Welcome to the Spokane DX Association  

Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho

February 5, 2026 on Zoom

CQ9A Madeira Contest Station by Chris Hurlbut-KL9A

 

April 2, 2026 in person meeting

Getting and confirming DXCC QSO’s

Mel N7GCO Coordinating

I. Getting ATNO and Band Fills in Contest

II Confirming the contacts

  • LoTW
  • QSL cards and card checkerII
  • OQRS – Club Log

III. Awards

  • DXCC
  • Trident Award
  • Challenge Award

May 7,2026 on Zoom

80/160 Inverted L with Folded Counterpoise

by Bill Eisinger AA7X

Bill, who is a retired electrical engineer and lives in Boise with 336 confirmed entities, will share about his 80/160 Inverted L Antenna over a FCP (Folded Counterpoise). The FCP is the concept of K2AV. This is a way to get a good ground plane under a 80/160 antenna when you do not have room for an extensive radial field.

 

August – Summer picnic

Summer Picnic

September 12, 2026 (Sat.)

2nd SDXA Antenna Shootout

LOCATION: Gary Bytnar’s Antenna Farm (West of Davenport, WA)

Awards Dinner

October 1, 2026 – Awards Dinner

Dates Where Call Bands Modes   Ant
2/1- 2/27 Belize V31DJ 160-10m CW, SSB   133
2/4 – 3/9 St. Kitts & Nevas V4/K0YA , V4/W5RCX 160-6m CW,SSB,FT8,FT4   146
2/5 – 2/20 Sao Tome & Principe S9BV 60,40,30,15 CW, SSB   64
2/6 – 2/19 Cape Verde D4VR hf     77
2/8 – 2/14 Lakshadweep AU7RS 160 – 6m CW,SSB + Digital 10 Ops 105
2/7 – 2/14 Falkland Is. VP8TDX 40 – 6m CW, SSB, FT8, FT4   146
2/10 – 2/17 Greenland OX7AKT 160 – 10m ssb, cw, ft8   40
2/14 – 2/28 Falkland Is. VP8TM HF SSB, FT8   146
2/15 – 3/14 Bouvet ** 3Y0K HF CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 18- 24 Ops 123
2/19 – 2/27 Guyana 8R1WA 160 – 6m SSB, FT8 4 Ops 111
2/21 – 2/28 Barbados 8P9XB 160 – 6m holiday style   106
2/21 – 3/07 St. Kitts & Nevas V4/WA7RAR 20-10m ssb, CW   105

** The latest word is the Bouvet dx expedition will be delayed a couple weeks for ship modification/repairs before heading out.

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
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The Miscellaneous Area

  • NW HAM RADIO CONVENTION & SWAP MEETS

    Lynn N7CFO keeps the best listing.
    More Information


Gary Bytnar AD7XG

  • IA ETHICS OPER PROCEDURES

    LINK

  • OUTSIDE HELP IN ANTENNAS & TOWERS

    LINK

  • 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

  • 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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