Spokane DX Association

Welcome to the Spokane DX Association  

Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho

Next SDXA Meeting

February 4, 2021

Janet Lowrey (WX7P)  “Building an antenna farm”

Janet has been building an antenna farm in Benton City. Janet will be sharing lessons learned – things that went right and things that didn’t.

CQ WPX RTTY Contest Workshop

We will be having a CQ WPX RTTY Workshop on Monday, February 8^th at 7 PM.

This workshop is sponsored by the IDXA and SDXA and will be led by Randy Foltz K7TQ.

The CQ WPX RTTY Workshop will be aimed at using N1MM+ and focus on:

• • • • •      Exchange and macros
        •      Strategy
        •      and answering question

Login information is available on the SDXA User Group

PNW Challenge Trophy and Flounders Cup Contests for 2020-2021

1. CQWWDX RTTY September 26-27, 2020
2. CQWWDX SSB October 24-25, 2020
3. CQWWDX CW November 7-8, 2020
4. ARRL RTTY ROUNDUP January 2-3, 2021
5. CQWPX RTTY February 13-14, 2021
6. ARRL DX CW February 20-21, 2021
7. ARRL DX SSB March 6-7, 2021
8. CQ WPX SSB March 27-28, 2021
9. CQ WPX CW May 29-30, 2021
10. IARU July 10-11, 2021

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

March 4, 2021

Doug Grant (K1DG) “Optimizing Your Station for Contest Operations”

Doug is author of the excellent book “Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners.” He was Chairman of the highly successful 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship. Doug is a regular speaker at Contest University.

April 1, 2021

TBA

May 6, 2021

Mike Buettner (K7STO) “Ham how to do things”

Mike will be sharing half a dozen hints on how to be more effective: labeling coax, batteries for the MFJ analyzer, GPS time for remote FT8 timing and several others.

Before Mike’s retirement to Moses Lake he was a Master Electrician, State Electrical Inspector, State Electrical Plans Examiner.

The net will be:

• An open net with focus on club news, events, HF and general interests.
  Run on a list
  Started out by taking a check in list.
  We will see if any club officers are on the net with news or information on the club.
• First time down list will be weather at your QTH,
• Next is what every each person wants to talk about
• Third time down list will be comments on the list or whatever you might like.
• Last will be final comments and questions
• Check ins are encouraged to have a pen and paper to write down who you follow and who you turn it to on list and also for your thoughts.

SDXA CLUB LEADERS

SDXA Officers

President – Gary Bytnar (AD7XG) — Card Checker & Room Setup
Vice President – Mel Ming (N7GCO) — Programs, User Group & Webmaster
Secretary – Jay Holcomb (WA0WWW) — Contests & Spokane Hamfest
Treasurer – John Gager (K7KB) — Membership & Webmaster

SDXA Leaders & Activity Teams

Club Log – Pat (Murph) Murphy (N7UVH)
DXing – Mel Ming (N7GCO), Bob Hallock (K7TM), & Mike Buettner (K7STO)
DX Net – Pat (Murph) Murphy (N7UVH)
Field Day – David Wilhelm (WA7TNT) & Mike Buettner (K7STO)
Health and Welfare of Members – Gary Swartout (K7GS)
Historian – Steve Sala (K7AWB)
K7SDX Trustee – Dick Snell (W7BHP)
New HF Mentoring & Remote Station – Del Morissette (WA7AQH)
Photographers – Jeff Banke (NZ2S) & Bob Hallock (K7TM)
Refreshments – Mike Buettner (K7STO), Bob Lee (N7AU), Diane Lee (KB7JPX), Tom Flint (KC7UG) & Cathy Flint (KB7BEK)
QSL Card Checkers — Gary Bytnar (AD7XG) & Bruce Wade (N7ZA)
Technical – Bob Zavrel (W7SX)
Webmasters – John Gager (K7KB), Mel Ming (N7GCO), & Del Morissette (WA7AQH)

RECENT WORKSHOPS

• Introduction to Contesting – Mel (N7GCO)
• Introduction to QSLing – Mel (N7GCO)
• RTTY Contesting with N1MM+ (Jay KS7I)
• Using N1MM+ for CQ WW DX RTTY Contest (Randy K7TQ)
• Using N1MM+ for CQ WW CW and ARRL Sweepstakes CW (Randy K7TQ)
• Using N3FJP Contest Software (Mike K7STO)
• New to HF (Del WA7AQH & Mel N7GCO)
• ARRL RTTY Roundup Contest Workshop (Jay WS7I)

MOST WANTED LIST (TOP 25)
FOR NORTH AMERICA, WEST COAST
AS OF July 20, 2020

from ClubLog
1. FT5/W CROZET ISLAND
2. SV/A MOUNT ATHOS
3. P5 DPRK NORTH KOREA
4. 3Y/B BOUVET ISLAND
5. FT/G GLORIOSO ISLAND
6. YK SYRIA
7. FT5/X KERGUELEN ISLAND
8. BV9P PRATAS ISLAND
9. ZS8 PRINCE EDWARD & MARION ISLANDS
10. EZ TURKMENISTAN
11. BS7H SCARBOROUGH REEF
12. 3A MONACO
13. CE0X SAN FELIX ISLANDS
14. PY0T TRINDADE & MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS
15. T5 SOMALIAAP PAKISTAN
16. YV0 AVES ISLAND
17. 5A LIBIA
18. Z6 REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO
19. 3Y/P PETER 1 ISLAND
20. VK0M MACQUARIE ISLAND
21. VU7 LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
22. PY0S SAINT PETER AND PAUL ROCKS
23. FT/T TROMELIN ISLAND
24. ET ETHIOPIA
25. EP IRAN

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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SDXA CALENDAR

2020

• January 7, 2021 SDXA Meeting
• January 13, 2021 SDXA Net
• January 20, 2021 SDXA Net
• January 23, 2021 Contest University Propagation Workshop
• January 27, 2021 SDXA Net
• February 3, 2021 SDXA Net
• February 4, 2021 SDXA Meeting

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.

• NW HAM RADIO CONVENTION & SWAP MEETS

  Lynn N7CFO keeps the best listing.
  More Information

• CLUB CARD CHECKERS

  GENERAL INFO LINK
  

Gary Bytnar AD7XG

• IA ETHICS OPER PROCEDURES

  LINK

• OUTSIDE HELP IN ANTENNAS & TOWERS

  LINK

• 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
  

• 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

• 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

• HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

  eHAM.net
  More Information

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Recent News

2020 SDXA Awards

2020 DX Achievement Award Congratulations to John Gager K7KB for winning the Spokane DX Association “DX Achievement Award” for 2020. The “DX Achievement Award” is presented Annually at the SDXA December Award Program to a member who has demonstrated effectiveness in working DX. Major consideration will focus on new entities worked and progress in the […]

Del’s (WA7AQH) Rotator and Antenna update

One of the great things about the SDXA is that there are always other members willing to help on antenna/tower parties and answer hardware/software questions. Even on a cold December morning. Jeff (NZ2S) and Gary (AD7XG) on the tower. David (WA7F) and Peter (K0NG) for ground crew. New Yaesu 2800 rotator installed and upgraded 80-10 […]

Bob Zavrel’s book now in 2nd Edition

Congratulations to Bob Zavrel (W7SX)on the release of his Antenna Theory book 2nd edition which was released two days ago. The first edition went through 4 printings. It is being used as a reference by EE students in advanced Antenna theory courses, practicing radio engineers, and of course radio amateurs.

Congratulations to Bob Lee (N7AU) for winning the 2019 CQ WW DX 160 meter contest 2019 Plaque

Congratulations to Dale Dean (AF7WH) on First DXCC

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