[ADXA] A word from the International DX Association for ADXA

[E Glenn Wolf Jr]

International DX Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 123
Catawba, SC 29704
U.S.A.

January 25, 2008

E. Glenn Wolf, Jr.
Arkansas DX Association
210 S. Estates Cv.
 White Hall, AR 71602

Dear Glenn:

We are sending you this letter as one who is the contact for Arkansas DX 
Association
as identified on the ARRL’s list of affiliated amateur radio clubs. We 
wish to provide
you some information about the International DX Association—most often 
referred
to as INDEXA—and ask that you share our message with all of your 
members, either
at one of your meetings or via your club newsletter. If you or other 
members
of your group find what we are doing is worthwhile, then we ask that you 
support
INDEXA by becoming a member.

In 1983 INDEXA was incorporated as a non-profit organization to provide 
assistance
to various DXpeditions to rare and semi-rare DXCC entities. This year we are
celebrating our 25th anniversary of providing that support. In that 
time, INDEXA
has helped over 175 expeditions to operate from many countries on the
DX "most wanted" list. We have supported expeditions to many very rare DXCC
entities, sometimes more than once. In our earlier years we actually 
supplied
radio equipment such as rigs, antennas, coax , etc., along with purely 
financial
support. Over time our support has become principally financial 
contributions
since most of today’s DXpeditions are receiving valuable support from 
the various
equipment manufacturers.

The latest information on propagation predictions are that the next 
Solar Cycle
began in early January 2008. It looks like we are now beginning that 
positive
climb to what is believed to be a very strong cycle which in turn leads to
great propagation on the bands. This positive propagation trend will 
certainly
lead to more DXpeditions wanting to activate countries from the "Most 
Wanted"
DXCC list. Between December 2007 and March 2008, INDEXA is supporting five
separate DXpeditions. We have a lot more fun in store the next few years in
our DXing hobby.

What does this mean for INDEXA? Simply, INDEXA will be solicited for 
financial
support to help send DXpeditions on their way. DXpeditions make possible 
all
time new DXCC entities for some and new band entities/countries for many.
Yet, many DXpeditions are undertaken only when sufficient "seed money" 
is pledged
to render them possible, and that is where an organization like INDEXA 
comes
into play.

As a group which has expressed interest in Amateur Radio DXing, we presume
your club is interested in making DX happen. Beyond financial support that
your organization may already be providing—often after the fact, via 
contributions
with your QSL activity—we ask that members of your group join INDEXA, a 
non-profit
DX organization which has as one of its main goals provision of 
financial aid
to DXpeditions seeking to activate rare DX entities. A visit to our web 
site
at www.indexa.org <http://www.indexa.org> will provide an informative 
overview of our organization
and our DXing history. The web site also provides information on how to 
join
electronically or by mail.

If you are already a member of INDEXA, we value your support so we can 
continue
supporting DXpeditions as we have done for a quarter century.

Thanks and best DX !!

--73

Gary Dixon, K4MQG, INDEXA President

John Scott, K8YC, INDEXA Vice-President

Bill Jennings, W4UNP, INDEXA Secretary-Treasurer