[Wswss] CSVHFS 2015 Conference Update

[Wayne Heinen]

Just a reminder, the Central States VHF Society Annual Conference for 2015
is being held in the Denver Colorado Metro area between Thursday July 23rd
and Sunday July 26th. Our local sponsor this year is Rocky Mountain Ham
Radio. Our convention site is the Denver Marriott Westminster; the venue is
available for booking at our special conference rate of $109 per night.
Please plan on booking your vacation around the conference as the special
room rate is available from Monday July 20th through Wednesday July 29th.
The deadline for booking the hotel at our special rate is June 24, 2015, so
be sure to make your hotel reservations now!

Early Bird Registration fee is $45.00. (Will go up to $65 on June 22)


Thursday Night Tailgate Party featuring hog roast, pulled pork sandwich with
barbecue sauce, corn on the cob and homemade pickles.

Friday Lunch Taco Buffet Tortillas, ground beef, Spanish rice and beans,
lettuce and tomatoes, sour cream, tortilla chips and salsa.

Saturday Lunch Pasta Buffet with penne pasta, Caesar salad and Tiramisu

Saturday Banquet all meals come with mixed green salad, New York cheesecake
with raspberry sauce or flourless torte with espresso cream.

Sunday Newcomers event VHF102 "The next step for the beginner." A chance to
learn about the world of VHF Weak Signal and Contesting from the best VHFers
in the world. A great learning opportunity! Includes lunch buffet. As a full
convention registrant, the only cost is the cost of your lunch!

 

The conference will feature the traditional activities, Banquet, Luncheons
and hospitality suites, technical programs, noise figure measurement,
antenna range, Rover vehicle show and tell. 

The Complete Conference schedule is posted at
http://2015.csvhfs.org/conference-schedule/

Our Saturday evening banquet speaker is Rick Roderick K5UR
<http://2015.csvhfs.org/banquet-speaker/>  First Vice President of ARRL and
an avid VHFer. If you plan on attending the banquet or any other meals you
will need to Register in Advance!  There will be no banquet or other meals
seating available if you register at the conference. We have a wide variety
of activities available along the Front Range of Colorado and will be
offering a choice of side trips designed to entertain the entire family.
Operating opportunities under consideration include operating from the Rocky
Mountain Ham Radio remote base station in Pueblo, microwave operating from
local mountain tops and the chance to score a microwave VUCC in a weekend!
Just bring your own equipment! We will have introductory programs geared to
newcomers to weak signal operation on the VHF+ bands that will be promoted
locally and designed to encourage younger hams to get involved in DX'ing and
contesting.

Conference registration, as well as a link to the conference venue for
bookings, is now available at http://2015.csvhfs.org/ Please visit the site
if you need any other additional information

73 Doug K2AD President, Jeff K0RM Vice President and Facility Chairman, John
W0VG Vice President and Program Chairman & Wayne N0POH Treasurer