Utah DX Association

June 27th - 29th 2008 UDXA Field Day

Skyline Drive - East of Fairview, UT

The Skyline site is nice, flat, very accessible to passenger cars, and at a cool 9200 feet elevation. Our site is about 5 miles from the turn off on Highway 31. Skyline Drive is UT-264. It should be easy for people to find...turn off Hwy 31 onto Skyline Drive, head north for five miles to the antenna farm.
Follow Utah DX FD signs...

If you start at: Spanish Fork, UT

1. Head south on S Main St/S State Rd toward UT-115 - 0.2 mi
2. Turn left at E 300 S/UT-198 Continue to follow UT-198 - 3.4 mi
3. Turn right at US-6 - 10.3 mi
4. Turn right at US-89 - 28.8 mi
5. Slight left at UT-31 - 8.5 mi
6. Turn left at Skyline Dr/UT-264 Continue to follow Skyline Dr. - 5.0 mi

Arrive at: Skyline Dr.

2 meter communications: The Intermountain Intertie is our best bet for good 2m communications back into Salt Lake/Ut County area. Both of these machines are linked, have been tested and are working.
Levan Pk. 145.27 tone 103.5 (accessible from Field Day)
Farnsworth 147.12 tone 100.0 (in SLC area)

On site communications: We will be on 146.56 simplex for on-site communications and help to find the site.

" New Location this year!! "

Map: click
Skyline Drive Map

Pictures of Skyline Site from Spencer, W7SUR

Please contact one of the officers for further information.

Bryce Anderson,                K7UA, President     (801) 772-1936   k7ua@comcast.net
Doug Gallup,           AD7BN, Vice President     (801) 592-9097   gallup@byu.edu
Lauri "Mac" McCreary,      KG7C, Secretary    (801) 766-4132   k7lmm@comcast.net
Dick Abbott,                     K7MZ, Treasurer     (801) 943-0370   dickabb@earthlink.net
Darryl Hazelgren,    K7UT, Member at-large     (801) 580-9636   darryl@hazelgren.net
Wess Voss,                     KE7FBY, Director     (801) 798-3641   wvoss@sfcn.org
Mark Richardson,   W7HPW, Past President     (801) 465-7650   w7hpw@airwired.net 

For updates to the Club Website...please contact:

Bob Carter,                    WR7Q, Webmaster    (801) 879-6566   blcarter@comcast.net

MEMBERSHIP

Current Membership Roster
Membership application/survey forms
Club Constitution and By-laws

Membership is open to any amateur interested in HF DXing or contesting. The purpose of the club is to bring together those radio amateurs interested in working DX, to promote and encourage HF DX activity from the state of Utah, to enhance the DXCC totals of the members, and to promote good DX operating practices. A number of the members are also avid contesters and contesting is discussed! 

HISTORY

Click here for a brief history of the club

CLUB QSL CARD

Sample of club card. To order send information to Darryl, K7UT, at his email address.

CLUB LOGOed SHIRTS and HAT

Photo and ordering information

CLUB FREQUENCIES

Simplex: 147.60.
Repeater: 145.19 neg. offset, tone of 123. Courtesy of IHC, Callsign is W7IHC

MEETING MINUTES
  Jan 2006 Jan 2007  
  Feb 2006 Feb 2007 Feb 2008
  Mar 2006 Mar 2007 Mar 2008
  Apr 2006 Apr 2007 Apr 2008
  May 2006 May 2007 May 2008
  Jul 2006    
Aug 2005 Aug 2006 Aug 2007  
Sep 2005 Sep 2006 Sep 2007  
Oct 2005 Oct 2006 Oct 2007  
Nov 2005 Nov 2006  
  Dec 2006 Dec 2007  
ARRL DXCC PROGRAM

ARRL DXCC Program
DXCC Field Checkers
    Darryl Hazelgren, K7UT
    Don Butler, N5LZ
Members's DXCC Totals

CONTESTING

7 Area QSO Party 2008
7 Area QSO Party
CQ WW CW @ NI7T using K7UM

Pictures of NI7T antennas
Installation of Tower #3
Views from 120 up on Tower #3 

PRESENTATIONS

W7HPWs Presentation on Amplifiers
W7HPWs Presentation on Beverages
K7UT on Computers in Ham Radio
W4ZV on Listening Antennas
AF7Y Presentation to UARC
K7UT Presentation to UARC on LoTW
K7UT Presentation on DXpeditioning (caution: 29MB of beautiful pics)
AF7Y on Modest DX Antennas That Work
UDXA Contest University

Also look at www.W8JI.com  for great info on Beverage antennas. And this article from Frank Donovan, W3LPL, on Beverage lengths.

MERCURY WESTERN NET

Mercury Western Net Roster (.pdf)
Mercury Western Net Roster (HTML)

VISALIA - 2006

Pictures from Ted, KC7PM

DXer VISITS

JA3CZY Visit
TF3AM

FIELD DAY 2006

Pictures of this year's event.
Slideshow of Garr Ranch
Slideshow of Field Day

WIMU - 2006

Pictures
Rebirth of a Club

K7T

Details of special event

FIELD DAY 2007

Pictures of Field Day 2007

SEPT 2006 BBQ MEETING

Pix from September BBQ

7QP 2007

Summit/Wasatch

2008 FIELD DAY at Skyline Drive
Assignments

Field Day Attendees
rev. 06/23

2008 FIELD DAY at Skyline Drive
Station Setup

2008 Station Setup
rev. 06/23

PROPAGATION

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