In memory of Greene County Ohio Sheriff Gene
Fischer KX8GCS SK
Gene was dedicated to
spreading amatuer radio especially to youth. He was
instrumental in starting the 4H amateur radio program at
Greene County Fairgrounds. Also, he was a strong backer of
our YDXA efforts and we talked often to him about Youth
involvement. Gene became a SK suddenly. We miss him and his
drive to facilitate growth in the Amatuer Community.
Hosts
Geoff Howard W0CG
Uli Thielke
First licensed in 1963 at
age 13 in Wheeling, West Virginia, as WN8KUW. College,
military service, and many family moves netted other
calls: WA3ILB, then WA1LHC. I selected W0CG in 1976 while
living in Kansas in the Air Force. During a period living
on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in 2000, I was assigned
KP2F.
I retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a Colonel
(Civil Engineering) in 2002, and from my "day job" in 2004
as Professor of Information Systems, Graduate School of
Management, Kent State University. I also spent about 15
years in industry and government as an EE and systems
analyst, with employers including the FAA, Allegheny
Ludlum Steel, the RCA Aerospace Systems Division, and an
administrative position at Youngstown State University.
I hold the callsign PJ2DX, am a legal resident of Curacao,
and spend as much time as possible living in down there in
the tropics, where it is 85 degrees and sunny 365 days a
year.
Uli
was first licensed 1984. He's a software engineer
and travels around the world for his job and
hobby. In Germany he has build the contest station
DA2C together with his friend DK3DM.
Uli has been to 3D2, 9M6, CT3, EX, J3, J7, OJ0,
T2, V2, ZA mostly for contests. He is member of
the CCC since 2013 and had visit PJ2T 6 times.
A huge thanks to Uli who is doing this for three
years! Also for stepping up to this year's
challenges.
2022 Team Leaders
Jim Storms AB8YK
Don DuBon N6JRL
Ron Doyle N8VAR
Jim is a retired IT professional and is a
member of Dayton Amateur Radio Association, the Huber
Height Amateur Radio Club VE team and was 2014-2015
President of Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA). He
has served as President of the Huber Heights Amateur Radio
club and Vice-President of Dayton Amateur Radio
Association. Currently is Dayton Hamvention Assistant
General Chair. Jim is a frequent member of the TI5N CQWW
contest team and supports the YXDA website. He enjoys
contesting, participating in field Day, Ohio QSO Party,
CQWW WPX along with other QSO contests, assisting in
public service events and DX’ing. Jim has been
co-leader on most of the Youth DX Adventures and leader of
this and several year's trip.
Jim also participates in Boy Scout activities including
the Radio Merit Badge. He was also a member of the
2010 BSA National Jamboree K2BSA team and is a member of
the K2BSA club.
Don was first
licensed as WN6LQM in 1963. He has been to J6, VP2,
TI5N and most notably 3Y0X in 2006. A DX’er and contester
Don is a retired Marine and enjoys aeronautical mobile
when he is flying as a private pilot.
Ron
is a retired Database Guru and a member of Dayton
Amateur Radio Association and the Huber Heights
Amateur Radio Club VE team.He
has been a ham for 30 years. Ron has served 50 years
in Scouting and has attended 5 National Jamborees on
the K2BSA staff. Ron checks into multiple ARES
voice/digital nets and Winlink nets weekly to keep
up on his Emergency and Digital communications
skills.
2022 Team
•
Logan was born in 2003 and currently attends Doherty High
School in Colorado Springs, CO.
• He holds an Extra Class Amateur radio
license in February of 2019. He achieved his Tech
license in 2017.
• Logan has been a mentor to his friend
Sam who now holds a Technical License, plus several others
in the church and the neighborhood who are working towards
their ham licenses or have also passed their Technical
tests. Logan never fails to encourage others to get
involved with radio, including teaching classes on the
subject to youth groups at church.
• His main interest is electronic
applications. Logan’s future plans include becoming
an electrical engineer.
• Logan currently has straight A’s in
his high school class work.
•
Doug is a retired computer programmer and a former
communications officer in the US Marine Corps.
• Doug is a Vietnam veteran.
• He is also a black belt in Tae Kwon
Do.
• Doug was born in 1946.
Brennan Long - K6BFL
Melissa Long - KE0LJE
Brennan is 17 years old and holds the extra class
license, having been first licensed in 2016. He is an
active DXer and contester. He has worked 217 DXCC
entities from stations all around the United States
and operates as 9A/K6BFL remotely in a station located in
Croatia. He loves to contest and has taken part in K0RF CW
contest, WW1X SSB contest, and many more. Brennan loves
all modes but mainly uses CW or SSB. Other than ham radio,
he loves to fly drones and go up to the mountains. He
is excited for the opportunity to operate from
Curacao.
Melissa
holds the extra class license having been licensed since
2016. She majored in law and became a lawyer and a
journalist. She enjoys photography and loves the
beaches and swimming. She is currently
working as a lawyer in a local parks and recreation
center. She is the mother of twin boys, K6BFL and KE0LJF.
Candace Scott - KE8MMS
Terry Scott - NV8E
I was born in 2002
and first became licensed in June of 2019. I then
upgraded my license to general in June of 2021. I
participate on a weekly net and I’m part of the Dayton
Amateur Radio Association. I currently attend Miami
University studying Mechanical Engineering and Small
Business Management. My grandparents and father got me
into the hobby, and it has grown ever since. I love
talking on the radio and I love learning!
Terry was first licensed in August
1985 as a Novice with the call sign KA8YAX.In November
1986 he upgraded to Extra with the call sign of NV8E.Terry is a
retired Tool & Die engineer.He is a member
of Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) and long time
volunteer at Dayton Hamvention in various positions.He is also a
member of Mound Amateur Radio Association in Miamisburg
OH, where he resides with his wife Susan, KD8FIZ.They enjoy
camping and talking on the ham radio.
TJ Hardin - KO4FFA
Tom Hardin - KO4HKC
TJ is a highly motivated general class amateur radio
operator. Having only been licensed since 2020, TJ enjoys
learning new things about amateur radio. He enjoys
contesting and chasing DX as well as activating parks on
the air. He has previously worked with the ARC of Columbia
County which he is a member of, in their youth outreach
program in preparations for the Savannah River Academy’s
ARISS contact in December of 2021. He plans to go to
college for mechanical engineering having a passion for
making things. He currently runs a small business selling
custom-designed end-fed antennas at local swap meets. TJ
enjoys 3D printing and server/network management outside
of amateur radio.
Thomas
is a freelance fire sprinkler design engineer. He was
first introduced to the hobby by his son TJ (KO4FFA) in
2020 receiving both his tech and general class license in
one go, using amateur radio to bond with his son. He
enjoys digital mode and remote operation. He is currently
a member of the Amateur Radio Club of Columbia County.