On Monday 18th February 2002 we
were visited by Mark Haynes, M0DXR. Mark gave a presentation to the
club about the record-breaking D68C (Comoros) DXpedition which took
place in February 2001. This was organised by the Five Stars DXers
Association.
Club Chairman, George Gunn G8ACT greets Mark Haynes, M0DXR. (Photo
by M1GNB)
Mark is a previous winner of the RSGB/RA Young Amateur of the
Year award, and was also one of the operators of M2000A, on the air
for the millennium celebrations. It was here that Mark’s operating
skills were noticed and he was invited to be a member of the D68C
team. He was 17 at the time and was the youngest member of the
group.
Mark’s presentation consisted of two parts, with a short break in
between. Firstly we watched a slide show, with Mark describing the
objectives, the planning and the results of the DXpedition. After
the break we watched a video, filmed by Mark himself during the
trip.
D68C broke most DXpedition records and set many more, making over
168,000 QSO’s. Mark concluded by telling us about the DXpedition
that he was organising to the Maldives.
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