The amateur radio village is the ideal place to learn about the technologies available to operators. You’ll be able to immerse yourself in this often little-known universe, where the possibilities are limitless. Come and talk to experienced operators on a wide range of subjects.

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Exam session

• Have you completed the training and would like to take your exam?
• Do you have experience in electronics, are self-taught, and have always wanted to become a radio amateur?
• There is an exam session allowing Hackfest participants to take their exam on site at Hackfest
• Self-taught resources:
  • Online training (RAQI) [French/English] 100$
  • Hamshack.ca QSL [English] 0$ (Donations accepted)

Details

• Exam session with an ISED examiner
• Saturday, October 18th at 3 pm

• Basic and advanced proficiency exams available

• Location: To be determined
• Cost: $20 (not covered by your Hackfest badge)
• Registration: Fill the form

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Schedule of workshops and talks

Date	Time	Duration	Language	Title	Speaker
17 Oct	11:00	30 min	🇫🇷	Devenir radioamateur, pourquoi et comment?	Gaétan Trépanier
17 Oct	13:30	30 min	🇫🇷	Explorer Meshtastic : un réseau maillé libre et open-source	DaveCrypt
18 Oct	11:00	60 min	🇫🇷	La fibre optique: Test et mesure (*)	Steve Desrosiers
18 Oct	14:00	30 min	🇫🇷	Devenir radioamateur, pourquoi et comment?	Gaétan Trépanier
18 Oct	15:00	90 min	🇫🇷 / 🇺🇸	Exam session	Michel Dumais

(*) Details on talk “La fibre optique: Test & Mesure” (Talk in French)

The first part introduces fiber optics, its components and uses. What are its characteristics, types of fiber, lasers and optical connectors?

The second part shows the main measuring devices, followed by demonstrations explaining how to perform and interpret OPM, OTDR and OLM measurements, how to clean an optical fiber, and the different measurement techniques used for maintenance and monitoring of fiber optic networks.

Hackfest DMR Talk group on Brandmeister

Hackfest now have it’s own digital channel on the Brandmeister DMR network. You can join TG:30288 to talk about radio, cybersecurity and all the geeky stuff!

Village content

The village will also have non-hamradio topics covered like Meshtastic and such.

Example of topics covered, and equipment will be on hand to demonstrate them.

• SDR
  • High-performance models
  • Remote operation
• HF
  • Digital modes (JT65, FT8, etc)
  • Contesting (when radio becomes competitive)
  • DX Clusters, PSK Reporter, Beaconning
• VHF
  • Digital modes (Yeasu System Fusion, Icom D-Star, DMR, etc.)
  • Echolink
  • Satellite
  • EME (Earth-Moon-Earth ie Moon bounce)
  • APRS
• Microwave
  • 0 to 12 GHz receiver and signal generator
  • HamNet/AREDN network
• Special activities**
  • Field Day (North American deployment exercise)
  • Project ARISS (Contacts with the International Space Station)
  • Emergency communications (infrastructure failures)

• Meshtastic:
  • An open-source, off-grid, decentralized, and affordable mesh network
  • Electronics demonstrations and projects

Village in collaboration with

Club Radio Amateur de Québec Inc