{"id":36,"date":"2005-05-21T01:05:05","date_gmt":"2005-05-21T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=36"},"modified":"2016-02-19T06:39:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T14:39:18","slug":"may-2005-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"May 2005 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPOKANE DX ASSOCIATION<\/strong>
\nMinutes of May 05 2005 Meeting<\/p>\n

The meeting was called to order at 7 PM by President Randy K7TQ at the Spokane Valley County Library at Upriver Drive and Argonne Road.<\/p>\n

COMMENTS<\/p>\n

*N7EF-F-Jim worked 2 places-Hong Kong, a new one, and North Ireland. Got some QSL\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S in the mail and updated the SDXA website yesterday. He got the DX packet cluster up and running at Dan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (N5AR).<\/p>\n

*W6AEA-F-George worked Nepal this morning on CW. He also got some QSL\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the mail. He also worked Somalia lately.<\/p>\n

*W3AS-F-Doug acquired a FT-1000 Mark 5 at Puyallup. Doug visited JA3 and JA6 land this Month on business.<\/p>\n

*K7EFB-F-Bill moved to the Good Samaritan Home, a nice place in the valley, recently. Doug W3AS mentioned that Bill has no phone yet so his only outside contact is by 2 meter radio.<\/p>\n

*N7ER-F-Earl had no DX to report. Wants to get some radials on his vertical to help.<\/p>\n

*WA1PMA-F-Wayne had no DX to report, but has been working some CW.<\/p>\n

*KA7YHA-A-Eric is a new member and had no DX to report. Welcome Eric! I think you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll enjoy the club and all the expertise and camaraderie here!<\/p>\n

*WA7LT-F-Lamar reported no DX, but is getting ready for the CQ WPX CW contest later this month. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been busy finishing up antenna work for W7IDW\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s estate. He did get the markers set for the backhoe for his third tower.<\/p>\n

*K7OX-F-Gary had no DX to report. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been busy working with Betsy on the Fall Hamfest-trying to line up Vendors .<\/p>\n

*K7AWB-F-Steve worked his 100th country on 17m today; got 85 cards so far! Steve says he gave up on DXCC on 12m for now-band is pretty quiet. He said he would be on 40m in the WPX contest. He also said Sporadic-E is opening up on 6m.<\/p>\n

*KC7QGV-A-Marybeth had no DX to report, but says she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been working hard on her code. Keep it up Marybeth!<\/p>\n

*AC7MV-A- Dave had no DX to report<\/p>\n

*WS7I-Jay just finished writing his ARRL \u00e2\u20ac\u0153RTTY ROUNDUP\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Web Report which he says has some good news about the club that we might want to check tomorrow (May 6). Jay says he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also going to the Dayton Hamfest. Jay also said the Packet Cluster is up however Glenn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Modem is temporarily down so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not getting the DX info. from N3RA. Should be back on line soon. <\/p>\n

*WV7Y-F-Betsy hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been on the radio for a while with the big move to the new house,but she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s looking forward to getting back on QRP and she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s looking forward to Field Day and the chance to do some camping.<\/p>\n

*N5AR-F-Dan said his computer crashed and was a mess to get it reorganized and back up but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going now and he switched from Earthlink to Office Net but he only has phone line connection and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continuing his search for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153high speed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d connection, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hooked to the 2m packet cluster. Dan says the 2m DX Net on Thurs. Nites has been going fine and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re always looking for more folks to participate in the good discussions.<\/p>\n

*NQ7V-F-Corky reported some 6m DX with California. Corky also said Steve Phillabaum is selling all of his radio equipment and a 150 ft. tower and some antennas including a 6 element 20m beam.<\/p>\n

*KD7OCT-A-Loren said about the only thing he worked resembling DX were 3 JA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S. He said he had an antenna problem with the SWR going up. He found water in the coax. Like Mother always said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153waterproof all your connections\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and sure enuf he had forgotten one so he replaced the coax and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153viola\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, end of problem.<\/p>\n

*K7TQ-F-Randy participated in the ARCI QRP International Contest in early April. He usually finishes around the top ten but this year finished 3rd, and was pretty pleased with that. Also the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fists\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fall 2000 winners were announced and Randy was No. 1 in the QRP category and would probably be ranked about 7th overall if they were listed that way. Great Effort and Outstanding results. Congratulations Randy!! In 2000 Randy worked JX7DEA and forgot to send a card \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctil this March and just got a return card.<\/p>\n

TREASURER\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S REPORT
\nBank Account on May 01 $ 426.98
\nDues $ 20.00
\nCash on Hand $ 147.15
\nTotal $ 594.13<\/p>\n

Thanks Dan!<\/p>\n

OLD BUSINESS<\/p>\n

DXCC COUNTS- If you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t given Steve your DXCC count please send it to him at<\/p>\n

k7awb@msn.com..<\/p>\n

2M NET- We could use discussion topics and more participation. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Thurs nite at 7PM<\/p>\n

on 147.36 or 147.38 (plus 600 offset). Note: You need to allow 2-3 sec. Between transmissions.<\/p>\n

NEW BUSINESS<\/p>\n

SDXA July 23 Picnic was discussed.<\/p>\n

This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sept. Salmon Run was discussed some.<\/p>\n

Our Coming Field Day Operation June 25 and 26 was discussed at great length and moderated by Doug W3AS. Some decisions were made and Managers for various functions appointed (list follows). (Further decisions were finalized at a meeting at the FD site Sunday May 15th. The final FD plans will be laid out at the June meeting and published.. The site will be the same-Jacklin Seed Co. Farm on Prairie Ave. off Hiway 41-3 or 4 miles East of Post Falls Idaho.<\/p>\n

FIELD DAY MANAGERS<\/p>\n

Site Manager \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Doug W3AS
\nPhone Manager \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kirk K7EKM
\nCW Manager- Lamar WA7LT
\nFood and InFormation Manager- Marybeth KC7QGV
\nLogging Manager- Gary K7OX
\nContest Point Manager-Steve K7AWB
\nAntenna Manager- Randy K7TQ
\nGenerator and Power Manager- Dan N5AR
\nGraveyard Shift Manager-Eric KA7YHA<\/p>\n

ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/p>\n

The June 02 SDXA Meeting has been moved to the Valley Library at 12004 East Main Ave. at 7:30 PM, Thurs. June 02.<\/p>\n

SDXA 2meter Net Thurs.Nights at 7PM except the first Thurs. (SDXA Meeting Night.)<\/p>\n

Visit our Web Site at www.sdxa.org for lots of information and links to other sites.<\/p>\n

73 and Happy DXing
\nLoren KD7OCT
\nSecretary Spokane DX Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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