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-----Original Message-----
> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:47:43 +0200
> Subject: [The Weekly DX] Four Amateur Radio Contesters Killed in Plane
> Crash
> From: "Bernie McClenny, W3UR" <bernie@dailydx.com>
> To: "The Daily DX mailing list" <dailydx@kkn.net>, "Weekly DX mailing
> List" <weeklydx@kkn.net>

>
> By now many of you have probably heard the tragic news of the four
> C6APR team members dying in a plane crash early Wednesday morning as
> they were headed to Crooked Island, Bahamas.
>
> On board the twin-engine Piper PA-23 were pilot W2GJ/C6APR (ex WN3TXL,
> W3TXL, W2DIQ), Peter Radding, of North Charleston, SC, K3IXD/C6AXD,
> Edwin F.
> Steeble, of Summerville, SC, K4QO/C6AQO, James R. Hargenrader, of
> Summerville, SC, and W3PP (ex K3WUW), E. Dallas Carter, of Laurel, DE.
> Three of the team (W2GJ, K3IXD and W3PP) were members of the Potomac
> Valley Radio Club.  They departed early yesterday morning and were
> headed to Crooked Island, Bahamas via Fort Pierce, FL.  The plane
> crash took place just after they cleared the runway at the
> Summerville, SC airport.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of
> the families and friends of the C6APR crew.
>
>
>
>
> Bernie McClenny, W3UR

 

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Crooked Island (NA-113), Bird Rock Light House ARLHS BAH-005

DXpeditions (IOTA and CQ WW SSB contests)

22 to 26 Oct. 2009:

23 to 27 July 2009 ;

23 to 27 Oct. 2008 ;

25 to 28 July 2008 ;

27 to 28 Oct. 2007:

27 to 30 July 2007 ;

 28 to 31 Oct. 2006;

 27 to 31 July, 2006.

The following are articles about the trips, QSLing, 6m opening from C6, and the antennas.

C6APR 2006 IOTA Contest: Crooked Island (NA113)
and Bird Rock Lighthouse (BAH005), Bahamas",
by Pete Radding, W2GJ; Randy Hargenrader, K4QO;
and Ed Steeble, K3IXD, NCJ, March/April 2007, page 5-6.

"A First-Time DX QSL Manager", by Ed Steeble, K3IXD,
CQ, August 2007, page 13-16.

A note published in CQ's VHF Plus Column, October 2007, Page 93,
"C6AQO 6-Meter Operation from the Southern Bahamas",
by Randy Hargenrader, K4QO/C6AQO.

"Steps to a Mini DXpedition", by Ed Steeble, K3IXD/C6AXD,
World Radio, February 2008, page 6-8.
 
"Vertical Array Solutions for Expeditions",
by E. Dallas Carter, W3PP, NCJ, January/February 2009, p10-15.

"Assault on C6 ~ Crooked Island in the Bahamas",
by Robert J. Biss, W8ZA, WorldRadio Online,
April 2009, page 9-12.
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/wr_back_issues.html

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