Meetings
January Membership Meeting
Thu Jan 12
Come join us at our monthly Western NY DX Association club meeting which is held on the 2nd Friday of the month. WNYDXA's meeting location is Denny's Restaurant, 4610 Genesee Street just east of the Buffalo Airport.
The program will be a presentation by WNYDXA member Steve, WF2S. He will review his recent DX-Pedition to J6, St. Lucia.
Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred, W2UB
WNYDXA President, July 2011-June 2012
The program will be a presentation by WNYDXA member Steve, WF2S. He will review his recent DX-Pedition to J6, St. Lucia.
Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred, W2UB
WNYDXA President, July 2011-June 2012
November Membership Meeting
Mon Nov 07
Come join us at our monthly Western NY DX Association club meeting which is held on the 2nd Friday of the month. WNYDXA's meeting location is Denny's Restaurant, 4610 Genesee Street just east of the Buffalo Airport.
Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred, W2UB
WNYDXA President, July 2011-June 2012
Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred, W2UB
WNYDXA President, July 2011-June 2012
October Membership Meeting
Mon Sep 19
Come join us at our monthly Western NY DX Association club meeting which is held on the 2nd Friday of the month. WNYDXA's meeting location is Denny's Restaurant, 4610 Genesee Street just east of the Buffalo Airport. Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
The program will have Club Member Bob O'Neill, AC2FA giving a presentation on Grounding, Lightning, and the NEC. Sounds like an appropriate program for every club member to attend given the fact that our member George, W2YJ just had a serious lightning strike at his QTH.
See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred, W2UB
WNYDXA President, July 2011-June 2012
The program will have Club Member Bob O'Neill, AC2FA giving a presentation on Grounding, Lightning, and the NEC. Sounds like an appropriate program for every club member to attend given the fact that our member George, W2YJ just had a serious lightning strike at his QTH.
See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred, W2UB
WNYDXA President, July 2011-June 2012
July Membership Meeting!
Wed Jul 06
The regular club monthly meeting is this Friday, 7/8/11 at Denny’s on Genesee Street in Cheektowaga. This is a great chance to bring an out of town ham buddy who may be here on vacation. See you at the meeting!
May Membership Meeting
Tue May 10
Come nominate your choice for officers.
See you at the meeting! And as always, Henry Martyn Robert will be attending in spirit.
73,
Fred, W2UB
WNYDXA President, July 2010 - June2011
April Membership Meeting!
Thu Apr 07
The meeting program will be an interesting presentation by Matt, KB2LDC. Matt's presentation will be a display and discussion of antique keys; telegraph, wireless, & spark.
See you at the meeting es 73,
Fred, W2UB
President
March Meeting Announcement
Fri Mar 04
2-el SteppIR on Peter 1.Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
The March WNYDXA meeting program will be an interesting presentation by WNYDXA member W2YJ. George's program will be all about SteppIR ANTENNA SYSTEM.
See you at the meeting es 73,
Fred, W2UB
President
February Meeting
Thu Feb 03
The February membership meeting promises a super program by Tony, K2NV, who travelled to PJ2T to operate one of the world’s true superstations.
Tony will recount his excellent adventure for the WNYDXA gang. Don’t miss it!
January Meeting Kudos
Sat Jan 15
Wow, a triple header of activity at the January membership meeting!
W2MFT gives “Russians” presentation. Gets mucho extra credit from the Webmaster for his MacBook Pro!
KW2J receives the DX100 award for being the first WNYDXA member to work 100 countries in 2011. Nice!
K2RSK presents W2YJ with the Crying Towel. No report was given as to what station YJ called for hours on end with no joy.
W2MFT gives “Russians” presentation. Gets mucho extra credit from the Webmaster for his MacBook Pro!KW2J receives the DX100 award for being the first WNYDXA member to work 100 countries in 2011. Nice!K2RSK presents W2YJ with the Crying Towel. No report was given as to what station YJ called for hours on end with no joy.January Membership Meeting
Tue Jan 11
See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred, W2UB
President
December Club Meeting
Wed Dec 08
Don't forget, the meeting will feature our annual Holiday Gift Exchange. If you do wish to join in the fray bring a wrapped present of about $15-$20 in value. As usual it will be a "Chinese Style Gift Exchange" by lottery. In the spirit of WNYDXA tradition, they'll probably be lots of "gift theft" and fun. See you at the meeting!
73,
Fred,W2UB
President
73,
Fred,W2UB
President
Tower Crew and 12/10/10 Meeting
Sun Dec 05
Check out the Activities Page for more antenna party photos. The tower crew has been working overtime! WB2ABD raised a SteppIR and W2KZ put up and undisclosed secret weapon. Check it out!
And don’t forget that the super WNYDXA gift exchange takes place at the club meeting this Friday, 12/10/10. See the Meetings page for more information.
And don’t forget that the super WNYDXA gift exchange takes place at the club meeting this Friday, 12/10/10. See the Meetings page for more information.
November Meeting Announcement
Fri Oct 29
Do you have this QSL Card? If not, read on.
Bob will highlight the tools, techniques and methodology of QSLing in the 21st Century. Believe me when I say you'll go back to your shack with information you want and need to get those logged DX contacts confirmed, the very toughest notwithstanding!
Bob is noted worldwide for his depth of knowledge on this fascinating topic. Come learn from WNYDXA's own QSL guru.
See you at the meeting!
October Club Meeting - Don't Miss It!
Wed Sep 22
Come join us at our monthly Western NY DX Association club meeting which is held on the 2nd Friday of the month. WNYDXA's meeting location is Denny's Restaurant, 4610 Genesee Street just east of the Buffalo Airport.
Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
The October meeting will be a moderated presentation by Dick, K2ZR.
The program will be an open discussion on the recently updated DX Code of Conduct & DX Pile-Up Etiquette. In the recent past there has been an alarming increase in poor DX-ing operating habits and WNYDXA could become a driving force to champion improved DX operating conduct and etiquette amongst our region's amateur radio community.
See you at the meeting!
Members are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner and conversation before the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
The October meeting will be a moderated presentation by Dick, K2ZR.
See you at the meeting!
September Club Meeting
Fri Aug 27
In case you haven’t blocked of 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. on Friday, September 10th, 2010, do it now! The September club meeting will be held at our usual QTH. CU there.
August Club Picnic Pre-Announcement
Mon Jul 12
The regularly scheduled August club meeting WILL NOT be at Denny’s on August 13th. But the annual WNYDXA picnic WILL be on August 14th at W2UB/WA2LGZ’s estate in Clarence, NY. If you have not been to this picnic, you have missed out on the best fun and camaraderie of the year! The time is yet to be established, but SAVE THE DATE. Now is the time to make sure your swim suit is in order and ready to go. Fred and Debbie’s pool if fabulous.
See you there!
See you there!
July Club Meeting!
Fri Jul 09
Don’t forget that tonight is the July meeting. Your webmaster is slipping as I just realized this yesterday! Ouch. At any rate, join fellow members for Amateur fellowship and DX talk tonight at the regular club meeting spot.
May Club Meeting
Thu May 13
March Meeting
Thu Feb 25
Peter will present a DVD program on the exploits of the famous Kon-Tiki which was a raft that drifted from the shores of South America across the Pacific Ocean and smashing onto a reef in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947 as proof that the ocean currents could propel a raft across the Pacific.
You may ask what does this have to do with ham radio? It was ham radio that provided the communications while they were sailing across the Pacific. No transistor solar powered rigs in the raft! Wait till you see what they used for their transmitter and receiver.
The expedition was headed up by Thor Heyerdahl who wrote a book on the expedition along with four others.
See this months QST, March, page 73 for a brief synopsis and indicating that the last survivor of the raft exploit has died.
George W2YJ
February Meeting Update
Fri Feb 12
Another super meeting is in the bag and if you did not get a handout of the presentation by Bob, WB2YQH, simply click on the Files page and download a copy. Enjoy.
February Meeting
Mon Feb 08
January Meeting Announcement
Mon Jan 04
The first meeting of 2010 will be this Friday, January 8th, at Denny's by the airport. Jim Hain, W2IMY, will present a program on Satellite Operations. Meeting time and location are on the Meetings Page. See you there!
December Meeting Announcement
Sat Nov 21
The rules are very simple, but until you try it you’ll never appreciate how much fun this can be!
Typically, one spends about $20 and wraps a gift for the exchange. It does not have to be obviously radio-related. There will be numerous bottles of adult libation if history repeats. You might find small kits, parts, tools, or even a giant chocolate bar. You never know what your fellow member wrapped up in that box. Come on out and join us at the Christmas Holiday meeting on December 11.
November Meeting
Mon Nov 09
The November Meeting program on 11/13/09 (a.k.a. Friday the 13th) will be a presentation by Bob Brown of National Grid on Electrical Safety for Amateur Operators. He will discuss some of the recently publicized accidents and help us learn how to avoid problems. Be there and be safe!
October Meeting Announcement
Fri Oct 09
Don't forget the October meeting on Friday 9/9/09. We will be reviewing some key points about the NYQP contest and watching a presentation on receiver performance measurements prepared by Rob Sherwood. (He won't actually be here.) George, W2YJ, will show a power point presentation that Rob sent him and will discuss the key points.