January 11: "Understanding & Measuring Receiver Noise Figures" by Bob de Pierre, K8KI.

February 8: "Web Site, Software, and More" by Craig Behrens, NM4T

March 8: "Ultra Wideband HF Antennas" by Hans Schantz, KC4VLD

April 12: "Low-band DXing" by Tom Russell, N4KG, and Jerry Cross, N4NO

2004

January 13:  "DVD of BQ9P - Pratas Island Oct 2003 DXpedition" by Tim Pearson, KU4J

February 10: "The Magic of Six Meters" by Tim Wininger, KY5R

March 9: "Mobile HF DXing" by Barry Johnson, W4WB and Don Wolfe, AA4VN

April 13: "Modulation Envelopes and Sidebands" by Tom Duncan, KG4CUY

May 11: "The Ham Radio Olympics - WRTC 2000"

June 8: "Logbook of the World" by Barry Johnson, W4WB and Jim Roebuck, W4AXO

July 13: "A DXer’s Look At Emergency Communications" by Bill Gerth, W4RK and Chris Reed, KF4MMF

August 10: "A Tour of the DXer's World - - - Learning Geography and History Through Communications" by Myron Manker, W4UR

August 21: DX Banquet Saturday night at the Huntsville Hamfest in the Ballet Room of the VBC at 6:30 PM- Jess Lewis, KR4OJ will talk about the recent T33C 2004 Banaba DXpedition. Remember, last year's DX Banquet was a sellout and we had people on a list for tickets.  Don't miss out!  Get your tickets now from Vic Holland, K4RVH, they are only $25 each.

September 14: "Why Earthworms Hate Vertical Antennas (At Least in the Summer)" by Jerry Cross, N4NO

October 12: "Contesting for DXers" by Tom Russell, N4KG. Also, this is our annual meeting and the 2005 officers will be elected.

November 9: "Hams Will Work Anything" by John Almon, WA4JA

December 14:  NADXC Christmas Dinner and Officer Installation.  This year's event will again be held at the Greenbrier BBQ Restaurant just off I-565.  NOTE* This is the "NEW" Greenbrier, not the old one that is a little way up the road to the north. We will be ordering off the menu instead of having a set meal choice.  Greenbrier has a large menu ranging from typical BBQ sandwiches, chicken to catfish and everything is reasonably priced ($6~$10), so bring the entire family. 

2003

January 14:  "Marshall Islands (V73BL) by Mark Clark, W4CK

February 11:  "Packet Cluster Refresher" by Steve Carroll, K2SC and Chuck Lewis, N4NM

March 11:  "DX Beacons: A History and Tutorial" by Barry Johnson, W4WB and John Morris, W4WB

April 8:  "RTTY/PSK31 DXing" by Tim Pearson, KU4J. This program will show you how easy it is to be QRV on RTTY and some of the advantages of RTTY DXing. This will include a demonstration of MMTTY. A sound-card rig interface will be given away as the door prize so make sure you don't miss the program!

May 13:  "CY0MM DXpedition Video" and vote on Constitution and By-Laws proposed changes

June 10:  "WARCing DX" by Tom Russell, N4KG

July 8:  "Steerable Vertical Antenna" by Frank McGonigal, W6DSQ

August 12: "DX Roundtable Discussion/Hamfest Discussion"

August 16: DX Banquet at Huntsville Hamfest in VBC at 6:30 PM- Bernie McClenny, W3UR will talk about the recent DXpedition to the Johnston Island Atoll (AH3D).  Remember, last year's DX Banquet was a sellout and we had people on a list for tickets.  Don't miss out!  Get your tickets now from Nancy Morris, K4JD, they are only $25 each.

September 9: "Station Design from the Ground Up" by Chuck Lewis, N4NM

October 14: "Review of Contest Logging Software (just in time for CQWW)" by Tim Pearson KU4J  Also, this is our annual meeting and the 2004 officers will be elected.

November 11: "Station tour of NADXC members"  by Tim Pearson, KU4J   Tim desperately needs photos of our members shacks for this program.  Please email .jpg pictures of your shack to Tim at ku4j@hiwaay.net

December 9:  NADXC Christmas Dinner and Officer Installation.  This year's event will be held at the Greenbrier BBQ Restaurant just off I-565.  NOTE* This is the "NEW" Greenbrier, not the old one that is a little way up the road to the north. We will be ordering off the menu instead of having a set meal choice.  Greenbrier has a large menu ranging from typical BBQ sandwiches, chicken to catfish and everything is reasonably priced ($6~$10), so bring the entire family. 

2002

January 8:  Frequency Synthesis and the Radio Amateur by John Stensby, N5DF.

February 12:  Dinner  as usual at Ryan's Family Steakhouse.  Brief business meeting as usual at Ryan's. Then, leave Ryan's and go to the QTH of Nancy and John Morris (K4JD and K4XH)  to see a live demo of the new Icom 756 PRO II, in service with a real antenna.  Follow this link to a map to John and Nancy's QTH.

March 12:  Dinner  as usual at Ryan's Family Steakhouse.  Brief business meeting as usual at Ryan's. Presentation and Demonstration of the TRX Manager for Software Control of Modern Amateur Radio Transceivers Program by Dr. Carl Ferguson, W4UOA.  

April 9:  "How to make sense of Receiver Specs whether for DX, QRP, or Contesting" by Thomas K. Duncan, KG4CUY

May 14:  " Trends for HF Radios in the Years to Come" by Tim Pearson, KU4J

June 11:  " Solar Status, Sunspots, et.al." by Dr. David Hathaway, Ph.D. 

July 9: "Using the Net and other computer tools for DXing" by Rick Ruhl, W4PC

August 13: Last minute planning for the Huntsville Hamfest and the DX Banquet

August 17: DX Banquet at Huntsville Hamfest in VBC at 6:30 PM- Bob Allphin, K4UEE will talk about his participation in the recent DXpedition to the South Sandwich Islands (VP8THU) and South Georgia Island (VP8GEO) – a trip to “the bottom of the world”! 

September 10:  " Radio Frequency Interference." by Troy Gilmore of Huntsville Utilities

October 8: Officer Elections, Operating from Sierra Leone, Jerry Trousdale, K4ZIN

November 12:  The program for the November 12 meeting will feature two videos: 1. K5K DXpedition to Kingman Reef, Year 2000. 21 minutes 2. Five DXpeditions of the year 1993 - 2000. The untold story as remembered by Bob Allphin, K4UEE, or "IT AIN'T ALL RADIO." 30 minutes Both of these videotapes are terrific. They are well done, interesting, adventurous, and funny. Brought to us from John, K4XH

December 17:  **NOTE This is the THIRD Tuesday, not our normal meeting night**NADXC Christmas Dinner and Officer Installation   Redstone Officer's and Civilian's Club on Redstone Arsenal.    Social hour begins at 6:00PM with Dinner at 7:00PM.  The COOK IS going to prepare a tossed GLORIOSO salad, PALMYRA prime rib and a BOUVET potato, GREENLAND peas w/mushrooms,  along with ICELAND tea or JAVA and maybe some Lemon or CZECHlat pie. We hope it will not be too CHILE, but then again it is close to CHRISTMAS so it will be somewhat of a GAMBIA, however, no one will leave HUNGARY.  Cost is $22.00.  Call John, K4XH or Nancy, K4JD at 859-8920 to make a reservation.  Checks can be sent to the NADXC Treasurer:  Bill Hull,W4GBF, 405 Gwendolyn Ave., Huntsville, AL 35811-1344

2001

January 9:  'Re-Discovering the NADXC.'  Installation of club officers, discussion of proposals set out in the January LongPath, filling LongPath editor position, and other items of concern for the coming year.  Please see the January 2001 edition of the LongPath for more information.

February 13: Continuation of the 'Re-Discovering the NADXC' program regarding the proposals discussed at the January 9 meeting.

March 13: The History of Collins Radio by Butch Schartau, K0BS

April 10:  Rick Ruhl, W4PC will present a program on Creative Services Software's various software programs, such as Log Windows and PacTerm.

May 8:  Tim Cunningham, N8DEU will present a program on satellite DXing. **Postponed til next month**  Barry Johnson, W4WB gave a presentation on the Yaesu FT-817.

June 12:  Tim Cunningham, N8DEU will present a program on satellite DXing.

July 10:  John Morris, K4XH will present a program on rotor control modifications.

August 14: Last minute Huntsville Hamfest discussions about NADXC booth and DX Banquet. Steve Werner, AG4W will talk about getting his Satellite station up and running.

August 18: DX Banquet at Huntsville Hamfest in VBC at 6:30 PM- Wes Lamboley, W3WL once again will be the guest speaker and will talk about the D68C DXpedition.

September 11: Tom Russell, N4KG will present a program on "Setting Goals or Are You Working DX?"

October 9: Tom Russell, N4KG will present a program on receiver front ends.  Officer elections.

November 12: Donnie Murray, KO4J will present a program on his trip to do missionary work in Uganda where he helped put up a 175 foot radio station tower.

December 11: NADXC Christmas Dinner and Officer Installation   Redstone Officers and Civilian's Club on Redstone Arsenal.    Social hour begins at 6:00PM with Dinner at 7:00PM.  The menu selected is:  salad, prime rib and baked potato.  Cost is $21.50 per person .  Reservations must be firmed up by Tuesday November 20, 2001.  Call John, K4XH or Nancy, K4JD at 859-8920 to make a reservation.  Checks can be sent to the NADXC Treasurer:  Bill Hull,W4GBF, 405 Gwendolyn Ave., Huntsville, AL 35811-1344