[NLRS] REMINDER *** Aurora'25 Conference June 7, 2025 ***

[Janice Hoettels]

Hello NLRS Land!

Just a friendly reminder that the Aurora'25 Conference is just around 
the corner and registration is now open!

When: Saturday, June 7, 2025, 0900-1700 CDT
Where: West Medicine Lake Community Club, 1705 Forestview Lane North, 
Plymouth, MN 55441

During the morning hours, the club runs an outdoor antenna range from 
0900 to 1130 (weather permitting). The morning also allows for 
socializing, show and tell, and casual demonstrations.

For lunch, it's the return of the on-site Pizza Party Lunch! This was so 
much fun last 2 years that we’ve decided to do it again this year! Keep 
all the morning conversations going with your fellow NLRSers by joining 
us for an on-site, super tasty pizza lunch. For $10, you will get 2 
large deep dish pieces of Jet’s pizza, a large cookie for dessert, and a 
20 oz bottle of pop/soda or water. It’s optional, of course, but by 
joining in the fun, you won’t have to rush off-site to lunch at a local 
restaurant and then race back to make the first talks of the conference. 
If you want the pizza lunch, you must send payment with your 
registration form, and your registration form and payment must be 
received by June 4, 2025 in order for us to order enough food. Sorry, 
but no walk-up pizza orders the day of the conference!

After lunch, there will be a short NLRS business meeting followed by the 
technical program. We have some great talks this year! Take a look!....

  * Turning Almost Any Radio Into A Poor Man's Flex Radio via RTL-SDR
    Dongles, by Lenny Kosinski, K0SHF
  * Fun With WSPR, by Ray Ehrlich, K0RAE
  * Antenna Modeling With 4NEC2, by Rob Janke, K0XL
  * Update on Optical Communications, by Rob Janke, K0XL
  * Ham Radio Ops at the Branched Oak Observatory (in Lincoln, NE), by
    Doug Buhrman, K0DSP
  * 900 MHz Contesting With Meshtastic, by Bill Mitchell, AE0EE (also
    ARRL MN Section Manager)

*_Registration for the conference is now open!_*  To learn more about 
the conference and to register for it, go to our club's website at 
https://www.nlrs.club/ and click on the "Aurora Conference" tab on the 
left hand side.  Follow the directions there.  Note that registration is 
again by mail-in form and check only this year. /And remember...if you 
wish to participate in the Pizza Lunch that you must send payment with 
your registration form, and your registration form and payment must be 
received by /_June 4/, 2025/_/in order for us to order enough food. With 
the pokey delivery times by the USPS, it's best to register soon! /Also 
please note that we have both a reduced Family fee as well as a 
First-Time Attendee fee (free!) on the registration form.

Aurora is always a good time to see, learn and to share ideas with 
like-minded fellow VHFers.  If you know of someone who has a growing 
interest in this facet of our amazing hobby, invite them along.  Please 
share this information with others.

I hope to see you at this year's conference!

73,

Janice, KA9VVQ
NLRS secretary and treasurer
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