[Fourlanders] SVHFS Conference Technical Program

[Jim Worsham]

The following is the technical program for the upcoming SVHFS Conference.
For further info on the conference and attending go to www.svhfs.org.

73
Jim, W4KXY

Tenth Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference
Greenville, SC
Friday, April 28, 2006

8:00 – 4:30	Registration
8:00 – 11:45	Antenna Gain and Noise Figure Measurement
11:45 – 1:00	Luncheon - ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN
1:00 – 9:00	Vendor Product Displays
1:00 – 1:15	Welcome - SVHFS Conference Chairman Jack Jackson, W4EFZ
1:15 – 1:45	VCXOing DEMI LO's - Steve Kostro, N2CEI
1:45 – 2:15	K2 IF-verter – Ben Bailey, W4SC
2:15 – 2:45	Transverter Interface for the Elecraft K2 - Bruce Randall,
WD4JQV
2:45 – 3:00	Break
3:00 – 3:30	Build a 432 Beacon! – Tom Haddon, K5VH
3:30 – 4:00	Quick Fix Four-Way VHF/UHF Power Dividers/Combiners – Ben
Lowe, K4QF
4:00 – 4:30	2-Meter Lowe’s Loop – Ben Lowe, K4QF
4:30 – 4:45	Break
4:45 – 5:30	SVHFS Business Meeting – SVHFS President Ott Fiebel, W4WSR
5:30 – 7:00	Dinner (on your own)
7:00 – 9:00	Flea Market
9:00 – 11:00	SVHFS Board of Directors and Officers Meeting

Tenth Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference
Greenville, SC
Saturday, April 29, 2006

8:00 – 1:00	Registration
8:00 – 4:00	Vendor Product Displays
8:00 – 8:15	Welcome - SVHFS Conference Chairman Jack Jackson, W4EFZ
8:15 – 9:00	Using Radar Data to Predict Rain-Scatter Paths – Andy
Flowers, K0SM
9:00 – 9:30	Some Tools and Techniques for the Home Brewer - Chuck
Hoover, KØVXM
9:30 – 10:00	Short Wavelength Communications with Amateur Satellites -
Gould Smith, WA4SXM
10:00 – 10:15	Break
10:15 – 10:45	The SDR-1000 for VHF, UHF, and Microwave - Bob McGwier, N4HY
10:45 – 11:45	Software Defined Transponders, Future AMSAT Missions: Phase
3E and Eagle - Tom Clark, K3IO and Bob McGwier, N4HY
11:45 – 1:00	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 – 1:45	Roving – Paul Goble, ND2X
1:45 – 2:30	3 dB Beyond ESP - Charles Osborne, K4CSO
2:30 – 2:45	Break
2:45 – 3:30	The Design Of A Four Band Remotely Controlled Microwave
Installation – John Sublette, K4TO
3:30 – 4:15	903 MHZ Transverter on a Retiree’s Budget - J.G. “Bunky”
Botts, K4EJQ
4:15 – 4:30	Break
4:30 – 5:30	SVHFS Auction
6:00 – 7:00	Open Bar/Reception
7:00 – 10:00	Banquet – Dr. Joe Taylor, K1JT