[Mldxcc] MLDXCC Nov 11th Meeting minutes

[Dennis Moore]

Mother Lode DX/Contest Club

General Meeting Minutes

November 11th, 2017

Mountain Mike’s Pizza, Martell

/Excluded from the minutes was a discussion of ARRL Sweepstakes. All SSB 
participants were requested to contact Bob W1RH  with their SSB scores. 
We were in 4th place following CW with the expectations that SSB scores 
would move us up as it did last year./

Meeting was called to order at 11:51 p.m. by Dennis Moore, NJ6G.20 
members and 5 guests were in attendance.

We went around the room and each member introduced themselves.Since it 
was Veteran’s Day, all members present who were Veterans were asked to 
identify themselves.Several members did so and were thanked for their 
service.

Rick Samoian, W6SR moved to accept the minutes as published in the 
newsletter, John Lee, K6YK seconded the motion which passed 
unanimously.Rick Samoian, W6SR moved to accept the Treasurer’s report as 
published, Steve Allred NC6R seconded the motion.It passed unanimously.

The regular dues reminder was given.

Committee Reports:

Membership Committee – we need a new committee chairman.We also need to 
do a clean-up as there are many persons who have not paid dues for 
several years as well as silent keys still on the roster. (/edit by NJ6G 
- NJ6G volunteered as committee chairman)/

Award Committee – Presentation of awards was moved to January.

Old Business:

Election of officers was held.Dick Wilson, K6LRN moved to accept the 
entire slate that was nominated at the October meeting.Rich Cutler, WC6H 
seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.

New Business:

Recent club/member awards and DX bragging

·Steve Allred, NC6R reported that he recently had several ATNO contacts.

·John Lee, K6YK mentioned contact with a maritime mobile near Crozet 
with a good signal.

·Barry Oaks, WJ6N reported making several new contacts with 100 watts 
and a wire.

·Dennis Moore, NJ6G reported he achieved DXCC /(on 20m - edit by NJ6G)/

Member Reports on Recent Contests/Events:

·Greg Glenn, NR6Q reported he was in the top 5 for CQ WW SSB DX

·Rich Cutler, WC6H reported having make 1166 contacts in ARRL SS CW

Member Reports on New Equipment:

·Dennis Moore,NJ6Ghas a new buddipole.

New Member Applications

The following were proposed as new members and approved by the membership:

·Don Anastasia – AA6W

·AI6JZ – Bill Fenich

·KH2TJ – Todd Remington

Upcoming Events:

·WAE RTTY is November 11th and 12th

·ARRL SSB Sweepstakes is November 18th- 19th

·CQ WW CW DX Contest is November 25th - 26th

·ARRL 160 Meter Contest is December 2nd -3rd

·ARRL 10 Meter Contest is December 9th and 10th

·ARRL RTTY Roundup is January 6th and 7th

·CQ Marathon – submissions are due by 1/10/18 – last year MLDXCC came in 
6th Internationally, 3rd in the US with only 3 particpants.

DX News:

·Nauru – Micronesia – C21xx (Dennis was unsure of the call) through 
November 14th (/edit by NJ6G - C21xx DXpedition was using several calls 
starting with C21.)/

·VK9MA – Mellish Reef – through November 16th

·9U4M – Burundi – through November 17th

·Bouvet Island 3Y0Z – January 2018 – the #2 most wanted

·Baker Island KH1 – June 2018 for 10 days - #4 most wanted.

·Refer to NG3K.com for current DX operations

Next Meeting:

The next meeting will be January 27th, 2018, location to be 
announced.Meeting was adjourned at 12:50 p.m.There was no program.

Respectfully submitted,

Sue Allred, K6SZQ - Secretary

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