The 20th International EME Conference

Events Schedule

Thursday August 8th

Amerisuites Hotel, Princeton NJ

6:00 – 9:00 PM – Hospitality Suite at the Ameritsuites Hotel . Conference registration.

Friday August 9th

Armstrong Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ

8:45 – 9:00 – Welcome

9:00 – 9:30 – Transceiver Clinic introduction – Leif Asbrink SM5BSZ

9:30 – 10:45 – Using the SDR-1000 as a 2 meter EME IF – Bob McGwier, N4HY

10:45 – 11:00 – Break

11:00 – 11:45 – High accuracy Doppler shift computing – Franck Tonna F5SE

11:45 – 12:15 – The W2DRZ Antenna Controller board and software – Russ Pillsbury K2TXB

12:15 – 1:15 – Lunch

1:15 – 2:00 – Small Offset Stressed Dish for Portable 1296 EME – Allen Katz K2UYH

2:00 – 2:45 – Circular polarization feed with septum – Zdenek Samek OK1DFC 2:45 – 3:00 – Break

3:00 – 3:45 – 500 watts 23 cm Power Amplifier with 2xGI7B – Marc Franco N2UO

3:45 – 4:30 – EME receiving system optimization – Paul Chominsky WA6PY 4:30 – 4:45 – Break

4:45 – 5:30 – A Modified Dual Dipole Dish Feed for 432 MHz – Peter Blair G3LTF

5:30 – 6:00 – You Know You Have Become a REAL VHF/UHF Weak Signal Operator When… – Doug Millar K6JEY

7:00 – 9:00 – Reception at K1JT and K2UYH houses

Saturday August 10th

Armstrong Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ

9:00 – 9:45 – Multi-reflector antennas – Paul Wade W1GHZ

9:45 – 10:30 – Fundamental limits on weak-signal communication – Joe Taylor K1JT

10:30 – 10:45 – Break

10:45 – 11:30 – 2003 JW/SM2BYA 432 MHz EME operation – Gudmund Wannberg SM2BYA

11:30 – 12:15 – Progress toward 47 GHz EME – Gary Lauterbach AD6FP 12:15 – 1:30 – Lunch

1:30 – 4:00 – Swap meeting, Transceiver Clinic, use of test equipment, SETICon, etc.

4:00 – 5:00 – Open forum and poster session (show and tell for all attendees)

6:00-7:00 – SETI Conference Awards Reception (EME Conference attendees are invited)

7:00 – 9:00 – EME Conference Awards, Banquet, Keynote Speaker, door prizes

Sunday August 11th

Armstrong Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ

9:00 – 11:00 – Forum on EME Procedures and Practices – K2UYH & G3LTF

9:00 – 12:00 – Covered parking lot open for tailgating – Free admission to everyone

11:00 – 11:30 – Selection of site for EME2006 (Presentation by I4BER)