[NLRS] SVHFS 2020 Conference Announcement & Call For Papers/Presentations

[K4IDC@comcast.net]

The 2020 Southeastern VHF Society Conference will be held in Gainesville,
Georgia on April 24-25, 2020. Gainesville, GA is approximately 60 miles
north of Atlanta in EM84ch. It is about 1.5 miles from I-985.

The Ramada Inn, of Gainesville, Georgia is the conference hotel for the
2020 SVHFS Conference. The hotel is now taking reservations directly. To
book your room, please see the conference page
<http://svhfs.org/wp/2020-gainesville-ga/> or follow this information:

The conference rate is $80 per night. To secure this rate, call the hotel
directly at 770-531-0907. Do not call Ramada central reservations or book
through the Ramada Website.



Ramada Inn

400 E.E. Butler Parkway

Gainesville, GA 30501

770-531-0907

N34.297420 / W083.8222475 – Google Maps link
<https://www.google.com/maps/@34.2978418,-83.8224791,19z?hl=en>



Call for papers:

Papers and presentations are solicited on both the technical and
operational aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave weak signal amateur radio.
The deadline for the submission of papers and presentations for this year’s
conference is March 7, 2020. Please indicate when you submit your paper or
presentation if you plan to attend the conference and present your paper in
person or if you are submitting solely for publication.  Papers and
presentations are being handled by Charles Osborne, K4CSO, and they should
be sent to Charles via K4CSO at twc.com. Charles can be contacted at the same
email address if you have any questions.



Please see http://svhfs.org/wp/conference/call-for-papers/ for complete
details concerning papers and presentations.

Some suggested areas of interest are:

Transmitters

Receivers

Transverters

RF Power Amplifiers

RF Low Noise Pre Amplifiers

Antennas

Construction Projects

Test Equipment And Station Accessories

Station Design And Construction

Contesting

Roving

DXpeditions

EME

Propagation (Sporadic E, Meteor Scatter, Troposphere Ducting, etc.)

Digital Modes (WSJT, etc.)

Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Software Defined Radio (SDR)

Amateur Satellites

Amateur Television

Unexpected project challenges, things that didn't go right at first; this
information helps others avoid the issues.

Thanks,
Robin Midgett K4IDC