These are the operators who will make your qso with Midway Island possible:
Tom Berson - ND2T
Palo Alto, CA - Age 62
Tom was first licensed in 1957. He has had a radio within arm's reach
ever since (although his amateur license did lapse for almost forty
years). He loves the challenges of tight integration among radios,
computers, and antenna systems. He is a member of competitive multi-op
CW, SSB, and RTTY contesting teams at W6YX, W6OAT, K6IDX, and W7RN. He
is busy making up for lost solar cycles by working all the DX he can
hear, and he prays daily for more sunspots.
Tom has admired antennas during his travels to 9M2, 9M8, 9V, BV, B, C3,
CT, DL, DU, E5, EA, EA6, EI, ES, F, FO, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB,
HB0, HL, HS, HV, I, JA, KH6, KL, LA, LX, OE, OH, OK, ON, OZ, PA, SM, SP,
SV, TA, TF, VE, VK, VR, VU, XE, and YO. That said, he has been QRV only
from K, UA1, UA9, and in 2007 at BS7H.
Tom is a past-President and Director of the Northern California Contest
Club. He is a member of the Northern California DX Foundation, the
Mother Lode DX and Contest Club, and the Stanford Amateur Radio Club.
Tom is an expert in cryptology, information security, and information
conflict. He runs a consulting outfit called Anagram Laboratories.
Joe Blackwell-AA4NN
Lake Wylie, SC - Age 75
Joe was first licensed in 1955.
He was a member of BQ9P, BS7H, BV9L, C91F, T33C, TI9KK, TO5DX, VU4AN, VU7RG, XY0TA, and XY3C. He has operated as 3D2NN, 3DA0NN, 7P8NN, A25NN, C91NN, T30NN, T33NN, TI7/AA4NN, VU3JLW, XY4NN, and ZS3NN.
His is a member of NCDXF, INDEXA, ARRL, SEDXC and Carolina DX Association.
A retired computer professional, Joe works the major CW contests from his home on the shores of Lake Wylie, SC.
Art Blank - WA7NB
Tucson, Arizona, Age 50
Art was first licensed in 1974. He holds 10 band DXCC/5 Band WAZ.
Previous operations include WA2UJH/CY9, V26B, N2NB/KP2, VP2MDY.
Club memberships include Radio Society of Tucson, Central Arizona DX Assn., and NCDXF.
Art works for the Federal Aviation Administration and his current assignment is the Manager of the Tucson Terminal Radar Approach Control.
Bruce Butler-W6OSP
Napa, CA
Bruce was first licensed in 1950 as W5PXN.
In the 1960s, while in the Navy he was assigned to Guam where he operated from KG6AAY. Bruce recalls that around 1989, he was going through some old QSL cards and came across a card from a station in Pittsburgh, Ca. It was Bob Ferrero's original call and confirmed a QSO with KG6AAY. (Bob, now W6RJ, is the owner of Ham Radio Outlet). Bruce mentioned the old QSO to Bob and shortly thereafter sent him the card. Bob said that this was his first DX contact!
Bruce has also operated as 3B9, AH8, ZF, HV, 4O3T, and H40AA.
Bruce is a 50 plus year member of the ARRL. He has served as the president of the Redwood Empire DX Club and is a member of the Northern California DX Club. Since 1990, Bruce has been on the board of the Northern California DX Foundation and served as its Treasurer.
James Brooks-9V1YC
Singapore
James has been licensed since he was 12 years old. When he is not
too overworked at his absurdly high-stress TV job he occasionally
takes a break and goes somewhere really weird with his radio
buddies. James likes to work DX (and contests) the old fashioned
way, and thinks the Packet Cluster[tm] is the root of all evil.
Skimmers too.
He lives in Singapore with his YL, Lee Lian. They also share the
house with a big brown dog, two turtles and a fish. They hope to
retire to Scarborough Reef one day and open the island's first
Chinese restaurant.
Kimo Chun- KH7U, Logisitics Manager
Honolulu, Hawaii, Age 51
Kimo was first licensed as WH6IFN in 1973. His license came in the mail while he was out at his high school club Field Day effort. His next next callsign was KH6IFN two years later, then KH7U came with his eventual upgrade to Extra in 1997.
Prior operations: K7K Kure & K4M Midway, XU1A, 3B9R, K5K Kingman Reef, KH7U/KH5. He enjoys planning logistics for DXpeditions.
Kimo is a life member of the ARRL and a member of NCDXF and Koolau Amateur Radio Club (KH6J). He is also an individual contester and part of the KH7R then KH7X Multi-multi contest station at Pupukea, Oahu, Hawaii.
Kimo has been employed in the 2-way radio field since 1978.
Don Greenbaum-N1DG, Team IT Manager
Duxbury, Massachusetts, Age 58
Don was first licensed in 1961. He holds DXCC Top of the Honor Roll on phone (357) and only needs P5 on CW.
Previous operations include A61AD, A51DG, /KH9, /VP9, /VS6, /BV2, /4X and /9V.
Memberships include NCDXF, YCCC and CWOPS.
Don is President of Gulf Track Services which builds race tracks in the Arabian Gulf area.
In 2005 Don was honored at Dayton by CQ Magazine by being inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame.
Tom Harrell-N4XP, Team Co-Leader
Monroe, Georgia, Age 62
Tom was licensed in 1960 as KN4TSJ and soon thereafter was working DX as K4TSJ. Current achievements are DXCC with 361 countries and Top of the Honor Roll; Honor Roll on Mixed, SSB and CW and 9 Band DXCC. He has also obtained 5BWAZ and WPX on Mixed, SSB and CW.
DX operations include Team Leader or Team Co-Leader from AL7EL/KH9 and KH9/AL7EL; ZK1XXP; N6MZ/KH9, N2OO/KH9, N2WB/KH9 and K8XP/KH9; and KH5, T32O and K5K on Kingman Reef. Other operations include 9M0OO, 9M6AAC, BV4FH, N4XP/V7, N4XP/KH5, T32O, KH6, V7, V73XP, HR, HP, DL, SM, ON, OK, G, N4XP/GW and N4XP/GD. Tom also operated from KL7 for two years as AL7EL.
Current or past calls held are V73XP, ON9CXP, and OK8XP.
Tom also manages QSLs for many DX stations having provided thousands of QSLs world wide.
He is a member of the South Eastern DX Club, Northern California DX Foundation, INDEXA, The German DX Foundation, and The OK DX Foundation (OK).
Tom is retired from the Federal Fire Service as a Senior Fire Officer with thirty years service. In 2006 Tom was recalled back into the service and now provides fire protection services to the United States Army Reserve throughout the Southeast United States. He also is President of S. Thomas Harrell & Associates, LLC and provides consulting services in fire protection and prevention worldwide.
Dave Johnson-WB4JTT
Honolulu, HI, Age 55
Dave has been licensed since 1968.
His operations include Christmas Island, Palmyra Island and Kingman Reef.
Member: ARRL, NCDXF
John Kennon-N7CQQ
Laughlin, Nevada aging daily, currently 61
John was first licensed in 1970 and needs plenty to achieve (30-40) Honor Roll so listen for his call!!! He has P5 on SSB. Previous expeditions are: FO0CI, 1992 first to activate Clipperton on the WARC bands. TI/N7CQQ, FO0KEO Bora Bora, FO0AAA Expedition of the year 2000 a return trip to Clipperton and got WAS from Clipperton, D68C, XR0X, 6Y5/N7CQQ 2002, VP2MQQ, 3B9C, K7C Kure with a visit to Midway in 2005, TX5C the final return trip to Clipperton 2008.
QSL manager for : FO0AAA, XR0X San Felix, Chile, USA manager for 4O3T, and TX5C Clipperton 2008.
Member of Southern California DX Club, Clipperton DX Club, Central Arizona DX Club, Boudreaux DX Club, Area 51 DX Club (they are hard to find), INDEXA and Northern California DX Foundation, Five Star DX Club, Chiltern DX Club, American Radio Relay League and Strange Radio Team of Italy.
John was retired until being "asked" to return to duties as Deputy Sheriff/bailiff at Laughlin, Searchlight and Good springs Justice courts.
Franz Langner-DJ9ZB European Fund Raising
Ettenheim, Germany
Licensed since 1964
Franz was first licensed in 1964 and has since operated from 4W1, JY, TA, C5, OE/A, J2Ø, J20/A, 3A, T7, HBØ, C31, VK9Z, PYØ, PYØS, KHØ, FOØ, STØ, ET, E3, E3Ø, E3ØG, 9E2, 7O, 3XA8, J5, 6O, 5U, XRØX, 3C0, 9X, 9U, TN, and KH7K.
His memberships include: ARRL, DARC, NCDXF, INDEXA, GDXF, EUDXF, CDXC, HIDXA, RRDXA, SDXG.
Max Mucci-I8NHJ-
Italy, Age 51.
Born in 1958, Max was first licensed in 1974 at age of 16 as IW8XAC (VHF and higher).
Max enjoys working the low bands and DXing. He has been to EL2PP, 1A0KM, JT1Y, E30GA, T77V, TT8MM, T32R, K5K, XR0X, SO5X, 4O3T, and BS7H.. First QSL was a letter of thanks my grandfather received from Marconi for helping him with experiments.
Max's operating awards include DXCC Honor Roll, Mixed, CW, Phone, 5BDXCC, 5BWAZ, and WAZ CW QRP.
Max is a member of ARI and INORC.
Paul Newberry-N4PN
Macon, GA Age 72
Paul was first licensed in 1953 and has since operated from BV, BY, E2, J3, J7, J8, KP4, KV4, OD5, PJ0, PJ2, PJ9, P40, T9, TG, VP2K, VP4, VR2, V47, V8, VY2, ZF, 9A, 9M6 and 9Y.
Paul's operating awards include DXCC/CQ HONOR ROLL - 377 COUNTRIES - USACA-ALL USA COUNTIES #15 - 5BWAS #9 - 5BDXCC - WAZ-160M #3 (All 40 zones) - DXCC-160M #10 (311 COUNTRIES)
Paul is a life member of the ARRL and belongs to ACG, FCG, SECC, and SEDXC,
Joe Pater-W8GEX, Team Equipment Manager
Oxford, Ohio Age 66.
Joe has been licensed since 1970 and holds an Extra class with his main interest DXing. He has been on 48 DXpeditions, many as the leader or co-leader.
In 2007, Joe received the SWODXA (SouthWest Ohio DX Assoc.) DXpedition of the Year Award for leading the 2007 406DX DXpedition. Joe has operated from J3, ZF2NF, V47NF, WB8GEX/VP5, VP5VDL, WB8GEX/PJ7, VP5N, C6IOTA, C6AJR, A35EX, 3D2EX, TI5A, CY0AA, 4O6DX, WB8GEX/1J4, PJ2/W8GEX, C6DX, VP2EV, KP2/W8GEX, N8Z and TO5DX.
He also belongs to NCDXF.
Joe is alson an avid 60m operator and sends out a 60m DX Newsletter.
Kevin Rowett - K6TD
Cupertino, CA Age 54.
Kevin was first licensed in 1970.
Work, kids and family life took Kevin away from radio, returning in 1988.
After having worked as an EE for several Silicon Valley high tech companies, he now finds HF contesting and DXing a pleasant diversion.
He has operated mostly in W6 land, but, has been heard from KH6 and BV1. Looking forrward to his first big expedition, Kevin suspects operating KH4 will be like a 10 day contest, where the pileups and run rate don't abate.
Kevin has served as the chairman of the California QSO Party and as a director of the NCCC. He's also a member of NCDXF, MLDXCC, and PAARA, and a life member of ARRL, and lastly SOC.
Arnold Shatz, M.D., FACS-N6HC
Santa Ana, CA Age 65.
Arnie was first licensed in 1957 and has been known as N6 "Hotel California" since 1977.
He was a member of the K7C Kure atoll DXpedition in 2005 and toured Midway atoll on the return trip. He was team physician on the 3B7C St. Brandon DXpedition in 2007 and TX5C Clipperton atoll DXpedition in 2008. He has operated from Hawaii (NH7/N6HC), Alaska (NL7/N6HC) and Mexico (6E2T).
Arnie is the Vice-President of the Southern California DX Club and is a member of the Chiltern DX Club (UK), the Southern California Contest Club and the Orange County Amateur Radio Club. He has been a member of the ARRL for more than 50 years. He is also a 20 year member of the A-1 Operators Club. He holds many achievement awards including 8 Band DXCC and DXCC Honor Roll. Arnie enjoys chasing DX and participating in radiosport using CW, SSB and RTTY modes.
He is a retired board certified urologist.
Charlie Spetnagel-W6KK
Alta Loma, California
Charlie was licensed in 1975 as WB6SLI and has held N7QQ 1977 -1996. He has been W6KK since 1996.
Charlie was a member of the 2005 K7C Kure Island (KH7K) DXpedition and toured Midway on the return trip. He was also a member the 1992 FOØCI Clipperton and the 2002 XRØX San Felix DXpeditions. He has operated contests from the Cayman Islands as ZF2JI in 1993 and 1994, Baja California in 1995 as 6E2T, from Bora Bora in 1997 as FO8DX, Guadeloupe in 1998 as FG5BG, the US Virgin Islands in 2000 as WP2Z, the Netherlands Antilles in 2001 as PJ2/W6KK, from Montserrat in 2004 as VP2MKK and in 2006 from American Somoa as KH8Q. Charlie was also a team member at the W6BA, N6AW and W6KP multi-op contest stations in Southern California for CQWW and ARRL contests. He holds DX Calls - ZF2VT, FOØSPE, KL7/N7QQ, KH6/W6KK, XE2/N7QQ, FG/W6KK, KP2/W6KK, PJ2/W6KK, VP2MKK and KH8/W6KK.
He is a member of the Southern California DX Club, Southern California Contest Club, Northern California DX Foundation, and a life member of the ARRL. He holds DXCC Top of the Honor Roll with 343 confirmed and 9BDXCC
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Craig Thompson-K9CT
Trivoli, IL near Peoria. Age 57
Craig was first licensed in 1967 as WN9TXL/WA9TXL and then K9CT in 1976. He has been chasing DX for years and has acheived Honor Roll, 8BDXCC and DXCC Challenge. Craig is also an active contester on CW, SSB and RTTY. He is a member SMC, Society of Midwest Contesters, NCDXF, INDEXA, Life Member ARRL, and Peoria Area Amateur Radio Club. He is active on TB, Magic Band and 2M EME.
Craig is married with a daughter. He has a family electronics business in central Illinois for almost 30 years, Thompson Electronics Company. and is also a competitive runner.
He was on the TI9KK team in 2008.
Charlie Wooten-NF4A
Panama City, FL. Age 60
Charlie was first licensed in 1962. He is an active contester and member of Florida Contest Group and Alabama Contest Group.
Other calls held include J79PC, T9/NF4A, 9A/NF4A, 9A/WA4IMC,OK8EMC,HA/WA4IMC and P4/WA4IMC.
Charlie is the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee Southeast Division Representative. He is a market engineer for Clear Channel Communications. He got the word of an open seat for this DXPedition while enjoying his anniversary dinner with his wife and had 24 hours to show up in Hawaii.
In addition to the on the air team members, K4M is ably assisted by the following off island support team:
AA1V, Don, Web support and online logs.
DL9RCF, Markus, European Fund Raising
W5DNT, Dan, Logistics
W6XA, Paul, Radio Setup and Testing
Margarett Blackwell - (XYL AA4NN) Finance
W8CAAJanet Pater, Fundraising
OK1KT, Vrata, QSL Card Procurement
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