Central States VHF Society

43rd Annual CSVHFS Conference
Call for Papers

The Central States VHF Society is soliciting papers, presentations, and Poster displays for the 44th Annual "Meet Me in St. Louis" CSVHFS Conference on 22–24 July, 2010. Papers, presentations, and Posters on all aspects of weak-signal VHF and above amateur radio are requested. You do not need to attend the conference, nor present your paper, to have it published in the Proceedings. Posters will be displayed during the two days of the Conference.

Antennas including Modeling/Design, Arrays, and Control;  

Test Equipment including Homebrew, Using, and making measurements
Construction of equipment, such as Transmitters, Receivers, and Transverters   Operating including Contesting, Roving, and DXpeditions
RF power amps including Single and Multi-band Vacuum Tube and solid-state   Propagation including Ducting, Sporadic E, Tropospheric and Meteor Scatter, etc.
Pre-amplifiers (low noise)   Digital Modes WSJT, JT65, etc.
Regulatory topics   EME
Software-defined Radio (SDR)   Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Non-weak signal topics, such as FM, Repeaters, packet radio, etc., are generally not considered acceptable. However, there are always exceptions. Please contact the folks below if you have any questions about the suitability of a topic.

Strong editorial preference will be given to those papers that are written and formatted specifically for publication, rather than as visual presentation aids. Don't forget POSTERS!

Deadline for submissions
  • For the Proceedings: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
  • For Presentations delivered at the conference: Monday, 28 June 2010
  • For NOTIFYING US you will have a Poster to be displayed at the conference: Monday, 28 June 2010. Bring your poster with you on the 22nd/23rd of July.

      • Contact: Ron, KO0Z email: KO0Z (at) arrl.net

      Note:  Replace '(at)' with the @-sign and '(dot)' with a period to use the email addresses manually.

      Snail Mail:

      Ron Ochu, KO0Z
      # 5 Cricklewood Ln
      St. Peters, MO 63376

  • Submissions:
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      Electronic formats (preferred)
        Word, Works, PDF and PPT are acceptable formats
        Send via email, upload to a web site for subsequent downloading, or send via snailmail on media (3.5" floppy, CD, USB stick/thumb drive).
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