Topband: 2012 Visalia Top Band Dinner Recap

[wb6rse1 at mac.com]

The 63nd International DX Convention in Visalia, California USA was held this past weekend, April 20-22, 2012. The Friday evening Top Band Dinner was once again sold out. A lot of calls were finally matched to faces!

Special thanks goes to Bob Allphin, K4UEE, for his outstanding presentation of "HKØNA, Top Band from Malpelo." The efforts of the entire team to activate this rare and logistically difficult DXCC entity on all bands and modes was truly extraordinary. They had over 5000 QSOs on Top Band.

"Congratulations to the team for breaking the record for most QSO's by a "tent and generator" DXpedition!  QSO total is 195,292."

http://hk0na.com/

http://www.clublog.org/charts/?c=HK0NA#r

The Top Band dinner was supported by the manufacturers and vendors listed below who generously donated door prizes that significantly contributed the dinner's overall success.

73! Steve WB6RSE


THANK YOU:

ALPHA RADIO PRODUCTS
http://www.rfconcepts.com/

ARRAY SOLUTIONS
http://www.arraysolutions.com/

ARRL HQ
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/

CQ MAGAZINE
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/

THE DAILY DX
http://www.dailydx.com/

NCDXF
http://ncdxf.org/

DX PUBLISHING
http://www.dxpub.com/

The DX STORE
http://www.dxstore.com/

ELECRAFT
http://www.elecraft.com/

ELECRAFT COVERS
http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5

HRO
http://www.hamradio.com/

ICOM
http://www.icomamerica.com/en/amateur/

INRAD
http://www.inrad.net/home.php

KE7X
http://www.ke7x.com/

KENWOOD
http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Communications/Amateur_Radio/

NCDXF
http://www.ncdxf.org/join_ncdxf.html

NIFTY ACCESSORIES
http://www.niftyaccessories.com/

PALOMAR ENGINEERS
http://www.palomar-engineers.com/

PHOTO QSLs
http://www.photoqsls.com/    

THE QSL MAN
http://www.w4mpy.com/

STEPPIR
http://www.steppir.com/

TENTEC
http://tentec.com/

VIBROPLEX
http://vibroplex.com/

WEST MOUNTAIN RADIO
http://www.westmountainradio.com/

YAESU
http://www.yaesu.com/