Hello NLRS land

Aurora'26 will be held on Saturday, May 30, running from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (CDT). The conference location is the West Medicine Lake Community Club, 1705 Forestview Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441. Conference Fee is $5 for individuals; $7 for a family and free to first-time attendees.

Full information about the conference and how to register can be found on our clubs website at

https://nlrs.club/#Aurora%20Conference

The afternoon technical program is starting to take shape:

Building the 5760 W1GHZ Transverter - N0AKC
Optical Communications Update - K0XL/K0THZ
NLRS Business Meeting with Elections
An EME Presentation (subject still in discussion) - N0AKC
Microwave DXing Via Rain Scatter - W9FZ
AI-assisted 222 MHz Yagi-Uda Design - K8OS
(As time allows) The W0ZQ/B 222 beacon based on the RFZero board - W0ZQ

Some conference highlights include:

With support from super volunteers KA9VVQ and W9FZ, we will once again feature pizza for lunch for just $10. You must preregister for this. See the NLRS website referenced above.
During the morning hours, during the car-trunk to car-trunk swap, we should have two 5.7 and 10GHz stations operational. Come make your first microwave contact !
Its an election year, all three club officers are up for election. If you would like to step forward to volunteer for a club office and wish to talk about it, drop me a direct email, W0ZQ@aol,com
Nominations for the Wesslund Award remain open. See information about the Wesslund Award on our clubs website referenced above.
At our business meeting at Aurora we will be voting on a change to our bylaws as previously posted.

Any questions, drop me a note direct at [email protected] .

73, Jon

W0ZQ