<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Fellow members of NCDXA:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Just a reminder that we will be having a regular meeting of the National Capitol DX Association on this coming Saturday, December 7, 2019.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Please see the following for details.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">There is no program as such but I will be sharing details of my recent whirlwind trip to Thailand where I participated in the CQWW DX Contest.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thailand's Amateur Radio fortunes have come a long way since I first set foot in that country in 1968. Some of its neighboring countries have also</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">seen tremendous growth in their Amateur Radio populations.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Other topics to be included in our meeting will be support for possible upcoming DXpeditions, and the updating of our annual report to ARRL HQ in connection with our being an ARRL Affiliated Club. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Under the recent change in policy whereby meetings are held at noontime or shortly thereafter, this should allow all of you to return home before dark even during the short days of winter. Looking forward to seeing you there.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Meeting details follow. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">___________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">
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</span></span><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads"><div class="gmail-gs"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:2am" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt"><div id="gmail-:1op" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><div><div><div><div id="gmail-m_-2866323312209691417gmail-:28j"><div id="gmail-m_-2866323312209691417gmail-:24u"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Our regular December meeting will take place on Saturday, December 7, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, at the <br>Private Dining Room (PDR) of the Ellipse Restaurant, Fairview Park Marriott Hotel,<br>3111 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">For several years we have had our December meeting at the home of Marlene Hammond, KB4FAS</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">who so kindly hosted our Christmas event, but Marlene has moved from her Oakton home. Thanks <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">once again to Marlene for the wonderful hospitality she provided at those events.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">In reserving the meeting at the Marriott, which we have used before on several occasions, I tried</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">to schedule the meeting as close to noon as possible in line with our new custom of holding meetings at <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">a time when it will still be daylight by the time we get back home, but the food and beverage manager</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">of the hotel informed me that the earliest the PDR would be available on Saturdays is 1:30 PM because <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">of congestion in the main dining room, so I have blocked out the 1:30-3:30 time period for our use. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Detailed directions to the hotel follow below. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Looking forward to seeing you all there.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br>73, Fred Laun, K3ZO<br>President<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Directions to the Fairview Park Marriott:<br><br>Driving directions to the meeting follow. Drinks and dinner can be ordered from<br>the hotel during the meeting.<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>From the Beltway I-495: Exit the Beltway at EXIT 50-B, marked Route 50 East,<br>ARLINGTON.<br><br>Follow sign marked FAIRVIEW PARK SOUTH. You will swerve around to your right.<br><br>After the overhead traffic lights move over into the left lane.<br><br>The SECOND LEFT TURN possible (left turn lane here) will take you immediately to<br>the front door of the Hotel. Plentiful complementary parking is in covered<br>garage and outdoor lots. Handicapped parking is to the right of the front door<br>of the hotel.<br><br><br>From the District of Columbia:<br><br>Take Route 50 West, Arlington Boulevard toward FAIRFAX.<br><br>Just before the Beltway I-95, exit to the right where marked FAIRVIEW PARK. Do<br>not get on the Beltway here. At the top of the exit ramp swerve off to the LEFT.<br>The sign there is “FAIRVIEW PARK S” meaning “Fairview Park South.”<br><br>You are now on Fairview Park Drive. Move into the LEFT LANE.<br><br>The SECOND LEFT TURN possible (left turn lane here) will take you immediately to<br>the front of the Hotel.<br><br><br>Complementary parking is in covered garage and outdoor lots. Handicapped parking<br>is to the right of the front door of the hotel. Assuming that you enter the<br>front door of the hotel, turn right immediately after you enter. Proceed down<br>the corridor. The telephones and RESTROOMS are on your right immediately after<br>the Gift Shop. Pass the first canopy on your left (Club Lounge cocktail bar) and<br>continue to The Ellipse entrance on your left.<br><br>>From the covered parking garage: Take the elevator to "L" (Lobby) level Take a<br>right out of the elevator and follow through two sets of doors. The Ellipse<br>Restaurant will be on your right just after you pass through the second set of<br>doors.<div><br><br> <br></div></div></div></div><div>
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