Archive for March, 2016

GEORGE W6AEA ADDS A PAIR OF 2015 ARRL SWEEPSTAKES CLEAN SWEEP CUPS

Friday, March 18th, 2016

George's new coffee cups
The cups are available to whose who work all of the ARRL and RAC Sections in the USA and Canada during the CW and/or Phone contests. There are 83 ARRL/RAC sections.

SDXA DX NET ON 3RD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH

Friday, March 18th, 2016

On the Spokane Repeater Group’s 147.20 MHz repeater owned by Karl AK2O of Colbert. You will need a PL tone which you can get from our Vice-President Randy W7TJ. More information on this repeater group can be found at this URL link: http://www.srgclub.org . Check out his FAQ Rules area for more information. Thanks to Karl for the use of his system!

March 2016 Minutes

sdxa minutes 2016 March

SHOOTING YOURSELF (AND EVERYONE ELSE) IN THE FOOT

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

This is an article about DXpedition non-stop calling, one of the many problems with recent DXpeditions. It was published in the February issue of the Western Washington DX Club newletter called the Totem Tabloid. The article is by the editor Kip edwards W6SZN.

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HAVE YOU TRIED BERNIE W3UR’S DAILY DX MAIL?

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

Your Webmaster considers The Daily DX bulletin to be manditory in keeping up with the latest DX on the quest for his Honor Roll. At the bottom of this page are several free DX sites under the heading DX NEWS LINKS where you can get various information on forthcoming DXpeditions. Bernie offers subscriptions on two different bulletins, one called The Daily DX and the other called The Weekly DX. I have been subscribing to the The Daily DX for many years and continue to use it to determine who I need to work. It is usually in my email by the time I wake up each day. As one visitor said tonight, “a friendly net.”

Bernie is the editor of the monthly column in QST Magazine from the ARRL called “How’s DX?”.

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NEW AMATEUR RADIO BOOK “CONTACT SPORT”

Tuesday, March 1st, 2016

CONTACT SPORT

contact sport
A new ham radio book called “Contact Sport” was written by J.K. George, N3BB and published this month by the Greenleaf Book Group Press. It is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and at other stores. It is reviewed in the January issue of CQ Magazine on page 56. It is about the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) which took place in Massachusetts. Sounds like an interesting read.