[Wswss] 2018 Eastern VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference -- April 20-21-22-- Manchester, CT

[M.Casey]

March 16 is the deadline for Discounted Hotel Room Rate!!!

Over 50 of your friends have already registered

44th ANNUAL EASTERN VHF/UHF/MW CONFERENCE
Fri./Sat./Sun. April 20-21-22, 2018
BAYMONT INN & SUITES,
20 Taylor St., Manchester, CT 06042
(just a few miles northeast of Hartford, CT off I-84, at Exit 63)

Registration ONLY $20! deadline April 15. (Reg. at door $25)
Includes: Friday nite Super Hospitality Room,
Saturday Pizza+Sub Lunch & Proceedings CD

Sat. Eve. Banquet Buffet $30. deadline April 15

Extra Proceedings CD's -- $5ea. at the Registration Desk

**Registration at www.newsvhf.com is on-line NOW**

discounted Room Rate--even lower than last year!
available Tues 4-17 thru Mon 4-23
$74 for 1 King, 1 Queen or 2 double beds (+tax)
**********Must reserve by March 16****************
**Rooms still available at the disount rate--ends tomorrow!!***
**Call the Baymont  860-643-5645--phone in only for Discount**
**Ask for the "VHF Conference" rate***

Want to give a Presentation and/or have something for the Proceedings?
Have some Pictures of Interesting Projects?
Please email Paul Wade: W1GHZ at arrl.net

FRIDAY----7am--FREE Continental BREAKFAST for
those staying at the Baymont Hotel
Noon – Lunch-- on your own
Friday afternoon session - TBA
6pm to 10pm-- SUPER HOSPITALITY ROOM
& INDOOR SWAP & VENDORS

SATURDAY----7am--FREE Continental BREAKFAST for
those staying at the Baymont Hotel
8am to 5pm -- Presentations 8am to 5pm -- Indoor Vendors
Noon -- PIZZA+SUB+beverage LUNCH INCLUDED with reg.!
6pm -- Pre-Banquet Hospitality
7pm -- BANQUET BUFFET, Tom Kirby Award Presentation,
Banquet Speaker, Trivia Quiz, Door Prizes

SUNDAY--7am--FREE Continental BREAKFAST for
those staying at the Baymont Hotel
8-11am -- SWAP/TAILGATE in Parking Lot

Sponsored by: North East Weak Signal Group (NEWS)

QUESTIONS?  Please Contact:
Paul, W1GHZ, (presentations, proceedings)
w1ghz at arrl.net
or
Mark K1MAP, (hospitality, hotel, swaps/vendors)
map92map at gmail.com
(cell) 413-777-9828

Bradley International Airport (Hartford, CT), is close by the
site (1/2 hr). The New York, Boston, Providence, Albany,
Manchester NH airports are a 2-3 hour drive.
Amtrak-Hartford station - about 15 minutes to the hotel.

SPEAKERS
=========
W2RMA -- Rover Master Control Box
W9JJ  -- Update: 1st Annual 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest
N1JEZ & VE2UG -- Experiments on 122 and 241 GHz
VE2UG  --  Finding Sites with HeyWhatsThat
W1GHZ  -- New Cheap & Simple Transverters
WA2AAU  -- Noise on our Shared Microwave Bands
WA1TE  -- K1SIG/R Rover
N6NB  -- Obstacle Gain: Reinventing the Wheel in 2018
W3SZ  -- Station Automation Symposium

FRIDAY SYMPOSIUM, April 20, 1:30 to 5:30 PM
=========================================
Roger Rehr, W3SZ, will lead a symposium on Station Automation.
In the final part of the symposium, participants will have the
opportunity to do some simple programming of an Arduino board
and take it home for further experimentation.

Arduino MEGA boards will be available to participants at a cost of $10,
but must be reserved by March 31 so that we can get the quantity price.
Please send email to w1ghz at arrl.net

If you already have an Arduino board, or just wish to be a
spectator, then there is no cost.

Participants are asked to bring a Windows laptop if you have one,
and to download some software in advance so that we don't overwhelm the
hotel Wifi - Roger will guide you through installation.

ALTERNATE FRIDAY PROGRAM
=========================
For those not interested in the Friday Symposium, there will be a
Self-Guided Tour of New England Aviation Museum in Windsor Locks, CT.
Please meet in the hotel lobby at 1:30pm. We will need folks who are able
to drive and transport others on the 1/2 hour trip to the museum.
email Mark K1MAP map92map at gmail.com