[VHFcontesting] Southeastern VHF Society Conference Update

[Jim Worsham]

Hello everyone.  Registration is still open for the Southeastern VHF Society
Conference to be held at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky on
April 23 - 24, 2010.  You can download the conference registration form at
<http://www.svhfs.org/2010registration.pdf>
www.svhfs.org/2010registration.pdf.  Further information on the conference,
venue, etc. can be found at  <http://www.svhfs.org/conference.html>
www.svhfs.org/conference.html.

 

The deadline for hotel room reservations has been extended to April 8th.
There are two other activities going on at the university that weekend and
we are expecting the supply of hotel rooms after April 8th to be zero.
Information on hotel rooms can be found at
<http://www.svhfs.org/lodging.html> http://www.svhfs.org/lodging.html.

 

The following is a list of speakers and presentations that have been
confirmed to date:

 

Marshall Williams K5QE        Contesting from Swamp Grid EL58

Art Towslee         WA8RMC   Digital ATV

Mike Stipick         KC4RI       SDR

Joe Trantham      WB4BPP   Cesium Beam Standards

Tom Holmes        N8ZM         Frequency Measurement

Tom Holmes        N8ZM         Transponder Project

Tom Holmes        N8ZM         Setting Up HPSDR Hardware & Software

Gerd Schrick      WB8IFM     Lightning Protection

Dave Sublete      K4TO          A Virtual Tour of K4TO

Charles Osborne K4CSO      Test Equipment for a Home Lab

Ben Lowe           K4QF         Hobby Lobby Projects for the Microwave Ham

Jeff Kruth           WA3ZKR    Novel Multiband Transverter Architecture

Jeff Kruth/MSU                     KySAT

Steve Kostro       N2CEI        Yankee Roving, Southern Style

John Jaminet      W3HMS     23cm EME

Ott Fibel             W4WSR     Multiplexed Transverter Control

 

For those of you who have confirmed that you will be submitting a paper
and/or presentation for the conference Robin, K4IDC will need it in his
hands by April 19th in order to have time to burn it onto the CD which will
be provided to the conference attendees.  Sooner is even better.

 

There will be a banquet Saturday night but there will NOT be a luncheon on
Friday.  We are still looking for a banquet speaker so if you can suggest
someone please contact Jim, W4KXY at w4kxy at bellsouth dot net.

 

On Friday we intend to run tours of the Space Science Center and the 21
meter dish antenna on an ad hoc basis, with sign up sheets at the
registration table.  We will set the times based on the other events
happening that day.  We will also have a sky show in the theater that day as
well, which we will set up the same way. Shows are an hour long, the tour of
the 21 meter dish antenna will be an hour, and the building tour is 1/2
hour.

 

Conference chairman Jeff, WA3ZKR is hosting an eyeball QSO party,
particularly for the early arrivals who may have traveled far! It will not
be elaborate, just dogs and burgers, with a cooler of assorted beers and
sodas, chips, etc.  It is planned for the afternoon of April 22, from 2-9
PM.  The address is: 

 

Jeff Kruth

317 Briarwood Lane

Morehead, KY 40351

 

Jeff lives almost right beside I-64, very close to the hotels. You can find
him on MapQuest, etc.  Jeff asks that if you are driving, bring your gear
and show off your work!  It is always nice to see what the other guy is
doing. There will be lots of lab benches for display, secure areas, plenty
of room at the conference.

 

73

Jim, W4KXY