Welcome to the Spokane DX Association  

Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho

SDXA INFORMATION

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2023 Awards Banquet

Here are the details for the 2023 SDXA Awards Banquet:

DATE: October 5th, 2023

LOCATION:
Harvesters Restaurant
410 W 1st St,
Spangle, WA 99031
(509) 245-3552

TIMES:
Social Hour: 6:00 PM
Meal and Program: 7:00 PM

They have a great room for us to meet in.

AWARDS DINNER MEALS
Price includes meal and tip. (SDXA will be covering the sales tax). Each person will pay for their own drinks.

Meal Options:
#1 Country Fried Steak $22.00
Tender hand-breaded angus beef steak. Fried golden brown, served with vegetables, garlic toast, mashed potatoes and country gravy.

#2 Cowboy Steak $27.00
10 OZ USDA Choice top sirloin steak cooked to order. Served with roasted compound butter and your choice of potatoes and vegetables.

#3 Fish and Chips $20.00
Two pieces of hand-dipped cod in our special beer batter, fried golden. Served with coleslaw and fries.

#4 Cobb Salad $20.00
Tender chunks of chicken breast, bacon bits, diced tomatoes, olives, onions, diced Swiss and cheddar cheese, egg and fresh vegetables

#5 French Dip Sandwich $20.00
Tender beef sliced thin, grilled with onions and melted Swiss cheese on a toasted French roll. Served with au jus.

Paypal Cart: Select your meal from the dropdown menu below and select “Add To Cart”. It will then take you to the Paypal page for your first selection. If you need to add another meal for your spouse, click the “Continue Shopping” link in the upper right hand part of the page. Then it will send you back to the main SDXA page so you can add another meal from the dropdown menu. Once you are finished, then select the “Paypal Checkout” buttons on the right to finalize the transaction for the meal selections.

NOTE: The final date to pay for your meals is September 28th.



Select Meal From The Menu



October 5, 2023

Annual Awards Dinner

Harvester Restaurant Spangle, WA

6 PM Social Hour
7 PM Dinner and program

ELECTION will follow in the business meeting

December 7, 2023 on Zoom

Basic Station Automation Techniques & Recommendations

With Bob N6TV

All of us want to make our stations more effective. Bob N6TV will be sharing a presentation from the 2023 Contest University at Dayton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SDXA DX NETS

 

SDXA Officers

President – Randy Foltz (K7TQ) — Million Point Club, Club Contests, and User group
Vice President – Mel Ming (N7GCO) — User Group, YouTube Channel, & Webmaster
Secretary – Jay Holcomb (WA0WWW) — Contests & Spokane Hamfest
Treasurer – John Gager (K7KB) — Finance Team, Membership & Webmaster
Past President — Gary Bytnar (AD7XG) — Card Checker

SDXA Leaders & Activity Teams

Club Log – Pat (Murph) Murphy (N7UVH)
Contesting – Randy Foltz (K7TQ) & Jay Holcomb (WA0WWW)(PCNW Trophy Cup)
DXing –  Bob Hallock (K7TM), Mike Buettner (K7STO), & Mel Ming (N7GCO),
DX Awards – (100 Country Club & Challenge Award) Mike Buettner (K7STO)
DX Net – Pat (Murph) Murphy (N7UVH)
Finance Investment Team – John Gager (K7KB),  Gary Swartout (K7GS), Del Morissette (WA7AQH)
Groups.io User group – Randy (K7TQ), John (K7KN), Gary (K7GS), Mel (N7GCO)
Health and Welfare of Members – Gary Swartout (K7GS)
Historian – Steve Sala (K7AWB)
Hybrid Meetings – Brandon Childs (W7BKS)
K7SDX Trustee – Mike Buettner (K7STO)
Media – Brandon Childs (W7BKS)
Meeting Refreshments – Mike (K7STO) and Bob (N7AU)
Meeting Room Setup —  Gary Bytnar (AD7XG) team leader
Membership – John Gager (K7KB)
Million Point Club – Randy Foltz (K7TQ)
New HF Mentoring – Del Morissette (WA7AQH)
Programs — Jay Lopes AC7DC
QSL Card Checker — Gary Bytnar (AD7XG)
Spokane Hamfest – Jay Halcomb (WA0WWW)
Spokane DX YouTube Channel – Mel Ming (N7GCO)
Technical – Gary Swartout (K7GS), Jeff Banke (NZ2S)
Webmasters – John Gager (K7KB) & Mel Ming (N7GCO)

MOST WANTED LIST (TOP 25)
FOR NORTH AMERICA, WEST COAST
AS OF September 9, 2022

  1. FT5/W CROZET ISLAND
  2. P5 DPRK NORTH KOREA
  3. 3Y/B BOUVET ISLAND
  4. FT/G GLORIOSO ISLAND
  5. SV/A MOUNT ATHOS
  6. YK SYRIA
  7. FT5/X KERGUELEN ISLAND
  8. 3A MONACO
  9. BV9P PRATAS ISLAND
  10. ZS8 PRINCE EDWARD & MARION ISLANDS
  11. EZ TURKMENISTAN
  12. BS7H SCARBOROUGH REEF
  13. CE0X SAN FELIX ISLANDS
  14. PY0T TRINDADE & MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS
  15. T5 SOMALIA
  16. 5A LIBIA
  17. YV0 AVES ISLAND
  18. AP PAKISTAN
  19. VK0M MACQUARIE ISLAND
  20. 3Y/P PETER 1 ISLAND
  21. VU7 LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
  22. ZC4 UK BASES ON CYPRUS
  23. PY0S SAINT PETER AND PAUL ROCKS
  24. FT/T TROMELIN ISLAND
  25. ET ETHIOPIA

This list is taken from the ClubLog MOST WANTED section using filtering for North America, NA West Coast, all bands, all modes. The ClubLog list covers all 340 entities. ClubLog is free to join with many SDXA members joining.

DXPEDITION SOLICITATIONS

ALL DXpedition funding requests are to be in writing to the club’s mailing address. Since funding is limited, in this manner, our DXpedition funding committee 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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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.


Gary Bytnar AD7XG

 


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