The December 2016 meeting of the Madison DX Club was held on Tuesday the 13th at Fitzgerald's in Middleton.
The meeting was called to order by President Lloyd - N9LB at 7:15 PM. Nine members attended.
Secretary's Report: Not available
Treasurer's Report: Current bank statement was reviewed, no change from last month.
Committee Reports:
- DX Report. A general discussion of poor band conditions. A70X - Qatar is expected in January.
- Repeater. Ed - N9MW: Repeater operating well (frequencies are 444.775 / 449.775 with 123 PL).
- DX Spotting Cluster. Ed - N9MW: The cluster hardware has been returned to MDXC and has been installed at a member's QTH and will be using a private Internet connection.
- Email. Group: MDXC and SWAP e-mail reflectors are operating well.
- Scholarship. Ed - N9MW: The new directors for the 2017 scholarship have been named.
Member News:
Our good friend, Bud K9ZT, passed away on November 17, 2016. Many MDXC members attending the visitation and funeral for Bud. He will be missed.
Old Business: None
New Business:
The current manager of Fitzgerald's talked with the members about major changes to Fitzgerald's that will commence at the beginning of 2017.
The dining and meeting areas in the back portion of the building will be remodeled into a Mongolian grill.
A discussion by the members concluded that we will have to find a new location for future MDXC meetings.
We are now looking for input from the membership as to possible new meeting locations.
Please bring your suggestions for future meeting locations to the January meeting or send them to N9LB for further research by club officers.
The business meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.
A year-end review of club member ARRL DXCC standings and DXpedition activity was presented.
Submitted by Lloyd Berg - N9LB, MDXC President
