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JW0X/JW100QO.  AN UNFORGETTABLE DXPEDITION IN THE ARCTIC.   DURING A
MEMORABLE HAM RADIO ADVENTURE IN SVALBARD, THIS DX CREW MADE MORE THAN
32,000 CONTACTS, ONE OF WHICH BEING THE FIRST EVER FROM THE QO 100
SATELLITE.  ISFJORD RADIO IN KAPP LINNE, WHERE THE TEAM STAYED DURING THE QO
100 DXPEDITION, IS NO LONGER ACTIVE, BUT THE MASTS AND LARGE SATELLITE
ANTENNAS ARE STILL THERE.  AFTER NEARLY 16 MONTHS OF HARD WORK AND PLANNING,
THE DX ADVENTURE TEAM WAS READY TO HEAD TO SVALBARD FOR THE JW0˜X/JW100QO
DXPEDITION ON APRIL 19 TO 26, 2022.  THE FIRST PART OF OUR DXPEDITION
INCLUDED OPERATING AS JW0˜X FROM LONGYEARBYEN.  THEN, A HANDFUL OF TEAM
MEMBERS WERE SET TO TRAVEL TO KAPP LINNE FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE
OPERATION TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE FIRST EVER CONTACT FROM SVALBARD WITH THE
QO 100 SATELLITE.   OUR TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDED, ME, ERIK DE MEY, ON4ANN,
JELMER VOS, DJ5MO, WILLY GHYSENS, ON2BDJ, CARLO HOUBEN, ON4BR, CEDRIC
BAELEMANS, ON4CKM, PATRICK BLANCQUAERT, ON4DCU, ANDRE JOOS, ON4DTO, ERIK
CRABBE, ON4EC, PASCAL LIERMAN, ON5RA, MARC COSEMANS, ON6CC, FRANKY
BEUSELINCK, ON7RU, FRANCIS BALCAEN, ON8AZ, MARC CELIS, ON8AK, AND MIKE VAN
HOORICKX, ON2MVH, WHO JOINED THE TEAM AT THE LAST MINUTE TO REPLACE MARC
WULLAERT, ON4MA, BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.  JWØX OPERATIONS.  OUR
ADVENTURE STARTED ON APRIL 17, 2022, WHEN WE, AND ALL OF OUR HAM RADIO
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