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OzarkCon 2018
QRP Conference Schedule |
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OzarkCon 2018
QRP Conference Schedule |
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| When: | Friday evening April 6 & Saturday April 7 |
| 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 - Joy Dufrain, NQ5R |
| 4:00 PM until ??? | Knights Room | Vendor & Swap Setup - Vendor Fair follows |
| 6:00 PM | Stonehenge Room |
Banquet dinner + Speaker Tom Vinson,NYØV Earhart Search Expeditions, Nauticos |
| After dinner till whenever... | Knights Room | Socializing and fun. The QRP vendor fair and swap meet in the Knights Room will be open. |
| Common Area 2nd floor – near elevators | Special Area for Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc. | |
| 7:30 - ? PM | Excalibur and Lancelot Rooms in Building "A" Four State QRP Group Volunteers |
Hands-on kit building workshop (workshop registration required - only 50 seats available) |
| Knights Room Dummy Load QSO Party - WQ5RP |
7.030 to 7.040 plus 7.122MHz 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 Registered QRPers |
| 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Hotel Lobby and 4SQRP Kit Sales | Registration desk open - Joy Dufrain, NQ5R |
| 7:00 AM - all day | KØN and KQ5RP on 7040 KHz | Bart - WØIIT Station Master and volunteers |
| Common Area 2nd floor – near elevators | Special Area for Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc. | |
| Knights Room - Flea market vendor fair | QRP flea market, vendor fair open all day | |
| 9:00 AM | Conference Opening Remarks Stonehenge Room |
Johnny Matlock, ACØBQ 4SQRP President and Jeff Logullo, NØMII Master of Ceremonies |
| 9:15 - 10:00 AM | The Famous Pine Board Project & more | Bob Heil - K9EID |
| 10:00 - 10:45 AM | Build It and Make It Fun | Steve White - NUØP |
| 10:45 - 11:00 AM | Stretch Break | Prize drawings & announcements — Ed Meyer WG5F |
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11:00 - 11:45 |
Homebrew Building and Experimenting | John Robertson, W5CYF — U-Tube Personality |
| 11:45 - 1:15 PM | Lunch and QRP vendor/swap meet time | Free Catered Lunch for Registered OzarkCon Attendees and Spouses |
| 1:30 - 2:15 PM | O-17 transceiver | Tommy Henderson WD5AGO |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | EMI - Electro Magnetic Interference | Larry Hastings ABØAH |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM | Stretch Break | Prize drawings & announcements — Ed Meyer WG5F |
| 3:15 - 4:00 PM | D Star - QRP | Mike Heitmann NØSO |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM | New Kit Information and More | Dave Cripe NMØS |
| 4:30 PM | Plaque presentations | Johnny Matlock ACØBQ and Jeff Logullo NØMII |
| 4:45 PM | OzarkCon Grand Prize drawing - Lots of Prizes! | Many thanks to Ed Meyer WG5F and Karen Meyer W5KKM |
| 5:00 PM to ??? | Dinner on your own | |
| 6:00 PM - ???? |
Evening activities and music for QRPers Homebrew contest and equipment show and tell, demonstrations, socializing, more music and fun! |
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| 6:00 PM until Sunday or when found | Hidden Oscillator Hunt | If you don't win a prize at Ozarkcon there's still hope. After the prize drawings on Saturday KV6Z will activate two small 20mw rf oscillators (~7116.59 & 7120.96kHz) and hide them somewhere in or around the Stone Castle Hotel. Return the oscillator/s to KV6Z and receive an unbuilt 4SQRP kit as a prize. More later. |
| Sunday | ||
| 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Hotel Breakfast | At the Hotel breakfast room for hotel guests |
| 9:01 AM | Branson, Missouri | OzarkCon 2018 officially ends. Thank you for your participation! We look forward to seeing you again in 2019 |
| Times are somewhat flexible - Check back often for additional information | ||
Page updated January 28, 2018