S ponsors & A cknowledments

 

We wish to recognise and sincerely thank these organisations and individuals 
for their generous support of the VK9ML 2002 DXpedition.

 

Thanks to Yaesu for their support with DXpeditions

Thanks to the NDXA

 

Thanks to BT Exact Technologies and Bill Rothwell G0VDE

Thanks to the German DX Foundation
Thanks to the Chiltern DX Club.

Thanks to the North Jersey DX Association

Thanks to the Northern Ohio DX Association Inc

Thanks to the GM DX Group

 

Thanks for supplying the bandpass filters
Thanks to the Danish DX Group Thanks for supplying the Generators Thanks for supplying the Pro Set Plus headsets

 

Logging & DXpedition Server software. Tnx John Linford

Logging software for QSL processing

 

SCS PTC-IIe multi-mode modem supplied by Mr. Marc Robinson VK2BUA of PCA.CC in Sydney

PCA.CC are the South Pacific distributors for SCS PACTOR-II Modems used for
 maritime SailMail and amateur WinLink Email over HF networks

 

 

  Website hosting: Al Waller, K3TKJ's qsl.net

On-line Log Search Applet: Rich Everitt, G4ZFE http://www.babbage.demon.co.uk/java.html

Ameritron AL811 Amplifier: John Bazley G3HCT

We greatly appreciate the valuable assistance of:

David "Harry" Holton, VK4DH - Sponsorship, Generators, Tick eradication, Planning & Logistics
Graeme Hope, VK4FI - Parts procurement

John Linford, G3WGV - Logging & Server software

Lew Ashdown, VK4KLA - Machining facilities for BattleCreek manufacture

The Battle Creek (MI) low-banders; W8UVZ, W0CD & K8GG for BCS feed balun & building advice

Beverage preamps, triplexers & jumper cables -  Francis Donovan, W3LPL
Beverage matching transformers - William Hider, N3RR
Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA - Propagation Data

John Loftus, VK4EMM - Hi-power capable Bandpass filters

John Frank, N9CH - coax cable testing advice

Bill "Clouds" Brosnan - Weather forecasting & analyzing

John Harris and staff at the Bureau of Meteorology

 

Personal Sponsors

Name Call
Daniel Domondon 7J1ABD
Kazu Matsuno 7L1XXM
Setsu Yoshimura 7L4FSR
Martin Bayes AA1ON
Dave Glow AA1VX
Harry Bryant AA2WN
Don AA5N
Walt Greene AA6LY
Wade Davis AA8LL
Richard Lu BV2DP
Antonio Rodrigues CT1BH
Hermann Samson DJ2BW
Gunter Meissner DJ2SL
Jan Harders DJ8NK
Hartmut Probsthain DJ8WD
Franz Langner DJ9ZB
Klaus Thommes DK5WG
Rolf Spranger DK7CX
Manfred Dorschmann DK7MD
Fred DL-312WW
Winfried DL1JAB
Claus-Peter Opitz DL2VPO
Willy Arnold DL3IE
Fritz Zwingli DL4FDM
Georg Einfalt DL5NO
Volker Eschment DL7AUV
Peter Hesse DL7VMM
Karl Falk DL8FM
Gerald Renner DL8ZBA
Norbert Maibaum DL-G20 SWL
Claudio Garcia EA5GXW
Vincente Mira EA5YN
Isidro Donate EA8AG
Fernando Martin EA8AK
Helmuth Kurth EA8BWL
Carlos Benitez Y Leon EA8BYL
Terry Newland EA8BYR
Andre Olinier F6AFA
Jean-Marie Bernard F6DQH
Menez Bernard F6FFR
Neil Carr G0JHC
Stuart Perry G0LRX
John Bazley G3HCT
Cliff Deamer G3NDC
Fred Hall G3NSY
Steve Telnius-Lowe G4JVG
Derek Herd G4SOZ
Barry Phillimore G4VXT
Rob GM3YTS
Charles Kampf HB8EBM
Martin Meyer HB9BGV
Daniele Christian HB9CIP
Heiner Kern HB9DHK
Dr. H.R. Lauber HB9RG
David Jean-Daniel (SWL) HE9WDD
Mauizio I4MKN
Giovanni Bini I5JHW
Paolo Gori I5ZJK
Vittorio Lucentini I6LVT
Ermes Calderoni IK4FNF
Jin Shimada JA1CZI
Nao Mashita JA1HGY
Dr. O.M. JA1IRH
Dr. Nobuo Fujii JA1JCQ
Jiro Manaka JA1MCU
Saburo Asano JA1MRM
Hisayoshi Kobayashi JA1SIN
Hiroaki Miwa JA2BFW/2
Haru Nishino JA2BY
Yasuo Ota JA2CXF
Hiro Fukui JA2FBY
Matsuo Fujii JA2XYO
Akira Matsumotu JA3EQP
Minoru Hisamatsu JA3MNP
Hide Yatsuzuka JA5BKR
Yoshi JA5IU
Takayoshi Koshi JA6CM
Takahide JA6CDC
Yoshi Takashima JA6RCH
Kazuo Shibuya JA7CDV
Yoshi Sasaki JA7CVL
Yoshi Nomoto JA8GTO
Kanamura Kyouichi JA8SHI
Kazuhiro Kamiya JA9MWC
Mario JE1ABU
Shigeo Ozaki JE1PMZ
Masa Yoshizawa JE1PNX
Skip Sugimoto JE2HCJ
Nob Yamashita JE2QYZ
Nob JE6IBJ
Yukihiro Itoh JE8LWZ
Toshi Miyajima JG1UKW / QRP
Shin Yamamoto JG3SLJ / QRP
Yoshimasa Douuchi JG3UAW
Masaru Suzuki JH1EEB
Shige JH2FXK
Nobu Tsuge JH2QMT / QRP
Kiichiro Onishi JH3SIF / QRP
Ayumi Iwabuchi JH7BZR
Kit Fukui JI1ANI
Yoshishiro Fujimura JI7NAI
Yasuyuki Oota JI7SQN
Aki JK1KFO
Kaz Saito JP1IXV
Tateo Tamura JQ1ALQ
Masa Ikeda JQ3DUE
Yuichi Yoshida JR2KDN
Nobusuke Kato JR7SEM
Osamu Wakamatsu JR7XGL
Hiro Inaba JS3CTQ
Joe Nemecek K0JN
John Moulder K0XN
Fred K1ACL
Bill Dodge K1BD
Dave Hoaglin K1HT
Al Dilley K1KS
Lee Laird K1NT
Scott K1OA
Bill Yoreo K1WY
Bill Nettleton K2BX
Dick Sparling K2EY
Bob Handel K2FU
Bill Severn K2JGL
Larry Cohen K2KGB
Bob Karz K2OID
Warren Berbit K2UUV
Peter Sneed K2YSY
Harold Kopp K2YZO
James Mackey K3FN
Sid Shusterman K3SX
Steve Cutshall K3TZV
John Laney K4BAI
Ed Murray K4BVN
Bill McDowell K4CIA
John Bluford K4GN
Roy Blair K4HGX
Dick Jaeger K4IQJ
Jack Jordan K4JMN
Jeri O'Rourke K4MX
Ken Byers K4TEA
Mac Murray K4VNY
Larry Duncan K4WLS
Shelby Summerville K4WW
Don Hall K5AQ
Jim Lindley K5EWS
Dean Hamilton K5FDH
Joe Butler K5JB
Jan Carman K5MA
Glenn Haffly K5ZE
Mark Weiss K6FG
Dr. Jerry Griffin K6MD
Alan K6ACZ
Keith K6GXO
Mark Schreiber K6OWL
Al Burnham K6RIM
Ed Lutz K7DZ
Gary McClellan K7ZD
Carl Beduhn K8AV
Karl Gruber K8BCK
Jack Kesterson K8OLG
Leo Fry K8PYD
John Scott K8YC
Dick Williams K8ZTT
Roger Deicher K9EMG
Paul DeFelice K9NU
Dick Truax K9RT
Ron Van Diver K9UVK
Alan Kuffner KA3SHN
Jimmie Proctor KA4IZN
Dave Curran KB4ET
Fred Bauer KB5RHD
Don Cousins KB9JM
Ray Perkins KD2GC
S Dunn KD5ADC
Ed Magruder KE5K
Steven Adell KF2TI
George Gardner KG1V
Larry Frakes KG6EG
Mel Crighton KJ9C
Lynn Hammond KL7IKV
Peter Lycos KM8K
Chuck Lobb KN6H
Larry Kopriva KN6VF
Tony Llona KP4AZ
Joe Stepansky KQ3F
Charles Phillips KQ6NX
Ernie KS4Q
Ron Dohmen N0AT
Lanny Rathert N0JZ
Barry Mitchell N0KV
Tim Blank N0TB
John Moore N1FOJ
Bill Sexton N1IN
John Pritt N1JP
Brian Bayus N1KC
Amor Klotzbach N2FY
Frank Kisselbach N2PAQ
Steve Kurylko N2TN
Guy Brauning N3SCR
Ben Hutchinson N3UM
David Willenborg N3UX
Chester Hogue N3VA
Ron Brandon N4AH
James Boockholdt N4AL
Greg Wilson N4CC
David Blake N4DB
Paul Schrader N4XM
Terry Hines N4ZH
John N5CQ
George Hancock N5GH
Mark Brown N5NQ
Alan Clark N5PA
Tom Whiteside N5TW
Clifton Sikes N5UW
Norman Wilson N6JV
Larry Mallek N6YUI
Jerry Tastad N7JT
Patrick Hess N7NTN
Keith Kemper N8KOL
Lee Dziekan N8LJ
Marion Minamyer N8MOJ
Mark Schnabel N8MZ
Bill McConnell N9US
Britt Hay NA5S
Bill Rinker NE9Z
Paul NO8D
Heinz Blankenhagen NR0X
Bill Pfister NS1L
John Shafferman NW8U
Wolfgang Kager OE3OKS
Kalevi Aronen OH2BIJ
Martti Fagerman OH2KQ
Ossi Lehvas OH3YI
Theo Vanderydt ON4ATW
Danny Van Tricht ON4VT
Jose Luis Isola PY3JZ
Peter Sprengel PY5CC
Fred Suito Maior PY7ZZ
Magnus Wessenius SM0NJO
Jacek Jodkowski SP2IUA
Stawomir Naroznik SP7ITB
Rod Pawinski SP8GQU
Peter Mouzenidis SV1CIV
Ina Kitsou SV1EEV
Franco Capuano TG9NX
Reg Brearley VE2AYU
Jacques Rosaire VE2GHZ
Dave Lott VE3BHZ
Jim Dean VE3DRV
Jim Dean VE3IQ
Rod Elliott VE3IRF
Lin Titus VE9FX
Andy Hood VK2EAH
Philip Miller VK2FHN
Norman VK2ZXC
Jim Baxter VK3DQB
Dave Prictor VK3JMB
Mike George VK3JMG
Allan Greening VK3PA
Mick Pettiford VK4ZAA
Mike Bazley VK6HD
Bob Joy W0EAN
Ken Eigsti W0LSD
John Platt W0ZQ
Jim Buliszak W1DU
Jordan Koltz W1JK
Joe Reisert W1JR
Mike W1MU
Ed Meade W1OX
Charley Schwartz W1TE
Walt Key W2DES
Bob Habermehl W2KKZ
David Monfried W2PK
Allan Steinfeld W2TN
Chip Chipaloski W2XI
Dave Strout W2YC
Dick Maylott W2YE
Alfred Cammarata W3AWU
Carl Slutter W3BM / QRP
Mark Barket W3CK
Bob King W3GH
Len Bulgarelli W3IOP
Frank W3LPL
Doug Stark W3NO
Richard Thompson W3ODJ
Bruce Carpenter W3YVV
Stanley Stokes W4GF
Mark W4GP
Robert Morris W4MYA
Sam Leslie W4PK
Dr. Richard Brown W5AA
Bill Bell Jr W5JLT
Jim Bobo W5ODD
Pat Rose W5OZI
Dean Showalter W5PJR
Dave Paperman W5WP
Malcolm Keown W5XX
Robert Craft W6FAH
Allan Lorenzen W6MPY
Charles Epps W6OAT
Bud Veregge W6PBI
Joe Young W6RLL
Bill Gross W6WCW
Lyle Meek W6WF/5
Chuck Imsande W6YLJ
Russ Wicker W7AO
Dick Pooley W7HUY
Bob Check W8GC
Pat Welch W8LGJ
Richard W8PT
Bob Biss W8ZA
Leslie Raffel W9IM
Don Bergmark W9NGA
Bill Heizinger W9OL
Ken Chaffee WA1QXR
May Blakley WA1WHK
Doug Gehring WA2NPD
Al Belardia WA3GFM
Royce Goodwin WA4AFE
Charles Baisch WA4BIM
Roy Lincoln WA4DOU
Shep Faber WA4FLZ
Howard Townsend WA5MLT
Bill McFarlen WA5VGI
Steve Friedman WB2KHO
Frank WB3AVN
Steve Lawrence WB6RSE
Ray Campofiore WD1X
Bodie Bodensteiner WD5GJB
Steve Sears WE9A
Paul Rubinfeld WF5T
James Scott WK3N
Jeff Stai WK6I
Julio Medina WP4LNY
Alan Benoit WQ5W
Jim Burke WT4Q
B.E. Stewart ZL2RR
Bob Kirk ZL3RK
Cliff Gray ZL4AS

 

We are extremely grateful for your generous support.

Donations can be made to our QSL Manager.  Details on the QSL Info page.