President, Florida DXPedition Group and Member of ARRL. On DXCC Honor Roll and DX Century Club member
for RTTY, CW, SSB and Mixed DXCC, and also 5BDXCC.
Enjoys DXPeditions and contesting. First licensed as a general class in 1963 as WA4SFY.
Other U.S. calls held KQ4GC and WT4K. Calls held out side U.S.: KZ5WO Canal Zone, KG4DX GTMO (in the isle of Cuba), V25WX Antigua, VP2MHX Montserrat, J68WX St. Lucia, J75WX Dominica, 7J1AWO Japan, and operated as WA4SFY/MM, KP4/, VP5L, VP5Y,
HP1/, HP3/, W4WX/AERO MOBILE, WP2AWH, KG4GC, C6AJT, C6A/, WP2/, WP2Z, J6J, V2/, SV9/, HI9X, HI9/, J75J, FG/, FG5BG, HH4, W4USN (FDXPG).
Active in DX circles with avid interests in DXpeditions and RTTY, Satellites and low band operation. Other related interests are Antenna's and Towers.
A Life Member of ARRL, currently serving in the ARRL and W5YI VEC programs. Also active locally in the Florida Dxpedition
Group and the North Ormond Beach Amateur Radio Society.
Also the Hillview Gardens Amateur Radio Club 9M6AAC.
Married to Dawn / KB4NOA, with one son, Billy.
Other interests are traveling and family.
AWARDS
DXCC Challenge
HONOR ROLL
DXCC - 336
5BDXCC
DXCC-MIXED
DXCC-PHONE
DXCC CW
DXCC RTTY
WARC 500 AWARD
WAZ
WAS
WAC
Contest winner for 1995 and 1996 ARRL SS North Florida First Place, Multi OP Phone.
PAST DXPEDITIONS
Operated as KG4WB from Guantanamo Bay, GTMO, in the isle of Cuba 1997.
Wake Is. KH9/N2WB - 1998
ST. Croix KP2/N2WB - 1998
GTMO KG4WB - 1999
St. Lucia J68WB - 1999
East Malaysai 9M6AAC - 1999
Spratly Is. 9M6OO - 1999
Guadeloupe FG/N2WB - 2000
Dominica J79WB - 2001
New Zealand ZL3/N2WB - 2002
Chatham Is. ZL7C - 2002
Haiti HH4/N2WB -2003
Montserrat VP2MWB -2003
San Andres Is. HK0/N2WB October 2003
Where Do We Go Next?
Also WD4GDZ, WA2JXK, WP2Z, J6J, J75J, FG5BG, W4DXP, & W4A!
Jan is a retired US Air Force officer where he spent twenty years working in the communications and computing fields. He has another twenty years experience in the information technology area.
Jan was first licensed 1964 as WA4VQD. He is married to Joyce WA4OMS (KG4OS) with a son Ron N4TXR and daughter Sarah KD4DHS.
Jan is a member of the Florida DXPedition Group and the ARRL. He is an active Dxer and RTTY contester. Jan has participated in several DXpeditions and contests including South Georgia Island (VP8SGP), Falkland Islands (VP8CRB), Guantanamo Bay (KG4QD), and Haiti (HH4/K4QD). He has also operated as C6A/WA4VQD and CE8/WA4VQD.
Clarence Kerous - HK0/W9AAZ
(Photo of Clarence)
W9AAZ
Clarence Kerous W9AAZ first licensed in 1979, since then DXing has been
my main
interest. Retired from CSX Transportation, and the New Buffalo, Michigan
City Police
Department. Am on the ARRL DXCC Honor Roll only needing a couple of more
to have worked them all.
Past DXpeditions include WP2AHW 1996, C6AJT
1997,
WP2Z 1998, J6J 1999, FG5BG 2000, J75J 2001, and HI9X in 2002. Looking
forward to HK0 for CQWW 2003 !!
Enjoy DXing, RTTY, and CW, and lately
have really gotten into QRP DXing ! Hope to C U all in the pileups from
San Andres.
Cory McDonald - HK0/N1WON
(Photo of Cory from Dominican Republic Dxpedition / HI9/N1WON)
N1WON
Cory McDonald was licensed as a Novice in 1993
and upgraded to Tech Plus in 1994. First call was KE4ERU. Got a job in
Guantanamo Bay in 1995 & was bitten by the DX/Contest bug. Gitmo call is
KG4CM. Also obtained N1WON call while in Gitmo. Worked the CQWWSSB contest
from Gitmo in 95 (KG4ZE), 98 & 99 (KG4CM). Worked the CQWWDX RTTY contest
from Gitmo in 1997 (KG4GC). I participated in several RSGB Iota contests in
the late 90's from my former QTH in the Florida Keys (NA-062). Activated Howell Key FL 450S in June 1998 also in the Keys.
Operated in
the CQWWSSB contest from the Dominican Republic in 2002 (HI9X).
Looking
forward to HKØ in 2003 & many others in the future.
Bob De Grippo - HK0/KR4DA
(Photo of Bob)
KR4DA
I live in Middleburg Florida after retireing from Bell
System, ATT, NCR after 30 years.
Moved here from Atlanta Ga where I lived for 20 years and
became a HAM in 1992. Extra Class and enjoy the DX chase and challenge very much.
Achieved HONOR ROLL and 5BDXCC, also DXCC Phone, CW, RTTY number as
736.
Also DXCC on 10 Meter and WAC,WAZ.
Member of the Florida DXPedition Group and ARRL
Won 1st place single operator phone only,low power
Technician GEORGIA section for the 1992 ARRL 10-METER Contest.
I also enjoy computers, motorcycle riding, scuba diving and
retirement.
Larry Rich - HK0/W1LR
(Photo of Larry on his way to Montserrat)
W1LR
Member of the Florida DXPedition Group, ARRL, Orange Park Amateur Radio Club, RANGE and Over the Hill Gang. EC Clay Cty, FL. First licenesed as Novice in '54, KN4OVT. Operated M/M on several ships in Atlantic and Pacific while in Navy. Held KH6ECC while stationed in Hawaii and operated /P Palamyra Is. several times during '60s. DXCC, ARRL FE, VHF card checker. Enjoy travel on DXpeditions to Caribbean Islands. Old calls, K4OVT, KH6ECC, WB4BMC, AB4LT and island calls.
