Geoff W0CG/ PJ2DX talked about being one of the referees at the recent WRTC 2010 contest held in Russia. This was a VERY interesting presentation including video of the two Russian operators he refereed.

LINK to WRTC 2010 website

Many topics were discussed including the recent trip to Russia by Geoff W0CG/PJ2DX as a referee to the IARU contest as well as the hanging wire from Kirk’s cubical quad. The main treat was the smoked pulled pork, coleslaw and baked beans.

These documents can be checked out to SDXA members from the Association’s Secretary.

BOOKS

- Up the Tower by Steve Morris, K7LXC

- Array of Light, 3rd edition, by Tom Schllier N6BT

- HF Vertical Performance and tests by Steve Morris K7LXC and Ward Silver N0AX

- HF Triband Performance and test by Steve Morris K7LXC and Ward Silver N0AX

VIDEO

VHS tape on WRTC – 2002 – Finland

last updated 8/7/2010

2010 duration: 01Sept10 – 00:00z to 30Nov10 – 23:59z.

Full rules: the CQ Magazine website at: http://www.dxmarathon.com/ The form to fill in for the results is also on this site.

Entrants: any SDXA member who is paid up for the year.

Frequencies: Any authorized amateur frequency may be used for your license class.

Modes: Three modes will be recognized — CW, SSB, and Digital.

Categories: All awards are for single operator only.

Classes: “Formula” and “Unlimited.”

Formula: An entrant may choose one of two options in this class: (1) All contacts must be made with a maximum output power of 10 watts, regardless of band or mode; or (2) the operator may run a maximum of 100 watts output to a simple antenna, such as a vertical or dipole. See full CQ rules for specifics on simple antennas, but yagis and quads are not allowed.

An operator in Formula Class must select QRP (10 watts or less) or 100 watts and limited antennas at the beginning of the year’s DX Marathon and may not switch between entry modes during the year. All contacts must be made without assistance of any sort, including, but not limited to, lists, passes, or use of higher power or prohibited antennas to initially secure the contact. Use of spotting nets such as a DX Cluster® is allowed.

Unlimited: Any antenna may be used, along with any power level for which the operator is licensed. Use of spotting nets such as DX Cluster® is allowed.

Scoring: Each country worked is worth one point. Each CQ zone worked is worth one point. The total score is the sum of zones and countries worked, on any mode and any authorized band. There are no multipliers of any kind. Each country and zone count only once. A single QSO may count for both a country and a zone. If in the course of the year you work 238 countries and 37 zones, your score is 275.

This marathon is on the honor system as the full rules talk to. With our winter banquet on Thursday 02Dec, we won’t have enough time to know the winner at the banquet, though pass along your score to Dale WU7X quickly, after 30Nov, and Dale can let us know pre-lim results at the banquet.

Any questions – see Dale WU7X or Jay WA0WWW.
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The new season between the four major DX clubs in the Pacific NW is about to start with the first of the ten contests being the CQ WW DX RTTY to be held on September 25-26. Here is a LINK to the rules from CQ Magazine.

The 2009-2010 race for the Challenge Trophy has ended with the SDXA taking fourth out of the four clubs. Not bad for our 2nd year.

FINAL SCORES:
Williamette Vally DX Club …..71,658,000 points
British Columbia DX Club ….. 58,191,000 points
Western Washington DX Club ….. 35,233,000 points
Spokane DX Association ….. 12,925,000 points
(scores rounded off to nearest 1000 points)

These are the ten contests in which our Association was in competition with the other three large NW clubs. See PNW Challenge Trophy at right side for the latest rules as passed at the August, 2009 SDXA DX Convention by the four club presidents (and reaffirmed without change at the BC convention this year) and the INDIVIDUAL final scores from our members. Our high scorer for the year was George W6AEA.

Jim Smith VE7FO of the British Columbia DX Club has provided a look back at the Cup since its inception, with the various rule changes. At the end of his presentation, he supplies a graph showing the great increase in participation last year. Here is the link to his work: VE7FO LINK

1. CQ WW DX RTTY – September 25-26, 2010
2. CQ WW DX SSB – October 30-31
3. CQ WW DX CW – November 27-28
4. ARRL RTTY ROUNDUP – January 8-9, 2011
5. CQ WPX RTTY – February 12-13
6. ARRL DX CW – February
7. ARRL DX SSB – March
8. CQ WPX SSB – March 26-27
9. CQ WPX CW – May
10. IARU – July

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Spokane DX Association (SDXA)
PO Box 28882
Spokane, WA 99228