[A-DX] 15th Anniversary of BCDX Net today

["walter eibl" <we@xxxxxxxx>]

>             15th Anniversary of BCDX Net
>
>    The weekly BC DX NET was started on  Sunday
> November 27, 1988  by a small group of Amateurs viz.
> VU2FOT Shanmughasundaram, 4S7VK Victor Goonetilleke
> and VU2JOS Jose Jacob and some SWLs. So this Net is
> celebrating it 15th anniversary today.
>
>     The whole concept of this Net started when these
> Hams used to meet regularily on the band and exchanged
> DX news at various times. This later transformed into
> a regular Net which benifitted many people. This net
> is conducted on Sunday mornings for the advantage of
> those who are keenly interested in Broadcast Band
> Dxing.
>
>     The unique thing about this Net is that it has
> helped Hams to become SWL Dxers and SWLs to become
> Hams!
>
>     On a typical Sunday morning, the  Net control
> starts the Net by calling in for regular check-ins.
> After about 10 minutes he gives the latest DX tips
> that he has gathered and later other stations also
> takes turn in exchanging their DX information. It has
> all the ingrediants of a live two way DX program and
> continues for 30 or 45 minutes depending on the
> traffic. For some time it was known as SWL DX Net.
>
>     The Net grew up with VU2KAK Anil, VU3SIO Sanil,
> VU2ISR Harsha, VU3ITI Varadhan, VU3DJQ Raman, VU2NGB
> Binu, VU2BNP Prahalad, VU3BGK Neel, VU2ICI Mohan etc.
> joining in.
>
>     In 1989 a monthly newsletter was published on
> behalf of the Net by VU2FOT which was unfortunately
> discontinued after some issues. In May 1991 a BC DX
> Net Convention was held at Calicut which was a big
> sucesses attended by over 85 people including Victor
> Goonetilleke from Sri Lanka. A Ham station with the
> special callsign VU2F was also operational at the
> convention venue. A DX contest sponsored by Radio
> Netherlands was organised  on 29 & 30 January 1994 in
> collaboration with Union of Asian DXers, Sri Lanka.
> Special QSL cards were issued by Radio Netherlands for
> the occasion. In 1995 a special QSL card was also
> issued to mark the 7th anniversary of the Net by
> VU2BNP. In 1998 AWR Wavescan broadcast a special
> program on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the
> BCDX Net. Articles on BCDX Net has also appeared in
> "NIAR Ham News" July 1998 issue, "Hamfest India" 1998
> souvenir and other DX publications and was also
> mentioned in  DX programs several times.
>
>    The BCDX Net has been very regular all these long
> 15 years, thanks to the dedicated Net Controllers. Now
> a days it is conducted on Sunday mornings at 8.30 am
> Indian Standard Time  (0300 UTC)  on 7085 kHz on the
> 40 meter Amateur Band which covers South India and Sri
> Lanka. Occasionly it was also conducted on the 20
> Meter Band 14150 kHz at 2130 IST (1600 UTC).Currently,
> the regular net controllers are VU3SIO, VU2FOT and
> VU3BGK etc.
>
>     The postal address of BC DX Net is Box 211,
> Kozhikode 673001, Kerala, India.
>
>                                           Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
>                                 National Institute of Amateur Radio
>                           Raj Bhavan Road,  Hyderabad 500082, India

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