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
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
We had 36 people attended this years Awards Dinner.
(All Photos by Jeff Banke)
Go to our CONTESTING LINK and read about the four gavels.
Here is a picture of one of the gavels which our current President uses to start the monthly meetings and to keep order.
Also at this same Contesting Link is an updated listing (SDXA Club Competition Results) of how the SDXA did in certain contests throughout its history.
Bob N7AU’s new WAZ certificate
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!!”
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 score, 131,841 points
SDXA sponsored two plaques during the contest season. One is the 7QP and the other is in September Salmon Run.
article by Steve K7AWB
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:
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
