Category: Meetings

At the February MLDXCC meeting Bob W1RH conducted a sort of trivia contest of various DXing and contesting questions. Here are the questions with the possible answers to choose from.

1 – The Following Contests Allow Self Spotting. Check all that apply:

ARRL SWEEPSTAKES
CQWW
IARU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
NAQP

2 – K1LZ HAS A M/M REMOTE CONTEST STATION IN WHICH STATE?

Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts

3- In the North American QSO Party, the exchange is state/province and name. You do not need to use
your own name. In the January NAQP, WO4O used W1N as a special event callsign. What name did he
use?

Chiefs
Bills
Trump
Eagles

4 – THE P49Y CONTEST STATION IS LOCATED IN WHICH ENTITY?

Aruba
Bonaire
Curacao
Carriacou

5 – THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 SS CLUB COMPETITION ARE (Unlimited, Medium, Small):

PVRC, SCCC, PL259
PVRC, MLDXCC, PL259
YCCC, NCCC, Arizona Outlaws

6 – THE MLDXCC CLUB CALL IS

K6TA
K6AO
K6KO
W6FI

7 – A FT8 CONTEST QSO CAN BE LOGGED WHEN YOU RECEIVE:

73
RRR
RR73
All of the above

8 – A STATION OPERATING 2BSIQ CAN USE WHICH MODES?

SSB
CW
RTTY
FT8
All of the above

9 – 4U1WB COUNTS FOR WHICH DXCC ENTITY?

USA
UN HQ
ITU HQ
Austria

10 – HOW MANY CURRENT DXCC ENTITIES ARE THERE?

331
339
340
344

11 – THE PREFIX, FP, IS IN WHICH CQ ZONE?

14
15
2
5

12 – THE VP8PJ DXPEDITION OPERATED FROM:

South Sandwich Islands
South Orkney Islands
Falkland Islands
South Georgia Islands

13 – THE PREFIX, VP9, IS IN WHICH CQ ZONE?

8
5
7
13

14 – WHAT WAS THE CALL OF THE FAILED BOUVET DXPEDITION?

3Y0J
3Y0I
3Y0K
3Y0Z

15 – ON A MULTI-ELEMENT YAGI, THE AZIMUTH AT WHICH MAX SIGNAL REJECTION OCCURS IS:

To the rear
To the front
To the side
Above the antenna

16 – THE BATTLE CREEK SPECIAL IS A:

Multi-band vertical
RTTY Modem
Single-band vertical
Mobile antenna

17 – JAMES BROOKS HAS RECORDED MANY DXPEDITIONS. WHAT IS HIS CALL SIGN?

ON6WW
W6JB
9V1YC
5X1Z

18 – THE VK0IR DXPEDITION WAS ON WHICH ISLAND?

Macquarie Island
Mellish Reef
Kermadec Island
Heard Island

19 – THE K5K DXPEDITION TO KINGMAN REEF COUNTS FOR DXCC

Yes
No

20 – WHO COINED THE PHRASE, THE DESERVING?

Lloyd Colvin, W6KG
Don Wallace, W6AM
Hugh Cassidy WA6AUD
Bip Bachmann W6BIP

At the February MLDXCC meeting Bob W1RH conducted a sort of trivia contest of various DXing and contesting questions. Here are the questions with the correct answers.

1 – The Following Contests Allow Self Spotting. Check all that apply

ARRL SWEEPSTAKES
NAQP

SELF SPOTTING MEANS THAT YOU SPOT YOURSELF INSTEAD OF RELYING ON OTHERS

2 – K1LZ HAS A M/M REMOTE CONTEST STATION IN WHICH STATE?

Maine – Krazzy is from Bulgaria (LZ prefix).

3 – IN THE LAST NAQP, WO4O USED THE SPECIAL EVENT CALL, W1N. WHAT NAME DID HE USE?

TRUMP

4 – THE P49Y CONTEST STATION IS LOCATED IN WHICH ENTITY?

Aruba – Also P49L. Built by Carl, AI6V, as P49V. P49Y is Andy, AE6Y. P49L is John, W6LD

5 – THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 SS CLUB COMPETITION ARE (Unlimited, Medium, Small):

PVRC, MLDXCC, PL259 – (we hope)

6 – THE MLDXCC CLUB CALL IS

K6AO – Was John Fogg, Portola Valley, CA

7 – A FT8 CONTEST QSO CAN BE LOGGED WHEN YOU RECEIVE:

ALL OF THE ABOVE

8 – A STATION OPERATING 2BSIQ CAN USE WHICH MODES?

ALL OF THE ABOVE – TWO BAND SYNCHRONIZED INTERLEAVED QSO’S.

9 – 4U1WB COUNTS FOR WHICH DXCC ENTITY?

USA (WORLD BANK)

10 – HOW MANY CURRENT DXCC ENTITIES ARE THERE?

340

11 – THE PREFIX, FP, IS IN WHICH CQ ZONE?

5 – ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON

12 – THE VP8PJ DXPEDITION OPERATED FROM:

SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS

13 – THE PREFIX, VP9, IS IN WHICH CQ ZONE?

5

14 – WHAT WAS THE CALL OF THE FAILED BOUVET DXPEDITION?

3Y0Z – THE DXPEDITION FAILED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SAFELY LAND. THE BOAT GOT TO APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM THE ISLAND

15 – ON A MULTI-ELEMENT YAGI, THE AZIMUTH AT WHICH MAX SIGNAL REJECTION OCCURS IS:

TO THE SIDE – A SHARP BROADSIDE NULL
ABOVE THE ANTENNA

16 – THE BATTLE CREEK SPECIAL IS A:

MULTI-BAND VERTICAL (40/80/160) – WERE OFTEN USED ON DXPEDITIONS

17 – JAMES BROOKS HAS RECORDED MANY DXPEDITIONS. WHAT IS HIS CALL SIGN?

9V1YC – HE HAS FILMED MANY MAJOR DXPEDITIONS. HE OWNS A PRODUCTION COMPANY IN SINGAPORE

18 – THE VK0IR DXPEDITION WAS ON WHICH ISLAND?

HEARD ISLAND – 1997

19 – THE K5K DXPEDITION 2000 TO KINGMAN REEF COUNTS FOR DXCC

NO (Deleted March 19th, 2016 – was administered by US NAVY. Changed to US Fish and Wildlife, which also administers nearby Palmyra. Now counts as Palmyra/Jarvis.

20 – WHO COINED THE PHRASE, THE DESERVING?

HUGH CASSIDY, WA6AUD (first used in the West Coast DX Bulletin)