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ATV Convention and biennial general meetingConvention

October 6th and 7th 2012

It’s that time again and this year we want to make the BiAGM just one part of an exciting and stimulating ATV Convention.

The focus of the ATV Convention will be a lecture program with up to 7 talks on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.  The main themes of the talks will be Digital ATV, in particular the Digilite project, and how to get going on 70cms DATV with talks on aerials, pre-amps and power amps for DATV.

 

There will be a BATC open forum panel discussion and the weekend will also include:

Date / timing

The ATV Convention will be held on Saturday 6th (doors open at 12 noon and lectures start at 1:30pm) and Sunday 7th October (start at 10am - close at 4pm) with the BiAGM taking place at 11am on Sunday.

Location

The ATV Convention will be held in Basingstoke, right in the centre of the current hot spot of UK DATV activity.

Basingstoke offers good motorway connections from London & South Coast (M3), from the Midlands & North (A34) and West via M4 and A34.  There are direct trains from London / South Coast / Southampton airport / Midlands / Manchester / Newcastle and Heathrow airport is just 45 minutes away.

The Venue

The ATV Convention will be hosted in the new Everest Community Academy which has a 150 seat lecture theatre and a large open lobby area for our use.
http://www.everest.hants.sch.uk/ 

In order to cover the costs for the weekend there will be a small charge for attending the convention, £10 for the 2 days when registering online and £7.50 per day on the door. (20% discount for BATC members)

Please note that attendance to BiAGM only will be free.

Free tea and coffee will be available all weekend and sandwiches, cakes and fruit will be available for purchase at lunchtime.

Hotels / Convention dinner

 A special BATC rate of £65 B&B (single) and £75 (double) has been arranged at the Apollo (4*) hotel which is within 1 mile of the convention venue http://www.apollohotels.com/ – please ring hotel reservations directly on 01256 796700 (not available via the web site) and quote BATC to get this rate.

It is intended to hold the ATV Convention dinner on Saturday evening at the Apollo – details to follow, but please indicate your interest when registering on the BATC website.

There are a number of other hotels within 2 / 3 miles of the venue including Travelodge, Premier Inn and Holiday Inn.

Other things to do

It is not intended to arrange an XYL program, however the Vyne National Trust house is just 3 miles away http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-thevyne, and the Jane Austen museum is less than 30 minutes away http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/

The historic city of Winchester is 20 minutes away by train, Portsmouth historic dockyard and the New Forest are less than 1 hour away by train or car.

Basingstoke has a very good modern shopping centre  http://www.festivalplace.co.uk/ the Hampshire Transport Museum http://www3.hants.gov.uk/milestones and a Ten Pin bowling alley and Ice Rink http://www.planet-ice.co.uk/arena/Basingstoke.

Other shopping is also available in Southampton (30 mins), Reading (20 mins) and London is only 50 mins away.

Get involved!

This is your convention where you will be able to meet and exchange ideas with others involved in our exciting hobby.

This web page will be updated with news as the weekend program is confirmed and a page where you can register and pay for the weekend using paypal will be made available soon.

If you have any ideas you would like to see included, if you are willing to come and tell others about your experiences in ATV, have something you want to demonstrate or just want to get involved in organising your convention please contact Noel G8GTZ at bgm2012@batc.org.uk

Booking form

Click here for the online booking form.