OzarkCon 2014

QRP Conference Schedule


When:     Friday evening April 4 & Saturday April 5
Where:     Stone Castle Hotel and Conference Center - 3050 Green Mountain Road, Branson, Missouri

 

 

Friday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Knights Room
Dummy Load QSO Party - KØN on 7040 KHz
Special time for this year.
Be sure to bring a portable rig, dummy load and QSL cards.
4:00 - 6:00 PM Hotel Lobby
Registration desk open - Patsy Lawson, KC5CDE & Sarah Smith, N0TKO
4:00 PM until ??? Knights Room Vendor & Swap Setup - Vendor Fair follows
6:00 PM Stonehenge Room Banquet dinner, and after dinner speaker
After dinner till whenever... Knights Room Socializing and fun.
The QRP vendor fair and swap meet in the Knights Room will be open.
After dinner till whenever... Lancelot Room in Building "A" Special Ladies Room - Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc.
7:00 - ? PM Excalibur Room in Building "A"
Dar Piatt W9HZC and Darrel Swenson KØAWB
Hands-on kit building workshop Excalibur Room in Building "A" Session 1
(workshop registration required - only 20 seats per Session)
7:30 - ? PM Excalibur Room in Building "A"
Dar Piatt W9HZC and Darrel Swenson KØAWB
Hands-on kit building workshop Excalibur Room in Building "A" Session 2
(workshop registration required - only 20 seats per Session)
7:30 PM till ??? Knights Room
Dummy Load QSO Party - KØN on 7040 KHz
Be sure to bring a portable rig, dummy load and QSL cards.
7:30 PM till ??? Knights Room  Wacky Key Contest  Show off your crazy homebrew keys.
9:30 PM till ??? Knights Room Music for the QRPer Great musical fun tradition for all.
 
Saturday
6:00 AM - 9:00 AM Stonehenge Room Private complementary breakfast for QRPers
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Hotel Lobby Registration desk open - Patsy Lawson, KC5CDE & Sarah Smith, N0TKO
7:00 AM - all day KØN on 7040 KHz WØIIT Bart Lawson Station Master
7:00 AM - all day Lancelot Room in Building "A" Special Ladies Room - Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc.
7:00 AM - all day Knights Room - Flea market vendor fair QRP flea market, vendor fair open all day
Presentations Stonehenge Room  
9:00 AM Opening Remarks Opening remarks by Terry Fletcher, WAØITP and Ron Potter, AG1P
  Welcome Address TBA
9:30 - 10:15 AM The RBN and more- a year hamming in Iraq de N4EO, ex-YI9EO Jerry Brown N4EO
10:15 - 11:00 AM Being QRP DX from Caribbean IslandsCraig Behrens NM4T
11:00 - 11:45
Making of the EZkeyer Craig Johnson AAØZZ
11:45 - 1:30 PM Lunch and QRP swapmeet time (Free lunch on 4SQRP)  
1:30 - 2:15 PM Understanding MixersPhil Anderson, WØXI
2:15 - 3:00 PM Poor Ham's Scalar Network Analyzer Jerry Haigwood W5JH, Jim Giammanco N5IB, Nick Kennedy WA5BDU
3:15 - 4:00 PM Portable Operating Max McCoy KCØMAX
4:00 PM Plaque presentations Terry Fletcher, WAØITP  and Ron Potter, AG1P
4:15 PM OzarkCon Grand Prize drawing - Lots of Prizes!  
4:30 PM to ??? Dinner on your own
6:00 - ???? Evening activities and music for QRPers
Homebrew contest and equipment show and tell, demonstrations, socializing, more music and fun!
 
Sunday
6:00 AM - 9:00 AM Stonehenge Room Private complementary breakfast for QRPers
 
Times are somewhat flexible      -      Check back often for additional information

Page updated February 10, 2014