[NLRS] CSVHFS, Microwave Update 2008, and Papers & Presentations

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Hello NLRS land.  

This years Central States VHF Society  conference is in Wichita, KS, July 24 
through July 27.  Wichita is a one  day car drive from Mpls.  If you have 
never attended a CSVHFS conference  before, this is the one.  Their website is 
http://www.csvhfs.org/ and click  on "The 2008 Conference".   If you have any 
questions,  ask.   Many NLRS members attend and I expect that will be true again  
for Wichita.

As announced at Aurora'08, the Microwave Update 2008  Conference will be held 
here in Bloomington, MN, October 17 and 18.  The  hotel site is the Holiday 
Inn Bloomington off of 94th Street &  35W.   You can find more information 
about this 900 MHz & Up  conference at http://www.microwaveupdate.org/  .   If you 
have  any questions, ask.

Both conferences can always use both presenters and  papers.   For both 
conferences, you can write a paper for the  Proceedings, you can present, or both.  
This is a extraordinary opportunity  to try your hand at authoring and/or 
presenting.   For the CSVHFS  conference, the proceedings chairman information 
can be found on their website  under "Call for Papers".  
 
For Microwave Update, VE4MA is our technical program chair and I am the  
Proceedings (papers) chair.  If you have any interest at all on writing or  
presenting on a subject dealing with 900 MHz and up, please do not hesitate to  
contact Barry or myself.   Our role is to assist you in creating your  
presentations, so if you have not had any experience with this before, fear not  !!!   

In summary, please give attending either or both of  these conference a 
thought.  Central States is well suited for those with a  broad interest in VHF & 
Up and typically draws about 200 VHFers.   Microwave Update is focused on 900 
MHz & Up and typically appeals to a  smaller group of about 90 to 100 
microwavers.   Also, please consider  writing a paper, or presenting, or both .... the 
Microwave Update website "Call  for Papers" has some suggested topics.   If 
your interested, make sure  to drop Barry or myself a note ... we can help you 
frame up a potential  topic as well as assist with writing & formating.   The 
deadline  for papers for Microwave Update is August 31 to get any papers in to 
me .... for  Central States its June 2.   

Both of these conferences  are really fun events with open minded individuals 
who are very interested  in sharing VHF & Up experiences.  Please give this 
some  consideration.

73, Jon
W0ZQ



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