Topband: 2012 Visalia Top Band Dinner Recap

[W6osp at aol.com]

Steve;    Thanks for arranging a very nice  evening.
 
Bruce
W6OSP
 
 
In a message dated 4/22/2012 4:29:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
wb6rse1 at mac.com writes:

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://hk0na.com/) 


_http://www.clublog.org/charts/?c=HK0NA#r_ 
(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/_ (http://www.rfconcepts.com/) 


ARRAY SOLUTIONS
_http://www.arraysolutions.com/_ (http://www.arraysolutions.com/) 


ARRL HQ
_http://www.arrl.org/catalog/_ (http://www.arrl.org/catalog/) 


CQ MAGAZINE
_http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/_ (http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/) 


THE DAILY DX
_http://www.dailydx.com/_ (http://www.dailydx.com/) 


NCDXF
_http://ncdxf.org/_ (http://ncdxf.org/) 


DX PUBLISHING
_http://www.dxpub.com/_ (http://www.dxpub.com/) 


The DX STORE
_http://www.dxstore.com/_ (http://www.dxstore.com/) 


ELECRAFT
_http://www.elecraft.com/_ (http://www.elecraft.com/) 


ELECRAFT COVERS
_http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5_ (http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5) 


HRO
_http://www.hamradio.com/_ (http://www.hamradio.com/) 


ICOM
_http://www.icomamerica.com/en/amateur/_ 
(http://www.icomamerica.com/en/amateur/) 


INRAD
_http://www.inrad.net/home.php_ (http://www.inrad.net/home.php) 


KE7X
_http://www.ke7x.com/_ (http://www.ke7x.com/) 


KENWOOD
_http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Communications/Amateur_Radio/_ 
(http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Communications/Amateur_Radio/) 


NCDXF
_http://www.ncdxf.org/join_ncdxf.html_ 
(http://www.ncdxf.org/join_ncdxf.html) 


NIFTY ACCESSORIES
_http://www.niftyaccessories.com/_ (http://www.niftyaccessories.com/) 


PALOMAR ENGINEERS
_http://www.palomar-engineers.com/_ (http://www.palomar-engineers.com/) 


PHOTO QSLs
_http://www.photoqsls.com/_ (http://www.photoqsls.com/)     



THE QSL MAN
_http://www.w4mpy.com/_ (http://www.w4mpy.com/) 


STEPPIR
_http://www.steppir.com/_ (http://www.steppir.com/) 


TENTEC
_http://tentec.com/_ (http://tentec.com/) 



VIBROPLEX
_http://vibroplex.com/_ (http://vibroplex.com/) 


WEST MOUNTAIN RADIO
_http://www.westmountainradio.com/_ (http://www.westmountainradio.com/) 


YAESU
_http://www.yaesu.com/_ (http://www.yaesu.com/) 




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