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Friday
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10 am - ???
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Table Rock POTA Outing
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Bryan Nehl KØEMT
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Noon - 3:00 pm
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Hotel Lobby
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Registration desk open
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3:00 - 4:00 pm
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Stonehenge Room - Ocon University
The AI Advantage: Enhancing Amateur Radio with LLMs and Prompt Engineering
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Bryan Nehl KØEMT
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4:00 - 6:00 pm
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Hotel Lobby
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Registration desk open
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6:00 pm
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Banquet dinner - Stonehenge Room
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7:30 pm - till ?
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BUILD-A-THON
South End of the Stonehenge Room
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Hands-on kit building workshop
(workshop registration required - only 30 seats available)
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9:30 pm till ???
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Stonehenge Room -
Music for the QRPer
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Great musical fun tradition for all.
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Saturday
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6:00 - 8:45 am
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Stonehenge Room
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Private complementary breakfast for Registered QRPers
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7:00 - 9:00 am
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Hotel Lobby and 4SQRP Kit Sales
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Registration desk open
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7:00 am - ?
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Knights Room -
Dummy Load QSO Party - WQ5RP
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Coordinated by Bert McClendon NØYJ and Volunteers
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7:00 am - all day
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KØN on 7030-7040 KHz
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Bert McClendon NØYJ and Volunteers
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Common Area 2nd floor near elevators
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Special Area for Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc.
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Knights Room - Flea market vendor fair
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QRP flea market, vendor fair open until kit build session
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8:30 - 8:45 am
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Conference Opening Remarks
Stonehenge Room
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Johnny Matlock ACØBQ 4SQRP President
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8:45 - 9:15 am
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Ron Potter AG1P Memorial
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Cecil Higgins ACØHA
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9:15 - 10:00 am
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Pico Receiver
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Robert Nickels W9RAN
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10:00 - 10:45 am
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QRP Mesh Networks
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Charles Powell NK8O
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10:45 - 11:00 am
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Stretch Break
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Prize drawings & announcements -
Ed Meyer WG5F and Karen Meyer W5KKM
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11:00 - 11:45 am
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QRP, Mad Science, and Radio Hippies
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Wes Spence AC5K
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11:45 - 12:00 am
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Prize Drawings, Anouncements,
Stretch Break
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
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Lunch and QRP vendor/swap meet time
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Free Lunch for Pre-Registered OzarkCon attendees and spouses.
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1:00 - 1:45 pm
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Operating SCOTA
Shipping Container on The Air
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Ed Meyer WG5F
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1:45 - 2:30 pm
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Introduction to Enzec
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John Frederick N8GOU
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2:30 - 3:15 pm
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New Kit updates
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David Cripe NMØS
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3:15 - 4:00 pm
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Stretch Break
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Prize drawings & announcements -
Ed Meyer WG5F and Karen Meyer W5KKM
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4:00 - 4:15 pm
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Plaque Presentations
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Johnny Matlock ACØBQ
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4:15 - 4:30 pm
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Lots of Prizes!
OzarkCon Grand Prize drawing
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Many thanks to Ed Meyer WG5F and Karen Meyer W5KKM
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5:30 pm to ???
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Dinner on your own
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6:00 pm - ????
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Evening activities and music for QRPers
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Homebrew contest and equipment show and tell,
demonstrations, socializing, more music and fun!
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9:00 pm
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OzarkCon 2025 Officially Ends
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Thank you for your participation!
We look forward to seeing you again in 2026.
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Sunday
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6:00 am - 9:00 am
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Hotel Breakfast
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At the Hotel breakfast room for hotel guests
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Times are somewhat flexible - Check back often for additional information
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