Welcome to the Spokane DX Association Serving Eastern Washington and North Idaho
Upcoming SDXA Programs
May 2, 2024 on Zoom — 6:30 PM Social Time; 7:00 PM Program
“Station Design and How it Works for Contesting and DXing” with Craig Thompson K9CT
Craig is a well know contester on CW, RTTY and SSB and DXer. He has achieved Honor Roll, 9BDXCC, 5BWAZ and DXCC Challenge. He is active on Top Band, Magic Band and 2M EME. He received the FFMA award was achieved in June, 2020 when he finished up all 488 continental grids on 6m. He only needs Zone 22 on 160m to complete WAZ on 160 meters. His DXCC Challenge count now at 2994.
June 6, 2024 on Zoom — 6:30 PM Social Time; 7:00 PM Program
“End-Fed Half-Wave” by Steve Dick K1RF
Steve is an electrical engineering manager who retired from Northrop Grumman.
His interests include amateur radio circuit design and construction, kit construction, low band operating, and software defined radio.
July 11, 2024 on Zoom — 6:30 PM Social Time; 7:00 PM Program
August 17th SDXA Summer Picnic
Bob K7TM’s UPCOMING DX
Apr01- 06 | Monaco | 3A/K6EL | 40-10m; FT8 FT4, some CW; QRP |
Apr04-14 | Pitcairn | VP6G | 40-10m; 40-10m; CW SSB FT8 |
Apr05-07 | Mayotte | TO4VV | HF; SSB FT8 |
Apr05 -09 | Antigua | V26MN | 160-6m; mainly FT8 FT4, some RTTY CW |
Apr06- 13 | Liechtenstein | HB0/OH2YL | 160-10m; CW FT8 |
Apr06-16 | Liberia | A8OK | 8 OK Operators; 160-6m; SSB CW RTTY FT8 FT4 PSK |
Apr06-16 | Maldives | 8Q7HZ | 30-10m; SSB FT8 FT4 |
Apr09-17 | Montserrat | VP2MMN | 160-6m; mainly FT8 FT4, some RTTY CW |
Apr10-12 | Bahamas | TO4VV | HF; SSB FT8 |
Apr11-16 | Canada | WE9G/VY0 | 80-10m; FT8 FT4 SSB; 100w; G5RV, EF sloper |
Apr12-14 | Mayotte | TO4VV | HF; SSB FT8 |
Apr13-28 | Bonaire | PJ4TB | 40-6m; SSB FT8 FT4; 100w |
Apr16-28 | Niue | E6SP | focus on 15 10m FT8 & FT4; 100w |
Apr16-30 | Austral Is | TX7W | 2 Ops; 160-6m; CW FT8 FT4 SSB RTTY; 500w |
Apr17-19 | Antigua | VP2MN | 160-6m; mainly FT8 FT4, some RTTY CW |
Apr18-21 | Svalbard | JW8EKA | 80-10m; SSB + digital |
Apr18-M8 | Bhutan | A52 | 2 Ops; 40-6m; SSB CW + digital |
Apr23-30 | Honduras | K6VHF/HR9 | 160-6m, incl 60m; 100w |
Apr25- 30 | Mariana I | KH0 | 3 Ops; 160-6m; ssbcw + digital |
Apr27- M4 | Market Reef | OJ0T | 4 Ops; 160-6m; SSB CW FT8 |
Apr30- M13 | Botswana | A25SHD | HF; holiday style operation |
Get All the Announced DX Operations from
https://ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html
SDXA DX NETS
DXpedition SOLICITATIONS
ALL DXpedition funding requests are to be in writing to the club’s mailing address. Since funding is limited, in this manner, our DXpedition funding committee 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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The Miscellaneous Area
SDXA CALENDAR
2024
- every wednesday HF Net on 3840 kHz at 08:00 AM local
- every sunday 6 Meter Net on 50.140 kHz at 08:00 PM local
- 02 May ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting on zoom 7:00 PM local
- 06 June ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting on Zoom 7:00 PM local
- 21-23 June ‘24 SDXA in ARRL Field Day
- 11 July 2024 SDXA Program & meeting on Zoom 7:00 PM local
- 01 August ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting on Zoom 7:00 PM local
- 17 August ’24 SDXA Annual Picnic
- 05 September ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting on Zoom 7:00 PM local
- 03 October ‘24 SDXA annual Awards Banquet tbd
- 07 November ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting Hybrid @ _tbd_ and on zoom 7:00 PM local
- 05 December ‘24 SDXA Program & meeting on Zoom 7:00 PM local
- contests of interest:
a) Pacific NW Challenge Trophy contests:
+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY #1 0000Z, Sep 23 to 2400Z, Sep 24
+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB #2 0000Z, Oct 28 to 2359Z, Oct 29
+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW #3 0000Z, Nov 25 to 2400Z, Nov 26
+ ARRL RTTY Roundup #4 1800Z, Jan 6 to 2400Z, Jan 7
+ CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest #5 0000Z, Feb 10 to 2400Z, Feb 11
+ ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW #6 0000Z, Feb 17 to 2400Z, Feb 18
+ ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB #7 0000Z, Mar 2 to 2400Z, Mar 3
+ CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB #8 0000Z, Mar 30 to 2400Z, Mar 31
+ CQ WW WPX Contest, CW #9 0000Z, May 25 to 2400Z, May 26
+ IARU HF World Championship #10 1200Z, Jul 13 to 1200Z, Jul 14 - b) other contests for internal SDXA incentives:
+ ARRL Inter. Digital Contest 1800Z, Jun 1 to 2400Z, Jun 2
+ World Wide Digi DX Contest 1200Z, Aug 24 to 1200Z, Aug 25 - c) other contests for internal SDXA interest
+ Idaho QSO Party 1900Z, Mar 9 to 1900Z, Mar 10
+ 7th Call Area QSO Party 1300Z, May 4 to 0700Z, May 5
+ Washington State Salmon Run 1600Z, Sep 16 to 0700Z, Sep 17 and
1600Z-2400Z, Sep 17
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.
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NW HAM RADIO CONVENTION & SWAP MEETS
Lynn N7CFO keeps the best listing.
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CLUB CARD CHECKERS
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IA ETHICS OPER PROCEDURES
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OUTSIDE HELP IN ANTENNAS & TOWERS
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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
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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
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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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Recent News
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160 meter WAS
Congratulations to Bob Lee N7AU for getting the WAS Award for 160 meters
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 80 meter Dual Winners
More 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 […]
Congratulations to Mike K7STO on 5BDXCC
Mike K7STO has received his 5BDXCC (Five Band DXCC) plaque. Great achievement Mike. It will look good on the wall.
SDXA INFORMATION
Here is a PDF that tells about the SDXA — SDXA Information SDXA YouTube Channel Randy’s Ham Radio Playlist