The February 2015 meeting of the Madison DX Club was held on Tuesday the 10th at Fitzgerald’s in Middleton.
The meeting was called to order by President Ted – K9IMM at 7:15 PM.
Eleven members, plus four more via Skype, and guest Bonnie – W9BJB attended.
Secretary’s Report: Minutes of the January 2015 meeting were read and approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Financial Statement of Account for the general fund as of January 17, 2015 was read and approved.
Committee Reports:
– DX Report… Ted – K9IMM reported TI9/3Z9DX – Cocos is expected on Feb 16, several ops are QRV now from KG4,
– DX Report…Dick – K9APW reported 7QAA – Malawi will be QRV from March 11 to April 1, Dick will be joining them for the second week!
– DX Report…Looking to future DXpeditions, VK0EK – Heard Is. in November/December, maybe a side trip to Kerguelen Is. too.
– DX Report…VP8 – South Sandwich and VP8 – South Georgia are coming in January 2016.
– DX Report…The two proposed 3Y – Bouvet DXpeditions for 2016 are still looking for funding.
– DX Report…Jim – KE9ET announced that K1N – Navassa is now over 100K Q’s.
– Repeater… Ed – N9MW: Repeater operating well.
– Packet Cluster… Ed – N9MW: W9BG is operating well.
– Website… Ed – N9MW: Website is operating well.
– Email… Ted – K9IMM: MDXC and SWAP e-mail reflectors are operating well.
– Scholarship… Ed – N9MW: The Scholarship committee will be hosting a scholarship table at the MARA Hamfest in Stoughton on April 11.
– Scholarship… Ed – N9MW: Donations of equipment are being solicited.
General and Member Information:
Sharon & Ed and Sharon & Bill are enjoying 70 degree weather in Arizona.
Ted – K9IMM continues to optimize his CW skimmer. Also has obtained a frequency standard accurate to 1/1000 Hz.
Old Business: None
New Business:
Lloyd – Presented a request for funding for a DXpedition to TX3X – Chesterfield Is scheduled for October of this year. The request was tabled until next month.
Ted – K9IMM put out a request for volunteers to set up the annual spring MDXC banquet.
The business meeting was adjourned at 7:55 PM.
Following the business meeting, Ted – K9IMM presented a program and demonstration of his DX Skimmer that is actively feeding the global DX spotting system.
Submitted by Lloyd Berg – N9LB, MDXC Secretary/Treasurer
