Date Set for Mass QRP Convention
The first Massachusetts QRP Convention (MassCon) will be held March 12-13, 2010 in the Westford Regency Inn Conference Center in Westford, Massachusetts. Presentations from leading figures in the QRP world will be made from 8 AM through 5 PM on Saturday (March 13). Speakers expected to present include Allison Parent (KB1GMX), Dave Siegrist (NT1U), Bruce Beford (N1RX), Chuck Kitchin (N1TEV), Michael Rainey (AA1TJ), John Sexton (KO1H), and QRP Hall of Fame members George Heron (N2APB), Joe Everhart (N2CX), and Dave Benson (K1SWL). Nobel Prize winner Joe Taylor (K1JT) will round out the event.
In addition to the Saturday seminar, a Friday evening gathering will be held on March 12, 2010 for attendees to meet the speakers, browse through vendor offerings, and do a little show-and-tell of their own.
Finally, a banquet will be held at the conclusion of the conference. Steve Galchutt (WG0AT) will keynote the event showing movies and talking about operating portable QRP, and hiking the peaks of Colorado with his pack goats Rooster and Peanut. Ticketing for the banquet is separate from the conference.
Registration is $25 in advance, $35 at the door. Banquet seats are $40 and must be purchased in advance. Seating is limited. Details about how to register for the event, obtain hotel reservations at the conference rate, and obtain banquet tickets are on the conference web site http://www.masscon.org