Spokane DX Association

December —–Annual Awards Banquet with Jim Fenstermaker K9JF in the Spokane Valley at Shari’s
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November —–Contesting software, a PVRC video
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October —–Gary K7OX described his 40-meter 4-square antenna array
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September —– Chris KL9A presentation on 2006 WRTC in Brazil
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August —– Field Day report by Randy K7TQ; 5 Dxpeditions of the year video (1993-2000) by Bob Allphin K4UEE
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July —– Summer Picnic at Dale’s WU7X
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June —–How high should your antenna be? – Part 2 of 2 by Lamar WA7LT
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May —– How high should your antenna be? – Part 1 of 2 by Lamar WA7LT and a PVRC video on the same subject
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April —- Dxpedition video: FT5XO Kerguelen
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March —– Past Field Day results by Randy K7TQ
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February —– The upcoming 3Y0X Peter 1 Island DXpedition video
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January —– “Danger! Solar Storm” video on the influence of the Sun on the Earth.

December—–Annual Awards Banquet in Spangle with Ward Silver N0AX – Kure Isl.
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November—–Shunt feeding a tower for 40, 80, and 160 meters by Dan N5AR
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October—–PVRC video- Lightning Protection, moderated by Lamar WA7LT
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September—–Field Day Summary by Randy K7TQ
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August—–PVRC video – Tower Installation
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July—–Summer Picnic at Dale’s WU7X
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June—–Banaba Dxpedition T33C video; photos of Dayton Hamvention; the Jay Leno Show battle between text messaging and cw
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May—–Field Day Efforts over the past 2 years by Doug W3AS
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April—–Installation of his tower and SteppIR beam by Dale WU7X
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March—– Ten-Tec video: intro to company and details on the Orion Transceiver
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February—– Intro to 6-meters with emphasis on Meteor Scatter by Steve K7AWB
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January —– What to look for in an amplifier, Part 2 by Dan N5AR

December—–Annual Awards Banquet in Spangle
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November—–What to look for in an amplifier, Part 1 by Dan N5AR
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October—–RTTY operating and contesting by Jay WS7I
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September—–Video on putting a 84′ dipole on a 140′ tower, moderated by Lamar WA7LT
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August—–Summery of Field Day Operations by Randy K7TQ
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July —–Annual Summer picnic at Dale’s WU7X
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June—– Discussion of Field Day planning
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May—–VK0IR Heard Island Dxpedition video (9V1YC Production)
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April—–Video on raising a 5-element, 20-meter yagi on a tram, moderated by Lamar WA7LT
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March—– June 2004 Field Day planning/ review of last year’s effort by Doug W3AS
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February—–4-Square antennas for 80 & 160 meters by Dan N5AR
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January—- WRTC Team Championships video, 2002 in Finland (9V1YC Production)

December—–Annual Awards Banquet at China Best restaurant in downtown Spokane; included a video on a DXpedition to South Georgia Island
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November —– A CQ Magazine video on contesting, covering both CQ and ARRL events
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October —– A continuation of dynamic reciever performance using an ICOM 756 PRO as the test unit by Dan N5AR
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September —– Annual Summer picnic at home of Dale WU7X
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August —– A program on receiver performance by Dan N5AR
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July —–
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June —– Lamar WA7LT made a presentation on antenna installations – baluns, towers, and guying
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May —– VP8DHU South Sandwich Island video
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April —– Presentation by Doug W3AS on hanging antennas from trees (without harming the trees)
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March —– No formal program – “technical problems”
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February —– Doug W3AS and Randy K7TQ, presented a CQ Magazine video on contesting and gave some tips on using CW
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January —– Lamar WA7LT presented a view graph program entitled: So You Want an Antenna

December —– Annual Awards Banquet at China Best restaurant in downtown Spokane
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November —– The three founding members of SDXA (Dan N5AR, Gary K7OX, and Lamar WA7LT), who have DXCC Honor Roll plaques, presented some of their operating and QSLing tips
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October —– Randy K7TQ gave a program on computer propagation predictions – included W6EL Prop, Prop View, and VOA Cap
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September —– Lamar WA7LT gave an view graph presentation of the other side of contesting
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August —– Annual Summer picnic
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July —– Dan N5AR gave a view graph presentation of the many variations of the cubical quad antenna
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June —– Gary K7OX gave a live demonstration of the local 2 meter DX packet cluster
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May —– Randy K7TQ provided the NCDXA slide presentation of the St. Brandon DXpedition
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April —– 80-meter 4-square arrays by Dan N5AR — – – – First SDXA Official Meeting

Do you have an idea for a presentation or program for a meeting? Would you like to give a presentation or demonstration on a subject that you are an “expert” in that our members would enjoy?

Our programs are scheduled by our Vice-President Gary Bytnar AD7XG. Email him and discuss the topics.