UTARC Clipperton DX Quiz

de KM5FA

Globe-trotting UTARC alumnus James Brooks 9V1YC was a member of the DXpedition to Clipperton Island this month. How much do you know about Clipperton and ham radio?

1.

Clipperton Island is administered by the government of Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Mexico, or France?

2.

A famous treaty concerning Clipperton Island was signed in 1856. Was it the Treaty of Clipperton, the Treaty of Guadaloupe-Sanchez-y-Rodriguez, the Treaty of Guano, the Treaty of Saltpeter, or the Freshwater Commerce Treaty?

3.

From 1897 to 1917, the island was occupied by which country: the United States, Great Britain, France, Mexico, or Ecuador?

4.

The highest point on Clipperton Island above sea level is at about 6, 16, 26, 69, or 152 feet?

5.

The 1992 FO0CI DXpedition to Clipperton employed a specially-designed structure to keep the operating site safe from blue-footed boobies, scorpions, sand vipers, crabs, or ball lightning?

6.

The 1992 FO0CI DXpedition was visited by a beached whale, Typhoon Linda, a drifting sailing yacht with six corpses on board, a 500 foot French Navy destroyer, or Elvis Presley?

7.

The first ham radio expedition to Clipperton Island took place in 1931, 1948, 1954, 1961, or 1982?

8.

According to James, the FO0AAA operators are sleeping an average of 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 hours each day?

9.

Another name for Clipperton Island is ``Ile de la Grande Poisson Rouge,'' ``Ile de la Possession,'' ``Ile de la Pacifique Bleue,'' ``Magellan Island,'' or ``Eleanor Roosevelt Island?''

10.

Clipperton Island's surface area is about 7, 10, 12, 13, or 22 square kilometers?

To find out the answers to this quiz, come to the UTARC General Meeting!