Announcing our 11th Annual SVHFS Conference in -
Atlanta, GA April 27 & 28, 2007!
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HOTEL INFO for 2007 Conference:
Marriott Atlanta Century Center
2000 Century Boulevard NE
Atlanta, GA 30345
Direct telephone# 404-325-0000
Fax # 404-325-4920
http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/ATLNE
Group room rate $109
Cut off date for making room reservations: April 6, 2007
This is a super nice hotel and will be a great location for our conference.
As always, it is recommended to call the hotel direct for your reservations.
2007 Conference Registration:
The registration form is in the works and should be ready soon.
Mini-Circuits-SVHFS Design Award competition is ON for our 2007 conference!
Circuit designs vhf and above will be judged at the conference and are in
competition for a $1000 cash prize or a $2,500 gift certificate for
Mini-Circuit parts. The competition rules used are on our
Mini-Circuits-SVHFS Design Award page. If you have any questions or have a
project that you might like to submit, please contact Design Award Chair -
Charles Osborne, K4CSO cosborne@pari.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS - We are looking for submissions for the proceedings and for
presenters. Please see the full text of the Program Chairman's Call for
Papers below.
Call for Papers
11th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference
April 27th and 28th, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
The Southeastern VHF Society is calling for the submission of papers and
presentations for the upcoming 11th Annual Southeastern VHF Society
Conference to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on April 27th and 28th, 2007.
Papers and presentations are solicited on both the technical and operational
aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave weak signal amateur radio. Some suggested
areas of interest are:
? Transmitters
? Receivers
? Transverters
? RF Power Amplifiers
? RF Low Noise Pre Amplifiers
? Antennas
? Construction Projects
? Test Equipment And Station Accessories
? Station Design And Construction
? Contesting
? Roving
? DXpeditions
? EME
? Propagation (Sporadic E, Meteor Scatter, Troposphere Ducting, etc.)
? Digital Modes (WSJT, etc.)
? Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
? Software Defined Radio (SDR)
? Amateur Satellites
? Amateur Television
In general papers and presentations on non weak signal related topics such
as FM repeaters and packet will not be accepted but exceptions may be made
if the topic is related to weak signal. For example, a paper or
presentation on the use of APRS to track rovers during contests would be
considered.
The deadline for the submission of papers and presentations is March 2,
2007. All submissions should be in Microsoft Word (.doc) or alternatively
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files. Pages are 8 and 1/2 by 11 inches with a 1 inch
margin on the bottom and ¾ inch margin on the other three sides. All text,
drawings, photos, etc. should be black and white only (no color). Please
indicate when you submit your paper or presentation if you plan to attend
the conference and present there or if you are submitting just for
publication. Papers and presentations will be published in bound
proceedings by the ARRL. Send all questions, comments and submissions to
the technical program chair, Jim Worsham, W4KXY at w4kxy@bellsouth.net. For
further information about the conference please go to www.svhfs.org.
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