The 13th Annual Magnolia DX Association DX Dinner was held on Saturday December 11th at Farmer's Market Resturant in Hattiesburg, MS. We had 45 people attending...included the states of MS, GA, FL, & AZ.

The buffet style food was very good and the entertainment, provided by Brian Blair and Christy (Floyd and Sherry's daughter) was excellent!!! Special guests at this year's dinner were Frank Smith (AH0W), Tom Harrel (N4XP) and his wife, and Marv Feldman (K4KEW) and his wife. Tom gave an update on an upcoming DXpedition to Kure Island and Frank gave a very informative and interesting Power Point presentation on life in Cuba for ham radio operators under the Castro regime.

Winners of the major MDXA awards for this year were:
BIG GUN DXer - Keith Luke (W5AV) (372 confirmed)
MDXA DXer of the Year - Glenn Lowery, K2FF
MDXA Member of the Year - Floyd Gerald, N5FG

We had many excellent door prizes this year thanks to the following corporate sponsors:

• Vibroplex
• MFJ Enterprises
• The QSL Man - W4MPY
• CQ Magazine
• ARRL (DXCC Desk)
• The DailyDX
• GoList
• DX Publishing
• The SignMan of Baton Rouge
• Bank of Wiggins

Also, a big THANK YOU to the following individual sponsors:

• Malcolm Keown, W5XX (ARRL MS Section Manager)
• Larry Duncan, K4WLS
• W5AV