🚨 Get ready for chaos and curiosity! 🚨

Have you ever looked at a tin can, some coax, and your radio and thought... "CAN IT HAM?" 🤔

We're throwing down the challenge at DEF CON 33 to see what crazy, unconventional antennas YOU can build! Whether you’re using tin cans, paperclips, or even the weirdest materials you can find, Can it Ham? will push your creativity to the limit. 🔧📡

🛠️ The 10 best builds will be tested live 🛠️

🥇 Top 3 winners get bragging rights & prizes!

What will you bring to the table? Will your antenna work... or will it fry your radio? 😅

👉 Join us at the Ham Radio Village to test your DIY skills! #CanItHam #DEFCON33 #HamRadioVillage #AmateurRadio

Side effects may include: weird looks, license violations, and spontaneous DXing. 🔥

Let the freakout commence.
At least one of my #defcon talks has been accepted by the #hamradiovillage

The topic is on defying censorship via radio.

Where ham radio and infosec collide, you'll find the #hamradiovillage .

Come see me if you'd like to talk about how a centuries old technology is being used in the modern digital age.

For anyone wanting to meet up face to face, you'll probably find me around the #hamradiovillage at #defcon31

Look for the middle aged socially awkward person.

Who all is going to #hackersummercamp this year? I'm hoping to spend time at the #hamradiovillage booth, and looking forward to checking in on #blackgirlshack

You?

thus far, while working with the #sbitxv2 , I must say, I'm confused.

I normally use a R-Pi for my ham stuff, with an IC-7100, so FT8(wsjtx)/FLDigi/etc, is nothing new to me.

But, the UI is just confounding.

I managed to make a QSO in the web interface, but have no ability to export it for QRZ or LoTW.

Additionally, the receive quality on the same antenna with the same tuner, etc, is significantly reduced.

I still have high hopes it'll work well for a #sota or #pota rig, but it's gonna need significant work to get right.

First off, I've gotta figure out how to get FLRig working with it, then figure out what settings rigctld will need to use, in order to make ardop and pat/winlink going to exchange #winlink messages.

Toggling between modes is also strange.

I'm sure that folks who are familiar with the UI will do far better than I am doing, but for right now, I'm struggling.

(Sorry for all the #hamradio stuff lately, mentally ramping up for the #hamradiovillage at #defcon31 next week)

From our friends at Ham Radio Village:

We are looking for presentations, demonstrations, experiments, discussions, and anything else related to amateur radio that you would like to share with the world at DC31!

If you have something that you've been wanting to share about amateur radio, now is the time! Even if you think your topic is "weird", someone at DEF CON will take interest in it!

Submit to the CFP here!

https://forms.gle/PgeJMb8xSVRCtEhq5

#defcon
#hamradiovillage #cfp #defcon31

For those who may look at me and say, 'what is #hamradio all about?'

There's a decent intro here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gc3mewa9gE

There's far more niches to the hobby than any one person could enumerate, and I'm thankful to the #defcon and #hamradiovillage community for showing me the hobby, and welcoming me.