From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Sat Jan 7 21:17:19 2017 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 02:17:19 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Proposed EIDXA By-Law Changes Message-ID: All, The final draft of the proposed changes to the club by-laws are available for your perusal. After input from numerous club members, these changes have been reviewed, revised and approved by the club executive committee and will be voted on in its entirety at the January 20th club meeting. I want to thank everyone for their input and comments during this process. The link to the document is: http://tinyurl.com/eidxa-final Note that RED highlighted text is being removed from the by-laws and GREEN highlighted text is being added. Hope to see everyone at the January 20th club meeting. For more information on the upcoming club meeting, please go to: http://eidxa.org/Meetings/Meetings.html We have quite a bit to discuss at the meeting and Bob - W0GXA will present the program entitled "Chicken Wire - A Practical Experiment". Should be a fun time and hope to see you there! Joe - K8OM EIDXA Meetings eidxa.org EIDXA Meetings. EIDXA meets quarterly on the campus of Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The doors open for eyeball QSOs at about 6:30 PM and the ... From vjohnson at paulbunyan.net Wed Jan 11 20:23:04 2017 From: vjohnson at paulbunyan.net (Glenn Johnson) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:23:04 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Ham Nation tonight 8pm Message-ID: <33403FAD-67F4-46B5-944C-D5714F5809B9@paulbunyan.net> I am at DX Engineering HQ working on Bouvet details. Program will be live from their showroom 73 Glenn W0GJ Sent from my iPhone From t.cellman at mchsi.com Wed Jan 11 22:26:25 2017 From: t.cellman at mchsi.com (t.cellman at mchsi.com) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:26:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: [EIDXA] Hamvention interview Message-ID: <1404095575.316065102.1484191585940.JavaMail.zimbra@mchsi.com> Hi Guys I just finished watching the podcast "Ham Nation". The interview with Glen, K0IR, and WB9Z, was interesting. However, I thought the interview with the Dayton Hamvention official was worth bring to you attention. A lot of new information is coming out that should make us feel better about the new location. You can watch this interview as a part of the Ham Nation podcast that originates on TWIT. Just google TWIT and find the Ham Nation logo to watch it. I believe you can also watch just the interview from the DX Engineering web site. It shouldn't be to hard to find, Tim Duffy was interviewing the Dayton official. They discussed parking, road access to the grounds, vendor spaces, and food vendors among other items. The one announcement that i found VERY INTERESTING, was the official stating that they have arranged to have space for every exhibitor that showed up in 2016 to also show in 2017. de W0AWL From rhaendel at q.com Sat Jan 21 14:24:55 2017 From: rhaendel at q.com (Rich Haendel) Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:24:55 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] Jan 20 2017 minutes Message-ID: Minutes of the EIDXA meting Jan 20, 2017 1. Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by our president Joe, K8OM. 21 Hams were present. 2. Discussion of the newsletter, congrats to Bob, W0GXA for putting out a first class effort. 3. Jim, NO0B achieved DXCC, now he is a full member, congratulations ! 4. Rich , W3ACO gave the treasurers report. Was accepted. 5. DX funding discussion, There were no short term DXpeditions identified. The next one scheduled is KH1, as noted in the NG3K announced operations. The club decided not to make another contribution to 3Y0Z at this time. There was a notice that someone will be going to San Felix, but no details were given. 6. Jeff Woods, W0ODS joined our group, welcome Jeff. 7. Repeater committee, Al, K0VM reminded everyone that the re-installation of the repeater is now scheduled for sometime in February. We will need insurance to cover the effort. Joe, K8OM will pay the $200 premium by credit card. And the club will reimburse Joe. 8. By law changes. The club voted to accept the new by laws. This will provide for 4 officers, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The secretary position was not voted on, so Rich W3ACO will continue to perform secretary duties until the next meeting. A clarification regarding donations and use of the Tom Hise fund. A donation shall be initiated from the general fund, then matched up to 200% from the Tom Hise fund. Funds shall not be withdrawn ONLY from the Tom Hise fund. 9. Discussion of alternate venues for future meetings. Kirkwood now charges $80.00 per meeting. Two alternates were discussed, First was the Ely library which would be free. A second alternative was suggested, use of St. Luke's Hospital (and Mercy Hospital) meeting rooms. Supposedly at no charge. St. Luke's has nearby free parking. Joe, K8OM will investigate further with assistance. 10. Web page discussion . The club now uses Iowa Solutions which has limitations and the web master cannot delete files. K0CF and NR0X will look at alternates. Also, costs for domain registration of EIDXA.ORG were highly variable. Iowa Solutions charges $50.00 annually. It appears that there are lower registration fees offered by others. NR0X and K0CF will investigate. 11. EIDXA reflector. The club now uses mailman.qth.net, it is free but has severe limitations. Limited messaging size, no attachments allowed no pictures, etc. Google groups may offer better alternatives. K8OM and K0CF will investigate. We may also choose to do a beta test and use BOTH during a trial period to see which works better. 12. Club apparel: A Marion company , ?Cotton Gallery? and Embedded Memories , W5HB, samples were shown. Both companies have the EIDXA logo. Individuals may order a wide selection of embroidered clothing from either one as desired. 13. Club QSL cards. Earlier cards were printed by Rockwell and U of Iowa. UX5UO has the EIDXA logo and can supply single sided full color cards at $59.00 per thousand. Individuals can make up their own cards, single sided, full color or two sided and include the EIDXA logo as desired. Two sided cards, glossy full color front + B&W back are < $80.00 and shipping from Ukraine is included. E-ham review shows 5.0/5. 14. Discussion of mentoring for new hams /members. If interested, please contact Joe, K8OM. 15. Recruiting new members. Joe, K8OM asks the club members to become active and recruit new members, especially younger ones as the average age of our club is 69 ! 16. Bob, W0GXA and Jeff, W0ODS gave an excellent presentation on using chicken wire mesh for ground returns on an 80 meter vertical. Field testing showed that there was measurable improvement in far field gain compared to a number of ground radials. Great job fellas ! Submitted Rich W3ACO From wb8zrl at southslope.net Sat Jan 21 23:27:09 2017 From: wb8zrl at southslope.net (Tom) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 04:27:09 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] San Felix Message-ID: <1485059229.1040.5.camel@gate3> Last evening at the club meeting I mentioned an item in the Feb QST saying that there was a CE dxpedition to San Felix in the works. The item is on page 104 in the VHF column. Says April 2017. BUT the leader is the same CE that was heading the trip that was canceled earlier. Whether or not this is real, it now has some doubt in my mind. tom zrl From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Sun Jan 22 12:20:48 2017 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:20:48 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] EIDXA Club Apparel - Cotton Gallery Message-ID: Hello Fellow EIDXA Members, There was a discussion at the club meeting Friday night about the availability of EIDXA club apparel from Cotton Gallery located in Marion. Also, Rich - W3ACO is getting pricing information from W5HB who also can make very nice looking club apparel for us. I had a couple of polo shirts and a ball cap at the meeting that I had Cotton Gallery make for me that had the club logo embroidered on the left chest and call, name and QTH on the right. Price for the embroidered shirts from Cotton Gallery are $19 and $10.50 for the ball cap. Cotton Gallery will take group orders or individual orders. If you want to make an individual order contact: Eric Hubbell ehubbell at cottongallery.com 319-373-0068 Their on-line catalog (http://cottongallery.com) shows everything you can have embroidered as club apparel. I tried to get Eric to say that our price would be catalog price plus a certain percentage for embroidering but he said they couldn't do that since some items are more difficult than others. So it is best to get pricing directly from Cotton Gallery for the item you are interested in. Just let him know you are part of the Eastern Iowa DX Association radio club and he'll know what to do. There seemed to be interest among the members at the club meeting Friday night for a club jacket similar to one that was made about 25 years ago. I'll work with Cotton Gallery and see what they can do in that area..... so stay tunned. If you have any questions please let me know. 73, Joe - K8OM [http://cottongallery.com/files/2014/04/DL_home3.jpg] Cotton Gallery: Marion, Cedar Rapids, IA: Custom Jerseys ... cottongallery.com At the Cotton Gallery in Marion we specialize in screen print t-shirts, monogram clothing & more. Contact us today for shirt printing needs in Cedar Rapids! From jnmeade at southslope.net Sun Jan 22 16:57:42 2017 From: jnmeade at southslope.net (James Meade) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:57:42 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] EIDXA Club Apparel - Cotton Gallery In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Joe, I'd be interested in a light (spring, fall) windbreaker type jacket. I'm feeling better, but still not well. :( 73 Jim NO0B From rhaendel at q.com Mon Jan 23 09:01:24 2017 From: rhaendel at q.com (Rich Haendel) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:01:24 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] Algerian financial request Message-ID: <70b8ca7e-2c7b-a7d8-b264-1e2e38762c81@q.com> Please see: http://dx-world.net/perilous-state-of-amateur-radio-in-algeria/ Rich From ww0e at q.com Mon Jan 23 15:44:07 2017 From: ww0e at q.com (Jerry Rappel) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:44:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: [EIDXA] Fwd: Kenwood TM-D700a radio for sale In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <757473320.5131984.1485204247170.JavaMail.root@md17.quartz.synacor.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Tom Hess" To: "Doug Spyrison" , "GRARC Ham Club" , "Jerry Rappel" , "John Andrews" , newsletter at w0mg.net, "Vincent Loschiavo" Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 1:33:12 PM Subject: Kenwood TM-D700a radio for sale Please share this information with your club members For Sale Kenwood TM-D700A VHF/UHF mobile transceiver Excellent condition $225 Contact KD0HF Tom Hess at tomhess8 at gmail.com Thanks From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Wed Jan 25 11:21:35 2017 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:21:35 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] Donation to "Amateur Radio Algerians Association" Message-ID: Fellow EIDXA Members, Rich - W3ACO received an email from Vlad - UA4WHX regarding an issue within Algeria that could possibly threaten current and future amateur radio licensing and operations within that semi-rare country. This link to DX World describes clearly the issue and the subsequent request made by UA4WHX to the DX community: http://dx-world.net/perilous-state-of-amateur-radio-in-algeria/ The funds being requested to stave off the eviction of the ARA is minimal (at least by most ham standards) but who knows what the long term consequences could be (no more amateur radio operations from Algeria??). The group appears to be doing everything they can before asking the DX community for help. They have renegotiated their rent and sent out letters of appeal. Our club by-laws allow expenditures up to $100 (per expenditure) to be made without membership votes (between club meetings); therefore, EIDXA has made a token contribution of $100 to help preserve amateur radio in Algeria for at least the foreseeable future. Rich sent UA4WHX the donation via Paypal in EIDXA's name and we are recognized on the web site (http://dx-world.net/perilous-state-of-amateur-radio-in-algeria/) Thank you, Joe - K8OM [http://dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ara.jpg] The state of Amateur Radio in Algeria | DX World dx-world.net From rideon2266 at aol.com Thu Jan 26 15:39:14 2017 From: rideon2266 at aol.com (Bob Lee) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:39:14 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Honor Roll Message-ID: <159dc80ef08-2c08-2db3d@webprd-m50.mail.aol.com> My strategy to achieve honor roll is to wait for enough countries to be deleted. http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2017/is-1a-going-to-be-deleted/ Bob Lee W0GXA "CW forever" From rideon2266 at aol.com Sun Jan 29 19:22:41 2017 From: rideon2266 at aol.com (Bob Lee) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 19:22:41 -0500 Subject: [EIDXA] Contest scores and newsletter articles Message-ID: <159ecc09446-2a82-11aad@webprd-m09.mail.aol.com> Just a reminder if you have some scores or other commentary for recent contests, please send them along. For the next newsletter, I have room for another feature article. If anyone would like to write something, please let me know. I'm happy to edit if you just want to scribble out something. Thanks Bob Lee W0GXA "CW forever" From radiojoe_k8om at msn.com Sun Jan 29 21:29:18 2017 From: radiojoe_k8om at msn.com (JOE) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 02:29:18 +0000 Subject: [EIDXA] New Google Group email reflector is now "live" Message-ID: Hello Fellow EIDXA members, All EIDXA club members email addresses have been loaded into the new EIDXA Google Groups email reflector and it is ready for you to use! As you are well aware, EIDXA has used MAILMAN.QTH.NET for our email reflector for many years. It has served us well be its functionality is rather limited and at times can be a hindrance to getting information out to club members. As discussed at the club meeting January 20th, ?Google Groups? is a popular email reflector that offers greater flexibility, maintainability and functionality (and it is also free). A ?beta test group? of a few club members setup an EIDXA email reflector using Google Groups software and has been testing it this week. One of our beta test members is also a member of another radio club that successfully uses Google Groups and provided help and guidance. The club beta testers agree that Google Groups is a viable alternative to our current email reflector and we should switch over to this system. A big thank you to everyone that helped beta test the new email reflector! So to use the new email reflector, simply send your club emails to eastern-iowa-dx-association at googlegroups.com instead of mailman.qth.net You may want to remove the MAILMAN.QTH.NET address from your email address book and add (or replace it with) eastern-iowa-dx-association at googlegroups.com The old email reflector will be retired completely in a few days so please make the necessary changes as soon as possible. If you have a Google account, you can also access our group by going to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/eastern-iowa-dx-association. You do not have to have a Google account to use the new email reflector! Just use it as you did the old email reflector but, of course, use the new email reflector email address eastern-iowa-dx-association at googlegroups.com. You can also access the EIDXA Google group via your smart phone by going to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/eastern-iowa-dx-association . The formatting works well on all mobile devices. Craig - K0CF will be updating the EIDXA web site with the new email reflector link. If you have any questions or if I can be of help, please let me know. 73, Joe ? K8OM From jmwooods at yahoo.com Mon Jan 30 12:12:44 2017 From: jmwooods at yahoo.com (Jeff Woods) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [EIDXA] Contest scores and newsletter articles In-Reply-To: <159ecc09446-2a82-11aad@webprd-m09.mail.aol.com> References: <159ecc09446-2a82-11aad@webprd-m09.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <2060313515.3481814.1485796364241@mail.yahoo.com> Bob and the Club: Here is my summary info for last weekend's CQ160. ?It was my best effort to date.? Jeff, W0ODS==========================CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW Call: W0ODS Operator(s): W0ODS Station: W0ODS Class: Single Op HP QTH: IA Operating Time (hrs): 21.5 Summary: Total:? QSOs = 885? State/Prov = 58? Countries = 23? Total Score = 180,711 Club:? Comments: Finally made it through an entire CQ160 without an amp failure!?? Added bonus: all 7 beverages were and remained fully functional without the need for any last-minute repairs in ice and dark.? Highlight of the Contest:? Being called by IQ9UI early Sunday morning after failing to crack his pileup hours earlier. Thanks, callers, for your peristence.? With 7 directions, it can take more than a few seconds to "find" you, moreso if your callsign does not match your actual QTH.? So if you're loading up bedsprings? or running QRP, throw out a few calls so I can get your bearing. Kudos to the DX that found me running.? Attempting to break a pile-up dominated by the guys on the coasts is fruitless.? If you can hear me call, I can hear you.? Don't be afraid of S&P to find us. And to the cluster-click guys with big amps and no ears: May the LIDS of a thousand pile-ups infest your next run frequency.? If you can't hear the DX, lay off the key already. From: Bob Lee via EIDXA To: eidxa at mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 6:22 PM Subject: [EIDXA] Contest scores and newsletter articles Just a reminder if you have some scores or other commentary for recent contests, please send them along. For the next newsletter, I have room for another feature article.? If anyone would like to write something, please let me know.? I'm happy to edit if you just want to scribble out something. Thanks Bob Lee W0GXA "CW forever" ______________________________________________________________ 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 arrl.net Mon Jan 30 13:08:56 2017 From: K0VM at arrl.net (Al) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:08:56 -0600 Subject: [EIDXA] testing Message-ID: <6a2eb434-b368-335e-d614-7cefe8cf5691@arrl.net> Ignore this AL, K0VM From t.cellman at mchsi.com Mon Jan 30 13:19:06 2017 From: t.cellman at mchsi.com (t.cellman at mchsi.com) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:19:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: [EIDXA] Dayton Hamvention Flea Mkt Spaces Message-ID: <57085637.374176785.1485800346555.JavaMail.zimbra@mchsi.com> Lots of information on their website. Beside the flea mkt spaces you can also find out how many spaces are in the barns and how they are arranged. see the attachment for the flea mkt spaces. de W0AWL From t.cellman at mchsi.com Mon Jan 30 13:27:02 2017 From: t.cellman at mchsi.com (t.cellman at mchsi.com) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:27:02 -0500 (EST) Subject: [EIDXA] Hamvention indoor booths Message-ID: <699064639.374189176.1485800822064.JavaMail.zimbra@mchsi.com> This is an overview of the buildings and the arrangement of the booths inside. de W0AWL