1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:07,440 All right, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Ham Radio Village at DEF CON Safe Mode. 2 00:00:07,980 --> 00:00:10,380 My name is Eric, AI0J. 3 00:00:10,380 --> 00:00:15,780 I'm one of the village leads for Ham Radio Village, and we are very excited to be back here at Safe Mode. 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:24,440 Last year was our first year as a village at DEF CON, and at the end of DEF CON last year, we said to ourselves, well, at least next year will be easier. 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:25,980 We'll know what's going on. 6 00:00:26,140 --> 00:00:30,620 We were pretty wrong about that, obviously, with everything that happened over the last six months. 7 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:37,260 But, you know, Ham Radio is all about overcoming adversary and communicating in adverse conditions. 8 00:00:37,260 --> 00:00:39,240 And so here we are at Safe Mode. 9 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:44,800 So before we get started, first, I'd like to thank all of the Ham Radio Village staff. 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,580 We have a whole bunch of people on staff, a whole bunch of people giving talks and presentations this weekend. 11 00:00:49,780 --> 00:00:53,640 And without all of their participation and help, we would not have a village. 12 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:54,800 So thank you. 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,020 Just some quick things. 14 00:00:57,020 --> 00:01:00,660 The website is hamvillage.org. 15 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:09,400 And on there, you can find the complete schedule of all our talks and presentations, as well as all information about the various channels we have on the DEF CON Discord server. 16 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,820 We've already seen a bunch of activity in those channels, especially around exams. 17 00:01:12,820 --> 00:01:17,800 So absolutely hop on there, ask us questions, just hang out, chat, have a good time. 18 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:23,840 We'll be posting updates throughout the con at Twitter, at Ham Radio Village. 19 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:31,640 So stay tuned to that for important schedule changes, updates, as well as information about our special event call sign, K3K. 20 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:37,600 All the talks will, of course, be presented here on twitch.tv slash ham radio village. 21 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,780 So they'll be open for everyone and they will be uploaded after the con. 22 00:01:41,860 --> 00:01:43,760 So if you do miss them live, it's okay. 23 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,340 You'll get them on recording. 24 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:53,860 As I mentioned a minute ago, we have call sign event station K3K, which has been working already since Thursday. 25 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:56,240 Various modes, various bands. 26 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,440 So hopefully you can get to work at that station if you get on air. 27 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:05,000 And we may even have a special QSL card for you if you work us. 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,420 So yeah, so really that's about all I got. 29 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:10,240 I hope everyone has a great time during DEF CON safe mode. 30 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,060 Hope they enjoy our village, as well as all the other villages. 31 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:18,500 Everybody has worked really hard over the past few months to put this together and to make it a success. 32 00:02:18,900 --> 00:02:19,700 Thanks!