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Metro DX Club Officers President: Robert Adamitis K9MDO Vice-President: John Holmes W9ILY Secretary/Treasurer: Jerry Celmer K9PY Webmaster: John Holmes W9ILY Contest Chairman: Phil Snyder, N9LAH |
Welcome to the Web site of W9TY, the Metro DX Club of Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA.
CURRENT HOT DX ACTION
FOR A LIST OF SCHEDULED DX OPERATIONS, CLICK HERE Hear what a DXpedition hears from the DX side! CLICK HERE.
Our next meeting will be on Friday, February 19 at our Oak Forest meeting location.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.
WB9Z SETS CONTEST RECORDS Jerry, WB9Z, claimed a very impressive 2,144 Qs for CQWW-SSB 20 Meter high power for the TOP Claimed 20M score in the USA and #3 in the World! ALSO, in the CQWW-160M contest from 2009, Jerry was #1 SSB high power in the USA and set a new SSB USA single op record. Great going, Jerry!! SPECIAL EVENT STATION - W9M Our Special Event Station W9M operated on Saturday, October 3 celebrating our club's 30TH ANNIVERSARY. SA-062 Rare IOTA Operation Mike, K9AJ, operated with a group from Brazil as PW6C from rare IOTA SA-062 in November. The team made 7,500 QSOs and Mike is the QSL manager. Click HERE to see their nice QSL card.
OTHER 2009 ACTIVITIES W9TY finished Field Day with 4,264 points with 780 Q's on CW and 297 on SSB (Third place in Illinois in Class 1A). Click HERE for a map to the site we used. Check out Dennis KA9ZZT's great pictures on our WEB site HERE and on Dennis' own Shutterfly page HERE. Our annual picnic was held on Saturday, August 15 and all had a fun time. Click HERE to see the pictures. Mike, K9AJ, with KD6WW, operated as K9AJ/VY0 and KD6WW/VY0 from NA-185 (a rare IOTA) from Friday, July 31 through Monday, August 3 and made over 4,000 QSOs. Click HERE for Mike's story and unusual picture. Jess, AI9L, completed his 20 Meter Worked All States RTTY in July, all confirmed by LoTW! Nice going, Jess! He worked W9ILY/Ø in Nebraska during the NAQP-RTTY contest for #50. We have been joined by TWO NEW MEMBERS - Rick, W9NKV and Pat, W9PDS. WELCOME!!! Our 2009 Winterfest Dinner was enjoyed by all. Click HERE for all the pictures! Our thanks to Tom, W9AEB, for making a generous donation to the E44M DXpedition to Palestine on behalf of the Metro DX Club! Thanks very much, Tom! N2WB was a member of the TS7C DXpedition from Tunisia (IOTA AF-073). They have posted their Digital Hall of Fame. CLICK HERE. Jerry, WB9Z, was a member of the KP5 DXpedition that is now QRT. Click HERE for their WEB site and see if you're in their log!
SOME METRO STORIES FROM 2008 Our Annual Picnic on August 16 was a great success! See all the great pictures! CLICK HERE!Field Day 2008 was another club success! While we had fewer members participating this year, we were able to make 1,441 QSOs for a score of 4,520. We finished 4th in Illinois in Class 1A. N2WB was part of the J5C DXpedition (click HERE for info) and the TX5C DXpedition. (click HERE for info). Also, Bill's photo is on page 98 of the October CQ from a Wake Island adventure in 1998.
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 02/04/10.
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Metro DX Club 8728 Sproat Ave. Oak Lawn, IL 60453 U.S.A. To contact us, please email: membership@metrodxclub.com |
Where
DX is our middle name!!
