Spokane DX Association

Object: Stations outside of Washington work as many Washington stations in as many Washington counties (39) as possible. Stations in Washington work anyone in as many states, Canadian call areas, and DX countries as possible.
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Dates: September 18-19, 2010

Many members of the SDXA entered the Salmon Run contest this year hoping to win the SDXA sponsored plaque. Unfortunately for them, the SDXA plaque was won by Gene Bye W7WMO (non-member of SDXA) again. This is Gene’s 4th win since the plaque was initiated in 2003. It was a very close race between Gene and Gary K7OX, Gene winning by only 744 points. The plaque is given for the highest score in the EWA Section running in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed Mode category. Gene is from Ephrata. He won it in the first two years that the plaque was offered by our organization as well as in 2007. His 2010 score was 172,264 points and 34 WA counties from a combination of 384 CW QSOs and 124 phone QSOs. He did an expedition to Ferry County for the contest. Congratulations again, Gene.

Gary K7OX
highest score from Spokane County
297 CW QSOs
218 phone QSOs
29 WA counties
171,520 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode

Wilse WX7P
highest score from Stevens County
673 phone QSOs
47 digital QSOs
31 WA counties
135,492 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode

George W6AEA
458 CW QSOs
11 phone QSOs
3 digital QSOs
19 WA counties
159,110 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode

Gary K7GS
338 CW QSOs
19 WA counties
95,140 points
Single Operator, Low Power, CW mode

Jay WA0WWW
178 CW QSOs
156 phone QSOs
5 digital QSOs
15 WA counties
67,316 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode

Vern N7GTW
76 phone QSOs
26 WA counties
5,060 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Phone mode

Cynthia KE7ZDJ
91 phone QSOs
29 WA counties
9,236 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode

Randy K7TQ
Highest QRP score from out of WA state (in Idaho)
95 CW QSOs
24 WA counties
9,620 points
Single Operator, QRP Power, CW mode
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Dates: September 19-20, 2009

Gary K7OX
won the SDXA sponsored plaque for highest score in the EWA Section using Low Power, mixed mode, Single Operator
highest score from Spokane County
495 CW QSOs
172 Phone QSOs
1 digital QSO
22 WA counties
261,236 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode

SDXA President Kirk K7EKM (left) presents 2009 plaque to Gary K7OX (Alpha hat)

At the February, 2010 SDXA meeting, Gary K7OX received his SDXA-sponsored plaque for having the highest score in the EWA Section, Single Operator, Mixed Mode, Low Power category. This has not been Gary’s first win of this plaque. He won it in 2005 and 2006. Congratulations, Gary!

Vern N7GTW
124 phone QSOs
33 WA counties
10,168 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Phone mode

phone only,Kirk K7EKM
63 phone QSOs
1 WA county
3,024 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Phone mode

Wilse WX7P
highest score from Stevens County
852 phone QSOs
50 digital QSOs
30 WA counties
171,360 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode

Dave N7DRK
201 phone QSOs
22 digital QSOs
35 counties
32,349 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode,

George W6AEA
416 CW QSOs
13 WA counties
120,308 points
Single Operator, Low Power, CW mode,

Bob AC7GP
43 phone QSOs
16 digital QSOs
2 WA counties
4,500 points
Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed mode
operated from Stevens County
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Dates: September 20-21, 2008

WILSE WX7P IS PRESENTED 2008 SDXA SALMON RUN PLAQUE FOR TOP SCORE IN SO, EWA,LP, MIXED MODE CATEGORY AT 2008 SDXA AWARDS BANQUET

SDXA President Gary Elliott presents plaque to Wilse WX7P
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WX7P 2008 Salmon Run plaque up close and personal

Wilse WX7P from Rice, WA (Stevens County) won the SDXA sponsored plaque for the highest score in the EWA Section running in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed Mode category. His 2008 score was 124,992 points from a combination of 50 digital QSOs and 644 phone QSOs. His score was also highest for Stevens County. Congratulations, Wilse. Wilse is a member of the SDXA and President of the PARC, Panoramaland Amateur Radio Club up North.

Dave N7DRK from Rice also was the other entrant from Stevens County. He made 25,352 pints in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed category. Dave recently joined the SDXA in November.

Gary K7GS made 49,940 points in the Single Operator, Low Power, CW only category to take high score for Spokane County.

Jay WA0WWW was second highest in Spokane County in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed category with 42,716 points.

Gary K7OX was third in Spokane County with 37,176 points in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed catehory.
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Dates: September 15-16, 2007

Gene W7WMO (non-member of SDXA) from Ephrata won the SDXA sponsored plaque for the highest score in the EWA Section running in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed Mode category. This was Gene’s third win of this plaque. He won it in the first two years that the plaque was offered by our organization. His 2007 score was 104,140 points from a combination of 242 CW QSOs and 89 phone QSOs. He did an expedition to Ferry County for the contest. Congratulations again, Gene.

Randy K7TQ won the WA state Single Operator QRP category for the second year in a row. Randy made all CW contacts and had a score of 67,768 points from 241 QSOs. Randy also won with the highest score in Spokane County. Congratulations Randy. Share the salmon with us please.

RANDY K7TQ WITH SALMON PRIZE IN BACKGROUND

Jay WA0WWW had the second highest Spokane County score with 16,302 points from a combination of 51 CW QSOs and 107 phone QSOs. He was in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed category. He won 1st place for Spokane County mixed mode.

Wilse WX7P entered the Single Operator, High Power, Mixed Mode category and scored a lot of points from his endevor from Stevens County. He took top honors in the county for high score. His total of 238,732 points came from 1226 phone QSOs and one CW QSO. Guess which mode Wilse favors?

For a write-up on the contest, go to this LINK.

For all the WA state entries, go to this LINK.
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Dates: September , 2006
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Gary K7OX (right) receives his 2nd SDXA sponsored Washington State Salmon Run plaque from SDXA past President Steve K7AWB (left) at the 2007 Annual Awards Banquet.

SDXA member and founder Gary K7OX won the SDXA sponsored 2006 Salmon Run plaque and took top honors including highest score in the state for a non-club entry with 172,800 points!! The plaque was for the highest score in the mixed (CW & SSB) , low power, single operator category, in the EWA Section. This was his second year in a row of winning the plaque.

Randy K7TQ won for the highest QRP score in the state with 58,640 points.
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Dates: September 17-18, 2005

SDXA member and founder Gary K7OX won the SDXA sponsored 2005 Salmon Run plaque and took top honors including highest score in the state for a non-club entry with 170,154 points!! The plaque was for the highest score in the mixed (CW & SSB) , low power, single operator category, in the EWA Section.

Gene W7WMO had won the plaque for the last two years, putting to shame the SDXA and its club members who sponsored the plaque.

Congratulation Gary; it was a tough battle, both in the contest and having your entry “lost” in Western WA for a while. Oh, of course, Gary won Spokane County in the same category, too.

The Salmon Run is a September contest held every year. SDXA members should sharpen their antennas for that.

Another SDXA member George W6AEA made 2nd highest score from Spokane County with his 18,600 points in the same category as Gary.

The entire results are available from this WWDXC link: 2005 SALMON RUN
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Dates: September 18-19, 2004

Steve K7AWB took 1st place in Spokane County with 97,600 points in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed category.

Gary K7OX took 2nd place in Spokane County with 83,904 points in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed category.

The Club gave a plaque for the top score in the EWA Section, Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed category which went to Gene W7WMO of Ephrata, WA for the second year in a row.

Here is a SHORT HISTORY LINK to the history of the contest.
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Dates: September 20-21, 2003

The SDXA decided to sponsor a winner’s plaque for the 2003 Salmon Run contest on September 20-21. The Salmon Run is the modern name for the annual QSO party from Washington state, sponsored by the Western Washington DX Club – W7DX. Everyone in the world tries to work Washington State hams, and we try to work everyone, especially those less populated counties in the state. Our sponsored plaque would be for the highest score for a single operator running low power in the Eastern Washington ARRL Section (EWA).

The EWA section consists of basically the 20 most Eastern counties in Washington ranging from the Canadian border to the Oregon border.

The winner was W7WMO Eugene (Gene) Bye of Ephrata, WA. As Gene said, “I was operating from a campsite at Swan Lake, south of Republic, the antenna was a dipole strung in the trees about 35 feet high and fed with open ladder 450 ohm line and antenna tuner, the rig was a battery powered IC-706. The antenna was up as high as I could get it with my fishing reel sling shot.”

The glove was thrown down to all SDXA members for next year’s contest as Gene said, “Tell the club I will be out to defend my title next year and to round up some competition for the 2004 SR.” This means that more of our SDXA members should plan to participate in the next Salmon Run and move the title closer to home. We will arrange to present the plaque to Gene in person at a future SDXA meeting if he can make it up here from Ephrata; otherwise, we will mail it to him.

Congratulations to Gene for his win of 84,416 points from Swan Lake in Ferry County.

Randy K7TQ made 62,772 points in the Single Operator, QRP, CW category and took top QRP honors for Washington State. He operated from Garfield county.

Steve K7AWB got 100 points and was top score for Spokane County. He was in the Single Operator, Low Power, Phone category.

Bill K7EFB got 260 points from Whatcom County and placed 2nd there in the Single Operator, Low Power, Mixed category.
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Dates: September 20-21, 2002

Steve K7AWB had high score in all categories for Spokane County with 36,848 points from 233 QSOs in the Single Operator,Low Power, Phone category.

Gary K7OX made 30,800 points from 202 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power, Phone category to take 2nd place in Spokane County in all categories.

Randy K7TQ had high score in all categories for Asotin County with 28,908 points from 134 QSO in the Single Operator, QRP, CW category. This made Randy top score in Eastern Washington in the QRP category.
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The 43 foot vertical

Many different companies are joining the bandwagon and offering a 43 foot vertical antenna. This is touted to work the ham bands 160 to 10 meters. The big question is how well does it work on these bands?

Ham radio is full of stories how stations (even DX) were worked using window screens, bed springs, and even light bulbs as antennas. I helped an apartment bound blind friend use his rain trough as an antenna when he was prohibited from using even a small vertical. N6BT of Force 12 fame worked many stations using a light bulb antenna.

What is so special about a 43 foot vertical? It happens that the impedance at the feed point is in the range of 100 ohms to 300 ohms except on 80 and 160 where it is very low resulting in very poor efficiency. Use a 4 to 1 un-un and you may be able to use your xcvr internal tuner to operate. Notice I said un-un not bal-un. Some of the antennas are being supplied with a bal-un which is a serious mistake (Zero-Five). That will cause your coax outer shield to be part of the radiating antenna and couple unwanted RF into your ham shack.

This antenna is a respectable performer on 40 thru 20 meters with a good radial system. On the lower bands the very low feed point impedance and our inability to make a long enough radial system (in wavelengths) make it a very poor performer. On the bands above 20 meters the radiation angle is too high, because it is too long, making it a cloud warmer.

The best thing you can do to optimize the antenna is to put an efficient matching network at the base for each band and install a good radial system. There was a 2 part article by Salas in a recent QST which does a good job of showing how to do this. If you want to know a great deal more about this antenna, including calculated efficiency for different configurations. See the work that VK1OD did here. http://vk1od.net/antenna/multibandunloadedvertical/index.htm”

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Object: For stations in the United States and Canada (including territories and possessions) to exchange QSO information with as many other US and Canadian stations as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands.
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Dates: November 21-23, 2009

Lamar WA7LT
161,318 points
1021 QSOs
Single Operator, High Power
2nd in EWA Section overall
1st in category in EWA Section
7/117 overall in NW Division
3rd in category in NW Division

Wilse WX7P
121,280 points
758 QSOs
multioperator
3rd in EWA Section overall
2nd in category in EWA Section
15th in NW Division overall
9 operators including Jay WS7I
Did not enter for SDXA due to less than 50% SDXA membership

Jay WA0WWW
43,068 points
291 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power
1st in category in EWA Section
4th overall in EWA Section

Kirk K7EKM
30,500 points
250 QSOs
Unlimited
1st in category in EWA Section
6th overall in EWA Section

Gary K7GS
19,500 points
150 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power

Chris WX7B
17,666 points
121 QSOs
Single Operator, High Power

A smiling President Kirk holds his new ARRL gavel in order to control the monthly meetings

The SDXA in the club competition won the Local Category and the gavel!! We had 462,188 points from 7 operators in the combined SSB and CW results.
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Dates: November 15-17, 2008

Wilse WX7P and Randy K7TQ, Richard K5UJU, Dave N7DRK, and others
108,732 points
697 QSOs
Multioperator category
1st in category in EWA Section

Jay WA0WWW
43,452 points
306 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power category
1st in category in EWA Section

Wayne WA1PMA
35,256 points
226 QSOs
Single Operator Limited
1st in category in EWA Section

The SDXA took 4th in the Local Club category out of 30 entries. Our score was 321,422 points from combining the phone and cw contests.
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Dates: November 17-19, 2007

Wilse WX7P and multiop crew
121,280 points
758 QSOs
full sweep
Multiop category
2nd place in EWA Section in category and 3rd in Northwestern Division in category; 10th place out of 92 overall in NW Division.

Jay WA0WWW
38,896 points
286 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power category
1st in category in EWA Section; 28th place our of 92 overall in NW Division

Gary K7OX
4,760 points
68 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power category

In the combined Club competition, the SDXA took 2nd place out of 29 entries in the Local Club competition with 537,230 points.
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Dates: November 18-20, 2006

Gary K7OX made the highest score in all categories in the EWA Section and took 1st in the Single Operator Unlimited category with 211,224 points from 1354 QSOs. He took 2nd in this category in the Northwestern Division.

A multioperator station at Wilse WX7P took 1st in the Multioperator category with 121,524 points from 779 QSOs in the EWA Section.

Lamar WA7LT made 36,828 points from 297 QSOs and took 1st in the EWA Section Single Operator, High Power category.

Jay WA0WWW made 33,740 points from 241 QSOs and took 3rd in the Single Operator, Low Power category in the EWA Section.

Bob AC7GP made 22,568 points from 182 QSOs in the Single Operator, High Power category and took 3rd in the EWA Section.

In the club competition, combining cw and phone scores, the SDXA was 7th out of 49 in the Local Club category with 630,146 points.
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Dates: November 19-21, 2005

Three SDXA members entered the contest. Gary K7OX had 43,808 points in the Single Operator, Unlimited category and took first in the EWA Section in that category. He was 25th out of 82 in the entire Northwestern Divison.

Wayne WA1PMA had 17,380 points also in the Single Operator, Unlimited category to take 2nd place in that category in the EWA Section.

Steve K7AWB had 2,838 points in the Single Operator, Low Power category.

In the club competition, combining cw and phone scores, the SDXA was 3rd out of 19 in the Local Club category with 393,190 points.
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Dates: November 20-22, 2004

Gary K7OX made 206,560 points from 1291 QSOs in the Unlimited category. In the EWA Section, he had 2nd highest score and was 1st in the Unlimited category.

Lamar WA7LT made 202,880 points from 1268 points in the Single Operator, High Power category. He was 1st in his category and had the 3rd overall high score in the EWA Section.

Wayne WA1PMA made 17,920 points from 112 p QSOs in the Unlimited cateogy. That made him 2nd in the Unlimited category in the EWA Section.

Kirk K7EKM made 16,240 points from 140 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power category. That made him 2nd in the Low Power category in the EWA Section.

Honorary member Gary KH6GMP made 17,596 points from 166 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power category in the Pacific Section.

In the Club competition, combining phone and cw scores, we were 19th out of 38 in the Medium club category with 688,146 points.
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Dates: November 15-17, 2003

Gary K7OX made 189,384 points from 1214 QSOs and made high score in the EWA Section. Being in the Unlimited category, his score was 1st in the EWA Section Unlimited category. His score was 2nd highest in the Northwestern Division and 17th nationally in the Unlimited category. His score was 4th highest out of 90 in the Northwestern Division overall.

Lamar WA7LT made 172,480 points from 1120 QSOs. He was in the Single Operator, High Power category. That made him 1st in that category in the EWA Section, 4th in the Northwestern Division in that category, and 6th highest out of 90 in the Northwestern Division overall.

Steve K7AWB made 62,920 points from 484 QSOs. He was in the Single Operator, Low Power category.

Jim KD7OY (now NE7F) made 22,800 points from 190 QSOs in the Single Operator, High Power category.

Kirk K7EKM made 8,342 points from 97 QSOs in the Single Opoerator, Low Power category.

W6AEA George made 3,894 points from 59 QSOs inthe Single Operator, High Power category.

In the club competition, we were 16th our of 43 in the Medium category. The scores of both the cw and phone contests are added together.
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Dates: Nov 16-18, 2002

Gary K7OX got 261,440 points from 1634 QSOs in the Unlimited category. His was the high score in the EWA Section and 4th highest in the Northwestern Division out of 89. His score in the Unlimited category made him 1st in the Northwestern Division and 4th nationally.

Lamar WA7LT made 227,360 points from 1421 QSOs in the Single Operator, High Power category. He had the highest score for his category in the EWA Section and 3rd highest in the Northwestern Division out of 89.

Steve K7AWB made 48,032 points from 304 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power category.

Doug W3AS made 1026 points from 27 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power category.

In the club competition, the cw and phone entries are combined. The SDXA won the Local category with 985,614 points out of 17 local club entries. We had a total of 8 separate entries from our members. For taking 1st place, the club was presented with an ARRL gavel! Congratulation! More information HERE.
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Object: For stations in the United States and Canada (including territories and possessions) to exchange QSO information with as many other US and Canadian stations as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands.
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Dates: November 7-9, 2009

Gary K7OX
155,156 points
982 QSOs
Unlimited
1st in EWA Section overall
1st in category in EWA Section
7/96 in NW Division overall

WX7P
117,120 points
732 QSOs
Multioperator
2nd in EWA Section overall
1st in category in EWA Section
14/96 in NW Division overall
guest operators unknown
did not enter for SDXA
They won a plaque for their high score.

WA0WWW
34,980 points
265 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power
2nd in category in EWA Section
5th overall in EWA Section

K7EIQ
5,612 points
61 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power
did not enter for SDXA

K7TJ
15,180 points
110 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power
entered for EWA ARG, not SDXA

A smiling President Kirk holds his new ARRL gavel in order to control the monthly meetings

The SDXA in the club competition won the Local Category and the gavel!! We had 462,188 points from 7 operators in the combined SSB and CW results.
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Dates: November 1-3, 2008

Gary K7OX
83,040 points
519 QSOs
full sweep
Single Operator, Unlimited
Highest score in EWA Section and 1st in Single Operator, Unlimited category; 21st out of 89 in Northwestern Division.

Jay WA0WWW
35,108 points
262 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power

Wayne WA1PMA
15,246 points
99 QSOs
Single Operator, Unlimited

The SDXA took 4th in the Local Club category out of 30 entries. Our score was 321,422 points from combining the phone and cw contests.

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Dates: November 3-5, 2007

Gary K7OX
184,000 points
1150 QSOs
full sweep
Single Operator, Unlimited
1st place in NW Division in category, wins ICOM plaque; highest score in all categories in EWA Section; 6th out of 245 nationally in his category

Lamar WA7LT
140,936 points
892 QSOs
Single Operator, High Power
2nd in EWA Section in category

Jay WA0WWW
29,346 points
219 QSOs
Single Operator, Low Power
3rd in EWA Section in category

Wayne WA1PMA
18,012 points
114 QSOs
Single Operator, Unlimited
2nd in EWA Section in category

In the combined Club competition, the SDXA took 2nd place out of 29 entries in the Local Club competition with 537,230 points.
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Dates: November 4-6, 2006

Gary K7OX made 178,240 points from 1114 QSOs and took 1st in the EWA Section in the Single Operator Unlimited category. He also made the highest EWA Section score of any category. He also made the highest score in his category in the Northwestern Division.

Chris KL9A, guest operator at the station of Lamar WA7LT, made 169,120 points from 1057 QSOs in the Single Operator Low Power category and took 1st in the EWA Section (2nd highest score in all categories).

Dennis WQ7O made 13,462 points from 127 QSOs and took 1st in the EWA Section Single Operator, High Power category.

Jay WA0WWW made 12,954 points from 127 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power category.

Wayne WA1PMA made 12,166 points from 79 QSOs in the Single Operator Unlimited category.

In the club competition, combining cw and phone scores, the SDXA was 7th out of 49 in the Local Club category with 630,146 points.
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Dates: November 5-7, 2005

Four members were active in this contest.

Gary K7OX took highest score in the EWA Section with 167,040 points from 1044 QSOs out of ten entries. He was 1st in the Single Operator, Unlimited category in EWA; he was 4th highest overall out of 76 entries in the Northwestern Division and 1st in the Unlimited category (which won him a plaque). He was 10th out of 185 nationally in the Unlimited category (a top tener).

Lamar WA7LT took 2nd highest score in the EWA Section with his 152,412 points from 977 QSOs. Lamar took first place in the Single Operator, High Power category. He was 8th overall in the Northwestern Section.

Wayne WA1PMA had 8,712 points from 66 QSOs also in the Single Operator, Unlimited category. He took 9th overall in the EWA Section out of ten and 64th overall in the Northwestern Division.

Randy K7TQ in Idaho made 11,280 points from 120 QSOs in the QRP category, taking 2nd in the Idaho Section for QRPers and 3rd out of three overall.

In the club competition, combining cw and phone scores, the SDXA was 3rd out of 19 in the Local Club category with 393,190 points.
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Dates: November 6-8, 2004

Five members were active in this contest. Gary K7OX took highest score in the EWA Section with 155,360 points from 971 QSOs. He was 1st in the Single Operator, Unlimited category in EWA also. His score made him 7th in the Northwestern Division out of 74 and 11th nationally in the Unlimited category.

Wayne Wa1PMA had 13,860 points from 90 QSOs also in the Single Operator, Unlimited category. He took 4th overall in the EWA Section and 2nd in the Northwestern Division in the Unlimited category.

Lamar WA7LT took 5th highest score in the EWA Section with his 12,852 points from 126 QSOs. Lamar was in the Single Operator, Low Power category. He was 2nd in the Northwestern Section in the Low Power category.

Kirk K7EKM made 7,224 points from 281 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power category.

Randy K7TQ in Idaho made 37,654 points from 281 QSOs in the QRP category.

In the Club competition, combining phone and cw scores, we were 19th out of 38 in the Medium club category with 688,146 points.
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Dates: November 1-3, 2003

Lamar WA7LT made 150,732 points from 954 QSOs to take the high score in the EWA Section. In his Single Operator, High Power category, he took 1st in that section and 5th highest score in the Northwestern Division.

Gary K7OX was only two contacts behind Lamar, showing a score of 150,416 points from 952 QSOs. He had the 2nd highest score in the EWA Section. Running in the Unlimited category, he took 1st in that category in the EWA Section, 1st in the Northwestern Division in that category, and 10th nationally in that category.

Jay WS7I was quest operator at the Spokane station of Randy K7TJ in the Single Operator, Low Power category. He made 1,728 points from 32 contacts and took 7th highest score inthe EWA Section.

Steve K7AWB made 242 points from 11 QSOs in the Single Operator, Low Power category and had the 8th highest score in the EWA Section.

Randy K7TQ in Idaho made 25,920 points from 216 QSOs in the QRP category.

In the club competition, we were 16th our of 43 in the Medium category. The scores of both the cw and phone contests are added together.
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Dates: November 2-4, 2002

Gary K7OX made 168,800 points from 1055 QSOs in the Unlimited category. He had the 2nd highest score in the EWA Section, but highest in the Unlimited category in that section. His score was 4th highest in the Northwestern Division out of 73 and 1st in the Unlimited category. His score made him 6th highest in the Unlimited category nationally.

Lamar WA7LT made 145,676 points from 922 QSOs in the Single Operator, High Power category. His score was 3rd highest in the EWA Section, but 1st in his category.

Doug W3AS made 95,000 points from 625 QSOs in the Single Operator, High Power category.

Randy K7TQ in Idaho made 38,280 points from 290 QSOs in the QRP category.

In the club competition, the cw and phone entries are combined. The SDXA won the Local category with 985,614 points out of 17 local club entries. We had a total of 8 separate entries from our members. For taking 1st place, the club was presented with an ARRL gavel! Congratulation! More information HERE.
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