[VHFcontesting] Southeastern VHF Society Conference

[Jim Worsham]

The next Southeastern VHF Society Conference will be April 23rd and 24th,
2010.  The venue is the new $17 Million Space Science Center at Morehead
State University in Morehead, Kentucky.  We will start Friday with the
antenna range and noise figure measuring in the morning.  The program will
start Friday afternoon and we will finish the day with a flea market Friday
evening.  The program will continue all day Saturday and the conference will
finish with a dinner banquet Saturday evening.  There will also be a
hospitality suite in the evenings at the Hampton Inn.  The conference
chairman Jeff Kruth will be having a cookout at his place on Thursday
afternoon for those arriving early.  For further information and to RSVP for
the cookout please contact Jeff at kmec at aol.com.  Further information
including the registration form for the conference will be posted on the
Southeastern VHF Society website www.svhfs.org <http://www.svhfs.org/>  soon
so keep checking it.  Information on hotel rooms is as follows:

 

The following hotels are located at the I-64 exchange, approximately 2.5
miles from the Space Science Center.  The rooms are in blocks under
“Southeast VHF Society Conference”.  They agreed to hold these rooms with no
additional requirements until April 1st, 2010.  There are two other events
going on in Morehead on that weekend, the Spring Gala and girls statewide
gymnastics meet, both at MSU.  It is important people reserve their rooms
early!!!  The rooms are available for April 22, 23, & 24 (Thursday through
Saturday nights).

 

1.)        Hampton Inn 

500 Hampton Way         

Morehead, KY, 40351 

606-780-0601

 

This is the nicest hotel by far, 1 year old, WiFi, breakfast, $89.00 plus
tax per night.

 

2.)              Quality Inn

175 Tom Drive

Morehead, KY 40351

606-784-2220

 

This is the economy place, $72.95 plus tax per night.

 

3.)              Holiday Inn Express

110 Tom Drive

Morehead, KY 40351

606-784-5796

 

$89.25 plus tax per night.

 

4.)        Days Inn

170 Tom Drive

Morehead, KY 40351

606-783-1484

 

$72.95 plus tax per night.

 

There will be a bus running on a schedule between the hotels and the Space
Science Center.  There will also be parking available at the Space Science
Center.

 

If you wish to be part of the program the Southeastern VHF Society is
calling for the submission of papers and presentations for the upcoming 14th
Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference to be held at Morehead State
University in Morehead, KY on April 23rd and 24th, 2010. 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 February 5,
2010.  All submissions for the proceedings should be in Microsoft Word
(.doc). Submissions for presentation at the conference should be in
PowerPoint (.ppt) format, and delivered on either a USB memory stick or
CDROM or posted for download on a web site of your choice.

 

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 program
chair, Robin Midgett K4IDC via K4IDC at comcast dot net.