[SFDXA] DX Forum Saturday 10:30 AM

[Bill Marx]

SPEAKERS and Schedule____________

Saturday Morning 10:30
Dan Street K1TO Three Time WRTC Champion
Al Hernandez K3VN 1997 DXer of the Year
Bill Moore NC1L ARRL DXCC Manager
Door Prizes

Alberto Hernanedz, K3VN

Al is an electronics engineer with more than 30 years experience in Telecommunications. As a member of the U.S. Antarctic Research
Program, Al participated in over 15 research expeditions and has the distinction of having crossed the �terrible� Drake Passage, off
Cape Horn, 18 times as a crew member aboard the National Science Foundation Research Vessel HERO. He is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed
Radio Officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine, Master Scuba diver and photographer. Al is an active expeditioner and since 1992 has
organized, co-organized, and/or participated in several major DX radio expeditions and contests including South Georgia Island
(VP8SGP), South Sandwich Island (VP8SSI), Falkland Islands (VP8CBC),  Kermadec Islands (ZL8RI), Bhutan (A52A), and Heard Island
(VK0IR). In 1997, Al received the �DX-er of the Year� Award at the New Orleans International DX Convention. Al has published several
DX radio expedition articles and contributed a chapter to the book Antarctica: A New Look. During three years of active exploration
in Antarctica Al activated Deception Island LU1ZC in the South Shetlands and operated from Palmer Station KC4USP, South Orkney
Islands LU1/KC4AAB, King George Island 4K1/KC4AAB and the R/V HERO KC4AAB/MM. He is a Fellow in the Explorers Club and is a member
of the American Polar Society, Florida Academy of Sciences, and the American Radio Relay League. Additional DX operations:
CE8/WA3YVN, LU1AKO, C6AHI, XX9TWA, VR2/WA3YVN, ZD8/WA3YVN, ZL3AH, FT5XM, TO0R, KG4VN (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba), HR1/K3VN, V73GI
(Marshall Islands), 9N7VN, ZL7C, and BT1DX from China.