Spokane DX Association

Here is a marked up copy of the proposed SDXA constitution Change.

It will be presented at the February  2023 meeting and voted on at the March 2023 meeting

Constitution_sdxa_2023_mar_02_markup-b

 Getting Started in RTTY and RTTY Contesting
Several of us went together to develop a getting-started guide.
(From a team of SDXA people: Mel N7GCO, Jay WS7I, Gary K7GS, Randy K7TQ)

Getting Started in RTTY Contesting

2022 SDXA Award winners are:

PRESIDENTS AWARD

Randy Foltz K7TQ & Mel Ming N7GCO

SDXA MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Mel Ming N7GCO

SDXA SERVICE AWARD

Pat Murphy N7UVH

PAST-PRESIDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Gary Bytnar AD7XG

SDXA Million Point Club

The SDXA Million Point Club was established in October 2021 to recognize SDXA members who accomplished a combined score of at least one million points in the ten PNW Challenge Cup contests. The ten contests are a combination of three CW, three SSB, three RTTY, and one mixed CW and SSB DX contests.  There were six club members who achieved this award in the inaugural year, thus, becoming Charter Members.  Each of them received a plaque recognizing their accomplishment plus an “SDXA Million Points Club Member” tag to hang on their SDXA name badge.  The six, in alphabetical order, are

• Randy Foltz, K7TQ
• Jay Holcomb, WA0WWW
• Jay Lopes, AC7DC
• Mel Ming, N7GCO
• Pat Murphy, N7UVH
• Gary Swartout, K7GS

The opportunity for other SDXA members to join the Million Points Club will continue for the 2022-23 PNW Challenge Cup season.

These are the SDXA Officers for 2023

President Randy Foltz K7TQ

rbfoltz at gmail.com

Vice President Mel Ming

teammel at gmail.com

Secretary — Jay Holcomb WA0WWW

wa0www at hotmail.com

Treasurer — John Gager K7KB

k7kb.dx at gmail.com

Past President — Gary Bytnar AD7XG

ad7xgradio at gmail.com

Congratulations to Jim Monroe N7ESU for receiving his 25-year ARRL certificate and pin.

One of the highest DXCC awards anyone can achieve is DXCC Honor Roll #1

To qualify for the #1 Honor Roll one has to have all current entities confirmed (currently 340)

The SDXA is proud to have Gary Swartout K7GS who has achieved this prestigious honor.

This weekend Mel N7GCO hosted a multi-one team for the ARRL RTTY RU. We all had a great time and exceeded our contest goals, which is always fun.

The team consisted of Randy K7TQ, Jay WS7I (one of the co-creators of the contest) who have been my mentors on RTTY contesting and Mel N7GCO. In a little over 24 hours they made 1,233 radio contacts (a little over 50 an hour) and had a score of 136,863. They gave Mel’s ham station a real workout.

Link to minutes —  sdxa minutes_2023_01web