EIDXA Meetings
EIDXA meets quarterly, in January, April, July and October. Normal meeting location is the Mercy Medical Center Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, located south of downtown Cedar Rapids at the intersection of 10th St SE, 8th Ave SE and Mount Vernon Rd SE (a visual aid to this site is provided below). Meetings are occasionally held at alternative sites, which will be clearly announced on this page. The doors open for eyeball QSOs at about 6:30 PM and the formal meeting starts at 7:30. We generally have a program of interest following the business meeting.
Following the meeting, we meet for pizza and refreshments at Godfather's Pizza at 3647 1st Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids (in the Town & Country Shopping Center). Getting to Godfather's Pizza is EASY! Click here for a map and directions.
For minutes of the most recent EIDXA meeting, scroll down the page or click here.
For minutes of previous meetings, see the EIDXA Minutes Archive.
Next EIDXA Meeting:
Date:
Friday, October 13, 2023.
Time:
Doors open at 6:30 PM; Meeting begins at 7:30 PM.
Location:
Hall Perrine Cancer Center rooms A & B, at Mercy Medical Center.
Program:
”Contesting for Non-Contesters” by Dave Jacksa, WØVX via Zoom.
Dave is a charter member of EIDXA.
Yes, we are going to introduce Zoom to the Meetings. Hopefully things will go smoothly.
The
Mercy Medical Center complex is located south of downtown Cedar Rapids,
at the intersection of 10th St SE, 8th Ave SE and Mount Vernon Rd SE
(701 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403). Please see the aerial
photo map of the meeting location provided below. In addition, we have
an interactive Google map of the area.
There is free parking directly in front of the Hall-Perrine Cancer
Center.
Enter
Hall-Perrine Cancer Center through the northeast doors. The conference
rooms are adjacent to the entrance. There are no steps to get to the
conference rooms.
We hope to see all of our club members at the meeting. Please consider
bringing a non-member ham guest!
Following the meeting, we will meet for pizza and refreshments at Godfather's Pizza at 3647 1st Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids (in the Town & Country Shopping Center). Getting to Godfather's Pizza is EASY! Click here for a map and directions.
Meeting
Location: (You may click on the photo map
for a larger version.)
Parking is free in
the parking
lot in front of the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. Enter from 10th St SE
-- parking is to your right from the roundabout. Please enter
Hall-Perrine through the northeast entrance, as marked above. The
meeting room is adjacent to the entrance, and is stair-free. For a
customizable view of the area, check out this interactive Google Map.
EIDXA Meeting Minutes
Minutes of EIDXA Club Meeting, May 12,
2023 at the Hall
Perrine Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center.
CALL TO ORDER
AND GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm by
President Gayle KØFLY
• Per the sign-in sheet, there were 36
members / guests present
• Gale Lawson KØFLY
• George Cooley NG7A
• Val Lawson WØEFW
• Gary Toomsen KØGT
• Mike Nowack NA9Q
• Terry Cellman WØAWL
• Tom Lindgren WØWP
• Jim Meade NOØB
• Jim Spencer WØSR
• Samuel Burrell, SR KØAFN
• Glen Kesselring KØJGH
• Frank Baker WØQC
• Phil McMillan K9ZK
• Nelson Moyer KUØA
• Rod Blocksome KØDAS
• David Christ KØLUM
• Wyatt Dirks ACØRA
• Joe Hungate K8OM
• Rich Haendel W3ACO
• Larry Waggoner WØWLL
• Bill Caldwell NØLNO
• Elizabeth Caldwell NØUTP
• Johnathan Ahlrichs
KDØVVH
• Al Culbert KØAL
• Al Groff KØVM
• Steve Sawyers NAØIA
• Jeff WØODS
• Bob Lee WØGXA
• Larry Albrecht KØIS
• Jerry Rappel WWØE
• Garry Huff KWØJ
• Dave Wilson KØRN
• Scott Augsburger WRØU
• Larry Newby WBØB
• Vivien Johnson KL7YL
• Glenn Johnson WØGJ
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
TREASURER’S
REPORT:
• Mike
NA9Q handed out a spreadsheet of the club finances.
Rich W3ACO moved to accept the
report, KDØVVH seconded the
motion, and it was accepted by a
unanimous vote.
• Contact
Mike NA9Q with any club treasury questions.
• We
are financially solvent!
AUDIT
COMMITTEE:
• Nothing
found.
MEMBERSHIP
COMMITTEE:
• Jim
WØSR reported no new applications.
• There
are revised application rules that will be presented
at the next meeting.
DXpedition
FUNDING:
• Terry
WØAWL proposed sending $100 to the Clipperton DXpedition.
There was some debate as to whether
this was enough. Glenn WØGJ
suggested an amount of $200. Rich
W3ACO then motioned for $200,
Jim WØSR seconded, and the motion
carried unanimously.
CONTEST
COMMITTEE:
• George
– NG7A reminded everyone that CQ WPX CW contest is
coming up May 27-28.
• Gayle
confirmed that the club registered with the ARRL for
contests. Cedar Rapids is the center
of the club’s coverage area.
WEB SITE
REPORT:
• No
updates.
REPEATER
COMMITTEE:
• No
updates.
OLD BUSINESS:
EIDXA CAP
SALES:
• Sam
KØAFN sold the last two EIDXA ball caps.
• If
interested in obtaining a cap, please contact
Sam KØAFN directly.
• A
portion of the proceeds goes to the club’s general funds.
TOM WB8ZRL
EQUIPMENT SALES (UPDATE):
• Proceeds
to date are in the treasurer's report. All proceeds
from the sale of this equipment will
be kept in the general
fund and not incorporated into the Tom Hise
Fund.
• Terry
WØAWL gave an update of the sales.
• Planning
to sell the 4-squares at the junk-in-the trunk
and Dayton. Jim WØSR took down the
80M and 40M 4-square
antenna systems.
• The
Ten-Tec Titan amplifier is also for sale. Gary has
been trouble-shooting and found that the
transformer in
the power supply was bad. NØNI had
two such power supplies
and he gave the club the power supply
in exchange for the
80M 4-square. The amp is working and
producing 1,500 watts.
It should be available for sale in a
month or so.
• 100
feet of Rohn 25 tower along with the guy wires is
available for sale. It is in good shape
with some surface rust.
• Thanks
for Jim NOØB for hauling equipment on the trailer.
NEW BUSINESS:
NOMINATION
COMMITTEE for the upcoming ELECTIONS
• Rich
W3ACO agree to take on the task.
YL FUNDING
• Rich
W3ACO has set up a “HAENDEL YL Operators Fund” to
help get YLs to PJ2T.
• He
identified Paige Harper KØPZH as a candidate for an
upcoming SSB contest in either October
2023 or March 2024.
Paige is a new operator and won a
recent Rookie Round-up.
• Rod
KØDAS motioned to give $200. After discussion, the
motion was changed to $500 and an
added stipulation to have
Paige join the EIDXA and have her
present a program of the
contest to the club. Bob WØGXA
seconded the motion, and
it was carried unanimously.
REMOTE
OPERATION DISCUSSION
• There
was a short discussion on setting up remote operations
for difficult and dangerous DX destinations
such as Bouvet
Island. There are some solutions,
which Glenn covered in more
detail during his presentation.
• Glenn
does have access to some remote destinations and asked
members to get in touch with him if
they’d like a taste of what
it’s like on the other end of the
pile up.
5 MINUTE
BREAK
PROGRAM:
• "What
is a Real Ham" by Dr. Glenn Johnson, WØGJ. This is the
same presentation that Glenn gave at
the Visalia DX convention
in April.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:45 pm.