K5YY and original VK9JA - Norfolk VK9NT 2013
Personal: Retired MD (family physician / admin)
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CQ DX "Hall of Fame" (# 21) - 1983
DXAC Chairman (1980-82) - DXAC 9 years total (Delta and West Gulf Divisions) beginning in 1978 and ending in 1992
DXCC : 375 Mixed 372 Phone (#1 W5) 352 CW DXCC 160m #18 (1980) 6m DXCC 60m DXCC = 77C 5BDXCC #499 (1976) RTTY DXCC 197 worked
WAS : 160m #82 60m (#8) 2m (#113) 6m (#862) WAZ 3.8 SSB #29 WAZ 2xSSB #736 WAC 60m (2012)
19 solo and team DXpeditions since 1970 from 42 DXCC countries including FIRST D6 and FH Mayotte in 1976 *** (new DXCC countries)***
TOP DXCC HR (Mixed 1983 - Phone 1984) CW Honor Roll (1989) - need P5 only
Several VUCC awards : #24 144 mc 1984 #21 432 mc 1985 #84 222 mc 1995 WAS : 2m (#113) and WAS terrrestrial 48: 6m (#862)
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DXpeditions since 1970 :
May 3-13 2013 : Norfolk VK9NT
Jan-Feb 2012 : HK0NA Malpelo - Pilot ( record 195, 000 QSOs for non motel / airline DXpedition ) - DXpedition of the Year 2011-12 - SW Ohio DX Association - Dayton presentation May 2012, also CDXC Award of Merit and other 2012 awards for HK0NA including winner of DXpedition of Year in a poll of 1400 DXer voters
April 2011 : T31A Kanton - Pilot
July 2010 : V31YY - 78% QSOs on 18mc, 60% EU and JA; 40/30m CW effort for JA and EU.
March 2009 : VK9LA Lord Howe Island - multinational team effort during lowest SSN since 1913.
May 2007 : BS7H Scarborough Reef (organizer from 2002 and team advisor) - DXpedition of the Year 2007/2008 - SW Ohio DX Association - Dayton presentation 2008
June 2002 : BQ9P Pratas Island and BW4/K5YY
Sept 2001 : K5YY / V51 Namibia - immediately after 9/11, 2500 QSOs, all desert operation, battery power and Hustler vertical from a Land Rover
PRIOR OPERATIONS : A35YY, K5QHS/CE3 and /CE0Z Juan Fernandez 1973, D68AF 1978, D6A** 1976, F0AYZ, FG0AYZ, K5QHS/FH8 Mayotte** 1976 and K5YY/FH8 '78, K5QHS/FL8 1976, FM0AYZ, I0MGM guest op, K5YY/J6 and K5YY/J8 1982, K5YY/KH6, K5QHS/KP4, K5QHS/KS4 Swan Island 1970 (deleted), K5YY/KS6 1980, K5QHS/KV4, K5YY/ST2 and ST0YY So. Sudan 1978 (deleted), /VK andK5YY/VK9N, K5QHS/VP2D, VS5YY 1983, ZF1GC 1970, ZK2YY 1980, 3B8YY 1978, K5YY/5H1 1978, 5W1CS 1980, 9M6YY 1983, 9V1VP 1983 (guest op) and other Caribbean "vacation" casual operations. *** new DXCC countries 1976 - solo op ***
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First call : K5QHS in Stuttgart, AR - 1957 . SWL 1953-57 . K5YY> 1977
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Honorary Member : Arkansas DX Association (1976) , Northern California DX Club (1983), Southeastern DX Club (1978).
Life Member : Life Member ODXG (2009) Life Member INDEXA (2010).
ARRL Certificate of Recognition : Loyalty Award for 50 years membership
Certificate of Appreciation - Virginia Century Club 1977
Former Assistant Delta Division Director, A1OP and RCC, ARRL VE (thru 2013), past Collins Collector Association (CCA 169) and Central States VHF Society Board of Directors, ARRL Certificate of Merit, Malaysian Boy Scout Award 1983 (9M6YY), Arkansas Traveler Certificate 1978 from Governor David Prior
Past President Arkansas DX Association and only surviving Charter Member (June 1967) - W5TIZ, W5HJA and WA5EFL deceased
Other clubs : OWS Ozark Wireless Society charter member 1996 , Araucaria DX Club (Brazil) 2012, Charter Member 1999 - W5VHF The Ultra Highs Weak Signal Society
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QSL manager for HI8HH
K5YY "San" EM 26 we - Northwest Arkansas
