For those in the Dayton area who are planning to go... Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -----Original Message----- From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Worsham Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:22 AM To: fourlanders@contesting.com; vhfcontesting@contesting.com; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu; wsvhf@mailman.qth.net; 'Email reflector for the membership of the Southeastern VHF Society, Inc.'; microwave@lists.valinet.com Cc: 'Robin Midgett K4IDC'; kmec@aol.com; 'Bob Lear' Subject: [VHFcontesting] Southeastern VHF Society Conference Update I just wanted to give everyone an update on the upcoming Southeastern VHF Society Conference April 23rd and 24th at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. The deadline for notifying Robin, K4IDC (k4idc at comcast dot net) that you will be submitting a paper/presentation is March 5th. If you need help with preparing your presentation Robin has a lot of experience with PowerPoint. Just let him know that you need help. See the call for paper below for further information. I also want to remind everyone who is planning to attend the conference to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible. There are two other events happening on the campus that weekend so hotel rooms will be in short supply. Information on hotel rooms can be found at http://www.svhfs.org/lodging.html. Registration for the conference will be starting soon. I will send another email out announcing the start of conference registration but until then check www.svhfs.org <http://www.svhfs.org/> often for further information and updates. 73 Jim, W4KXY Call for Papers 14th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference April 23rd and 24th, 2010 Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky 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 Univeristy 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 notifying the program chairman Robin Midgett, K4IDC (k4idc at comcast dot net) of your intent to submit a paper and/or presentation is March 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 on a CD which will be distributed to all who attend the conference. Send all questions, comments and submissions to the program chair, Robin Midgett, K4IDC via k4idc at comcast dot net. For further information about the conference please go to www.svhfs.org <http://www.svhfs.org/> . _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting