Welcome to the Spokane DX Association Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho
Upcoming SDXA Programs & Activities
August 17th SDXA Summer Picnic
Bob K7TM’s UPCOMING DX
July 02 -15 | St Pierre & Miquelon | FP/KV1J |
July 04 -18 | Reunion | TO7PX |
July 08 – 20 | Svalbard | JW/WE9G |
July 10 – 25 | American Samoa | K8R |
July 11 – 24 | Wake I | NL7TT/KH9 |
July 13 – 22 | Honduras | K6VHF/HR9 |
July 15 – 19 | American Samoa | WE9G/KH8 |
July 20 – Aug 01 | Lord Howe I | VK2/W7BRS |
July 23 – Aug 01 | Malta | 9H/LA7FTA |
July 24 – Aug 20 | Nicaragua | YN2RP |
July 27 – 31 | South Cook Is | E51KEE – E51CZZ |
Aug 01 – 04 | Scotland | MM0UKI |
Aug 01 – 06 | South Cook Is | E51KEE – E51CZZ |
Aug 03 – 09 | Botswana | A25UX |
Aug 05 – 17 | Palmyra Jarvis Is | N5J |
Aug 10 – 17 | St Lucia | J6/N4XTT |
Aug 10 – 22 | St Pierre & Miquelon | TO8FP |
Aug 15 – Sept 15 | French Polynesia | FO/F1SMB |
Aug 17 – 30 | Timor Leste | 4W/VK2MET |
Aug 23 – Sept 30 | Tristan da Cunha | ZD9GJ |
Aug 26 – Sept 05 | St Paul I | CY9C |
Get All the Announced DX Operations from
https://ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html
SDXA DX NETS
DXpedition SOLICITATIONS
ALL DXpedition funding requests are to be to the SDXA President. Since funding is limited, in this manner, our SDXA Officers can give your request the consideration it deserves.
SOLAR ACTIVITY AND PROPAGATION SECTION
For additional info, try this SOLAR LINK for everything you ever wanted to know about the current Sun at the SolarHam site by VE3EN
Link to SPACEWEATHER.COM, a quick source for the daily activity on the sun
Link to NOAA SPACEWEATHER
What is this?
The Miscellaneous Area
SDXA CALENDAR
2024
- every wednesday HF Net on 3840 kHz at 08:00 AM local
- every sunday 6 Meter Net on 50.140 kHz at 08:00 PM local
- 17 August ’24 SDXA Annual Picnic
- 05 September ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting on Zoom 7:00 PM local
- 03 October ‘24 SDXA annual Awards Banquet tbd
- 07 November ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting Hybrid @ _tbd_ and on zoom 7:00 PM local
- 05 December ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting on Zoom 7:00 PM local
- contests of interest:
a) Pacific NW Challenge Trophy contests:
+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY #1 0000Z, Sep 23 to 2400Z, Sep 24
+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB #2 0000Z, Oct 28 to 2359Z, Oct 29
+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW #3 0000Z, Nov 25 to 2400Z, Nov 26
+ ARRL RTTY Roundup #4 1800Z, Jan 6 to 2400Z, Jan 7
+ CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest #5 0000Z, Feb 10 to 2400Z, Feb 11
+ ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW #6 0000Z, Feb 17 to 2400Z, Feb 18
+ ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB #7 0000Z, Mar 2 to 2400Z, Mar 3
+ CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB #8 0000Z, Mar 30 to 2400Z, Mar 31
+ CQ WW WPX Contest, CW #9 0000Z, May 25 to 2400Z, May 26
+ IARU HF World Championship #10 1200Z, Jul 13 to 1200Z, Jul 14 - b) other contests for internal SDXA incentives:
+ ARRL Inter. Digital Contest 1800Z, Jun 1 to 2400Z, Jun 2
+ World Wide Digi DX Contest 1200Z, Aug 24 to 1200Z, Aug 25 - c) other contests for internal SDXA interest
+ Idaho QSO Party 1900Z, Mar 9 to 1900Z, Mar 10
+ 7th Call Area QSO Party 1300Z, May 4 to 0700Z, May 5
+ Washington State Salmon Run 1600Z, Sep 16 to 0700Z, Sep 17 and
1600Z-2400Z, Sep 17
JOIN THE SDXA
Regular dues – $20 per person.
Second family member – $10.
Under 19 years of age are free.
DUES LINK.
We accept PayPal too.
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NW HAM RADIO CONVENTION & SWAP MEETS
Lynn N7CFO keeps the best listing.
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CLUB CARD CHECKERS
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IA ETHICS OPER PROCEDURES
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OUTSIDE HELP IN ANTENNAS & TOWERS
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DX NEWS LINKS
1. DX WORLD.NET
2. ANNOUNCED DX OPERATIONS
3. DX SUMMIT
4. I2MQP DX NEWS
5. DXER.ORG (Lone Star DX)
6. DXWATCH.COM
7. DAILY DX
8. DXMAPS
9. DX UNIVERSITY
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CONTESTING LINKS
There are a lot of links to contesting activities in the DX/Contesting drop down menu above the 24-hour clock on the right of this page. But here are a couple of the best.
1. WA7BNM
2. CONTESTING.COM
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INTERNET ENTITY PRONOUNCER
How do you pronounce a DX entity’s name? Here is a link to the pronouncing. There is also a audio link to a human voice saying the entity’s name correctly. This authority is the 3rd edition Merriam Webster Geographical Dictionary. Covering only legitimate countries, it does not cover non-country ARRL entities.
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HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
eHAM.net
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