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 Islands | Craig 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 Mixers | Phil 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! |
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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