RSGB Convention - Provisional Timetable
Saturday	COLUMBUS	COOK 1	COOK 2	RALEIGH	Contest University
09.30-10.15	COLUMBUS   IOTA: 4W6A - Timore-Leste DXpedition 2011 by Tim Beaumont, M0URX	COOK 1   SDR In Action – Making the most of your SDR receiver by Simon Brown, HB9DRV.	COOK 2    A tour of the ARRL by Bob Inderbitzen NQ1R, ARRL.		Manor House lounge      CTU: Ionospheric Sounders - what they are and how to use them for Contesting by Steve Nichols, G0KYA
10.15-10.45	COFFEE	COFFEE	COFFEE	COFFEE	COFFEE
10.45-11.30	COLUMBUS  IOTA: Run-up to IOTA's 50th Anniversary, a Two Year Marathon of Island Activity, a presentation by Roger Balister, G3KMA	COOK 1    5MHz experiment & analysis of data by Alan Messenger, G0TLK	COOK 2    Africa with two suitcases by Nick Henwood, G3RWF	RALEIGH    Introduction to digital modes on the HF bands by Mike Richards, G4WNC.	Manor House lounge      CTU: Antenna Modelling for Contesting by Steve Knowles, G3UFY
11.45-12.30	COLUMBUS  IOTA: The Isles of the Five-Pointed Sun, an illustrated talk on the XV7RRC/XV3RRC operation by Yuri Zaruba, UA9OBA and Sergey Morozov, RA3NAN	COOK 1   5MHz Beacon Measurements, NVIS Maximum Operating Frequency and NVIS Propagation Predictions by Marcus Walden, G0IJZ	COOK 2    10GHz & 24GHz Earth Moon Earth communications by Brian Coleman, G4NNS	RALEIGH    How to make a Yagi yourself and ensure it works as it should by Justin Johnson, G0KSC.	Manor House lounge     RSGB towards 2020 by Dave Wilson, M0OBW, RSGB President and members of the Board.                                                                          Followed at 1pm by FOC AGM/EGM.
12.30-13.45	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
13.45-14.30	COLUMBUS  IOTA: Success at the Second Attempt, the V73RRC DXpedition to Ujelang Atoll OC-278, a presentation by Yuri Sushkin, N3QQ	COOK 1    Where do our wavelengths come from - the work of the IARU by Peter Chadwick, G3RZP	COOK 2   A Theoretical Look at Greyline Propagation by Carl Leutzelschwab, K9LA	RALEIGH    Camb Hams - Your first IOTA DXpedition by Gavin Nesbitt, M1BXF & Rob Chipperfield, M0VFC.	Manor House lounge      CTU: SkookumLogger: Improving your Contest Skills using Mac OSX by Jonathan Mitchener, G0DVJ
14.45-15.30	COLUMBUS  The amateur's roots in radio astronomy that helped lift the veil on  Electricity and Plasma in Space by Tom Findlay, GM4DOZ	COOK 1    Adventures in Optical Communication by Stuart Wisher, G8CYW	COOK 2      It's full of plasma - why space weather and radio signals are linked by Dr Colin Forsyth from SSL	RALEIGH    Summits on the Air - by Tom Read M1EYP & Jimmy Read M3EYP	Manor House lounge      CTU CONTEST EXCHANGE - this is where there will be a mixture of 'hosts' and 'guests'.
15.30-16.00	Tea	Tea	Tea	Tea	Tea
16.00 - 16.45	COLOMBUS   Electronic warfare, concentrating on the radio intercept side by Michael O'Beirne	COOKE 1     The FUNcube Project by Graham Shirville, G3VZV	COOKE 2   G3PYE from the first UK repeater to a 21st Century Radio Club by  Gavin Nesbitt, M1BXF & Rob Chipperfield, M0VFC.	RALEIGH    The Pennine Way (with a radio) - by Tom Read M1EYP & Jimmy Read M3EYP
17.00-17.45	COLUMBUS    The 2012 Olympics - Operating & Opportunities by Murray Niman, G6JYB	COOKE 1    FUNcube dongle Howard Long, G6LVB	STANLEY  Using your cathode ray oscillograph by Richard Brett-Knowles, G3AAT	RALEIGH    GI SOTA - Activating Summits on the Air around Northen Ireland - by Tom Read M1EYP & Jimmy Read M3EYP	Manor House lounge      CTU walk in Q&A drop in and ask some of your contesting questions. This is not an audience session, more an informal come and go slot for your contesting questions. Please drop in for advice on your contesting matters at any time during this period. Lee Volente, G0MTN & Mark Haynes, M0DXR
Running all day	BURTON   FOC Pile up	STANLEY    Running All Day on Saturday. Drop-in Hands-on Test Equipment Training Sessions with Richard Brett-Knowles G3AAT	MCKENZIE UK Exams	HUDSON US Exams	RALEIGH    17.45 GR2HQ meeting for all GB5HQ/GB7HQ/GR2HQ team members
Sunday	COLUMBUS	COOK 1	COOK 2	RALEIGH	CONTEST UNIVERSITY
09.00-09.45	COLUMBUS   First steps on HF talk by Brian Reay, G8OSN	COOK 1    Starting at 9.30am. Instant Morse by Steve White, G3ZVW	COOK 2   SDR Software – the building blocks of a SDR program, an introduction to the design and implementation of a fully functional SDR program by Simon Brown, HB9DRV	RALEIGH   Healthy eating for radio amateurs by Janet Proudman 2E0LLM.	Manor house lounge  Next generation beacon by Bo Hansen, OZ2M.
10.00-10.45	COLUMBUS   Propagation to T32C - predictions versus reality by Steve Nichols, G0KYA	COOK 1   Instant Morse by Steve White, G3ZVW	COOK 2  Effects of the Mid Latitude Trough in the ionosphere which has plagued propagation in the 80m by Professor Mike Warrington, G4EMW	RALEIGH   All Club Together – taking part in the UK Activity Contests.  Presented by Mick Heywood, M0ICK, Richard Staples, G4HGI and Ross Wilkinson, G6GVI (Bolton Wireless Club)	Manor House lounge      CTU: Contest Ethics & Rules, Roger Western, G3SXW
10.45-11.15	COFFEE	COFFEE		COFFEE	COFFEE
11.15-12.00	COLUMBUS   How to work daily DX on 144MHz using your 100W black-box transceiver and the WSJT suite of digital software – an introduction for absolute beginners by David Hilton-Jones, G4YTL.	COOK 1    HF Trophy presentations	COOK 2    It's full of plasma - why space weather and radio signals are linked by Dr Colin Forsyth from SSL	RALEIGH   New VHF Antenna  by John Regnault, G4SWX	Manor House lounge      CTU: Single Operator Contesting at VHF by  Roger Dixon, G4BVY
12.15-13.00	COLUMBUS   VK9C/ G6AY Dxpedition to the Cocos (Keeling) Island DX  by Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH	COOK 1   VHF Trophy presentations	COOK 2   Myths and legends in amateur radio by  Peter Chadwick, G3RZP	RALEIGH   The work of RAYNET/RAEN by Charlie Morrison, GI1FUE & Cathy Clark, G1GQJ.	Manor House lounge      CTU: How Your Logs get Adjudicated by Ian Dawson, G0FCT
13.00-14.00	LUNCH	LUNCH		LUNCH	LUNCH
14.00 - 14.45	COLUMBUS   Introduction to digital modes on the HF bands by Mike Richards, G4WNC.	COOK 1    Contest forum with the RSGB Contest Committee.  A short presentation of highlights and changes to next year's calendar, and then your chance to ask questions, put forward your views, and discuss the 2012 schedule.	COOK 2 The Cambridge University Wireless Society trip to St Pierre et Miquelon DXpedition (FP)  by Dominic Smith, M0BLF & Martin Atherton, G3ZAY	RALEIGH   14 years of amateur LF in the UK  by Dave Pick, G3YXM	Manor House lounge     CTU walk in Q&A drop in and ask some of your contesting questions. This is not an audience session, more an informal come and go slot for your contesting questions. Please drop in for advice on your contesting matters at any time during this period. Lee Volente, G0MTN & Mark Haynes, M0DXR
15.00-15.30	COOK 1     RAFFLE	RAFFLE	RAFFLE	RAFFLE	RAFFLE