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15th INTERNATIONAL EME CONFERENCE

Cambridge: 16-18 August 2012

In 2012 Cambridge will be the venue for the 15th International EME Conference – the first time the UK has hosted this prestigious event.


The UK Microwave Group (in conjunction with the RSGB), hosts of the 15^th International EME conference, are delighted to announce that the venue for this conference is to be Churchill College, Cambridge. The facilities have been inspected by the organising team and provide excellent accommodation, lecture theatre, meeting rooms, restaurant and bar on a single site.


A typical bedroom and the dining Hall


Part of the Bar area

Click the EME2012 logo above for a welcome via the Moon from Peter G3LTF.

The organising team is working to develop the program for delegates. This will include an optional pre conference tour and a program for partners. The main conference will take place on the 17^th and 18^th August 2012 with the optional tour on 16^th. Accommodation will be available from the evening of the 15^th August for those wishing to arrive before the tour.

More details of the program will be announced as the plans are confirmed.
Details of the Conference dinners are now online.

The conference booking page is open. An option for staged payments is now available.
In these difficult economic times we would like to make EME 2012 as accessible as possible. Until now we have only offered En-Suite rooms with their own toilet and bath or shower. To help keep delegates' costs down we are now offering a limited number of single standard rooms. These have a wash basin, but with shared toilet and shower facilities located nearby. For 2-night Package C the saving is £40. The total cost for a delegate taking the two day Package C in a standard room will be:- £15 for registration, £215 for accommodation including refreshments and lunch on both days, and Friday dinner. The Gala dinner on Saturday is £45 extra – so a total of £275 gives you the whole conference experience, with only your bar bill to add !
We hope this new option will help more delegates attend the conference – but please book before 1st June when we will have to increase prices. You can secure your booking with a 25% deposit and pay the balance by 1st July.

The Conference

EME, short for Earth Moon Earth communications, involves using the Moon as a passive reflector to enable beyond the horizon communications on frequencies where this would not normally be possible. The very small signal levels involved demand that all the station components, antenna, preamplifiers, transmitters and signal processing have to be optimised to achieve the required system performance.

These conferences provide an opportunity for those involved in this challenging, science-based aspect of amateur radio to exchange ideas leading to improved techniques in EME communications.

The Place

The University of Cambridge is one of the world's oldest universities, a leading academic centre, and is a self-governed community of scholars. Its reputation for outstanding academic achievement is known world-wide and reflects the intellectual achievement of its students, as well as the world-class original research carried out by the staff of the University and the Colleges. With its long history in both wireless and radio astronomy it is a very appropriate venue for the International EME Conference in 2012. From the production of the wartime “19 set”, through the discovery of Pulsars to the commercialisation of Bluetooth, Cambridge has been a centre for wireless and astronomical research for over 70 years.

The city of Cambridge is a delight to visit in any season: be inspired by the museums and art galleries, relax in its many pubs, restaurants and cafes and explore the independent shops around the historic market place. Pictures of Cambridge, courtesy of G4BAO. Click here to open the tourist information site in a new tab/window.

What next?

More details of the lecture program will be posted here as the conference planning develops. Subscribe to our EME 2012 News RSS feed.

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