Guidance for CSVHFS Conference Presenters

As a member of the VHF/UHF/Microwave and Weak Signal Communities, we are seeking a great lineup of presentations to be provided at the event.  Your topic need not be published in the Proceedings to present it at the Conference.

SOLICITATION AND TOPICS

The 2024 Central States VHF Society Conference is soliciting presentations on all weak-signal VHF and above amateur radio topics, including:

  • Antennas including Modeling, Design, Arrays, and Control
  • Test Equipment including Homebrew, Commercial, and Measurement Techniques & Tips
  • Construction of equipment such as Transmitters, Receivers, and Transverters
  • Operating including Contesting, Roving, Grid and DXpeditions
  • RF power amps including Single and Multi-band Vacuum Tube, Solid-state, and TWTAs
  • Propagation including Ducting, Sporadic E, Troposcatter, Meteor Scatter, etc.
  • Pre-amplifiers (low noise)
  • Digital Modes such as WSJT, JT65, FT8, JT6M, ISCAT, etc.
  • Regulatory topics
  • Moon Bounce (EME)
  • Software-defined Radio (SDR)
  • Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Topics such as FM, repeaters, packet radio, etc., are generally considered outside of the scope of presentations being sought. However, there are always exceptions.  Please contact the Proceedings or Presentation coordinators listed below if you have any questions about the suitability of a particular topic.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

  • PROCEEDINGS

Submit your paper(s) to Rod Blocksome at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later
than 30 May 2024.

  • PRESENTATIONS

Coordinate your presentation with Rod Blocksome at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
no later than 11 July 2024 

With coordination, presentations, and posters may be delivered at the conference.  However, presentations MUST be provided to the A/V team NO LATER than Friday morning, 26 July 2024 to be assembled before the start of the Conference on Friday afternoon. Earlier submissions are encouraged!

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

  • Submissions accepted via email, Dropbox, CD/DVD, USB stick/thumb drive, etc.
  • Check with the point of contact prior to submitting formats other than those listed.

COORDINATORS

• PRESENTATIONS 

  • Rod Blocksome, K0DAS
  • email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Snail mail: 690 Eastview Dr., Robins, IA  52328

• PROCEEDINGS

  • Rod Blocksome, K0DAS
  • email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Snail mail: 690 Eastview Dr., Robins, IA  52328

STYLE GUIDE

  •  Technical program speakers generally will be provided a TOTAL of 30 minutes for their presentations AND Q&A. Times may be adjusted individually as necessary and must be arranged BEFORE the Conference.

  •  To ensure that the audience can read your content your presentation’s fonts and text colors need to contrast significantly with the background color.  Keep the amount of text on a slide to a minimum for readability.

  • Microsoft PowerPoint is the preferred format.  If you need to present with an alternate format, please inform the coordinator well in advance, and we will do what we can to accommodate you.

  • For presentations that consist of only pictures, a PowerPoint file containing the photos in proper order is suggested.
  • All presentations will be assembled onto a single laptop and tested to ensure that they work prior to the start of the conference. Please advise us ahead of time if you will require any media as part of your presentation, ie., CD, USB stick/thumb drive or internet download. We may not be able to accommodate you five minutes before your presentation starts.
  • During your presentation don’t “wiggle” the pointer on the screen! Don’t wave the pointer around the room; keep it on the screen. NEVER allow it to be pointed into the audience