| Event |
Time
Line |
Room
|
Session
Description |
| ARRL
Forum |
8:00
- 8:30 |
Townlake
Ball Room |
Coy
Day, N5OK, will conduct his perennial ARRL Forum. |
QST
Product Review
Picking an HF
Transceiver |
8:30
- 10:00 |
Townlake
Ball Room |
Joel
Hallas, W1ZR, Technical
Editor of QST - A
short description of how the QST Product Review process works followed
by the application of product review test data and discussion to the
selection of an HF transceiver. |
| Crafts
and Skills |
10:00
- 12:00 |
San
Gabriel
Room |
Sandy
Talen, Crafts and Skills - Learn how to make a copper wire garden
ornament and hummingbird feeder with marbles and dichroic glass and
take it home. |
| CTDXCC |
10:00
- 12:00 |
Townlake
Ball Room |
The Central Texas
DX & Contest Club Forum, has
a great program lined up for us this year. First, Tim Duffy K3LR
presents a video documentary of his world-class contesting station, and
shows how to optimize your own shack for contesting results.
Then,
Jay Sewell W5SL will present the latest results from his just-completed
African Safari to Botswana (A25-land). Following Jay, Gary Schmidt W5ZL
updates his popular program from a recent Summerfest, "An Introduction
to DXing." It'll help you get started!
|
Software
Defined
Radio |
10:00
- 11:00 |
Executive
Learning
Center |
Gerald
Youngblood, K5SDR, gives the latest info on his Software Defined Radio
project. |
AMSAT
Presentation |
10:00
- 11:00 |
Shoal
Creek
Room |
Jerry
Ervine, KC5YRE, An introduction to Amateur Satellites. |
| D-Star
Implementation |
10:00
- 12:00 |
Blanco
Room |
Alan
Isaachsen, KB2WF - A
presentation on the implementation issues for D-Star in
Houston.
This will be linked to a discussion group for planning D-Star in other
locations. |
Digital
Voice for
Amateur Radio |
11:00
- 12:00 |
Executive
Learning
Center |
Joel
Hallas, W1ZR, Technical
Editor of QST -
A bit of background on how digitized voice has worked in the telephone
industry for many years and how the technology is now being applied to
amateur radio. |
| Roadrunners |
11:00
- 12:00 |
Shoal
Creek
Room |
Microwave
for beginners. |
| Roadrunners |
12:00
- 1:00 |
Shoal
Creek
Room |
The
annual business meeting of the Roadrunners
Microwave Group. |
Amateur
Radio
Exam Registration |
12:30
- 1:00
|
San
Gabriel
Room |
Jerry
Jackson, N5UJ, ARRL VE Liaison - See the Exams
web page for details on what to bring. |
Amateur
Radio
Exams |
1:00
- Done
|
San
Gabriel
Room |
Please
remain quiet until all exams are complete, turned in,
and graded. |
| New
to Ham Radio |
Follows
the
exams
|
San
Gabriel
Room
|
New
to Ham Radio? Jeff Schmidt, N5MNW, and Ron Hambric, N5SBN,
have
just what you need: A Wecome and Information Session for New Hams. |
| QRP
Workshop |
1:00
- 4:00 |
Shoal
Creek
Room |
Find
out how to do "the mostest with the leastest" in our QRP Workshop. |
| TX VHF
FM |
1:00
- 3:00 |
Townlake
Ball Room |
TX
VHF-FM Society - Summer Meeting / General Business Meeting and
election of five directors. |
| Weather |
1:00
- 3:00 |
Executive
Learning
Center |
Learn
about recent weather events with leading Austin meteorologist and a
host of experts from Cental Texas. Troy Kimmel, KE5BCK, of the
University of Texas will host a session on the latest in forecasting
technology. Guest
speakers schedule. |
ARES
Emergency
Communications |
1:00
- 2:00 |
Blanco
Room |
Joe
Fisher, K5EJL, DEC, (District Emergency Coordinator) will host a
session on Emergency
Communications. |
