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For this month’s DX column, I’ve asked Gary Dixon, K4MQG, and a couple of friends to introduce us to one of the premier DX clubs in the eastern US, the Carolina DX Association. – N2OO

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, a large number of DXers in North and South Carolina were very active on the bands. Many of them chatted and exchanged DX info on a 2-meter repeater in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The repeater was located on top of a multi-story hotel right on the state line. The Internet was not invented or

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