OzarkCon 2016

QRP Conference Schedule


When:     Friday evening April 1 & Saturday April 2
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.
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 What's in your go-kit? Steve Galchutt "Goatman", WGØAT
10:15 - 11:00 AM Shocking Stories from the Heart Jerry Brown, N4EO
11:00 - 11:45
Regens and Crystals and Spies, Oh My! Jim Gimannco N5IB
11:45 - 1:30 PM Lunch and QRP swapmeet time Free Catered Lunch for Registered OzarkCon Attendees and Spouses
1:30 - 2:15 PM Antenna Poaching for the QRP Field Operator Mike Malone, KD5KXF
2:15 - 3:00 PM Design and construction of a phasing type receiver Nick Kennedy, WA5BDU
3:15 - 4:00 PM Raspberry Pi Based Software Defined Radios Mike Heitmann NØSO
4:00 - 4:30 PM New Kit Show and Tell Dave Cripe NMØS
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!
 
Sunday
6:00 AM - 9:00 AM Stonehenge Room Free and Private complementary breakfast for QRPers
 
Times are somewhat flexible      -      Check back often for additional information

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