[BCVHFA] FORUM SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR DAYTON HAMVENTION

[Carl Morgan]

Excerpt from the ARRL Letter, Vol 27, No 15 (Friday, April 19, 2008)



FORUM SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR DAYTON HAMVENTION

One of the many highlights at Dayton Hamvention is the myriad of 
educational and fun forums that take place the entire weekend at Hara 
Arena. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association has coordinated 46 unique 
programs that encompass nearly 80 hours of programs and activities 
for the thousands of people expected to attend these programs. 
Hamvention, the largest event of its kind, will be May 16-18 at Hara 
Arena in Dayton
Ohio. Please keep in mind that the schedule may change before Hamvention.

Friday, May 16
9:15-10:45 AM - TAPR Digital Forum (Room 1)
9:15-10:15 AM - ARRL Public Relations -- Making It Work for You 
Locally (Room 2)
9:15-10:15 AM - Lightning Protection for the Shack (Room 3)
9:15-10:15 AM - National Frequency Coordinators Council (Room 5)
10:30-11:30 AM - ARRL Member Forum (Room 2)
10:30-11:30 AM - Teachers Workshop (Room 3)
10:30-11:30 AM - SATERN -- Salvation Army Team Emergency Network (Room 5)
11 AM-1 PM - D-STAR Forum (Room 1)
11:45 AM-1 PM - Kit Building (Room 2)
11:45 AM-12:45 PM - The Evolution of the National Traffic System (Room 3)
11:45 AM-12:45 PM - SHARES Forum (Room 5)
1:15-2:15 PM - Balloon Forum (Room 1)
1:15-2:15 PM - APRS - Automatic Position Reporting System (Room 2)
1-2:30 PM - Ham Radio and the Law (Room 3)
1-2 PM - QRP Forum (Room 5)
2:15-3:15 - Young Ladies Radio League (Room 5)
2:30-3:45 PM - Drake Forum (Room 2)
2:45-3:45 - Gordon West -- Digital Signal Processing Speakers (Room 3)
3:30-5 PM - Test Equipment for Hams (Room 5)
4-5 PM - Amplitude Modulation Forum (Room 2)
4-5 PM - 10-10 International Forum (Room 3)

Saturday, May 17
9-10 AM - How Ham Radio Meets Boy Scouts, or Adventures with 
Elmer  Baden-Powell (Room 2)
9-10 AM - MARS Tri-Service Forum (Room 3)
9-11:30 AM - Software Defined Radio Forum (Room 1)
9-11:30 AM - AMSAT Forum (Room 5)
10:15-11:15 - Don't Tell Me It Can't Be Done! (Room 2)
10:15-11:15 AM - ARES Forum (Room 3)
11:30 AM-12:15 PM - ARRL Radiosport Forum (Room 2)
11:30 AM-1:45 PM - 2008 Ham Radio Town Meeting (Room 3)
11:45 AM-1:45 PM - ATV (Fast Scan Amateur Television) Forum (Room 5)
11:45 AM-2:15 PM - Contesting Forum (Room 1)
12:30-1:30 PM - RTTY Forum (Room 2)
1:45-2:45 PM - MIDCARS (Room 2)
2-3 PM - ARRL Technology Task Force (Room 5)
2-3:15 - FCC Forum with Riley Hollingsworth (Room 3)
2:30-5 PM - DX Forum (Room 1)
3-5 PM - UHF/VHF/Microwave Forum (Room 2)
3:15-5 PM - Youth in Amateur Radio Forum (Room 5)
3:30-5 PM - SSTV Forum (Room 3)

Sunday, May 18
9:15-10:15 AM - ARRL and the Mars Desert Research Station (Room 1)
9:15-10:15 AM - Collins Radio Forum (Room 2)
9:15-10:15 - The Role of Ham Radio in Red Cross Chapter 
Communications (Room 3)
9:30-11:15 AM - Bicycle Mobile Forum (Room 5)
10:30-11:30 - ARRL Digital Forum (Room 1)
10:30-11:30 AM - Techniques of the Best Operators (Room 2)
10:30-11:30 AM - Ohio MARS Forum (Room 3)

For more information on forums at the 2008 Dayton Hamvention, please 
visit the Dayton Hamvention Web site
<http://www.hamvention.org/hv2008/forums/index.html>.