Ham Com W5DXCC June 8-9, 2007 Dinner and program door prizes.
With the interest still extremely high in the recent BS7H Scarborough
Reef DXpedition, the Lone Star DX Association is proud to announce that
it will have three members of the DXpedition team at the W5DXCC programs
and DX dinner at Ham Com June 8-9. See http://www.bs7h.com
"On the Rocks" operator K4UJ, Paul Pescitelli; N4XP, Tom Harrell,
Director of the Off Island Support Team; and K5YY, San Hutson, team
advisor will be present for a Saturday June 9 program on BS7H. In
addition, Pescitelli will be recognized at the DX dinner Friday night.
Another major annoucement involving BS7H and the W5DXCC bash will be
announced later.
Also, the LSDXA is announcing a special "DX Trifecta" of door prizes to
be awarded during the DX dinner to separate lucky winners. The top
grand-grand door prizes, each valued in excess of $500 will include a
$725 Tennadyne gift certificate for the purchase of either a Tennadyne
T8 log periodic or a Cubix quad antenna of the winner's chosing, an
Alpha 4500 series SWR/PWR meter, and an Array Solutions/WX0B "Power
Master" digital power meter.
Other DX dinner door prizes include a Comet/Diawa CN801 meter, a Bird
model 43 meter, W2IHY technologies mike equalizer, a set of Heil
headphones, a special Kenwood door prize, a Fluke 117/322 Electrician's
clamp on ampmeter and digital multimeter kit, a Ten-Tec QRP rig kit, and
a Buddipole gift certificate.
Also, there will be special YL/XYL dinner door prize drawings including
a free night and breakfast at the Southfork Hotel.
All XYL and YL dinner tickets will be put into the major door prize
drawings bucket after their door prizes are announced.
DX Dinner ticket ordering deadline is June 1. Order your DX dinner and
Ham Com tickets now so you won't forget. There will be a limit of 225
tickets sold, so get yours early before they sell out as tickets did
sell out last year. Such a bargain at even twice the price of the $36
dinner ticket price. Fair Dinkum value.
DX Dinner tickets are $36 and can be ordered online at
http://www.hamcom.org/ via PayPal and click on the DX dinner icon midway
down the page. Those who can't take advantage of on-line DX dinner
ticket ordering may send their checks or money orders to LSDXA Treasurer
Jim Bass, K5KQI, 2709 Monarch Dr., Arlington, TX 76006.
The DX dinner will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday June 8 at the
Southfork Hotel at 1600 North Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75),
headquarters for Ham Com and the DX hospitality room. Call toll free
1-866-665-2680 for Southfork hotel reservations.The hotel web site is
available through the Ham Com web site at http://www,hamcom.org or
directly at http://foreverlodging.com/destination.cfm?PropertyKey=72
The DX dinner menu includes the following in honor of Glen Johnson,
W0GJ, our VU7 speaker. "Stuffed Curry Chapathis","Himalayan Tea"
"Vegetable Curry", and "Tandoori Chicken" and Indian Ocean prawns for
the main dish along with the Chapathis. For those of you with a little
more continental appetities, the menu will include enchladas and baked
chicken.
Glen will present an Audio/visual program on the VU7RG/VU7MY DXpedition
to the Lakshadweep Islands last winter. http://www.vu7.in/
Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI and her daughter, Ms.D.S.Mahathi, VU3DSM, who
both operated from VU7MY, will be special guests at the dinner.
For a listing of other DX programs check
http://www.hamcom.org/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgi?usr=&pg=LSDXA or
http//www.dxer.org and click on the LSDXA icon.
DX dinner and programs door prize donors include: Kenwood, Yaesu, ICOM,
Alpha Power, Tennadyne, W2IHY Technologies, Heil Sound, Texas Towers,
Worldradio, The Southfork Hotel,Comet/Daiwa, MFJ,Idiom Press and W9KNI,
Bird Engineering, ARRL Publications Division,W3UR Daily and Weekly DX,
ARRL's National Contest Journal, CQ Magazine, Datamatrix Prolog 2K,
Houston Amateur Radio Supply, Clear Signal Products, W4MPY, DJ9ZB,
Fluke, Ten Tec, Force 12, N4AA and QRX DX, K1BV Awards Directory.
Also, Buckmaster, MFJ, DJ9ZB, Lance Johnson Engineering, "The Signman of
Baton Rouge", WF5E QSL Service, Buddipole, WX0B,
World Radio-TV Handbook, Worldradio, Kester Solder, KK6EK, Panda
Embroidery of Grapevine TX (the official LSDXA shirt designer and
supplier), Battery Tech, and many more.
To see what else is being given away at the dinner and programs you'll
just have to be present.
The Southfork Ranch (where the TV Show "Dallas" was filmed) is located
just a few minutes drive from the hotel and the Plano Center, site of
Ham Com 2007. http://southfork.com/
Ladies, there is also plenty of shopping and restaurants around the
hotel and the Collin Creek Mall is located nearby. Just make a deal
with your OM that whatever he spends in the flea market or with the
commercial exhibitors you get to spend a like amount shopping near Ham
Com. Just be back in time Friday for the DX dinner.
For additional ticket information please check the Ham Com web site at
http://www.hamcom.org or the LSDXA web site at http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa
Following the dinner, the Lone Star DX Association and the North Texas
Contest Club will host the ever popular DX/Contest hospitality suite for
a time of fellowship and renewing old friendships at the Southfork.
Admission is free, but donations for snacks gleefully and humbly accepted.
Tom Anderson, WW5L
Lone Star DX Association VP and Information Director
2007 LSDXA W5DXCC HamCom DX dinner and DX programs door prize guru
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