[VHFcontesting] Southeastern VHF Society Conference Hotel and Conference Registration Is Now Open

[Jim Worsham]

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:        <------  Now available!!
www.svhfs.org/downloads/07_full_packet.pdf

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 at 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 3/4 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 program
chair, Jim Worsham, W4KXY at w4kxy at bellsouth.net. For further information
about the conference please go to http://www.svhfs.org.