[Nodxa] "On-The-Air" Club Meeting; Funding 3Y0J and 7P8RU

[Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)]

Fellow DXers,
   As you know, the coronavirus situation still continues, and everyone is
still being cautious by practicing social distancing. NODXA has not had
an indoor membership meeting since August 2nd, but we have conducted some
"On-The-Air" club meetings over the past year. The next "On-The-Air" club
meeting will be on November 4th, during the NODXA 10 meters net (on 28480
kHz [+/- QRM] at 8:30 EDT (0030Z) by net controller Wayne, K8FF. As usual,
Wayne will start the net with check-in and then one around of comments.
The meeting should be short as we conduct some club business.
   Some of the business we will be conducting is voting on funding for
two DXpeditions. First is the Russian 7P8RU DXpedition to Lesotho.
Vasily, R7AL, informed me Sunday morning that the team will be there
3 more days and has made 65k QSOs so far. He also mentioned that they
will be on 60m Sunday night. I told Vasily that at the last NODXA 10 meter
net, it seemed favorable that the club would be interested in sending an-
other donation to this group and he is looking forward to our vote on
Thursday. TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME, if you worked 7P8RU, PLEASE send me
your callsigns (just your callsign) to receive LoTW credit/endorsement.
After the vote on Thursday (if funding is approved), I will E-mail them
the list of NODXA members who worked 7P8RU so you can receive instant
LoTW credit/endorsement.
   The second funding of a DXpedition is the 3Y0J Bouvet Island operation.
The club received an E-mail (last week) for a request of funds. The club
had already allocated $500 (back in June) for this operation, but it was
put on hold (tabled) to possibly increase this donation.
   If you can not make the "On-The-Air" club meeting, send me your thoughts
about the above topics, if not, I hope to hear you on the frequency
Thursday night...... 73 de Tedd KB8NW

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
<kb8nw at hotmail.com>  and<kb8nw at arrl.net>
Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)