e tentative 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: 22 July 2019
| Thursday, July 25, 2019 | ||
| Time | Event | Location |
| 1500-1800 | Registration | Nebraska |
| 1800-2000 | Social Mixer:Little Italy Buffet Diner | Nebraska |
| 2000-2130 | CSVHFS Board of Directors Meeting | Board |
|
2100-"Tired" |
Hospitality Suite |
Capitol |
Friday, July 26, 2019 |
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| Time | Event | Location |
|
0800-1130 |
Registration |
Capitol |
| 0800-1100 | Noise Figure Measurement | Capitol |
| 0800-0900 | Vendor Setup | Lighthouse |
|
0800-1100 |
Antenna Range |
South parking lot |
| 0800-1100 | Dish Bowl & Rover Row | South parking lot |
| 0830 |
Family Program Tour |
Lobby |
| 0900 | Family Program Tour Departs | Lobby |
|
0900-?? |
Vendor area open |
Lighthouse |
|
0900 |
Posterboards on Display |
Lighthouse |
|
1145-1315 |
LUNCH |
Nebraska |
|
1315-1325 |
TECHNICAL TALKS |
Nebraska |
|
1325-1355 |
Impact of Real-world Terrain on 6m Rovers W0ZQ |
Nebraska |
| 1355-1435 | Light Communications: Why Now is the Best Time to Try it WF0T |
Nebraska |
| 1435-1515 | Large Vertical Arrays (LVAs) for 6M Contesting K5QE |
Nebraska |
| 1515-1535 | Break and Auction benefiting CSVHFS |
Nebraska |
|
1535-1615 |
Small 10-band Rovers that a Septuagenarian Can Lift |
Nebraska |
|
1615-1645 |
Contest Automation K2EZ |
Nebraska |
|
1700-1900 |
DINNER (on your own) |
|
|
1900-2100 |
VHF/UHF/Microwave Tradefest | Nebraska |
|
2030-2200 |
CSVHFS Board Meeting |
Board |
| 2100-"Tired" | Hospitality Suite | Capitol |
Saturday, July 27, 2019 |
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| Time | Event | Location |
|
0800-0900 |
Registration |
Capitol |
| 0800-0815 | TECHNICAL TALKS Welcome & housekeeping |
Nebraska |
| 0815-0900 | Vertically Stacked 6m Yagis - BIP-BOP and Beyond VE3WY |
Nebraska |
| 0830 | Family Program Tour Meet in Lobby |
Lobby |
| 0900 | Family Program Tour Departs | Lobby |
| 0900-1100 | VHF101 - Getting Started with VHF/UHF & Microwaves Organized by: Marshall K5QE and Kent WA5VJB |
Capitol |
|
0900-1100 |
Vendor Area Open |
Lighthouse |
|
0900-1500 |
Posterboards on Display |
Lighthouse |
| 0900-0945 | Microwave DX in the Desert Southwest VE4MA |
Nebraska |
| 0945-1005 | Break & Auction benefiting CSVHFS |
Nebraska |
| 1005-1045 | The Moxon Antenna, how it works, why it is better than a two element Yagi, and its derivatives KK6MC |
Nebraska |
| 1045-1130 | ARRL Forum (5 Band VUCC proposal, FCC Sale of Spectrum: Time to panic, or expect new, cheaper parts ?, TBA ) | Nebraska |
|
1145-1315 |
LUNCH |
Nebraska |
| 1315 -1600 |
Vendor Area Open |
Nebraska |
| 1315 -1600 | TECHNICAL TALKS | Lighthouse |
| 1315 -1355 | A 6m Grid-expedition, AC0RA-style AC0RA |
Nebraska |
| 1330-1500 |
Microwaves 101 |
Capitol |
|
1355 - 1435 |
6 Meter DX in 2018, Game Changer? |
Nebraska |
|
1435-1515 |
Yagi Antennas |
Nebraska |
| 1515 - 1545 | RFI Problems and Solutions KL6M |
Nebraska |
| 1545 - 1600 | Break | |
|
1600-1700 |
CSVHFS Annual Business Meeting |
Nebraska |
|
1700-1800 |
CSVHFS Board Meeting |
Board |
|
1800-1900 |
Social Hour w/Cash Bar |
Nebraska |
|
1900-2100 |
Dinner Banquet w/Guest Speaker |
Nebraska |
|
2100-"Tried" |
Hospitality Suite |
Capitol |
Sunday, July 28, 2019 |
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| Time | Event | Location |
| No formal Conference Events planned |
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