[KCDXC] Fwd: W0DXCC Convention

[Lee Ward]

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From: K0pcg <k0pcg@critellilaw.com>
To: Postmaster@crcltd.com
Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2002, 6:28:51 PM
Subject: W0DXCC Convention

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Greetings fellow DXers.  It's time we here in zero land get together.

Why don't we hold  a W0DXCC convention patterned after the W9DXCC 
convention held annually in September in Chicago.

The venue would be Omaha, NE which would be mutually inconvenient to 
everyone.....even  to those Dxers in the Omaha area due to the constant 
construction on I-80. <G> :)

The tentative dates would be Friday September 13 for a dinner banquet, 
hospitality room etc. and Saturday September 14 st for the DX forums.  Or 
if travel would be better we could do a Saturday 14th -Sunday  15th 
meeting.  Whatever you prefer.

I'll do all the work of putting it together, making hotel and banquet 
reservations, getting out the mailings, trying to arrange the forums, 
emceeing the event, etc.

What you will need to do is get people from your club to attend.  Our 
critical number is 100.  Below that number it is not worth the effort.

The W9DXCC charges  $55 for the full convention and banquet or  $30 
for  just the convention.  Based upon my prior experience in holding 
seminars for the bar association (no....not that kind of "bar"  :) ) I 
would anticipate that the costs would run approximately the same.

Are you guys interested?  If so, give me your thoughts and the approximate 
number of members you can plead, beg and threaten into attending.

Also....would the KCDXC be interested in hosting a hospitality suite?  I 
attended their suite  at the Dayton Hamvention and they really do know how 
to host a suite (or is it hoist a beer??)

At the Midwest Convention I discussed this concept with our Vice Director, 
Bruce K0BJ and he seemed excited about the idea and promised to get all 3 
of the Dxers in Kansas to attend (2 of whom  have proudly achieved 
DXCC.)  Did I get that right Bruce?

Wade, W0EJ, our honorable ARRL Director,  promised to get the Eastern Iowa 
DX Association to attend.  This would normally be a plus.....but you don't 
know the EIDXA.  They have been known to use the Collins antenna farm to 
work the P5 and seeing them en masse could be a frightening sight.

Of course our club in Des Moines (the MMM) *   will be there in full force 
and will freely share our tips on how to work Scarborough IS, get a QSL 
from AbuBaker  and Monk Apolo , and make Ed P5 call YOU in the pileup.

Let me know ASAP so that I have as much lead time as possible.

Looking forward to hearing from you all.

73 es gud dx

Nick Critelli K0PCG
Des Moines, IA

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*  OK.......  the MMM stands for Megahertz Manor Maniacs.  It really did 
seem like a good name at the time.  And the contest call, K0MMM is great.






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