[SADXA] Fw: [CADXA DX Talk] 2013 CQ DX Marathon Challenge from NADXA

[Richard Solomon]

We'll bring it up at the next meeting and see what can be done.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Tom Kramer <tkramer at azci.net> wrote:
> Do we have 4-6 brave souls that would like to take on NADXA and CADXA in a challenge?  See below for details.  I am not certain we will get folks from CADXA to sign on but something to ponder.  73 Tom NQ7R
>
>
>
> Hi Tom:
>
>   Thanks for the reply.  The traveling trophy was set up around the CQ DX
>
> Marathon, and with that in mind, I believe we should keep it in those guidelines.
>
>
>
> Maybe we should take 4,5, or 6 members from each club and have them use
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> their own personal call for the event.  At the end of the year, total up those
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> scores from both teams and use that for the challenge?  We could start it
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> say on Feb 15th and go through the end of the year, with no entries before
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> that date or a date to be set? Each of the members involved would be determined
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> before the starting date.  We could go up to 6 members so if you could only
>
> get 4, we would then give you our 4 members that would be involved.
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>
>
> Talk it over at your meeting and let me know.  I sure would like to get the
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> SADXA involved or a few other clubs, if possible.  Anyway, its all for fun and
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> it helps keep members radio active!!!
>
> 73
>
> Bob,NF7E
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Kramer
> To: dxtalk at cadxa.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 3:22 PM
> Subject: [CADXA DX Talk] 2013 CQ DX Marathon Challenge from NADXA
>
>
> Here is a message I/we received from Bob Wertz at NADXA.  If you would like to accept this challenge and join a team of 6 to keep the trophy in the valley let me know fairly soon. Tom NQ7R
>
> 2/3/2013 4:44 AM, Bob Wertz wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Feb 2, 2013
>>
>> Hi Ned:
>>
>>   I am directing this to the CADXA and am not sure who your current
>> president is, although
>>
>> I believe you are!
>>
>> Once again, the Northern Arizona DX Association would like to challenge
>> your club to the CQ
>>
>> DX Marathon, and see if we might win back the traveling Arizona DX
>> Window Trophy in your possession.
>>
>> This year we would like to get six of your members to go up against six
>> of our members
>>
>> in the "Formula Class/ Option 2" where we all would be limited to 100
>> watts of power and a
>>
>> a wire or vertical antenna lacking significant gain. Wire antennas would
>> be limited to 135 feet
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>> long and no higher than 65 feet, as stated in the CQ DX Marathon rules
>> for 2013.
>>
>> Also, we would like to use just one call from each club.  Our club call
>> of W7YS against your club
>>
>> call of K7UGA, where each of the members involved would make
>> contacts using the
>>
>> respective clubs call and work as a team entering all contacts into one
>> log from each club,
>>
>> to be submitted to the CQ Marathon at the end of the year.
>>
>> Most of us have beams and towers up and use power to work our DX,
>> however, we thought
>>
>> for this year, we would see what we could do with the formula class and
>> see if that
>>
>> might level the playing field a little. Some of us will have to put up
>> such antennas to
>>
>> get involved.
>>
>> So, here are our NADXA club members that have signed up to participate:
>>
>> W7FYW- Dave Brown - the member of our club that came up with the
>> original challenge idea.
>>
>> AA7DK--- Dennis Kimbell
>>
>> N3AIU-- --Nick Elias
>>
>> KD7RCJ---Jack Lundsford
>>
>> N7VF- ----Norman VanDiver
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>> NF7E----- Bob, President of NADXA-2013
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>> If you accept the challenge, please let us know the names and call letters
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>> of those participating, so we know who we are up against!! Then we can
>>
>> get started ASAP!
>>
>> Thanks, Good luck & 73,
>>
>> Bob Wertz, NF7E, President
>>
>> Northern Arizona DX Assn
>  I
>
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