[CVCC] Fw: DX NEWS

[w4dr@mindspring.com]

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From: <w4dr@mindspring.com>
To: "Tom Ogburn" <togburn@nbc12.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: DX NEWS


>      And the winner is....  Come to the meeting on the 12th and find out
if
> you haven't already guessed who won the hansom DX Champion plaques given
out
> each year.
> Next year you could be a winner, but you do need to register your December
> 31, 2001 band totals to be eligible.  With new blood showing up 2002 could
> be an exciting race for the "gold".
>      Local tidbits:   Speaking of new blood, Dave, N4DWK reported 23 new
> ones covering 8 bands.  PW0T on 5 bands and TI9M on 6.  In addition he
> worked FY on 20 and 15 and found 9Q1 and C5 on 15, 5U4 and S9 on 20 and a
> FK8 on 12.  KK4VN has been chasing counties (not countries) on CW, but
Pete
> did find time to nail the PW0 on 12 cw.  N4CH worked P5/4L4FN on 15, PW0T
on
> 80 and YA5T on 40 the latter his #330 on that band.  PW0T was new for
W4MYA
> on 160, 80 and 12 as was H40T on 17 and YA5T, S07DX and TI9M on 12.  ZL3NW
> was a prize catch on 6.  Our president, W4TNX got YA5T on 10 cw for an all
> time new one and TI9 on 10 for a new BC (stands for band-country).
Another
> new comer, Bruce, W3BP is joining the fray and has added 34 new BC's on 40
> since the first of the year.  WK4Y is giving up some of his handicaps and
> has started using a Titan 425 amplifier since Feb 1.  He has also
purchased
> a 50 foot tower and  is going to put a Lightening Bolt Quad  (Ah La NK4H)
on
> it which will cover 5 bands. With the new amp Roy added 61 BC's in
February
> with PW0T and TI9M accounting for 16 of them.  He missed the sweep this
> month by failing to get anything new on 6.  High winds have been playing
> havoc with AC's low band antennas, but W4HJ found his way into the logs of
> PW0T on 160 and 80, TI9M on 80, H7DX (YN) 160, 5B4 75 and S07DX on 30.
> YI9OM was an all time new one on 10 SSB.  N4DEN spent a lot of time
getting
> our packet system up and running (thanks Dennis!) but still worked 15 new
> BC's including his first ever on 160, a VP5. W4HZ sent me a report which I
> lost, but I do remember that Jonathan worked the TI9 on 8 bands and also
got
> the elusive P5/4L4FN.  Speaking of whom there is still no word on Ed's
DXCC
> status.  Your editor had a slow month with only 4 new grids on 6 and the
P5
> on 15.
>      March may or may not have lots of fireworks with the P5/YU and
> VP6/Ducie dxpeditions scheduled, but just remember that both of these
places
> have had previous scheduled operations which did not materialize.  My
guess
> is for a 50% success rate on these two, but who knows.  May "the Force" be
> with you as you enter the "mother of all pileups" if and when they do
> happen!
> The "DX Doctor"  W4DR
>