From wb8zrl at southslope.net Sat Oct 4 10:46:15 2014 From: wb8zrl at southslope.net (Tom) Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 14:46:15 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] KH5k Message-ID: <201410041446.16191.wb8zrl@southslope.net> An interesting Kingman Reef item from DX-World http://ky6r.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/kh5k-kingman-reef-status/ From wb8zrl at southslope.net Wed Oct 8 08:38:15 2014 From: wb8zrl at southslope.net (Tom) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:38:15 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] ARRL Contest Update Message-ID: <201410081238.15216.wb8zrl@southslope.net> N0LNO and his rover crew are featured in a contest update photo by K0DAS http://www.arrl.org/contests/update/?issue=2014-10-08 From wb8zrl at southslope.net Fri Oct 10 20:04:46 2014 From: wb8zrl at southslope.net (Tom) Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:04:46 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] by-law changes In-Reply-To: <002501cfe4c5$6252af70$26f80e50$@nr0x.org> References: <201410101445.49626.wb8zrl@southslope.net> <002501cfe4c5$6252af70$26f80e50$@nr0x.org> Message-ID: <201410110004.46929.wb8zrl@southslope.net> I will be bringing these by-law changes to next weeks club meeting. Jason has put them on the web site at the url below for your review. Please take a few moments to review the proposed changes. tom wb8zrl http://eidxa.org/BYLAWS_CHANGES.TXT From k0vm at mchsi.com Sat Oct 11 11:49:33 2014 From: k0vm at mchsi.com (a.groff) Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:49:33 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] by-law changes In-Reply-To: <201410110004.46929.wb8zrl@southslope.net> References: <201410101445.49626.wb8zrl@southslope.net> <002501cfe4c5$6252af70$26f80e50$@nr0x.org> <201410110004.46929.wb8zrl@southslope.net> Message-ID: <5439518D.8010005@mchsi.com> Tom, With respect to Full member application... What about an associate(?) member ?? Full member dues on top of associate member dues ? AL, K0VM On 10/10/2014 7:04 PM, Tom wrote: > I will be bringing these by-law changes to next weeks club meeting. Jason > has put them on the web site at the url below for your review. Please take > a few moments to review the proposed changes. > > tom wb8zrl > > > > http://eidxa.org/BYLAWS_CHANGES.TXT > > ______________________________________________________________ > EIDXA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From rhaendel at q.com Sun Oct 12 09:01:01 2014 From: rhaendel at q.com (Rich Haendel) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:01:01 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Membership Dues Message-ID: <951151B34AE6414497496DF09B5F0F4C@dell755> A gentle reminder to all. Annual dues are expected at the October meeting. Dues are $20.00 for either Associate members or Full members. 73 Rich W3ACO Sec/Treas From richard.heinrich at rockwellcollins.com Mon Oct 13 07:41:12 2014 From: richard.heinrich at rockwellcollins.com (Richard Heinrich) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:41:12 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] by-law changes In-Reply-To: <201410110004.46929.wb8zrl@southslope.net> References: <201410101445.49626.wb8zrl@southslope.net> <002501cfe4c5$6252af70$26f80e50$@nr0x.org> <201410110004.46929.wb8zrl@southslope.net> Message-ID: Tom, In the "Create a DX-pedition Funding Committee and the Tom HiseDX Fund" section do we want to refer to our prioritization process? This could go two ways - we outline the selection criteria or we just identify the use of our "evaluation" criteria/process. While we discuss the other funding vehicles, we do not make any reference to how we make decisions. Just wondering if it is necessary/desired. Rick On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Tom wrote: > I will be bringing these by-law changes to next weeks club meeting. Jason > has put them on the web site at the url below for your review. Please take > a few moments to review the proposed changes. > > tom wb8zrl > > > > http://eidxa.org/BYLAWS_CHANGES.TXT > > ______________________________________________________________ > EIDXA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From eidxa at mailman.qth.net Tue Oct 14 14:03:11 2014 From: eidxa at mailman.qth.net (Tom Lindgren via EIDXA) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:03:11 -0700 Subject: [EIDXA] silent key W0IYH Message-ID: <1413309791.48644.YahooMailNeo@web161705.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> I just say the obit for Bill Sabin, W0IYH in the Cedar Rapids Gazette this morning. A nice write up for another dxer and ARRL author. de W0WP From k0cf at mchsi.com Thu Oct 16 11:59:54 2014 From: k0cf at mchsi.com (K0CF) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:59:54 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Reminder: Eastern Iowa DX Association October Meeting Message-ID: <001901cfe95a$3a1f9330$ae5eb990$@mchsi.com> Just a reminder: The next meeting of the Eastern Iowa DX Association will be tomorrow, Friday October 17th at 7:30 PM, in Meeting Rooms C-D in Iowa Hall on the Kirkwood Community College campus. (This room is just down the hall from the Amana Room which we have used for our last few meetings. When coming into the main corridor, turn right, away from the Amana Room, to find rooms C-D.) The program will be the story of the FT5ZM Amsterdam Island DXpedition from earlier this year, presented by the team leader, Ralph Fedor, K?IR. Ralph has done this presentation at Dayton, Friedrichshafen and W9DXCC. We are honored to welcome him to our club! You may find the following information from a recent edition of The Daily DX to be of interest: (reprinted here by permission) > On The WWW > _______________________________________________________ > > K0IR, Ralph Fedor, has posted a very interesting video > to YouTube that introduces newcomers to DXing, > DXpeditions, and Amateur Radio in general which can be > seen at: > http://youtu.be/k4dJcK-WVRw A very nice, very professionally done video indeed! It is well worth watching, even if you are an experienced DXer. How to get to IOWA HALL: It is best to take the South Entrance road to the campus, off of Kirkwood Blvd. Go past the radio towers, then turn left into the parking lots near the Mansfield Center, #20 on this map: http://www.kirkwood.edu/maincampus An aerial view courtesy of Bing Maps is here: http://binged.it/13ej1QN (Mansfield is at the precise center of this view.) Enter through the Mansfield Center door, which puts you on the 2nd floor of Iowa Hall. Go up the stairs to the 3rd floor and take a right. When you come out into the main corridor, take a right to Rooms C-D. (Note that if you prefer, there is an elevator off to the right as you come in the Mansfield Center door.) I hope to see you all tomorrow night! 73, Craig, K?CF President, EIDXA From rhaendel at q.com Sun Oct 19 15:03:02 2014 From: rhaendel at q.com (Rich Haendel) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:03:02 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Minutes of Oct 17, 2014 meeting Message-ID: Minutes of the EIDXA meeting October 17, 2014 45 hams answered the CQ call. Introductions were made all around. The treasurer's report was read. The balance sheet was shown to all members on the overhead projector. Tracking of the Tom Hise DX fund was explained. Report was approved. The DXpedition selection spreadsheet was explained to members on the overhead projector. Secretary's minutes of the July 2014 meeting was read and approved. Tom, WB8ZRL provided details of the changes to the by-laws to accommodate the Tom Hise memorial fund. Text was shown paragraph by paragraph on the overhead projector. There were a few questions. The membership voted to approve the by-law changes as presented. In accordance with the by-law revisions, a DX fund committee shall be formed consisting of three members. The sec/treas shall be one member, the second member shall be a member of the Honor Roll. The third member shall be selected from the membership. The committee shall make future recommendations to the membership as to providing funds for DXpeditions. The committee shall be formed at the January 2015 meeting. A request from W3ACO for an audit committee shall be formed. As per the by-laws, the audit shall have 3 members and be selected at the January 2015 meeting. An audit shall be conducted after the January 2015 meeting. The Club had elections for officers for the new year, 2015. Jason, NR0X was elected as your new president. He will have assistance from K0CF. Jason will continue as webmaster. Your other elected officers are Jerry, WW0E, vice president and newsletter editor, and Rich, W3ACO sec/treasurer. After a short break, Ralph, K0IR, provided an excellent presentation of the FT5ZM DXpedition. Many questions were asked during the presentation. Ralph, thanks for coming down and making this special effort. Rich W3ACO From rhaendel at q.com Sun Oct 19 20:01:55 2014 From: rhaendel at q.com (Rich Haendel) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:01:55 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] revised minutes of October meeting Message-ID: <4E2C9D4790E1491DB1D82426BEF95799@dell755> Minutes of the EIDXA meeting October 17, 2014 45 hams answered the CQ call. Introductions were made all around. The treasurer's report was read. The balance sheet was shown to all members on the overhead projector. Tracking of the Tom Hise DX fund was explained. Report was approved. The DXpedition selection spreadsheet was explained to members on the overhead projector. Secretary's minutes of the July 2014 meeting was read and approved. Tom, WB8ZRL provided details of the changes to the by-laws to accommodate the Tom Hise memorial fund. Text was shown paragraph by paragraph on the overhead projector. There were a few questions. The membership voted to approve the by-law changes as presented. In accordance with the by-law revisions, a DX fund committee shall be formed consisting of three members. The sec/treas shall be one member, the second member shall be a member of the Honor Roll. The third member shall be selected from the membership. The committee shall make future recommendations to the membership as to providing funds for DXpeditions. The committee shall be formed at the January 2015 meeting. A request from W3ACO for an audit committee shall be formed. As per the by-laws, the audit shall have 3 members and be selected at the January 2015 meeting. An audit shall be conducted after the January 2015 meeting. Arlyce Nowack, NB9Q was voted in as a full member. Congratulations and welcome Arlyce. The Club had elections for officers for the new year, 2015. Jason, NR0X was elected as your new president. He will have assistance from K0CF. Jason will continue as webmaster. Your other elected officers are Jerry, WW0E, vice president and newsletter editor, and Rich, W3ACO sec/treasurer. After a short break, Ralph, K0IR, provided an excellent presentation of the FT5ZM DXpedition. Many questions were asked during the presentation. Ralph, thanks for coming down and making this special effort. Rich W3ACO From ww0e at q.com Wed Oct 22 20:42:41 2014 From: ww0e at q.com (Jerry Rappel) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:42:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [EIDXA] Fwd: [GOLIST] Fwd: Navassa KP1 Press Release !!! [1 Attachment] In-Reply-To: <54484DE3.9050700@charter.net> Message-ID: <1624326513.113268.1414024961185.JavaMail.root@md17.quartz.synacor.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "K1XN golist at gmail.com [GOLIST]" To: "GG" , "WTDXA" Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:37:55 PM Subject: [GOLIST] Fwd: Navassa KP1 Press Release !!! [1 Attachment] PRESS RELEASE From: The KP1-5 Project Re: Navassa (KP1) DXpedition Dated: 22 October 2014 The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has notified the KP1-5 Project that they will be the team to activate Navassa Island (KP1) in January 2015 . The DXpedition will be a maximum of fourteen days. The exact dates in January will be determined by USFWS mission requirements and weather windows. Our experienced team of fifteen is complete and is ready for the challenge. The weeks ahead will be extremely busy as the team has less than 90 days before the DXpedition comes on the air. January is the month of minimum bird nesting activity and this is the primary reason USFWS is asking that the operation be completed during that month. However, the weather is unpredictable in January and because Navassa is surrounded by cliffs, this may preclude a safe landing by boat. For safety reasons and in order to maximize our time on the Island and on the air, a helicopter operation is planned. Navassa is over 100 miles (160 km) from the nearest helicopter staging point and as many as ten round trips will be required at the beginning and end of the operation. Obviously, this means that there will be a significant cost for activating this #1 ranked DXCC entity. In the next few weeks, we be working with USFWS and as details firm up, we will issue periodic press releases. Check our webpage, http://www.kp1-5.com for more details of the operation and how you may financially support this DXpedition. The KP1-5 Project team has committed to fund 50% of the total costs. We are hopeful the DX community at large will fund the remainder. for The KP1-5 Project, Bob Allphin, K4UEE, President Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, Vice-president Mike Thomas, NA5U, Secretary __._,_.___ View attachments on the web Posted by: K1XN < k1xn1944 at charter.net > Reply via web post ? Reply to sender ? Reply to group ? Start a New Topic ? Messages in this topic (1) Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups ? Privacy ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use . From vjohnson at paulbunyan.net Wed Oct 22 22:14:36 2014 From: vjohnson at paulbunyan.net (Glenn Johnson) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:14:36 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Fwd: [GOLIST] Fwd: Navassa KP1 Press Release !!! [1Attachment] In-Reply-To: <1624326513.113268.1414024961185.JavaMail.root@md17.quartz.synacor.com> References: <54484DE3.9050700@charter.net> <1624326513.113268.1414024961185.JavaMail.root@md17.quartz.synacor.com> Message-ID: <41C10A91E01A481E8D80342AAE072F20@ACER266> Dear EIDXA: I wish I would have known this last Friday when we had the EIDXA meeting.... We found out late Monday, had a conference call with FWS Tuesday afternoon, tied up some loose ends this morning and went public early this afternoon. The cost of helicopter transport is very pricy, but LESS than any barge or vessel to service Navassa, plus the need for helicopter slings. There are larger vessels with helicopter, but the price is so astronomical that if I told you, you wouldn't believe it! The seas are the roughest in the month of January, which would make even sling loads dangerous. But since the birds have their least nesting in January, that's when FWS says we go. That leaves one option: helicopter only, ground to ground. We should know our exact dates within the next 2-3 weeks, as soon as FWS books their government helicopter. Time is short, LOTS to do in the next 6 weeks to get our container ready to go to our staging point. Individually, any support you can help us with, please do so on our website! Navassa will be history when EIDXA meets again. THANKS in advance! 73! Glenn W0GJ PRESS RELEASE From: The KP1-5 Project Re: Navassa (KP1) DXpedition Dated: 22 October 2014 The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has notified the KP1-5 Project that they will be the team to activate Navassa Island (KP1) in January 2015 . The DXpedition will be a maximum of fourteen days. The exact dates in January will be determined by USFWS mission requirements and weather windows. Our experienced team of fifteen is complete and is ready for the challenge. The weeks ahead will be extremely busy as the team has less than 90 days before the DXpedition comes on the air. January is the month of minimum bird nesting activity and this is the primary reason USFWS is asking that the operation be completed during that month. However, the weather is unpredictable in January and because Navassa is surrounded by cliffs, this may preclude a safe landing by boat. For safety reasons and in order to maximize our time on the Island and on the air, a helicopter operation is planned. Navassa is over 100 miles (160 km) from the nearest helicopter staging point and as many as ten round trips will be required at the beginning and end of the operation. Obviously, this means that there will be a significant cost for activating this #1 ranked DXCC entity. In the next few weeks, we be working with USFWS and as details firm up, we will issue periodic press releases. Check our webpage, http://www.kp1-5.com for more details of the operation and how you may financially support this DXpedition. The KP1-5 Project team has committed to fund 50% of the total costs. We are hopeful the DX community at large will fund the remainder. for The KP1-5 Project, Bob Allphin, K4UEE, President Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, Vice-president Mike Thomas, NA5U, Secretary __._,_.___ View attachments on the web Posted by: K1XN < k1xn1944 at charter.net > Reply via web post . Reply to sender . Reply to group . Start a New Topic . Messages in this topic (1) Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups . Privacy . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use . ______________________________________________________________ EIDXA mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From eidxa at mailman.qth.net Wed Oct 22 22:37:02 2014 From: eidxa at mailman.qth.net (Steve MIller via EIDXA) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [EIDXA] Fwd: [GOLIST] Fwd: Navassa KP1 Press Release !!! [1Attachment] In-Reply-To: <41C10A91E01A481E8D80342AAE072F20@ACER266> References: <41C10A91E01A481E8D80342AAE072F20@ACER266> Message-ID: <2120147897.35878.1414031822196.JavaMail.yahoo@jws100175.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Congratulations Glen and to your group!!! ?Steve N0SM From: Glenn Johnson To: 'Jerry Rappel' ; 'EIDXA' Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Fwd: [GOLIST] Fwd: Navassa KP1 Press Release !!! [1Attachment] Dear EIDXA: I wish I would have known this last Friday when we had the EIDXA meeting.... We found out late Monday, had a conference call with FWS Tuesday afternoon, tied up some loose ends this morning and went public early this afternoon. The cost of helicopter transport is very pricy, but LESS than any barge or vessel to service Navassa, plus the need for helicopter slings.? ? There are larger vessels with helicopter, but the price is so astronomical that if I told you, you wouldn't believe it!? The seas are the roughest in the month of January, which would make even sling loads dangerous.? But since the birds have their least nesting in January, that's when FWS says we go. That leaves one option:? helicopter only, ground to ground. We should know our exact dates within the next 2-3 weeks, as soon as FWS books their government helicopter. Time is short, LOTS to do in the next 6 weeks to get our container ready to go to our staging point. Individually, any support you can help us with, please do so on our website! Navassa will be history when EIDXA meets again. THANKS in advance! 73! Glenn W0GJ PRESS RELEASE From: The KP1-5 Project Re: Navassa (KP1) DXpedition Dated: 22 October 2014 The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has notified the KP1-5 Project that they will be the team to activate Navassa Island (KP1) in January 2015 . The DXpedition will be a maximum of fourteen days. The exact dates in January will be determined by USFWS mission requirements and weather windows. Our experienced team of fifteen is complete and is ready for the challenge. The weeks ahead will be extremely busy as the team has less than 90 days before the DXpedition comes on the air. January is the month of minimum bird nesting activity and this is the primary reason USFWS is asking that the operation be completed during that month. However, the weather is unpredictable in January and because Navassa is surrounded by cliffs, this may preclude a safe landing by boat. For safety reasons and in order to maximize our time on the Island and on the air, a helicopter operation is planned. Navassa is over 100 miles (160 km) from the nearest helicopter staging point and as many as ten round trips will be required at the beginning and end of the operation. Obviously, this means that there will be a significant cost for activating this #1 ranked DXCC entity. In the next few weeks, we be working with USFWS and as details firm up, we will issue periodic press releases. Check our webpage, http://www.kp1-5.com for more details of the operation and how you may financially support this DXpedition. The KP1-5 Project team has committed to fund 50% of the total costs. We are hopeful the DX community at large will fund the remainder. for The KP1-5 Project, Bob Allphin, K4UEE, President Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, Vice-president Mike Thomas, NA5U, Secretary __._,_.___ View attachments on the web Posted by: K1XN < k1xn1944 at charter.net > ??? Reply via web post ??? . ??? Reply to sender ??? . Reply to group ??? . ??? Start a New Topic ??? . ??? Messages in this topic (1) Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups . Privacy . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use . ______________________________________________________________ EIDXA mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ EIDXA mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From eidxa at mailman.qth.net Sun Oct 26 12:24:14 2014 From: eidxa at mailman.qth.net (Jim Email via EIDXA) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 11:24:14 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] =?utf-8?q?GSH09313=2EJPG_1=2C920=C3=971=2C080_pixels?= Message-ID: https://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/11074011/or/1382311551/name/GSH09313.JPG?download=1 Rich enjoying the pileup at Signal Point-PJ2T. From rhaendel at q.com Wed Oct 29 16:46:06 2014 From: rhaendel at q.com (Rich Haendel) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:46:06 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Tromelin Message-ID: Latest News http://www.tromelin2014.com/en/news/departure-for-mayotte-for-our-7-operators/ From jason at nr0x.org Thu Oct 30 19:33:09 2014 From: jason at nr0x.org (Jason Joens NR0X) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:33:09 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Navassa DXpedition Message-ID: <000401cff499$de3b5e00$9ab21a00$@nr0x.org> Hello everyone. Glenn's good news about the upcoming trip to Navassa requires us to take action before the next meeting. It has been suggested by Jim Spencer W0SR that we donate $750 from the club, and match it with a donation from the Tom Hise DX fund. As this decision must be made sooner rather than later, I move that we vote on this via e-mail, with votes to sent to my e-mail address (jason at nr0x.org)and collected between now and November 6th. Jason NR0X From jason at nr0x.org Thu Oct 30 19:45:42 2014 From: jason at nr0x.org (Jason Joens NR0X) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:45:42 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Email correction Message-ID: <002001cff49b$9f1649e0$dd42dda0$@nr0x.org> I have no idea why my email program added that stuff. The correct email address is jason at nr0x.org. From eidxa at mailman.qth.net Fri Oct 31 01:24:43 2014 From: eidxa at mailman.qth.net (Jim Email via EIDXA) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:24:43 -0700 Subject: [EIDXA] Proxy for Navassa/Kp1-5 event Message-ID: <6681D877-7E31-4C19-89CD-128E1E047E19@yahoo.com> EIDXA: This is my vote to support the Navassa effort as proposed by President Jason, and should an alternate plan be proposed this e- mail will authorize Jason to vote my proxy as he sees fit, as I am on the road and am not likely to be able to participate personally in any follow-up action. Considering that several of our members pioneered the KP1-5 Project efforts leading to both entities being considered and approved, and the future of such efforts, our full support for EIDXA member and co- leader Glenn Johnson should be encouraged. 73, Jim-W0NB