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<font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">MINUTES
OF THE FEBRUARY 24 MEETING OF THE </font></font></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#00000a"> <font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">NATIONAL
CAPITOL DX ASSOCIATION </font></font></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">The
regular February meeting of the National Capitol
DX Association (NCDXA) was held online using the video conferencing
tool</font></font></font><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:22pt" size="6">
</font></font></font><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">ZOOM.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">Those
in attendance included:</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">WA3DVO</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Everett Bollin</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Rick Hambly</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">K3ZO</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Fred Laun</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Phil Barsky
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">John Kanode<br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Howard Sherer</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">W3ICM</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Fred Matos</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">K3RON</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Ron Rubin<br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Tom Molyneaux</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Jim Locke</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Rick Murphy<br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">K5EK</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Ed Kuebert<br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Terry Hines<br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font size="4">Yes</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.08in" align="CENTER">Dennis Kronenberg</p>
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</p><br><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">The
meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM EST by President K3ZO. Those
present were asked to introduce themselves.</font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">The
minutes of the meeting of December 2021 had been posted online
earlier and were accepted without change. </font></font></font>
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</p><br><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">Treasurer
K3EW reported that the treasury stood at $5201.58 as of this meeting. <br></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4">Vice President N4MM reported on ARRL matters. John commented that it had taken a long time for ARRL HQ to produce the Minutes of the January 2022 Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting. During the years that Joh</font></font></font>n had served on the BOD and later as an ARRL Vice-President, the Minutes had been reported in a much more timely manner. There was some commentary to the effect that the Minutes of this meeting had been very lengthy because the BOD had chosen to update the way Standing Orders are handled, and in the process had reviewed and eliminated many Standing Orders that were technically still in force but had long been forgotten.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT">John and others noted with pleasure that the Sunspot Cycle 25 is continuing its rise and that conditions on the higher HF bands had improved substantially as a result. Some members are looking forward to the possibility that the 6 meter band may eventually open regularly for DX.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT">Webmaster K1MU was asked to make any comments he might wish to make about the NCDXA Website. Rick reported that the site continued to operate without problems. President K3ZO commended K1MU for the way he had the site and the email reflector running so smoothly.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT">After discussion it was decided that the next regular meeting of NCDXA would take place at 7:00 PM EDST on Thursday April 28 via ZOOM.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT">There being no further business, the formal meeting was adjourned at 7:20 PM, followed by informal discussion by those present about DX matters. <br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT">Respectfully Submitted,</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT">Alfred A. Laun, III, K3ZO</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT">Secretary (Acting)<br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.17in" align="LEFT"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><table role="presentation" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-gF gmail-gK" colspan="3"><table class="gmail-cf gmail-iB" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>