(1) EME:  After a two-month outage for upgrading, The SETI League's 1296.000 MHz EME beacon, operating as W2ETI, is about to go back on the air, at the 100-watt level.  This precisely calibrated reference will be active any time the moon is above the horizon at FN20.  Special QSLs are available for reception reports.  For details, see http://www.setileague.org/eme/setimoon.htm

(2)  ETCC:  The Extra-Terrestrial Century Club award is open to radio amateurs and amateur radio astronomers documenting detection of five signals from beyond Earth (satellites, meteor-scatter, aurora, EME, the Sun, the Moon, other natural radio sources --  and maybe, some day, ETI!). Endorsements are available for additional detections, up to a maximum of 100.  For details, see 
  http://www.setileague.org/awards/etcc.htm.

(3)  SETICon02:  The SETI League's second annual Technical Symposium has been scheduled for the weekend of 26 - 28 April 2002, at The College of New Jersey near Trenton, NJ.  Papers on a variety of VHF, UHF and microwave topics are anticipated.  There will also be an awards banquet, door prizes, hospitality suites, exhibits,

Conference Proceedings, and more.  For further information, see <http://www.setileague.org/seticon/meet2002.htm

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Other paper/presentation topics your newsletter editor would love to see at a conference:

What is IP3 and why are high IP3 devices good (with practical circuits)
Practical cut & past of Alford slots (using W1GHZ article info)
Practical cut & paste of VHF/UHF omni antennas
New devices of note and practical circuits
Evolution of HSMS with WSJT
VHF/UHF/SHF PCB fabrication--layout/artwork software and process
Hardline Connector mounting and sealing techniques
Power combining techniques for transistors and power modules (6-2304)
Small EME array construction guidance including computer control

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