UPGRADED ANTENNA TOWER AT THE QTH OF GEORGE W6AEA IN THE SPOKANE VALLEY. George replaced his slip-up mast with a Rohn 25 tower. The yagi antenna is a Force 12 C-19XR, 11 elements and the vertical is a SteppIR with overhead radials.
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The 2009 PNW DX Convention in the Spokane Valley on August 7-9, 2009 was a great success. Click here for the CONVENTION WEBSITE.
Some of the pictures from the convention:
Geoff Howard PJ2DX presents the PJ2T Super Station in Curacao
Dennis Motschenbacker K7BV gives details of his harrowing DXpedition to San Andres Island this year
Mike Mraz N6MZ gives the Saturday night banquet presentation of the K5D DXpedition to Desecheo Island
Gary Elliott, President of the SDXA and Convention Chairman, readies the raffle tickets for the last event of the convention
More pictures are at the convention site link.
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The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, started in 2001, recognizes those who have made major contributions to amateur radio as a whole, and radio amateurs who have made major contributions to society at large. The activities and accomplishments that qualify one for membership in these elite groups involve considerable personal sacrifice and can usually be described by the phrase “above and beyond the call of duty.” Go to this LINK for additional information.
Wilse WX7P at his new FT-2000 transceiver during the recent 2009 CQ WPX phone contest.
Dan N5AR’s Hinks and Kinks presentation on May 7th is available as a PowerPoint download with audio. It is about 123 Meg and takes about 2-30 minutes to download it on a broadband connection. To view it, download it to your computer and SAVE it. Then view it with your PowerPoint Reader, which is a free download from Microsoft. To access the N5AR file to download, click on N5AR LINK. To download a free Microsoft PowerPoint Reader, click here: POWERPOINT VIEWER 2007
per the announcement:
CQ ANNOUNCES 2009 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
(Dayton, OH – May 15, 2009) — CQ magazine today
announced its 2009 Hall of Fame inductees,
welcoming 15 new members into the CQ Amateur
Radio Hall of Fame, two new members of the CQ DX
Hall of Fame and one new member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those
individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who
have made significant contributions to amateur
radio; and those amateurs who have made
significant contributions either to amateur
radio, to their professional careers or to some
other aspect of life on our planet. The 2008
inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
Baker, Bill, W1BKR – President Emeritus, WNET-TV
(Thirteen), New York PBS flagship station.
Barton, Loy – Developed class B plate modulation,
primary method of modulating tube transmitters for decades.
Bauer, Frank, KA3HDO – NASA Chief Engineer for
Exploration Systems; International Chairman,
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS), 1996-2009; AMSAT VP Human Spaceflight, 1991-2009.
Bridges, William, W6FA – Laser pioneer; developed
first “noble gas” lasers (argon, krypton, xenon)
and the dominant modulation system for feeding
data into fiber-optic cables; Professor Emeritus of Engineering at CalTech.
Fernandez Martin, Fernando, EA8AK – Member of the
European Parliament, representing Spain; former
President of the Government of the Canary
Islands, former President of URE (Spanish IARU organization).
Floyd, George, WA4DGA (SK) – Author of “Scratchi”
column in CQ over four decades. An engineer and
executive at General Electric, he also wrote the
“Lighthouse Larry” column in GE employee newsletters.
Haseltine, Eric, AB3DI – Former Associate
Director of National Intelligence for Science and
Technology; former Director of Research, National
Security Agency; former Executive Vice President
of Research and Development, Walt Disney Companies.
Hollingsworth, Riley, K4ZDH – Former Special
Counsel for Amateur Radio, Federal Communications
Commission. “Cleaned up” the ham bands after 15 years of neglect by the FCC.
Kilby, Jack – Inventor of the integrated circuit,
which revolutionized electronics, including amateur radio equipment.
Krischke, Alois, DJ0TR – Prolific German author
of antenna books. Rothammels Antennenbuch, a
1000-page reference showing virtually every
amateur radio antenna ever designed, is in its 12th edition.
Maxwell, Walt, W2DU – Antenna designer
(specializing in spacecraft communications) and author.
Miller, Lt. Gen. Thomas, K4IC (SK) – Deputy Chief
of Staff for Aviation, USMC (1975-79) – in charge
of all Marine Corps aviation; “father” of
short-takeoff & vertical landing (STOVL) aviation
in the USMC. Close friend of Sen. John Glenn;
quietly watched out for amateur radio interests on Capitol Hill.
Morgan, Wilse, WX7P- Conducted first amateur
radio license exam session under the Volunteer
Examiner program in 1984; helped get VE program
approved; also designed innovative antennas.
Parise, Ron, WA4SIR (SK) – Astronaut and active
ham in space. First ham to operate packet radio
from space and pioneered “telebridge” concept for
making more frequent school-shuttle contacts
possible. Also helped develop Radio JOVE,
educational program for monitoring natural radio signals from Jupiter.
Whitehead, Clay, W6WW (SK) – First Director of
the White House Office of Telecommunications
Policy in the 1970s; reshaped America’s
television landscape by bringing competition to
the domestic satellite market and making it
feasible for cable companies to distribute their own programming via
satellite.
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Gary K7OX made 83,040 points from 519 QSOs for a full sweep in the Single Operator, Unlimited category. He had the highest score in the EWA Section and 1st in Single Operator, Unlimited category; 21st out of 89 in Northwestern Division. For other results, see LINK
Winter Awards Banquet photos
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SDXA JOINS OTHER NW CLUBS IN PNW CHALLENGE TROPHY COMPETITION
SDXA will compete with Western WA DX Club, Williamette Valley DX Club, and British Columbia DX Club. Rules are at this LINK. Ten contests are scored for a grand total.
1. CQWWDX RTTY (09/27-28/08)……………………6. ARRL DX CW (02/21-22/09)
2. CQWWDX SSB (10/25-26/08) ……………………7. ARRL DX SSB (03/7-8/09)
3. CQWWDX CW (11/29-30/08) ……………………8. CQ WPX SSB (03/28-29/09)
4. ARRL RTTY ROUNDUP (01/3-4/09)…………..9. CQ WPX CW (05/30-31/09)
5. CQWPX RTTY (02/14-15/09) ………………….10. IARU (07/11-12/09)
More details to follow.
FOR HIS OUTSTANDING EFFORT ON THE ASSOCIATION’S WEBSITE. PLAQUE IS PRESENTED BY SDXA PRESIDENT GARY K7OX.
DXpedition to Desecheo Island Information: http://www.kp5.us/
WAYNE WA1PMA 1ST IN SDXA to get TRIPLE PLAY WAS AWARD – GETS #105!!!
See his award here: triple play
Here is Wayne WA1PMA in the list as #105:
Mike Mellinger, WA0SXV 101 2009-02-02
Christopher Swift, KE5MOZ 102 2009-02-02
Jim Thomas, KB4XK 103 2009-02-02
James Main, N8FV 104 2009-02-03
WAYNE MILLICAN, WA1PMA 105 2009-02-03
Darryl Goldman, KD5CQT 106 2009-02-03
CONGRATULATIONS TO WAYNE!!
ARRL rules on the award are:
Jan 1, 2009: ARRL’s New Triple Play Worked All States Award —
The Triple Play WAS (Worked All States) Award is available to all amateurs worldwide who must use Logbook of the World (LoTW) to confirm QSOs with each of the 50 states on voice, CW, and digital modes. The Triple Play WAS Award is a serial-numbered award starting with # 1, as determined by the time stamp of the electronic application submitted via LoTW. Awards issued will be tracked and presented on the ARRL Website.
Two-way communications must be established on amateur bands with each state on each mode. There is no minimum signal report required. Any or all bands (except 60 Meters) may be used for the Triple Play WAS. The District of Columbia may be counted for Maryland.
Contacts must be made from the same location, or from locations no two of which are more than 50 miles apart. Club station applicants, please include clearly the club name and callsign of the club station (or trustee).
Contacts must be made after 0000Z on January 1, 2009 to be considered for this award. LoTW will be programmed to automatically use this criterion. Contacts must be confirmed via LoTW. Written confirmations will not be accepted.
There are no endorsements for the Triple Play WAS Award.
Contacts made through “repeater” devices or any other power relay method cannot be used for WAS confirmation. A separate WAS is available for Satellite contacts. All stations contacted must be “land stations.” Contact with ships, anchored or otherwise, and aircraft, cannot be counted. EXCEPTION: Permanently docked exhibition ships, such as the Queen Mary and other historic ships will be considered land based.
A US applicant must be an ARRL member to participate in the WAS program. DX stations are exempt from this requirement.
Attempts to falsify data, logs, or other application operations may be grounds for disqualification. The decision of the ARRL Awards Committee in such cases is final.
Please follow the instructions presented on the LoTW website. The cost of the Triple Play WAS award is $12 for a certificate delivered to a U.S. address, or $13 delivered to an address outside U.S.A. Per-QSO fees associated with using LoTW credits as normal will be charged via the online application.
K5UJU Richard Tell Colville WA
N7DRK Dave Klimas Rice WA
N7GTW Vern Anderson Spokane WA
N7KR Michael Stephens (welcome back)
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BETSY ASHLEMAN N7WRQ, SPOKANE HAMFEST CHAIR, RECEIVES PLAQUE HONORING HER TEN YEARS OF SERVICE.
The Spokane hamfest is held every September at University High School on 32nd Avenue in the City of Spokane Valley. The Spokane DX Association has been a part of this endeavor for many years, contributing seed money and personnel. The plaque and flowers were presented to Betsy acknowledging her contributions to the Hamfest by Wilse WX7P and Lamar WA7LT on behalf of several ham groups including the Monday Breakfast Group which includes many SDXA members.
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