Next meeting: Friday, 07/17/2026, 7 pm CDT at the Orland Park Library, in the meeting room at the base of the stairwell.

Lunch: First Tuesday in July 2026, location TBA

Meetings are usually held on the third Friday of each month unless specified by email notice and on this page; Lunch is the first Tuesday of the month.

Contact a member for the lunch location or watch for announcements via Groups.io.

2026: Proposed new METRO DX NAQP Summer Championship award and certificate. Information TBA.

2026: METRO will be forming teams for NAQP RTTY, SSB, and CW Contact K9GA to participate!

2026 Winterfest was a success. Thank you to all who attended.

FIELD DAY 2026

Metro DX Club participated in FD 2026 from the QTH of N9TK. We participated as 2E, with two HF stations and one free VHF station. Thank you to Jim for his hospitality. Lunch was served after 11 am on Saturday with pizza was served on Saturday evening.

CLUB QSO PARTY

Metro participated in the Club QSO Party as W9TY/47 on June 20 and 21 of 2026.

Zoom and Dinner Before Meetings:

We also have an informal dinner gathering before our meetings. Watch for details via Groups.io email regarding dinners or for instructions on how to attend via Zoom.

K9EL is graciously recording past ZOOM meetings. Here is the link to the recordings: http://www.k9el.com/MetroDX/Meetings.htm

The Metro DX Club is proud to use the callsign W9TY that originally belonged to one of our members, Mr. Bill DeGeer, for the Bill DeGeer Memorial Station. Our club was founded in 1979 and has seen many changes over the years. One thing, however, has remained constant - our love of DX.

The Metro DX Club is an ARRL-affiliated club. All are welcome to join us at our regular meetings. Enjoy the DX discussion, the program, and the refreshments!

Our meetings are held at 7:00 P.M. on the third Friday of each month in Orland Park.  Watch for location details via Groups.io email.

All are invited to become a club member! Annual dues are only $20.00. You can pay by check or PayPal to w9ty@arrl.net  if you wish. https://www.paypal.com

Becoming a member of our club is EASY!

A membership application can be printed and mailed to our address below.

Winter Fest Wrap Up 2024

The Club held its our annual Winterfest on Friday, January 19, 2024 at Papa Joe's restaurant in Orland Park. We had a nice turnout with 25 Metro members and guests attending. We were able to use their banquet room which allowed for more privacy and room to move around. 

Our new president, Patrick W9PDS passed out free door prize tickets and offered tickets to those interested in our 50-50 raffle. We had lots of nice door prizes. Our grand prizes included a UR5CDX paddle or similar valued up tp $150, a 2 meter handheld, and an ARRL Antenna Handbook. We sat down for a nice meal. There was more time later to mingle with everyone attending. It seemed like everyone had a good time.

We would like to thank our prize donors including Metro DX Club, K9LA, our ARRL Central Division director,  DX Engineering,  MFJ Enterprises,  KB3IFH QSL's, Andriy W9KM donating tool kits, Tony Martinez donating a new handheld and Laura making up gift bags for the ladies. Everyone won something. A beautiful plaque was presented to our outgoing president Jim N9TK for his many years of service and dedication to the Club.

A photo was also taken of the ILQP Club plaque Metro won again this year (3 in a row). Pictured are those attending Winterfest that participated.

We hope to see everyone again at 2025 WINTERFEST.

Lee WA9LEY