FlexRadio SDR-1000.  Barry should have been buying lottery tickets that night - he also won the raffle for a portable generator, graciously donated by Ted (W4VHF) and Itice (K4LVV) Goldthorpe.

As tired as we were on Sunday, Heather and I hosted about 30 people back at our farm for an impromptu Bar-b-que and "shack tour".  While the sunshine disappeared, the weather remained warm and dry, the beer was cold, and the burgers were delicious.  I had to work extra hard to arrange the Sunday afternoon aurora so Bob Magnani, K6QXY, could work some real 6m buzz, but we pulled it off!  A perfect end to a perfect conference!

This conference, like all the others, was the result of a lot of hard work by your 2004 conference team.  I want to extend my sincere thanks to Bob Morton, VE3BFM, Dana Shtun, VE3DSS, Tom Richmond, VE3IEY, Al Bonner, VE3FY, Norm Friedin, VE3CZI, and last but, definitely not least, Heather Shilton, VE3EMS.  In addition, I want to thank Gerald Handley, W5DBY, and Bruce Richardson, W9FZ your all your support and guidance.

See you all next year in Colorado Springs!

73,

Peter Shilton
VE3AX
2004 CSVHFS Conference Chairman

Preparations are underway for the '05 Conference in Colorado Springs on July 29^th and 30^th, 2005.  The Sheraton Hotel will be the location.  The hotel is located on south Circle Drive and has an airport shuttle.  The negotiated room price is $92 per night with no limit on people in the rooms.  The hotel has undergone a remodel in the last couple of years and is a self contained family hotel with an indoor pool.

In meeting with the hotel management, they have made great concessions for the conference and really want us to come be with the facility.  This is the most professional staff I have worked with in the twenty years I have been putting on events.

We are going to need someone to volunteer to do the noise figure measurements this year as W5LUA has gone into retirement from this activity.  If you would like to volunteer please contact WØLD.

Colorado, in the summertime, is beautiful.  Evenings are cool, humidity is low, and the conference will be held in the shadow of Pikes Peak.  Come, bring the family, the kids, grandkids, and enjoy Colorado at it's best.

Lauren Libby,WØLD
2005 CSVHFS President (Conference Chair)

Nationwide emailing and announcement will go out in February.  Mail-out and downloadable registration packets will go out in late-April/early-May.

From an ARRL News Release:  "Virginia ham radio pioneer Ted Mathewson, W4FJ, of  Richmond died January 31. He was 100. An ARRL member, Mathews founded the Richmond Amateur Radio Club and served for many years as Virginia Army MARS director. He also was well-known within the amateur satellite and VHF/UHF communities and was a member and former officer of the Central States VHF Society."

John Fox, WØLER, (also a founding member) recently shared with me:  "Ted was one of the original founders of the CSVHF Society serving as Sect/Treasurer for many of the early years of the Society. Ted was a great gentleman and will be missed by all of us."

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