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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

Here are a few of our favorite Internet sites. Just click on the title to be directed to the new site!

	DXpeditioning Basics-a great guide by Wayne Mills, N7NG.
	Which DX Operations are in progress right now?
	What does the sun REALLY look like? Check the new NASA STEREO system!
	Rare DXpedition audio clips (playable with RealAudio)
	The W9 QSL Bureau. How do I use it?
	Find that DX Address
	What is the REAL story about operating from P5? CLICK HERE to listen to an interesting audio report from Radio Austria International.
	The ARRL Homepage
	How do you find YOUR grid square or identify the grid square for an unknown location?
	Find the beam headings from your QTH to ANYWHERE!
	Contesting Resources and Information
	What does a SO2R (Single Operator 2 Radio) operation sound like? K5ZD has provided on-line audio. Listen and learn!
	All about television frequencies, CATV and more!
	Check out a primer for VHF contesting.
	Our WEB page is provided by QTH.COM . Check them out here.
	Tell your friends about Ham Radio. In addition to the ARRL, here is a resource for you to use. CLICK HERE.
	How do you install a PL-259 on RG-8X?

	Now, on RG-213

	Everything you ever wanted to know about coax connectors courtesy of K2DBK and VO1HP. Click HERE and HERE.
	A nice DXing Site: HamSpirit
	Antennas...and how to construct them. Here's a place to start.
	Ever wanted to operate using the AO-51 satellite? K7AGE shows us how to do it!

	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.
	How does has the Internet effected Ham Radio? A good question! Click HERE for an interesting perspective.

Several of our members have created their own WEB pages. Just click on the callsign to check out their personal pages!

Metro Video Library

The Club has a number of VHS videos and DVDs available for loan to club members. If you wish to borrow one of these, please contact John, W9ILY.

ARRL Vol. 2 SAREX VHS

ARRL Vol. 3 Disaster Preparedness/Public Service/Last Voice from Kuwait VHS

ARRL Vol. 4 Operating Modes VHS

ARRL Vol. 6 DXpeditions VHS

ARRL Vol. 7 More DX VHS

ARRL Vol. 8 Contesting VHS

ARRL Vol. 9 History VHS - 1935 Tour of ARRL HQ; "The Trans-Atlantic Tests and Station 1BCG"; "An American Inventor-Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong"

3Y0X Peter One 2006 DVD

Peter One meeting in JA ‘05 CD

VP8THU VHS

A52A VHS

IQ9P 2005 CD

BPL Demos (2 CDs)

WRTC 2002 (VHS)

NCDXF 2007 CD

Interview with Barry Goldwater (DVD)

BS7H CD (1997)

XT2C Burkina Faso 2007 CD

J20MM 2007 CD

K3LR Contest Station 2008 CD

DXpedition to Bhutan CD

K9AY Loop Antenna video and PowerPoint program

TX5C Clipperton 2008 CD

Metro DX Club

8728 Sproat Ave.

Oak Lawn, IL 60453

U.S.A.

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