From steve at sawyers.org Tue Nov 1 15:14:48 2016 From: steve at sawyers.org (Steven H Sawyers (na0ia)) Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2016 14:14:48 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Al Groff in Hospital at U of I Message-ID: I was out racking leaves and came back to a message from Jane that Al had been flown to UI for emergency open heart surgery on Saturday. The told Jane that the surgery team was standing by! I returned the call to her cell phone and she said he is doing well and would I like to talk to him! That was such good news compared to what I was afraid of. Al sounded good. He will be in the hospital ICU for a couple of weeks with a recovery time of 6-8 weeks, which Jane corrected to 8- 10 weeks;-). He still has not gotten a full report on what all they did. He asked that I let everyone know he is doing well, but will be unavailable for a few weeks. Steve From rideon2266 at aol.com Wed Nov 2 06:08:18 2016 From: rideon2266 at aol.com (rideon2266 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 06:08:18 -0400 Subject: [EIDXA] CQ magazine Message-ID: Does anyone have a copy of CQ magazine with the 2016 WPX CW results? I'm in need of a high res scan of the entire article. Please and thank you. Bob From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Wed Nov 2 12:36:47 2016 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 16:36:47 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Are you a Moose or Elk??? Message-ID: All, Are any EIDXA members also Moose Lodge or Elk Club members in the Cedar Rapids area? If you are, please contact me at your earliest convenience. radiojoe_k8om at msn.com or 319-573-9072 Thanks, Joe - K8OM From rclee2266 at gmail.com Fri Nov 4 08:02:22 2016 From: rclee2266 at gmail.com (Bob Lee) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 07:02:22 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Contest activity Message-ID: Hello I plan to survey the membership soon for things you'd like to see in the newsletter. One area I'm toying with is publishing contest activity from the members. I will pull scores off of 3830scores.com or published results when they come out. Alternatively, feel free to send me your score or Cabrillo log when you submit to 3830 or the contest organizer...it would save me some searching. Thanks -- Bob Lee W0GXA CW Forever From augsburger at iowatelecom.net Fri Nov 4 23:02:57 2016 From: augsburger at iowatelecom.net (Scott and Lisa Augsburger) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 22:02:57 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] I am looking for away to get ahold on N0NI Message-ID: I am looking for away to get a hold on N0NI. Does anyone have his phone numbers and email? Thanks Scott wr0u __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 14392 (20161104) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com From augsburger at iowatelecom.net Fri Nov 4 23:02:57 2016 From: augsburger at iowatelecom.net (Scott and Lisa Augsburger) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 22:02:57 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] I am looking for away to get ahold on N0NI Message-ID: I am looking for away to get a hold on N0NI. Does anyone have his phone numbers and email? Thanks Scott wr0u __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 14392 (20161104) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Sat Nov 5 22:07:36 2016 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 02:07:36 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Reminder: EIDXA Membership Certificate Message-ID: Fellow EIDXA Members, REMINDER: If you are a Full or Honorary member of EIDXA and do not have a membership certificate, but would like to have one, please contact me (radiojoe_k8om at msn.com). Rich - W3ACO can print your membership certificate and deliver it to you at an upcoming club meeting. Delivery at a club meeting is preferable in order to save postage expenses but sending it via the US Postal Service can be accommodated if necessary. Just let me know how you would like to receive it. Currently only 2 members have requested a certificate. Thanks, Joe - K8OM From rclee2266 at gmail.com Mon Nov 7 19:46:58 2016 From: rclee2266 at gmail.com (Bob Lee) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 18:46:58 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] Newsletter Survey Message-ID: I'm using the passing of the torch for newsletter editor as an opportunity to survey the members on changes they might like to see. If you could take a couple minutes and let me know what you'd like to see in future newsletters, I would appreciate the input. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgGs-FH5rEtN76icrJ8lHgj0ZmyUg5iDNz62puX-7Ep27CGA/viewform If you answer "No" to question 1, describe what content (if any) that you would be interested in seeing. Thanks! -- Bob Lee W0GXA CW Forever From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Tue Nov 8 09:36:41 2016 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 14:36:41 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Fw: Al Groff in Hospital at U of I In-Reply-To: References: <20161101202342.0A78E149B4B1@mailman.qth.net> , Message-ID: All, Brief update on Al Groff - K0VM from Steve Sawyer - NA0IA. Joe - K8OM ________________________________ From: Steven H Sawyers (na0ia) Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 9:46 PM To: JOE; farmnet at rf.org Cc: Steven H Sawyers (na0ia) Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Al Groff in Hospital at U of I Angi and I went down to the U of Iowa Children's Hospital for the open House on Saturday and stopped into see Al and Jane. Al was sitting up and eating and in good spirits. He did have a slight cough. I just talked to Jane and she said that Al's roommate was rather disruptive and Al has not gotten much sleep, so he has not gotten on line. She said he is scheduled to go home tomorrow. So she thought he would be online in the next few days. Steve At 07:24 PM 11/7/2016, JOE wrote: HI Steve, Any update on Al Groff? Thanks, Joe - K8OM ________________________________ From: EIDXA on behalf of Steven H Sawyers (na0ia) Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 2:14 PM To: EIDXA Reflector Subject: [EIDXA] Al Groff in Hospital at U of I I was out racking leaves and came back to a message from Jane that Al had been flown to UI for emergency open heart surgery on Saturday. The told Jane that the surgery team was standing by! I returned the call to her cell phone and she said he is doing well and would I like to talk to him! That was such good news compared to what I was afraid of. Al sounded good. He will be in the hospital ICU for a couple of weeks with a recovery time of 6-8 weeks, which Jane corrected to 8- 10 weeks;-). He still has not gotten a full report on what all they did. He asked that I let everyone know he is doing well, but will be unavailable for a few weeks. Steve ______________________________________________________________ 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 k0vm at mchsi.com Fri Nov 11 11:05:11 2016 From: k0vm at mchsi.com (a.groff) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:05:11 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] I home Message-ID: <4955f80e-5fd8-61c9-2189-831dc6a0f6e5@mchsi.com> I came home on Wednesday, and am feeling as well as can be expected. ( I have some numbness in my hands.) I am on a 5lbs weight limit for lifting. But am feeling stronger every day. Just starting to get back to the PC's and radio. Maybe see you all for lunch next week. Thanks for the cards and E-mails. AL, K0VM From rclee2266 at gmail.com Fri Nov 11 21:36:48 2016 From: rclee2266 at gmail.com (Bob Lee) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:36:48 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] Newsletter update Message-ID: Thank you to all who responded to the newsletter survey either through the google form or directly via email. So far, I have just under 25 responses. I'll leave the survey open for awhile longer but I have enough to get started. It's clear there is high interest in reading about what's going on with members across not only DXing, but contesting and other radio activities we enjoy. For example, I have offers for articles on antique radio restoration or raspberry pi programming. It is also clear I have big shoes to fill as Jerry has done a great job during his tenure as editor. Thanks, Jerry. Newsletter content is only as good as what members are willing to contribute so to stimulate ideas for content I'll share with you a new newsletter outline. We'll keep the President's and Vice Presidents columns, member news, member spotlight, DX news and a section for feature articles. New sections will be (in no particular order): "Musings from the lunatic fringe" - an on again/off again column from your editor when I have something to say. "Logbook" - Send me your RTTY, SSB, CW QSOs from the prior three months that you think others would find interesting. I'll put QSL pictures here as well. If you reach a new milestone in your country count, pass it along and I'll publish it. "CQ Test" - A section on contest scores either what is submitted to me or what I find published on 3830. I'll publish any soapbox comments along with the scores. I always like reading other's perspectives on how the contest went. (For full disclosure I got a sneak peek at the contesting survey) "QRM" - A place to publish any other little tidbits that come my way. Finally, a few members thought a consolidated local calendar of upcoming events would be useful. So I'll give it a try. I plan to publish the January newsletter shortly after the first of the year. Feel free to start feeding me material. I've already received some contest scores and RTTY logs. Keep those cards and letters coming! -- Bob Lee W0GXA CW Forever From npmoyer at hotmail.com Tue Nov 15 21:01:10 2016 From: npmoyer at hotmail.com (Nelson Moyer) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 02:01:10 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Club QSL Cards Message-ID: Who is printing EIDXA QSL cards. I'm completely out. Nelson, KU0A From caldwell at iastate.edu Tue Nov 15 22:27:36 2016 From: caldwell at iastate.edu (Christopher Caldwell) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 03:27:36 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] [Farmnet] I home In-Reply-To: References: <4955f80e-5fd8-61c9-2189-831dc6a0f6e5@mchsi.com> Message-ID: Shots fired... lol. Can't wait to see everyone! Christopher On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 9:18 PM Bill Frede wrote: > Numbness in your hands? You're the perfect guy to help with SS logging at > the farm this weekend. > Glad to hear you are getting back in the game. > > Bill > On Nov 15, 2016 9:10 PM, "a.groff" wrote: > > I came home on Wednesday, and am feeling as well as can be expected. ( I > have some numbness in my hands.) I am on a 5lbs weight limit for lifting. > But am feeling stronger every day. Just starting to get back to the PC's > and radio. Maybe see you all for lunch next week. > > Thanks for the cards and E-mails. > > > AL, K0VM > > _______________________________________________ > FarmNet mailing list > FarmNet at rf.org > https://rf.org/mailman/listinfo/farmnet > > _______________________________________________ > FarmNet mailing list > FarmNet at rf.org > https://rf.org/mailman/listinfo/farmnet > From ederfllib at gmail.com Tue Nov 15 22:18:06 2016 From: ederfllib at gmail.com (Bill Frede) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:18:06 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] [Farmnet] I home In-Reply-To: <4955f80e-5fd8-61c9-2189-831dc6a0f6e5@mchsi.com> References: <4955f80e-5fd8-61c9-2189-831dc6a0f6e5@mchsi.com> Message-ID: Numbness in your hands? You're the perfect guy to help with SS logging at the farm this weekend. Glad to hear you are getting back in the game. Bill On Nov 15, 2016 9:10 PM, "a.groff" wrote: > I came home on Wednesday, and am feeling as well as can be expected. ( I > have some numbness in my hands.) I am on a 5lbs weight limit for lifting. > But am feeling stronger every day. Just starting to get back to the PC's > and radio. Maybe see you all for lunch next week. > > Thanks for the cards and E-mails. > > > AL, K0VM > > _______________________________________________ > FarmNet mailing list > FarmNet at rf.org > https://rf.org/mailman/listinfo/farmnet > > From jfinkstein at mchsi.com Fri Nov 18 12:03:32 2016 From: jfinkstein at mchsi.com (Joe Finkstein) Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:03:32 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] Repeater Status Message-ID: Several members have asked about the status of the repeater transmitter being reinstalled back on the Mariam water tower. The latest information from the Marion Water Department is that they are anticipating a December install or possibly January, depending on the weather. I will keep the club posted on the status. 73 Joe Finkstein W0MJN N0DX Trustee From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Sat Nov 19 15:47:38 2016 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:47:38 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Proposed EIDXA By-law Changes Message-ID: All, As discussed at the October EIDXA meeting, I've incorporated the proposed changes to the club by-laws. The executive committee has reviewed the proposed changes and I've incorporated their suggested changes. Now is your chance to provide feedback. I've copied the existing Constitution and By-laws into a Word document and marked it up accordingly. Text highlighted in GREEN is proposed new wording. Text highlighted in RED is wording proposed to be removed. The current club Constitution and By-laws can also be found on the club website. Please review the proposed changes to the by-laws and provide me with your comments by no later than next Saturday November 26. I will evaluate your comments and incorporate them with the plan to circulate rev-2 in a week or less. Not sure how many iterations it will take but the intent is to have the final document completed by the end of December so it can be voted on in totality at the January meeting. Speaking of the January meeting, Bob - W0GXA will be providing the program which will be on experiments he conducted on radial systems for vertical antennas. Undoubtedly, we'll all be able to learn a few things to help us improve our low band verticals so we can capitalize on those bands during the declining sunspot cycle. Stay tuned while I get the exact meeting date and location finalized. Thanks for all of your help and I'm looking forward to receiving your comments on the proposed by-law changes. 73, Joe - K8OM EIDXA Constitution & Bylaws eidxa.org EASTERN IOWA DX ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION (October 1, 1989) PREAMBLE: We, radio amateurs, wishing to promote for ourselves the pleasures and benefits of the ... From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Sat Nov 19 16:59:30 2016 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 21:59:30 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Proposed by-law changes on website Message-ID: All, One of the many limitations of our email reflector is it won't accept any attachments so it looks like the only way to view the revised by-laws document is to go to the EIDXA web site and view it from there. Craig - K0CF should have it posted shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience. Joe - K8OM From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Sun Nov 20 13:15:25 2016 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 18:15:25 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Proposed By-law Changes Posted to WEbsite Message-ID: All, Craig - K0CF has posted the proposed changes of the club by-laws to our website and they are now available for your review and comments. It was suggested that we send out the URL to the proposed changes document but not provide a link off of the home page since our website is currently open to the world. The URL is: http://tinyurl.com/eidxa-revisions I look forward to receiving your comments and suggestions! 73, Joe - K8OM From k0cf at mchsi.com Sun Nov 20 13:35:36 2016 From: k0cf at mchsi.com (K0CF) Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 12:35:36 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] EIDXA Web page updates Message-ID: <000d01d2435c$e308c260$a91a4720$@mchsi.com> EIDXA Members and Friends: With the CQ WW DX CW contest coming up next weekend, there are a ton of special operations coming up over the next couple of weeks. The DX News section on http://www.eidxa.org has a record number of items that you may find of interest! Please check it out! 73, Craig, K?CF EIDXA Webmaster From mnowack at comcast.net Sun Nov 20 22:18:32 2016 From: mnowack at comcast.net (Michael Nowack) Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 21:18:32 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] DX Holiday Style Operation Message-ID: <000001d243a5$f5251a40$df6f4ec0$@comcast.net> I just wanted to let fellow EIDXA members know that I will be operating from PJ4, Bonaire from December 4th through December 10th. The call sign will be PJ4/NA9Q and will be holiday style with 100 watts using portable/temporary antennas. Depending upon band conditions an effort will be made in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest on Saturday the 10th. Operation will be primarily SSB with some RTTY and CW on 40M through 10M. I'll be operating from the Buddy Dive dive resort on the beach in Kralendijk. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW upon return. QSL via home call. I hope to hear ya all on the bands from the dark hole of 0-land. Thanks, Mike NA9Q From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Wed Nov 23 12:32:25 2016 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:32:25 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] January EIDXA Meeting Message-ID: Fellow EIDXA Members, The next EIDXA meeting will be held on January 20, 2017 in room 1124 of Linn Hall at Kirkwood Community College. This is our normal meeting location. Bob - W0GXA will be providing the program after our business meeting. Bob will be talking about recent vertical antenna radial system experiments he conducted. With the decline of sunspots and SFI I'm sure we can all learn a few things to help us improve the performance of our low band antennas and take advantage of the improved propagation on those bands. If you haven't done so yet, please take a look at the proposed modifications to the club by-laws and give me your feedback. The updates can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/eidxa-revisions We have quite a few items on the agenda for the club meeting so hope to see everyone there. Joe - K8OM From tnvinson1 at gmail.com Wed Nov 30 09:45:11 2016 From: tnvinson1 at gmail.com (Tom Vinson) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:45:11 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] Tech exam manual needed Message-ID: Guys, I have a new neighbor and they have a 12 yr old boy named Miles. When their family was over here I showed them the radio. Miles was seriously interested. When I told him of the Intl Space Stn passing over at 5:50am he showed up in the street bright and early. (I called with my 2mtr set up, but they were not even beaconing.) Anyway, if anyone has a used Tech License manual (latest-June 2018 exam questions) that they would like to let go of, I would be interested. I'm thinking someone might have upgraded and doesn't need the tech lic manual anymore. If so, let me know $$ including postage to MN. Thanks! 73 Tom, NY0V From tnvinson1 at gmail.com Wed Nov 30 10:04:53 2016 From: tnvinson1 at gmail.com (Tom Vinson) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:04:53 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] I have a Tech License Manual on the way! Message-ID: Wow guys, I have a manual on the way already! Thanks to those who offered so readily. We have a great community here! 73 Tom, NY0V From jhetrick at bitjanitor.net Wed Nov 30 20:52:40 2016 From: jhetrick at bitjanitor.net (Joe Hetrick) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 19:52:40 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] 3B9HA 80M Message-ID: <20161201015240.GA17302@homer> He's S6 here and the pileup isn't too unruly. 3518 lsn up. VKN