rh@well (Robert Horvitz) (05/21/89)
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The Association of North American Radio Club's annual convention
will be held July 14-16, 1989, at the Dolphin Beach Resort in
St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. You do not have to be a club
member to attend.
The focus of this year's gathering is transborder broadcasting in
the Caribbean region and Central America. Here is our current
list of confirmed speakers. There may be further additions:
ERNESTO BETANCOURT, Director, Radio Marti: "Radio Marti in an
Era of Glasnost"
BILL CRAWFORD, co-author of "Border Radio," with an audio-visual
history of superpower AM stations on the US/Mexico border
H. DICKSON NORMAN, President, NDXE Global Radio: "NDXE's Vision"
FRED OSTERMAN, Manager of Universal Shortwave: "New Shortwave
Modulations"
JERRY ROMAINE, Director of Grenada's Government Information Service:
"Broadcasting In and From Grenada"
JOHN SANTOSUOSSO, Chairman, Dept. of History/Political Science,
Florida Southern College: "The State of Clandestine Broadcasting
in Latin America"
O. G. VILLARD, JR., Senior Scientific Advisor, SRI International:
"Interference Reducing Antennas for Shortwave Listeners"
On the afternoon of July 14th there will be a continuous screening
of English-language videos from the ITU Library, including: "BLACK
BAMBOO" (design and construction of the Indonesian Radio Monitoring
Center's antenna system); "GRIMETON" (construction/operation of
one of the world's most powerful radiotelegraph stations in Sweden
in the 1920s); "TALE OF A TOWER" (construction of a 1080-foot
concrete antenna tower in England); "TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
IN BURMA" (telegraphy, telephony and radio, 1857-1987); "TOKTOK"
(building a microwave network in Papua New Guinea); "THE VITAL LINK
FOR SAILORS" (a day at Danish Coastal Radio); "WINDOW ON THE WORLD"
(history of television in Europe).
The Dolphin Beach Resort Hotel has agreed to offer the special
ANARCON room-rates for as many days as you want before and after the
convention, so you can plan a family vacation around the event.
Buses to the Dolphin Beach Resort run regularly from Tampa
International Airport. For those travelling by car, take
Interstates 75 and 275 to St. Pete Beach.
Monday, July 17 (optional): All-day trip to Orlando to visit
either Disney World or EPCOT Center. Bus pick-up/drop-off at
the hotel.
=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=| REGISTRATION FORM |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Name____________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________
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Number of Persons in Your Party: ______
Names of Additional Persons in Your Party (besides yourself):
CONVENTION REGISTRATION FEE: US$25 per person; $40 per family,
regardless of number of persons. (You only need to pay the
family rate if your spouse or other members of your family
plan to participate in convention sessions, the Friday night
reception, etc.) Please indicate the total amount you owe for
Registration Fees:___________.
BANQUET FEE: $25 per person. Please indicate:
Number of persons in your party who will attend banquet:____
Total amount you owe for Banquet Fees:__________.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION: The special convention rate is $50 per
night for a STANDARD room. POOLSIDE rooms are available for
$58 per night, and GULF-FRONT rooms (facing the beach) are $66
nightly. You may have up to 4 people in each room at no
additional charge. Please indicate which type of room you
desire and which nights you wish to reserve:
___ Standard ($50/night) Please circle the nights you
will be staying at the Hotel:
--- Poolside ($58/night)
July 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
___ Gulf-front ($66/night) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
REMARKS, QUESTIONS, OR SPECIAL NEEDS (For example, vegetarian or
other special diets; handicapped attendees who desire first
floor rooms; broadcasters who need studio facilities;
exhibitors who need table or display space; seminar topic
suggestions; etc.):
Please print out and return this Registration Form to:
ANARCON-89, P. O. Box 272301, Tampa, FL 33688 USA
Send no money now. You will be billed by return mail.