[TCARC-NTX] Fw: MICROWAVE UPDATE 2004

Sat, 17 Apr 2004 06:23:02 -0500

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From: "ARRL Web site" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:44 PM
Subject: MICROWAVE UPDATE 2004


> Greetings ARRL Members of North Texas,
>
> The following is being sent to you on behalf of the North Texas
> Microwave Society. There are some exciting things happening in the
> microwave world and I plan to attend this event. If you know any
> "microwavers" that might be interested, please pass the word. I hope
to
> see you there!
>
> 73,
> Roy Rabey - AD5KZ
> ARRL NTX SM
>
>
> MICROWAVE UPDATE 2004
> By Al Ward W5LUA, Bob Gormley WA5YWC, Kent Britain WA5VJB
>
> The North Texas Microwave Society is the proud sponsor of Microwave
> Update 2004 being held in Dallas, Texas on October 15 and 16, 2004.
The
> conference will be held at the beautiful Harvey Hotel DFW Airport,
just
> minutes from the north end of DFW Airport.
>
> Microwave Update is the premier technical conference for the amateur
> radio operator interested in pursuing activities on the frequencies
> above 900 MHz. This years event will host technical presentations on
> both Friday and Saturday from your friends and peers pursuing projects
> in the microwave bands. This will be an ideal event for you to meet
with
> and talk to your fellow microwave hams from around the world. If you
are
> interested in presenting a paper at the conference, please let one of
us
> know. As usual, the ARRL will be publishing the conference
proceedings.
>
>
> A tune-up clinic consisting of noise figure and network analysis
> equipment to 50 GHz will be conducted through out the event. The usual
> surplus tour hosted by the ultimate junk hound, Kent Britain, WA5VJB,
> will be conducted on Thursday. A Friday night flea market for the
> microwaver will provide the opportunity to both buy and sell. The
> conference will end with a fabulous Saturday night banquet to wrap up
> the event. The prize table will offer both ham and non-ham prizes.
>
> For the ladies, a fun weekend of exploring Dallas/Ft. Worth antique
> shops, restaurants, old villages and much more. We are also looking at
> the possibility of craft demonstrations and classes plus a possible
wine
> tasting tour for the women only!
>
> For those that would like to spend some extra time in the DFW area,
> there are plenty of attractions to take in, including the Ft. Worth
> Stock Yards, Billy Bob's, Dallas West End, Dallas Arboretum, Kennedy
> museum, Gilley's in downtown Dallas, Six Flags over Texas, the
Meyerson
> Center and numerous great golf courses in the DFW area.
>
> The Harvey Hotel is within minutes of the DFW airport and provides
> exceptional conference facilities. The hotel offers free shuttle
service
> to and from the DFW airport. Due to the popularity of the hotel for
> corporate functions during the week, the nightly rate for Thursday
night
> is $89.00 plus taxes and $65.00 plus taxes per night for both Friday
and
> Saturday nights. These rates are considerably reduced from the usual
> corporate rates, so we are real fortunate to be able to take advantage
> of the Harvey Hotel facilities for Microwave Update.
>
> The Harvey Hotel will provide on-line registration. Go to
> www.dfwairport.harveyhotels.com/ and click the Reservations box (the
> Boeing 747 picture). Once on the Reservations page, enter the dates
you
> will be staying and 10606 in the Group/Event ID box. Scroll to the
> bottom of the page and click the Begin Search button. On the next
> information page, click the View Rates button. Then click Detail to
see
> the rates for the following nights. These are the Microwave Update
> discounted room rates. Failure to mention Microwave Update will make
it
> difficult for us to get the discounts on the meeting rooms which are
> based on the number of room nights that we book for our attendees. If
> you have not already picked the room type then click the Select button
> next to the desired room type. On the next page, Click-check the box
> "Accept Guarantee/Deposit & Cancellation Policy" and click Enter Guest
> Info button. Fill in your personal information and click the Complete
> Reservation button. It's that easy! For those wishing to call the
Harvey
> Hotel reservations direct, the telephone number is 972-929-4500.
Please
> mention Microwave Update.
>
> As with most Microwave Updates, a test equipment table will be
available
> to help tune up your equipment. Noise figure measurement capability
will
> cover VHF through 47 GHz. This will be great for measuring those new
> microwave LNA's and converters. Network analysis capability will cover
> frequencies to 50 GHz. Tuning up filters and finding out the bandwidth
> of that unknown amplifier will be easy with the network analyzer.
> Spectrum analysis will cover frequencies to 26.5 GHz allowing one to
> take a look at the spectral output of a local oscillator. The spectrum
> analyzer also has a special phase noise module to measure and record
the
> phase noise of your favorite LO(s). Power supplies will be available
for
> your equipment. However, bring your special tools for opening and
tuning
> your projects. Antenna gain measuring will be available at frequencies
> from 902 MHz through 47 GHz. There is a possibility that we will be
able
> to push our equipment limits to 74 GHz, however, if there is anyone
that
> would like to bring signal sources, noise sources, etc for 74 GHz
please
> let us know.
>
> Kent's world famous surplus and electronic store tour on Thursday will
> visit such places as TESCO, Texas Towers, AlTex, Tanner Electronics,
> several small parts stores, Fry's Electronics just to name a few.
>
> Also, check out the NTMS website www.ntms.org for further information
> about MUD 2004.
>
> This conference will be the microwave event for 2004. Don't miss it!
> Come join the fun and camaraderie in Big-D.
>
> If you are interested in presenting at this event, please review the
> Call For Papers document document available at
> http://www.ntxinfo.org/files/MicrowaveUpdateCallForPapers.doc.
>
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> ARRL North Texas Section
> Section Manager: Roy C. Rabey, AD5KZ
> [email protected]
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