Central States VHF Society2018 ConferenceDoubleTree Hotel Wichita AirportWichita, KansasJuly 26 through 29, 2018 |
Conference At a Glance
Date: July 26-29, 2018
Activities- Thursday evening Family Activity
- Luncheon, Dinner Banquets, evening Hospitality Suites
- Technical and non-technical VHF+ presentations
- Technical VHF+ posterboard presentations
- Rover row and Dish bowl
- VHF-101 presentation series for aspiring and beginning VHF+ ops
- Noise Figure measurement
- VHF+ equipment swapfest
- Antenna range/shootout
- Family oriented activities
- Prizes
- CSVHFS Board Meeting
- CSVHFS Business Meeting
- VHF+ related Vendors
Conference Venue
DoubleTree (by Hilton) Hotel Wichita Airport Located just yards away from the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), just off Interstate 23525,000 square feet of meeting space
Tid-Bits
- Grid square: EM17
- Population, Wichita: 390,000
- Population, Wichita Metro Area: 644,000
- Altitude: 1,300 feet
- Average days of sunshine each year: 221
- Average July climate: 93 degrees (high), 72 degrees (low)
- Wichita Airport (ICT) serviced daily by most major US air carriers
Attractions in and around Wichita:
- Botanica, The Wichita Gardens
- Sedgwick County Zoo
- Exploration Place
- Old Cowtown Museum
- Museum of World Treasures
- Wichita Art Museum
- Henry J. Allen House (Frank Lloyd Wright "Prairie Style" house)
- Kansas Aviation Museum
- Great Plains Transportation Museum
- Cosmosphere (1 hour drive NW to Hutchinson, KS)
- Strataca: Kansas Underground Salt Museum (1 hour drive NW to Hutchinson, KS)
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