“Unblemish’d let me live or die unknown; Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none!”
—ALEXANDER POPE
This month we honor a new member to DX-dom’s most prestigious group, the DX Hall of Fame. This man is probably the least publicized major DX figure in the United States. Although he played a prominent role in the organization and operation of seven major DXpeditions during the past 12 years, his name is relatively unknown except among the people most knowledgeable in DX affairs.
His initial effort was the first DXpedition in history to Navassa Island, the KC4AF operation, in March, 1958 when he was W8DJN. What a way to begin! Also in this group effort were Don Chesser, W4KVX, then DX Editor of CQ; Jake Schott, W8FGX, now police chief of Cincinnati, Ohio; and other members of the Ohio Valley Radio Association.
Navassa was pretty hard to.top, but for an encore he made an important contribution as an operator on the first DXpedition to Malpelo in March, 1961, when he, W6HAW, W9EVI, and W0NWX were guests of the Liga Columbiana Radio Aficionados. In 1962 he conceived and organized two DXpeditions by the Florida DX Club gang to Bajo Nuevo (HK0AB) and Serrana Bank (KS4BF).
For three years this man rested from firsthand participation in DXpeditions, but came out of retirement in 1965 to make a major contribution to the organization,
