[Rdxa-bod] Agenda Item from W2TF

[Paul Mackanos - K2DB]

Paul could you add this to the agenda for the next BOD meeting.
Final Thought: I've never been in a chat room, but would one work for us? Maybe even at some point a, enter RDXA-CHAT button for members on the website. 

Bill, could you ask the new webmaster if this is possible ?
Final Thought: I've never been in a chat room, but would one work for us? Maybe even at some point a, enter RDXA-CHAT button for members on the website. 

It sounds sort of cool, maybe a forum (but not as complicated as nyqp's) ?

btw wd8cqb is W2TF but he won't change his e-mail address to reflect who he really is. 
I am adding this sentence so those of you who didn't know, now ya do! :-)

Thanks, Paul K2DB


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: wd8cqb at frontiernet.net
To: k2db at k2db.com
Cc: "RDXA" <RDXA at frontiernet.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:41:49 AM
Subject: Re: [RDXA] RDXA Needs Feedback


Glad this was brought up as I tend to agree, at least in principle, with the points that have been addressed below. Being a fairly new member to RDXA I was sorta reluctant to say anything. What was that cliche phrase "its all good"?

But over the course of the last year or so, I'd bet that at best, 50% of the posts on this reflector had anything to do with DX or contests. 

Unusual for a DX and contest club.

And while I really don't diffrentiate(much) between domestic and DX contests, my primary interest is also DX'ing and DX contests. So anything to promote these endeavors is of interest, be it. Antenna's, air-cannons, skimmer, amps, logging/modeling software, etc.,  I'm all for it. And since it appears I'm not alone in this train of thought, perhaps thats where the club's emphasis should lie. And while also of interest, but not pertinent, leave JOTA, qrp, why W1TY should be written into the 'Last Man Standing' script, etc. etc. to other forumns.

Final Thought: I've never been in a chat room, but would one work for us? Maybe even at some point a, enter RDXA-CHAT button for members on the website. That way, members could log on and post/read posts at they're leisure, while not being tied to a QSO and if the topic trends off, hey no big deal. But all the while maintaining a  focus  on DX spots or a running post contest soapbox,  what was your coolest mult?, hear anything you couldnt work?,etc..



Still and all a great club, can't tell you the number of times I've thought to myself. In a sureal way, sure would have been cool to been in high school with these guy's/gal's. Out stringing wire somewhere late at night, instead of,...hey maan Zepplin's at the midnight movie, wanna go see em again? got any money?...hihi

Yes, I am all for keeping the DX in RDXA,....there it is... 

                                                                                          73&hpe cul,  Tom W2TF



 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Mackanos - K2DB" <k2db at k2db.com>
To: rdxa at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:33:56 PM
Subject: [RDXA] RDXA Needs Feedback



Names *********ed out to protect the innocent. Give the Officers and BOD your honest feedback !!



From: rdxa-bod-bounces at rdxa.com [mailto:rdxa-bod-bounces at rdxa.com] On Behalf Of *********
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:08 PM
To: rdxa-bod at rdxa.com
Subject: [Rdxa-bod] ARRL DX Contests



I received this from ******** today.  I now forward it to you for your reading pleasure.



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From: *********************************
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:46 PM
To: ***********************************
Subject: ARRL DX Contests



Hi *****************



I continue to be disappointed in the club's focus.  With less than two months until the ARRL DX contests. it seems as though our focus is already going to be on six months away - Field Day. And then it will be SS and then NYQP.  My observation is that over the years the club has morphed from a DX club to a domestic contest club and I may now be in a minority of the membership more interested  in DX and not so much in just high numbers of stateside Q's.  



I have nothing against the stateside contests, it's just that that is not where my primary interests lie. I'm afraid that at this point it would be useless to pole the membership since for sure there is a strong, vocal, group focused on Field Day/SS/NYQP  activity which would dominate. Perhaps realistically we (I) should just acknowledge the fact that we are just a contest club and that one of the contest areas that we are interested in might be the various DX contests. 



I would think that RARA would be the place for general contesting and RDXA , by name at least, would be the place for DX'ing and DX contests.



Just my nickel's worth.



73's,



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