Spokane DX Association

Geoff published an article in the July/August National Contest Journal (NCJ)
titled PJ2T’s “Year of the Shack” Project – Part 1

Geoff W0CG & PJ2DX

Geoff gave a presentation to the SDXA in April, 2016 on the same subject.

We will look forward for Part 2 soon in NCJ.

Incidentally, NCJ is a publication of the ARRL and is available by subscription. Here is a LINK to the ARRL NCJ page.

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January —President Chris WX7B explained about the N3FJP logging software which he and others in the SDXA use.

Chris WX7B

February — Video of February 2014 DXpedition to Amsterdam Island (FT5ZM); Show and Tell for favorite QSL cards.

March — Video of the Navassa Island DXpedition (K1N); Individual discussion of our first QSOs; discussion of upcoming Heard Island DXpedition (VK0EK).

April —Geoff Howard W0CG/PJ2DX discussed his contest station PJ2T in Curacao – “The Year of the shack at PJ2T – a Total Interior Station Rebuild.” Members discussed their worst fire occurring in equipment.

May —14th SDXA Birthday party at the South Hill Round Table pizza place – original meeting place back in 2002 for the first organizational meeting for the start of SDXA.

June —Commercial (and amateur radio) tower climber Jeremiah Puhek from JP Telecomm gave a presentation on safe tower climbing and standards in the industry such as lightning protection, etc.

July — Steve W7VI gave a presentation on hex beams including bring his 6-meter version he built himself. He has two hex beams himself for HF, one for SSB and the other for CW and digital.

August —Annual Summer Picnic at Plante’s Ferry Sports Complex

September —Video of the 5A7A Libya DXpedition put on by Rudi DK7PE in November of 2006; also included info on other Libya DXpeditions, 5A0A in 1987, the 1995 operation, and recently 5A1AL.

October —Craig Stevens KG7H of Clark Fork, ID presented an introduction to EME especially as it pertains to his quad array of 9-element 6-meter antennas.

November —upcoming 2018 Bouvet Island DXpedition – comparison to previous Bouvet Operations. DVD of the 3Y5X DXpedition of 1989/early 1990.

December —Annual Awards Banquet at the Longhorn Barbecue in Airway Heights.

There is a series of annual DX conventions in the Pacific Northwest that rotate between major cities: Seattle, Portland, Spokane, and Vancouver, BC. The SDXA sponsors one every four years and ours is in 2017. In order for us to have a good turnout from the other clubs’ membership, other clubs putting on their conventions expect a serious turnout to their conventions from us – yes, SDXA members. In turn, we can expect many of those other club members to visit ours in 2017. Our first attempt for the PNW DX convention trail was 2009 and set the highest attendance record up to that date. This year’s 61st convention is in Clackamas, OR near Portland.

2005 Portland: “Solid State KW Amplifiers – Present And (Near) Future” presentation

2012 Portland: Attendees ARRL EWA Section Manager Mark KB7HDX and former SDXA President Wayne WA1PMA
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Here is the schedule for the speakers and technical sessions at the convention.

Bernie McClenny, W3UR: A synopsis of a DX editor’s experiences and the work involved in creating a daily, weekly and monthly DX publication.
Adam Blackmer, K7EDX and Rob Fanfant, N7QT: DXpedition to Willis Island VK9WA
Paula Keezer, NX1P: NX1P DXpedition IT
Bob Heil, K9EID: Improving your Receive Audio
Bernie McClenny, W3UR: Most Wanted Entities – a trip down the top 20 or 25 most wanted list
Dave Patton, NN1N: ARRL Forum with Dave Patton NN1N
Paul Ewing, N6PSE (Saturday banquet speaker): VP8STI & VP8SGI A Harrowing Journey in the Southern Atlantic
Craig Thompson, K9CT (Sunday breakfast speaker: DXpedition to Palmyra Island K5P

and the annual presentation of the Traveling Trophy for the club that has the highest total score for the designated ten contests (last one on July 9-10 – see more below).

Here is the link to the convention site:

http://pacificnwdxconvention.com . Registration is now open. Here are the dates and location:

2016 Pacific Northwest Convention
August 5-7, 2016
Monarch Hotel, Portland, OR