GEORGE, OUR CREW DX OP TO GO TO AND ALL AROUND GOOD GUY, SAYS THE SPECIAL EVENT STATION WHICH HAD ITS ANTENNA SET UP IN THE PARKING LOT DID REALLY WELL:
OH...THATS THE BOTTOM..TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS ON THE TOP:
NOW EVEN WITH TOTALLY ROTTEN BAND CONDITIONS A SET UP LIKE THAT HAS TO PULL THEM IN AND REMEMBER THAT THING AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT WAS ONLY FOR 3 DAYS...
KRIS AND GEORGE REPORT THE SATURDAY NIGHT BANQUET ATTRACTED WELL OVER 600 PEOPLE WAY IN EXCESS OF LAST YEARS RECORD NUMBERS:
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THATS: N6VNI/KC6TOD/JUDY & HANK-W6HTW
NOW WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS EVENT BUT SINCE WE WERE NOT THERE NOTHING IS BETTER THAN GETTING ALL THE DETAILS DIRECT FROM OUR ON THE SCENE REPORTERS...AND REMEMBER BEFORE YOU READ IT IN CQ YOU GET IT HERE IN "SLICES":
“2008 INTERNATIONAL DX
CONVENTION”
ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND, GEORGE N6VNI OR
“GEORGIE” AS JOE CALLS HIM AND ME, KRIS KC6TOD, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR
FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE AT THE “2008 INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION” HELD IN VISALIA,
CALIFORNIA ON APRIL 25TH – 27TH, 2008. THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR AND IT WAS THE
BEST EVER!
THE INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION IS SPONSORED BY
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX CLUB AND THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX CLUB WITH
ASSISTANCE FROM THE ARIZONA DX CLUB AND SAN DIEGO DX CLUB. THIS YEAR THE HOST WAS THE SCDXC AND
WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DID. THE
CONVENTION IS HELD AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN VISALIA, THIS HOTEL CATERS TO THE
DXERS, AND LITERALLY WE TAKE OVER THE HOTEL FOR FOUR
DAYS!
THE CONVENTION STARTS ON FRIDAY AT 1PM WITH
REGISTRATION AND THE VENDOR ROOM IS OPEN. RAFFLE TICKETS WERE AVAILABLE FOR SOME
REALLY NEAT PRIZES. RAFFLE
PRIZES WERE DRAWN EVERY TWO HOURS ON SATURDAY, WITH SOME LARGE PRIZES GIVEN AWAY
AT THE BANQUET SAT. NIGHT AND THE BREAKFAST ON SUNDAY. SATURDAY FEATURED A BBQ LUNCH; FRIDAY
EVENING AND SATURDAY EVENING THERE WERE ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT COCKTAIL GATHERINGS
PRIOR TO THE DINNER GATHERINGS.
OUTSIDE U.S. TOWER DISPLAYED A 60 FOOT TOWER WITH
A 4 ELEMENT STEPPER AND A COMMUNICATIONS VAN WITH A SPECIAL EVENT STATION. EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO ENJOY THIS
DISPLAY.
WE HAD SOME GREAT SPEAKERS DURING THE SESSIONS ON
SATURDAY – DXPEDITION TO CLIPPERTON 2008 TX5C, SCARBOROUGH REEF BS7H, J5C GUINEA
BISSAU, DXING FROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA 3X5A AS WELL AS INTERESTING MEETING
ON ANTENNAS. THE VENDOR EXHIBITS
WERE EXCELLENT – NEW AND INNOVATIVE ANTENNAS, RADIOS AND GADGETS – MORE STUFF
THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
SATURDAY NIGHT’S BANQUET SPEAKER ERIC SCACE K3NA
GAVE A WONDERFUL NARRATIVE AND COLOR POWER POINT PRESENTATION ON “DUCIE ISLAND
VP6DX”. THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS SO
WELL DONE, THE PRESENTATION HAD A STORY LINE AND KEPT THE AUDIENCE LISTENING AND
WATCHING. FROM THE CONVERSATIONS I
OVERHEARD AFTER THE BANQUET – IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A SPEAKER WAS GIVEN A
STANDING OVATION! HOW’S THAT AND I
DID NOT FALL ASLEEP!
SUNDAY MORNING, THE CLOSING BREAKFAST ALSO
FEATURED ANOTHER DXPEDITION 3B7C, SAINT BRANDON DXPEDITION BY NEVILLE CHEADLE
G3NUG. NEVILLE WAS ONE OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS FROM ENGLAND.
THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION HAMS WERE APPROACHED BY
NEWCOMERS TO THE DX CONVENTION AND WERE HAVING WHAT LOOKED LIKE DANCE CARDS
FILLED OUT WITH NAMES AND CALL SIGNS… IT WAS NEAT TO SEE SO MANY NEW FACES. OF COURSE, WE HAD GUESTS FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES…
ON SUNDAY AT THE BREAKFAST, WHEN THE FINAL
DRAWING WAS BEING COMPLETED AND THE GRAND PRIZE WAS A YAESU FT-2000 – THE TICKET
BELONGED TO A 14 YEAR OLD NEW DX’R FROM UTAH, FIRST TIME VISITOR TO THE
CONVENTION. WHAT A GREAT
START INTO HF FOR THIS YOUNG MAN!
NEXT YEAR COME JOIN US AT THE “60TH”
2009 INTERNATIONAL DX
CONVENTION AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN VISALIA, CALIFORNIA ON APRIL 17TH -
19TH, 2009.
73’S TO
ALL!
KRIS & GEORGE JACOB
KRIS I WANT TO GO NEXT YEAR...I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE READING THIS WANT TO GO NEXT YEAR....
FROM ALL OF US HERE AT "22 CREW" HQ A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO KRIS-KC6TOD AND HER ASSISTANT N6VNI FOR THIS HOT OFF THE PRESS HAM RADIO STORY.
CUBS MEET THE CREW
LAST TUESDAY THERE WAS MAGIC IN THE AIR AS THE "22 CREW" INTRODUCED HAM RADIO TO THESE LONG ISLAND CUB SCOUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES:
WE SET UP A STATION FOR HF & VHF AND GAVE THE PARENTS PLUS CHILDREN A LOOK AT THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF AMATEUR RADIO..AND LOOK WHO CAME OUT TO ASSIST...A REGULAR CLASSROOM NET CHECK IN..BOB-W2OSR, AT THE CONTROLS OF OUR TS-450:
THANKS BOB..IT IS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE QSL CARDS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE TABLE..BOB BROUGHT THOSE ALONG AND IT SURE HELPED WHEN WE GOT TO CHATTING ABOUT HOW THE WORLD IS DIVIDED UP NOT JUST BY COUNTRIES BUT BY PREFIXES AND CALL AREAS.
SPECIAL THANKS TO LES,
NOT A HAM JUST A BIG CUB SCOUT, WHO INVITED US TO DO THE PRESENTATION:
DAYTON SATURDAY NIGHT EYEBALL
WE HAVE THE PLACE FOR YOU TO BE THE SATURDAY NIGHT OF DAYTON. IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU ARE INVITED TO GATHER WITH THE FINAST FLOCK OF FOLKS IN ALL OF HAMDOM TO CELEBRATE YET ANOTHER DAYTON HAMVENTION WITH 28 YEARS OF THE RADIO CLUB OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 22 IN ATTENDANCE.
