43DA180 Peter

The most recent addition to the Oceanic ranks of the Dx Adventure Radio Club is one of Australia’s most professional and successful operators, 43DA180 Peter.  Previously recognised as 43AT265 (as well as 43LT180, 43TR402 and 43SA180 respectively), Peter is a skilled DXpeditioner having effected the first ever islands on the air (IOTA) activation of North Stradbroke Island (OC-137) (Pictured left) in the Queensland State (South Coast) South group for the Alfa Tango club a few years ago.

These days, with almost 200 DXCC to his name and countless more confirmed IOTA contacts to his credit, Peter also lays claim to being one of the most capped DX Hunters in 43 Division, an accomplishment which sets him in the topmost stratum of DX Hunters in the Southern Hemisphere.

As you would imagine, 43DA180 Peter applies this same intense appetite for DX in some of the world’s premier Freeband events, being one of the stand out performers in this year’s Oceania Contest and a high achiever in previous AT events.

Outside of the radio communications hobby, Peter likes to escape to the tranquil bush or coastal island settings to pitch a tent and camp for extended periods in the hot Queensland sun.  He also enjoys the thrill of fishing for yellow belly, murray river cod and catfish, as well as hunting on his home turf near St George’s Balonne River (Pictured Right), 500 km west of Brisbane – a region renowned for its wild game harvesting, cotton, grain crops and beef cattle farming.  Here the smogless skies, too, are an astronomer’s dream, particularly from the rural region’s hilltops in the Balonne Shire where Peter also likes to escape for some portable DX work.

On behalf of everyone involved with the Dx Adventure Radio Club, welcome to the DA-RC Team, Peter.  We trust you will feel at home in your new group and delight in sharing the adrenalin rush of dx adventure with us in the years to come.