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Forums Schedules 2004

FRIDAY, May 14, 2004

8:15-9:30	Techniques of the Best Operators					Room 1
		Moderator:	Mitch Stern, W1SJ
 
Basics: FM Repeater Operation and Unlearn Bad FM Habits, - Mitch Stern, W1SJ
 
Emergency / Public Service Communications – Mitch Stern, W1SJ and Anthony Pazzola, W2BEJ
		Basics
		Operating
		Equipment
		How to Help the Experts
 
Contesting: A Great Way to Sharpen Skills – Mitch Stern, W1SJ
		Why Operate
		Basics
		Strategy
		Skills
		Equipment

9:45-12:00	TAPR/Digital Forum						Room 1
		9:45 – 10:00	Introduction and TAPR Update	John Ackerman, N8UR
			10:00 – 11:00	Software Defined Radio Update	Steve Bible, N7HPR and guests
			11:00 – 11:15	TAPR Time and Frequency Projects	John Ackerman, N8UR
			11:15 – 12:00 	To be announced

12:15-1:45	ARRL, Ham Radio and Law 
Welcome/Introduction: (Ohio SGL Reuben Meeks, W8GUC)	Room 1 

TITLE:  HOW GRASSROOTS ACTION GETS LAW MAKERS REACTION
MODERATOR:  Dick Mondro, W8FQT, Vice Director Great Lakes Division.
	INTRODUCTION:  Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director Great Lakes Division.
SPEAKERS:
HOW TO INFLUENCE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES - Chris Imlay, W3KD,
General Counsel ARRL (Our Man in Washington.
GETTING STATE LEGISLATORS TO WORK WITH US - Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF, Vice
Director New England Division.
TIGHTEN THAT CINCH & GO DO IT! - Jim Haynie, W5JBP, President ARRL.  
2:00-5:00	Antenna Technology							Room 1
			Bill Parker, W8DMR, “The Basics of How Antennas Work”
 
			Dean Straw, N6BV, “Selective Terrain Studies for Optimum HF Station Performance”
 
			Tom Rauch, W8JI, “The W8JI Antenna Notebook”
 
			Rudy Severns, N6LF, “An Investigation Into Ground Systems for Best HF Performance”
 
			Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, “Propagation Software Review”

	 
8:15-9:15	AOR Demonstrates Digital SSB					Room 2
		Moderator: 	Jeff Reinhardt, AA6JR
		Speaker:	Melissa Reinhardt, KD6BIT
				Taka Nakayama, KW6I

9:30-10:30	Collins Radio								Room 2
		Moderator:	David Knepper, W3ST
Secretary to the Collins Radio Association
Publisher of the Collins Journal

10:45-11:45	QRP									Room 2
		Moderator:	Ken Evans, W4DU, Vice Pres. QRP ARCI			
Speaker:	Jim Stafford,  W4QO
		George Dobbs, G3RJV

Jim Stafford, W4QO - Topic: "WHY QRP?"  An over view of the fun that QRP operating can be
George Dobbs, G3RJV - Topic:  "QRP and Building"  Ideas on simple rigs that you can build.

12:00-1:15	Kit Building								Room 2
		Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB

1:30-3:00	Teacher’s Workshop with Carole Perry				Room 2
		Moderator:	Carole Perry, WB2MGP
		Speakers:	Dan Miller, K3UFG
				Larry Dietrich
3:15-5:00	AM Forum								Room 2
		Moderator:	Dale Gagnon, KW1I
Program:  	AM International Update 
		Great Lakes Area AM Activity - People, Rigs, Events and Issues , Speaker - Steve Marquie, W8TOW 
		Restoration of a Collins 30-FX Transmitter, Speaker - Don Benecchi,  K1DC

 

8:15-9:15	Lightning Protection							Room 3
Speaker: Ron Cohen, K3ZKO, brings his 32 years of experience in the Two-Way Radio field performing Grounding and Lightning Protection at remote radio locations. Learn how to direct the lightning away from your equipment and house.


9:15-10:30	APRS									Room 3
		Topic: An Introduction to APRS
		Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU

10:45-11:45	Gordon West								Room 3
		Moderator: Gordon West, WB6NOA

12:00-2:00	Amateur Radio and the Law					Room 3
		Moderator:	Jim O’Connel ARRL Volunteer Counsel
		Speakers:	Chris Imlay, W3KD, ARRL General Counsel
				Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, ARRL VC and Author
				Tim Ellam, VE6SH, IARU VP
				Jay Bellows, K0QB, ARRL Dakota Division Director
Topic:		Amateur Radio and the Law, “Getting It Up and Keeping It UP”
A forum discussion by amateur radio attorneys on legal issues of interests to hams: How to avoid restrictive covenants, present your case for a tower permit, plus info on the latest court rulings on RFI, PRB-1 and towers. Also details on the Home Land Security Program and how hams play a critical support role.
 





2:15-3:30	ARES, Recovery of the Shuttle Columbia				Room 3
		Moderator:	Ron Hishiro, AH6RH
		Speaker:	Army Curtis, AE5P
Kevin Anderson, KD5CCH
Kimo Chun, KH7U
Army Curtis AE5P and Kevin Anderson KD5CCH will present on amateur radio operations activated during the recovery of the Shuttle Columbia, Febrary 2003. 
Army Curtis, AE5P, is an ASM for the NTX Section, Secretary/Treasurer of Deep East Texas Skywarn and Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club, and the trustee of the club's repeaters. Army led the Amateur Radio effort in Nacogdoches during the first week of the Columbia recovery operation. 
Kevin Anderson, KD5CCH, is the President of Deep East Texas Skywarn, which conducted the amateur radio operations for the recovery of Columbia. Kevin will cover the role that EchoLink played during the effort.

3:45-5:00	10-10 International Forum						Room 3
		Moderator:	Gerry Gross, WA6POZ, #21274, 10-10 Data Manager
		Speaker:	Chuck Imsande, W6YLJ, #19636, 10-10 President
Topic: 2004 The State of 10-10, Become or stay active in the years of declining sun spots
			Upcoming activities, Board Meeting and Elections

 

8:15-9:15	6 Meters								Room 4 
		Moderator:	Ken Neubeck, WB2AMU

9:30-10:30	Proper Grounding Techniques Forum				Room 4
		

10:45-11:45	Short Vertical Antennas and Ground Radials			Room4
		Moderator: 	Joel Kleinman, N1BKE
		Speaker:	Jerry Sevick, W2FMI, author of Transmission Line Transformers and many other books and articles,
			Introduction by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE, Managing Editor, QST


12:00-1:00	RF Safety								Room 4
		Greg Lapin

1:30-2:45	YLRL									Room 4
		Moderator:	Kay Eyman, WA0WOF
		Speaker:	Cheryl Muhr, N0WBV, YLRL President
The program will feature YLRL convention news, a new YLRL award for DXCC-YL, visiting DX YLs, YL DXpeditioners, and other current activities.


3:00-5:00	County Hunter							Room 4
		Moderator:	Bob Voss, N4CD
		Speakers:	Lori Peerenboom, KC8HWV	
				Fran Theisen, W8XYL
				Steve Morton, AA8HH
			Part 1) County Hunting Introduction and Update
			40 meter Activity Report / Antennas
			CW County Hunting, by Bob Voss, N4CD
 
			Part 2) Tales of County Hunting, by Steve Morton, AA8HH
 
			Part 3) The YL perspective on County Hunting, by Fran, W9XYL, and Lori, KC8HWV
 
			Part 4) New County Hunting Awards
 
			Part 5) Open Forum / Question and Answer Session	

 
 
Forums Schedules

SATURDAY, May 15, 2004

8:15-9:45	AMSAT								Room 1
Moderator: Barry BAINES, WD4ASW, VP-Field Operations, AMSAT-NA
Rick HAMBLY, W2GPS "AMSAT OSCAR-Echo Project Spring 2004 Status Report"
Gould SMITH, WA4SXM "Echo-From an Operator's Point of View"
Frank BAUER, KA3HDO "AMSAT's Future Role in Human Spaceflight Exploration-ARISS, the Moon and Mars"

10:00-12:00	FCC									Room 1
		Moderator: 	William T. Cross
Public Safety and Private Wireless Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Federal Communications Commission 
And Riley Hollingsworth, FCC, Enforcement Division.
 
12:15-2:30	ATV; Amateur Television, Fast Scan type				Room 1
		Moderator: Bill Parker, W8DMR
With; 
Dr. David Clingerman,  W6OAL,   Speaker                                                 
Dr. Ralph E. Taggart,  WB8DQT,  Speaker                                   
Bill Brown,  WB8ELK,  Speaker                		

2:45-5:00	SSTV									Room 1
			Moderator: Dr. Don C. Miller, W9NTP
Speakers:	Mike Tallent, W6MXW; “The Evolution of SSTV (Hardware to Software)”
 
Yoshi Nishimura, JA6URL; “The AOR ARD9800 Digital Voice / SSTV Hardware System”
			
Dave Jones, KB4YZ; “Using DIGTRX (RDFT) Software”

 
8:15-9:15	Hallicrafters Collectors Forum					Room 2
		Moderator:	JIM DIEGUEZ , WB8DML		
		Speaker:	Duane Fischer, W8DBF


9:30-11:30	Drake Forum								Room 2
		Moderator: 		Don Spillman, W8NS
Speakers:	Sindre Torp, LA6OP, WORLDS LARGEST COLLECTOR OF DRAKE RADIOS, SLIDE PRESENTATION. 
HISTORY OF DRAKE:
1- BY BILL FROST, WD8DFP, ALL OF US KNOW BILL.
 					QUESTION AND ANSWERS ON REPAIRS AND UPDATES:
 					2-W8PU, GARY, HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE WE STARTED, MANY YEARS AGO.
 					3-WA8SAJ, JEFF, BEEN WITH US FROM THE START.
 					4-POSSIBLY, BOB SHERWOOD, FROM SHERWOOD ENGINERING, MODS FOR DRAKE RADIOS..
 					5-RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH, FROM THE FCC.
 					6- AND OF COURSE K8FFO, STEVE WILL BE A PART OF THIS HISTORY MAKING SESSION  

11:45-1:45	Youth In Amateur Radio						Room 2
		Moderator:	Carole Perry, WB2MGP
			With;		Hargobind Khalsa, AB0YL, age 14, “Building New Equipment”
					Nitkin Shankar, KC0NDS, age 13, “Peer Elmering”
					Rebecca Rich, KB0VVT, age 16, “Half A Life In Amateur Radio”
					Aubri Keith, KG4LTB, age 14, “Contesting For Beginners”
Hugh Stone Fish, KC2LKB, age 15, and Gerry Gugger, KC2LEJ, age 14, “Setting Up A School Amateur Radio Club”
Heather Heininger, KB9ZLB, age 18, and Jake Gerber, age 16, and Adel Brown, KB9OOC, age 14, “Simulating A Net With The Audience” 


2:00-5:00	VHF / UHF Forum							Room 2
		Moderator:		Warren Elly, W1GUD

 
8:30-9:45	ARRL	Forum								Room 3
		Celebrating 90 Years and Planning for the Future.
		Moderator:  Jim Weaver, K8JE, Great Lakes Division Director
The Principal speaker is:  Jim Haynie, W5JBP, President
 

	


10:00-11:30	SATERN Forum							Room 3
		Moderator:	AA8EI  Tony Dacres, who hosts this event for The Salvation Army in Ohio.
WW9E  Major Patrick McPherson, National Director for SATERN.
VE3NUZ  Major Rick Shirran, Bermuda
N9HPO  Jeff Schneller, Greater New York
K2LCV  Carlos Varon, Greater New York
N9QT  Peggy McNary, Indiana SATERN Coordinator 


11:45-12:45	MIDCARS Forum							Room 3
			Moderator:	John Thornton, K9TWV
HF Mobile Operations and the Services available to Mobiles
Speaker:	Tex Martin, KE8SQ

1:00-3:00	Newsline’s Live Town Hall Meeting	Forum			Room 3
			“IT’S MORE THAN RADIOS”
Keeping The Traditions of Amateur Radio Alive
 
Moderator – Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Producer – Amateur Radio Newsline, Inc.
 			1: Keynote Speaker: “It’s More Than Radio’s”: 
Bob Heil, K9EID, Fairview Heights, IL –Manufacturer, radio-tv host, lecturer.
 
2: The Tradition of Public Service: 
Gordon West, WB6NOA, Costa Mesa, CA. – Writer, educator.
 
3: The Tradition of Morse: 
Nancy Kott, WZ8C, Metamore, Michigan – U.S. Director of FISTS and Editor of Worldradio Magazine


3:15-4:30	M.A.R.S. Forum							Room 3
Army, Navy-Marine Corps and Air Force MARS Chiefs will make presentations on the current status of the three Service MARS programs.  
There will be a question and answer session following the prepared presentations.

 



8:15-9:15	Fox Hunting Forum							Room 4
		Moderators:	Dick Arnett, WB4SUV
				Bob Frey, WA6EZV
				Brian DeYoung K4BRI
		TOPICS:	Foxhunting Techniques and Equipment
HTX202 mods for foxhunting
ARDF - USA and World competitions

9:30-12:15	Contesting Forum							Room 4
"Prince Edward Island Contesting at VY2ZM: Not Your Basic Caribbean 
Operation!"Jeff Briggs, K1ZM/VY2ZM
 
"The Contest Apprentice" - starring Tim ("The Tim") Duffy, K3LR, and contestants
 
"Getting Young Hams into Contesting - the VP5X Program" - David Kopacz, KY1V/VP5X, 
and Daniel Bradke, W2AU
 
"Are We Getting Closer to the Ideal Radio for Contesting?" - Rob Sherwood, NC0B
 
"NCJ Update" - Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, Editor, National Contest Journal
 
"Panel Discussion: A Look Back at 25 Years of Contesting" - featuring the Class of 1979 


12:30-3:15	DXing	Forum								Room 4
		Jay Slough, K4ZLE/moderator
 
George Allendorf, no call, speakers
Ruth Allendorf, no call,  speaker,Handicap parking
 
Rick Dorsch, NE8Z/HC2MD, speaker
Ivan Davies, G3IZD/3B9C, speaker
Fred Matos, W3ICM/YI3DX, speaker
Wayne Mills, N7NG, speaker


3:30-5:00	Gordon West Forum							Room 4
		Gordon West  WB6NOA    Moderator                      



 
Forums Schedules

SUNDAY, May 16, 2004

8:30-10:00	ARRL Public Relations Forum					Room 1
Moderator: Jim McDonald, KB9LEI 
Title of forum: 90 Minutes...to get 90 Ideas for Promoting Ham Radio in the ARRL's 90th Anniversary Year

Description: The 2004 Public Relations Forum will cover a range of topics, from how field membership can be informed about 
BPL (and how to speak on the topic), to publicity tips for your local club during the 90th Anniversary of the League. Come join us for 90 minutes of tips, story ideas and reference materials! 

Speakers: Sherri Brower, W4STB
Jeff Reinhardt, AA6JR
Rich Moseson, W2VU
Bill Morine, N2COP
Tim Lewallen, KD5ING 
    

10:15-12:00	ARRL Technology Task Force					Room 1
			Howard Huntington, K9KM Moderator, 
Central Division Vice Director, 
Chairman Technology Task Force
Speakers: 
10:30  	HSMM Working Group.
		            Mark Williams, AB8LN, VPN Project Leader
Update on merging amateur radio and computer networking technology    RMAN (Radio Metropolitan Area     Networks): Multiple approaches to linking HSMM Nodes.
 
		11:00   Digital Voice Working Group.
Yoshi Nishimura, JA6UHL. AOR ADR-9800 Digital Voice technical development and operating.
 
		11:30 	Matt Yellen, KB7TSE. Icom D-STAR development.
		          	SDR Software Defined Radio Working Group.
		          	Gerald Youngblood, AC5OG; Bob McGwier, N4HY
     	Software Defined Radio Advancement Through Open Source Development 
on the Flex Radio Systems SDR-1000		


8:30-10:30	Echolink-VOIP							Room2
			James I Millner, WB2REM and Terry Giles, G4CDY
The Echolink-VoIP forum moderated by VoIP Interface Designers Jim, WB2REM and Terry, G4CDY will include a historical perspective of Internet Linking, a presentation of the different VoIP systems, discussion of future trends and a question and answer period. Jonathan, K1RFD the developer of Echolink and Dave Cameron, VE7LTD the creator of IRLP will be guest speakers on the panel. This is an event not to be missed!!
		
8:30-10:00	VOA, Voice to the World						Room 3
			Alan L. Heil, Jr., worked for the Voice of America from 1962 until he 
retired in 1998. He held various positions at VOA, including foreign
correspondent, chief of News and Current Affairs, deputy director of 
programs, deputy director of all of VOA and acting director of VOA.
VOA programs have been heard by 'hams' and shortwave listeners (SWLs) 
for years. Mr. Heil's recently published book, "Voice of America: A 
History" gives you an opportunity understand the history and the way 
VOA has grown over the last 61 years.

10:15-11:15	Bicycle Hams								Room 3
			Moderator: 	Russ Dwarshuis, KB8U
Speaker:	 Phillip Michaels, KC2GFV

8:30-9:30	Skywarn								Room 4
"Chris Novy,WA9V, has worked with emergency management and SKYWARN for more than 25 years.  As a storm chaser, amateur radio operator, and former TV reporter, Chris brings his unique experiences to this forum."

"This all-video SKYWARN class utilizes the latest footage to illustrate topics including forecast preparation, severe weather driving techniques, difficult storm feature identification, and radio reporting techniques.  While the class provides specialized training for existing spotters, it also covers the basics so new spotters can quickly get up to speed.  This forum is not your typical SKYWARN presentation and is a must-see."



11:30 		All Forums Closed

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