OzarkCon 2015 QRP Conference Schedule |
When: | Friday evening April 10 & Saturday April 11 |
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 - WQ5RP |
7030 to 7040 KHz 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, NØTKO |
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. |
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) |
Knights Room Dummy Load QSO Party - WQ5RP |
7030 to 7040 KHz Be sure to bring a portable rig, dummy load and QSL cards. |
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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 |
Lancelot Room in Building "A" | Special Ladies Room - Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc. | |
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 Paul Smith, NØNBD |
9:30 - 10:15 AM | Reinartz and the Radio Boy - The Hidden History of the MacMillan Expedition | David Cripe NMØS |
10:15 - 11:00 AM | Start a local QRP and Homebrew Club | Dave Gauding NFØR |
11:00 - 11:45 |
Experimenting with and using Software Defined Radios (SDRs) | Mike Heitmann NØSO |
11:45 - 1:30 PM | Lunch and QRP swapmeet time | Catered Lunch for Registered OzarkCon Attendees and Spouses |
1:30 - 2:15 PM | Advanced Kit Building and Beginning Scratch Building | Mike Malone, KD5KXF |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | Signaling the Heart | Jerry Brown, N4EO |
3:15 - 4:00 PM | Video and presentation German Hamfest | Joe Eisenberg KØNEB |
4:00 - 4:30 PM | SNA/NAT Network Analyzer | Dave Collins, AD7JT |
4:30 PM | Plaque presentations | Terry Fletcher, WAØITP and Paul Smith, NØNBD |
4:45 PM | OzarkCon Grand Prize drawing - Lots of Prizes! | |
5:00 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, 2015