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Field Day 2023
Saturday, July 1st, 2023The Spokane DEX Association held their 2023 ARRL Field Day in Hayden Lake, ID. There were 20 people who participated.
Friday afternoon was tower, antennas and station setup.
First up was the tower. The tower had a Cuscraft A3s and a 40/80 meter inverted V antenna.
Then the 4-band vertical with tape measure radials from Miker K7STO
Lastly the meal together=
Saturday after a great breakfast by Jim N7ESU, everyone got ready for the contest.
19 people participated on Saturday. There were several demonstrations during the day: Satellite and mobile tower, plus lots of visiting.
Then a great time around the firepit for smores
Sunday was take down time. Nine people helped on the take down
Field Day leaders:
- Idaho Renegades: Jim N7ESU, Pat N7UVH and Bob K7TM
- Tower and antennas: Gary AD7XG and Mike K7STO
- Radios and computers: Jay WA0WWW
- Food and Meals: Pat N7UVH
A great time was had by all. Everyone is looking forward to next year’s field day.
7QP Contest
Thursday, June 8th, 2023Great showing by the SDXA in the 7th QP contest
Gary K7GS – 1st place Spokane County, WA
Gary AD7XG – 1st place Lincoln County, WA
Jay AC7DC – 1st place Whitman County, WA
Jim N7ESU – 1st place Kootenai County, ID
Art K6XT (K7OX) – 1st place Idaho County, ID
Randy K7TQ & Jay WA0WWW won 6 Awards:
- 1st place Park County, MT
- 1st place Deer Lodge County, MT
- 1st place Meagher County, MT
- 1st place Gallatin County, MT
- 1st place Powell County, MT
- 2nd place Low Power CW Mobile multi-single
Congratulations to all of you!
First SDXA Hybrid Meeting
Thursday, May 4th, 2023The May 2023 SDXA meeting was the first attempt at a hybrid meeting.
Brandon W7BKS did a great job of putting it all together and pulling it off.
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Randy K7TQ SDXA President leading the meeting. Some of the online participants can be seen on the edge of the screen.
The next hybrid meeting is scheduled for November
Tower & Antenna Repair for KI7DG
Thursday, April 27th, 2023On April 27th we had a great work crew go over to Chuck’s KI7DG in Okanagan to work on his tower and antennas.
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From left to right: Chuck KI7DG, Mel N7GCO, Joe KF7PBM, Mike K7STO, Bob N7AU, Scott N7SJM, Woody N7HCJ, Gary AD7XG, Diane KB7JPZ and Carol (Chuck’s XYL).
They were able to repair Chuck’s 160-meter inverted V, replace a VHF/UHF antenna, repair a multiband vertical, remove an unwanted mast, fix or replace some guy lines, and begin replacing the motor in his crank-up tower. The tower motor needed the switching system replaced and Mike K7STO and Woody N7HCJ took it home to build a new switch.
A huge thank you to all who gave the day to help get Chuck back on the air.
International DX Convention Visalia, CA
Saturday, April 22nd, 2023Here are the three amigos (Bob N7AU, Mike K7STO and Woody N7HCJ) with John Mertel at his SteppIR booth.
Also at the 2023 convention from the SDXA are Rob N7QT, Robbin WA7CPA, and Art K6XT.
I heard Rob’s “DXing with FT8” presentation was fantastic! He also did a presentation on “T88WA DXpedition To Palau”
SDXA April Connection Dinner
Thursday, April 6th, 2023We had a wonderful connection dinner at the Longhorn BBQ on April 6, 2023. There were 35 in attendance. Here are some photos from the evening.
Enjoying the meal.
PJ2T reports from Jay AC7DC & Gary AD7XG
CQ WPX SSB Contest at PJ2T
Sunday, April 2nd, 2023Proposed Constitution Change
Sunday, January 29th, 2023Here 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
SDXA Million Point Club
Thursday, January 26th, 2023SDXA 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.