Dayton Dinner Dates

Two DX organisations have announced their 'DX Dinner' dates for this year's Dayton HamVention.

* 24th Annual DX Dinner:

Jay, K4ZLE, reports: "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, May 15th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, located in Dayton city center. This is the same venue as in previous years. The program details are not final yet and will be released as soon as they are finalized.

As in the past, there will be some nice attendance prizes. Last year the main prize was an Icom IC-756 Pro III, but this year ICOM has promised something new! 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 USDs per meal, payable in U.S. 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: http://www.swodxa.com
Pete's E-mail address is n0fw <at> live <dot> com

ADDED NOTE: 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 USDs each or 5 for 20.00 USDs. 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?"

* 17th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner:

The North Coast Contesters are proud to announce:
"2009 Contest Dinner tickets are on sale now exclusively via the WEB again this year! Thanks to Scott, KA9FOX and QTH.com for designing, building and running our Web site:
http://www.contestdinner.com

Master of Ceremonies for the Dayton Contest Dinner is CQ Magazine Contest Editor John Dorr, K1AR. The 2009 CQ Contest Hall of Fame Inductions will be formally announced by the CQ WorldWide Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST. Our excellent keynote dinner speaker will be announced soon.

The Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday night, May 16, 2009 at 6:30 PM (Cash bar opens at 5:30 PM). Located at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Official Contest Hotel), 5th and Jefferson Streets (Next to the Convention Center) Dayton (Downtown), Ohio in the VAN CLEVE BALLROOM. Seating is random. Tables are set in rounds of 8."

Tim, K3LR, Dayton Contest Dinner Chairman, states that tickets are ONLY available via the Web page listed above. He also mentions, "Many contest operators from around the world attend this event. If you enjoy radio contesting, you do not want to miss this Contest Dinner in Dayton, Ohio. We expect a quick sell out just like past years. Go to the web and get your tickets early!"

Source: OPDX