January 2017 General Meeting
Greetings everyone:
Just a reminder about this Saturday’s meeting at the Golden Corral, Gulfport beginning at 8:00 am. Breakfast begins at 7:30 as dutch treat. See you Saturday morning.
Thanks and 73,
Bob
KD5PYC
The Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard are sponsoring the annual military/amateur radio communications tests in celebration of Armed Forces Day (AFD). The AFD Military/Amateur Crossband Communications Test is conducted in May of each year. The annual celebration is a unique opportunity to test two way communications between Amateurs and military communicators authorized in…
FT8 is a fairly new digital mode similar to JT65 but with much shorter transmissions. You can go HERE for a lot of great information and download a book full of great tips!
We will have our monthly BOD meeting at AZTECAS, 9400 Hwy. 49, Gulfport. Our meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. with dutch treat dinner. MDXA By-laws opens the BOD meeting to all MDXA members. If you are available, please join us. Thanks and 73, Bob Favre KD5PYC
Our August 2016 Board Meeting will be this Thursday at Bull’s Restaurant located at 300 Jeff Davis Avenue, Long Beach. We will begin at 7:00PM with a dutch treat dinner. MDXA By-Laws open the meeting to all members. If you are available, please join us. 73, de Bob Favre KD5PYC
Alan (W5XMD), Gary (N5GD) and Megin (K5IJ) had a great time on West Ship Island (NA-082) making contacts during the 2016 IOTA contest on Saturday, July 30, 2016. Here are a few pictures from the event. Thank you to Alan (W5XMD) for volunteering the boat and being the captain for this event! A few more pictures…
On Saturday, November 19, 2016, MDXA will again participate in the National Parks on the Air event from Davis Bayou in Ocean Springs, MS. We will be operating as W5NO with two stations primarily on 40m, 20m and 17m. Modes will include SSB, CW and hopefully RTTY and PSK31. For more information visit our Facebook…