April 2002 Minutes

SPOKANE DX ASSOCIATION
Meeting of 4/11/02 – first official meeting minutes

The meeting was called to order at 7:14 PM by President Gary Elliott, K7OX. An around-the-room introduction, plus an attendance sign-in list, of those present started the activities. K7OX then made the following announcements:

1. The interim officers were announced as K7OX President, K7TQ Vice President, AA4RT Treasurer, and WA7LT Secretary. It was explained that all six volunteers at the original March organizational meeting formed a committee to get the club into operation. They completed their tasks: club name, constitution, meeting dates, interim officers (until the November elections), etc.
2. The next meeting will be at 7 PM in the public library, 44 East Hawthorne off of North Division.
3. The local packet connection is K7TJ on 144.93 MHz. Do not use any other connection frequency. WS7V is trying to get a digipeter working into Pullman.
4. The 2002 west-coast DX convention will take place in Portland on August 2 through 4. (See N5AR for details.)
5. The P5 (North Korea) has been showing up between 05 and 06 Z on 21.225 MHz.
6. K7OX’s club wish list included hope for a program at each meeting, a club logo contest, a committee to generate inter-club competition, a December Christmas banquet, and a summer BBQ, and a group to assist with antennas, RFI, etc.

The 23 present were:

K7OX-F
WA7LT-F
N5AR-F
KE7AJ-F
N7VBW-A
W7FCB
AC7MV-A
KC7QGV-A
K7EFB-F
W6AEA-A
K7GS-F
K7TQ-F
WS7I
KC7MM-F
W7UJ-A
WV7Y
KD7QVX-A
K7AWB-A
KC7WEW-A
K7HRT-A
W3AS-F
AA7RT-F
(F = Full Member, A = Associate Member)

Following the meeting Dan Hearn, N5AR, gave a 30 minute flip chart presentation on 80 meter 4-square arrays. It was very well received and 20 minutes of questions followed.

C. LaMar Ray (WA7LT), Secretary