Saturday Schedule

ARRL ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION CONVENTION
Saturday Schedule

EXIT

Map of Shepherd Union Building

7:00 AM

Main Foyer -Shepherd Union Building

On-site Registration Begins. Till 4:00 PM
Badge/Packet pick up for those pre-registered. Till 4:00 PM.

7:30 AM

Food Court/Diner area on 2nd Floor

Breakfast Buffet (meal ticket required)

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Swap Meet

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Amateur Radio License Test Session. (Session 1. Session 2 starts at 1:00 PM)

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM 2nd Floor near Pool Tables

Special Event Station. Come get on the air and make some contacts for our special event station. All are welcome.

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Room	Description	Presenter
320	Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning	Kevin Reeve, N7RXE
404A	FT8 – From Setup to First QSO	Jed Petrovich, AD7KG
404B	Winlink from Start to Finish	Mat Murdock, K2MJM
316	Emergency Communications FOR ECs and AECs (By Invitation Only)	Bob Craven, N7GTE
321	Solar and Propagation Update for 2019	Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA
305	Introduction to Mesh	Charles Gray, KE6QZU Ed Sim, N7RTA05

9:30 - 10:15 AM

Room	Description	Presenter
320	Parametric Receive Audio Syste	Bob Heil, K9EID
404A	How to Build Portable Go-Boxes For Your Home And Abroad	John Jacobs, W7DBO
404B	Installing a rooftop tower and antenna	Richard Mead, W7VQ
316	How and Why of DXing	Bob Carter, WR7Q
321	The Digital Radio Amateur Workstation (DRAWS™) – An Overview	John Hays, K7VE
305	Mesh Workshop Session 1 of 2	Charles Gray, KE6QZU Ed Sim, N7RTA

10:30 - 11:15

Room	Description	Presenter
320	The Best ARES Emergency Communications Training Ever – LOTOJA	Kevin Reeve, N7RXE
404A	Remote control of radio transceivers, design and implementation	Gary Crum, KK7DV
404B	The Basics of Propagation	Ron Wilcox, KF7ZN
316	South Pacific Islands – Building Communication Resiliency in Remote Communities	John Mitton, KK7L
321	DXing from the Middle East	Joel Shelton, N8XJ
305	Mesh Workshop Session 2 of 2	Charles Gray, KE6QZU Ed Sim, N7RTA

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Lunch Buffet and Guest Speaker. Bob Heil, K9EID (Meal ticket required)

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Amateur Radio License Test Session. Session 2

Special Event Station. Come get on the air and make some HF contacts for our special event station. All are welcome.

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Room	Description	Presenter
320	New Ham Workshop	John Jacobs, W7DBO
404A	Setting up a Pi-Star Hotspot for DMR	Chris Andrist, KC7WSU
404B	Go-Kits. “What Is Right For Me”	Dan Lundwall, N7XDL
316	The Magic of CW	Ryan Simpkins, N2OW Tyler Simpkins, KI7FUO
321	Technical Considerations for Your Shack (NBEMS)	Bill Mader, K8TE
305	Fldigi’s Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS)	Joan Rapp, K6QJU

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Room	Description	Presenter
320	My Favorite Commercial and Homebrew Portable HF Antennas	Jed Petrovich, AD7KG
404A	Update your station by adding a low cost Software Defined Receiver (SDR)	John Long, KW7A
404B	Eliminating My Own QRM	Roland K Smith, K7OJL
316	Earthquake Preparedness	Marilyn Hoff
321	Duke City Hamfest/Convention	Bill Mader, K8TE
305	Available

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Room	Description	Presenter
320	Portable HF and DXpeditioning	Jared Smith, N7SMI
404A	SOTA – Lessons From the Trail	John Overbaugh, K7JTO
404B	Go-Kits. “What Is Right For Me”	Dan Lundwall, N7XDL
316	Learning CW After Puberty with CW Academy	Bob Carter, WR7Q
321	Programming Your Radio with Software	David Mamanakis, KD7GR
305	Available

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Room	Description	Presenter
320	Tips on Making DX QSOs and Understanding the DXpedition Mode	Jed Petrovich AD7KG
404A	DXCC For the Little Guy	John Long, KW7A

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Food Court/Diner area on 2nd Floor

Dinner Buffet. (meal ticket required)