RSGB Convention - Provisional Timetable
Saturday	IOTA/DX Operating	Technical	VHF & Up	Contest University
09.30-10.15	IOTA Update by Roger Balister, G3KMA followed by Kaglin Island, Alaska by Mike Crownover, AD5A	Planning applications by Len Paget, GM0ONX	Amateur Satellites - history, techniques, operational, under development and thank you RCF!  Dave Johnson, G4DPZ, AMSAT-UK  &  AMSAT-NA	Preparing for the Contest by Roger Cooke G3LDI
10.15-10.45	COFFEE	COFFEE	COFFEE	COFFEE
10.45-11.30	Line Islands (T32) by Derek Cox, G3KHZ	Design of linear amplifiers by Peter Chadwick, G3RZP	The next step in low temperature VHF and up Yagis by Justin Johnson, G0KSC	Home Constructed Antenna Systems (for the smaller station) by Steve Knowles G3UFY
11.45-12.30	VY0O and VY0V: Two Eventful Expeditions in the Canadian Arctic - Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC	Design of linear amplifiers by Peter Chadwick, G3RZP	Beginners Guide to Working DX and Contesting on 70cm and 23cm Ray James, GM4CXM	Contest Propagation and Tools by Steve Nichols G0KYA
12.30-13.45	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
13.45-14.30	Remote Radio - ready for prime time? By Olaf Lundberg, G0CKV	Ferrite chokes for baluns & EMC by Dr Ian White, GM3SEK	The Earth's Magnetic Field and its Influence on Radio Propagation Dr Geoff Grayer, G3NAQ	World Radiosport Team Championship by Dave Lawley G4BUO
14.45-15.30	Chesterfield Islands 2009 (TX3A)  by Tomi Pekarik, HA7RY & Chris Hildebrand, HA5X/M0XXA	HF antennas for the new radio amateur by Leslie Butterfields, G0CIB	The study of Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun by Dr Lucie Green	A Year of Contesting by Jonathan Constable, M5FUN
15.30-16.00	Tea	Tea	Tea	Tea
16.00 - 16.45	Blowing away the smoke and mirrors of antenna operation by Roy Lewallen, W7EL	Military Communications by Michael O'Beirne, G8MOB	Beacons & Band Plans: 6m, 70cm, 23cm by Murray Niman, G6JYB	RSGB Commonwealth Contest from the Caribbean by Nick Totterdell G4FAL
17.00-17.45	TX4T French Polynesia & LF to Europe by Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF	NVIS by Anthony Wedgewood, G0TJD		A Club's IOTA Contest Dxpedition by Chris Colclough G1VDP
Sunday	IOTA/DX Operating	Technical	VHF & Up	Something New
09.00-09.45	Chesterfield Islands and other small-scale expeditions by Tomi Pekarik, HA7RY & Chris Hildebrand, HA5X/M0XXA	Introducing the AIM4170 antenna analyzer by Ian Wade, G3NRW	VHF Contests Open Forum	HF for Beginners by Brian Reay, G8OSN
10.00-10.45	Clublog by Michael Wells, G7VJR & Alan Jubb, 5B4AHJ	Using the AIM4170 antenna analyzer as a design tool by Ian Wade, G3NRW	Portable Microwave Contesting .. how to win a contest with 50 contacts by Peter Day, G3PHO	VLF by Dr. James Cowburn, G7NKS, with input from Jim Moritz and Chris Osborne
10.45-11.15	COFFEE	COFFEE	COFFEE	COFFEE
11.15-12.00	HF Contest Awards by RSGB Contests Committee	Top band propagation by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA	The Bodger's guide to Solid State QRO on VHF by Dr John Worsnop, G4BAO	UK 6 Metre Group AGM
12.15-13.00	HF Contest Open Forum by RSGB Contets Committee	Electrical Safety for the Radio Amateur by Rupert Thorogood, G3KKT	Sporadic E - An update on the prediction research by Jim Bacon G3YLA	Digital/D-Star - Darren & Gavin
13.00-14.00	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
14.00 - 14.45	Skimmer and RBN - more fun or the end of amateur radio? By Olof Lundberg, G0CKV	Tuneable Multi-mode small antennas eg CFA, CFL, EH  Mike Underhill, G3LHZ	Deep space reception on 8.4 and 32GHz by Paul Marsh, M0EYT
15.00-15.30	RAFFLE	RAFFLE	RAFFLE	RAFFLE