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 7:00. 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, July 11, 2025.
Time: Doors open at 6:30 PM; Meeting begins at 7:00 PM.
Location:
Hall Perrine Cancer Center rooms A & B at Mercy
Medical Center.
Program: Tim Duffy, K3LR, will give us a tour of the K3LR contest
station via Zoom.
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.
Eastern Iowa DX Association
Minutes January 10, 2025
Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m.
We started with a program by Art Zygielbaum (KØAIZ) and Dave Propper (K2DP) about happenings at ARRL followed by a Q&A session.
The minutes of the October 2024 meeting were to be read online and accepted. Note that a correction is needed with respect to the reading of the prior meeting (should be Summer 2024 instead of Sumer 2023).
The treasurer provided the 2024 finance report. Note that we had a refund from the PJ2T YL operation. We donated $150 to three DXpeditions. Mozambique has been delayed and we have been asked if we want a refund or let them keep the funds for when they do operate.
The finance report was unanimously approved after a motion by KØFLY and second by
WØAWL.
The financial audit will be conducted by W3ACO and NOØB.
We discussed the status of our membership numbers. Because our membership is
decreasing,
we are having trouble funding DXpeditions at a level that we wish.
There was discussion about potential responses without a conclusion.
No new DXpeditions were discussed.
We welcomed Jerry Day (KBØXY) as a new EIDXA member with a unanimous vote.
Al Groff (KØVM) gave a brief WSJT-X update.
Move to adjourn by KØDAS and second by KKØDX.
Adjourned at 9:17 p.m.
Submitted by Bill, NØLNO, EIDXA Secretary
For minutes of previous meetings, see the EIDXA Minutes Archive.