[2m] SVHFS Conference April 26,27 2002 - less than 4 weeks to go!!

[Greg KB4NVD/R]

Greetings,

The Sixth Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference is coming
up in less than four weeks. The Conference will be held Friday and
Saturday April 26 & 27 2002 in Oak Ridge TN.

Now is the time to make your reservations at the hotel. The cut-off
date for hotel registrations is tomorrow, Thursday April 4. The hotel
has offered us some great rates on the rooms and is really a nice
place for your family to visit as well. There is an indoor/outdoor pool
and we have a good family program to keep the non-hams in your
family busy and happy during the conference.

Please contact the Garden Plaza Hotel at 1-800-342-7336 or
1-865-481-2468 to make your resevations. Be sure to mention the
SVHFS Conference to get the group rate. You can also visit their
website at http://home.sprynet.com/~rascoll/hotel1.htm

We also have a pre-registration prize for those that register before
April 6th. It is an MFJ 269 Analyzer. Please get your registration
in the mail pronto if you want to eligibile for the prize.

The program schedule has now been posted to the official website
along with lots of other useful information. Registration forms,
hotel and travel information etc. be found at http://www.svhfs.org/

Highlights for the Conference include:
+excellent presentations on a wide variety of VHF oriented subjects
   (check out website for the program listing http://www.svhfs.org/)
+family programs Friday and Saturday
+antenna gain measurements
+pre-amp gain and noise figure measurements
+Friday evening flea market with vendor displays
+Friday evening Ten Tec Tour
+Saturday afternoon auction
+Saturday evening banquet with guest speaker Joe Dooley, P.E.
    of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He will speak on "Weapons of
    Mass Destruction in Perspective."
+Drawings for the notoriously enviable door prizes will follow the
    banquet.


On behalf of the Southeastern VHF Society I cordially invite you to
join us for a weekend of fun, fellowship and VHF'ing in the Smoky
Mountains of Tennessee.

73 and I'll see you there !!

Greg Robinson KB4NVD
Rover@wireco.net
SVHFS Conference Publicity Chairperson