[ADXA] ADXA Update

[Jay Bromley]

Joel,

I am also Zoomed out after IDXC, CTU, Hamvention, and finally FDIM.  Yes they were good, it is easy to eat on your leisure, don’t have to worry about finding a bathroom, hi.  

 

However I miss hanging out and just visiting with everyone.  To be honest that is the only reason I attend these events such as Hamfests, CTU, DX forums, etc is just to enjoy the comradery!  

 

Congrats to Rick and Holly!  Yes life is never the same after having grandkids.  We now have 5 and counting.  Four in one household!  Everything takes a backset to the grandkids, including ham radio!  

 

Huntsville and W4DXCC>>>>>> Kathy and I will have to watch out for those.  

 

As far as the shack/station, nothing new here.  Sadly everything I wanted to try being held hostage from the pandemic supply line.  Thinking of going to Summit Racing and picking up a few things for my upcoming birthday, hi.  Might prop up my in the box M2 7 element if I can find a push up pole around 30 feet.  Otherwise just use the SteppIR which is a compromise antenna on 6m.  

 

Heard K5FUV and W5SJ on 6m this evening.  That was very cool to see after being unhooked for 10 days now from the rain and storms!  I am thinking about going maritime mobile.  😊  

 

73 de jay/w5jay..

 

From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of w5zn at w5zn.org
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 8:24 PM
To: adxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ADXA] ADXA Update

 

Greetings ADXA Folks,

During the local club meeting in Searcy this month ADXA member Kenny, KG5KS, and a couple of other ADXA members ask me if I thought we might be able to have an in-person ADXA meeting this year. Pat, W5VY, and I had briefly chatted about this when he was here at W5ZN a month or so ago. I was on the phone with Jay, W5JAY, last week and I asked him if we scheduled an in-person meeting sometime this fall would he and Kathy attend. They both said YES!

I am up for an in-person meeting. I am so tired of "Zoom", my new most offensive four letter word, and not being able to see folks in person instead of on a computer screen. Zoom is an outstanding tool, I just miss the in-person interaction! So, I put the question to you, ADXA. If we schedule an in-person meeting this fall (NOT a big conference but a get-to-gather meeting) would you attend?? Most places in the state have opened up, a good number of us have been vaccinated and slowly, very slowly, things are getting back to some resemblance of what normal was once upon a time!

If we have a good group that would attend, we'll look at scheduling something at a location convenient to both our central Arkansas and northwest Arkansas members. I envision this would be similar to one of our regular quarterly meetings where we meet for lunch, have some good ole visiting (and DX lies) and a brief business meeting.

So let me know your thoughts.

I am excited that Huntsville is moving forward with their hamfest in August, Kim and I will be there and also for the W4DXCC Convention September 24-25 out in Pigeon Forge, TN.

I was very saddened to hear the news about ADXA member Paul, K5YH. Ron - I appreciate you passing this on to the group. A note about Paul's passing is now on our ADXA home page. I will most definitely miss our friendly chats and his nice smile.

It is very pleasing to me to see the continued spots and activity posts from our members here on our reflector and it is good to see everyone still being active on the bands.

Each year, by this time, I have pretty much transitioned from my "winter" operating mode for contests and low band DX'ing to 6 meters, the June VHF contest and summer time family activity. This year has been no different thus far. I have yet another tower project to work on this summer. My 160 meter transmit array driven element, which is a Rohn 25 tower, has always been shunt fed. A couple years ago I decided I wanted to ditch the shunt feed and insulate the bottom of the tower so I picked up a set of  Rohn 25 insulators. Because of the configuration it needed a slight modification on the ground side mount. Roger, N5QS, took care of that for me so now the hard work begins with taking the tower down, installing the insulators and putting the tower back up. There are couple of very old sections in the tower that need replaced so that will occur during the process. There are no antennas on this tower, its just a radiator, so it won't be too big of a job but it is 135 ft tall !! The guy wires, which is steel guy wire broken up with insulators, will be replaced with Phyllistran.

What do you have planned for a summer radio project??? Think of what is about to happen - propagation is building in the new solar cycle, DXPeditions are being planned to fire back up soon and in no time things will be wide open! Don't be caught standing on the peer watching the new country DX boat sail off without your being ready to get them in your log! Dust off those plans, review and update them and get ready. Then GET IN THERE AND WORK 'EM!.

And, in closing, if you don't already know ADXA member Rick, K5UR, and Holly are officially grand parents!!! Congratulations to Steven and Brittany Roderick on the birth of Owen Richard Roderick on Saturday May 15. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! All are doing great except Rick who is now completely spoiled, turned in to mush and is very weak in the pileups!

73 Joel W5ZN

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