[Wswss] CSVHFS 2015 Conference Call for Papers

[n0poh at wayneheinen.com]

The Central States VHF Society is calling for the submission of papers,
presentations and posters for the upcoming 49th Annual Central States VHF
Society Conference to be held in Denver, Colorado on July 23-26th, 2015.
Registration is online now at http://www.csvhfs.org.

 

Papers, presentations and posters are solicited on both the technical and
operational aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave weak signal amateur radio.
Suggestions are listed below, but are not limited to:

 

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

-Amateur Satellites

-Regulatory Topics

-Antennas including Modeling/Design, Arrays, and Control

-Test Equipment including Homebrew, Using, and making measurements

-Construction of stations equipment, such as Transmitters, Receivers, and
Transverters

-Operating including Contesting, Roving, and DXpeditions

-RF power amps including Single and Multi-band Vacuum Tube and solid-state

-Pre-amplifiers (low noise)

-Digital Modes WSJT, JT65, etc.

-Regulatory topics

-EME

-Software-defined Radio (SDR)

-Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

 

Non-weak signal topics, such as FM, Repeaters, packet radio, etc., are
generally not considered acceptable. However, there are always exceptions.
Please contact our Proceedings Chair below if you have any questions about
the suitability of a topic.

 

Strong editorial preference will be given to those papers that are written
and formatted specifically for publication, rather than as visual
presentation aids.

 

For more specific information, please see the "Guidance Documents" section
on the Conference website at http://www.csvhfs.org.

 

Our conference Proceedings and Speakers chair is John Maxwell, W0VG and he
can be contacted at w0vg at arrl.net or from the convention website!