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1. Welcome to theNorthern California DX Club March 17, 2011 NCDXC March 17, 2011

2. Tonight’s Agenda • Club Business • Introduction of members - your latest DX exploits? • Introduction of New Members or applications? • Membership Update • DX news • DX Alert – Emergency frequencies for Japan Relief • QST’s • Feature Presentation - DXpedition to Palestine – E4X NCDXC March 17, 2011

3. DXCC Raffle Tonight’s Raffle Prizes * Alpha Delta 4B 4 Position Switch * MAHA MH-C9000 AA/AAA Charger NCDXC March 17, 2011

4. Introduction of Members & Guests • Let’s Go Around the room… • Introduce yourself & any guests • Tell us what new or interesting DX you have recently worked NCDXC March 17, 2011

5. New Members? • Secretary’s Report • John, K6YP • John has member applications • New membership voting? • Live membership voting? NCDXC March 17, 2011

6. The DXer • Editor – Phil Verinsky, W6TQG de-w6tqg@verinsky.com • Please help Phil by contributing content: • articles • photos • moving up the DX ladder • First Rig Article Competition? NCDXC March 17, 2011

7. (DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter) QST Due to the Japanese earthquake/tsunami disaster, it is recommended/suggested to please stay clear of the following emergency frequencies: Operators JARL and Volunteers: 3520-3530, 7025-7035, 14090-14110, 21190- 21200, 28190-28210, 50100, 51000, 14100, 14500, 430100 & 433000 kHz. DXpedition Operators: Please kindly consider QSX freq & RTTY frequencies. It is also suggested to stay away from the IARU Region 3 Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies: 3600, 7110, 14300, 18160 and 21360 kHz. NCDXC March 17, 2011

8. (DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter) DX NEWS The PJ Story PJ2, PJ4 & PJ9 were ONE entity made up of the islands of BONAIRE and CURACAO. PJ5-8 were ONE entity made up of the islands of ST. MAARTEN, SABA and ST. EUSTATIUS. As of 10-10-10, the above TWO entities were “DELETED.” The NEW entities as of 10-10-10 are: PJ2 is a NEW entity consisting of just CURACAO. PJ4 is a NEW entity consisting of just BONAIRE. PJ5/PJ6 is a NEW entity consisting of the TWO islands of SABA and ST. EUSTATIUS. NCDXC March 17, 2011

9. (DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter) DX NEWS The PJ Story continued……. PJ7 is a NEW entity consisting of just ST. MAARTEN. So, we had TWO deletions and FOUR additions. The Pre - 10-10-10 total CURRENT country count was 338. TWO were deleted, reducing the count to 336. FOUR were added making the NEW current country count 340. The ALL TIME possible country count is now 400. To qualify for the HONOR ROLL, you must now have 331 confirmed. NCDXC March 17, 2011

10. (DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter) DX NEWS S21YZ - BANGLADESH Announcing a DXpedition to S2, Bangladesh, #14 Most Wanted in North America We will begin operations by March 17, 2011 and will run until March 30th. We will activate 160-10m including the WARC bands using modes: SSB, CW, and RTTY. We will erect high gain antennas, use filtering and receive antennas, and run amplifiers at 4 stations, 24 hours a day. We have a new and improved QTH and will focus on the low bands to maximize this time of year Also, we intend to listen carefully to the needs of the DX community during the operation by monitoring the activity on our website (coming soon), and other social media outlets for band openings, and dialogue with the radio community NCDXC March 17, 2011

11. (DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter) DX NEWS 9N – NEPAL Please note that there are some operations now and in the next few weeks from Nepal. Kees, PA5CW was on 15 CW from 9N1AA for a short time. DO NOT QSL TO 9N1AA or to N4AA QSL the PA5CW operation via PA5CW only. VU4PB - ANDAMAN The DXpedition to Andaman is set to begin on Tuesday, March 15 and run to March 29. Here is some late information. Prasad, VU2PTT has revised some of the operating frequencies due to the Japanese Emergency Activities. NCDXC March 17, 2011

12. (DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter) DX NEWS EL - LIBERIA Silvano, I2YSB, Vinicio, IK2CIO; Angelo, IK2CKR; Marcello, IK2DIA and Stefano, IK2HKT will be active March31 to April 31. The call sign has not been announced yet. The Pilot station for the team is Art, IK7JWY. They plan to have 3 stations on HF and one for 6 with a beacon and cubical quad antenna. Plans call for 80-6 CW/SSB/RTTY and an on-line log search will be provided by IH9GPI. QSL via I2YSB. The web site is: <http://www.i2ysb.com>. 4W3A - TIMOR LESTE Ranked at number 46 in the 2010 Most Wanted Survey, an operation by David, VK2CZ is scheduled for the CQ WPX SSB contest March 26-27. David says it will be an all band, low power operation. QSL direct to MØOXO. NCDXC March 17, 2011

13. Path to 4W3A – Timor Leste NCDXC March 17, 2011

14. QSTs NCDXC March 17, 2011

15. IDXC Update 2011April 14-17 2011 www.DXConvention.org NCDXC March 17, 2011

16. NCDXC Net & W6TI • On W6TI repeater, 147.360 MHz, PL 110.9 • Informal net currently Thursday evenings at 8 PM • Now also Sunday evening at 8 PM! NCDXC March 17, 2011

17. NCDXC Club Store • Check out the club store on the web site: http://ncdxc.org/ • T-Shirts • Coffee Mugs • Mouse Pads • Stickers NCDXC March 17, 2011

18. Additional QSTs • Does anyone have any other short announcements they would like to make? NCDXC March 17, 2011

19. Feature Presentation E4X DXpedition to Palestine NCDXC March 17, 2011

20. RAFFLETIME! • Does anyone need tickets before we start? NCDXC March 17, 2011

21. Thanks for Coming Tonight! NCDXC March 17, 2011