[ADXA] Long Periods of Boredom Interspersed with Brief, Intense Moments of Excitement

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Bruce Plantz
K9oz at comcast.net


> On Jun 2, 2017, at 6:48 PM, Joel Harrison <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
> 
> So why the heck has this reflector been dead for several weeks???
> 
> Well, its kind of like calling for hours in a major DX pileup. Long
> periods of boredom calling, then brief intense moments of excitement when
> they call you!
> 
> Since I have become a hard core low band DX'er, the transition from winter
> into summer seems to depress me as I take down all my 160 meter receive
> antennas for the summer so hay can be cut in the fields, my business is
> very busy in the spring (and fall) so I tend to get occupied with funding
> my amateur radio addiction and I just flat forget to keep some chatter
> going here on our reflector. No excuse or apologize offered, that's just
> life these days! :-)
> 
> The exciting news is ADXA continues to revive itself across the entire
> state and interest is high. I am very excited about our upcoming second
> quarterly meeting in northwest Arkansas and the interest from our friends
> in that part of the state. I look forward to a very good meeting. I want
> to personally thank San K5YY, Jay W5JAY and Kathy WQ5T for their work in
> identifying a location for our June meeting. The Western Sizzlin in
> Springdale also owns the Western Sizzlin in Russellville where the local
> radio clubs meets on occasion so they are familiar with Amateur Radio
> groups and are excited to host us.
> 
> The Dayton Hamvention was an experience. Having moved from the HARA Arena
> to the new location at the Green County Fairgrounds in Xenia, OH was a
> challenge for DARA. There obviously are some issues they will need to
> address for next year however I believe the new facility is an improvement
> over HARA. Many of the non-Hamvention events were still held at their
> usual locations and were executed flawlessly. Contest University was
> another success and I was honored to once again be a part of that event. A
> photo from Dayton has been posted on our website.
> 
> I have been the victim of two lightning strikes this spring. One at the
> end of April that was minor, and another that was rather severe while Kim
> and I were in Dayton. Fortunately, the radio equipment fared well with
> only some accessories taking a hit but we did suffer a good bit of damage
> to household items. I want to encourage to you consider acquiring a copy
> of the new ARRL publication "Grounding & Bonding for the Radio Amateur"
> written by my good personal friend Ward Silver, N0AX. It outlines a number
> of good practices you should implement in your station. I have previously
> implemented many of them here at W5ZN and the results during this most
> recent lightning strike proved to have saved the major components in my
> station (5 K3's, amps, etc) with only minor damage to the radio
> accessories. Interesting enough, the accessory items that had not yet been
> implemented into the "program" fell victim to the strike! Ward has
> actually operated from W5ZN and I have been the recipient of many of his
> recommendations, including the use of the #31 mix ferrite cores to reduce
> noise, etc that I have presented at a couple of ADXA meetings. Given our
> location in a heavy lighting zone it is well worth your time and expense
> to study and implement these good practices.
> 
> While at Dayton I spoke to my good friends Jerry WB9Z and Val NV9L about
> coming down to be with us at a future ADXA meeting. Jerry was excited that
> I asked and said let's book it for a time after he returns from Bouvet. I
> told him we most definitely would do that.
> 
> So, we are now transitioning into summer and other activities take up a
> lot of our time. Enjoy that, and most definitely enjoy time with your
> family or spouse. This is VERY important to ensure you will be allowed
> time to get in those pileups later! Just don't forget that DX is just like
> Santa Claus....IT'S EVERYWHERE! and on the bands now. Get on and work
> some!
> 
> For those of you who will make our June 17 meeting in Springdale, I look
> forward to seeing you.
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> ADXA President
> 
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