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AA4ZZ contest team getting ready for ARRL VHF Contest, June 9 & 10. Seen here are W4GRW (left) & AA4ZZ (right). ![]() |
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Posted 5/11/2012
DXpeditions Approved From the ARRL DXCC Desk: ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the current 7O6T DXpedition to Yemen and the February 2012 6O3A DXpedition to Somalia have been approved for DXCC credit. "If you had cards that were recently rejected for the 6O3A operation, please send an e-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk." Moore said. "Please note that due to extremely heavy e-mail, DXCC staff may not respond to your message. Once your record is updated, results will appear in Logbook of The World (LoTW) accounts or in the live, daily DX standings. Due to a backup on DXCC e-mail, DXCC staff will make the corrections to accounts, but may not respond directly to messages about this."
Posted 4/16/2012
DXCC Card Checking Rule Change Effective immediately, a change in the DXCC Rules permits volunteer Card Checkers who have achieved DXCC on 160 meters to check 160 meter QSLs in the field, and all Card Checkers to check cards for Deleted Entities.
Posted 4/5/2012
FCC Seeks Public Comments on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio and Impediments to Amateur Radio Communications. In response to the Congressional directive to prepare a study to assess Amateur Radio’s role in emergency and disaster communications and the impact of private land use regulations on the amateur community’s ability to provide such communications, the FCC issued DA 12-523 soliciting comments from the public. The period for public comment runs until May 17, 2012. Read more [here].
Posted 3/24/2012
CDXA Hamfest Banquet
Posted 3/23/2012
WANT to HELP the SWAINS ISLAND DXPEDITION Make a donation to CDXA [marked for Swains DXpedtion] which will be added to the amount CDXA is making to the DXpedition. You can use the CDXA donation form [here] to make your donation.
Posted 3/16/2012
ARRL ANNOUNCES NEW DXCC FEE STRUCTURE The ARRL has announced a new DXCC fee structure effective April 2, 2012. There are a number of changes with the "tweaking" of the price stucture being the least significant.A primary aim of the new fee structure is to avoid the year end backlog that occurs. This is being accomplished by removing the surcharge that is currently in place if one submits more than one application per year, deleting the current hybrid application problem and adding a new online application. Full details of the new program are available at: http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-announces-new-dxcc-fee-structure
Posted 3/1/2012
SWAINS ISLAND DXPEDITION ANNOUNCED Joe, W8GEX and Craig K9CT, are pleased to announce they are planning another DXpedition to a rare DX entity. Joe and Craig were the co-leaders of the very successful PJ7E DXpedition on 10-10-10. Before that, they were part of the team that re-activated Midway, K4M, in 2009. This DXpedition will be to Swains Island in September 2012. Swains ranks number 31 on the DX Magazine Most Wanted Survey and number 30 on Club Log's Most Wanted list. Because of the anticipated demand, a highly experienced team of 20 operators has been formed. The team will operate six stations over a 14 day period, from 160 to 6 meters on all modes, using the callsign NH8S. Great emphasis will be put on Europe where it is most needed. Team members include AA4NN, DJ7JC, DL3DXX, I8NHJ, K5AB, K6MM, K6TD, K9CT, KH7Y, N2TU, N6HC, NA6M, ND2T, NI6T, SM5AQD, W4BUW, W6KK, W8GEX, WB4JTT, and WB9Z.
Posted 2/23/2012
MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ADDED TO DELETED ENTITIES (From The ARRL Web Site) According to the Finnish Ministry of Transportation and Communication, the Saimaa Canal Treaty between Finland and Russia has been finalized by relevant Finnish and Russian authorities through ratification. The Treaty has entered into effect with a date of February 17, 2012. Malyj Vysotskij Island (MVI), R1M, is no longer included in the Treaty. Thus, MVI will be deleted from the DXCC list as of February 17, 2012, and added to the Deleted Entities List. Administratively at HQ, we will not make the necessary changes to the DXCC system until after the final data processing for 2011 is complete -- this includes the tables shown in Logbook of The World. DXCC members will see their current entity totals drop by one on their Mixed awards, and on the bands and modes where MVI credit is given. They will also see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately.
Posted 2/22/2012
SOUTH SUDAN GETS PREFIX ALLOCATION (From The Daily DX) The Daily DX has learned the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced the official callsign allocation prefix for the fledgling nation of the Republic of South Sudan, which joined the United Nations (UN) on July 14 at 1400Z. The 193rd member of the UN has been assigned the callsign prefix block Z8A through Z8Z. The ARRL added country number 341 to the ARRL DXCC list and the first and only DXpedition to South Sudan was that of ST0R during late July and early August of last year.
Posted 2/21/2012
Hello DXers .. This is to notify you that Card checking of all QSL cards will be done at the Charlotte Hamfest on Saturday, March 10. Card checking for 160 Meter cards and deleted countries will be allowed. The cost for the basic application is $14.00 (The price of $14.00 includes postal charges required by the ARRL)for a limit of 120 cards. If paying with cash please bring correct fee as we do not have cash available. The booth will be located next to the CDXA Booth. Our booth will have the W4/K4/N4 QSL Bureau managed by Ken, K4DXA, along with Bill, K4CIA, and me for DXCC card checking. Any of us can also do VUCC and WAS card checking if necessary. Look forward to seeing you DXers there. 73, Gary Dixon, K4MQG
Posted 2/10/2012
[Read Here] the Latest information on Proposed Charlotte Amateur Radio Ordinance from Sandra Montgomery, AICP, Planning Coordinator - Development Services. Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Department
Posted 2/5/2012
Ham Radio USA – 100 Years and Counting
When you first glance at the title,
Ham Radio USA – 100 Years and Counting,
you can’t help but think
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Updated 2/5/2012
WHO'S WORKING MALPELO? Here are the number of Band/Mode Slots filled by CDXA members as of 1647z, Feb 5.
Posted 1/30/2012
NEW MEMBER HOSTS 60 METER WEB SITE One of CDXA's newest members, Dan Schaaf, K3ZXL, hosts a web site dedicated to 60 meters. If you are interested in DXing on 60, or have questions about 60 meter operations, check out http://60metersonline.net If you can't find your answer on the web site, Dan is quick to answer your question(s).
Posted 1/24/2012
LOTW TO SUPPORT CQ AWARDS The ARRL and CQ Communications, Inc have signed an agreement to begin providing support for CQ-sponsored operating awards by the ARRL’s Logbook of the World (LoTW) electronic confirmation system. The full details can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/news/logbook-of-the-world-to-now-support-cq-awards
Posted 1/18/2012
MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ I. TO BE DELETED FROM DXCC Although unofficial and subject to the decision of the ARRL DXCC Committee, it appears that the sun will set on Malyj Vysotskij I. (R1MV) as a DXCC entity on February 16, 2012. The Island lies within the Saimaa Channel. The channel was built by Finland in the early 1960's. The Island is entirely within Russia and Finland has been renting the island and the channel from Russia. A new agreement between the two countries discontinues the rental of the Island to Finland and therefore will most likely no longer meet the DXCC criteria for a DXCC entity.
Posted 1/11/2012
AA4NN JOINS CONWAY REEF DXPEDITION CDXA's own Joe Blackwell (AA4NN) will be part of the dxpedition to Conway Reef which is planned for later this year. You can keep up with the planning by visiting the 3D2C web site at: http://www.yt1ad.info/3D2C
Posted 1/5/2012
GET CDXA APPAREL AT DISCOUNT Lands' End (official supplier of CDXA apparel) has announced a 30% off sale. So if you have been wanting a new CDXA shirt or other clothing, act now. The sale is only good through January 13. Here is the link with all the details.Lands' End Sale
Posted 12/30/2011
From ARRL HQ ARRL has announced a Diamand DXCC Challenge Award for 2012 in commemoration of the 75th year of the DXCC award. Read all about it here!Diamond DXCC Challenge
Posted 12/28/2011
CYO DXpedition For the latest information, check their website at www.cy0dxpedition.com. WA4DAN, Murray Adams is a CDXA member.
Posted 12/26/2011
MT ATHOS: (John Scott, K8YC passed along this info.) CBS's "60 minutes" ran a story about Mt. Athos. Although every Ham's favorite Monk Apollo was not pictured, the show is very interesting for those of us who have worked Mt Athos. The segments (part 1 and 2) can be seen by clicking the following links. Mt Athos, Part 1 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363712n" Mt Athos, Part 2 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363715n"
Posted 12/27/2011
N4BIG (SK) I wanted to inform you of the recent passing of Ervin Jackson Jr. (call sign N4BIG) on December 23rd 2011 at the age of 86. He loved his time with HAM radios and being involved with the Discovery Place station. He greatly enjoyed the company of many of you both on and off the air and I can think of few events that he anticipated more so than the annual Hamfest. I know how much he meant to some of you and thought you would like to know. Sincerely, Trey Howe (grandson) The complete obituary will appear in the Tuesday edition of the Charlotte Observer.
Posted 12/20/2011
MARS has received the following notification from the Planning Dept of Charlotte/Mecklenburg: To read the e-mail: [ Click Here ]
Posted 12/15/2011
N2TU TOPS ONE MILLION Lou, N2TU is an avid race fan in addition to being a top notch contester. He is pictured below in his racing gear. Lou topped one million points in the recent ten meter contest. Your editor believes this is the first member to top the one million point threshold in the recently intitiated CDXA club competition. Good going Lou!
Posted 12/04/2011
There is a proposed Amendment to the City-of-Charlotte Zone rules that targets Amateur Radio. Comments are due ASAP. Click here to read proposal.. Send comments to: Sandra Montgomery, AICP Planning Coordinator -Development Services Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Department 600 E. Fourth Street - 8th floor Charlotte, NC 28202
Posted 11/23/2011
From Foxnews
Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High
Read more:
Posted 11/16/2011
Ham radio in the 21st century
Ham radio today differs greatly from that of past years, but it still offers a fascinating way to explore electronics.
Here’s a
[ look ]
at how it has changed and what it has to offer both old hands and newcomers alike.
Thanks to N2HV for providing this link.
Posted 11/16/2011 Radio Arcala, OH8X
CQ Magazine, November 2011, Page 13 has a really interesting article about Radio Arcala, OH8X
including a link to a video on base jumping from the tower.
What an antenna....[ http://vimeo.com/27737232 ] Thanks to K1MIJ for providing this link. Posted 11/2/2011 CDXA Christmas Party
The CDXA Christmas Party is right around the corner. Mark your calendars and use the
[ online signup form ] to let the committe know you are coming.
Posted 10/27/2011 CONTESTER'S CODE OF ETHICS
Do you subscribe to the contester's code of ethics as interpreted by the World Wide
Radio Operators Fopundation? You can see it
[ here ]
Posted 10/25/2011 16 TIPS FOR N1MM LOGGER
The major contest season is upon us with CQ World Wide SSB this weekend (October 28.)
The most widely used contest logging program is the free, N1MM Logger.
Joe, KI4TZ has pointed out a file that will give you 16 tips for getting more from this
popular logging program. You can view it in PDF format
[ here ]
Posted 10/23/2011 DXCC APPLICATION NEWS DXCC NEWS (Special "paper application offer" procedure for ST0R QSLs - please read carefully
[ here ].
Posted 10/22/2011 CDXA TAKES FIRST PLACE
CDXA operating with the call sign W4DXA took first place in the 2011 Field Day category 3E.
Congratulations to the club and the operators who made this first place finish possible!
Posted 10/20/2011 NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN
CDXA's election of officers will be held at the annual Christmas party on December 8, 2011.
Sam Hawes, K4DGJ has agreed to chair the nominating committee again this year.
Please contact Sam if you are interested in running or know of anyone else who is interested
in running for any of the officers' positions. Sam's contact information can be found
in the roster section of this web site.
Posted 10/9/2011 PICNIC PICKINGS
The annual CDXA BBQ picnic was held at the home of Ken and Bev Boyd on Saturday October 8.
Vice president Bill Fisher made a few announcements, then withperfect weather prevailing,
the lines formed to partake of the food. Members brought salads and deserts while
CDXA member Ric Porter catered the BBQ, Chicken and trimmings.
Posted 9/27/2011 SEDCO - W4DXCC A SUCCESS
The seventh annual SEDCO - W4DXCC conference is now history. Once again, there were great
speakers, good food, abundant prizes and tremendous fellowship.Speaker topics included antenna design, both transmitting and receiving, how to track down power line noise, and there were reports on several recent DXPeditions. There were also hints about upcoming DXPeditions! Shown below, CDXA members John Scott, K8YC, Dick Williams, W3OA and Wilson Caselli, K1MIJ intently take in one of the forums in a relaxed atmosphere! ![]()
Posted 8/25/2011 CDXA MEMBER AT SOUTH SUDAN
CDXA member Fabrizio Vedovelli, aka Brix, is shown below operating from South Sudan.
Brix was part of the very successful DXPedition which made more than 120,000 contacts from
the new DXCC entity. CDXA members accounted for nearly 500 of those contacts.
Congratulations Brix and CDXA members.![]()
Posted 8/5/2011 ARRL RE-ASSIGNS EMAIL ADDRESSES
The following message has been received from Bill Moore, Awards Branch Manager at ARRL. [ dxcc@arrl.org ] is no longer in use. In an effort to better serve our clients, we have created a number of new e-mail addresses that will be delivered to the most appropriate person depending upon the subject. Please visit [ http://www.arrl.org/awards-branch-contacts ] for a listing of the new e-mail addresses and the general topics that they cover. 8/10/2011 WHO'S WORKING THE NEW ENTITY? Ninety Five CDXA members were successful in working the new entity. Here are the number of Band/Mode Slots filled by CDXA members as of 0701z, Aug 10. This is the final report from ST0R after going QRT early on August 10: Note: Two members have worked the ST0R on 160. They are: K4CIA and W4ZV. A few of our members have been successful in working ST0R on 80 meters. They are:K5EK, KZ2I, K4CIA, N7WZ, N4ZC, NW4N, K4XP, K4MQG, N4JJ, N4PQX, W4AG, W4ZV, W7DO and K4MD. ![]() Posted 7/27/2011 NINE YEAR OLD EARNS EXTRA CLASS LICENSE Cameron, KJ4EDF AND CDXA's youngest member passed his Amateur Extra Class exam on July 26, 2011. Congratulations Cameron! Posted 7/20/2011 LATEST INFO RE SOUTH SUDAN DXPEDITION Today, (July 19) the Intrepid-DX Group is making their way to Cairo to meet with the DX Friends. Our advance team will arrive in Juba, South Sudan tomorrow (July 20th) with a list of tasks to perform in advance of the main team. As the ITU has not yet issued a new prefix for South Sudan, our license that was issued in March has the call-sign of ST0R. (Sierra Tango Zero Romeo) That will be our call for the DXpedition unless the ITU issues a new prefix which will require that we amend our license. More updates to follow. Thank you, Paul N6PSE Co-Leader, STOR DXpedition to South Sudan Posted 7/14/2011 NEW DXCC ENTITY This morning, July 14, the UN General Assembly unanimously voted to approve The Republic of South Sudan as a member of the United Nations.Now that the Republic of South Sudan is a member of the United Nations, the new country is now a DXCC entity by way of Section II, 1(a) of the DXCC rules. The DXCC Desk will begin immediately accepting QSOs for this new entity, with a start date of July 14, 2011. As of July 14, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has not announced a prefix block for the Republic of South Sudan. Posted 7/14/2011 WE CAN LAUGH AT OURSELVES A few CDXA members assembled recently at the AA4ZZ contest site to prepare for the July VHF contest. One project was to replace the two meter H double bay antennas with new support frames constructed of PVC pipe. But Murphy struck and the lower cross bar was assembled in the wrong position. Not to be deterred and determined not to lose the work already done, the group came up with an idea. While Paul, W3GQ (center) held the assembly and CDXA VP Bill, W4GRW stood by to catch any flying pieces, Pileup editor John, K8YC used a precision tool (found in the nearby junk pile) to whack at and dislodge the lower crossbar. Alas, the effort failed and the group had to go to plan B which is too long to explain here. The entire effort was made possible when Joe, KI4TZ sanitized the site by bravely destroying the nearby hornet's nest after the critters had already inserted some of their venom into Bill, W4GRW and Paul, AD4IE (not pictured.) Notably absent from the scene were Ken, K4DXA and CDXA Contest Manager, Dick, W3OA who fled the scene to a nearby residence, purportedly to install some networking hardware (at least that is their story and they are sticking to it!)![]() Listen for the AA4ZZ contest team this Saturday July 16 starting at 1600Z and ending Sunday July 17 at 2100Z. Be sure to give them a contact on six and/or two meters so they can defend last year's first place finish (NC) and fifth place finish (Nationally.) Posted 7/2/2011 Press Release #4 DXpedition to Southern Sudan In just a few short days, the people of Southern Sudan will declare their independence from Sudan and will become the new Republic of Southern Sudan.Vice President of South Sudan, Dr. Riek Machar Teny has announced that admission as a member state of the United Nations will take place on July 14th, 2012. The DX Friends and the Intrepid-DX Group continue to monitor the UN General Assembly and Security Council votes and are moving forward with our plans for a large multi-national DXpedition to take place soon after the UN admission occurs. Equipment has been procured and is being staged for rapid delivery to Juba, the new capitol of Southern Sudan. Team members have applied for their visas and we are awaiting them now. We have held several successful meetings with representatives of the Government of Southern Sudan. We have been issued an amateur radio license for the purpose of this DXpedition. The Government of South Sudan is very supportive of our plans to visit Juba and to help them celebrate the birth of their new country. We plan to soon be in the new capital of Juba and to be ready to start our DXpedition after admission by the UN. We will have 18 operators operating 24X7 on seven active stations. At this time, we are seeking Foundation, Club and Individual Sponsors to help us defray the costs of carrying out this very important DXpedition. Our official website is: www.dxfriends.com/SouthernSudan2011/Thank you, The Intrepid-DX Group and The DX Friends. Posted 6/30/2011 CDXA Members' VUCC Standings Now Available on CDXA Web Site On June 4 we announced in this column that the ARRL web site is now showing VUCC standings. Our contest manager, W3OA has extracted CDXA members' standings from the ARRL listings. They are now shown on this CDXA web site, on this page, in the second box just below this CDXA News box. We will handle these in the same way we handle DXCC and Honor Role listings. That is, we will update the numbers early each month. If you have higher numbers shown on your LOTW VUCC Account Status page you can email a copy of that page to w3oa@roadrunner.com and those numbers will appear in the next monthly update. Posted 6/13/2011 AA4NN BACK ON DX PEDITION TRAIL CDXA member Joe Blackwell, AA4NN will be a member of the recently announced DX Pedition to Rotuma Island. Joe is a veteran of many DX Peditions, including the most recent one to Scarborough Reef. Joe is a remarkable story. Less than a year ago, Joe was undergoing treatment for a serious cancer condition, but his determination and positive attitude has prevailed. Now the Ham Radio community looks forward to hearing Joe's melodious CW fist from Rotuma this September. For more information about the DX Pedition click on http://yt1ad.info/3d2r/index.html (or copy and paste) Posted 6/4/2011 VUCC STANDINGS AVAILABLE ON WEB SITE The ARRL has made the VUCC standings available on their web site. The listing is similiar to the DXCC standings. Use this linkhttp://www.arrl.org/vucc-standings (or copy and paste) to get you to the correct web page. Enjoy! Posted 6/6/2011 IMPORTANT: W4BFB 2m Repeater CHANGES!ALL W4BFB 2m repeaters will require use of CTCSS (pl) tone 118.8Hz for access SOON. The 145.23 repeater now requires the 118.8 tone. Posted 6/2/2011 SOUTH SUDAN DXCC STATUS Helsinki, Finland June 2, 2011 by Martti Laine, OH2BH With great anticipation, DXers the world over are looking forward to the 9th of July this year as the predicted day of South Sudan's declaration of independence. Indeed, that declaration is set to happen, but it will not yet guarantee the birth of a new DXCC entity, at least at that time. The DXCC rules are written in such a way that only a new country's membership in the United Nations and/or its ITU country prefix will result in the anticipated DXCC counter. The U.S. State Department Geographer's list of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty obviously does not apply in this case. The opinion from the ARRL is that no exceptions will be made in this case. They state that the event date - i.e. declaration of independence- will not cause potential QSOs to be counted retroactively. Rather, Newington categorically assumes that U.N. membership, which will most likely come first, followed by the release of an ITU prefix by the U.N. telecommunications agency, will lead to country status. The prospect of a new country has taken an unexpected turn just recently. The country's borderline has never been settled between North and South Sudan in the area (Abyei) where most of the oil reserves are located. It was agreed under the 2005 Peace Agreement that the border issue will be resolved by the people in that province. A referendum to settle the matter has not happened. Instead, the North (ST2) has entered the disputed province with force. Additionally, the North has stated that they will not support an independent State in the south unless the contested region is theirs. The matter now remains totally in limbo. While the amateur radio project announced earlier this year by 5Z4DZ, ST2AR, W3UR and OH2BH is well underway, it is not yet reasonable to swing your antennas toward South Sudan, as we speak. The project has two well-known DXers now permanently based in South Sudan: SM7PKK and YI1DZ/ST2DZ. The knowledge and the professional presence are in place to proceed with an immediate activation as soon as the above country status matters are resolved. More news to follow. ((( 73 ))) Jarmo OH2BN Posted 6/1/2011 View all episodes of Ham Nation hosted by Bob Heil - K9EID hereor by clicking on the Ham Nation logo on the left side of this page. Posted 5/31/2011 K5EK wins Zone 5 CQ DX Marathon Competition CQ Magazine has published the results of the 2010 CQ DX Marathon. They show that CDXA member K5EK, Ed, won the Zone Certificate for the highest score in Zone 5. Also, we can now finalize the results of our CDXA DX King competition for 2010. The top standings are listed below. More results will be published in the next Pileup.
Posted 5/30/2011 View the May 31st Episode #2 of HamNATION by Bob Heil - K9EIDHERE. HamNATION with host Bob Heil - K9EID will broadcast each Tuesday evening at 9:00pm EDSTand can be viewed at http://live.twit.tv. Posted 5/22/2011 420-440 Might be Safe in HR 607 proposed Legislation May 19, 2011, Massapequa Park, NY - A delegation of Amateur Radio operatorsfrom the Long Island / New York City area met this morning with CongressmanPeter T. King (R-NY) to discuss his recent proposed legislation, HR 607, andits impact on Amateur Radio. Congressman King said that he fully understands and appreciates theimportance of Amateur Radio and the service it provides to the community,and that he would see to the modification of the bill so that the 420 - 440 MHz band would be excluded from the spectrum to be auctioned. The delegation included Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, ARRL Section Manager for New York City / Long Island (NLI),Peter Portanova, WB2OQQ, NLI Local Government Liaison (LGL), George Tranos,N2GA, NLI State Government Liaison (SGL), and Jim Mezey, W2KFV, NLI ARESSection Emergency Coordinator (SEC). Posted 5/13/2011 LOCAL HAMS FEATURED IN CHARLOTTE NEWS Two local hams, N4ACF and W4DON were featured in a story about Amateur Radio in Wednesday's (May 11th) Charlotte Observer's Mooresville News section. Just over a month from now, Hams all over the country will be "practicing" their emergency communications skills during an event called Field Day. Field Day also provides a good opportunity for the Ham Radio Community to show off their commuications capabilities to the public by operating in public areas such as parks, shopping malls, etc. and by providing news releases to local media. Posted 4/29/2011 CDXA MEMBERS TO OPERATE FROM PJ7 John, NV4A and Chris, WW4CP will be operating from St Martin beginning May 4, 2011 for aproximately 1 week. Look for them between 1100-1200 UTC on 14220-14225. They can also move to 40 meters for anyone needing a contact on that band. Posted 4/28/2011 WHO WORKED T31A? The following CDXA members are shown on the T31A Leader Board for USA Zone 5 stations as of 1100z on Thursday, April 28. These numbers should include all QSO's made by the DXpedition up until the time they stopped operations. Congratulations to all!
Posted 3/27/2011 NEW DXCC ENTITY FACING SNAG? Southern Sudan, was almost certain to become a new DXCC entity by mid year (as reported earlier in this column.) Now Southern Sudan is now facing the prospect of a civil war even before it declares its independence in July. It is way too early to see how this latest development may affect the prospective new DXCC entity. Posted 3/21/2011 Posted 3/16/2011 House of Representatives bill, HR 607, in its present form could remove the amateur radio allocations at 420-440 Mhz. You can help by reading what this is all about and what you can do to help. Information is availablehere.Then scroll to the article about HR 607. If you have news that you think needs to be added to the News box,
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When you first glance at the title,
Ham Radio USA – 100 Years and Counting,
you can’t help but think
The annual CDXA BBQ picnic was held at the home of Ken and Bev Boyd on Saturday October 8.
Vice president Bill Fisher made a few announcements, then withperfect weather prevailing,
the lines formed to partake of the food.
Members brought salads and deserts while
CDXA member Ric Porter catered the BBQ, Chicken and trimmings.


The entire effort was made possible when Joe, KI4TZ sanitized the site by bravely destroying the nearby hornet's nest after the critters had already inserted some of their venom into Bill, W4GRW and Paul, AD4IE (not pictured.) Notably absent from the scene were Ken, K4DXA and CDXA Contest Manager, Dick, W3OA who fled the scene to a nearby residence, purportedly to install some networking hardware (at least that is their story and they are sticking to it!)
CDXA member Joe Blackwell, AA4NN will be a member of the recently announced DX Pedition to Rotuma Island. Joe is a veteran of many DX Peditions, including the most recent one to Scarborough Reef. Joe is a remarkable story. Less than a year ago, Joe was undergoing treatment for a serious cancer condition, but his determination and positive attitude has prevailed. Now the Ham Radio community looks forward to hearing Joe's melodious CW fist from Rotuma this September. For more information about the DX Pedition click on



























