CALL FOR PAPERS ~ 2014 SARA Western Regional Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS ~ 2014 SARA Western Regional Conference

Bishop, California and Owens Valley Radio Observatory, USA

The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) hereby solicits papers for presentation at its 2014 Western Regional Conference to be held 22 and 23 March 2014. Our first day will be spent at Owens Valley Radio Observatory with presentations by SARA members and supporters and OVRO staff followed by a tour of the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) in the nearby mountains. Our second day will be at a conference room in Bishop with presentations by SARA members and supporters.

Papers are welcome on subjects directly related to radio astronomy including hardware, software, education and tutorials, research strategies, observations and data collection and philosophy.

SARA members and supporters wishing to present a paper should email a letter of intent, including a proposed title and abstract to the conference coordinator at westernconference@radio-astronomy.org no later than 31 January 2014. Be sure to include your full name, affiliation, postal address, and email address, and indicate your willingness to attend the conference to present your paper. Submitters will receive an email response, typically within one week. Formal printed Proceedings will be published for this conference and all presentations can be made available on CD.

Additional information and a schedule can be found on SARA’s website: www.radio-astronomy.org