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Roger Western, G3SXW – Team Co-leader. Roger was licensed in 1964. He is a member of both the DX and Contest CQ Halls of Fame. Roger is also a CQWW Committee Advisor. His main interests are DXpeditioning where he has operated from 75 countries to date. His role on the VooDoo team is logistics and diplomacy.
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Mike Fulcher, KC7V – Team Co-Leader. Founding member of the VooDoo Contest Group. Licensed in 1972, Mike has visited 56 DXCC entities and has operated from 35 entities and 21 zones. His interests include DXing, contesting and operating EME. Mike is a member and twice past-President of the Central AZ DX Association (CADXA) and is a member of FOC. His primary role with the VooDoo team is antenna building and erection. |
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Fred Handscombe, G4BWP – Fred, born in 1957, was first licensed 1973. He joined VooDudes in 1998. His main skills are: shouting loudly during antenna work, tying ropes, lifting heavy things, organizing lunch, and maintaining a sense of humor at all times. His other skills include: fixing amplifiers, running rate, and speaking French.
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Vince Thompson, K5VT – Vince is a core member of the VooDoo Contest Group. He has traveled extensively through Africa (as well as the rest of the world) and has operated from many African nations while practicing in-country as a surgeon for the World Health Organization. He has been the primary CW operator at many DXpeditions to new DXCC entities, such as Ducie Island, VP6DI ,in 2002. His primary role on the VooDoo team is tactics and coaching.
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John Warburton, G4IRN – John was licensed in 1979 at age 15. His interests are HF DXing, DXpeditioning, and contesting, mainly on CW. John is a regular member of the RSGB’s contest team GB7HQ during the annual HF Championships. Having done a number of solo DXpeditions over the past few years, John joined the VooDoo Contest Group in 2005 at TZ5A. His primary role on the team is to manage the computers, logging software and the network.
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Don Field, G3XTT – Don gained his UK amateur radio licence in 1968, and also holds the US callsign NK1G. Over the years he has operated from a number of DXCC entities including: D6 G GJ GM GU GW HB HB0 HC8 KL7 LX TF V5 VP9 W XT ZS ZS9 4U1ITU 3B7 3B9 5U 9G 9M6 and 9M0. These included participation in major DXpeditions ZS9Z, V51Z, 3B7C, 3B9C, 9M0C and D68C plus small, holiday operations and a number of single- and multi-op contest expeditions. Previous Voodoo contest operations include 9G5AA, XT2DX and 5U5Z. Member of RSGB, ARRL, Chiltern DX Club, Reading & District Amateur Radio Club. HF columnist for RadCom (RSGB magazine). Manager of IOTA Contest.
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Rob Ferguson, GM3YTS – Rob was licensed in 1969 and has been travelling with The Voodoo Contest Group since 1991. He is currently Chairman of the GMDX Group. His interests are HF, CW , DX. and Contesting. His current Voodoo role is antenna building, pulling and holding ropes and being shouted at by Fred!
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Ned Stearns, AA7A – Ned was licensed in 1963. He is the former ARRL Vice Director for the Southwestern Division and the former Chairman of the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee. Ned is a member and twice past-President of the CADXA. This will be his fourth venture with the VooDoo Contest Group to West Africa and is still the rookie. His role on the VooDoo team is station design and integration. In past trips to West Africa, he and Mike, KC7V, operated a 2m EME station, signing TZ6NS and 3X5A, providing some rare DX for all of the deserving in the VHF community.
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Dick Norton, N6AA
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