Location:
Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, N.Y.
The LIDXA President, Marty, NN2C, called the
meeting of May 21 to order at 8:10 PM.
Members present (per sign-in on the blackboard) included K2MFY, NN2C,
KE2LJ, W2FGD, KD1F, N2KA, AG2A, WA2RB, WA2AAW, W2VZQ, KB2HK, W2GW and XYL
KC2MAU, N2DXJ and XYL. The club also
welcomed guest Neil, KC2KY, Vice President of the Radio Central Club.
In terms of DX, specific activities were
highlighted:
Starting
the business portion of tonight’s meeting was the approval of the April 16 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 club’s May meeting notice. Thanks to the efforts of KE2LJ, Pat, the minutes appear in the
LIDXA web site at: http://www.qsl.net/lidxa.
Club treasurer, John, W2GW gave a Treasurer’s report. Members currently on the LIDXA roster who have
not paid their 2004 dues will be dropped from the membership roles next
month. It was agreed to keep the
un-paid members on the mailing list until June.
The main discussion of tonight’s meeting was the recent Dayton HamVention. Club members NN2C, KE2LJ, W2FGD, and KD1F
attended this annual convention and presented their views on this year’s
event. Although the attendance was down
somewhat from last year’s event, and the rains came down on Saturday (as
usual!), a good time was had by the attendees and they met many DXers from near
and far.
Ed, K2MFY, mentioned that he is getting good results with direct QSL card returns, using the special airmail return envelopes and foreign mint stamps obtained from William J. Plum in New Jersey. In terms of direct QSLs he added that Henryk, SMØDFJ in Sweden, sent Ed two direct QSL cards (in Ed’s s.a.s.e) which were directed to him, but then included about two-dozen W2 QSL cards that Henryk asked Ed to forward to the W2 ARRL bureau. Ed also noted that QSL manger RW6HS, who handles cards for many Russian amateurs, is a real stickler for accuracy and neatness on the incoming card. If a computer label is printed too light or hard to read, or if any erasures or miscellaneous corrections (by hand) are made on the card, RW6HS will reject the card and return it back to sender.
Marv, W2FGD, mentioned
that his SWR problems with his antennas and feedline have been corrected. He thanked the membership for referring him
to the services of ex-LIDXA member, Larry, W2EJ (ex-WA2YNH).
With the election of new officers for the 2004-2006 term to be decided upon at the June 18 meeting, the following names were entered as nominees:
·
President: Marty, NN2C (incumbent); Pat, K22LJ (alternate
selection)
·
Vice President: Pat, KE2LJ (incumbent)
·
Secretary: Ed, K2MFY (incumbent)
·
Treasurer: John, W2GW (incumbent)
·
Directors: Emil, KD1F; Lew, W2BIE (incumbent); Art, N2KA,
Andy, W2VZQ, and Tom, AG2A.
The
club’s constitution requires that at least two candidates be nominated for each
executive position; however, the club could not get any additional volunteers
for certain positions, so it was decided to go, for the time being, with the
above slate.
All
members were asked to think about these candidates for LIDXA President, Vice
President, Treasurer, and Secretary.
Only three Directors can be elected in the June meeting.
This meeting then concluded at around 9:15 PM after all the scheduled
business had finished. The next
regularly scheduled meeting for the LIDXA is on Friday, June 18, 2004. At this meeting, the last one before our
summer hiatus, new officers of the club are to be elected, and their terms
effective at this meeting.
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Ed Whitman, K2MFY
LIDXA Secretary