James N7ELL, Evan KK7MGL, and Virgil K7VZ drove from Arizona to the 76th Annual International DX Convention sponsored by the Northern California DX Club will be held at Visalia Conference Center in Visalia, California from April 11th – 13th, 2025. https://dxconvention.com/
The doors opened on Friday with DX Academy and Contest Academy. There was also the all day topics/panels of experts covering the Next Generation DXing Program. Virgil attended all 8 sessions and assisted as a runner with the wireless mic to help the crowd ask questions of the panelists.
On Friday evening, we attended the Contest Dinner, hosted by DX Engineering.
Saturday morning, Paul N6PSE kicked off the event with introductions.
The exhibit hall was open with several vendors. I didn’t take any pictures of the exterior hallway where clubs, ARRL, and other DXpeditions were setup.
NCDXF Leaders posed for a photo.
NextGenRIB2 was on display. Front and back.
Contest Forum in the main hall.
Youth on the Air presentation by Gregg W6IZT.
Adrian KO8SCA talks about The Mount Athos Story.
Virgil K7VZ and Evan KK7MGL present, covering their operations in POTA and AZQP.
Don 7Q6M chatted with us about teaching kids ham radio in Malawi, Africa and wanted a photo with Evan.
Saturday evening banquet dinner, presentation, and raffle prizes.
N5J Jarvis named DXpedition of the Year.
Time to draw prizes. Youth Prize winner KK7MGL!
Grand Prize winner N7ELL!!!
