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Next LSDXA Meeting

We are planning a meeting for September in the mid-cities DFW area. We would like a good attendance as we plan to vote on changes to the bylaws to bring them into line with current practice. Please check back for information as it becomes available.

Hamcom 2008 - June 13-14

Hamcom is over. The DX Dinner and the Hospitality suite were at the Holiday Inn Express this year. The DX dinner was held on Friday 13^th at 18:30. Eric, K3NA the co-leader from VP6DX was the keynote speaker for our DX Banquet this year, obviously presenting the excellent VP6DX dxpedition..

There was a general meeting of the LSDXA and new Directors were elected. They are shown on the "About the LSDXA" tab of the menu. For clarification, we now show Directors (Elected) and Committee (Nominated) members separately. 

Hamcom programs included

• Dave Jaksa, W0VX - "DXing for the Non-Dxer"

• Tim Pearson, K5AC - "Digital DXing - An intro to Digital Modes for DX'ers"

• New SDR applications - Diversity reception and Active Beam Forming 
  by Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR, of Flex Radio.

• Dr Beldar's, L1AR, DX & Contest Emporium - products you might not see at the Hamfest
  This turned out to be Ward Silver, N0AX.

• Taking your contest efforts to the next level

Jerry, KD5OM took some Hamcom photos HERE.

Our DXCC card checker Jim, W5QM was in attendance at Hamcom. Also, Ward Silver, N0AX was attending Hamcom courtesy of Coy Day (N5OK) and all his hard work. Ward gave us the ability to check all cards, waiving the deleted entity and 160m rules. All in all the 6 card checkers checked around 2500 QSO's on 36 applications. Jim kept them all in line, keeping up with all the applications and making sure there were no mistakes on their part.

Results from the LSDXA QLF "QSO by Left Foot" CW contest

• 1st Place and winner of a Begali "Sculpture" keyer: Gerald Chouinard, K5YAA, of Claremore OK, who copied 45 of 105 calls correctly.

• 2nd place and winner of a Begali "Spark" straight key was Jeff Steinman N5TJ of McKinney TX, who copied 44.

• 3rd. place and winner of an Array Solutions donated CW filter was Stan Arnett AC8W of Marysville MD, who copied 42 calls correctly.

• Winner of the "Anchor Award" was Victor Paul WB0TEV of Greenville TX. The "Anchor" prize included a mobile "strap on" leg iambic keyer from MFJ Inc. and a Gordon West donated Morse CW code course.
  

Special thanks go to our prize donors: Piero Begali and Bruna Begali of Begali Keys, Jay Terleski and Bob Naumann of Array Solutions, and Richard Stubbs of MFJ.

Thanks also go to our judges: West Gulf Division Director Coy Day N5OK, West Gulf Vice Director Dr. David Woolweaver K5RAV, noted written and CW test preparer Gordon West WB6NOA, and noted author and ARRL representative Ward Silver, N0AX.

Supervising judge was LSDXA Information Director Tom Anderson, WW5L. Administering the test was Rick Barnett N0RB of Plano, while Tom Hammond N0SS of Lohmann MO prepared the test. The test consisted of copying 105 calls at varying speeds and conditions similar to those found on the air.

The test was also similar to the one conducted at the Dayton Hamvention by the Kansas City MO DX Club, and prepared by N0SS and administered by N0RB, for several years. The best scores at the Dayton contest are only in the mid-50 percent bracket.

Scores:-

45-K5YAA
44-N5TJ
42-AC8W
38-K6RV (sat twice?)
37-W5IZ
35-WB5DNT
33-tie between N5JB,K5OT,K3LR,W5OV,K5AC
30-W0VX
29-W0UO
28-tie between W5RZ, K5RX
27- tie between K5NZ, WA5POK,KG5U, W5DV
26-tie between K8DD, AD5MN
25-K5BG
22-"Jim", no call listed
21-W5UQ
18-tie between K5BZH, WA5LFD
14-tie between K1HZ, W5MJ
13-K6RV
1-WB0TEV

LSDXA Meeting at Hamcom 2008

There was a general meeting of the LSDXA at Hamcom on Saturday. Elections were held to fill some of the board positions. Here are the results

• Chief Director and President - Dave, W0VX

• Activities Director - Rick, N0RB

• Membership Director and Secretary and Secretary-Treasure - Jim, K5KQI

• Information Director - Tom, WW5L

Committee positions are appointed by the board.

DXpedition donations 2008

Last LSDXA Meeting

We met on 29th September 2007 at the Bodacious BBQ in Arlington. Kamal, 4S7AB, gave us a presentation on Amateur Radio in Sri Lanka and also on his new Bravo Intellikeyer 3G. Only ten members were in attendance. Okay, this was the weekend of the Texas QSO party, but ten members!!! Some pictures are HERE.

Hamcom 2007

Dr. Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, was among the DX dinner speakers at Ham Com 2007 on Friday & Saturday, June 8-9 at the Plano Center and the Southfork Hotel. Glen's topic was the VU7RG DXpedition to Lakshadweep Island.

With ARRL membership and DXCC official Bill Moore, NC1L in attendance at Ham Com, the LSDXA were be able to check ALL DXCC cards at its booth during convention hours. Jim, W5QM, the LSDXA's DXCC card checker did a great service to us all. 3738 cards were checked.

A big "Thank You" to all the card checkers.

We had the following fantastic presentations....

DXpedition donations 2007