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Metro DX Club Meeting Minutes
September 18, 2015 There was nothing to report
about Health and Welfare. OLD
BUSINESS: The MINUTES were distributed. A motion was made by N9AAC and seconded by
K9CJ to accept. The TREASURERS REPORT was distributed by John, W9ILY. Income of $159.40
was from two new members’ dues, WUST awards, July 50/50 and QSL card sales
from the W9LNQ estate. Expenses were $255.08 for liability insurance, web domain
costs, postage and meat for our picnic. The entire Treasurer’s Report is
available in the “files” section of our Metro Yahoo Group. A motion to approve the
treasurer’s report was made by N9LAH and seconded by KM9M. WUST
Awards have been earned by 118 operators including 18 Metro DX members. CLUB
PICNIC: A
brief report was given by N9LAH. All had a fun time and were well fed. DXpedition
funding is to be put on hold until next year. Nothing is conclusive at
this time about the Tinley Park EOC amateur radio antenna. An antenna would
require a small footprint with no or minimum radials. A multi-band vertical
dipole might be a consideration such as a TW Antenna (Trans World) or a GAP
Titan antenna. Club HATS can be ordered through K9DRS and club NAME BADGES from the SIGNMAN of OHIO. A report on the W9DXCC
event was made by several members who were in attendance. A prize recipient was
W9ILY of a K1N beer stein. It was agreed everyone in attendance was a winner. NEW
BUSINESS W4DXCC
will be held in Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee Sept. 25-26.
CURRENT
DXPEDITIONS E6GG
on Niue Island in the South Pacific. D67GIA
on the Comoros Islands between Africa
and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. DX
to look forward to includes: TO1E
St. Martin trip by K9NU, W9ILY and K9EL October 20-29, 2015. St. Barts – FJ
by W9AEB next year. Palmyra
KH5 with N9TK and WB9Z on the team in
2016. VP8
from South Sandwich (VP8STI) and South
Georgia (VP8SGI) in 2016 with K9AJ on the team. For current and scheduled
DXpeditions check out: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html There was discussion of the
CW ACADEMY offered by The CW Operators Club at www.cwops.org. N9AAC had some additional
questions on antennas and baluns at his home QTH. Our
WINTERFEST DINNER will be scheduled
for Jan. 15, 2016. WA9LEY is to co-ordinate with the possibility of CHAMPS in
Orland Park. Board
elections will be scheduled for the November meeting. The current Board will
continue, although nominations will be accepted. 160
Meter Contest club score placement was announced. Metro was 8th from the
bottom. ROUTE
66 special event activities
were discussed. SPECIAL
EVENT activation of W9TY
recognizing the Diamond Illinois Mine
Disaster of 1883 to be February 6, 2016 from the QTH of W9ILY. Operations
will be on SSB including 20 and 40
meters, 11:00 to 17:00 local time. For more info: http://hinton-gen.com/coal/grundy_diamond.html#disaster Following a motion to
adjourn by N9AAC and seconded, the meeting was called to a CLOSE at 20:31. A short break was followed
by a presentation of N1MM PLUS contest
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