[COham] Fwd: [Rmvhf] CSVHFS 2015 Conference Update

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Subject: 	[Rmvhf] CSVHFS 2015 Conference Update
Date: 	Tue, 9 Jun 2015 09:59:04 -0600
From: 	Wayne Heinen <n0poh at wayneheinen.com>
To: 	rmvhf at rmvhf.org



Just a reminder, the Central States VHF Society Annual Conference for 
2015 is being held in the Denver Colorado Metro area between *Thursday 
July 23^rd and Sunday July 26^th *. Our local sponsor this year is Rocky 
Mountain Ham Radio. Our convention site is the Denver Marriott 
Westminster; the venue is available for booking at our special 
conference rate of $109 per night. Please plan on booking your vacation 
around the conference as the special room rate is available from Monday 
July 20^th through Wednesday July 29^th . */_The deadline for booking 
the hotel at our special rate is June 24, 2015, so be sure to make your 
hotel reservations now!_/*

*/_Early Bird Registration fee is $45.00. (Will go up to $65 on June 22) _/*

*_Thursday Night Tailgate Party_* featuring hog roast, pulled pork 
sandwich with barbecue sauce, corn on the cob and homemade pickles.

*_Friday Lunch Taco Buffet Tortillas_*, ground beef, Spanish rice and 
beans, lettuce and tomatoes, sour cream, tortilla chips and salsa.

*_Saturday Lunch Pasta Buffet_* with penne pasta, Caesar salad and Tiramisu

*_Saturday Banquet_* all meals come with mixed green salad, New York 
cheesecake with raspberry sauce or flourless torte with espresso cream.

*_Sunday Newcomers event VHF102_* "The next step for the beginner." A 
chance to learn about the world of VHF Weak Signal and Contesting from 
the best VHFers in the world. A great learning opportunity! Includes 
lunch buffet. As a full convention registrant, the only cost is the cost 
of your lunch!

The conference will feature the traditional activities, Banquet, 
Luncheons and hospitality suites, technical programs, noise figure 
measurement, antenna range, Rover vehicle show and tell.

*The Complete Conference schedule is posted at 
http://2015.csvhfs.org/conference-schedule/*

Our Saturday evening banquet speaker is Rick Roderick K5UR 
<http://2015.csvhfs.org/banquet-speaker/> First Vice President of ARRL 
and an avid VHFer. */_If you plan on attending the banquet or any other 
meals you will need to_/*/_*Register in Advance!*_//*_There will be no 
banquet or other meals seating available if you register at the 
conference._*/We have a wide variety of activities available along the 
Front Range of Colorado and will be offering a choice of side trips 
designed to entertain the entire family.  Operating opportunities under 
consideration include operating from the Rocky Mountain Ham Radio remote 
base station in Pueblo, microwave operating from local mountain tops and 
the chance to score a microwave VUCC in a weekend! Just bring your own 
equipment! We will have introductory programs geared to newcomers to 
weak signal operation on the VHF+ bands that will be promoted locally 
and designed to encourage younger hams to get involved in DX’ing and 
contesting.

Conference registration, as well as a link to the conference venue for 
bookings, is now available at http://2015.csvhfs.org/ Please visit the 
site if you need any other additional information

73 Doug K2AD President, Jeff K0RM Vice President and Facility Chairman, 
John W0VG Vice President and Program Chairman & Wayne N0POH Treasurer