulay
My 10 GHz Experiment, A long Ongoing Project
![VE6HQ](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/VE6HQ.jpg)
VE6HQ
Vector Network Analysis : Comparative Benchmark Study of NanoVNA Technology
![VE7TIL](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/Scott Tilley.jpg)
VE7TIL
W1GHZ
Paul Wade
Offset Feeds with Better G/T
![W5LUA](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/2_W5LUA.jpg)
W5LUA
Al Ward
47 GHz XVTR Packaging, Test Components at 47 GHz & using Flyswatter at 47/76 GHz
![W7FU, KI7OJL and WA7EE](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/W7FU et all.jpg)
W7FU, KI7OJL and WA7EE
John Petrich
Pablo Sala
Mariana Varotto
SDR Experience: PNW Microwave Group
![WA1MBA](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/BioPicHamWA!MBA.jpg)
WA1MBA
Tom Williams Getting on the Zero Meter Band
![NB0M](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/Ed M.jpeg)
NB0M
Ed Marciniak
Practical Cooling Solutions for Kilowatt Class Amplifiers
![AG6QV](/images/MUD2024/Speakers/ag6qv.png)
AG6QV
Microwave Activity in the PNW