Writing for the Proceedings of the 2007 Central States VHF Society 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 acceptable. However, there are always exceptions. One example might be the use of FM along with Auroral propagation. Please contact the Technical Program 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 Technical Program Chairman (See Contact, below) by Monday, 7 MAY 2007.

SUBMISSIONS
Submissions may be:

• Electronic format (preferred);
  • via email
  • uploaded to your web site - email URL
  • on media (e.g., CD or floppy) mailed to the Technical Program Chairman
• Hard-copy (paper - last resort); mailed to the Technical Program Chairman.

Electronic formats include:

• Microsoft WORD (preferred) (editable files only)
  
• .txt files
  
• .pdf files Note: .pdf files MUST allow for changes
  

Other file formats may be usable; 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 proof-read your submissions.

CONTACTS

Technical Program Chairman: Thomas Visel, Nx1N
Thomas(at)neuric.com
Mail:   Street Address
            City, TX  78xxx

Note:  Replace ‘(at)’ with the @-sign to use the email addresses.

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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