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  Programme of events
   
 
Friday 10th October 2008
Time Stream A Stream B Stream C Stream D
18.30 Welcoming of guests      
20.00 Welcoming buffet      
         
Saturday 11th October 2008
Time Stream A Stream B Stream C Stream D
09.15 Welcome from RSGB President, Colin Thomas G3PSM  

Contest University
 
09.30 -
10.15
IOTA Session:
Martin Atherton G3ZAY
HF Contest Forum, Don Field G3XTT
The Joy of Contesting, Speaker TBC
Buildathon, Steve Hartley G0FUW, runs all day in room TBD
10:15  
Coffee
10.45-
11.30
  HF Contest Trophy Presentations, Don Field G3XTT
Contest Operating Procedures, Roger Western G3SXW
 
11.45 -
12.30
  HF Emergency Communications, Robin Bellerby GM3ZYE
Antennas for Contesting, Speaker TBC
 
12.30
Lunch
13.45 -
14.30
3X5A: Winning the CQWW Multi Multi, Roger Western G3SXW Receiver Phase Noise, Intermodulation and Dynamic Range - Just how much do we need? Peter Chadwick G3RZP
Contest Categories, Don Field G3XTT
UK 6 Metre Group AGM, Peter Bacon G3ZSS, room TBD
14.45 -
15.30
VP6DX Ducie Island Expedition, Eric Scace K3NA An Introduction to 6m, Peter Bacon G3ZSS
Propagation, Speaker TBC
 
15.30
Tea
16.00 -
16.45
Go to Yell! IOTA for Starters - how do I prepare and what can I expect on the air? Gordon Rolland G3USR Solar Cycle 24 - what can we expect? Gwyn Williams G4FKH
Contest Strategy, Speaker TBC
 
17.00 -
17.45
Speaker TBC Elecraft K3 - live via Internet, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ
Station Equipment & Layout, Speaker TBC
 
19.30 for 20.00
Gala Dinner
         
Sunday 12th October 2008
Time Stream A Stream B Stream C Stream D
09.00 - 09.45 IOTA operations in Venezuela, Ramon Brett YV5EED Technology and Operating Procedures at VP6DX, Eric Scace K3NA ARDC Speaker TBC CW Pile up! Chris Burbanks G3SJJ, room TBD
10.00 - 10.45 Jan Mayen by Sail, Michael Wells G7VJR HF Forum & IARU Region 1 Conference Papers, John Gould G3WKL, RSGB HF Manager HF CW DXing for Beginners, Steve Nichols G0KYA  
10.45
Coffee
11.15 - 12.00 Including VHF/EME in an HF DXpedition, Ned Stearns AA7A Ham 2.0 - sharing amateur radio information across the Internet, Dominic Smith M0BLF VP6DX Ducie Island Expedition, Eric Scace K3NA  
12.15 - 13.00 Aves Island DXpedition YX0A-YX0LIX, Ramon Brett YV5EED Ham 2.0 - Amateur Radio and the Internet (cont.), Dominic Smith M0BLF 5MHz Experiment Data Analysis, John Gould G3WKL US FCC Licence Exams, Paul Steed G0VEP, room TBD
13.00
Lunch
14.00 - 14.45 V8 Brunei Darussalam, Ron Stuy PA3EWP Update on Countering Deliberate QRM, John Gould G3WKL TBC US FCC Licence Exams (cont.)
15.00 - 15.45 Raffle Draw and Farewell from RSGB President, Colin Thomas G3PSM      
     


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