From wb9qzb at aol.com  Mon Jul  2 00:56:30 2018
From: wb9qzb at aol.com (WB9QZB)
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 01:56:30 -0400
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Fwd: CSVHFS (Central States VHF) 52nd Annual
 Conference--less than a month away!
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From: Bruce Richardson via All-members <w9fz at w9fz.com>
Date: Thursday, June 28, 2018
Subject: [All-members] CSVHFS 52nd Annual Conference--less than a month away!
To: all-members <all-members at csvhfs.org>
Hello CSVHFS members:

To the 56 of you who have already registered, it will be good to see you
and, once again, share the camaraderie of our VHF weak-signal hobby.

If you haven't registered yet, you should firm up your plans because the
guaranteed hotel rate and block only lasts about another week (thru July
6th). 

Here's why you should attend:
- Central location in Wichita, KS at the Doubletree Hotel at the Wichita
airport
- Friday morning outdoor activities of Antenna Range, Rover Row, and Dish
Bowl.
- Friday morning Noise Figure measurement (inside)
- Presentations Friday afternoon and Saturday just some of which are:
KL7UW Dual Yagi Inverted-U az-el mount for 6m
N2CEI Multi-band Transverters
KH6/K6MIO The Solar Cycle and F2 Propagation
WA5VJB Yagi Antennas
PJ4VHF Medium Power Amplifiers
W4KXY BIP-BOP Controller for 6m Yagis
N6NB Obstacle Gain: Reinventing the Wheel 2018
WD5AGO End of Life: What is happening with older Low Noise Devices?
W5ZN Effective SO2R Techniques for 6 Meter Contesting
KH6/K6MIO Extreme Es Over water paths
KK6MC QRP VHF
K0DAS A Portable 6 Meter EME Station
N6NB Weak Signal VHF through the Years
- Luncheons Friday and Saturday with entertaining talks:
W9FZ/W0ZQ Microwave Adventures: Eclipse-o-Mania and Beyond
K0DAS The 2017 Search for Amelia Earhart's Airplane
- Saturday night Banquet with REAL Entertainment and Prize Table (dress
casual)
- Hospitality Suite available Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights
- Dealer area with Hanger 18 Surplus and Downeast Microwave confirmed
- Thursday night mixer for conference attendees and family
- Friday family program Bus Tour to scenic Flint Hills
- Saturday family program Tour to historic "Cow Town" and shopping trip to
New Market Square

First, visit the conference website at: http://2018.csvhfs.org/ and learn
about the event.

Next make your hotel room reservation by following the hotlink (with
flashing red arrow) at:
http://2018.csvhfs.org/index.php/lodging-and-travel/lodging
We have a guaranteed block of rooms (with conference rate) that will be
released after July 6th. We can exceed the block before that date. There
are just over 20 rooms in the block remaining (as of June 24). Make your
reservations to ensure a place at the Doubletree Hotel.

Then register for the event (either online or mail-in) by visiting either:
https://bit.ly/2IAL59Q or
https://www.csvhfs.org/index.php/annual-conference/2018-annual-conference-re
gistration
Click the "Register Individual" button at the very bottom.

Questions? Contact the host team at registration at csvhfs.org .

73
Mel Graves WR0I
Bruce Richardson W9FZ


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From w8iss1 at gmail.com  Sat Jul  7 20:44:07 2018
From: w8iss1 at gmail.com (James French)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 21:44:07 -0400
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] MIVUS and GLCon?
Message-ID: <CAKTObOqrkdBkU87znfNVzqzpw+s=OznahFeE9NPiUn=W2Wk3OA@mail.gmail.com>

Wondering there is any interest in having a meeting at this year's GLCon to
help
generate interest in Vhf/Uhf/Mw?  Maybe even a rover row?

James W8ISS
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From kf8ql at yahoo.com  Sun Jul  8 18:32:48 2018
From: kf8ql at yahoo.com (David DeVos)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 19:32:48 -0400
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] MIVUS and GLCon?
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I thinks a meeting is definitely in order. 

Rover row and ?dish bowl? would be great too. 

Great idea James!

David J DeVos - KF8QL
616-278-8068


> On Jul 7, 2018, at 9:44 PM, James French <w8iss1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wondering there is any interest in having a meeting at this year's GLCon to help
> generate interest in Vhf/Uhf/Mw?  Maybe even a rover row?
> 
> James W8ISS
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From w8iss1 at gmail.com  Sun Jul  8 21:56:54 2018
From: w8iss1 at gmail.com (James French)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 22:56:54 -0400
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] MIVUS and GLCon?
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K

Now who on the board of directors of MiVUS to coordinate this?

I am currently busy with Detroit Maker Faire in three weeks ? plus I have
no idea who to contact at GLCon.

James W8ISS
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From w8iss1 at gmail.com  Mon Jul  9 18:22:12 2018
From: w8iss1 at gmail.com (James French)
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 19:22:12 -0400
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Moon Day for next year?
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Here's an article from this weekends AMSAT News Service [ANS] about an
event down in Texas coming up:
=====
Moon Day" Volunteers Requested

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, is looking to recruit additional volunteers
from the AMSAT community in North Texas, Central Texas or elsewhere,
to help promote "Amateur Radio in Space" to a large public STEM
event.  "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in
Dallas Texas on July 21, 2018 is the largest space themed STEM event
in Texas.  Last year saw 1500 people attend the 6 hour event.
https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/

Again this year, Tom Schuessler will be heading an exhibit and
satellite demos for AMSAT.  They will have a table inside the Museum,
(Alongside the Dallas Amateur Radio Club Table), and a demonstration
area outside.  I will be setting up the outside activities and hope
to work as many satellite passes as possible during the 10A-4P run of
the show.

I'm looking for AMSAT people to both help with the inside table and
also with the outside demonstrations.  Joe Spier has promised me that
he will send me the FOX "Engineering Model"  but I am looking for
additional demonstration aids to illustrate satellite orbits and
other aspects of space communications like various types of antennas.

Being a STEM event, there will be many young people in attendance,
(General public as well as Boy and Girl Scouts), and they get a
chance to earn a STEM patch by answering questions from exhibitors
like US.

We really need people and content for Moon Day so please consider
spending Saturday, July 21 with us.  Contact Tom Schuessler for more
information.  N5hyp (at) arrl.net

Tom also notes that next year, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the
Apollo 11 moon landing. The Moon Day event is planning a big splash.
Looking at moon phase predictions for next year indicates that
conditions would be favorable for a portable EME station as part of
the mix. We will be looking for volunteers to assist this lofty goal.

Keep that in the back of your mind and I will bring it up next year.
=====

Wondering if there would be interest in doing EME stations at different
museums across Michigan as special event stations in celebration of the
50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

I would work on my end here to have it at either the Yankee Air Museum or
the Henry Ford museum. I was thinking another team at the Kalamazoo AirZoo.
Is there still a space museum out in Jackson Community college?

Plus there are a number of hands-on or science museums across the state
that could have a set up. Also considering that depending on conditions,
could have vhf/uhf/Mw demos along with making contact between each site via
terrestrial.

Just a little rambling to see if there would be interest for next year.
This would be a multi-club event with all the different locations and the
logistics required to pull this off.

James W8ISS
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From rgcox2 at gmail.com  Tue Jul 31 06:44:00 2018
From: rgcox2 at gmail.com (Roger Cox)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:44:00 -0400
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Fwd: [All-members] CSVHFS 2018 in Wichita --
 a fine conference
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From: Bruce Richardson via All-members <all-members at csvhfs.org>
Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:20 PM
Subject: [All-members] CSVHFS 2018 in Wichita -- a fine conference
To: all-members at csvhfs.org


Hello CSVHFS members,

To the 120 or so who attended, thank you for coming!  It was a fine time of
socializing and learning.  The weather was perfect! Sure, there were some
rough spots--next year's team will work on those.  Our banquet entertainment
(Curtis the Mentalist) on Saturday night caused the most smiles and laughs
since our last conference in Wichita back in 2008.

Thank you so much to the authors, presenters, and auction/prize donors.
Your generosity with your content and items to your fellow members made for
a fine event.

The Chambers Award was presented to Tom Williams WA1MBA for continued
exploration on the microwave and mm bands via equipment design and activity.

The Wilson Award was presented to Donn Williams WA2VOI for sustained service
to the society.   Donn has been a key player on the Microwave Antenna Range
for over 20 years.  Donn has served on several conference host teams and
served as Conference President in 2017.

Mel Graves WR0I presented the President's Award to Steve Kostro N2CEI for
his energy and newly developed processes for cultivating future conference
sites.

Next year (2019) will be in Lincoln, NE on July 25th through July 27th.
Stand by for the stand-up of the 2019 website.

If you missed the event but would like a proceedings, we can mail you a
proceedings.  If you have not paid 2019 dues, it would be a good time to do
that as well.  Dues are $5 and a mailed-out proceedings is $25.

Send a check made out to Central States and mailed to:  Bruce Richardson
W9FZ, 7623 Teal Bay, Woodbury, MN  55125.
OR PayPal to  registration at csvhfs.org   either method is fine.

If you would like a membership roster (in .xls or .pdf), shoot me an email
and I'll email that out in the next week or so.

Please look at your own projects and activity and make a presentation or
article for the 2019 conference.

73
Bruce Richardson W9FZ



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From bjahnke at gmail.com  Tue Jul 31 11:59:17 2018
From: bjahnke at gmail.com (Bart Jahnke)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:59:17 -0400
Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Team Registrations! ARRL 222 MHz & Up
 Distance Contest (Aug 4-5)
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All, pass the word...

The ARRL 222 MHz & Up Distance Contest is coming up this weekend (Aug
4-5). See the event rules and details at:
http://www.arrl.org/222-mhz-and-up-distance-contest

The event has several competition categories, including Team and Club
Competitions.

The Team Competition requires that teams register before the event. To
register, go to:
http://contest-log-submission.arrl.org/teamreg.php

There are two sized teams - Small (2-5 members) and Large (6 to 10 members).

Last year we had 6 teams active. Can we top that this year?

See the full results at http://www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles
2017
222 MHz and Up Distance Contest

Wishing you all a successful event...

73,

Bart Jahnke, W9JJ
Contest Branch Manager
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio?
225 Main St
Newington CT 06111
860-594-0232
w9jj at arrl.org