[ADXA] ADXA Update & Rambling

[Crownhaven]

Congrats!  You’re right, Asia pops in and out.  17 seems to have fallen off somewhat in last few weeks.

Thanks for responses on noise.  Unfortunately, mayor says we can go to work except for city employees.  County mayor here floated attempt to raise taxes yesterday.

Steve, QQ

> On May 6, 2020, at 9:21 AM, EJ <ejj at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> 
> There are still some nice openings despite lousy band conditions overall.
> Check 40-17 meters in the evening.  Lots of DX although mostly digital.  The
> path into Asia on 20 is really good 0300 range.  I scored a new band country
> on 17 (#327) recently so there is good stuff in there.  Just got to tune
> around a little
> 
> EJ K5EJ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of w5zn at w5zn.org
> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 8:16 PM
> To: adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ADXA] ADXA Update & Rambling
> 
> Greetings to all ADXA Folks,
> 
> The section in our ADXA quarterly newsletter reserved for the President was
> once called "Words of Wisdom". I never viewed anything I had to say as
> "wisdom" and as such I have none to provide during this situation we find
> ourselves in other than its getting pretty darn old! I've occupied my time
> with a number of work and radio projects but still find the restrictions
> from what was a normal lifestyle to simply be depressing.
> 
> Obviously, I have no insight as to what will transpire over the coming weeks
> into the summer but obviously our scheduled 2nd Quarterly meeting set for
> Saturday June 20 is questionable however we will see how things go. The ADXA
> Board of Directors will review things over the next few weeks.
> 
> So, there are a number of radio related things you can plan to participate
> in during May to occupy your time. These include:
> 
> May 9 Saturday - Arkansas QSO Party. Details have already been publicized
> here and if you forgot the website URL where the details are located we have
> a link setup on our ADXA website.
> 
> May 14 Thursday - Contest University. If you never have had the opportunity
> to attend, here's your chance!!! Since Dayton is cancelled CTU will be
> on-line via Zoom and registration is FREE this year. Go to
> https://www.contestuniversity.com/ to register. It is an abbreviated
> schedule from the in-person event however there are some very excellent
> sessions to catch and two of our previous ADXA Conference special guests,
> W3LPL and N0AX, are presenting. You also want to catch Rob Sherwood, NC0B's
> presentation. This is the first year in about tens years that I am not
> presenting at CTU. I had already declined this year and was going to miss
> Dayton due to a professional conflict so I'm pleased that I can still join
> in on some of the action as a "student" 
> this year.
> 
> May 30-31 - CQWW WPX CW Contest - Here's an excellent opportunity to break
> the boredom with some real CW contest action! Details are here
> https://www.cqwpx.com/
> 
> If you have not already done so, I want to make one final plea for you to
> renew your ADXA membership. The updated list is on our website. If you're
> not on the list I want to encourage you to do so. If you're not on the list
> and you did renew, please let me or Glenn, N5RN know so we can resolve the
> matter.
> 
> On a final note, we still expect to have an annual conference later in the
> year however what that will look like and what it will involve is yet to be
> determined. Planning is currently on hold until things become more clear.
> 
> Thanks for your support of ADXA, ARRL and amateur radio.
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
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