OT: Report from the International DX Convention in Visalia, CA

[Jim Low man]

The XYL and I took in the convention this weekend.
It was a great time, as usual.

This was the second year that the convention has been held at the
convention center downtown Visalia, and is a great improvement over the
old Holiday Inn, when we attended in the 90s.

We visited the exhibit hall on Friday afternoon, and the first stop was
at the Elecraft booth, as always.  Just when I thought that it would be
only a social visit, Eric had a new option for the KX3 to show off - the
PX3 panadapter.  It looks every bit like the P3, but is scaled in size
to match the KX3.  At 13 ounces and 140 ma current consumption, it
should even make some trips to the field and to Field Day.

Most of the vendors' wares were more suited to the QRO gang.  US Tower,
Alpha Amplifiers and Force12 and N6BT Antennas had representatives and
gear present.

There were five excellent presentations Saturday afternoon about recent
DXpeditions:  Navassa, Banaba, Lakshadweep, Myanmar and Swaziland.  The
photos and videos were amazing!

We'll certainly be back next year.

72/73 de Jim - AD6CW
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[Jim Low man]

Gang, I've had a few private comments about the Navassa DXpeditions, so
I thought that I would clarify the issue.

The presentation was about the Navassa DXpeditions of 1978 and 1992; not
anything recent.

Permission to land on the island has passed from the Coast Guard to the
Fish & Wildlife Service.  The presenters emphasized that we should allow
them to continue to pursue permission with the contacts that they have
established.  In other words, let's not write our congressional
representatives or any other public official in the meantime.

I hope that this clarifies the issue.  My apologies for any
misunderstanding.

72/73 de Jim - AD6CW
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