[EIDXA] Minutes of the April 24, 2015 meeting

[Rich Haendel]

Minutes of the EIDXA meeting April 24, 2015

The meeting was brought to order at 7:30 PM  by our President,  Jason, NR0X



  1.. 52 hams answered the CQ call.
  2.. Minutes of the January 2015 meeting were read and approved.
  3.. The treasurers report was given, the spreadsheet was shown on the 
overhead projector.
  4.. Repeater report, the repeater is working fine.
  5.. Web site: Jason will make a login page so members can access limited 
information for members only. The effort is ongoing.
  6.. Jason offered to host the EIDXA web page on his server at no cost. We 
still will need to pay for registration of the EIDXA.ORG domain. There was a 
vote to approve this transfer.
  7.. W0IYH(SK)  has a crank-up tilt over tower for sale.
  8.. W0SR asked that those who don't get reflector e-mail, please contact 
him.
  9.. There was a discussion of upcoming DXpeditions. The DX spreadsheet was 
shown on the overhead projector. After some discussion it was decided that 
there would be no funding for VK0 at this time as some of the critical items 
have not been contracted for and  the list of operators is not complete. 
The VK0 expedition mentioned Kergulen as an interim stop to avoid Australian 
VAT taxes, but most likely there will be no radio operations.
  10..  The club approved a donation of $500 to the VP8S South Georgian and 
South Sandwich Islands.   The club also approved a donation of $500 to the 
Juan de Nova expedition. One half these funds will come from the Tom Hise 
fund ( $500) and the other half will come from general funds.  Rich, W3ACO 
will make the payments via his Paypal account.
  11.. Greg Lind, KC0SKN presented a field day effort in Hiawatha . He 
expressed a desire to operate 26A. He invited all those who wish to join to 
bring their own equipment. Generator power will be provided. Bring your own 
filters ! For details contact NR0X.
  12.. After the break, Glenn, W0GJ made an excellent presentation of the 
Navassa Island DXpedition. Glenn answered many questions during the 
presentation. It was well received by all. Thanks Glenn for a first class 
operation and an ATNO for many !


Submitted by Rich W3ACO