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Orca Report: July 2025
First published in 2010, the Orca Report enters the Century Club this month, with the 100th edition! Rebecca VA7BEC provides a club-focused summary of the BC QSO Party results, and we have an update on the ongoing Pacific Northwest Challenge Cup.
The annual competition between major clubs in our region, the PNW Challenge encourages participation in 10 of the world's premier radio contests, with the Cup presented to the winning club at the PNW DX Convention each summer. This year's cup will be awarded at the convention in Portland.
See how Orca is doing against our competitors, and plan to be on the air for the IARU HF World Championship this weekend (July 12-13)!
Read the Orca Report
Final report and results for the 2025 BCQP
Thanks for joining us in the BC QSO Party! Be sure to read the comprehensive final report and results for participants in BC and outside BC:
2025 Report |2025 BC Results | 2025 W/VE/DX Results
View all BCQP Results and Contest Reports
PNW DX Convention in Portland this August
The 70th Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention, hosted by the Willamette Valley DX Club, is coming August 15-17, 2025. The convention will be located at the Monarch Hotel in Portland, OR. By August the hotel will be renamed to the Hilton Garden Inn, but it's the same location used before.
The line-up includes an excellent group of speakers, door prizes, and in-person DXCC card checking. Plus, remember Oregon has no sales tax -- a perfect reason to visit the Portland HRO store.
More info about the convention
Contest Corner
IARU HF World Championships July 12-13 (rules).
CQ WW VHF Digital July 19-20 (rules).
NAQP RTTY July 19-20 (rules).
NAQP CW August 2-3 (rules).
Worked All Europe DX CW August 9-10 (rules).
SARTG WW RTTY August 15-16 (rules).
NAQP SSB August 16-17 (rules).
World Wide Digi Contest August 30-31 (rules).
Recent contest activity...
CQ WW VHF SSB/CW July 5-6 (rules).
RAC Canada Day July 1 (rules).
ARRL Field Day June 28-29 (rules).
All Asian DX Contest June 21-22 (rules).
ARRL June VHF June 14-16 (rules).
ARRL International Digital June 7-8 (rules).
Atlantic Canada QSO Party June 7 (rules).
CQ WPX CW May 24-25 (rules).
Post your scores on the 3830 reflector.
DX to watch for newest This month's DX Calendar from DXNews.com DXCC Most Wanted List ClubLog to April 2024 Recent DX activations... FW7AA, Wallis Island Nov. 16-29, 2024 XT2MD, Burkina Faso Oct. 31-Nov. 11, 2024 N5J, Jarvis Is. Aug. 5-20, 2024 VP6DF, Pitcairn Is. May 30-June 10, 2024 TX5S, Clipperton Is. Jan.-Feb. 2024 W8S, Swains Is. Oct. 4-27, 2023 9Q2WX, Congo Aug. 20-Sep. 9, 2023 DX0NE, Spratly Is. Apr. 30-May 9, 2023 T30UN, Tarawa, W. Kiribati Apr. 2023 Z81D, South Sudan Until Apr. 22, 2023
