{"id":7759,"date":"2017-12-01T07:56:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=7759"},"modified":"2018-08-09T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:53:23","slug":"pnw-dx-conventions-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=7759","title":{"rendered":"PNW DX CONVENTIONS OF THE PAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a listing of the past PNW DX Conventions that rotated between five major NW cities including Spokane.  These are the conventions that award the Challenge Cup Trophy to the club that has the highest combined score from its members in a group of ten contests throughout the year. The SDXA established their first convention in the series in 2009, followed by 2013, and in 2017 they combined resources with the IDXA based in Lewiston, ID to put on the latest event.  The 2018 event will occur in New Westminister, BC by the ORCA on August 3-5.  Here is a<a href=\"https:\/\/pacificnwdxconvention.com\/\"> LINK<\/a> to their convention website.<\/p>\n<p>How many of these convention have you attended?  These are the leading DX, contesting, and advanced amateur radio conventions held close to us.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>#<\/th>\n<th>YEAR<\/th>\n<th>DATE<\/th>\n<th>CLUB<\/th>\n<th>EVENT LOCATION<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>2003<\/td>\n<td>July 18-20<\/td>\n<td>BCDXC<\/td>\n<td>Burnaby, BC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>2004<\/td>\n<td>July 16-18<\/td>\n<td>WWDXC<\/td>\n<td>Everett, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<td>Aug 5-7<\/td>\n<td>WVDXC<\/td>\n<td>Clackamas, OR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>July 21-22<\/td>\n<td>BCDXC<\/td>\n<td>Burnaby,BC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>Aug 10-12 <\/td>\n<td>WWDXC<\/td>\n<td>Everett, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td>Aug 1-3 <\/td>\n<td>WVDXC<\/td>\n<td>Clackamas, OR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td>2009<\/td>\n<td>Aug 7-9<\/td>\n<td>SDXA<\/td>\n<td>Spokane Valley, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>July 30-Aug 1 <\/td>\n<td>BCDXC<\/td>\n<td>Burnaby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>56<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>Aug 12-14<\/td>\n<td>WWDXC<\/td>\n<td>Everett, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>AUG 3-5 <\/td>\n<td>WVDXC<\/td>\n<td>Clackamas, OR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>Aug 2-4 <\/td>\n<td>SDXA<\/td>\n<td>Spokane Valley, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>July 25-27 <\/td>\n<td>ORCA<\/td>\n<td>New Westminister, BC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>Aug 7-9 <\/td>\n<td>WWDXC<\/td>\n<td>Everett, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>Aug 5-7 <\/td>\n<td>WVDXC<\/td>\n<td>Clackamas, OR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>2017<\/td>\n<td>Aug 4-6 <\/td>\n<td>SDXA &#8211; IDXA<\/td>\n<td>Spokane, WA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>63<\/td>\n<td>2018<\/td>\n<td>Aug 3-5 <\/td>\n<td>ORCA<\/td>\n<td>New Westminister, BC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>.<br \/>\n<strong>Participating Clubs<\/strong><br \/>\n.<br \/>\nORCA = Orca DX and Contest Club<br \/>\nSDXA = Spokane DX Association<br \/>\nWWDXC = Western Washington DX Club<br \/>\nWVDXC = Willamette Valley DX Club<br \/>\nBCDXC = British Columbia DX Club<br \/>\nIDXA = Idaho DX Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a listing of the past PNW DX Conventions that rotated between five major NW cities including Spokane. These are the conventions that award the Challenge Cup Trophy to the club that has the highest combined score from its members in a group of ten contests throughout the year. The SDXA established their first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}