North America DX Assoc., Inc.

On this page you will see some of the photos of the QCWA Convention Cruise 2009.

Our ports of call once we left  Port Everglades (Ft.Lauderdale), FL were, Grand Turk on the Turks & Caicos Is., San Juan, Puerto Rico, Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas, BWI, Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. then back to Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  A great trip.

The total distance we travelled was 1998 NM (nautical miles) (nautical mile = 1.155 statute miles). or 2307.7 miles. The total fuel consuption (@ 75 gallons/mi.) was 173,077 gallons of diesel.

There were 159 QCWA members and a few guests on this trip. The ship can hold a total of 2,104 passangers. With a crew of 925 always at our beck and call.

Maybe you'll join us on the next one.

CERTIFICATES:

Anyone who made a W2MM contact during the cruise week of 11/24/2009 - 11/31/2009, may request a certificate of contact by sending a QSL or postcard to Gary Harrison, K0BC, P.O. Box 251 Boliver MO 65613.

Between the fun and enjoyment of eating, swimming, operating HF, etc. We had some great Forums, e.g. IOTA presentation  and also a forum of Christmaas Is. DX-pedition, Search for Amelia Earharts Airplane, Radio Astronomy & the VLA and Green Bank Observatory, QRP and more, HF Amateur Radio Remote Control, New high speed 24 Mbps Packet Radio, Chemical Oxygen Generators, et.al.

There was also a VE exam, we had two candidates.