[IRCA] Summary of the 14th Annual Madison-Milwaukee DX Get-together

[DXERak@xxxxxxx]

Typically the weather on August 18 should behave as if it were a Dog Day of  
Summer. Instead, in Madison, Wisconsin on the 2007 Saturday labeled with that  
date, the temperature climbed no higher than 62 degrees. However, cool 
weather  was not the major handicap faced by attendees to the 14th annual  
Madison-Milwaukee Get-together for DXers and Aadio Enthusiasts. Rain was. It  started 
raining late in the morning, and never let up until midway through the  
following day. From mid-evening on it poured, as over the weekend Madison had  5.5 
inches of rain. The presence of lightning rendered useless the temporary  
antenna farm constructed for receiver demonstrations. Because of the weather,  
activities were confined to the indoors. This was probably for the best anyway,  
since mosquitoes, taking advantage of a damp and warm August, had successfully  
breeded themselves into a large bloodthirsty horde.
 
So how was the Madison-Milwaukee DX Get-together anyway? The answer:  
TERRIFFIC! This was certainly the biggest and very possibly the best of our DX  
Get-togethers. Conditions did not interfere with what has always been the prime  
mission of the Madison-Milwaukee: a gathering of DXers for conversation and  
camaraderie, renewing old friendships and making new ones.  The three  attendees 
who were here for the fourteenth time, the 21 who came to their very  first 
GTG, and everyone in between will long remember this event for this  reason. A 
good time was had by all.
 
Many other fond memories will long live about this GTG. In attendance was  Ed 
Dvorak, at 95 by far the most senior ever to attend the GTG , and quite a  
radio man in his own right (for many years his hobby was fixing radios, charging 
 little more than the cost of parts for his efforts). The optional trip to an 
 antique radio museum in Sun Prairie introduced goers not only to many rare  
radios, but also to the expertise of collector and radio historian Stan 
Broome.  The weather forced the annual group photo indoors, necessitating that two 
photos  be taken, half of the attendees at a time. The dinner was its usual 
good fare,  served up by the fine staff of the Esquire Club. Following the 
dinner, nine  attendees were given certificates for attending at least 10 
Madison-Milwaukee DX  Get-togethers. The annual door prize drawing ended the dinner 
program, with  prizes provided by Universal Radio, Scott Fybush, WIBA News Talk 
1310 and WQMX  FM 94.9. The night session included the annual cake cutting 
ceremony, and then  on to a radio display (in lieu of demonstrations, cancelled by 
the outdoor  lightning display) and plenty more conversation and camaraderie.
 
This year's attendance was a record 49 DXers, breaking the old record of 41  
set two years ago (with family members and friends, total attendance was 59,  
also a record). Hosts Bill and Nina Dvorak would like to thank all of those 
who  attended, and invite all of those who couldn't make it to be sure to come 
to a  future event. They would also like to thank Ira Ebeling, Mark Taylor, Jim 
Green  and Dave Legler for special help leading up to and on the day of the  
event.
 
Next year the 15th annual Madison-Milwaukee Get-together for DXers and  Radio 
Enthusiasts will take place in the Milwaukee area with Tim Noonan  hosting. 
For further information, and to get on the list for advanced  notification, 
please contact Tim at _dxing2@xxxxxxxx (mailto:dxing2@xxxxxxx) .
 
73     Bill Dvorak     Madison  WI   Co-founder and Alternate Year Host  
Madison-Milwaukee  Get-together for DXers and Radio  Enthusiasts    



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