QSL Card From Navassa DXpedition

I’m Dave Barnhart, also known by my ham radio callsign, K7RPM.

I’ve been a ham radio operator since about 1979. I recently upgraded my license to the highest class amateur radio license: Amateur Extra Class. It was gratifying to know that my 60 year old brain could still learn highly-technical new material and pass a test on it.

DX means a station outside of the country where you are.  For some hams, ‘working DX’ is what they live for. For me it’s a more casual thing.  A DXpedition is a group of hams getting together and going to some remote spot, setting up a station, and operating.

Navassa Island is in the Caribbean and had not had a ham station for many years. During the two weeks that K1N was on the air from Navassa Island it was the most sought-after contact in the world.  EVERYBODY was trying to contact them.  Well, little old me with 100 watts of power and a wire antenna in the attic was able to do it. The other day I received a QSL card from them acknowledging the contact: