Several club members are "DXers" who enjoy making long distance two way radio contacts on the HF and VHF / UHF amateur bands.

Member interest in HF DXing primarily involves making contacts with stations in foreign countries in pursuit of the DXCC award and CQ zones in pursuit of the WAZ award .

A smaller number of members enjoy making long distance contacts on the VHF/UHF bands, without the help of satellite or repeaters, with stations in other grid locators , states and countries.

Member interest in chasing DX ranges from low band DXing on 160m, low power QRP DXing, high band HF DXing, multi-band DXing, DXing using CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31 modes, and 6 meter DXing.

Some of our members have become DX themselves, travelling abroad and making contacts from places like

• Africa (K4JLD from 6O6BW),

• Caribbean (W3HNK from PJ8AR, VP2VY, FG0AFC/FS7, VP2EY, PJ2/W3HNK, and VP5/W3HNK; K3NK from KP4/WB2FFY, VP5/K3NK, and PJ2/K3NK)

• Europe (K3NK from WB2FFY/I7 and I0/K3NK; W3HNK from HV0A)

• Pacific (K3NK from VK1FF, VI100GM, VI1HSK, AX1FF).

Others have been become DX by being a rover activing grids for VHF contests or setting up portable stations to activate counties (Fulton, Franklin, Cumberland, Bedford, etc) for the Pennsylvania QSO party.

There is wealth of DX experience and knowledge at the club. Several members are on the DXCC Honor Roll and many have achieved numerous operating accomplishments. Club members enjoy sharing stories about DXing and welcome other hams in the area with a similar interest in DXing to stop by for a visit.

There has been club interest in DXing for many years. Interest grew significantly in the early 90's under the encouragement of former club president KG0A(sk). However, by the mid-90's interest dropped off and remained low until around 2004. Since then interest in DXing from the club has been strong and the club has achieved a number of operating achievements. Increased interest in DXing and contesting over the past few years has resulted in several station improvements which has enhanced the club's ability to work stations around the world and compete in domestic/international contests.

The club has now worked over 300 DXCC entities. Below is a timeline illustrating the club's progress over the years (1954-2023).
323 Countries included deleted entities
316 Countries (on current DXCC list of 340 entities)

There are numerous web sites on the internet which contain information about DXing.   Many of the web pages include information on topics such as:

• Frequency Allocations & Band Plans
• International Callsign Prefix Allocations
• Operating Awards
• Phonetic Alphabet/Phrases
• ITU & CQ Zones (Zone Maps)
• GRID Squares
• HF Propagation & Sunspot Data
• NCDXF/IARU International Beacons
• QSL Cards, Bureaus, Managers, On-line Callbooks, Postage information, and LoTW (logbook of the world)
• Operating Advice, Operator Aids, CW Abbreviations, Modes, Split operation, "How to", "DX IS"
• Antennas, Beam Headings, Distance/Bearing
• DX Foundations/clubs
• DX Bulletins
• DXCC Countries
• Software for DXing, Contesting, General Operating, Logging, PileUp Training, and more
• Bootleggers, Pirates, and Slims
• DX Packet Clusters

Rather than replicate or link to all the web pages, which would be a lot of work, we have listed some popular web sites that have been recommended by our membership.   The web sites below cover many of the topics mentioned above and more.   If you have questions about any of these topics please ask other members of the club (many who have been licensed over 30-40 years) or contact the club via email.