Spokane DX Association

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Most of these awards are given out at the annual SDXA Awards Banquet by the organization in December. Some awards may be given by other organizations to our members too. Some awards are sponsored by us in third party contests.

SDXAer Member of the Year (former DXER OF THE YEAR)

This award is for recognition of a SDXA member who has gone above and beyond for the club and/or it’s members. It is not to be an award for operating and doing well in contests or rare DX, etc. It likely will not be handed out every year. Club members are encouraged to nominate a member when they see someone going above and beyond. Nominations can be done by letting any of the officers know, giving justification (simple is fine) why the member is deserving.

2007 WAYNE WA1PMA
2008 N/A
2009 GARY K7OX & RANDY K7TQ
2010 KIRK K7EKM
2011 JAY WA0WWW
2012 N/A
2013 RANDY K7TQ
2014 RANDY W7TJ
2015 DAN N5AR
2016 CHRIS WX7B
2017 STEVE K7AWB
2018 GARY AD7XG
2019 MEL N7GCO
2020 N/A
2021 IDAHO RENEDAGES (Bob K7TM, Jim N7ESU & Pat N7UVH)
2022 Mel N7GCO
2023 n/a
2024 Mike K7STO
2025

PRESIDENT’S AWARD

This award is given to an outstanding member recognized by the SDXA President.

2008 STEVE K7AWB
2009 N/A
2010 N/A
2011 KIRK K7EKM
2012 MARYBETH AE7GT & DAVE AC7MV
2013 N/A
2014 JAY WA0WWW
2015 STEVE K7AWB
2016 N/A
2017 N/A
2018 N/A
2019 JOHN K7KB
2020 MIKE K7STO
2021 RANDY K7TQ
2022 RANDY K7TQ and MEL N7GCO
2023 Jim N7ESU
2024 Jay WA0WWW
2025

SERVICE AWARD

2015 WAYNE WA1PMA
2016 GEORGE W6AEA; LAMAR WA7LT
2017 RANDY FOLTZ K7TQ
2019 JAY WA0WWW; STEPHEN K7AWB
2020 PAT N7UVH; JAY WS7I
2021 JEFF NZ2S
2022 PAT N7UVH
2023 Brandon W7BKS
2024 Jim N7ESU
2025

PNW CHALLENGE CUP

SDXA MEMBER HIGH SCORE

This is the SDXA member who has the highest total in the ten contests comprising the PNW Challenge Cup competition between PNW clubs.

2010-2011 GEORGE W6AEA 4,298,464 POINTS
2011-2012 GEORGE W6AEA 9,285,004 POINTS
2012-2013 GEORGE W6AEA 5,657,116 POINTS
2013-2014 GEORGE W6AEA 9,575,802 POINTS
2014-2015 GEORGE W6AEA 7,835,634 POINTS
2015-2016 GEORGE W6AEA 6,512,769 POINTS
2016-2017 GARY K7GS 767,937 POINTS
2017-2018 MEL N7GCO 767,420 POINTS
2018-2019 GARY K7GS 944,673 POINTS
2019-2020 GARY K7GS 1,033,821 POINTS
2020-2021 GARY K7GS 1,944,570 POINTS
2021-2022 Randy K7TQ 3,185,871 POINTS
2022-2023 GARY K7GS 2.094,082 POINTS
2023-2024  Gary K7GS 3,072,622 POINTS
2024-2025

PNW CHALLENGE CUP

SDXA MEMBER 100% PARTICIPATION IN ALL 10 CONTESTS

These are the SDXA members who entered all ten of the contests comprising the PNW Challenge Cup competition between PNW clubs.

2010-2011 JAY WA0WWW
2011-2012 GEORGE W6AEA, JAY WA0WWW, AND MERLE K7EIQ
2012-2013 GEORGE W6AEA & JAY WA0WWW
2013-2014 GEORGE W6AEA & JAY WA0WWW
2014-2015 GEORGE W6AEA & JAY WA0WWW
2015-2016 GEORGE W6AEA & JAY WA0WWW
2016-2017 NONE
2017-2018 MARK K7HPT
2018-2019 None
2019-2020 GARY K7GS
2020-2021 JAY WA0WWW, GARY K7GS, PAT N7UVH, GARY AD7XG
2021-2022 JAY WA0WWW, GARY K7GS, Jay N7ZUF
2022-2023 JAY WA0WWW, GARY K7GS, JIM N7ESU
2023-2024 JAY WA0WWW, GARY K7GS, JIM N7ESU
2024-2025

DX CHALLENGE COMPETITION AWARD

2021 DALE WU7X, 101 band/mode/slots
2022 Brandon W7BKS, 200 band/mode/slots
2023 Mike K7STO, 259 band/mode/slots
2024 David N7LL, 247 band/mode/slots
2025

SDXA 100 COUNTRY CLUB

2021-2022 Mike Buettner K7STO, Brandon Childs W7BKS, John Gager K7KB, Mel Ming N7GCO, Pat Murphy N7UVH, Mike Uber AG7IG
2022-2023 Art Charette K6XT, Mike Buettner K7STO, Bob Hallock K7TM, Mel Ming N7GCO, Pat Murphy N7UVH
2023-2024 Mike K7STO (200), Bob K7TM (200), Mel N7GCO (200), David N7LL, Joe KF7PBM, Brandon W7BKS, Dale WU7X, John K7SYS, Pat N7uvh
2024-2025

MILLION POINT CLUB

2020-2021 GARY K7GS (1,944,570 points) PAT N7UVH (1,250,358 points)
2021-2022 Randy K7TQ (3,185,871) Jay WA0WWW (1,549,552) Mel N7GCO (1,210,765)  Jay N7ZUF (2,842,310)
2022-2023 Ron W7GTF (1,009,936)
2023-2024 new this year: Peter N0NG (1,240,084), Gary AD7XG (1,204,245), Jim N7ESU (1,378,122)
returning members: Gary K7GS (>3M), Jay WA0WWW (>2M), Pat N7UVH, Mel N7GCO, Randy K7TQ, Ron W7GTF
2024-2025

10 JA DISTRICT AWARD

2023 David Oglesby N7LL, Joe Somday KF7PBM, Mike Buettner K7STO, Jim Monroe N7ESU
2023 1M club: Jay Lopes AC7DC, Mel Ming N7GCO, Gary Swartout K7GS, Randy Foltz K7TQ, Pat Murphy N7UVH, Jay Holcomb WA0WWW
2024 David N7LL, Mike K7STO, Jim N7ESU; 1M-club: Jay AC7DC, Mel N7GCO, Gary K7GS, Randy K7TQ, Pat N7UVH, Jay WA0WWW, Jay WS7I
2025: only new folks from now on. 

Work Europe AWARD, coming for 2024-2025 season

2025 _____

FIVE by SIX AWARD

2023 Mel Ming N7GCO, Jay Lopes AC7DC, Jay Holcomb WA0WWW, Gary Swartout K7GS, Randy Foltz K7TQ
2024 Mel N7GCO, Jay WA0WWW, Gary K7GS, Randy K7TQ, Gary AD7XG, Pat N7UVH, Jim N7ESU
2025 

SALMON RUN

PLAQUE
A plaque is given by the SDXA to the ham who satisfies the following criteria in the annual WWDXC-sponsored Salmon Run contest:

a. Operate in the Eastern Washington ARRL Section
b. Be a Single Operator
c. Operate with Low Power(100 watts or less output)
d. Be in the Mixed Mode category. Contest Modes: Phone, CW, and Digital (Any computer-to-computer mode is considered digital (excluding CW) and only one digital contact may be made with a station on each band). Mixed-mode entries are required to make at least 5% of the total contacts on a second or third mode to be eligible for an award.

2003 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (84,416 points)
2004 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (131,080 points)
2005 GARY ELLIOTT K7OX, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (170,154 points)
2006 GARY ELLIOTT K7OX, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (172,800 points)
2007 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (104,140 points)
2008 WILSE MORGAN WX7P, RICE (SDXA MEMBER) (124,992 points)
2009 GARY ELLIOTT K7OX, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (261,236 points)
2010 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (172,264 points)
2011 RICK OLSEN N6NR, TIETON (245,096 points)
2012 RICK WERNER K7UK, WALLA WALLA (77,595 points)
2013 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (132,653 points)
2014 LAMAR RAY WA7LT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (160,630 points)
2015 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (52,976 points)
2016 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (97,430 points)
2017 GARY SWARTOUT K7GS, SPOKANE (60,182 points)
2018 GARY SWARTOUT K7GS, SPOKANE (97,527 points)
2019 GARY SWARTOUT K7GS, SPOKANE (119,818 points)
2020 GARY SWARTOUT K7GS (166,820 points) EWA single-op low power
2021 GARY SWARTOUT K7GS (93,862 points) EWA single-op low power
2021 Laszlo Vegh OM2VL, Slovak Republic, DX Top Score (from SDXA) (6,829)
2022 GARY K7GS (124,340 points) WA (as a whole) single-op low power
no EWA given out, Cascade Radio Club gave out one for WA as a whole
2023 Gary K7GS (15,542 EWA low power
2024 pending: Gary K7GS (128,265) EWA low power
2025

CERTIFICATE (given by Western Washington DX Club [WWDXC])
Salmon Run high score for Spokane County (any modes, any category)

2002 STEVE K7AWB (36,848 points)
2003 STEVE K7AWB (100 points)
2004 STEVE K7AWB (97,600 points)
2005 GARY K7OX (170,154 points)
2006 GARY K7OX (172,800 points)
2007 RANDY K7TQ (67,768 points)
2008 GARY K7GS (49,940 points)
2009 GARY K7OX (261,236 points)
2010 GARY K7OX (171,520 points)
2011 K7SDX SDXA (207,514 points)
2012 RANDY K7TJ (375,094 points)
2013 JAY WA0WWW (73,075 points)
2014 LAMAR WA7LT (160,630 points)
2015 MARK AB7MP (non-member) (1556 points)
2016 GARY K7GS (94,244 points)
2017 GARY K7GS (60,182 points)
2018 GARY K7GS (97,527 points)
2019 GARY K7GS (119,818 points)
2020 GARY K7GS (166,820 points)
2021 Jay WA0WWW (17,405 points, lo pwr cw
2021 GARY K7GS (93,682 points), lo pwr mix
2022 Gary K7GS (124,340 points)
2023 SDXA was 3rd (of 18) highest scoring club with 314, 112 points
2024

7QP CONTEST

PLAQUE
SDXA sponsors a plaque in the 7QP contest in May. Here are the winners of our plaques.

2012 STEPHEN SALA K7AWB, highest 7th Area single op, high power, digital score, 9213 points
2015 DAVID WELLS N7AM, Pima, AZ, highest 7th Area single op, digital score, 4686 points
2016 DAVID WELLS N7AM, Pima, AZ, highest 7th Area single op, digital score, 8715 points
2017 PAT MURPHY N7UVH, Post Falls, ID, highest 7th Area single op digital score, 21,021 points
2018 LARRY READER KE2VB, Oro Valley, AZ, highest 7th Area single op (Unassisted) Low-Power CW score, 156,984 points
2019 GEOFFREY MORSE K7GA, Yuma. AZ, highest 7th Area Single op (Unassisted) Low-Power CW, 131,841 points
2020 NR7DX (OP-N9RV) Pat Barkey, Bonner, MT, 489,056 points 7th Area Single-op (Unassisted) High-power Mixed
2021 K7RL Mitch Mason, Camano Island, WA (Unassisted) High-power Mixed
2022 K7RL, Mitch Mason, Camano Island, WA High-power Mixed
2023 NN7SS David Jaffe (WD6T), King County, WA 7th Area Single-op Low-power Mixed, 167,769
2024 Colliins Aerospace Radio Group (W7CXX), operated from WA7LNW, 7th Area Single-op Low-power Mixed
2025

YOUTH AWARD

2015 CONNER J. KOPPLIN

SDXA MARATHEON

These are the winners in the several categories in the SDXA Maratheon contest which is a parallel contest to the CQ Magazine international contest of like name.

2010
UNLIMITED CLASS – NON-WORKING: GARY K7GS, 237 ENTITIES
UNLIMITED CLASS – WORKING: NONE
FORMULA CLASS – NON-WORKING: NONE
FORMULA CLASS – WORKING: JAY WA0WWW, 60 ENTIITES

2011
UNLIMITED CLASS – NON-WORKING: GARY K7GS, 276 ENTITIES
UNLIMITED CLASS – WORKING: GARY AC7GP, 161 ENTITIES
FORMULA CLASS – NON-WORKING: NONE
FORMULA CLASS – WORKING: JAY WA0WWW, 145 ENTITIES

2012
UNLIMITED CLASS – NON-WORKING: AL W7AL, 302 ENTITIES
UNLIMITED CLASS – WORKING: JOHN K7KB, 290 ENTITIES
FORMULA CLASS – NON-WORKING: NONE
FORMULA CLASS – WORKING: JAY WA0WWW, 67 ENTITIES

2013
UNLIMITED CLASS – NON-WORKING: WAYNE WA1PMA, 232 ENTITIES
UNLIMITED CLASS – WORKING:
UNLIMITED CLASS – ROOKIE:DAVE WD7K, 246 ENTITIES
FORMULA CLASS – NON-WORKING:
FORMULA CLASS – WORKING:

2014
UNLIMITED CLASS – NON-WORKING: GARY AD7XG, 158 ENTITIES
UNLIMITED CLASS – WORKING: CHRIS WX7B, 229 ENTITIES
FORMULA CLASS – NON-WORKING: NONE
FORMULA CLASS – WORKING: JAY WA0WWW, 91 ENTITIES

2015
UNLIMITED CLASS – NON-WORKING: MIKE K6MW, 302 ENTITIES
UNLIMITED CLASS – WORKING: NONE
FORMULA CLASS – NON-WORKING: NONE
FORMULA CLASS – WORKING:JAY WA0WWW, 73 ENTITIES

2016-2021
no activity

Worked Europe Award

I. Objective: For SDXA members to make contact with 30 or 35 European entities made during the ten PNW DX Competition contests.

II. The Ten PNW DX Contests:

1. CQ WW RTTY, September
2. CQ WW SSB, October
3. CQ WW CW, November
4. ARRL RTTY Roundup, January
5. CQ WPX RTTY, February
6. ARRL DX CW, February
7. ARRL DX SSB, March
8. CQ WPX SSB, March
9. CQ WPX CW, May
10. IARU, July

III. Bands: Bands are the ones allowed in each particular contest.  All have 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 m.  Some include 160 m so check the rules for each contest.

IV. Modes: SSB, CW, RTTY or any combination of the three.

V. Entry Categories:

1. For Million Point members – work 35 European DXCC entities over the course of the 10 PNW Contest season
2. For everyone else – work 30 European DXCC entities over the course of the 10 PNW Contest season

V. Log Submission: Simply submit a list with the date, time, mode, and call sign of the station you worked to rbfoltz@gmail.com. (or a screen shot from your logging programming)

VI. Awards: All who accomplish this award will receive a certificate at the annual awards banquet.

Some photos from the 2023 Awards Dinner

Bob K7TM giving Pat N7UVH his DX Certificate for over 100 countries this season.

Jay WA0WWW giving Jay AC7DC certificate for highest score in RTTY Contest

Randy K7TQ giving Mike K7STO a cup for the JA Award

Randy K7TQ giving the SDXA Service Plaque to Brandon W7BK

2022 SDXA Award winners are:

PRESIDENTS AWARD

Randy Foltz K7TQ & Mel Ming N7GCO

SDXA MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Mel Ming N7GCO

SDXA SERVICE AWARD

Pat Murphy N7UVH

PAST-PRESIDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Gary Bytnar AD7XG

Ten JA Districts Award

I. Objective: For SDXA members to make contact with all ten of the Japanese call sign districts during any combination of the ten PNW DX Competition contests between 01 September and 31 August, our SDXA contest season.

II. The Ten PNW DX Contests:

1. CQ WW RTTY, September
2. CQ WW SSB, October
3. CQ WW CW, November
4. ARRL RTTY Roundup, January
5. CQ WPX RTTY, February
6. ARRL DX CW, February
7. ARRL DX SSB, March
8. CQ WPX SSB, March
9. CQ WPX CW, May
10. IARU, July

III. Bands: Bands are the ones allowed in each particular contest.  All have 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 m.  Some include 6 m and 160 m so check the rules for each contest.

IV. Modes: SSB, CW, RTTY or any combination of the five.

V. Entry Categories:

1. Non-Million Point Club members may count contacts made in any of the ten contests.
2. Million Point Club members must contact all ten JA districts in a single contest. Which contest is your choice.  You don’t have to choose the contest in advance.

VI. Log Submission: Simply submit a list with the date, time, mode, and the JA call sign to rbfoltz@gmail.com.

VII. Award:

1. Non-Million Point Club members will receive a coffee cup with the name of the award and their call sign for the first year earned, then a certificate in following years.
2. Million Point Club members will receive a certificate with the name of the award and their call sign.

VIII. Notes:

1. You do not need to find the location of the JA operator. We will use the numeral after the prefix as the district.
2. If the JA station has a forward slash (/) in the call, you can choose which numeral you want to use. An example is JJ2JQF/1.  It is your choice to use this station as a 2 or as a 1.
3. JA districts 5 and 9 are not as common as the others.

Five by Six Award

I. Objective: For SDXA members to make contact with five DXCC entities on each of the six continents which are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The total of 30 contacts must be made during the ten PNW DX Competition contests.

II. The Ten PNW DX Contests:

1. CQ WW RTTY, September
2. CQ WW SSB, October
3. CQ WW CW, November
4. ARRL RTTY Roundup, January
5. CQ WPX RTTY, February
6. ARRL DX CW, February
7. ARRL DX SSB, March
8. CQ WPX SSB, March
9. CQ WPX CW, May
10. IARU, July

III. Bands: Bands are the ones allowed in each particular contest.  All have 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 m.  Some include 160 m so check the rules for each contest.

IV. Modes: SSB, CW, RTTY or any combination of the three.

V. Log Submission: Simply submit a list with the date, time, mode, and call sign of the station you worked to rbfoltz@gmail.com.

VI. Awards: All who accomplish this award will receive an engraved plaque with the name of the award and their call sign for the first year earned, then a certificate the following years.

VII. Notes:

1. North America should be easy. Five common ones are K, KL, VE, KP4, and C6.
2. South America should be easy. Five common ones are PJ2, PJ4, LU, PY, and HC.
3. Europe should be easy. Five common ones are DL, F, EA, CT, and I.
4. Asia might be tougher than you expect. Four common ones are JA, UA9, HL, and BY.
5. Oceania might be tougher than you expect. Four common ones are KH6, KH2, ZL, and VK.
6. Africa is a challenge. Three common ones are EA8, CT3, and CN.

Million Point Club

SDXA 100 Country Club

DXCC Entities worked in the September 1 to August 31^st DX Season. Every September 1^st everyone starts back at zero.

• Contacts can be any mode
• Contacts can be on any band (6 – 160 meter)
• Each DXCC entity can only be counted once
• Each individual is responsible for keeping their own count
• All who contact 100 entities will receive an award (and will be listed in Alphabetical order, not number of countries worked)
• Additional awards for 200 and 300 entities
• Awards will at the end of the DX Season in September.

Summary: Most DXCC countries worked each year between September 1^st and August 31st. Each year everyone starts at zero.

SDXA Challenge Award

The SDXA Challenge award is for “new” DXCC bands fills between September 1st to August 31st.

• Contacts can be any mode
• Contacts can be on any band (6-160 meters)
• Each DXCC entity can counted on each band once
• Count will be based on LoTW DXCC Challenge count
• The person with the most new band fills wins this award
• Award is presented at the December Awards Meeting

Summary: Most “new” total DXCC band fills worked between September 1^st and August 31st. This is what you add to your lifelong total. The difference between this and the ARRL Challenge Contest is that we are giving an award for the new band fills each year and the ARRL award is for total band fills lifetime. All other ARRL rules apply

President’s Award

Presented to Randy Foltz K7TQ

Inscription: Your many excellent workshops have been a great help to SDXA members

SDXA Member of the Year

Presented to the Idaho Renegades

Bob Hallack K7TM

Jim Monroe N7ESU

Pat Murphy N7UVH

Inscription: For the many contributions you have made in contesting, DXing and leadership roles.

SDXA Service Award

 Presented to Jeff Banke NZ2S

Inscription: For the many times you have gone above and beyond to help fellow club members with their stations.

SDXA Challenge Award

Presented to Dale Avery WU7P

Inscription: For the highest number of DXCC Band Fills from January 1 to August 31, 2021

As explained in the September meeting, the IDXA and SDXA has a difficult time competing with our DX brothers of Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland. We have always just “floundered” about trying to compete with those big guns but come home empty handed when it comes time for the PNW Challenge Cup presentation. So in the spirit of a friendly and fun competion, after having dinner with Rob Fanfant, and officers of IDXA/SDXA, The Flounder Cup was created by Randy Foltz – K7TQ as a local trophy that we can compete for.

The first presentation of the Flounder Cup was at the September 5th meeting of the SDXA with our club winning the trophy for this year. The IDXA won the “Per Participant” category and certificate.

Randy (K7TQ) created a nice .pdf file (Acrobat) about the Flounder Cup and the link is below:

Flounder Cup

So lets see who wins the award for next year!

These reports are provided by Randy (K7TQ) from the IDXA after each contest.

Here are the results after the fourth contest this year. FlounderCupJan January 2020

2019 SDXA AWARDS DINNER

Mel (N7GCO) received the DXer of the Year Award

John (K7KB) received the President’s Award

Jay (WA0WWW) and Steve (K7AWB) received the Service Award

SDXA CONTEST AWARDS

Jay (WA0WWW) Presented the Flounders Cup Trophy to President Gary (AD7XG)

Gary (K7GS) received the PNWDX Challenge Cup Award for SDXA High Score.

Gary (K7GS) also received the Salmon Run Plaque

GREAT CROWD

We had 36 people attended this years Awards Dinner.

(All Photos by Jeff Banke)

The plaque sponsored by the SDXA

The SDXA sponsors a plaque for the highest score in the 7th Area Single-Op (Unassisted) Low-Power CW category. The winner in 2019 is Geoffrey Morse K7GA of Yuma, AZ. Geoffrey sent us a picture of the plaque and of him in his shack. He says in his response to the plaque:

“Here are the pictures! A wonderful addition to my meager supply! It was well worth the maximum chair time. Ham shack is semi temporary while finishing off a separate shop building for all the stuff (test bench, vintage table, main ops table). All I have presently for antennas is a 40 ft crank up pole for the X7 and a combo trap/fan inverted vee supported by a 60 ft Palm (80/40/30). Great antenna heights for domestic contests, but really gotta work for DXCC efforts. Next year hopefully I will have a bigger tower, 40/30 2L Yagi and inverted L ants for 160/80 all in the back 1 acre.

I had a Central Electronics 10B, 458 VFO to a modified DX-100B. NC-300 receiver back in the day in Brookings, Ore and later in Moscow, Idaho before joining the USN. My mother became an RN at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane. My father bought me a Viking Ranger I (traded in the DX-100) at HCJ Electronics in Spokane, too. Do you remember that wonderful candy store?

73 and thanks for sponsoring the award!!”

2023-2024 SDXA sponsored a plaque for: 7th Area Single-Op Low-Power Mixed
2024 Colliins Aerospace Radio Group (W7CXX), operated from WA7LNW, 201 670 points
2023 David Jaffe(WD6T) NN7SS King county 167,769 points

2022 SDXA sponsored a plaque for: 7th Area Single-Op High-Power Mixed
2022 Mitch Mason K7RL, Camano Island, WA 318,384 points

2020-2021 7th Area Single-Op (Unassisted) High-Power Mixed
2021 Mitch Mason K7RL, Camano Island, WA 378,603 points
2020 Pat Barkey, NR7DX (Op-N9RV), MTMIS 489,056 points

2018-2019 highest score in the 7th Area Single-Op (Unassisted) Low-Power CW category.
2019 Geoffrey Morse K7GA, Yuma. AZ, 131,841 points
2018 Larry Reader KE2VB, Oro Valley, AZ, 156,984 points

2015-2017 SDXA sponsored a plaque for: highest 7th Area single op, digital score
2017 Pat Murphy N7UVH, Post Falls, ID, 21,021 points
2016 David Wells N7AM, Pima, AZ, 8,715 points
2015 David Wells N7AM, Pima, AZ, 4,686 points

2012 SDXA sponsored a plaque for: highest 7th Area single op, high power, digital score
2012 Stephen Sala K7AWB, 9,213 points

SDXA sponsors two plaques during the contest season. One is the 7QP and the other is in September Salmon Run.

The Salmon Run contest is sponored by the Western Washington DX Club (WWDXC) of Seattle. More info is at their WWDXC LINK.

The SDXA sponsors a special plaque in this contest to the entrant who scores the highest number of points in the following special category:

Single Operator
Low Power – 100 watts or less
Operate in the EWA Section of the ARRL exclusively
Enter in Mixed Mode (two or more of the multiple modes and meet the percentage requirements in the Salmon Run rules

Here are the past winners of the plaque:

2024 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (128,265 points)   <<<<< pending/tbd
2023 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (15,542 points)

2022 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (124,340 points)
**** this is for (entire) WA Single-Op Low Power Plaque by the Cascade Radio Club (Everett)
     2022 EWA / SDXA plaque not not given out, since Gary topped all of WA.

2021 László Végh OM2VL, Slovak Republic, DX Top Score (also from SDXA)  (6,829 points)
2021 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (93,862points)
2020 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (166,820 points)

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2003 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (84,416 points)
2004 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (131,080 points)
2005 GARY ELLIOTT K7OX, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER – SK) (170,154 points)
2006 GARY ELLIOTT K7OX, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER – SK) (172,800 points)
2007 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (104,140 points)
2008 WILSE MORGAN WX7P, RICE (SDXA MEMBER – SK) (124,992 points)
2009 GARY ELLIOTT K7OX, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER – SK) (261,236 points)
2010 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (172,264 points)
2011 RICK OLSEN N6NR, TIETON (245,096 points)
2012 RICK WERNER K7UK, WALLA WALLA (77,595 points)
2013 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (132,653 points)
2014 LAMAR RAY WA7LT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER -SK) (160,630 points)
2015 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (52,976 points)
2016 GENE BYE W7WMO, EPHRATA (97,430 points)
2017 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (60,162 points)
2018 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (97,527 points)
2019 GARY SWARTOUT, SPOKANE (SDXA MEMBER) (119,818 points)

SDXA members have won the plaque 8 times and non-SDXA hams won it 9 times. And don’t forget that we honor the highest score (using any modes) for Spokane County and the other counties for our outlying SDXA members.

article by Steve K7AWB

SDXA sponsors two plaques during the contest season. One is the 7QP and the other is in September Salmon Run.