The DX Mentor Bill Salyers
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The DX Mentor podcast is directed towards any amateur radio operator (Ham) or Short Wave Listener (SWL) who has an interest in listening to or communicating with stations that are not in your country, or DX.
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DXpedition of the Year - W8S - Swains Island
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to
move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor
Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all.
I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio
The W8S DXpedition to Swains took place October 4th to the 17th, 2023.
The 10 operators made almost 90,000 QSOs on 160 – 6 meters on CW,
SSB, RTTY, and FT8.
Our guests today are Adrian, KO8SCA, Johannes, PA5X, and Joe, W8GEX.
This past weekend, the W8S DXpedition was recognized as the 2023
SWODXA DXpedition of the Year! At that time of this recording, we
did not know that this group would be the DXpedition of the Year.
"From October 4, 2023 until October 17, 2023 an international team of
10 operators will be active from Swains Island as W8S. QRV on all HF
bands in CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY with 6 stations from 2 separated camps."
Introductions
W8GEX – Joe went to Swains in 2012. He is the co-host. I think this
will be a great conversation.
KO8SCA – Adrian
PA5X - Johannes
Video of Adrian getting the first 6 M QSO with AJ7QVI
Story of Johannes trying to get a spot
Swaines Island – 10/4 to 10/17
Why Swains?
What was the Island Like?
The Team
How many stations?
Preparation
Challenges that you did not expect?
Anything you would do differently?
Overall thoughts? Success?
Goals - 90K QSOs
Fund raising - How can listeners contribute?
What were your expectations?
How can hams donate?
What's next?
Swains Website https://www.swains2023.com
Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org
Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/
DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/
Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/
IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/
IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/
IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/
IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/ -
Episode 39 - DX Year in Review
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all.
I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio
In this episode of The DX Mentor, our #DX gurus, will discuss:
The 2023 DX Year in Review document that was published by W3UR and W1JR. This is an excellent source of reference material and has been around for quite some time.
I hope you enjoy this discussion of how the material is collected, edited, and then made available to hams.
Resources mentioned include:
Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org
DX Code of Conduct : https://www.dx-code.com/
Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/
K8CX Ham Gallery : http://hamgallery.com/W1JR/
DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/
Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/
IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/
IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/
IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/
IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/ -
Episode 36 - FT4GL - Glorioso Island
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio
We are pleased to announce to the international community, with the agreement of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, an upcoming amateur radio activity will take place from May 24 to June 19, 2024 on the island of Grande Glorieuse – callsign FT4GL.
This operation, planned for more than a year with a lot of effort, has finally been rewarded. It will be atypical and difficult because the Glorieuses are ranked 7th in the DXCC Most Wanted List, and the amateur radio traffic will be carried out exclusively by a single radio amateur, Marek FH4VVK in parallel with his professional duties.
David, F8CRS, one of the support team, is our guest. The following are the questions and topics we will discuss:
Intros
How did you get in to Ham Radio?
How did you get interested in DX?
How did you decide to BE the exotic DX?
What other trips have you been on?
Tell us about Marek, FH4VVK
How Glorioso Chosen?
Describe the overall DXpedition (operators, days, equipment)
What are your expectations? (What criteria will you use to consider this a success?)
How can folks provide financial support?
FT4GL QRZ Page https://www.qrz.com/db/FT4GL
FT4GL Blog https://ft4gl.blogspot.com/
Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org
Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/
DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/
Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/
IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/
IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/
IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/
IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/ -
Episode 31 - Lakshadweep & Andaman Islands
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio
In this episode of The DX Mentor, our #DX gurus, will discuss:
VU2VKU, Krish, (aka W4VKU) and his DXpedition to Lakshadweep and to Andamann. The questions that were discussed and answered were:
How did you get into Ham Radio?
Why start chasing DX?
Why decide to BE the DX?
What other DXPeditions have you been on?
Specifically, lets talk about VU7A - Lakshadweep
Located in the Arabian Sea off of the West coast of India
Just above the equator - HOT Approximately 12/4 to 12/15.
Lets talk about VU4N - Andaman Island
Located in the Bay of Bengal on the East coast of India, closer to Thailand than to India
Approximately 12/16 to 12/26
Resources mentioned include:
Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org
DX Code of Conduct : https://www.dx-code.com/
Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/
DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/
Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/
IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/
IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/
IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/
IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/ -
Episode 35 - Activation a new DXCC Entity
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio
Here are the topics for this episode:
I will introduce each member and ask you to describe your DX and Ham experience;
Describe Freedonia: Freedonia is located on the Ionian Sea, a peninsula off the coast of Albania. This will be the first activity there since 1933.
The DXPedition will be led by W8GEX - Joe. Other team members will include K8DV – Dave, AD8FD – Brian, and K4YJ - Dwight. Billy, AA8KY, will be the pilot station.
The IARU has agreed to allow the same call sign to be used for this inaugural DXPedition, GR0UCH/0.
W8GEX : How did you find out about Freedonia and the new entity?
K8DV - what was the process like to get it recognized?
W8CAA - this sounds expensive since it is last minute, how are you funding this?
K4YJ - You will have 160M responsibility and SSB chores. How do you expect this to go? Not exactly the best time for low band propagation
K8DV - Are you ready for the CW chores? I assume there will be massive pileups
AB8FD - Brian - You are the digital guy. what will you be using and how swamped do you expect to be?
W8GEX How will you split time between 60M and the other bands?
Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org
Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/
DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/
Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/
IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/
IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/
IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/
IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/ -
Episode 32 - DXpedition to T32VU
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio
We DF4GV, DL4SVA, DK2AMM, DJ7TO, DL1KWK and DL2AWG want to go Kiritimati OC 024 13th until 27th March 2024
We will be running 3 Stations 24 hours per day.
Our main modes will be CW and SSB and RTTY and perhaps FT8
We will be QRV from 160 until 6 meters. No 60m !
Members of our team participated (amongst others) to the following past DXpeditions: 3D2AW, 3D2EU, S7GWG, 4S7RTG, 5B/DJ7TO, 5R8MM, 5R8WG, 5WØGW, 5WØM, 8Q7IO, 9H3O, 9N7AN, A35WG, C21EU, H44WG, HU1DL, J48IO, J48M, J79WG, KH8/DL2AWG, MD/DL4SVA, P29RO, S79GG, TX7EU, T2C, T3ØD, T31EU, V6EU, V73D, VP6EU, XRØYD, XX9D, YJØAWG, ZBØ/DJ7TO, ZK1AWG, ZK3N, ZL/DJ7TO, ZM4T.
Guests:
DL2AWG Guenter : https://www.qrz.com/db/DL2AWG
DF4GV Elmar : https://www.qrz.com/db/DF4GV
Resources mentioned include:
DX Code of Conduct : https://www.dx-code.com/
Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org
Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/
DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/
Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/
IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/
IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/
IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/
IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/