Schedule of Events

The 2018 Central States VHF Society Conference tentitive schedule follows.  Schedule subject to change as planning continues.

This year's Conference will also feature a number of family activities and tours!  See the Family Program page for details.

Schedule revision: July 9, 2018

Thursday July 26, 2018

Time Event Location
1600-2000 Registration Lobby
1700-1800 CSVHFS Board of Directors Meeting Board Room

1800-2200

Thursday Social Mixer

Control Room

2100-"Tired"

Hospitality Suite

TBD

 

Friday, July 27, 2018

Time Event Location

0730-1700

Registration

Lobby

0800-1000

Vendor Setup

 Salon 1

0800-1100

Noise Figure Measurement

Salon 1

0800-1030

Antenna Range

West and North side of Hotel

0800-1100

Rover Row/Dish Bowl

West side of Hotel

0830-1600 Cottonwood Falls Bus Tour Lobby

0900-2200

Vendor area open

 Salon 1

0900-2200

Posterboards on Display

 Salon 1

1130-1300

LUNCH
Microwave Adventures: Eclipse-o-Mania and Beyond  W9FZ & W0ZQ

Salon 4

1300-1315

Welcome and Opening Remarks

MultiMedia Room

1315-1345

Dual Yagi Inverted-U az-el mount for 6m
KL7UW

MultiMedia Room
1345-1445 Multi-band Transverters
N2CEI
MultiMedia Room
1445-1500 Auction benefiting CSVHFS
BREAK
MultiMedia Room
1500-1530 The Solar Cycle and F2 Propagation
KH6/K6MIO
MultiMedia Room

1530-1615

Yagi Antennas
WA5VJB

MultiMedia Room

1615-1645

Medium Power Amplifiers using Larcan Surplus TV Amplifiers
PJ4VHF/N7BHC
MultiMedia Room

1700-1830

DINNER
(on your own)

1830-2200

VHF/UHF/Microwave Swapfest Salon 1

2000-2100

Guest Speaker Joseph Schillaci

 MultiMedia Room

2100-2200 CSVHFS Board Meeting Board Room
2100-"Tired" Hospitality Suite TBD

 

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Time Event Location

0730-1200

Registration

Lobby

0815-0820 Welcome & housekeeping MultiMedia Room
0820-0900

Portable 3 cm EME with a 1 meter offset fed dish
W5LUA

MultiMedia Room
0900-1100 VHF101 - Getting Started with VHF/UHF/Microwaves
Organized by: Marshall K5QE and Kent WA5VJB
Salon 4

0900-1500

Vendor Area Open

Salon 1

0900-1500

Posterboards on Display

 Salon 1

0900-0945 Obstacle Gain: Reinventing the Wheel 2018
N6NB
MultiMedia Room
0945-1000 Auction benefitting CSVHFS MultiMedia Room
1000-1015 Break MultiMedia Room
1015-1050 End of Life: What is happening with those older Low Noise Devices?
WD5AGO
MultiMedia Room
0945-1500 Old Cowtown Museum Tour Lobby

1050-1130

Applying Effective SO2R Techniques for 6 Meter Contesting
W5ZN

MultiMedia Room

1130-1300

LUNCH
The 2017 Search for Amelia Earhart's Airplane
K0DAS

Salon 4

1300-1305

Housekeeping

MultiMedia Room

1305-1350

Extreme Es Over water paths
KH6/K6MIO
MultiMedia Room

1350-1400

Break

MultiMedia Room

1400-1430 How to simply add VHF & UHF capability to your QRP Station
KK6MC
MultiMedia Room
1430-1510 A Portable 6 Meter EME Station
K0DAS
MultiMedia Room
1510-1545 Weak Signal VHF through the Years
N6NB
MultiMedia Room

1600-1700

CSVHFS Annual Business Meeting

MultiMedia Room

1700-1745

CSVHFS Board Meeting

Board Room

1730-1830

Social Hour with Cash Bar

Preconvention Area 

1820-2200

Dinner Banquet with Guest Speaker

Presidential Ballroom

2100-"Tried"

Hospitality Suite

TBD 

 

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Time Event Location