Spokane DX Association

We have a new winner for the SDXA-sponsored Salmon Run plaque this year. Rick Werner K7UK of Walla Walla won our plaque with his high score from the EWA ARRL Section using the mixed mode, low power, and being a single operator. Rick’s score was 77,595 points, but only 2,270 higher than Gene W7WMO who has won the plaque four times already. Rick also had high score for his county of Walla Walla too. Rick just sent me a picture of him and his station and I’m glad to see it’s a WSU shirt and not that other place from the wet side. Rick said that his modest station, that was used during the Salmon Run, was a Kenwood TS-570D running barefoot 100w into a 80m Compact Carolina Windom or 40m Full Wave Delta Loop.

This is the plaque Rick received. Congratulations, Rick!
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Here are the winners of the SDXA-sponsored plaque since the beginning:

2003-2004-2007-2010 W7WMO Gene Bye from Ephrata
2005-2006-2009 K7OX Gary Elliott from Spokane County (SDXA member)
2008 WX7P Wilse Morgan from Rice (SDXA member)
2011 W7YKM Rick Olsen (N6NR) from Tieton
2012 K7UK Rick Werner from Walla Walla
2013 WILL YOU BE LISTED HERE??

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