<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span>Tom,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66946">If your DEM 10GHz station is close to operational come up to K2YAZ's this next weekend for the 10GHz and up contest and we'll try and help you get it on the air. What do you need?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_67004">We know of a lot of short LOS paths that don't need much of a signal or antenna to work.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span>73,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span>Mark WB8TGY</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66866"><span> </span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66867"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66871" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66870"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66869"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66868"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66872"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66944"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom <k8tb@bosscher.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> mivus@mivus.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 9, 2016 6:37 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Fwd: [VHFcontesting] Microwave Update 2016<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473680405815_66945"><br>Dave,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I was going to go, but then this thing called work got in the way with a <br clear="none">project. Some of us are not retired yet ! (29 months, 12 days to go...:: )<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Myself and my wife Sheila (K8AJ) went to the St Louis Central States in <br clear="none">2010. Didn't come across you. Would have been fun.<br clear="none">But the drive there is actually rather nice. Sometime in the future.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I just bought a used Demi 10 GHz system, and I hope to get that in shape <br clear="none">over the winter months.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you go, give us a report back..<br clear="none">Tom K8TB<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yqt5199424598" id="yqtfd39455"><br clear="none">On 9/9/2016 1:31 AM, David Pruett wrote:<br clear="none">> Is anyone in MIVUS considering or planning to go to Microwave Update <br clear="none">> 2016 October 13 -15 in St. Louis? I'm considering going, and it would <br clear="none">> be a lot more fun if some other MIVUS prople were going also.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Perhaps St. Louis seems a long ways away from Michigan, but in 2010 I <br clear="none">> drove by myself to St. Louis for the Central States Conference and the <br clear="none">> drive didn't seem bad at all. That year I also drove to the Southeast <br clear="none">> VHF Society conference in Moorhead, KY. I really enjoyed both <br clear="none">> conferences, as there were lot of interesting technical presentations, <br clear="none">> "Rover Row" where people could display/demonstrate their Rover <br clear="none">> Stations, the Antenna Gain and Pre-amp Measuring Contests, etc. Not <br clear="none">> to mention meeting and hanging out with people who share our interest <br clear="none">> in the microwave frequencies. It may be only 10% the size of Dayton, <br clear="none">> but when ALL the attendees are there with the same interest its pretty <br clear="none">> cool.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> If anybody is planning to go, I'd like to hear from you. I'm open to <br clear="none">> any sort of plans - ride together, ride separately in a caravan, <br clear="none">> whatever. If you read the attached note from W9SZ, there is only a <br clear="none">> week remaining for the Early Bird Special for the conference (I <br clear="none">> haven't had time yet to decipher what that means). But the web site he <br clear="none">> give for the conference seems to have a lot of info.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hope to see everyone this weekend in the ARRL September VHF QSO Party.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> 73, Dave K8CC <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">MiVUS mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:MiVUS@mivus.org" href="mailto:MiVUS@mivus.org">MiVUS@mivus.org</a><br clear="none">subscribe/unsubscribe <a shape="rect" href="http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org" target="_blank">http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>