Spokane DX Association

ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL SDXA FOUNDERS
December 19, 1937 – June 11, 2018

Gary Elliott K7OX – OBITUARY LINK

Gary was the first President of the SDXA when it started in 2002. He served a total of 4.3 years for 2002, 2003, part of 2007, 2008, and 2009. He was the first Chairman of the Pacific Northwest DX Convention held in Spokane Valley in 2009 when the SDXA joined the rotation with other NW DX clubs in presenting the yearly event.

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SDXA Vice-President Mel N7GCO (left) helping Rob N7QT prepare the A-V for the meeting

From their website:

2018 KARS Hamfest Canceled as of 2018-06-16
Due to a number of factors, the KARS Board has canceled this year’s KARS Hamfest, originally scheduled for 7/14/2018. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. That doesn’t mean you’re out of luck for a local area hamfest, however. The Spokane-area hamfest is scheduled for September 22nd so be sure to mark your calendar. We will also now add back into the calendar the monthly meeting and license testing for July 9th. We hope to see you there.

Now you have no reason for not being in the IARU contest with the WRTC every-fourth-year parallel competition. More details below in PNW Contest Competition Info article.

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ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL SDXA FOUNDERS
August 10, 1933 – June 2, 2018

The memorial was held at:

Unitarian Universalist Church
4340 W Ft George Wright
Spokane, WA 99225

Saturday, July 21 @ 2pm

The obituary from the July 15, 2018 Spokesman Review:

Charles Lamar Ray was born in 1933 to Miles Rufus Ray and Ruby Mowdy Ray in Detroit Michigan.He passed away on June 2, 2018 in Spokane, WA.

Lamar was an avid Ham Radio Operator, obtaining his first Federal Communication License in 1948. He was known in the Ham Radio community as C. Lamar Ray WA7LT (ex: K9CUY and W9LT). Lamar was a founding member of the Fort Wayne, IN DX Association and the Spokane, WA DX Association. He was also a member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club.

An active DXer and especially a Contester, he was an operator at the K2GL super-station during the 60s as well as many other contesting venues; some of which he hosted. Lamar was an ARRL Life Member and an ARRL member for over 70 years.

He graduated from University of Michigan in 1956 earning a BS in electrical engineering. Most of his working career was with Magnavox. His work assignments took him to the Washington DC area as well as to Italy.

A memorial service will be held on July 21, 2018 at 2:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane.

Be prepared to tell your favorite “Lamar stories.”

The gathering will be informal with refreshments after…including his favorite fruit bowl salad!

Doing what he did best – contesting