[NLRS] MUD 2009 Update -- Hotel Reservations & Speakers

[Stephen Hicks, N5AC]

As most of you know, Microwave Update 2009 will be hosted by the North Texas
Microwave Society (NTMS) in Dallas in just six short weeks (October 22-25).
 The conference is shaping up nicely---in fact, we are working hard to
figure out how to fit all of the excellent speakers in the schedule.  At
present we have nineteen confirmed speakers on a wide range of topics (see
below).  Before the conference, on Thursday, we will have the famous Dallas
Surplus Tour with stops at Fry's Electronics, CDC Products, Texas Towers,
Tanners Electronics, Harbor Freight, Altex Electronics, The Observatory, BG
Micro, and others.  The surplus market in Dallas is like no other in the US.
 In the two commercial areas we will have Downeast Microwave, Hangar 18
Surplus, TESCO, FlexRadio Systems as well as other local microwave vendors.


We are working with the hotel to ensure that there is room for everyone at
the $89 rate, but it helps us significantly to have your reservations sooner
rather than later.  The official cutoff is September 21st, but there are
other activities in the hotel and getting your reservation in early ensures
that you have a room.  To make a reservation, just follow this link:

http://bit.ly/rnsep

or you can visit the Microwave Update website at
http://www.microwaveupdate.org and follow the links from there.

We are also working to get the registration website online to register for
the conference, itself, and will send out a note about this shortly, but for
now the key is to have your travel and lodging tied down.

We look forward to seeing you in Dallas in a few weeks!

73,
Steve, N5AC

Confirmed Speakers, MUD 2009
G4DDK - A flexible L band source
G4HJW - Further notes on narrow band operation of Ku band satellite LNBs in
the 3 cm amateur band
N5PYK - Atmospheric profiles and microwave propagation
W1GHZ - Parabloic dish focus, tilt & zoom
                 An even more fool-resistant sequencer for transverters
K5SDR - Software Define Radio Architectures
G4BAO - The bodger’s guide to LDMOS power amplifiers
WA1ZMS - Phase noise – How much is too much?
WA1MBA - 78 GHz LNA status report
N6NB - 10 band Tool Box stations for roving
W2PED - A compact starter rig for 24 GHz
KK7B - Improving the stability of your microwave transverters
WD5AGO - 13 cm EME Notes
WA5TKU DL6WU - 1296 MHz Yagi Construction
WD5IYT/N5AC - Rover mount for 10/24 GHz antenna
WA2AAU - Update of AML amplifier mods for 2304 MHz
W0EOM - Care and feeding a Hughes TWTa
WW2R - Using an SDR as a microwave IF
K6HIJ - The effects of mismatch on Noise Measurements
K4QF - Generating a stable, accurate local oscillator signal for the
microwave bands


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