Metro DX Club Officers

   Where DX is our middle name!!

Welcome to the Web site of  W9TY, the Metro DX Club of South Suburban Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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 2012: K6YK, DJ6VM, W6HTC, K6GAK, N5GF, K8IU, N5WI, KD4OS, DK7YY, W1WTG, K6VWE, JF2SKV, W4ZYT, W4VIC, W8UV, WØROB, DL2SUB, K9UQN, K6MM, ON5FP, AAØZP, KN6KI, VE3XN, WB5STU, W4REX, W3YX, K1KO, I6ONE, YT3H, OM3MB, IØWDX, IK5ACO, N4AA, W6DPD, K7XE, WB9Z, I5KG and IK2ABJ.

Our club is now listed in Clublog as a member club. All members should be sure to join Clublog and add METRO DX Club as one of your clubs! As of 2/24/2012, the following members have registered Metro as one of their clubs: AF9H, AI9L, K9AJ, K9PMV, K9PY, KC9RNK, KM9M, N2WB, N9AKR, N9LAH, N9ORD, N9WK, NV9X, W9AEB, W9ILY, W9IXX, W9NKV, W9PDS, W9YYG and WF9V.

We have a new PERMANENT meeting location. We will meet 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 15. There will not be a meeting in May.

CURRENT HOT DX ACTION

	7O6T from Yemen is active from now through May 17. Don't miss this rare one!
	6OØCW will be active from Somalia until May 18. Another rare one!
	Jerry, WB9Z, was a member of the HKØNA from Malpelo Island Jan. 21 - Feb.4. Are you in the log? CLICK HERE to see the Certificate of Appreciation that Metro has received!
	Jerry, WB9Z, is a man on the move! In September, Jerry will be part of a large team operating from the rare Swains Island from Sept. 4 through 18. Check http://www.nh8s.org/ Be sure to look on the MAIN PAGE at the lower right to see the WUST Award.

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

FOR A LIST OF SCHEDULED DX OPERATIONS, CLICK HERE

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

METRO CLUB ACTION IN 2012

Our annual Winterfest was postponed due to a snow storm in January. Rather than have a rescheduled dinner in February, it was decided to have a Pizza Party at our new meeting location in Tinley Park. The party was a great success.  

CONGRATULATIONS to our officers for 2012. They are: President-Bob Jacobson, K9CJ; Vice-President-Phil Snyder, N9LAH; Secretary/Treasurer-John Holmes, W9ILY.

We have been joined by NEW MEMBERS - Mark, K9TP, George, K9CC and Joe, KC9RNK. WELCOME!!

The Metro DX Club booth will be active again at the Dayton Hamvention, thanks to N9LAH and N9ORD.The space numbers are FE4019, FE4020, FE4217 and FE4218. Stop by and have a ice cold bottle of water. Rest your feet from all of the walking around!

Metro made a nice donation to the NH8S DXpedition to Swains in September and our WUST Award image is on their main page. http://www.nh8s.org/

Two more NEW MEMBERS have joined Metro - George, K9GA and Morris, W4REX. WELCOME!!

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.

To contact us, please email:    w9ily@arrl.net