Spokane DX Association

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Mirabeau in the Spokane Valley

The 2013 Convention website is up although not much has been posted yet. The site will be filled in as more information becomes available. And the “look and feel” of the site will change in the coming months. A permanent link to the convention website is on the right side of this page below the NEXT MEETING information.

The results are in. Here is how our gang did:

K7SDX club group…..1052 points…..category 2A…..310 QSOs…..Low Power…..30 participants…..3rd place in EWA Section and 17th place in Northwestern Division in 2A category
W6AEA George…..2332 points…..category 1D…..1141 QSOs…..High Power…..single operator….1st place in EWA Section and in Northwestern Division in 1D category
K7EIQ Merle…..250 points…..category 1D…..50 QSOs…..Low Power…..single operator…..3rd place in EWA Section and 17th place in Northwestern Division in 1D category

Here is the LINK to the database at ARRL.

My latest use of the new online application process produced the following results:

10/22 Monday: Date the envelope with my printed list of contacts was received at ARRL HQ – sent in by the local card checker
10/31 Wednesday: Date the application was processed by HQ
11/1 Thursday: Date I discovered the cards were accepted at HQ and results posted on my LOTW matrix (I checked for it every day – hihi)
11/3 Saturday: Date I received the printed DXCC Award Credit Slip with costs and results in the mail

That sure beats the old way of waiting months!! This is the only way that you can now submit cards to a local card checker or HQ; it required entering the card information into a computer database form (on the ARRL website) which is saved for your future use when you log out. I personally log each card on the form as I receive them until I make the decision to make an official card submittal through one of the three local card checkers. Here is the link to the ONLINE FORM. Try it! You will be amazed.

Steve K7AWB

Elections were held at the November meeting. Three current officers were returned to office, but we have a new Vice-President (and former Vice-President and 2013 SDXA Convention Chairman) Randy Foltz K7TQ. Congratulations to all and our thanks to retiring Vice-President Chris Pritchard WX7B.

reelected President Wayne WA1PMA and new Vice-President Randy K7TQ

reelected Secretary Jay WA0WWW

reelected Treasurer Gary K7GS (shown standing left at a past Awards Banquet)

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Randy W7TJ

Randy Crews W7TJ gave a great presentation on the poor HF propagation that we will probably experience for the rest of this sunspot cycle #24 and even into the next one #25 in 11-13 years. He used the term “Propagation Winter” to describe the predicted low activity. He also presented a handout of propagation websites that give information on what the sun is doing.

Here is a link to his PROPAGATION HANDOUT.

Thanks to Randy W7TJ for the well presented program!

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