Our very good friend and world class DX-er, Graham, VK6RO, alerted us to a beautiful Australian Heard Island commemorative: I’m not a stamp collector – but I do want to order this first day cover set. Here is the link to the PDF for the “full story”: https://australiapostcollectables.com.au/content/dam/auspost_corp_microsites/collectables/documents/stamp-bulletins/stamp-bulletin-348.pdf Thanks very much Graham – these are …

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The VK0EK is very pleased to receive the DX Coffee Best Communication Award, which is a unique and very thoughtful award. Please visit DX Coffee Ciao!

Photo by Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD SWODXA, the Southwest Ohio DX Association held their annual DX Dinner, which is an associated event, coinciding with Dayton Hamvention. At the dinner, NC1L, Bill Moore (SK) was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame as was Jerry, WB9Z. Then the big announcement was made and the VK0EK …

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Dave, K3EL, Radio Team Leader and other VK0EK Team Members will be at Dayton!

Bob, KK6EK will present the Sunday breakfast Keynote at Visalia this weekend, and his talk is “The Future of DXpeditioning and DXing”. A must see. Radio Team Leader, Dave, K3EL will also attend – so please look him up.

I’m so surprised – almost shocked – that VK0EK is on the cover of the 2016 DXCC Yearbook. We were the cover award winners for the ARRL Yearly DX Issue of QST (my childhood dream magazine), and took over DX Magazine’s January / February issue – including the cover of Carl’s fabulous magazine – I …

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When I asked an NCDXF Board Member what he thought the biggest measure of success was for a DXpedition, he said “A significant achievement is for a DXpedition to work Uniques in the 20 – something percentile range”.  I am also very glad to see that the drop in the position on the Most Wanted List – …

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Over at The Inquisitive Rockhopper blog, Bill (AE0EE) has put together a series of posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) showcasing interesting geologic features and outcrops at Heard Island, including Windy City (seen above). These are meant as a virtual field trip, providing access to Heard Island for all those who are unable to go …

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Mike, KJ4Z, the brains behind the VK0LD operation, which was the first remote operation from a Top 10 DX Entity, is sending QSL’s out to the lucky 43 who managed to make a QSO with that special event callsign. Here is a sample of that QSL / Letter: VK0LD Please check with Mike – and …

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