Schedule for SARA Western Regional Conference ~ 22~23 March 2014

As-of 12 December 2013 ~ Subject to change

Day 1: Saturday, 22 March
Morning session at conference room at OVRO followed by a catered lunch at OVRO
Afternoon tours of the OVRO and CARMA facilities

Day 2: Sunday, 23 March
Morning session at conference room at Holiday Inn Express(in Bishop)
Afternoon session at conference room at Holiday Inn Express

Saturday, 22 March
8:00 AM Registration & hosted breakfast bar open
9:00 AM Welcome by SARA President Bill Lord
9:15 AM Tom Hagen, Introduction to Amateur Radio Astronomy
10:00 AM Stephen Muchovej, Cosmology Observations at OVRO
10:45 AM Break
11:15 AM David Hawkins, Digital Processing for Radio Astronomy

12:00 PM Hosted lunch

1:30 PM |
| | Tour of Owens Valley Radio Observatory hosted by Mark Hodges
| | and tour of CARMA facility hosted by Nikolaus Volgenau
5:00 PM |

6:30 PM No host dinner at local restaurant in Bishop

Sunday, 23 March
7:30 AM Hosted breakfast bar open
9:00 AM Stan Nelson, Meteor Forward Scatter Logging Activities
9:45 AM Tom Hagen, Measuring the Field Strengths of VLF Stations
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM Ken Redcap, An Off-The-Shelf 611 MHz Total Power Radio Telescope

12:00 PM Hosted lunch

1:30 PM Keith Payea, Characterizing and Stabilizing a Radio Jove Receiver for 24/7 Remote Operation
2:15 PM Whitham D. Reeve, Noise and Noise Figure Measurements Tutorial
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM Curt Kinghorn, Transforming an Itty-Bitty into a Serious Radio Telescope by putting it on "Steroids”
4:15 PM Open discussion
5:30 PM Closing remarks