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Welcome to the Northern California DX Club

Welcome to the Northern California DX Club. September 16, 2010. Tonight’s Agenda. Club Business Introduction of Officers Introduction of Members New members DX news QSTs Feature Presentation – WRTC 2010 by Bob Wilson, N6TV NCDXC Raffle. NCDXC Officers for 2010-11. Officers

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Welcome to the Northern California DX Club

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  1. Welcome to theNorthern California DX Club September 16, 2010

  2. Tonight’s Agenda • Club Business • Introduction of Officers • Introduction of Members • New members • DX news • QSTs • Feature Presentation – WRTC 2010 by Bob Wilson, N6TV • NCDXC Raffle NCDXC September 16

  3. NCDXC Officers for 2010-11 • Officers • President N6RC Richard Crouch • Vice Pres K6TT Phil Steffora • Secretary K6YP John Eisenberg • Treasurer W6OPO Bob Lanning • Directors • Craig Bradley AE6RR (Past President) • Russ Bentson K6KLY • Steve Jones N6SJ • Peter Grabosky W6OOL • Risto Kotalampi W6RK NCDXC September 16

  4. Introduction of Members & Guests • Let’s Go Around the room… • Introduce yourself & any guests • Tell us what new DX you have bagged or • How did you get started in Ham Radio? NCDXC September 16

  5. New members? • Secretary’s Report • John, K6YP • John has member applications • New membership voting? • Live membership voting NCDXC September 16

  6. Dues are Due • Your annual dues are due NLT October 30th! • Unless you are a Life or Honorary Member of course • The dues are $24 per year ($39 for families) • You can now pay by Pay Pal! • Checks, envelopes or stamps not required, just click away! • Go to http://www.ncdxc.org/ • Click on the [ Make Online Payment ]link below [ Membership Information ] • If you have moved, changed your call, changed your email, etc. please add the new information to the Pay Pal form in the “comment” box NCDXC September 16

  7. DX NEWS

  8. DXer News • Editor – Phil Verinsky, W6TQG • Please help Phil by contributing content: • articles • photos • moving up the DX ladder • Additional comments? NCDXC September 16

  9. Sunspot Update • 09/10/2010 The average daily sunspot numbers for the week rose nearly 13 points to 38.3, while the average daily solar flux was up more than four points at 78.4. On September 2, one new sunspot group emerged, numbered 1105, joining sunspot groups 1101, 1102 and 1103. On September 4, group 1102 faded away, and then 1101 and 1103 vanished on September 6. Group 1105 went over the western side of the Sun by September 9, but a new spot may be emerging in the northeast. On September 9, the sunspot number was 0 and solar flux dropped to 73.7. NCDXC September 16

  10. PJ7E - ST. MAARTEN • Joe, W8GEX and Craig, K9CT, are the co-leaders for the upcoming St. Maarten DXpedition. Joe and Craig are pleased to announce that they have been granted permission to use PJ7E for their 10 day operation scheduled to begin on October 10th. All indications are that St. Maarten will become a "New One." NCDXC September 16

  11. DX Profile – A Forbidding Coastline Can anyone guess where this is? NCDXC September 16

  12. South Georgia • South Georgia is an island lying on the Scotia Arc in the South Atlantic Ocean located at 37° West, 54.5° South, about 1,300 Km East-South-East of the Falkland Islands. The island is about 160 Km long and trends North West to South East. NCDXC September 16

  13. Who Needs It – N6RC! NCDXC September 16

  14. Formation of the Scotia Arc Africa and South America were at one time a single continental mass. For over 200 million years, the two have continued to move away from each other. This movement takes place due to seismic activity on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a major fault in the earth's crust, running from Iceland to the edge of Antarctica. Molten basalt constantly rises to the sea bed from the earth's interior, forcing apart the plates on which stand the Americas and Africa. NCDXC September 16

  15. Not an easy place to get to! • Glaciers cover some 56% of the island. They have been retreating for 17,000 years, depositing millions of tons of moraine on the floor of the island's bays and surrounding ocean, and causing hazards to shipping NCDXC September 16

  16. Perhaps your next Dxpedition? • Much of the island is rugged and mountainous, covered by permanent ice and snow with sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen. The island has steep, glacier-covered mountains. The highest point is Mount Paget at 2,915 m. NCDXC September 16

  17. Something you should know in case you want to go by boat! • Shipwreck victims include include: Sally (1796), Regulator (1799), Canada (c 1800), EarlSpencer (c 1801), Admiral Colpoys (1817), Hope (1829), Fridtjof Nansen (1906) and EmestoTomquist (1950). NCDXC September 16

  18. QSTs

  19. California QSO Party (CQP) • Begins: 1600 UTC - 2 October 2010 • Ends: 2200 UTC - 3 October 2010 • 58 California counties on the air • Work a few or work them all! • Collect California County QSL cards • Go to http://CQP.org for rules & details NCDXC September 16

  20. NCDXC Net & W6TI • On W6TI repeater, 147.360 MHz, PL 110.9 • Net currently Thursday evenings at 8 PM • Possible new time - Sunday evening at 8 PM to encourage more activity? • Repeater Trustee – Jim, W6EB • Repeater upgrade – Pete, W6OOL NCDXC September 16

  21. Upcoming Meetings • October Meeting • Thursday, Oct 21st @ Holder’s • Program TBA NCDXC September 16

  22. NCDXC Club Store • Check out the new club store on the web site: http://ncdxc.org/ • T-Shirts • Coffee Mugs • Mouse Pads • Stickers NCDXC September 16

  23. Tonight’s Raffle • Mike W6WZ & Carolyn WB6ABC have some great prizes! • 1st Prize: YAESU VX-3 Dual Bander • Plus other great prizes • Need Tickets? • see Carolyn or Mike • 6 for $5 • 12 for $10 • 24 for $20 • GOOD LUCK! NCDXC September 16

  24. Am-Tech Day • Amateur Radio Technology Day • October 23rd • 8AM to 9PM • At SLAC • http://www.fars.k6ya.org/ NCDXC September 16

  25. Additional QSTs • Does anyone have any other short announcements they would like to make? NCDXC September 16

  26. FeaturePresentation

  27. WRTC 2010 by Bob Wilson, N6TV NCDXC September 16

  28. RAFFLETIME! • Does anyone need tickets before we start? NCDXC September 16

  29. Thanks for Coming Tonight! NCDXC September 16

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