Spokane DX Association

The 2007 Annual Awards Banque was held at the Perkins Restaurant & Bakery at 12 E. Olive in Spokane on Thursday, December 6, 2007. The doors opened up for a social at 6:00 and dinner was at 7:00.

Our program was DXing and Traveling in Syria by Al Rovner, K7AR, of Vancouver, WA. This presentation covered the YK9A DXpedition to Syria in February of 2001. The slide presentation and discussion covered the planning, logistics and operation of the expedition, plus visits to several historic and archaeological sites within Syria.

Here are some past images of Al.
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Al K7AR at the Montana station of W7LR in Bozeman.
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Al K7AR vacationing at Yellowstone.
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Al was licensed in 1971, and:
• is an avid DXer
• is a serious contester
• handles “Z” suffix QSL cards for the W7 QSL Bureau
• is an ARRL DXCC QSL card Field Checker
• has operated the Portland area packet cluster since 1993
• travels about once per year on a DXpedition or contest trip
• manages the NW DX Convention in Portland every third year
• runs DX Northwest at http://www.k7ar.net/
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Al works for Sharp Corporation as a software engineer and holds a BSEE degree from Drexel University and a MSCS degree from Oregon Graduate Institute.

Dinner was a buffet style meal consisting of ham and turkey, dressing and potatoes, coffee or tea, etc. for $14.50 which included the gratuity. At an added expense, the Restaurant provided individuals with beer, wine, or alternate beverages.

Plaques were presented to Lamar WA7LT as outgoing 2007 SDXA President, Wayne WA1PMA as SDXA DXer of the year, and Gary K7OX for his win in the September 2006 Salmon Run contest.