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Metro DX Club Officers

President: Robert Adamitis K9MDO

Vice-President: John Holmes W9ILY

Secretary/Treasurer: Jack Nienhaus W9NJB

Webmaster: John Holmes W9ILY

   Where DX is ALWAYS Spoken!

 

Welcome to the Web site of W9TY, the Metro DX Club of Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA.

Here you'll find information about our members, activities and the awards which we sponsor.

TOP METRO STORIES IN 2008

FIELD DAY 2008 is now history! While we had fewer members participating this year, we were able to make  1,441 QSOs for a claimed score of  4,520.

We finished in THIRD PLACE in the Local Club Category in the ARRL 10-Meter contest in 2007. Congrats to all! Click HERE for the ARRL story.

N2WB was part of the J5C DXpedition (click HERE for info) and the TX5C DXpedition. (click HERE for info).

In the 2007 CQ DX Marathon, W9OA had the highest score from METRO! Thanks to W9ILY, W9IXX and a second entry from George as W9OA/9 for participation . Information is HERE.

SOME METRO STORIES FROM 2007

W9ILY and K9MDO operated from Miquelon (FP) from Sept. 12 through 17. 2,705 contacts were made.

W9AEB was a member of the 1A4A team. Details HERE.

CURRENT HOT DX ACTION

bulletOperations continue from V8 and A9. Watch for them in the early morning.
bulletWatch for ZS8 Marion Island to be active very soon.

FOR A LIST OF SCHEDULED DX OPERATIONS, CLICK HERE

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

Congratulations to Tom, W9AEB, upon his attaining the DXCC Honor Roll.

Congratulations to Frank, K9BWQ, on reaching 339 confirmed in the CQ-DX Awards program!

MEETING LOCATION REMINDER! Our meeting will be at 7:30 at the Midlothian Village Hall.

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.

CLICK 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!

The METRO DX CHALLENGE. See how your DXCC totals match up against other club members! Click HERE for ALL the INFO.

Check out the U.S. Amateur Radio Call Sign History Restoration Project. You can be a part of this history making effort to reconstruct and document Amateur Radio call sign information before it's too late! Enter YOUR old callsigns, locations, etc. and help fill in the blanks. Click HERE for all the information

 

This page was last updated on 06/30/08.

 

Metro DX Club

5045 Oak Center Drive

Oak Lawn, IL 60453

U.S.A.

To contact us, please email: membership@metrodxclub.com