The 1999 Hillview Gardens Borneo DXpedition

Meet our team!

Bob as N2OO/KH9

Bob Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO is our DXpedition leader!

Bob has been going on DXpeditions for over 20 years now! Past DXpeditions/teams/calls: VS6AK, 1S1DX team, VS5OO, 9M6MU, KP2A/D, KP2A/KP1, N2OO/SV5, N2OO/SV1, 9M6OO, XX9OO, SV5/N2OO, SX5AA, V85OM, V85OO, VS6/N2OO, N2OO/NA111, N2OO/NA139, KP2/N2OO, 9M6HIL, 9M6OO/Spratly, N2OO/KH9. Bob is also a fairly busy QSL manager handling over 50 different calls. See Bob's DXpedition History page! Bob is the leader of this DXpedition, and will be a full time participant.

Jani Kusmulyana, YB0US/NM6US is our Hardware Engineer!

Jani's first DXpedition was the 9M6HIL + 9M6OO Spratly DXpedition in 1997. Since then, the bug bit hard as Jani has become a regular fixture at Hillview Gardens 9M6AAC. He has also found time to operate as 3W6US, XV300S, XU7AAP, 9M6US/0 & YB0US/p. Jani will be a full time participant on this DXpedition.

Jani as XU7AAP

Mike as N6MZ/KH9

Mike Mraz, N6MZ is a team member!

Mike has been on several recent "Big DXpeditions" and loves CW and the low bands. Past DXpeditions include SV5/N6MZ, VK0IR, ZK1XXP, N6MZ/KH9. Mike will be with the team for the first 9M6AAC activity, the 9M6OO/Spratly operation, and some of the V8 activity as well.

Tom Harrell, N4XP is a team member!

Tom's past activities include AL7EL, AL7EL/KH9, V7/AL7EL, ZK1XXP, K8XP/KH9, K8XP/SM, V7/AL7EL, N4XP/V7, ON9CXP, MW/N4XP, 2C/N4XP. Ex-W8FCI, K4TSJ, K8XP, AL7EL. Tom is a Co-Founder of the Dateline DX Association. Also handles QSL's for ZK1XXP, AL7EL/KH8, K8XP/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, N2OO/KH9, N2WB/KH9, V7/AL7EL, N4XP/V7, ZS6P, 9Q5NW and TN4NW. Tom will be with us for the first 9M6AAC activity, the 9M6OO/Spratly operation, and some of the V8 activity as well.

Tom as K8XP/KH9

Paul, N4PN

Paul Newberry, N4PN is a team member!

Paul is a contest veteran going back many years! Previous calls include: W4YWX, OD5CI, VP4WN, PJ9PN, ZF1PN, VS6TA, J87A, J34PN, P40N, VP2KAA, V47KAA Operator at: PJ9GIW, PJ2CC, VP2KC, PJ0CW. Paul was the full time official scorer for the Atlanta Braves baseball team through 1995! He continues to do this today, although only on a part time basis. Paul will be a full time participant on this DXpedition!

Bill Beyer, N2WB is a team member!

Bill has been on several recent " DXpeditions" and loves DX and the low bands. Past DXpeditions /teams/calls: include KG4WB, N2WB/KP2, N2WB/KH9, J68WB, N2WB/p, WA2JXK, WD4GDZ, IOTA W4A NA-058. Bill will be joining us for the first 9M6AAC activity as well as the 9M6OO/Spratly operation.

Bill as N2WB/KH9

Jim, K8MR

Jim Stahl, K8MR is a team member!

Jim is an active contester on 1.8 through 432 MHz. This is his first DX side effort in many years, as his vacation traveling has been with his wife and daughters. Prior to raising a family, he had operated DX contests in the late 70's and early 80's from VP2E, VP2EU, VP5MRX, GW3RRS, EI9CB, and KH6DW.Jim will be joining us for the V8 activity and the second 9M6AAC activity, including the CQWW-CW contest.

Peter Bowyer, G4MJS is a team member!
Peter is a newcomer to the DX side of DX-peditions and contests, but has been active for many years in contests from nearer home, recently with the DeMontfort University ARS (G3SDC, M6A, M7A, M8A, M2A) and the Blacksheep Contest Group (M0BAA, MX0BAA), who do VHF contests from strange places in the UK. Peter has served on the RSGB contest committee, and for a short time was RadCom contest columnist. Peter will be joining us for the second 9M6AAC activity, including the CQWW-CW contest.

Peter at M7A

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