Welcome to the Northern California DX Club

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Welcome to theNorthern California DX Club

• February 17, 2011

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Tonights Agenda

• Club Business
• Introduction of members - your latest DX
  exploits?
• Introduction of New Members or applications?
• Membership Update
• DX news
• QSTs
• DX Country Profile of the Month -
• Feature Presentation - John Miller, K6MM, PJ7E

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DXCC Raffle

• Raising the Bar
• The Ultimate in Raffle Prizes
• Tonight
• Yaesu VX-3R 2m/70m Dual Bander
• Alpha Delta 4B 4 Position Switch
• 4 additional prizes!

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Introduction of Members Guests

• Lets Go Around the room
• Introduce yourself any guests
• Tell us what new or interesting DX you have
  recently worked

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New Members?

• Secretarys Report
• John, K6YP
• John has member applications
• New membership voting?
• Live membership voting?

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The DXer

• Editor Phil Verinsky, W6TQG
• de-w6tqg_at_verinsky.com
• Please help Phil by contributing content
• articles
• photos
• moving up the DX ladder
• First Rig Article Competition?

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DX NEWS
(DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter)

• CYØ - SABLE ISLAND
• KHØ - NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND
• T3Ø - WEST KIRIBATI
• 31A- CENTRAL KIRIBATI
• TJ9PF - CAMEROON

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DX NEWS
(DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter)
PJ6 - SABA Bob, K4UEE says he along with
Gregg, W6IZT and Steve, VE7CT will be operating
the contest this weekend and PJ6A and
before/after they will be on the air with the
calls PJ6/homecall. QSL via N4NX. OQRS is
preferred and is the fastest method to receive a
QSL card. For details see the web site
http//www.pj6a.com PZ5P - SURINAME Serge,
RX3APM will use this call from Paramaribo Feb
15-22. He will operate 160-10 on CW/SSB and WILL
participate in the ARRL CW contest this
weekend. QSL via UA4LU TG7/N6HD - GUATEMALA
David will be active Feb 15 to March 7 operating
160-10 on CW/SSB. QSL to home call
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DX NEWS
(DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter)
PJ6 - SABA Bob, K4UEE says he along with
Gregg, W6IZT and Steve, VE7CT will be operating
the contest this weekend and PJ6A and
before/after they will be on the air with the
calls PJ6/homecall. QSL via N4NX. OQRS is
preferred and is the fastest method to receive a
QSL card. For details see the web site
http//www.pj6a.com PZ5P - SURINAME Serge,
RX3APM will use this call from Paramaribo Feb
15-22. He will operate 160-10 on CW/SSB and WILL
participate in the ARRL CW contest this
weekend. QSL via UA4LU TG7/N6HD - GUATEMALA
David will be active Feb 15 to March 7 operating
160-10 on CW/SSB. QSL to home call
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DX NEWS
(DX Info Courtesy of QRZ DX Newsletter)
V4 - ST. KITTS Mike, V4/W1USN and Bob,
V4/AA1M will be active here until February 24 on
SSB/CW/PSK31. They also plan to operate on 160.
QSL to the respective home call ZF2AM - GRAND
CAYMAN John, K6AM will be on the air from
Savannah Feb 16 to Mar 1 operating in the ARRL
CW contest and the CQWW 160 SSB contest. Hell
also operate casually outside the contests,
mostly SSB on the WARC bands. QSL to home call.
Log will be uploaded to LoTW ZL5ØVK - NEW
ZEALAND To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
Papakura Radio Club Branch 65 in South Auckland,
members of the club will be using this special
call until March 31. QSL via ZL1VK
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Current Readings
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Current Readings
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QSTs
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IDXC Update 2011April 14-17 2011

• John Miller, K6MM

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NCDXC Net W6TI

• On W6TI repeater, 147.360 MHz, PL 110.9
• Informal net currently Thursday evenings at 8 PM
• Now also Sunday evening at 8 PM!

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Upcoming Meetings

March, Thursday the
17th Presentation of First Rig
Articles April no club meeting! April
IDXC in Visalia 4/14 - 4/17
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NCDXC Club Store

• Check out the club store on the web site
  http//ncdxc.org/
• T-Shirts
• Coffee Mugs
• Mouse Pads
• Stickers

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Additional QSTs

• Does anyone have any other short announcements
  they would like to make?

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DX Country Profile Cameroon TJ9

NCDXC November 18, 2010
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Cameroon - TJ9

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DX Country Profile - Cameroon

At 475,442 square kilometres (183,569 sq mi),
Cameroon is the world's 53rd-largest country.49
It is comparable in size to Papua New Guinea and
somewhat larger than the U.S. state of
California.150 The country is located in
Central and West Africa on the Bight of Bonny,
part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic
Ocean. Cameroon lies between latitudes 1 and
13N, and longitudes 8 and 17E. Tourist
literature describes Cameroon as "Africa in
miniature" because it exhibits all major climates
and vegetation of the continent coast, desert,
mountains, rainforest, and savanna.51 The
country's neighbors are Nigeria to the west Chad
to the northeast the Central African Republic to
the east and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the
Republic of the Congo to the south.
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DX Country Profile - Cameroon

Cameroon's per-capita GDP (PPP) was estimated as
US 2,300 in 2008,60 one of the ten highest in
sub-Saharan Africa.61 Major export markets
include France, Italy, South Korea, Spain, and
the United Kingdom.1 Cameroon has enjoyed a
decade of strong economic performance, with GDP
growing at an average of 4 percent per year.
During the 2004-2008 period, public debt was
reduced from over 60 percent of GDP to 10 percent
and official reserves quadrupled to over USD 3
billion.62 Cameroon is part of the Bank of
Central African States (of which it is the
dominant economy),61 the Customs and Economic
Union of Central Africa (UDEAC) and the
Organization for the Harmonization of Business
Law in Africa (OHADA).63
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DX Country Profile - Cameroon

Cameroon is a member of both the Commonwealth of
Nations and La Francophonie. Its foreign policy
closely follows that of its main ally, France
(the former colonial ruler).32 The country
relies heavily on France for its defence,22
although military spending is high in comparison
to other sectors of government.33 Biya has
clashed with the government of Nigeria over
possession of the Bakassi peninsula and with
Gabon's president, El Hadj Omar Bongo, over
personal rivalries.28
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DX Country Profile - Cameroon

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Feature Presentation

• The PJ7E Dxpedition
• One of 4 new countries
• By
• John Miller, K6MM
• Bonus Special DX Country Status!

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RAFFLETIME!

• Does anyone need tickets before we start?

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Thanks for Coming Tonight!