[SFDXA] TX3X – Chesterfield Islands 2015 DX-pedition (OC-176)

[Bill]

     From DXCoffee:

         Press Release 4
         TX3X – Chesterfield Islands 2015 DX-pedition (OC-176)

         The TX3X project is progressing well. Eleven of the twelve team
    members met at the International DX Convention, Visalia. We are
    pleased to make several significant announcements.

         On-Island Team:

         Invariably, scheduling a DX-pedition requires team members to
    make commitments which sometimes conflict with unforeseen business /
    family activities.  Joining the team:

         David Greenhut N6HD

         An active DXer and contester, David first earned his Novice
    license call WN6ICK in 1974, he now holds an Amateur Extra license.
    His amateur radio interests are DX, contesting and emergency
    communications. He enjoys building his amateur radio station,
    working new countries and serving the community. David’s current
    station is an Icom 756 Pro III, Henry Amp., 4 element Steppir with a
    single 40 meter trombone element, 80 meter dipole, 160 meter
    series/shunt loaded 60 foot tower and various VHF/UHF equipment.
    Previous DX operations include: 2013 T33A Banaba Island, 2012 NH8S
    Swains Island, 2011 4X/N6HD, and TG7/N6HD – KH6/N6HD.

         Walt Wilson N6XG

         Walt is an experienced DX-peditioner and contester. His most
    recent DX-pedition was TX5K Clipperton Island. He was licensed as a
    Novice in 1959 as WV6HUR. His introduction to radio was a 40M
    dipole, single tube oscillator/transmitter and an entry level Heath
    receiver. He subsequently upgraded to WA6HUR and in the 80s to the
    call of N6XG.  He is a member of the Northern California Contest Club.

         Upon retirement he travelled and operated extensively
    throughout the world on vacation style DXpeditions. In 2001 he
    joined “Team Vertical” and has been on five Dxpeditions to 6Y and 2
    DXpeditions to C6.

         Walt’s current interests are contesting, physical fitness,
    travel, and business consulting. He lives in Los Altos Hills, CA
    with his wife.

         Alan Maenchen AD6E

         First licensed in 1962 as WN6BID upgraded to General in 1963
    and became WB6BID, was QRT for many years after high school. About
    1980 regained interest in the hobby and bought a QRP rig, started
    chasing DX with 5W and a low dipole.  Current station includes a K3,
    P3, Acom 2000, and another K3, TenTek Hercules II.

         Member of the Northern California Contest Club, chairman of the
    California QSO Party (see http://www.cqp.org) for 10 years, and was
    initial chairman of the CWops CW OPEN competition
    http://www.cwops.org/cwopen.html

         DX operations include: AD6E/KH9,  4M7X, KH6, DL0MB, TI9M, K7C
    (Kure), P29NI, 3D2C (Conway), T33A.  Alan lives in Hawaii.

         News from our Corporate Sponsors:

         Elecraft
         Elecraft founders Eric Swartz WA6HHQ and Wayne Burdick N6KR
    will loan the team six K3 / KPA-500 stations for the DX-pedition.

         DX-Engineering
         Tim Duffy K3LR and the DX-Engineering team are donating a
    significant inventory of necessary equipment, including coax, RF
    connectors, power supplies, telescoping masts, and other essential
    equipment.

         N6BT.com
         Tom Schiller founder of N6BT.com is providing his Evolution
    Series of vertical antennas to the project. Tom’s antennas have been
    used on many DX-peditions with excellent results.

         MicroHAM
         microHAM founder Jozef Urban OM7ZZ, and Joe Subich W4TV of
    microHAM USA, will loan 7 DigiKeyer II interface units. Along with
    our Lenovo T410 laptops and N1MM+ we’ll have a fully integrated
    state-of-the-art networked logging environment.

         GM0OBX
         Billy McFarland GM0OBX donated custom made interface cable sets
    for the DigiKeyer II interface units.
    http://www.gm0obx.co.uk/online-shop/4584969897

         DX-University

         We are happy to have Wayne Mills N7NG and DX-University as a
    corporate sponsor.

         Northern California DX Foundation

         In addition to their generous financial support, the NCDXF will
    loan us several sets of band pass filters.

         Array Solutions

         Jay Terleski WX0B is providing a Shared Apex Loop Antenna and
    offered other support, as required.

         6 Meter Antenna

         We thank Istvan (Pista) Kolcsey HA0DU for providing a 7 element
    6 meter beam.

         We will announce additional corporate sponsors as agreements
    are completed.

         Corporate sponsors are crucial to the success of a major
    DX-pedition. Without their donations, equipment loans and technical
    support the project cost and complexity would increase dramatically.
    We appreciate their generosity and willingness to support our
    projects. All DXers and contesters owe these and our previously
    announced corporate sponsors and partners a big THANK YOU.

         Please direct any questions to: info at tx3x.com
         Please see our website for additional information:  tx3x.com

         73,

         Team Chesterfield 2015