[bars] Fwd: Tom Harrel BIO

[Douglas Bruce]

Hello Members,

Here is additional bio information on Tom Harrell our presenter on August 6.

73,
Doug
N1WRN

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From: N4XP <n4xp at n4xp.net>
Date: Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Subject: Tom Harrel BIO
To: Douglas Bruce <dougbrucen1wrn at gmail.com>
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*    Dayton  -  2009              North Cook Atoll – 1997
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          *Tom Harrell  -  N4XP*



Tom, born and raised in Norfolk, VA, was first licensed at age 15 as
KN4TSJ.  As he progressed through the amateur ranks he was active in all
the usual ham activities such as AREC, traffic, etc..  At the same time he
worked DX when he could with limited antennas and equipment.  By the
mid-60s he found more satisfaction in DXing and eventually put most of his
time and effort into DX.



Tom pursued DX all during his early years and by the early 70s had obtained
his General and Advanced level license thus giving him more privileges and
at the same time increasing his country totals to over 200 worked.  By now
he was also gainfully employed and had a family.



In 1981, with a lifelong dream of living in Alaska, he was selected for a
position in Alaska and the family moved North to the  interior of Alaska
and AL7EL was born!  For two years he operated as AL7EL and experienced DX
from the other side which provided experience only gained from “being DX”.
At the conclusion of his tour, he returned to the lower 48 and continued
his career in Maryland, Georgia and New York. In 1996 he retired and
established his residence in Northeast Georgia and remains there to this
day. When he retired he established a consulting firm providing services to
the US Army worldwide.



Tom has visited 46 countries with radio operations from 24 of those.  He
currently holds ARRL DXCC Honor Roll No. 1 with a country count of 367/340;
9-band DXCC; 5-band Worked all Zones and numerous other DXCC achievements.
In 2009 Tom was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame.



Among the many countries visited and/or operated from, Tom has participated
in DXpeditions to rare places such as Scarborough Reef, Kingman Reef,
Midway Atoll, Wake Island, East Malaysia and North Cook Island.  Most
recently operations were from Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique and
Svalbard.  Most all operations were either as Team Leader/Operator and also
usually as a member of management teams for virtually all locations
traveled to..



Tom as with most DXpepedtions  always has one thing on their mind….



*”Where are we going next”!*
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