METRO
DX CLUB MEETING MINUTES –
February
20, 2009
Tonight’s meeting was called to order at
7:35
PM
by President Bob Adamitis K9MDO.
The minutes of the November meeting were read by Sec/Treas
Jack Nienhaus W9NJB along with a report on the Annual Winterfest
Banquet that took place on January 16th.
In addition the financial report was given.
All reports were approved by the members present.
John Holmes W9ILY then reported on the club and club members’ standings in
recent contests. In the CQWWSSB
contest N9AKR led club members with 207,576 points followed by N9LAH with 71,840
points. In the CQWWCW contest W9OA
scored 392,916 points and K9CJ with 114,390 points. N9WK brought up the rear in
both contests in Bill’s first contest activity in a very long time.
In the CQWW160 meter contest Metro aced the second from the last position
with 21,270 points. W9ILY explained
that while member N9WK lives in
Oshkosh
he is within the allowable distance to be included in some club contest
submissions.
A
request for a donation to a small Dxpedition was received and it was decided
that no action would be taken.
An
application for membership was received from Patrick Skerrett
W9PDS, but as he was not at the meeting we were unable to vote on his
membership. Try to make the March
meeting Pat.
Old
Business: In the November meeting
it was tentatively decided to have a club competition during the ARRL
International DX Contest on March 7-8 at the QTH of AF9H Patti and AI9L Jess
Colvin in
Braceville
,
IL
.
However it appears there isn’t sufficient
time and the uncertainty of the weather to take on that operation.
It was suggested that a better time might be the 2nd weekend
of July for the IARU World Championship.
Bob
N9AKR volunteered to provide refreshments for the March meeting and will be the
Refreshments Chairman for future meetings.
H&W:
Jerry K9PY reported that Palmer Hall NS7I living in Scottsdale, AZ, an
old time Metro DX Club member, had suffered a stroke and was now in hospice and
not expected to recover. This
info came from Palmer’s son Eric Hall who now holds K9GY.
Roger K9RB in
Orange
Park
,
FL
has an infection in his chest and will need surgery.
John
W9ILY attended the Orlando Hamfest and met up with
Metro members Roger K9RB and world DX’er “Wild
Bill” Beyer N2WB who passed on his best wishes to club members.
N2WB, W9ILY and K9MDO are talking about their next DXpedition
and seem to have the location just about agreed upon.
A
Pledge of Allegiance to the flag
was given by the group and the meeting was adjourned at
8:30
PM
.
A
video “9X0R Rwanda 2008” was shown. This
DXpedition is also featured in the March 2009 issue
of QST. The editing of this video
was not up to the usual standards.
Respectfully
submitted by Jack Nienhaus W9NJB Secretary/Treasurer
Members
present tonight were: W9ILY, K9BWQ & XYL Delores, AF9H, AI9L, N9ORD, K9PY,
N9AKR, K9MDO and W9NJB.