At the meeting of the Lothians Radio Society on 9th May 2012, well-known Scottish DXer Chris Tran ZL1CT / GM3WOJ described his single-operator DXpedition to the island of Niue (OC-040) in the South Pacific from 21st October to 20th December 2011. Using the callsign ZK2V Chris made 35,686 QSOs from this rare DX entity. For more information go to:http://www.zk2v.com/
Attendees at the talk included Vic JA1VQ (welcome back, Vic!) and Roy WA2JLW/4 from North Carolina, visiting Alan GM3PSP.
Photos by Peter Dick GM4DTH and GM3WOJ / ZL1CT.
LRS President Pete Bates GM4BYF introduced speaker Chris Tran GM3WOJ / ZL1CT.
Location of Nieu Island in the South Pacific Ocean.
A tropical paradise!
Ocean view.
The ZK2V DXpedition QTH in Nieu was right beside this beautiful Tree of Heaven.
Chris's operating position.
Chris ZK2V (R) with Keith GM4YXI / ZK2X who joined him for the first 2 weeks of the 8-week trip and provided many vital resources for the DXpedition.
Vic JA1VQ with Chris GM3WOJ after his LRS talk
After his talk Chris was presented with this giant naan by Colin Wright GM4HWO during dinner at the Himalaya restaurant.