[OKDXA] Navassa, Centennial and etc.

Tue Sep 9 08:52:06 EDT 2014

I agree, and think this is a splendid suggestion.

Connie, K5CM, Sam, W5CU, what say you gentlemen?
Would you be willing to make presentations at a banquet?
If so, please let me know what Saturday dates would work for
you over the next couple of months and I'll get to work getting
the facility booked.

John, AF5CC, thanks for your suggestion as well. I think Frosty,
K5LBU, would be a good candidate as a speaker at some point.

73 and see you in the pileups.
Gene

> I agree Coy!
>
> How about having BOTH W1AW/5 Oklahoma coordinators talk about their
> experiences this year? Maybe with some PowerPoint slides, photos, etc.?
>
> 73,
> Tim K3LR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OKDXA [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Coy Day
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 10:16 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Cc: wo0kee at post.com
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Navassa, Centennial and etc.
>
> Gene,
>
> I did't want to hear that we aren't going to have a banquet.  We don't
> need a speaker to have the banquet.  We have enough talent that you could
> charge some folks with telling their favorite dx stories or adventures.
>
> Coy
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>
> W5LE wrote:
>> As you probably all saw the other day via some posts on the reflector,
>> Bob Allphin,
>> K4UEE, and the KP1-KP5 project team, through many meetings with the Fish
>> and Wildlife
>> Service, has gotten the green light for a DXpedition to take place from
>> Navassa Island.
>> This entity is either at the top of the most-needed list or #2 on the
>> most-needed list, according
>> to whose list you look at.  At any rate, it's super rare and very much
>> needed by just about everyone.  So rejoice those of you who have been
>> waiting for this one to happen.  It will be
>> taking place within the next 2 years.  Bob and the team of his choosing
>> has not been officially
>> told they're the team that will activate it.  Everyone who has applied
>> in the past and been turned down is allowed to submit a new proposal,
>> but, to me, it seems like a no-brainer that Bob and company should be
>> the ones who activate it.  I got a request from Bob for a "Letter of
>> Recommendation" from the OKDXA to support their proposal.  I was hoping
>> that I might have a shot at being one of the operators on this
>> particular DXpedition but was told by Bob that he has to give preference
>> to the KP1-KP5 team.   And, apparently, they have people lining up to be
>> operators on this one.
>>
>> On an unrelated matter, I attempted to find us a featured speaker for a
>> banquet and was unable to do so.  Even though the founder of eQSL read
>> my email, he didn't respond.  The founder of QRZ.com said he's going to
>> be out of the country the whole month of October and then will be
>> playing catch up the rest of the year.  I didn't find any fairly
>> close-in hams who have recently returned from a DXpedition who would be
>> candidates as a speaker.  San, K5YY, was in 7P8, Lesotho, earlier this
>> year but didn't figure the OKDXA bunch would want to hear from the same
>> guy 2 years in a row.  I mentioned this at the OKDXA meeting at Ham
>> Holiday in Oklahoma City,
>> but I realize a lot of you didn't make it to that meeting.  I solicited
>> input from the gathering but didn't get any input.  I guess, as it
>> stands, we won't have a banquet.  I am, however, open to suggestions.
>>
>> I want to give a huge verbal pat-on-the-back to our club members who
>> acted as organizers of the Oklahoma portion of the W1AW/5, ARRL
>> Centennial, operation.  Connie, K5CM, handled our first week in January
>> and Sam, W5CU, handled the August operation.  Between the two
>> operations, we gave around 55,000 people Oklahoma on Phone, CW, and
>> digital.  I truly feel like Oklahoma brought its "A Game" and I'm proud
>> of not only the organizers but also the many OK hams who jumped in with
>> both feet.  Thanks to you all!
>>
>> 73 and see you in the pileups.
>> Gene W5LE
>>
>>
>>
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