Welcome to the Spokane DX Association Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho
NEXT SDXA MEETING
June 5, 2025 Meeting on Zoom
“CW and RTTY Skimmer and the Reverse Beacon Network” with Bob Wilson N6TV
Bob Wilson, N6TV — 4″TV Bob” is an active CW contester, ham accessory provider, Win-Test supporter, and Elecraft volunteer Field Tester. He also provides consulting assistance to users of various transceivers, amplifiers, antenna controllers, and the Reverse Beacon Network. Licensed for 53 years, Bob competed at WRTC in San Francisco (1996), Slovenia (2000), and Moscow (2010). He finished first in the 2013 and 2019 ARRL November CW Sweepstakes CW from at W7RN, and first in the September 2014 CW NA Sprint, from home. In 2017, he was inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
The SDXA is considering putting up a Reverse Beacon for Eastern WA/North Idaho. Currently there are none. Bob will walk us through what is involved in setting one up.
Jay WS7I and Mel N7GCO discovered we have no local skimmer for our area. We begin the ask what it would take to set one up and run it. Jay AC7DC contacted Bob, who is the guru on these and he has agreed to present how we could do it.
June 14, 2025 Swap Meet
Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateurs Second Annual Swap Meet
Here is the flier descirbing the Swap Meet Tailgate Hamfest 2025
June 28-29, 2025 (Field Day)
SDXA Annual Field Day Activity
Field day has become a highly successful activity of the SDXA. Plan to join us this year for a great time of radio, fellowship and food. For this year we have added two Icom 7700 transcievers to our radio setup.
July 10. 2025 0n Zoom
Cy9C-DXpedition to St. Paul Island, presented by Larry Menzel-W0PR.
In August 2024 I was fortunate to be part of the highly successful DXpedition to St. Paul Island, CY9C. After 44 years in the hobby I was only too happy to join with a highly experienced group of other DXers for this amazing trip. All I can say is that it was the adventure of a lifetime for me.
August 9, 2025 (SDXA Annual Picnic)
Join us for the SDXA Annual Picnic
September 6, 2025 (NOTE: Change of date and location for the September in-person meeting)
Mobile and Portable Antenna Shoot-out
We will be holding a mobile and portable antenna shoot-out at the fabulous Gary AD7XG and Svetlana Bytnar’s Antenna Farm outside of Davenport, WA. The club will be providing hamburgers and hot dogs. It will be a fun time to compare different antennas in two categories: mobile and portable.
October 2, 2025
Awards Dinner
August 15-17, 2025
Pacific Northwest DX Convention
The 70th Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention, hosted by the Willamette Valley DX Club, is coming August 15-17, 2025. The convention will be located at the Monarch Hotel in Portland, OR. By August the hotel will be renamed to the Hilton Garden Inn, but it’s the same location we have used before. We have an excellent group of speakers lined up, door prizes, and DXCC card checking in person. Plus, remember Oregon has no sales tax, it’s a perfect reason to visit the Portland HRO store. Detailed info is available at Pacific Northwest DX Convention
UPCOMING DX
Get All the Announced DX Operations from
https://ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html
Currant month’s chart is also on the SDXA User Group.
UPCOMING CONTESTS
https://www.contestcalendar.com/calendar.rss
SDXA DX NETS
DXpedition SOLICITATIONS
ALL DXpedition funding requests are to be to the SDXA President. Since funding is limited, in this manner, our SDXA Officers can give your request the consideration it deserves.
SOLAR ACTIVITY AND PROPAGATION SECTION
For additional info, try this SOLAR LINK for everything you ever wanted to know about the current Sun at the SolarHam site by VE3EN
Link to SPACEWEATHER.COM, a quick source for the daily activity on the sun
Link to NOAA SPACEWEATHER
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SDXA CALENDAR
Every wednesday 80 Meter Net on 3840 khz at 08:00 PT
Every tuesday 160 Meter Net on 1855 khz at 20:00 PT
Every sunday 6 Meter Net on 50.140 mhz at 20:00 PT
Monthly SDXA meetings; 19:00 PT unless otherwise noted
02 January – zoom
06 February – zoom
06 March – zoom
03 April – In person only
01 May – zoom
05 June – zoom
03 July – zoom
09 August – Annual Picnic
04 September – zoom
02 October – Annual Awards Banquet
06 November – hybrid
04 December – zoom
Contest Calendar
Pacific NW Challenge Trophy contests, with other Pac NW DX clubs:
- CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY 0000Z, Sep 28 to 2400Z, Sep 29, 2024
- CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Oct 26 to 2359Z, Oct 27, 2024
- CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Nov 23 to 2400Z, Nov 24, 2024
- ARRL RTTY Roundup 1800Z, Jan 4 to 2400Z, Jan 5, 2025
- CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest 0000Z, Feb 8 to 2400Z, Feb 9. 2025
- ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Feb 15 to 2400Z, Feb 16, 2025
- ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 1 to 2400Z, Mar 2, 2025
- CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 29 to 2400Z, Mar 30, 2025
- CQ WW WPX Contest, CW 0000Z, May 24 to 2400Z, May 25, 2025
- IARU HF World Championship 1200Z, Jul 12 to 1200Z, Jul 13, 2025
Other contests of SDXA interest
- Idaho QSO Party 1900Z, Mar 8 to 1900Z, Mar 9
- 7th Call Area QSO Party 1300, May 3 to00Z, May 4
- ARRL Inter. Digital Contest 1800Z, Jun 7 to 2400Z, Jun 8
- ARRL Field Day 1800z, Jun 28 to 2100z, Jun 29
- World Wide Digi DX Contest 1200Z, Aug 30 to 1200Z, Aug 31
- Washington State Salmon Run 1600Z, Sep20 to 0700Z, Sep21 and 1600Z-2400Z, Sep21
- FT Challenge 1800Z, Dec 6 to 2359Z, Dec 7
JOIN THE SDXA
Regular dues – $20 per person.
Second family member – $10.
Under 19 years of age are free.
DUES LINK.
We accept PayPal too.
The Miscellaneous Area
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NW HAM RADIO CONVENTION & SWAP MEETS
Lynn N7CFO keeps the best listing.
More Information
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CLUB CARD CHECKERS
Gary Bytnar AD7XG
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IA ETHICS OPER PROCEDURES
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OUTSIDE HELP IN ANTENNAS & TOWERS
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DX NEWS LINKS
1. DX WORLD.NET
2. ANNOUNCED DX OPERATIONS
3. DX SUMMIT
4. I2MQP DX NEWS
5. DXER.ORG (Lone Star DX)
6. DXWATCH.COM
7. DAILY DX
8. DXMAPS
9. DX UNIVERSITY
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CONTESTING LINKS
There are a lot of links to contesting activities in the DX/Contesting drop down menu above the 24-hour clock on the right of this page. But here are a couple of the best.
1. WA7BNM
2. CONTESTING.COM
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INTERNET ENTITY PRONOUNCER
How do you pronounce a DX entity’s name? Here is a link to the pronouncing. There is also a audio link to a human voice saying the entity’s name correctly. This authority is the 3rd edition Merriam Webster Geographical Dictionary. Covering only legitimate countries, it does not cover non-country ARRL entities.
More Information
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HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
eHAM.net
More Information
Recent News
SDXA DX Achievements
DXing (Distance Communication) is one of the key areas for the Spokane DX Association. To encourage people to connect all around the world, some highly sought after awards have emerged. In this article I would like to highlight several. DXCC Top of the Honor Roll Award. Currently there are 340 entities identified. To receive they […]
George Washington Special Event
Ham radio enthusiasts Woody Jacobson, right, and Mike Wren make contacts up and down the West Coast Friday at the beginning of the Columbia Basin DX Club’s three-day event in honor of George Washington’s Birthday. Joel Martin from the Columbia Basin Herald did a great newspaper article on the event. You can read the full […]
SDXA supported a recent DX’pedition to Glorioso
The SDXA supported a recent DX’pedition to Glorioso with Marek operating as FT4GL. Many of the club members were able to work Marek. Marek was kind enough to send some pictures of him holding printouts of the SDXA logo and wanted to share them with you.
2024 SDXA Picnic
The Spokane DX Association had their annual picnic at the home of Del and Diane Morissette. Their son Peter cook incredible ribs and pulled pork. A great time of connecting was had by all.
SDXA Members with YouTube Channels
In addition to the SDXA YouTube channel, two of our members also have YouTube Channels you will want to check out. Toivo Mykkanen W8TJM has a very interesting channel that includes several videos on Moxen antennas. He also wrote a couple of articles for QST on these. His channel is: https://www.youtube.com/@W8TJM Randy Foltz K7TQ […]
