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Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho

September 6, 2025 (NOTE: Change of date and location for the September activity)

Mobile and Portable Antenna Shoot-out

We will be holding a mobile and portable antenna shoot-out at the fabulous Gary AD7XG and Svetlana Bytnar’s Antenna Farm outside of Davenport, WA. The club will be providing hamburgers and hot dogs. It will be a fun time to compare different antennas in two categories: mobile and portable.

October 2, 2025

Awards Dinner

We will be back at the Long Horn BBQ in Airway Heights

November 6, 2025

SDXA DX NETS

DXpedition SOLICITATIONS

ALL DXpedition funding requests are to be to the SDXA President. Since funding is limited, in this manner, our SDXA Officers can give your request the consideration it deserves.

SOLAR ACTIVITY AND PROPAGATION SECTION

For additional info, try this SOLAR LINK for everything you ever wanted to know about the current Sun at the SolarHam site by VE3EN
Link to SPACEWEATHER.COM, a quick source for the daily activity on the sun
Link to NOAA SPACEWEATHER
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SDXA  ANNUAL  CALENDAR

Every wednesday 80 Meter Net on 3840 khz at 08:00 PT
Every tuesday   160 Meter Net on 1855 khz at 20:00 PT – winter
Every sunday    6 Meter Net on 50.140 mhz at 20:00 PT – winter
Monthly SDXA meetings; 19:00 PT unless otherwise noted
02 January  – zoom
06 February – zoom
06 March – zoom
03 April – In person only
01 May – zoom
05 June – zoom
03 July – zoom
09 August – Annual Picnic
04 September – cancelled, for next:
06 September – Antenna Shoot Out
02 October – Annual Awards Banquet
06 November – hybrid
04 December – zoom

Contest Calendar – 2024-25

Pacific NW Challenge Trophy contests, with other Pac NW DX clubs:

1. CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY 0000Z, Sep 28 to 2400Z, Sep 29, 2024
2. CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Oct 26 to 2359Z, Oct 27, 2024
3. CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Nov 23 to 2400Z, Nov 24, 2024
4. ARRL RTTY Roundup 1800Z, Jan 4 to 2400Z, Jan 5, 2025
5. CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest 0000Z, Feb 8 to 2400Z, Feb 9. 2025
6. ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Feb 15 to 2400Z, Feb 16, 2025
7. ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 1 to 2400Z, Mar 2, 2025
8. CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 29 to 2400Z, Mar 30, 2025
9. CQ WW WPX Contest, CW 0000Z, May 24 to 2400Z, May 25, 2025
10. IARU HF World Championship 1200Z, Jul 12 to 1200Z, Jul 13, 2025

Other contests of SDXA interest

• Idaho QSO Party 1900Z, Mar 8 to 1900Z, Mar 9
• 7th Call Area QSO Party 1300, May 3 to00Z, May 4
• ARRL Inter. Digital Contest 1800Z, Jun 7 to 2400Z, Jun 8
• ARRL Field Day 1800z, Jun 28 to 2100z, Jun 29
• World Wide Digi DX Contest 1200Z, Aug 30 to 1200Z, Aug 31
• Washington State Salmon Run 1600Z, Sep20 to 0700Z, Sep21 and 1600Z-2400Z, Sep21
• FT Challenge 1800Z, Dec 6 to 2359Z, Dec 7

JOIN THE SDXA

Regular dues – $20 per person.
Second family member – $10.
Under 19 years of age are free.
DUES LINK.
We accept PayPal too.

The Miscellaneous Area

• NW HAM RADIO CONVENTION & SWAP MEETS

  Lynn N7CFO keeps the best listing.
  More Information

• CLUB CARD CHECKERS

  GENERAL INFO LINK
  

Gary Bytnar AD7XG

• IA ETHICS OPER PROCEDURES

  LINK

• OUTSIDE HELP IN ANTENNAS & TOWERS

  LINK

• DX NEWS LINKS

  1. DX WORLD.NET
  2. ANNOUNCED DX OPERATIONS
  3. DX SUMMIT
  4. I2MQP DX NEWS
  5. DXER.ORG (Lone Star DX)
  6. DXWATCH.COM
  7. DAILY DX
  8. DXMAPS
  9. DX UNIVERSITY
  

• CONTESTING LINKS

  There are a lot of links to contesting activities in the DX/Contesting drop down menu above the 24-hour clock on the right of this page. But here are a couple of the best.
  1. WA7BNM
  2. CONTESTING.COM

• INTERNET ENTITY PRONOUNCER

  How do you pronounce a DX entity’s name? Here is a link to the pronouncing. There is also a audio link to a human voice saying the entity’s name correctly. This authority is the 3rd edition Merriam Webster Geographical Dictionary. Covering only legitimate countries, it does not cover non-country ARRL entities.
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• HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

  eHAM.net
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