2017 Green Bank Conference Schedule

Day Time Speaker Title
Sunday, 7/23/2017   12:00 PM   Registration at Jansky Lab Building
    12:30 PM Ed Harfmann, Charles Osborne Radio Astronomy Beginner Session
    3:00 PM Skip Crilly 40 Ft. Radio Telescope Workshop
    5:15 PM   Dinner NRAO Cafeteria
    6:30 PM   Set Up Outside Experiments
  6:30 PM Steve Tzikas Skynet robotic radio telescope demonstration
    8:00 PM   Social at Drake Lounge, pre-amp noise figure testing by Charles Osborne 
Monday, 7/24/2017  7:45 AM   Breakfast in NRAO Cafeteria
   9:00 AM Tom Hagen, VP Introductions and Opening Remarks
   9:15 AM Ken Redcap, President SARA Announcements
   9:30 AM Steve Tzikas Section Updates
  10:00 AM Skip Crilly Pulsar Observations at 1400 MHz using the Forty Foot Telescope at the Green Bank Observatory
  10:40 AM Dr. Rich Russell Monte Carlo Analysis
  11:20 AM Bill Liles VLF/LF and the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
  12:00 PM Wayne McCain Radio Astronomy CubeSats
  12:30 PM   Lunch NRAO Cafeteria
   1:30 PM Ken Redcap, Pres. Call for Nominations
   2:00 PM Dale Gary Observing the Sun Over 7 Decades
   2:40 PM   Coffee Break and Poster Session
   2:55 PM Dave Fields Radio Astronomy and Light-Sail Research with Small Satellite Support
   3:35 PM Dennis Farr Spectrum Analyzer/Sweep Gen. on a Budget
   4:15 PM Jim Brown/Dick Flagg An Evaluation of a DDRR Antenna as an Alternative to a Radio JOVE Dual Dipole Array
   5:15 PM   Dinner at the NRAO Cafeteria
   6:15PM   Flea Market in Dorm Parking Lot
   6:15 PM   Setup Outside Experiments
   7:00 PM   SARA Board of Directors Meeting
   8:00 PM   Social at Drake Lounge, pre-amp noise figure testing by Charles Osborne
Tuesday, 7/25/2017  7:45 AM   Breakfast at NRAO Cafeteria
   9:00 AM Ken Redcap, Pres. Elections
   9:30 AM Ken Redcap, Pres. Business Meeting
  10:00 AM   Coffee Break and Poster Session
  10:15 AM Dr. Rich Russell Atmospheric Reflection
  11:00 AM Jack Gelfand An Amateur Instrument for the Detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background
  11:45 AM Wayne McCain Amateur Radio Meteor Scatter Experiments (ARMSE)
  12:30 PM   Lunch NRAO Cafeteria
   1:30 PM   Group Picture
   1:45 PM Sue Ann Heatherly NRAO High-Tech Tour
   3:15 PM   Snack Break and Poster Session
   3:30 PM Dr. Chuck Higgins Radio Jove Citizen Science for the 2017 Solar Eclipse
   4:10 PM Open Mic Session  
   5:00 PM Tom Hagen, VP 2018 Conference Plans
   5:15 PM   Dinner at NRAO Cafeteria
  6:15 PM   Setup outside experiments
  8:00 PM   Social at Drake Lounge, pre-amp noise figure testing by Charles Osborne
Wednesday, 7/26/2017 7:45 AM   Breakfast in NRAO Cafeteria
  9:00 AM   Conference Ends