2010 ARRL DX Contest

DX SSB Certificate
ARRL DX SSB Certificate

Congratulations are in order for DDXG members Duke W1ZA and Andrew K4PUF. The duo, along with Bob W4DR and Ed NW4V won first place Virginia Section for the 2010 ARRL International DX Contest, in the multi-operator single category. The team, which operated from W1ZA’s QTH, also placed 6th for North America (U.S. and Canada).

Welcome to the Dominion DX Group

We are a small club located in Richmond, VA.  We have a diverse member base that enjoys many aspects of amateur radio.

DDXG monthly meetings are normally held on the fourth Saturday of each month. Our next club meeting will be on Saturday, April 27th. Meetings begin at 9:00 AM. We meet in person at the Deep Run Recreation Center, 9900 Ridgefield Pkwy, Richmond, VA 23233. The meetings are also available via Zoom. As we enter 2024 be sure to check back here often as several meetings in 2024 will be Zoom only due to conflicts at the Deep Run Recreation Center. If you would like to join us in person or via Zoom please contact Jim Mundy, WY4O, via email at wy4o73 at gmail dot com.

If you want to inquire about QSLs, send a message to the club, or ask the club a question, then send us an email.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

DDXG buttonDDXG Headed To Costa Rica
DDXG QRV in Costa Rica – February 26, 2011 – Five members of DDXG will join hams from our sister club, CVCC, for participation in the ARRL International Phone DX Contest on March 5 & 6, from the QTH of Keko Diez in San Jose, Costa Rica. Mike N4LSP, Josh KD4ZDQ, Roy WK4Y, Marcus WV4Y and Parke N4KFT will arrive there on March 2nd and return to the US on March 8th. They will operate as TI5N.

While there, the DDXG hams will be QRV before and after the contest as TI5/K4VAC in various modes. Preferred QSL route for the club call is via LoTW.

Tangier 2010

The group
Tangier 2010 Team

August 6, 2010 – DDXG Back From Tangier Island
DDXG has returned from Tangier Island, VA. We operated during the 2010 IOTA contest and racked up our highest score yet. The club was operating in the low power DXPedition category. Our antennas were an 80 meter square loop on the run station and a ZeroFive vertical for our multiplier station. We had an ICOM-7600 at each operating position. N1MM was used for our logging. Several newcomers to contesting came along and did an admirable job. Thanks to everyone that worked us. 2010 IOTA operators for DDXG were: WD4LBR, K4WNW, K4PUF, KJ4NPR, KC4YNK, K4HIN, N4KFT, WS4WW, W4LEW, KD4ZDQ, N4DWK, WV4Y, N4LSP, and W4BNO.

Here’s our claimed score summary.

Band Mode QSOs Pts Sec
3.5 LSB 2 30 2
7 CW 3 45 3
7 LSB 202 1254 39
14 CW 6 78 5
14 USB 788 3960 62
21 USB 2 6 0
Total Both 1003 5373 111

Score: 596,403

Tangier 2010

Tangier historical marker
Tangier historical marker

DDXG Going Back To Tangier Island
Tangier Island- IOTA NA-083, will be activated July 23 through 25, 2010. The activation will be in conjunction with the RSGB IOTA contest, 1200UTC Saturday 24 July to 1200UTC Sunday 25. Most of the team will arrive on Friday, July 23rd. Team members will be coming in by boat and aircraft to begin setting up in the early afternoon, and should be QRV Friday evening ahead of the contest. While these Friday contacts will not count toward contest credit, they still count as islands, both for IOTA and U.S. Island Chasers! Look for photos and updates here next week.

Five Band DXCC

Sheila, K4WNW, presents the 5 band DXCC award to Roy, WK4Y.

Roy Davis brings home 5 band DXCC
DDXG member Roy Davis (WK4Y) earned five band DXCC. Roy WK4Y achieves 5-band DXCC. Licensed since 1957, DDXG member Roy Davis did not start chasing DX until the 1980s. He recently uploaded his contacts to Logbook of the World and has become the club’s first member to accomplish 5-band DXCC.  Here, Roy is congratulated by president Sheila Blackley K4WNW.

DDXG Wins Local Club Category

RTTY Round Up 2009
Participants int the 2009 RTTY Round Up

Members of DDXG put in a great effort in the January 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup contest and it showed. The club took first place in the local club category with a score of 358,192 points. Club President Sheila Blackley said, “Congratulations to DDXG for its first ever first place win in a contest and congratulations to all participants of the 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup. Several participants were first time RTTY contesters. There was much planning and hard work that went into making this effort a success. I am proud of everyone that participated”.

Here’s a link to the club scores on the ARRL web site (It’s member’s only).