Spokane DX Association

Lamar WA7LT in the early days of radio multi-operator contesting at the multi-multi contest station of Buz Reeves K2GL in New York state.

Several members of the SDXA participated in the two day contest. The biggest signal came from the Rover entry of Mark K7HPT, new member to the SDXA, and his buddy John W7OE, well know for his cw prowess in the community.
Mark supplied these pictures of his 2nd day of operation Rover station which is located on Mica Peak, Southeast of Spokane. The first day of operation was from Kamiak Butte . The station featured operation on 6 meters, 2 meters, 222 MHz, 420 MHz, and 1.2 GHz . SSB, CW, and FM modes were used, where appropriate. Other SDXA members heard in the contest were: Steve K7AWB, Gary K7GS, Jay WA0WWW, Kirk K7EKM, George W6AEA, Bob N7AU, and Dick W7BHP.

Views from the top

View of the Spokane Valley from Mica Peak

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more information is at the FIELD DAY LINK
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NEW TOWER AND STEPPIR ANTENNA AT THE QTH OF MIKE N7KR IN THE SPOKANE VALLEY. Mike painted the Rohn 25 tower and the antenna green to blend in with his estate. The owl’s head rotates in the wind and prevents other birds from using the antenna.

TOWER INSTALLATION AT THE QTH OF CHRIS WX7B. Its a new Mosley Pro57B @ 38 ft.

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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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.