Our regular meetings are at the Southbridge Church, 15500 S. 73rd Ave. in Orland Park. Our next meeting* is scheduled for January 17, 2025 @ 7:30PM.

Winterfest 2025

January 17, 2025 - 7PM

Papa Joe's 14459 S. La Grange Road - Orland Park, IL 60462

Our meetings are normally held at 7:30 P.M. on the third Friday of each month. We also have an informal dinner gathering before our meetings at Bailey's in Tinley Park starting around 5PM.

For those who are members, joining via Zoom, please check out our Groups.io list. If you want our Zoom link, email CJ - WT2P at contests AT metrodxclub DOT com

Past ZOOM meetings are being graciously recorded by K9EL. Here is the link to the recordings: http://www.k9el.com/MetroDX/Meetings.htm

The Metro DX Club is proud to use the callsign W9TY that originally belonged to one of our members, Mr. Bill DeGeer, for the Bill DeGeer Memorial Station. Our club was founded in 1979 and has seen many changes over the years. One thing, however, has remained constant - our love of DX.

The Metro DX Club is an ARRL Affiliated club. All are welcome to join us at one of our regular meetings. Come enjoy the DX discussion, the program, and the refreshments!!

Our meetings are held at 7:30 P.M. normally on the third Friday of each month at the Southbridge Church, 15500 S. 73rd Ave. in Orland Park, IL. 

All are invited to become a club member! Annual dues are only $15.00. You can pay by check or PayPal to w9ty@arrl.net  if you wish. https://www.paypal.com

Becoming a member of our club is EASY!

A membership application can be printed and mailed to our address below.

Winter Fest Wrap Up 2024

The Club held its our annual Winterfest on Friday, January 19, 2024 at Papa Joe's restaurant in Orland Park. We had a nice turnout with 25 Metro members and guests attending. We were able to use their banquet room which allowed for more privacy and room to move around. 

Our new president, Patrick W9PDS passed out free door prize tickets and offered tickets to those interested in our 50-50 raffle. We had lots of nice door prizes. Our grand prizes included a UR5CDX paddle or similar valued up tp $150, a 2 meter handheld, and an ARRL Antenna Handbook. We sat down for a nice meal. There was more time later to mingle with everyone attending. It seemed like everyone had a good time.

We would like to thank our prize donors including Metro DX Club, K9LA, our ARRL Central Division director,  DX Engineering,  MFJ Enterprises,  KB3IFH QSL's, Andriy W9KM donating tool kits, Tony Martinez donating a new handheld and Laura making up gift bags for the ladies. Everyone won something. A beautiful plaque was presented to our outgoing president Jim N9TK for his many years of service and dedication to the Club.

A photo was also taken of the ILQP Club plaque Metro won again this year (3 in a row). Pictured are those attending Winterfest that participated.

We hope to see everyone again at 2025 WINTERFEST.

Lee WA9LEY