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ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 80 meter Dual Winners
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024More than a year ago Mike/K7STO and Brian/W7BJN were talking about doing the 2023 and decided to do 80 SSB….in different categories for the simple reason they don’t like butting heads with good friends in Contests. So they ended up winning 2 different categories on High Power Single Op SSB. The heavy lifting on Brian’s end was just a simple Double Bazooka Inverted Vee. Mike’s antenna was the DX Engineering VA-2 Vertical… As you can see in the attached picture…One year and 2 days later they both received their Division Winner plaques in respective categories.
SDXA INFORMATION
Friday, January 12th, 2024Here is a PDF that tells about the SDXA — SDXA Information
Spokane DX Association Contests and Incentives 2023-2024
Sunday, August 6th, 2023SDXA Incentives
- 10 JA Districts Incentive Award
Work all 10 JA Districts in any combination of contests or modes from the list below.
If you are a Million Point Club member, you must make all 10 JA Districts in a single contest.
- 5 by 6 Incentive Award
Work 5 DXCC entities in each of the 6 continents of North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania in any combination of contests or modes from the list below.
The List of Contests that can be used for the SDXA Incentives
The eligible contests include the ten Pacific NW Trophy contests plus two Digi* (FT8) contests.
- CQ WW DX RTTY, September 23 and 24, 2023, UTC
- CQ WW DX SSB, October 28 and 29, 2023, UTC
- CQ WW DX CW, November 25 and 26, 2023, UTC
- ARRL RTTY Roundup, January 6 and 7, 2024, UTC
- CQ WPX RTTY, February 10 and 11, 2024, UTC
- ARRL DX CW, February 17 and 18, 2024, UTC
- ARRL DX SSB, March 2 and 3, 2024, UTC
- CQ WPX SSB, March 30 and 31, 2024, UTC
- CQ WPX CW, May 25 and 26, 2024, UTC
- ARRL International Digi*, June 1 and 2, 2024, UTC
- IARU, July 13 and 14, 2024, UTC
- WorldWide Digi* DX Contest, August 24 and 25, 2024
The participating clubs in the PNW Challenge are ORCA DXCC Club, Western Washington DX Club, Willamette Valley DX Club, and Spokane DX Association.
Other Contests SDXA encourages members to participate in
Salmon Run September 16-17, 2023
Idaho QSO Party March 9-10, 2024
7th Area QSO Party May 4-5, 2024
ARRL Field Day June 22-29, 2024
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!