EDXC Conference 2008 to be held in Vaasa, Finland - 5-7 September

Risto Vahakainu of the Finnish DX Association provides the following update on the 2008 European DX Council (EDXC) Conference.

The conference will be held 5-7 September in Vaasa, Finland organized by the Finnish DX Association (FDXA) as the 50th Anniversary meeting of the club.

The conference web pages are at ww.netikka.net/edxc2008. The pages include prices of the conference packages, including accommodation at the hotel as well as without accommodation (for those willing to use other options).

However, all accommodation reservation to the conference Hotel Silveria shall be made through the FDXA, as the room reservation has been centralized to us.

The pages include a description of an optional post-conference tour. There were several options for this tour, and voting was conducted to determine which would be the most popular option. The majority of potential attendees were interested in visiting the Baltic states.

Risto writes: We have then investigated the possibility of having a group flight to or from Vilnius, Lithuania, but it turned out that it is not possible for a reasonable price. Therefore, this tour will be organised totally as a bus tour. But those who don't want to go by bus from Vilnius back to Helsinki (about 650 kms) can book a flight on their own from Vilnius to anywhere they want. (This flight is of course not included in the tour price).

The preliminary plan:

Sun 7th of September: Leave Vaasa, Finland in the afternoon, either by train or by bus. A ferry to Tallinn, Estonia in the evening. Overnight at a hotel in Tallinn.

Mon 8th of September: A look at the old section of Tallinn in the morning. Leave for Riga around noon. Arrival in Riga, Latvia around 1700 hours. A walking tour in Riga. Overnight in Riga.

Tue 9th of September: A little bit of time still in Riga. Leaving for Vilnius around 1100 hours. Arrival in Vilnius around 1600 hours. Time in Vilnius will include some radio activities (visit to a radio station, visit to the TV tower), but full details are not yet available. Overnight in Vilnius.

Wed 10th of September: The bus to Tallinn will be leaving around noon. Arrival in Helsinki will be either late on Wednesday or early Thursday (in this case overnight in a ferry).

This tour will be offered for a price of 390 euros. This will include transportation, three nights in good hotels (double room including breakfast, extra for those wanting to have a single room) and dinners on Monday and Tuesday. The price for those taking a flight from Vilnius will be 350 euros.

We would be very pleased, if all who are interested in joining this tour, would contact us as soon as possible. Please write to

risto.vahakainu@helsinki.fi

Our thanks to Mike Terry for the above information