[NLRS] Central States

Wed Jul 22 13:03:16 EDT 2009

I was kind of curious about the hospital suites...
Anyway, looking forward to visiting with the bunch and seeing
what the plans are for the 10G and up contests coming up.

73 de AA9IL
Mike

--- On Wed, 7/22/09, John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK <hamk9jk at ameritech.net> wrote:

> From: John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK <hamk9jk at ameritech.net>
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Central States
> To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 11:51 AM
> 
> 
> Hey...We're JUST trying to make it a Conference you WILL 
> remember!
> 
> The message WAS 'spell checked'! ;o)~
> 
> It DOES appear that the hosting committee's order for
> "cooler" 
> temperatures in Chicago was confirmed, overnight low of 62
> F for 
> Thursday night and staying below 80 F through the morning
> on 
> Friday (antenna range time) with a mid-day high of 84 F.
> Not AS 
> certain regarding the NON-rain order (forecast presently 
> indicates "after 4pm" so that *may* be okay, too).
> 
> 73, JK
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <N0HJZ at aol.com>
> To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:30
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Central States
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Jon -
> >
> > Does Central States really start with a Pig Roast and
> Hospital 
> > Suite?
> > Food poisoning?!
> >
> > Rich
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/22/2009 11:23:01 A.M. Central
> Daylight 
> > Time,
> > w0zq at aol.com writes:
> >
> >
> >
> > A cross posting from this years CSVHFS President:
> >
> > The  Central States VHF Society Conference -
> 2009
> > starts tomorrow at the Elk  Grove Village Holiday
> Inn,
> > Elk Grove Village,? Illinois.
> >
> > The  gathering begins with a Pig Roast and
> Hospital
> > Suites on Thursday night.  Friday morning will
> begin
> > the two full days of technical activities 
> including
> > the measurements contests on Antenna Range and
> > with the  Amplifier Gain and Noise figures. This
> > is? followed by the? Friday Luncheon  where
> > Speaker Marshal Williams, K5QE, will present on the
> > "K5N - The  6-meter Grid Expedition to EL55 "
> >
> > Technical Presentations begin  shortly after the
> > noon hour on Friday. Presenters for this year's
> > Conference and their topics include;
> >
> > Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV,??  6-meter K7BV
> Caribe 2009 - 
> > 5J0BV
> > Arliss Thompson, W7XU,???????? 6-meter  TZ6EI
> Mali DXpedition
> > Bill Davis, K0AWU,?????????? SoftRock Software 
> Defined Radios 
> > (SDRs)
> > Chuck Clark,? AF8Z,????? Low Noise VCO Tips
> > Melvin  B. Graves,? WR0I,?? Low Cost High
> Performance RF Power 
> > Meter
> > Steve Kostro,  N2CEI,????? A Multi-purpose
> Microwave Signal 
> > Source
> > Chuck Clark,  AF8Z????????? Power FET Supply
> > Greg Jurrens, WD0ACD,??? Flex-VU - FlexRadio 
> 5000VHF/UHF 
> > Transverter
> > Kevin Kaufhold,W9GKA,??? Cyclical Trends in VHF 
> Contesting
> > Todd Sprinkmann, KC9BQA,? Increasing Activity Levels
> on the 
> > VHF/UHF Bands
> > John Kalenowsky, K9JK,??? History of the VHF/UHF
> Spring 
> > Sprints
> > VUAC??????? A VUAC Panel Discussion - VHF/UHF
> Contesting
> > Al  Ward, W5LUA,?????????? Getting Started on 13
> cm EME
> > Russell Dwarshuis,  KB8U?? An Automated Digital
> TV Propagation 
> > Logger
> > Gould Smith,W??  A4SXM,??? AMSAT's SuitSat-2
> >
> > ? The Technical Portion of the Conference  winds
> down with a
> > special Presentation for the entire Family;
> >
> > Rod  Blocksome, K0DAS????? The Search for Amelia
> Earhart
> >
> > ??? The Saturday  Evening Banquet concludes the
> offical 
> > Conference
> > activities. ARRL President  and Central States
> Society member
> > Mr Joel Harrison, W5ZN, is the Keynote  speaker
> for this 
> > event.
> >
> > ??? The Central States VHF Conference is an 
> excellent
> > opportunity for Hams not yet involved in VHF/UHF
> > Weak Signal  activity to explore the
> possibilities that
> > this exciting portion of the  Amateur Radio hobby
> offers.?
> > Saturday there is an introductory Weak-Signal 
> all
> > day presentation called VHF-101 where the techniques
> > of operating  and building an VHF/UHF station
> will be
> > explained, along with an antenna  workshop where
> > participants will construct working UHF yagi 
> antennas.
> > This all-day presentation and afternoon workshop are
> > available for $10 admission.
> >
> > ??? Conference registration is  available at the
> Door for
> > $50 plus $5 and some last-minute seating is 
> available
> > for the Thursday Evening Pig Roast, Friday Luncheon
> > and the  Saturday Awards Banquet.
> >
> > ?? Please visit the Society website for more 
> information;
> > http://www.csvhfs.org/conference/index.html
> >
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