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Modern Applications of Amateur Radio
Presented by Jake Bechtold, K0RQ
Abstract
This presentation will demonstrate to attendees how Digital Communications and Voice Over IP technology has advanced Amateur Radio in recent years. Topics of discussion will include Yaesu System Fusion, D-STAR, APRS, and AREDN, as well as how Amateur Radio can be used to advance career opportunities.
Biography
Jake Bechtold is a Broadcast Engineer in the Fargo-Moorhead area, having been with Radio FM Media in Fargo for 10 years and is currently an engineer for over a dozen radio stations in the Red River Valley. He attended NDSU and graduated with a BS in Broadcast Journalism in 2012. He is certified by the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and is recognized as a Certified Broadcast Radio Engineer (CBRE), a Digital Radio Broadcast specialist (DRB), and a Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist (CBNT). Bechtold oversees three HD Radio stations in the Fargo-Moorhead market and is the only DRB certified Broadcast Engineer in North Dakota and Minnesota. Bechtold is also an avid Amateur Radio enthusiast, with focus on digital and VHF/UHF communications, and implementation of the Red River Radio Amateur’s AREDN network.
Parking and Location
Parking in the NDSU Visitors (E) Parking Lot is free after 4:30 PM. Directions for this parking lot are available throughout the NDSU campus. The room Dolve Hall 10 is in the lower floor of Dolve Hall, which is a building in Centennial Blvd. that is close to the Visitors Parking Lot. Dolve Hall (Mechanical Engineering) is the Building #18 on this map
About this Seminar Series
The Ham Radio Seminar series is sponsored by the NDSU Amateur Radio Society
Please contact Ivan T. Lima Jr, , for more information.
