A HUGE thanks to ICOM America for donating a IC-7300 for our raffle this year!  Thanks Ray Novak and ICOM America for committing and supporting to youth involvement in Amateur Radio.

Dave Kalter KB8OCP is a long time friend of Don DuBon N6JRL and fellow contester and DX’er. Dave has been on the CQWW SSB contest team at TI5N since 2008. Dave is also a founder of the YDXA (Youth DX Adventure) an organization that sends young hams age 12-17 with a parent to Costa Rica during the summer to operate as DX. Dave is the past vice president of the Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) and an active member in DARA and Hamvention. Dave likes RTTY and PSK and CW we have seen him maintain a rate of 275 Q’s per hour in the CQWW SSB contest. An inspiration to all hams of all ages. Dave became a silent key on November 18th 2013 at his home with his family at his side. Dave is survived by his brother Michael W8CI, former General Chairman of the Dayton Hamvention and past president of DARA Dave is also survived by his father Jack ,sister Patty and his beloved soul mate Lynn. (Picture at TI5N in Costa Rica Oct. 2012 working the CQWWSSB contest) Photo by N6JRL

 Unfortunately our 2020 trip to Curacao has fallen victim to the covid-19 virus.  It was set for July 11-17, 2020.  Conditions and restrictions on the island remain locked down and we anticipate they will not change in time to finalize our trip.  We are very disappointed but understand.  The group wishes the best for the people of Curacao and pray for their health and safety.

We are extremely grateful for the generosity of the CCC in hosting us again on short notice and rescuing our 2020 event.  Our best wishes for the group as they deal with the issues in keeping the site up during these times.  Especially the loss of PJ2T during all the contests!  Of course several of the contests have eliminated the multi-multi categories.  Maybe we will see them on the bands as a remotely operated station.

We plan to extend the 2020 team to our 2021 trip as long as the individuals are still available.

Below is information about the 2019 event.

BOOM!!!! They just passed last years record number of QSO's.  Set a new one at 6,569.

We received the printed qsl cards and have sent out all the requests that we had on hand as of October 1, 2019.  See PJ2Y qsl page for instructions on how to obtain one.

We are on the air!  Working on several bands. Conditions from 11am-2pm each day are not good but we are trying to pull you out. Ops may be sporadic daily during these times as we may use the bad times to take road trips.


Check spotting sites often and we may post frequencies currently being used.