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Metro DX Club Officers President: Bob Jacobson, K9CJ Vice-President: Phil Snyder, N9LAH Secretary/Treasurer: John Holmes, W9ILY Webmaster: John Holmes, W9ILY Contest Chairman: Jim Anderson, NV9X |
Metro DXers are ON THE GO! Here are some of our activities (With Metro DXers in BOLD PRINT) and DXpeditions:2012 Jerry/WB9Z was with a very large team operating HKØNA from Malpelo Island Jan. 21 - Feb.4. Are you in the log? They made over 190,000 QSOs!! 2011 Jerry/WB9Z was with a large team activating South Orkney Island as VP8ORK. They made 63,643 QSO's. Bill/N2WB operated with a large team from Cameroon as TJ9PF. They made 67,611 including over 17,000 on RTTY. Phil/W9IXX operated with a large team from Kanton Island in Central Kiribati as T31A and made over 21,000 QSOs. Bill/N2WB operated from Honduras as HR5/N2WB for 15 days. Tom/W9AEB along with W9DR and K9UK operated from Antigua (NA100) June 14-28. Tom's call was V25TP. Mike/K9AJ along with K6VVA operated from the high Arctic. Here is his story: From July 22-25, 2011, I operated w/ K6VVA from Point Lay Barrier Island, Alaska. This is several hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle & part of what is known as the North Slope region of Alaska. Using the call sign K6VVA/KL7, we made 3,860 QSOs in about 60 hours of operation from an all time new IOTA counter (NA-242). We had to hire a couple of armed guards to watch for bears but, fortunately, they were elsewhere on the island finishing off whale carcasses from the annual Eskimo hunt conducted several weeks before our operation. Bill, N2WB, operated from ET3AA Dec. 8-12. It was an educational trip for the local ET hams. 2010 Mike/K9AJ with a team of three others activated four very rare IOTA islands in the Line Islands group in the Pacific this Spring. They activated OC279, OC280, OC281 and OC282. 2009 Bill/N2WB and a large team operated TS7C from Tunisia in January 10-18 and made more than 57,000 QSOs. Jerry/WB9Z and a large team operated K5D from Desecheo Island February 12-26 and completed 115,787 QSOs. Click HERE for the full Metro DX story! Mike/K9AJ and KD6WW operated from NA-185 in Hudson Bay July 31-Aug 2 and made over 4,000 QSOs. Click HERE for Mike's story and unusual photo. Mike/K9AJ with a Brazilian team operated from SA-062 off the coast of Brazil Nov. 11-16 as PW6C. 2008 Bill/N2WB and a large team operated J5C from Guinea-Bissau Jan. 11-21 and made 61,939 QSOs. Bill/N2WB and a large team operated TX5C from Clipperton Mar. 9-15. They made 71,794 QSOs. Mike/K9AJ traveled to Rockall Island, EU-189, but was unable operate due to high seas. 2007 Bill/N2WB, was a member of the XT2C team January 6-20, completing 56,287 QSOs. See the January edition of QST, page 86. Check out their WEB page here. Mike/K9AJ operated from Micronesia (V6) April 2-19. The WEB site is www.mdxc.org/v63 Mike/K9AJ was part of the HUGE BS7H team operating from Scarborough Reef. John/W9ILY operated from North Dakota in the NAQP-RTTY contest for team Metro Muttz. John/W9ILY & Bob/K9MDO operated from Miquelon (FP) September 12-17. 2,705 Q’s were made. Zig/KM9M and 6 others operated V26B in CQWW-SSB for 12,502 Qs for #1 M/M World! 2006 Mike/K9AJ and Bruce/KD6WW operated from NA-178, the Farallon Islands, in February. Bill/N2WB, operated from CE0Z, from Argentina (LU), South Shetlands (CE9) and as XR9A/8, XR9A, XR9A/MM and was a member of the huge 3Y0X team. 86,888 QSOs were made! Mike/K9AJ and Bruce/KD6WW operated from Nunavut (NA-195 and NA-156), July 19-26th. Dave/WG9J and Tom/W9AEB with 4 others operated from Aruba (P40Z). They made 4400+ QSOs. 2005 Tom/W9AEB, operated again from the Vatican (HV). Bob/K9MDO with his XYL Karen/WB9YBL operated from St. Lucia (J6) in May. Phil/N9LAH, operated again from Aruba (P4). Jim/N9TK operated as KH8/N9TK from Pago Pago, American Samoa. Jim/N9TK operated as KH8SI Swain's Island... the first one that counted only as an IOTA! Mike/K9AJ and Bruce/KD6WW operated from NA-228 in Nicaragua (YN) as H79W/YN4. Mike/K9AJ operated again from Arctic areas as K9AJ/VY0 from NA-175 & NA-227. Bill/N2WB, operated from Chile (CE8), from Argentina (LU), from DL, from Liechtenstein ( HB0), 2004 Bob/K9MDO with his XYL Karen/WB9YBL operated from Antigua (V25) in January. John/W9ILY, Bob/K9MDO and Bill/N2WB operated for one week from Bonaire (PJ4). Tom/W9AEB, operated again from The Vatican (HV). Phil/N9LAH, operated from Tobago (9Y4). Bill/N2WB, operated from San Marino as T70A and from Sardinia as IS0/N2WB. from France (F) and from 4U1ITU at the ITU Headquarters.. 2003 Tom/W9AEB, and Bob/WF9V operated from The Vatican as HV5PUL. Bob/K9MDO with Bill/N2WB, W4WX, K4QD and W9AAZ operated from Haiti (HH4). Bob/K9MDO with Bill/N2WB and W4WX operated from Montserrat (VP2M) in July. Bob/K9MDO with his XYL Karen/WB9YBL operated from Antigua (V25) in August. Bill/N2WB, operated from Antigua as V25WB and from San Andres Island as 5J0X. Mike/K9AJ, operated from Arctic areas as K9AJ/VY0 from NA-007 & NA-225 .2002 Tom/W9AEB, and Dave/WG9J operated from Guatemala as TG/W9AEB. Phil/N9LAH, operated from Aruba (P4). Bob/K9MDO with N1WON and W9AAZ operated from the Dominican Republic (HI9). Bill/N2WB, operated as ZL2/N2WB and from Chatham Island as ZL7C. Jim/N9TK operated from VP6DI-15m SSB operator, VP6TK Pitcairn WPX SSB contest and VP6AJ Henderson Island. Mike/K9AJ, operated from VP6DI, the FIRST Ducie operation, also as VP6AJ from OC-056. 2001 Phil/N9LAH, operated from grid EN67 in Copper Harbor, MI in the VHF/UHF Contest. Bill/N2WB, operated from Dominica (J7). 2000 Tom/W9AEB, operated from HF0PLO in the Antarctic. The station has since been closed. Bill/N2WB, operated from Guadeloupe as FG5BG. Jim/N9TK operated from FO0AAA Clipperton, CW operator. 1999Bill/N2WB, operated from KG4, J6, 9M6OO (Spratly) and 9M6AAC (E. Malaysia). 1998 Bill/N2WB, operated from KH9 (Wake) and with Jim/N9TK from WP2Z (St. Croix). Jim/N9TK, operated along with Bill/N2WB at WP2Z from St .Croix - CQWW SSB. 1997 Bill/N2WB, operated as KG4WB from Guantanamo Bay. Mike/K9AJ, operated from Heard Island as part of the VK0IR team and as TO0R on Reunion. 1995 Mike/K9AJ, operated from Grenada as J3A in CQWW-SSB and as J3J from NA-024 & NA-147. 1993Mike/K9AJ, operated from Howland Island as AH1A. He also operated as T32BJ and T30AJ. 1990 Mike/K9AJ, operated from the Maldives as 8Q7AJ. 1988Mike/K9AJ, operated from Kingman Reef as K9AJ/KH5K and from Palmyra as W0RLX/KH5. 1987 Mike/K9AJ, operated from Revillogidego as XF4DX, 1985 Mike/K9AJ, operated from Galapagos as K9AJ/HC8 and then with the HC8X CQWW-SSB team. 1982 Mike/K9AJ, hit the DX trail as 4S7AJG (Sri Lanka), 9N1MM (Nepal-CQWPX-CW) and 8Q7BQ (Maldives).
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