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