Location:
John, W2GW, the LIDXA Treasurer, called to order the meeting
of April 20th at 8:10 PM. Pat, KE2LJ, the
LIDXA Vice President who has been
filling in as LIDXA President, was not available for tonight’s meeting.
Members present (per sign-in on the blackboard) included W2GW, K2MFY, KC2OPX,
W2VZQ, AB2NT, N2KA, W2FGD, K1NY, K2MAU, KC2OPX and
In terms of DX, specific activities were highlighted:
Starting
the business portion of tonight’s meeting was the approval of the February 16th meeting minutes. These minutes were accepted as
presented. In addition, the minutes were
prepared in advance by the club’s secretary, Ed, K2MFY, and sent out to the
membership with the March 2007 meeting notice.
Thanks to the efforts of KE2LJ, Pat, the minutes appear in the LIDXA web
site at: http://www.qsl.net/lidxa. Due to the ice storm on March 16th there was no LIDXA meeting in March.
Club Treasurer, John, W2GW gave the monthly Treasurer’s report. Annual dues for the 2007 calendar year are
now due in the amount of $20. John
indicated that about fifteen members had already paid their dues. John mentioned that in order to stay an
ARRL-affiliated club, at least 25 members must be part of the club. Ed indicated that the next LIDXA update to
the ARRL for club status is required in early 2008.
John
said that, although he has presided over a limited number of LIDXA meetings
while Pat is down in
John also
reminded the membership that since Pat is leaving the NYC area for a
It was mentioned that
Louise, KC2MAU, John’s XYL had recently upgraded to General Class and would be
using the callsign K2MAU. The membership
congratulated Louise’s on her upgrade.
It was reported that long-time
member Lenny, KB2HK was recuperating from a stroke. The club all hoped that Lenny would get well
soon.
Ed updated the membership
of his line noise and his discussions LIPA Interference Division, Special
Services investigator, Mike Malinowski.
Although some repairs were made on the hardware in noisy electric poles
in the area, the QRN is still objectionable.
Ed said he would keep members aware of progress on this problem.
The membership was
reminded that on May 14 the
A discussion arose on some-what
local hams would could do antenna/tower work.
Although most members knew about the fine work of ex-LIDXA member Woody,
K2UU—it was noted that he is difficult to reach. Also mentioned was ex-LIDXA member Larry,
W2EJ (was WA2YNH), WA2VUN (Mike in NJ) and KC1XX (Matt, the owner of “XX
Towers” who owns a professional tower company in NH).
It was mentioned that most
sources indicate that the low point in the present sunspot Cycle 24 will be
reached in July of this year.
A new DVD was then shown on the February 2006 multi-national DXpedition
to Peter I Island (as 3YØX). The team
amassed about 87,000 contacts from the island down near
This meeting concluded at around 10 PM after all the scheduled business
and entertainment had finished. The next
LIDXA meeting will be held on Friday May 18, 2007.
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Ed Whitman, K2MFY
LIDXA Secretary