Swiss HAM / Crypto / Electronics

Experience lectures on radio and cryptography. With presentations by Paul Reuvers and Marc Simons (Crypto Museum, Netherlands), Jürgen Viehoff (Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn), Felix Kunz (Enter Technikwelt Solothurn), Walter Schmid, Erich Blösch, and experts from the Union of Swiss Shortwave Amateurs (USKA).

For children, teenagers, and families, there is a diverse interactive offering: workshops on radio, fox hunting with radio direction finders, or a cryptography course where messages are encrypted, transmitted, and decoded with NEMA cipher machines and radios.

Look forward to:
• Exciting expert lectures on radio and cryptography
• A variety of exhibitors and sellers
• Workshops on radio
• Cryptography course
• Fox hunting with radio direction finders
• Integrated radio flea market

Lecture Program (subject to change)

Sat. January 31, 2026 / Topic: Cryptography

• 10:30 AM: Topic to follow – Speaker: Paul Reuvers & Marc Simons (Crypto Museum, Netherlands)
• 1:30 PM: From Caesar to Enigma and Nema – Speaker: Walter Schmid
• 2:15 PM: History of Enigma and Operation ULTRA – Speaker: Erich Blösch
• 3:15 PM: The Cryptography Collection of the Enter Technikwelt – Speaker: Felix Kunz (Enter Technikwelt Solothurn)

Sun. February 1, 2026 / Topic: Radio

• 10:30 AM: Topic to follow – Speaker: open
• 11:15 AM: Topic to follow – Speaker: open
• 1:30 PM: Topic to follow – Speaker: open
• 2:15 PM: Topic to follow – Speaker: open
• 3:15 PM: Topic to follow – Speaker: open

Prices & General Information

• Entry CHF 12.–*
• Entry including day pass to the museum: Adults CHF 25.–* / Children 6–16 years CHF 12.50*
• Restaurant and electronics shop open
• Public transport stop "Derendingen, Freiheit"
• Free parking

*Price applies per day. No discounts available.

Selling at the flea market?

Delivery and setup: from 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Registration deadline for sellers: January 27, 2026