We are please to announce that Marty Woll, N6VI, Vice Director for the South Western ARRL's Southwestern Division, will present this month's program.

Prepare for the Worst - Overcoming Operating Challenges in The Gambia Our 2003 CW Worldwide DX Contest operation at C5Z presented numerous and formidable obstacles that required a team effort to surmount. This is a case study in "making it work - no matter what" with lessons that apply as well to emergency communications as they do to contesting.