Just a reminder about the W9DXCC Convention.
The 51st annual convention will be September 19/20 at Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a NW suburb of Chicago. We have a full lineup of DX programs, including:
AH3D Johnston Island, by Bernie McClenny - W3UR;
7P8DA and 3DA0SV - Lesotho and Swaziland, by Dave K4SV;
John Battin K9DX and his monster 160 meter antenna array;
500 Miles Above the Arctic Circle, by Mike McGirr K9AJ and Jim Model K9PPY;
The Search for Amelia Earhart's Airplane, with Rod Blocksome K0DAS;
Force 12 Antennas - Tom Schiller N6BT;
Cycle 23 and DXpedition Propagation Forecasting with Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA;
IOTA Update and Roatan Island - Gordon Bazsali WB9EEE and Wayne Long K9YNF.
We are also pleased to announce that DX Hall of Famer Erik Sjolund, SM0AGD, will be on hand to share some highlights of his great DXpeditions of the 70's and 80"s.
This year's ARRL Forum will include Wayne Mills, N7NG from ARRL HQ, DX Advisory Committee Chairman Jim O'Connell W9WU, and our ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isely W9GIG and Vice Chairman Howie Huntington, K9KM.
Our banquet speaker is ARRL CEO Dave Sumner, K1ZZ. Dave has been instrumental in acquiring new frequencies for amateurs, as well as protecting current allocations. Dave was a key figure in the recently completed 2003 World Radiocommunications Conference in Geneva, and will comment on how WRC 2003 will impact DX'ers.
The Raffle Prize will be an ICOM 706 MKIIG with the proceeds being donated to the Northern California DX Foundation for DXpedition funding. The Door Prize list is growing daily - a recent donation is a Ten-Tec Pegasus PC Controlled HF transceiver.
Much more info and on-line registration is available at the convention website - www.w9dxcc.com.
Hope to see you there! 73 Bill W9VA 2003 W9DXCC Chairman
