Welcome to the Spokane DX Association Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho
SDXA INFORMATION
Here is a PDF that tells about the SDXA — SDXA Information
Next SDXA Programs
June 1, 2023 ON ZOOM
YJ0A Dxpedition with Al K7AR & Bob W7YAQ
Bob, W7YAQ and Al, K7AR were active from Port Vila, Vanuatu as YJ0A from Feb 9-25, 2023
These two have done many Dxpeditions and bring great insights.
Bob and Al will be sharing about their two person DXpedition to Vanuatu. Many of us worked them.
Come and hear all about it.
- 6:30 PM Meet and Chat (Great time to say hello to others and check your mike and camera)
- 7:00 PM Program with Bob and Al
- Followed by activities Update from Randy K7TQ
- DXpedition Update from Bob K7TM
- Updates from other activities
- Then the short business meeting.
June 23-25, 2023
SDXA Field Day
This year the Idaho Renegades (Jim N7ESU, Bob K7TM and Pat N7UVH) are leading the SDXA Field Day at Hayden Lake, ID.
Jay WA0WWW is leading the radios, computers, and logging software.
Gary AD7XH and Mike K7STO are leading the antenna teams.
July 22, 2023
SDXA Summer Picnic with Mobile and Portable Show and Tell
We will be meeting at the home of Del (WA7AQH) and Diane Morissette, on the river at Nine Mile Falls. Diane’s gardens were featured on the 2018 Inland Empire Garden Club’s annual Spokane in Bloom garden tour.
The address is:
12405 N Nine Mile Rd
Nine Mile Falls WA 99026
The club will be providing the main entrée and providing plates, silverware, napkins and cups.
Club members are asked to bring:
- For calls ending (last letter of call) in A-K bring an appetizer or Salad or chips
- For calls ending (last letter of call) in L-Z bring a dessert
Please bring your own beverages. Since we are at a home for the picnic, it is fine this year to bring wine and beer, if that is your beverage of choice.
Upcoming SDXA Programs
August 3, 2023
World Radio Team Championship & IARU Report with Geoff PJ2DX
The 2023 WRTC is held at the same time as the IARU Contest. The WRTC occurs every 4 years and the best contesters in the world are invited to participate. It is the OLympics for Ham Radio Contesters. This year the WRTC will be held in Italy in July.
Our own Geoff PJ2DX will be serving as a referee. Geoff will be sharing a first-hand report of this year’s WRTC.
September 7, 2023
Improving your Audio with Mike Daskalopoulos KJ6MIC
Audio basics, speech intelligibility and perceived loudness
Audio as it applies to voice modes in radio – AM, SSB and FM
Audio reproduction and transmission for radio – hardware and pre/post-processing
October 5, 2023
Annual Awards Dinner
November 2, 2023
CQ DX Marathon with Mark WC3W
Mark WC3W, the CQ DX Marathon manager, will be sharing all about the marathon: how to participate and other hints.
Starting January 1 of each year and running until the end of December, the DX Marathon is the perfect answer for the DX-er who needs that extra incentive to get on the air every day!
Simply work as many countries and CQ Zones as you can in each calendar year, regardless of the band or mode. Each country and zone counts only once, so you can concentrate on working new ones.
December 7, 2023
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 CLUB LEADERS
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
- FT5/W CROZET ISLAND
- P5 DPRK NORTH KOREA
- 3Y/B BOUVET ISLAND
- FT/G GLORIOSO ISLAND
- SV/A MOUNT ATHOS
- YK SYRIA
- FT5/X KERGUELEN ISLAND
- 3A MONACO
- BV9P PRATAS ISLAND
- ZS8 PRINCE EDWARD & MARION ISLANDS
- EZ TURKMENISTAN
- BS7H SCARBOROUGH REEF
- CE0X SAN FELIX ISLANDS
- PY0T TRINDADE & MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS
- T5 SOMALIA
- 5A LIBIA
- YV0 AVES ISLAND
- AP PAKISTAN
- VK0M MACQUARIE ISLAND
- 3Y/P PETER 1 ISLAND
- VU7 LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
- ZC4 UK BASES ON CYPRUS
- PY0S SAINT PETER AND PAUL ROCKS
- FT/T TROMELIN ISLAND
- 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
What is this?
The Miscellaneous Area
SDXA CALENDAR
2022
- April 10, 2023 10,000-foot view of the SFI, A, & K Indexes Workshop 7 PM
- April 12, 2023 SDXA 80 Meter Net 8 AM & 160 Meter Net at 8 PM
- April 19, 2023 SDXA 80 Meter Net 8 AM & 160 Meter Net at 8 PM
- April 21-23, 2023 Internation DX Convention Visalia
- April 26, 2023 SDXA 80 Meter Net 8 AM & 160 Meter Net at 8 PM
- May 3, 2023 SDXA 80 Meter Net 8 AM & 160 Meter Net at 8 PM
- May 4, 2023 SDXA Program and meeting 7 PM
- May 8-9, 2023 7th area QSO Party
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.
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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
Chuck’s KI7DG Tower and Antennas are now all working
Mike K7STO made a new controller for Chuck’s crank-up tower. It is beautiful workmanship. Today Mike drove over to Okanagan and met Joe KF7PBM and they installed it. Here are a couple of photos:
SDXA Incentives
SDXA has Awards that are for accomplishments over several months. We also have Incentives that are focused on single contests or events. The second SDXA Incentive is: Work World Radiosport Team Championship Stations In 2023 the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) will be during the IARU contest, July 8 and 9. There will be over […]
First SDXA Hybrid Meeting
The May 2023 SDXA meeting was the first attempt at a hybrid meeting. Brandon W7BKS did a great job of putting it all together and pulling it off. The next hybrid meeting is scheduled for November
Tower & Antenna Repair for KI7DG
On April 27th we had a great work crew go over to Chuck’s KI7DG in Okanagan to work on his tower and antennas. They were able to repair Chuck’s 160-meter inverted V, replace a VHF/UHF antenna, repair a multiband vertical, remove an unwanted mast, fix or replace some guy lines, and begin replacing the motor […]
International DX Convention Visalia, CA
Here are the three amigos (Bob N7AU, Mike K7STO and Woody N7HCJ) with John Mertel at his SteppIR booth. Also at the 2023 convention from the SDXA are Rob N7QT, Robbin WA7CPA, and Art K6XT. I heard Rob’s “DXing with FT8” presentation was fantastic! He also did a presentation on “T88WA DXpedition To Palau”
