[South Florida DX Association] Dxpedition to Peanut Island

[Norman Alexander]

Bruce,
This is not a DXpedition, at best it is an ham radio demonstration during a planned recognition of the Kennedy compound or Bunker set up there during his presidency.  It is the work of a Jupiter Repeater group (who have no idea what DX is or means) that have been promoting this as DX, collecting rather large sums of contributions.  They did operate from the island a while back and have a US Island designation (not IOTA recognized however).  It is a joke, and surprisingly they have the League PR guy sucked into endorsing this spectacle.  Not sure how, but they got him to publicize it.  

It is because this repeater group is made up of mostly "Shack on the belt" hams, who have no operating experience on HF, and if they do DX means talking to someone in NY or TX.  

 
Norm W4QN






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From: Bruce Phegley <bphegley at bellsouth.net>
To: DXpedition at jtrg.org; SFDXA <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 9:52:56 PM
Subject: [South Florida DX Association] Dxpedition to Peanut Island

And just what makes this a DXpedition?  What foreign country is this?
Bruce w4ov
SFDXA

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