Carolina DX Association - W4DXA  

AA4ZZ contest team getting ready for
ARRL VHF Contest, June 9 & 10. Seen
here are W4GRW (left) & AA4ZZ (right).

CDXA $upported DXpeditions

3B9C	3C0V	3YOX	6Y5NR/KP1	9X0R	A52A
BS7H	E4X	FO0XX	HK0NA	K4M	K5D
K7C	ST0R	T32C	T33C	TI9KK	TO5DX
TX5C	VK9DWX	VK9LB	VK9MM	VP8SGP	VU7LD
XF4DX	ZK3RW	ZL8X

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 pictures by John Scott (K8YC) are now available for viewing. You can view them [here] or from the above navigation bar under CDXA Pictures.

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 Read More »

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
Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High Read more:

Posted 11/16/2011
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
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
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
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
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 NEWS (Special "paper application offer" procedure for ST0R QSLs - please read carefully [ here ].

Posted 10/22/2011
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
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
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
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 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
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
Cameron, KJ4EDF AND CDXA's youngest member passed his Amateur Extra Class exam on July 26, 2011. Congratulations Cameron!

Posted 7/20/2011
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

First Place, Unlimited Category:	K5EK with 314 points
Second Place, Unlimited Category:	W3GQ with 301 points
Third Place, Unlimited Category:	W4HG with 294 points
Fourth Place, Unlimited Category:	W7DO with 294 points
Fifth Place, Unlimited Category:	W3OA with 289 points
First Place, Formula Category:	W3ZL with 227 points
Second Place, Formula Category:	W4WNT with 155 points

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!

RANK	CALL	# OF QSOs
2	K4XP	17
7	W2HTI	15
8	KO4DI	15
12	K5EK	14
13	N4ZC	13
15	K4KL	13
52	N1GC	9
66	K4MQG	8
67	K3XC	8
69	K4YR	8
73	AA4SC	8
76	KI4TZ	8
77	W7DO	7

(This news item courtesy of our Contest Manager, W3OA.)

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
CDXA member Larry Knain (W6NWS) emailed our Pileup editor to say he is in Vietnam through the end of May. He is operating as XV2W using 100 watts and a vertical without radials. Larry has been spotted on 14022 and 21022.

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.