As of 4/22/2019
Thursday 25 April
7:00 AM – Breakfast @ O’Malley’s for Conference Attendees staying in the Hotel (until 9:00 AM)
10:00 AM – Washington D.C. Bus Tour @ Main Hotel Entrance (returns 6:00 PM)
3:00 PM = Registration @ Ashburn Room (until 6:00 PM)
7:00 PM – Hospitality @ Chantilly’s (until 11:00 PM)
7:00 PM – Show and Tell & Informal Swap meet @ Chantilly’s
Friday 26 April
7:00 AM – Breakfast @ O’Malley’s for Conference Attendees staying in the Hotel (until 9:00 AM)
8:00 AM – Registration @ Asburn Room (until 2:00 PM)
8:30 AM – Antenna Testing @ back parking lot (until 10:00 AM)
9:00 AM – National Zoo Bus Tour @ Main Hotel Entrance (returns 4:00 PM)
10:00 AM – BREAK
10:30 AM – Room 1 – Welcome
10:35 AM – Room 1 – WB4UIV Grounding for Lightning Protection & Gold Embrittlement
10:35 AM – Room 2 – K4QF Impedance Matching 101
11:15 AM – Room 1 – KA2LIM The Quagi Revisited
11:15 AM – Room 2 – W4ZST EME misadventures of K4SQC and W4ZST
12:00 PM – LUNCH
1:00 PM – WA1VUG Test Equipment courtesy of Rohde & Schwarz @ Test Room (until 5:00 PM)
1:30 PM – Room 1 – AF1T Optical Communications
1:30 PM – Room 2 – KC1HTT Low Power, 144 MHz, EME Amateur Radio Station
2:15 PM – Room 1 – K8ZR 78 GHz Fun in the AZ Sun
2:15 PM – Room 2 – PA0HRK EME: A Beginners Journey
3:00 PM – BREAK
3:30 PM – Room 1 – W1GHZ Visualizing Microwaves
3:30 PM – Room 2 – WA3ZKR A Refresher on Antenna Properties
4:15 PM – Room 1 – N3RG Another Look at Station Automation
4:15 PM – Room 2 – NW2M Feeding and Phasing LFA Antennas
5:00 PM – Room 1 – K2EZ Contest Automation 2020
5:00 PM – Room 2 – K5QE Large Vertical Arrays for 6M Contesting
5:30 PM – Dinner – on your own
6:30 PM – Swap Session @ Chantilly’s (until 8:30 PM)
7:00 PM – Hospitality @ Chantilly’s & Belmont/Gunston (until 11:00 PM)
Saturday 27 April
7:00 AM – Breakfast @ O’Malley’s for Conference Attendees staying in the Hotel (until 9:00 AM)
8:00 AM – Registration @ Ashburn Room (until 10:00 AM)
8:15 AM – Room 1 – Welcome
8:30 AM – Room 1 – WA2AAU EMI and Clear Frequencies for Microwaves
8:30 AM – Room 2 – VE2UG From Hills to Home on 10 GHz
9:15 AM – Room 1 – WA3NUF VHF Contesting In The Age Of Digital Disruption
9:15 AM – Room 2 – WA1MBA Rain Scatter, SHF and EHF
10:00 AM – BREAK
10:00 AM – WA1VUG Test Equipment courtesy of Rohde & Schwarz @ Test Room (until 5:00 PM)
10:30 AM – Room 1 – W9JJ 2019 ARRL Contest Update
10:30 AM – Room 2 – W3IP GPS Disciplined Oscillators for VHF and up
11:15 AM – Room 1 – K8ZR & W2RMA The Future of VHF/UHF/Microwave Contesting
11:15 AM – Room 2 – KS4VA 3D Printing Microwave Antennas
12:00 PM – LUNCH
1:30 PM – Room 1 – N6NB Fifteen Rovers Large and Small
1:30 PM – Room 2 – Norman Grody Homebuilt 4,12 and 20 GHz Microwave Radiometers
2:30 PM – BREAK
3:00 PM – Room 1 – K1JT MSK144, FT8, and Beyond
3:45 PM – BREAK (Clear rooms by 4:30 PM)
4:00 PM – WA2AAU – Filter Tuning Workshop @ Test Room (until 5:30 PM)
6:30 PM – Banquet w/ Cash Bar @ Ballroom (until 10:30 PM)
8:30 PM – Door Prize Drawing @ Ballroom
Sunday 28 April
7:00 AM – Breakfast @ O’Malley’s for Conference Attendees staying in the Hotel (until 9:00 AM)
8:00 AM – Flea Market @ Parking lot outside O’Malley’s ***NO EARLY BIRDS***
