[aprssig] 2020 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) Update

[Stan Horzepa]

The 39th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) will
be a virtual conference on September 11 and 12, using Zoom video
communications and YouTube video-sharing platforms.

Registered DCC attendees participating via Zoom will be able to interact
with presenters and other attendees via a chat room as well as raise a
virtual hand to ask questions. Go to
https://tapr.org/product/dcc-registration/ to register (you don’t need a
Zoom account to register).

Non-registered DCC attendees can watch the live stream for free on YouTube,
however, non-registered DCC attendees will not be able to ask questions or
chat. No registration is required for YouTube access (the YouTube URL will
be announced and posted on this webpage preceding the DCC).

DCC registration is free for TAPR members and $30 for non-members. Members
receive a 100% discount at checkout. Go to
https://tapr.org/product/dcc-registration/ to register.

Non-members who would like to join TAPR and receive the free DCC pass can
simply add TAPR membership and DCC registration to their shopping carts.
After checkout, they will receive the free DCC pass when their membership
is processed.

*Call for Papers and Speakers*

Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the DCC. Papers will
also be published in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not need to
present at the conference to have their papers included in the Proceedings.
Submit papers via e-mail to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB <kb1eib @ arrl.org> by
August 15, 2020. Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors
will retain all rights.

Conference papers will be distributed as pdf’s to participants. Printed
copies of the papers will be available for sale at Lulu (http TBD).

Also, speakers are invited to make presentations on topics of interest
without submitting papers for the Conference Proceedings.

All speakers and presenters must contact Steve Bible, N7HPR <n7hpr @
tapr.org> to reserve a slot for your presentation. Indicate whether you
need a 15- or 30-minute slot and if you need to present on a specific day
(Friday, September 11 or Saturday, September 12). A pre-recorded
presentation can be submitted in lieu of a live virtual presentation.

Paper and presentation topic areas include, but are not limited to software
defined radio (SDR), digital voice, digital satellite communication,
digital signal processing (DSP), HF digital modes, adapting IEEE 802.11
systems for Amateur Radio, Global Positioning System (GPS), Automatic
Position Reporting System (APRS), Linux in Amateur Radio, AX.25 updates,
Internet operability with Amateur Radio networks, TCP/IP networking over
Amateur Radio, mesh and peer-to-peer wireless networking, emergency and
homeland defense backup digital communications in Amateur Radio.

*Lightning Talks*

Ad hoc “lightning talks” on various topics of interest will be announced
throughout the DCC. Registered attendees will be able to participate in any
lightning talk that whets their appetite.

*Hardware and Software Demos*

Hardware and software demonstrations will be conducted during the DCC by
means of Zoom’s breakout room feature.
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