Greetings,
The SOUTHEASTERN VHF SOCIETY will host its FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE April
20-21, 2001 at the Holiday Inn Select-Brentwood, in Nashville TN.
Who should come ?? Anyone with a interest in a myriad of topics which just
happen to be related to Amateur Radio above 50 MHz. Topics in the past have
included propagation, antenna design and gain measurements, RFI & TVI,
contesting, preamps & power amplifiers, Dxpeditions & Mountain-topping,
portable,mobile & rover operations, tower construction techniques, Digital
modes, FCC Exposure Regulations, radio astronomy, digital TV and much, much
more.
This year, in addition to weak signal vhf enthusiasts, we are trying to reach
several key target groups, including Skywarn / ARES / RACES, and the general
population in surrounding states near Nashville.
Attending these meetings will be some of the most capable amateurs in the
world, both with respect to operations and technical aspects. There is much
cultural and technical exchange offered by attending the conference.
Many of the specialty areas are directly related to emergency management,
however no one has made the connection between the two areas on a
formal basis. SVHFS wishes to introduce area Skywarn / ARES / RACES personnel
to VHFers and vice-versa. Both organizations could benefit directly both in
personnel and technical assistance.
The program will include presentations by antenna specialist L. B. Cebik W4RNL,
VHF guru and author Emil Pocock, W3EP, and Middle Tennessee EME enthusiast Bob
McGraw, K4TAX as well as many other VHF+ operators.
For those wishing to present papers at the conference (or included in the
proceedings), papers should be submitted to our Program Chairman Dick Hanson,
K5AND <dhanson@southernstaircase.com> no later than Feb. 20, 2001. Papers may
be submitted in hard copy, or preferably on diskette in MS Word 7 format. We
can also convert Word Perfect; pictures are best in black and white. Be sure to
number figures, graphs, drawings, and pictures so they may be matched with the
references in the body of the article. The SVHFS mailing address is SVHFS Inc.,
PO Box 1255, Cornelia GA 30531.
Full information on the conference may be found at:
http://www.svhfs.org/ or http://www.etdxa.org/svhfs.pdf
See you in Nashville !
Bert Rollen - K4AR, and Robin Midgett, KB4IDC
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