2024 Antique Wireless Association (AWA) Conference
2024 Theme: “The Innovators That Made Communications What It Is Today”
Join IEEE Rochester Section members for the 2024 Antique Wireless Association Conference, October 1-5, 2024, at the RIT Inn and Conference Center in Henrietta, NY, just South of Rochester and conveniently located near the NYS Thruway.
A highlight of each year is the annual gathering in the Rochester, NY area for a multi-day event of fellowship, information exchange, flea marketing, and the sharing of communications history and technology. In addition to a series of presentations and the flea market each year, an AWA Museum open house provides all the information needed to explore changes to the collection displays over the past year.
Buyers and sellers can attend the flea market for free starting Thursday and running through Friday (October 3 and 4). We invite you to register for the Conference and enjoy all it offers, but you don’t need to register to sell in the flea market.
Registration for the Conference includes the free dessert social on Wednesday and a free dinner at the Friday evening banquet. On Wednesday evening, you will also enjoy free admission to the Antique Wireless Museum. Registration also includes entrance to all conference events, including the Saturday auction and book fair.
As always, registration for your spouse or significant other conference is free.
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- Start time: 01 Oct 2024 09:00 AM
- End time: 05 Oct 2024 05:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Michael Migliaccio, AWA Conference Chair
- Co-sponsored by Antique Wireless Association
Agenda
TUESDAY, October 1, 2024
- 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration Desk Opens
- 6:30 PM Buffet Dinner Social Hour - Cash Bar
- 7:00 PM Welcome Buffet Dinner
WEDNESDAY, October 2, 2024
- 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Desk Opens
- 9:00 AM Book Fair Opens
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Radio Frequency Alternators of the 1900’s - Sreeram “Ram” Dhurjaty, PhD
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Brian Harrison – "The National AGS Receiver”
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
- 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
- 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM "The Audio Forum"
- Audio Capacitors: Improvements Over Time- Bill Tomkiewicz
- The Klipschorn- Dave Minchella
- The Audio Forum: Open Discussion
- 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM AWA Communication Technologies Museum is open
- 7:30 PM Social Hour - Cash Bar
- 8:00 PM Free Dessert Social
THURSDAY, October 3, 2024
- 6:00 AM - Flea Market Opens.
- 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Desk Opens
- 9:00 AM - Book Fair Opens
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM - Mike Molnar - “Invention of the AVC and AGC circuit and the Inventor Harold Wheeler”
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM - Mike Murphy - The History of War Surplus Ham Radio Post-War
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
- Fellowship Luncheon - Registration required. All welcome.
- 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
- 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM - Bill Burns – "From Undersea Cables to Maxwell's Equations"
- 2:30 PM - 5:15 PM - Panel Discussion: “Who Invented Radio? Who Are the Claimants? “ - Eric Wenaas PhD Moderator / Chair with Mike Molnar and Joe Knight
- 5:30 PM - Buffet Dinner Social Hour - Cash Bar
- 6:00 PM - Buffet Dinner
- 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Equipment Contest Check-in
- 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Moonlight Restoration - TBA
FRIDAY, October 4, 2024
- 8:00 AM - Equipment Contest - last-minute check-in
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Desk Open
- 9:00 AM Equipment Contest Judging
- 9:00 AM Book Fair Opens
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM AWA Members’ Meeting
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Joe Fell - Amateur Radio Topics
- Noon - Registration closes
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
- 1:15 PM - 2:25 PM - “115 Years of the Radio Club Of America” – Felicia Kreuzer
- 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM - Felicia Kreuzer - “Show And Tell” - Bring your artifacts !
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Auction Items Check-in
- 6:00 PM - Annual Banquet Social Hour - Cash Bar
- 7:00 PM - Conference Banquet followed by contest viewing.
- 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Auction Preview
- 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM Contest Pickup
SATURDAY, October 5, 2024
- 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Auction Preview
- 8:00 AM - until finished Auction
Consider bringing your artifacts to the Friday ( 10/4 ) afternoon “Show And Tell”.