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HOWS DX?  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX FOUNDATION MAKES TWO LARGE GRANTS TO
BENEFIT DXERS  ON SEPTEMBER 18 AT THE W9DXCC DX CONVENTION IN CHICAGO, THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX FOUNDATION, INC NCDXF ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS AWARDED
TWO MAJOR SPONSORSHIP GRANTS FOR THE 2005 KERGUELEN ISLANDS FT/X AND PETER
I 3Y0X DXPEDITIONS.  TOGETHER, THESE GRANTS EXCEED 100,000, AND REPRESENT
THE LARGEST EVER MADE BY THE NCDXF.  THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX FOUNDATION
WAS FOUNDED IN 1972 TO ASSIST WORTHWHILE AMATEUR RADIO AND SCIENTIFIC
PROJECTS WITH FUNDING AND EQUIPMENT.  ALTHOUGH THE WORDS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA STILL APPEAR IN ITS TITLE, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION ARE
INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE, RATHER THAN REGIONAL.  IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING
FINANCIAL AID TO SIGNIFICANT DXPEDITIONS, THE FOUNDATION, IN COOPERATION
WITH THE IARU, MAINTAINS A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO
BEACONS THAT HELP AMATEURS ASSESS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE IONOSPHERE.
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED, BUILT AND MAINTAINED BY VOLUNTEERS AT NO
CHARGE EXCEPT FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF THE HARDWARE AND RELATED COMPONENTS.
THE FOUNDATION IS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C3 OF THE UNITED
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Canton ARC W8AL KIODE 2204 2 69 8,022 OH The Sakonnet 49ers KD1MW KB1CUB
2343 2 26 7,904 RI Mother Lode DX Contest Club K6AO K6TKD 2256 2 12 7,850
SV Big Bend ARC K5FD W5ATO 2391 2 21 7,844 WTX Randallstown ARC N3IC W4AOL
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