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Who are the VHF Pirates?

2016 Jamaica

Ned Stearns, AA7A

Ned Stearns, AA7A. Ned is a member of the VooDoo Contest Group and has organized Contest DXpeditions to Africa and Asia over the past 11 years. He recently participated in the wildly successful VP8STI/VP8SGI DXpeditions to the South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands. He has also operated on three previous 2m EME DXpeditions...TZ6NS in 2006, 3X5A in 2007 and C6ANS in 2015. He was also responsible for several highly successful 6m operations from 3B9R in 1999 and K5K (Kingman Reef) in 2000. He designed and built the highly portable 2m EME system to be used on this DXpedition as well as on future trips to other Caribbean Islands.

Kenneth Silverman

Kenneth Silverman, K2KW.  Kenny is an avid contester and CW lover.  He's a co-Founder of Team Vertical which set many world records in CQWWCW and WPXCW.  Overseas operations:  KP2A/KP5, HL9CW, VU, ZK1, 3D2, KH6, KH0, XE, C6 (5 times), 6Y (12 times), PJ6 (Saba), YV (10 times), CT, EA, ON, PA, and DL.  Kenny has traveled to or lived in 35 DXCC entities on 6 continents

Bud Semon, K7CW

Bud Semon, N7CW.  Bud is a member of the Voodoo Contest Group, the Arizona Outlaws Contest Group, the Central Arizona DX Association and the San Diego DX Club.  He has operated with the Voodudes from 9L, EL and 9K.  He has also operated from T31, OA, ZF, V2, KP4 and other less exotic places.  He is an experienced 6 M operator, needing only 16 grids to finish FFMA and having confirmed 650 grids overall (remember this is from Arizona!)

Jim Worsham, W4KXY

Jim Worsham, W4KXY.  Jim is an avid contester, VHFer, and an absolute wizard with connectors.  He activated C6AKX last year as a VHF Pirate.

Terry Baxter, N6CW

Terry Baxter, N6CW (ex KN6SDR/K6SDR).  Terry's main interests are contesting and DX (369 worked). He has operated from KA2KS, KG6AAY, KV4IJ, KV4JV, VP2VCW (15 times), VP2ECW (4 times), KP2A, KP2A/KP1, XE2GDK, XE2/N6CW, TI1C, PT5A, VK9LI, KH7X, IT9, ZF2BU, ZF1A and others. VHF accomplishments include 50MHz DXCC/692 grids and 144 MHz (42 countries worked) /289 grids.

Larry Loen, WO7R

Larry Loen, WO7R.  Larry has DXpeditioned all over the Caribbean.  He has activated Aruba, P40LL, Bonaire (PJ4/WO0Z, twice), Belize (V31LL, twice), and C6AWO as a VHF Pirate.


2015 Eleuthera, Bahamas


Ned Stearns, AA7A

Ned Stearns, AA7A. Ned is a member of the VooDoo Contest Group and has organized Contest DXpeditions to Africa and Asia over the past 11 years. He recently participated in the wildly successful VP8STI/VP8SGI DXpeditions to the South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands. He has also operated on three previous 2m EME DXpeditions...TZ6NS in 2006, 3X5A in 2007 and C6ANS in 2015. He was also responsible for several highly successful 6m operations from 3B9R in 1999 and K5K (Kingman Reef) in 2000. He designed and built the highly portable 2m EME system to be used on this DXpedition as well as on future trips to other Caribbean Islands.

Kenneth Silverman, K2KW

Kenneth Silverman, K2KW.  Kenny is an avid contester and CW lover.  He's a co-Founder of Team Vertical which set many world records in CQWWCW and WPXCW.  Overseas operations:  KP2A/KP5, HL9CW, VU, ZK1, 3D2, KH6, KH0, XE, C6 (5 times), 6Y (12 times), PJ6 (Saba), YV (10 times), CT, EA, ON, PA, and DL.  Kenny has traveled to or lived in 35 DXCC entities on 6 continents

Jim Worsham, W4KXY

Jim Worsham, W4KXY.  Jim is an avid contester, VHFer, and an absolute wizard with connectors.  He activated C6AKX last year as a VHF Pirate.

Larry Loen, WO7R

Larry Loen, WO7R.  Larry has DXpeditioned all over the Carribean.  He has activated Aruba, P40LL, Bonaire (PJ4/WO0Z, twice), Belize (V31LL, twice), and C6AWO as a VHF Pirate.