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Metro DX Club Officers

President: Phil Snyder, N9LAH

Vice-President: John Raiger, K9DRS

Secretary/Treasurer: John Holmes, W9ILY

Webmaster: John Holmes, W9ILY

Contest Chairman: K9CJ handling the Contesting duties

   Where DX is our middle name!!

Welcome to the Web site of  W9TY, the Metro DX Club of South Suburban Chicago, Illinois, USA. We are a truly INTERNATIONAL club as we welcome VK2HV as a Metro DX member.

We sponsor the colorful W.U.S.T. (Worked U.S. Territories) Award for confirmed contact with 14, 15 or 16 of those Territories. You will be proud to display this award!

 

CLICK HERE for all the details.

Congratulations to the latest recipients of the W.U.S.T Award: Awarded in 2013: WF2S, DF2RG, DL1DTL, N4FN, W9UM, K7SM (endorsements for NH8S and KH4), and N9JV.

Our regular meetings will be at the Tinley Park Emergency Management Agency located at 17355 S. 68th Court in Tinley Park, IL. Our next regular meeting will be on Friday, June 21 at 7:30 PM. 

Check out the new site for viewing the Aurora Oval: http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/

  

CURRENT HOT DX ACTION

bulletVU7KV now operating from the Laccadives until May 5. A RARE ONE!!
bulletTwo Metro members, WB9Z and K9CS, will be members of the team headed for KH9 (Wake Island) in October operating as K9W. Click HERE for info. In addition, Val, NV9L, will be a Pilot for the K9W team!
bulletJerry, WB9Z, will be on the DX trail in January, 2014, as part of the Amsterdam Island team (FT5ZM).

FOR A LIST OF SCHEDULED DX OPERATIONS, CLICK HERE

Hear what a DXpedition hears from the DX side! CLICK HERE.

Our club is now listed in Clublog as a member club. All members should be sure to join Clublog (http://www.clublog.org) and add METRO DX Club (MDXC) as one of your clubs! As of 1/27/2013, the following members have registered Metro as one of their clubs: AF9H, AI9L, K9AJ, K9BWQ, K9CJ, K9CS, K9NR, K9NU, K9PMV, K9PY, KC9RNK, KE9I, KM9M, N2WB, N9AKR, N9LAH, N9MKZ, N9ORD, N9WK, NV9L, NV9X, VK2HV, W9AEB, W9ILY, W9IXX, W9NKV, W9OA, W9PDS, W9UM, and WF9V.

METRO CLUB ACTION IN 2013

Our annual Winterfest was held on  January 18 and with 17 attendees enjoying the dinner. Click HERE for details. 

  CONGRATULATIONS to our officers for 2013: President: Phil Snyder, N9LAH, Vice-President: John Raiger, K9DRS, Secretary/Treasurer: John Holmes W9ILY. Keep up the good work!  

A nice donation has been made on behalf of our club to INDEXA. Jerry, WB9Z, is one of the Directors of INDEXA.

Both Jerry, WB9Z, and Carl, K9CS, will be members of the Wake Island (K9W) team

"Is this contest a Club Contest?" CLICK HERE for the answer!

Would you like to contact us? CLICK HERE!

Have questions about club membership? CLICK HERE!

Are you an award chaser? Click HERE for information about the awards that we sponsor.

What did METRO do in past years? Click HERE for the highlights!

Check out our Club Reflector! Click HERE. Be sure to check the member photos posted there! Also, check archived copies of our former printed newsletter, the Metro DXer.

Club contest QSO activities are posted. How did you do against other club members? Check it out now by clicking HERE to see the OUR CLUB CONTESTING RESULTS.

Have you won an award? Let W9ILY know so a copy can be posted HERE! Check out the members awards!

 

This page was last updated on 05/21/13.

  Free counters!

 

Metro DX Club

3810 N. Chamlin Drive

Morris, IL 60450

U.S.A.

To contact us, please email:    w9ty@arrl.net

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