The 2009 Winter Guard competition, held at the Milford High School, is in
the books.

The following MARC members provided communications and coordinated
movement of the units during the event: Terry N1CTO, Jack WB8RKY, Rob
N8JMV, Dan KD8FYR, Lyle AB8SH, Chuck N8CJB, Kim N8OXG, Jim WB8RRR,
Joe KD8FKL, Karl WA3GSB, Bruce AC8BT, Donna KC8KIA, Dave N8IQV, Jerry
AF8V, Barb KA8AXY.

We had a very successful, uneventful, day the event ran on schedule and
we had no rain, no snow, no fire alarms, no requests for ice to treat
sprains, and no life squad runs. Plus, they had plenty of pulled pork
BBQ. We couldn’t ask for a better day.

I had several Milford Band Boosters thanks us for supporting the event,
they believe we are a major contributor to the success of the event.

Thanks to everyone that volunteered and hope to see you next year.

Bill WS6K

The March issue of “Wireline” is available here

73, Steve K8JI

Don’t forget about our 35th Birthday Party Saturday, March 14th.  The party will be held at the Firemans Hall in Milford which is the same place as the past several years.

See the flier in the newsletter for additional information.

We are also looking for members to bring some desserts!

CU there

I attended the SouthWest Ohio DX Association meeting last night and wanted to pass along
this information. The SWODXA travels to, and funds various DXepeditions all over the world.
They also sponsor the annual DX Dinner held on the Friday evening of Hamvention weekend
in Dayton, OH.  In addition, SXODXA members moderate the Hamvention DX Forum.  ~Steve

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The SouthWest Ohio DX Association is pleased to sponsor the 24th annual DX Dinner
to be held in conjunction with the 2009 Dayton HamVention.   The  dinner will be Friday
evening, 15 May, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, located in Dayton city center.  This is the
same venue as in previous years.  
 
The  program details are not  yet complete  and will be released as soon as they are
finalized.  As in the past, there will be some nice door  prizes.  Last year the main prize
was an Icom IC-756 Pro III, but this year ICOM has promised us one of the first IC-
7600’s to be brought in to the United States!  
 
Attendees will have their choice of either a steak  dinner or a vegetarian dinner.  We
must be informed when the tickets are  ordered if you want the vegetarian option. 
Tickets are $39.00 per meal,  payable in US funds to SWODXA.   (Sorry, we do not
process PayPal or Credit Card payments.)  Please advise if you want a vegetarian meal
when you order.  You may order from Pete Meyer, N0FW, at his CBA.   SASE is
requested.   We  attempt to honor group seating requests when tickets are ordered
together. There is not a bad seat in the house, but seating is definitely limited. Come
join us for an evening of fun and fellowship.  
 
Up-to-date information may be found on the club’s website: www.swodxa.com  Pete’s
email address is n0fw <at> live <dot> com.  Last year Yaesu joined us in sponsoring
the DX  forum during HamVention.   They have agreed to partner with us again for
2009.  There will be a FT-2000 with PEP raffled off at the end of the DX forum.  The
winner does not have to be present.  Tickets for a chance on the FT-2000 are $5.00 each
or 5 for $20.00.   For your convenience, they may be  ordered at the same time you
purchase your DX dinner tickets.  All proceeds from this raffle are used by SWODXA
to assist in providing DXpedition  grants.   We look forward to helping make
HamVention a more enjoyable experience for all DXers.  C U there!