40th Anniversary CSVHFS Conference
July 28-29, 2006 Bloomington, MN
Ramada Mall of America (formerly the Thunderbird)
(Across from Mall of America)
Guidance for Proceedings Authors

Writing for the Proceedings of the Central States VHF Society 2006 Conference.

TOPICS:
Any topic of interest to the weak signal community including but not limited to:

Antennas including Modeling/Design, Arrays, & Control
 
  Test Equipment including Homebrew, Using, & making measurements
 
Construction of equipment, such as Transmitters, Receivers, & Transverters
 
  Operatingincluding Contesting, Roving, & DXpeditions
 
RF power amps including Single- & Multi-band Vacuum Tube & solid-state
 
  Propagation including Ducting, Sporadic E, Tropospheric & Meteor Scatter, etc.
 
Pre-amplifiers (low noise)
 
  Digitial Modes WSJT, JT65, etc.
 
Regulatory topics
 
  EME
 
Software-defined Radio (SDR)   Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Non-weak signal topics, such as FM, Repeaters, packet radio, etc., are generally NOT considered weak-signal topics and are not accepted. However, there are always exceptions. One example might be the use of FM along with Auroral propagation. Please contact the Proceedings Chairman (See Contact, below) if you have any questions about the suitability of a topic.

Strong editorial preference will be given to those papers that are written and formatted specifically for publication rather than those that are visual presentation aids.

SCHEDULE
Papers and any supporting material must be submitted to the Proceedings Chairman (See Contact, below) by Monday, 1 MAY 2006.

SUBMISSIONS
Submissions may be:

  • Electronic format (preferred); via e-mail, or on media such as CD and mailed to the Proceedings Chairman
  • hard-copy (paper); mailed to the Proceedings Chairman

Electronic formats include:

  • Microsoft WORD (preferred) (Do NOT set ‘Read Only’, or password-protect the file)
  • .txt files
  • .pdf files Note: .pdf files MUST allow for changes

Other file formats may be available… contact the Proceedings Chairman before submitting electronic formats other than those listed.

Submissions using any form of previously published or copyrighted material MUST include the copyright statement and permission to reproduce.

Authors retain the basic copyright, and by submission, consent to publication in the Proceedings, and possible publication of the Proceedings in CD/DVD format as a result of the Conference.

Please remember to spell-check and then proof-read your submissions.

CONTACT
Proceedings Chairman, CSVHFS Conference
Proceedings Chairman: Donn Baker, WA2VOI/0, Email:

Note:  Replace ‘(at)’ with the @-sign to use the email addresses.
Mail:   3128 Silver Lake Road
                     Minneapolis, MN 55418-2426



STYLE GUIDE


Pages are 8-1/2 x 11”, with 3/4” margins on left, top, and right sides. The bottom margin MUST be 1” (or more).

The Proceedings are printed in Black and White; NO color.
  • Graphs, charts, and drawings using colors to show separate variables, results, or conditions will NOT be distinguishable… they will all look alike.
  • Photographs are reproduced in B & W, not color. It is best if YOU do the reduction from color to B & W yourself. You can better judge if the important part of the photo has been rendered correctly. We’ll do the conversion from color to B&W if necessary, but the results may not be as good.

Typically, a Times Roman font, 10pt, is used as the default. Sans-serif fonts such as Helvetica or Arial are also used. Type font and size may be changed from what is submitted to enhance readability, or to better fit the available space.

Drawings and illustrations should be made with heavy lines, and clearly drawn. Schematics, etc., should be formatted to fill a major portion of a page, and be divided so that they are not overly complex. A schematic on two pages and readable is better than one on a single page and unreadable. If possible, please submit as separate items (separate files, separate pages, etc.) Label all drawings and illustrations CLEARLY, and indicate CLEARLY where in the text material they are to be located. You may place all drawings and illustrations in sequence at the back of the paper. Sometimes this makes for an easier “read,” sometimes it doesn’t.

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