wwdxc.orgWestern Washington DX Club – WWDXC, W7DX, one of the West Coast's most active radio clubs.

Bylaws Club History DXpedition Funding IRS 501(c)3 W7PHO Memorial Scholarship Membership Benefits and Joining Officers QSL Cards and Badges DXCC Standings Email & Website Club Roster People Photo Album Meetings Monthly Meetings Monthly DX Lunch Board Meeting Minutes PNW Challenge Cup PNW Cup Rules Awards About Our Awards Membership Awards WWDXC Annual DXCC Award The Washington Totem Award WACYA Award – Washington All CountY Activation NAANY Award – Nightmare Alex Alpha-Numeric Yearly Award Salmon Run Salmon Run 2023 PNW DX Convention 2019 PNW DX Convention Photos About The Western Washington DX Club (WWDXC) is one of the largest and most active radio clubs on the West Coast. Our members are licensed amateur radio operators who have an interest in DX (distance) communications and radio contest operating. The WWDXC is an ARRL-affiliated club . The Club... ...sponsors the Salmon Run annual operating event. ...competes for the Pacific Northwest Challenge Cup Traveling Trophy. ...sponsors several awards including the Washington Totem Award . ...administers the William Bennett W7PHO Scholarship . ...helps fund DXpeditions to wanted DXCC entities. ...hosts the Pacific Northwest DX Convention . ...runs the 147.00 MHz-600, PL103.5 W7DX FM repeater. Club meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday of each month. Informal "DX Lunch" gatherings are held around club territory as organized by the club’s members. WWDXC members stay in close touch through the internet using the club’s e-mail reflector and over the club’s W7DX repeater (147.00- 103.5PL). Membership in the WWDXC provides the opportunity for comradery, DX Community, teamwork, coupled with a spirit of friendly competition. Club News 2023 Salmon Run Results Thanks to all the participants in the 2022 Salmon Run. Please check out the results page on the Salmon Run site. Awards are in the process of being mailed. Entrants are encouraged to download certificates in PDF format for printing and display. On behalf of the WWDXC Salmon Run committee, thanks to all of the operators that participated… Read More » 2023 Salmon Run County Activations Form Live The 2023 County Activations form and data display is live on the Salmon Run website. Please have a read and enter your activation information as soon as you know where you are going to activate. All stations including fixed, mobile, and expedition are encouraged to list their activation. Upon submission, the system will send you an email titled Salmon… Read More » In Memory – Rod Linkous, W7OM November 30, 2022. Written by Tom Owens, K7RI Indeed, Rod’s passing shortly after his 88th birthday was a very sad day. Amen to all the nice things being said about him and his accomplishments in Ham Radio. For sure he will be greatly missed by all who knew him in the hobby, and those outside the hobby as well.… Read More » Reminder: Boots on the Ground” DXCC Policy is Gone At our last club meeting, Hal, W8HT, presented an excellent program about the NCDXF-funded Radio In A Box (RIB) initiative. As Hal explained, RIB embodies the idea of placing a complete station enclosed in an environmentally-protected box ashore in a DX entity, and allowing that station to be controlled from a remote operating point such as aboard a… Read More » Antenna Length Chart A nice job aid to keep in your notebook. Search for: Next Meeting 29 Apr MeetingsMay 2024 Meeting Our next club Zoom meeting is Tuesday May 14th. Happy hour starts around 5:45PM and the meeting starts at 6:30PM with the program beginning around 7PM (all times Pacific). Come hear our own BJ Rollison WA7WJR talk about DXpeditions to America’s Best Kept Secret. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is sometimes referred to as America’s… Read More » Location, details, and RSVP instructions are available on the Monthly Meetings page. Salmon Run September 21st-22nd, 2024 The Washington State Salmon Run Contest is sponsored by the Western Washington DX Club and is held the third weekend of September. Details are available on the Salmon Run page. 2023 Salmon Run plaque winners K7RL(Top Score, WA High Power) – SCARC Stanwood Camano Amateur Radio Club Sponsor K7TQ (Top Score, WA Mobile) – BEARONS Sponsor KN7T (Top Score, WA Low Power) – Cascade Radio Club Sponsor K7GS (Top Score, EWA Low Power) – Spokane DX Association KA6BIM (Top Score, Out-of-State High Power) – W6RS Sponsor OM2VL (Top DX Score) – BEARS Sponsor N7IR (Top Score, Out-of-State Low Power) – RASC Radio Amateurs of Skagit County Sponsor NU7J (Top Score, WA Expedition) – N7UK Sponsor N7IR (1st non-WA to work all 39 counties) – Mike & Key Club Sponsor Recent Washington Totem Awards Recipient Date Awarded Endorsement DK7GH Mar 28, 2021 20M CW KB7HDX Apr 14, 2021 K5UHF Aug 08, 2021 FT8 OM2XW Aug 31, 2021 160M CW RK9UN Nov 20, 2021 See the awards page for full list of recipients, background, and other awards. 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