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Hello and welcome to episode 70 of The DX Mentor –a discussion with Tom, NY0V. I’m Bill, AJ8B.

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Our guests today are Tom, NY0V, and Joe,W8GEX. Tom & Joe are experienced, passionate DXers and the conversation should be lively and informative. 

Tom was first licensed at age14 in 1967 from Champaign, Illinois.

"Through the years I have been licensed WA9YZN, WB0OKQ, G0WVI, and NY0V. I currently operate as NY0V here in Chatfield, MN. (EN33, Fillmore County)

DXpeditions to-date include T30CXX (x2) and T32CXX. I also operated in a M/S contest operation as VP5S in the 2013 ARRL DX CW. In March 2022 I operated from Namibia as V5/NY0V.

Hobby interests include chasing DX, contests, operating CW and playing with antennas. "

Tom is also the stateside QSL manager for V51MA.

With all of these accomplishments, you would think that would consume us for the entirety of our discussion. No sir! Tom spent significant time in the South Pacific, in 19,000 feet of water, looking for..

Well, it is better to hear it from him!

Resources mentioned include:

https://pages.jh.edu/jhumag/0602web/amelia.html 

https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/NY0V 
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47623025  

https://www.arrl.org/news/short-wave-radio-reports-may-offer-best-evidence-of-amelia-earhart-s-fate  

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1937/07/06/Amateur-picks-up-message-from-Earhart/3431821501408/  

https://nauticos.com/ 

https://nauticos.com/never-forgotten/the-deep-sea-quest-for-amelia-earhart-never-forgotten-book-ii/ 

Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org

Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/

DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/

Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/

IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/

IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/

IC-7300

https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/