The regular meeting of the East Tennessee DX Association was held on Monday night March 15, 2010. Twenty-three members and 6 guests were in attendance.

The meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. by President Willard Sitton, W4HZD.

Introductions were made to the group.

The DX reports were given by: Lynn Lamb W4NL

Lynn also gave an update about the upcoming SEDCO convention. He indicated that 160 meter card checking will be available at the convention.

The club agreed to donate $100 to Bob Alphen, K4UEE, for the upcoming PSE operation.

The program for the evening was presented by Bill O’Kain, K4LTA, Ruby O’Kain, K4UPS and Roy Freeman, KE4TG. They described their dxpedition/vacation to the island of Grenada. Bill, Ruby and Roy detailed their experiences in traveling to the island, setting up equipment, installing antennas and mentioning some of the problems encountered. One of those was the lack of performance of the 160 meter antenna. John Oakberg, NK4N, participated during a portion of the vacation/operating activities. Roy Freeman presented a slide show which gave a detailed view of the island and the inhabitants.

The door prize (Antenna Handbook) was won by Chad Johnson, W4CJ.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.