Cliff VK9VKL who is the only resident ham on Christmas Island (and is quite a ‘newbie’ to ham radio) has joined the team for our stay on the island. His local knowledge and resourcefulness will be most welcomed.

The team is also looking forward to helping Cliff set up some new antennas at his home QTH.

We also noticed on club log that Christmas and Cocos Keeling are around mid 40’s for most wanted east coast USA, we hope that we can help get it down the list a bit.

Tokyo Ham Fair JIDX Dinner

Two team members, Chris VK3FY and Lee VK3GK who are traveling to Japan next week to attend the Tokyo Ham Fair have been invited to give a presentation in regards to preparation and planning of the upcoming VK9XI and VK9CI DXpedition at the JIDX Dinner at the Tokyo Ham Fair. The JARL Ham Fair 2017 will be held at Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake, Tokyo on September 2nd (Saturday) and 3rd (Sunday).

New Team Member Welcomed

The Team also welcomes Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA our newest team member who has joined us.

He is an avid DXer, DXpeditioner and Contester. His skill set is most welcomed into the team for this DXpedition. He will be joining the team for both Christmas Is and Cocos Is.