Subj : Delta Division News To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Feb 17 2023 15:43:26 Greeting Delta Division Members, This weekend has a couple of events both on air and in person. First off is the LCARC Winter-Fest and ARRL AR State Convention in Hoxie, AR Saturday as the in-person event. Second is the ARRL DX Contest - CW version starting at 00:00Z Saturday. K5UZ will be at Hoxie and on air in the DX 'test as travel and time permit. LCARC Winter-Fest, ARRL Arkansas State Convention Saturday 02/18/2023 Location: Hoxie Service Center 500 S.W. Lawrence St. Hoxie, AR 72433 Website: w5wra.org - Go to ARRL website for more information under Hamfests and Conventions - see below http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/lcarc-winter-fest-arrl-arkansas-state-convention Sponsor: Lawrence Co Amateur Radio Club, Inc. Talk-In: 147.045 (no tone) Public Contact: Dale Stratton , K5ZXH 111 N.E. Dorothy Dr. Walnut Ridge , AR 72476 Phone: 870-759-2067 Email: dales@suddenlink.net *************************************************************************** The ARRL International DX Contest - CW is this weekend starting at 00:00Z February 18 (tonight). * USA to USA contacts do not count for scored points, only USA to DX. * DX Entities count as multipliers, one per band. * AK, HI and US possessions count as DX so work them! * The exchange for USA stations is signal report and state. * DX stations will send a report and their power. * Use the six HF bands 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. * The mode is CW only. Rules are posted here: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx Get in and make a good effort or just pick off some new ones, The bands are open so get QRV and heat up the ionosphere! *************************************************************************** 73 ES DX DE K5UZ WB4RHQ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Delta Division Director: David A Norris, K5UZ k5uz@arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .