Vendor Day and Golf Outing

TRAINING SESSIONS AND EVENTS

The Iowa Heartland Chapter strives to provide members with affordable opportunities for networking and professional development.  

2015 Training Schedule (tentative)

Cable Tec Games
April 22, 2015 (tentative date)
Kirkwood Community College

HFC Network Best Practices
June 3 & 4, 2015 (tentative dates)
Ankeny:  IAMU                Marion: Kirkwood Community College

Vendor Day and Golf Outing
August 12, 2015
Kirkwood Community College & Airport National Golf Course

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November 11 & 12, 2015
Ankeny:  IAMU               Marion:  Kirkwood Community College

4th Quarter Training:  Powering The HFC Network

Presented by George Bosak, Alpha

 Topics covered during this training include:
  • Utility Input Voltage
  • Power Supply Overview
  • Grounding & Bonding
  • Current Draw
  • Voltage Drop
  • Generators
  • Power Supply Preventative Maintenance
powering_the_hfc_network.pptx
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Two Training sessions PER DAY at TWO Locations!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Kirkwood Community Outreach Center
3375 Armar Dr.
Marion, Iowa 52302
Morning Session (each day)
8:30am-9:00am        Registration
9:00am-11:30am      Powering The HFC Network

Afternoon Session (each day)
12:30pm-1:00pm      Registration
1:00pm-3:30pm        Powering The HFC Network
Lunch is NOT included in this training

COST:  FREE to SCTE members; $10.00 for non-SCTE members

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Morning Session: 8:30am to 11:30am
Afternoon Session: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Live Session: Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
1735 NE 70th Avenue, Ankeny
Morning
Mediacom
​Non-Mediacom
Afternoon
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Remote Session 1: Cedar Falls Utilities
1 Utility Parkway, Cedar Falls, IA
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Mediacom
​Non-Mediacom
​Afternoon
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Remote Session 2: Muscatine Power and Water
1 Utility Parkway, Cedar Falls, IA
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2014 Vendor Fair and Golf Outing

Vendor Fair
Thank You to all the vendors who participated in our 2014 Vendor Day.  We appreciate your support for our chapter and its members!
  • ACI
  • Altec
  • Arcom
  • ARRIS
  • Calix
  • Clearfield
  • Communications Supply Group
  • CommSonics
  • CommTech Services
  • DF Countryman
  • Entone
  • ETI
  • KGP Logistics
  • Multilink
  • Optelian
  • Pace
  • Performed Line Products
  • Power & Tel
  • Solutions 5
  • Steren
  • Team Sales
  • Terry-Durin
  • TFC/Amphenol
  • TVC Communications
  • Universal Remote
  • Vision Corp.
Golf Outing
Fun in the sun!  Thanks to everyone who braved the hills at Airport National Golf Course!

Past Training Sessions

2014 Cable-Tec Games

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Kirkwood Community Outreach Center
3375 Armar Dr.
Marion, IA  52302

June 2013 Training

Bucket Truck and Workplace Safety Training

June 5, 2013 - Marion
June 6, 2013 - Ankeny

A big THANK YOU to Jim Garrison of Muscatine Power & Water for his presentations.  Click below to download (PDF's).
2013_ergonomics.pdf
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line_clearances.pdf
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hazard_recognition_training_powerpoint_final.pdf
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stc001_work_zone_mutcd_2013.pdf
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April 2013 Training

Best Practices for HFC Networks
April 17, 2013 - Ankeny
April 18, 2013 - Marion

December Training Sessions

Thank You to everyone who attended our December training sessions, and to our great presenters!  Click the links below to download the presentations.
Powering Issues:  Lowell Anderson, Alpha
dec_2012_powering_issues-alpha.pdf
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Ethernet Basics:  Ron Grigsby, RDG Telecom
dec_2012_ethernet_fundamentals.pdf
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2012 Vendor Day

Thanks to all the vendors who made the Iowa Heartland Chapter's Vendor Day a HUGE success!  Below are some photos of the vendor fair and the golf outing.  We'll see you again next year!

June 2012 Training Sessions

Thank you to everyone who attended our June 2012 training sessions in Marion and Ankeny!  Click the links below to download the presentations from that day.

Brad Riggan-Aurora Networks
RFoG and EPON Presentation 

Jerry Patton-Arris
WiFi 101 Presentation
(clink links below to download PDF)

what_is_802.11.pdf
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