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OzarkCon 2019
QRP Conference Schedule |
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OzarkCon 2019
QRP Conference Schedule |
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| When: | Friday April 5 & Saturday April 6 |
| Where: | Stone Castle Hotel and Conference Center - 3050 Green Mountain Road, Branson, Missouri |
| Friday | ||
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Hotel Lobby |
Registration desk open - Joy Dufrain, NQ5R |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Knights Room Ocon University --The Final Reflection Myths and Mysteries of VSWR, Transmission Lines, and the Conjugate Match. Only 50 seats available |
Dave Cripe NMØS |
| 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 Bob Heil,K9EID Heil Sound... |
| 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" BUILD-A-THON KV6Z and Four State QRP Group Volunteers |
Hands-on kit building workshop (workshop registration required - only 50 seats available) |
| 7:30 PM - ? | Knights Room Dummy Load QSO Party - WQ5RP |
7030 to 7040 KHz plus 7122 KHz Be sure to bring a portable rig, dummy load and QSL cards. |
| 7:30 PM - ? | 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 | KQ5RP on 7030-7040 KHz | Paul Smith - NØNBD Chief Radio Operator 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 | WWI Communications | Mike Malone-KD5KXF |
| 10:00 - 10:45 AM | Building a Real Paraset or QRP Fights Back | Steve White - NUØP |
| 10:45 - 11:00 AM | Stretch Break | Prize drawings & announcements — Ed Meyer WG5F and Karen Meyer W5KKM |
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11:00 - 11:45 |
SOTA - Summits on the Air | John Watkins - NØEVH |
| 11:45 - 1:15 PM | Lunch and QRP vendor/swap meet time | Free Catered Lunch for Registered OzarkCon Attendees and Spouses |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM |
3D printers & KiCad Bring laptops to follow |
Barry Buelow - WØIY |
| 3:00 - 3:45 PM | DMR | Will Osborn - KØWDO & John Lucas- KØJDL |
| 3:45 - 4:00 PM | Stretch Break | Prize drawings & announcements — Ed Meyer WG5F and Karen Meyer W5KKM |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM | New Kit Information and More | Dave Cripe NMØS |
| 4:30 - 4:45 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. |
| 9:00 PM | OzarkCon 2019 Officially Ends | Thank you for your participation! We look forward to seeing you again in 2020. |
| Sunday | ||
| 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Hotel Breakfast | At the Hotel breakfast room for hotel guests |
| Times are somewhat flexible - Check back often for additional information | ||
Page updated February 20, 2019