Typically the weather on August 18 should behave as if it were a Dog Day of Summer. Instead, in Madison, Wisconsin on the 2007 Saturday labeled with that date, the temperature climbed no higher than 62 degrees. However, cool weather was not the major handicap faced by attendees to the 14th annual Madison-Milwaukee Get-together for DXers and Radio Enthusiasts. Rain was. It started raining late in the morning, and never let up until midway through the following day. From mid-evening on it poured, as over the weekend Madison had 5.5 inches of rain. The presence of lightning rendered useless the temporary antenna farm constructed for receiver demonstrations. Because of the weather, activities were confined to the indoors. This was probably for the best anyway, since mosquitoes, taking advantage of a damp and warm August, had successfully breeded themselves into a large bloodthirsty horde.
So how was the Madison-Milwaukee DX Get-together anyway? The answer: TERRIFIC! This was certainly the biggest and very possibly the best of our DX Get-togethers. Conditions did not interfere with what has always been the prime mission of the Madison-Milwaukee: a gathering of DXers for conversation and camaraderie, renewing old friendships and making new ones. The three attendees who were here for the fourteenth time, the 21 who came to their very first GTG, and everyone in between will long remember this event for this reason. A good time was had by all. Many other fond memories will long live about this GTG. In attendance was Ed Dvorak, at 95 by far the most senior ever to attend the GTG, and quite a radio man in his own right (for many years his hobby was fixing radios, charging little more than the cost of parts for his efforts). The optional trip to an antique radio museum in Sun Prairie introduced goers not only to many rare radios, but also to the expertise of collector and radio historian Stan Broome. The weather forced the annual group photo indoors, necessitating that two photos be taken, half of the attendees at a time. The dinner was its usual good fare, served up by the fine staff of the Esquire Club. Following the dinner, nine attendees were given certificates for attending at least 10 Madison-Milwaukee DX Get-togethers. The annual door prize drawing ended the dinner program, with prizes provided by Universal Radio, Scott Fybush, WIBA News Talk 1310 and WQMX FM 94.9. The night session included the annual cake cutting ceremony, and then on to a radio display (in lieu of demonstrations, cancelled by the outdoor lightning display) and plenty more conversation and camaraderie. This year's attendance was a record 49 DXers, breaking the old record of 41 set two years ago (with family members and friends, total attendance was 59, also a record). Hosts Bill and Nina Dvorak would like to thank all of those who attended, and invite all of those who couldn't make it to be sure to come to a future event. They would also like to thank Ira Ebeling, Mark Taylor, Jim Green and Dave Legler for special help leading up to and on the day of the event. Next year the 15th annual Madison-Milwaukee Get-together for DXers and Radio Enthusiasts will take place in the Milwaukee area with Tim Noonan hosting. For further information, and to get on the list for advanced notification, please contact Tim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) . 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI Co-founder and Alternate Year Host Madison-Milwaukee Get-together for DXers and Radio Enthusiasts ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
