17th ANNUAL CONFERENCE - CENTRAL STATES VHF SOCIETY, 1983 Seattle Room DOUBLETREE HOTEL, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS Thursday, July 28 1600-2000 Registration open 1800-2000 Buffet dinner 2100- Board of Directors meeting Friday, July 29 0730-1600 Registration open 0900-0915 Welcome and general information 0915-1000 UHF Gear You Can Build: 432,902,1296 MHz. Don Hilliard, WØPW 1000-1015 Coffee break 1015-1100 1296 MHz. Sattelite Equipment-- Bill McCaa, KØRZ 1100-1145 70 cm. EME With the 140 ft. Dish at Greenbank, West Virginia-- Tom Clark, W3IWI 1145-1315 Break for lunch 1315-1400 Optimum Performance for Small Arrays of Yagis-- Tim Pettis, KL7WE 1400-1445 Update on 902 MHz.--Russ Wicker, W4WD 1445-1500 break 1500-1630 VUAC Report--Ed Gray, WØSD ;VHF/UHF Actvities Forum VUAC, ARRL, etc. 1900- ? Noise Figure Measurement 2100- Board of Directors meeting Saturday, July 30 0800-0930 Registration open 0845-0930 Sporadic E Propagation--Pat Dyer, WA5IYX 0930-1015 VHF/UHF update--Bill Tynan, W3XO 1015-1030 Coffee Break 1030-1115 Oscar 10 Is in Orbit--Tom Clark, W3IWI 1115-1200 Central States VHF Society Business Meeting 1200-1330 Break for lunch 1330-1700 Antenna Gain Measurement Activities-rear parking lot Mark Thorson, WBØTEM 1830-1930 Attitude Adjustment Period 1930-2230 Banquet and Prize Drawing 2230- Noise Figure measurements Sunday, July 31 0930-1000 Pac-Sat Preview-- Tom Clark, W3IWI 1000- Your Slides, etc.