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US Amateur Radio Numbers Continue to Soar
ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, Retires
ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact with
Video
ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Announces 2016 Schedule
National Parks on the Air Update
ARES Groups, Individual Hams Support Army and Air Force MARS
Communications Exercise
Armed Forces Day 2016 Communication Test to Include Direct
Military-Ham Contact on 60 Meters
Regulators Attend Amateur Radio Administration Course in Mexico City
Texas to Host US ARDF Championships in April
"Frequency" TV Series Now Planned for The CW Network
First Solid-State Transmitter to Span the Atlantic Now Part of ARRL
Historical Collection
Getting It Right!
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
US Amateur Radio Numbers Continue to Soar
Amateur Radio is alive and well! Growth in the US continued in 2015,
with a record 735,405 licensees in the FCC's Universal Licensing
System (ULS) database by the end of the year. That's up 9130 over
December 2014, a 1.2 percent rise, continuing a steady increase in the
US Amateur Radio population in every year since 2007. In 2014, the
ranks grew by a net 8149 licensees. The figures, compiled by ARRL
Pacific Section Manager-elect Joe Speroni, AH0A, on his FCC Amateur
Radio Statistics web pages, exclude expired licenses within the 2-year
grace period and club station licenses. Over the past 10 years, the
Amateur Radio population in the US has expanded by 72,805 licensees --
or nearly 11 percent.
The trend was onward and upward in 2015 for Amateur Radio numbers in
the US.
As expected, the biggest growth by license class was in Technician
licensees, which rose by 6570 in 2015. Technician licensees still
comprise a little less than one-half of the US Amateur Radio
population.
General ranks increased by 3079, and Amateur Extra numbers went up by
3496.
The 2015 overall numbers faltered a little in April, before rebounding
in July. The introduction of a new General class question pool on July
1 appeared to have only a slight effect on month-to-month numbers in
that license class. ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, said 2015 was
another banner year for ARRL VEC-sponsored test sessions.
"For the second year in a row, we have conducted more than 7000
Amateur Radio exam sessions in a year, an important milestone for the
ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM. [Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, photo]
ARRL VEC," she said. "A total of 7358 ARRL-sponsored exam sessions
were administered in 2015, compared to 7216 in 2014. The number of
exam applicants was down slightly in 2015, compared to the previous
year, and the number of examination elements administered also dipped
slightly, she noted.
"Since 2014 was a record-setting year, the numbers of 2015 examinees
didn't drop so much as return to more typical levels," Somma
explained.
As of December 31, some 47,850 Advanced and 10,800 Novice licensees
remained in the FCC database. The FCC no longer issues Advanced and
Novice licenses, and their numbers continue to decline. Read more. --
Thanks to Joe Speroni, AH0A; FCC ULS licensing statistics
ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, Retires
On February 26, the ARRL Headquarters staff bid farewell and a happy
retirement to Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, as he
wrapped up 11 years at ARRL Headquarters. His last official day on the
job was March 1. At a retirement party, staff members presented Kramer
with an antique clock from a Waterbury, Connecticut, clock maker -- a
particularly fitting gift, as he was born in Waterbury.
"I was glad to have him as a colleague and a friend," said ARRL CEO
David Sumner, K1ZZ -- who will depart ARRL Headquarters himself on
April 18, after more than 4 decades. Sumner cited several of Kramer's
contributions during his "one sunspot cycle" on the staff. These
included arranging for some League publications to be published in
Chinese in China, digital publishing -- especially books on Kindle,
recruiting authors of new publications, and his participation in the
development of the League's new Strategic Plan.
Outgoing ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, speaks to ARRL staffers at his
retirement party. The Headquarters staff presented him with an antique
clock. [Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, photo]
Sumner also noted that Kramer took the initiative to organize the W1Q
special event marking the 100th anniversary of QST in 2015.
ARRL Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, praised Kramer for
making the League and its programs more visible to members. "Through
his 'Inside HQ' column, hundreds of personal tours, loads of hamfest
and convention travel, radio club meetings, and shaking a lot of hands
-- Harold packaged the contributions of ARRL and every staff person,
and delivered that story to members, prospective members, and loads of
friends and visitors," Inderbitzen said.
Kramer said he is proud of what he and the ARRL Headquarters staff
accomplished together during his tenure, including the response to
Hurricane Katrina. He also cited the upgraded ARRL website and the
League's enhanced presence in digital publishing -- including a
digital edition of QST.
Retiring ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, was among a handful of ARRL
Headquarters staff members to take part in a scheduled contact between
W1AW and GB3RS -- the demonstration station at the National Radio
Centre located at historic Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, UK. The
ARRL participants spoke with three members of the Radio Society of
Great Britain (RSGB) staff who are working on getting their Amateur
Radio licenses. [Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, photo]
"One of the things that I am most proud of was being the co-chairman
of the Centennial Convention -- one of the best-ever ham radio
conventions, and the centennial QSO Party -- the largest operating
event in ham radio history," Kramer told the staff.
As for his plans, Kramer, whose principal focus has been on emergency
communication, said he's hoping to finally put up the tower and beam
he's been talking about for the past decade and may even return to the
Connecticut Field Organization, where he was once an EC. A book and
some QST articles are definite possibilities, he added.
"You have been a great group to get to know and to work with," Kramer
said. "I've been proud to call you my colleagues." Read more.
ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact with
Video
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), the
first-ever ISS payload activated by the crew, is gearing up for its
1000th educational ham radio contact in March. A video jointly
produced by ARRL, NASA, and AMSAT, titled, "Celebrating the 1000th
Contact," has been posted on YouTube.
A jointly produced ARRL-NASA-AMSAT video, "Celebrating the 1000th
Contact," has been posted on YouTube.
ARISS celebrated 15 years of a permanent ham radio presence in space
last December. In 2000, several pupils and a teacher got to chat on 2
meters with the first ISS Commander, William "Shep" Shepherd, KD5GSL.
Since that first ARISS school contact, astronauts and cosmonauts
aboard the station have talked with students in 44 states in the US
and in 51 other countries.
ARISS anticipates the 1000th educational radio contact will occur
during March.
On an application basis, ARISS organizes scheduled Amateur Radio
contacts between ISS crew members and students at a school or
less-formal education venue. Experienced Amateur Radio volunteers work
with ARISS and individual schools to handle the technical aspects.
Through these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and
communities learn about space, space technologies, and Amateur Radio.
ARISS touches tens of thousands of students per year. One ARISS goal
is to inspire an interest among young people in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) subjects and in STEM careers. Another is
to provide an educational opportunity for students, teachers, and the
public to learn about space exploration and satellites, as well as
about wireless technology and radio science through Amateur Radio.
ARISS Online Information Session
The ARISS program coordinator will offer an online information session
on March 10 at 7 PM ET for schools and organizations interested in
hosting an Amateur Radio contact with a member of the International
Space Station crew. The hour-long session is aimed at providing
additional details regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal
process. There will be an opportunity to ask questions. Advance
registration is required. Contact ARISS to sign up.
Prospective ARISS contact sponsors are not required to attend an
online information session, but they are strongly encouraged to do so.
ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Announces 2016 Schedule
The deadline is May 1 for educators to apply for a spot in this
summer's ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology sessions.
These educational opportunities are offered by the ARRL Education &
Technology Program (ETP). Two introductory sessions and one advanced
session are scheduled. The Introduction to Wireless Technology course
(TI-1) will be presented June 20-24 at Parallax Inc in Rocklin,
California, and July 25-29 at ARRL Headquarters in Newington,
Connecticut. The advanced Remote Sensing and Data Gathering course
(TI-2) will be offered July 18-21 at the Dayton Amateur Radio
Association in Dayton, Ohio. The TI-1 course is a prerequisite to
TI-2. An article in the March 2016 issue of QST offers more details
about each 4-day course, or visit the ARRL Teachers Institute on
Wireless Technology page on the ARRL website.
Now in its 13th year, the ARRL Teachers Institute is an expenses-paid,
intensive professional development opportunity for educators who want
to receive training and resources to explore wireless technology in
the classroom and integrate science and math with engineering and
technology.
Applicants must be teaching in a school, college, or professional
educational organization serving grade levels 4-12+, or leading a
school-affiliated enrichment program in an official capacity.
Visit the ARRL website for more information, and to download and
complete an application and the pre-workshop survey.
Donations to support the ARRL's efforts to promote Amateur Radio in
schools and to provide professional development to education are
welcome. Read more.
National Parks on the Air Update
National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) statistics for the end of February
show that momentum for the year-long event continues. More than
136,000 NPOTA contacts have been made from 311 NPOTA units, in more
than 1500 qualified activations! National Scenic and Historic Trails
continue to be the most-activated units. The Appalachian Trail is the
biggest favorite, with 34 valid activations, while the Santa Fe
National Historic Trail has the most number of QSOs made from an NPS
unit -- 3533. For you NPOTA Honor Roll chasers, 34 of the 59 National
Parks have had Amateur Radio activity since January 1.
SSB is by far the most popular mode, with 88.4 percent of all NPOTA
QSOs made with a microphone. CW comes in a very distant second, with
10.3 percent, and digital at 1.2 percent.
There are 26 NPOTA activations listed for March 3-9, including
Cabrillo National Monument in California (MN09), and the Lincoln
Boyhood National Memorial in Indiana (NM15).
Details about these and other upcoming activations can be found on the
NPOTA Activations calendar.
Keep up with the latest NPOTA news on Facebook. Follow NPOTA on
Twitter (@ARRL_NPOTA).
ARES Groups, Individual Hams Support Army and Air Force MARS
Communications Exercise
On February 12, more than 300 Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
members and individual radio amateurs participated in the first
quarterly Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) US Department of
Defense communications exercise of 2016 (COMEX 16-1). US Army and Air
Force MARS operators across the US, Europe, and the Pacific took part
in the 12-hour Department of Defense (DOD) contingency HF
communication exercise, which simulated a widespread loss of telephone
and Internet communication across the US. MARS operators reached out
to ARES members and individual hams in as many US counties as possible
to obtain status reports via radio.
"The purpose of the exercise was to give MARS operators the
opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency in responding to DOD
requests for simulated emergency situational awareness reports from
counties across the United States," Army MARS Program Manager Paul
English, WD8DBY, explained. "DOD and the MARS leadership want to thank
the more than 300 Amateur Radio operators who assisted in making this
exercise a success by providing local county information using VHF,
UHF, and NVIS HF voice communications."
English said the supported Department of Defense headquarters entities
"were very pleased with the outcome of the exercise, and especially
with the number of Amateur Radio stations that participated on a
weekday and the number of unique county reports received over the
12-hour period." After eliminating duplicates, English said, MARS
received 312 county status reports.
The exercise aimed in part to develop local-level working
relationships between MARS operators and ARES groups and individual
radio amateurs and clubs, English said.
Armed Forces Day 2016 Communication Test to Include Direct
Military-Ham Contact on 60 Meters
This year's Armed Forces Day Crossband Communication Test on Saturday,
May 14, will include a significant new wrinkle: Select military
stations will be using 60 meter interoperability channels to
communicate directly with Amateur Radio stations on the band. Back
this year, select military stations will use crossband Automatic Link
Establishment (2G ALE) communication as well as MIL-STD Serial PSK to
send the Secretary of Defense Armed Forces Day message. Armed Forces
Day 2016 is Saturday, May 21, but the radio event is held earlier to
avoid conflicting with Dayton Hamvention, May 20-22.
The annual Armed Forces Day Communication Test is an opportunity to
exercise two-way communication capability between Amateur Radio and
military stations using a variety of modes, including SSB and CW as
well as digital modes. The annual event gives participants --
including shortwave listeners (SWLs) -- an opportunity to demonstrate
their technical skills, and to receive recognition from the
appropriate military radio station.
The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard cosponsor the
joint military/Amateur Radio, with military stations transmitting on
military frequencies and listening on Amateur Radio bands.
Amateur Radio stations and shortwave listeners interested in trying
the MIL-STD Serial PSK mode can download the software program, MS-DMT.
Full details about this year's Armed Forces Day radio will be posted
by April 12 and will also appear on the US Army MARS Facebook page.
Regulators Attend Amateur Radio Administration Course in Mexico City
Telecommunications regulators from Mexico and Belize attended an
(L-R) Andrew Robateau, Sharolyn Dougal -- both of the PUC Belize, and
Alejandro Aldana of the IFT. Partially obscured in the back row,
Roberto Navarro of the IFT.
[Tania Carmona, photo]
Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) February 17-19 in Mexico
City. International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU R2), the
Mexican Federation of Radio Amateurs (FMRE), and the ARRL sponsored
the sessions.
Presiding at the opening ceremony was Rafael Eslava Herrada, who heads
the Concessions and Services Unit of Mexico's telecoms regulator, the
Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT).
Among others, course topics included:
Organization of the ITU and the IARU
Nature of Amateur Radio Services
ITU Radio Regulations
Amateur Radio Activities and Allocations
How Society Can Benefit from Amateur Radio
National Licensing and Regulations
Amateur Radio Examinations
Emergency Communications
Satellites and the Amateur Satellite Service
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Regulators from the Public Utilities Commission of Belize and Mexico's
IFT attended the classroom sessions. The objective of the course is
for regulators to be able to help create, administer, and foster an
Amateur Radio Service within their home countries. The ARAC is
designed for those who regulate and manage Amateur Radio, and it was
taught in both English and Spanish.
Texas to Host US ARDF Championships in April
The US championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) return
to the Lone Star State this spring. Sponsored by Texas ARDF and the
Austin Orienteering Club (AOC), the event will take place April 7-10
near Killeen, Texas. On-foot foxhunting fans of all skill levels will
gather for 4 days of intense competition.
National ARDF championships typically take place in the late summer or
early fall, but because the ARDF World Championships in Bulgaria take
place in early September this year, the national event is being held
in April to provide plenty of time to select Team USA members and to
make travel arrangements.
An optional training day just prior to the championships on Wednesday,
April 6, will feature an 80 meter short course. Thursday, April 7,
will be devoted to foxoring, a combination of radio direction finding
and classic orienteering, on 80 meters. Friday morning will be the
formal 80 meter sprint event, followed by a catered lunch, competitor
meeting, and model event for equipment testing.
Jennifer Harker, W5JEN, competing at the 2015 USA ARDF Championships.
[Joe Moell, K0OV, photo]
Classic 2 meter and 80 meter competitions will take place on Saturday
and Sunday, respectively. An awards banquet on Saturday evening will
honor winners of the foxoring, sprint, and 2 meter classic events.
Awards for the 80 meter classic event will be given Sunday afternoon,
immediately following the competition.
Lead organizers, event hosts, and course planners are Jennifer and
Kenneth Harker, W5JEN and WM5R, assisted by members of the Austin
Orienteering Club.
Stateside winners of the US championships will be considered for
membership in ARDF Team USA, which will travel to Albena, Bulgaria for
the 18th ARDF World Championships.
Full details are on the Texas ARDF website. Read more. -- Thanks to
ARRL ARDF Coordinator Joe Moell, K0OV
"Frequency" TV Series Now Planned for The CW Network
The buzz from Hollywood is that a TV series based on the 2000 movie
"Frequency" is in development and -- appropriately enough for a show
featuring ham radio -- on The CW network. Amateur Radio served as a
plot device in the movie and will play the same role in the TV series.
Actor Jim Caviezel in the 2000 movie, "Frequency." [Courtesy of New
Line Cinema]
In November 2014, The Hollywood Reporter indicated that NBC had
committed to a "Frequency" series, but those plans apparently fell by
the wayside. Now, The CW has ordered a pilot episode of "Frequency,"
and, if the network does go forward with the project, the modern-day
version of "Frequency," the TV series, would feature a young female
police detective named Raimy, who uses ham radio to communicate
through time with her deceased father.
Actress Peyton List is said to have landed to role of Raimy, reprising
Jim Caviezel's movie character. Riley Smith would play her father.
When the original "Frequency" movie debuted, the ham radio theme and
the chance to see vintage ham gear and real, glowing vacuum tubes on
the big screen generated considerable interest within the community of
"boatanchor" enthusiasts. ARRL worked with the film's producers.
First Solid-State Transmitter to Span the Atlantic Now Part of ARRL
Historical Collection
A flea-powered transistor ham transmitter built in the 1950s and later
used to make a transatlantic contact has become part of the ARRL
Historical Collection. The noteworthy historical artifact was donated
by Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ, on behalf of the estate of Gus Fallgren, W1OG
(SK), the ham who was at the key for the momentous event. Fallgren --
Gus Fallgren, W1OGU, and his transistor transmitter were featured on
the cover of the February 1957 issue of Radio & Television News.
then W1OGU -- and two other Raytheon engineers, Al "Hank" Hankinson,
W1OSF, and Dick Wright, W1UBC, built the little transmitter in the
summer of 1956 on a lark, to see if they could achieve Worked All
Continents (WAC) with it. The 20 meter, 78 mW transmitter was designed
around a pair of Raytheon 2N113 transistors -- one as a 7 MHz
oscillator, the other as a frequency-doubling power amplifier. On
September 18, 1956, Fallgren, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, running
the transistor transmitter into a three-element wide-spaced Yagi,
worked OZ7BO in Copenhagen, Denmark. His signal report was 339.
The transmitter was the first to run Raytheon transistors on 20
meters. Hams had previously constructed low-power, solid-state
transmitters for 40 meters and made contacts spanning up to 800 miles.
Fallgren's 3800-mile contact worked out to approximately 47,500 miles
per watt.
Assistant ARRL Laboratory Manager Bob Allison, WB1GCM (L), holds the
transistor transmitter and semi-automatic key, while donor Andy
Stewart, KB1OIQ, holds the 1957 issue of Radio & Television News that
featured W1OGU on the cover.
Raytheon documented the historic contact in the February 1957 edition
of Radio and Television News -- with a feature banner and cover photo
of W1OGU in his shack with the battery-powered transistor transmitter
-- and it was reported in other publications as well, including
Raytheon's own publication and the Boston Globe. A November 1956 QST
"Stray" reported that Fallgren had "worked KP4, TI2, OZ7, and G3, and
has reportedly been heard in VK" with the little rig, and included a
photo.
Assistant ARRL Laboratory Manager Bob Allison, WB1GCM, staff liaison
to the ARRL Historical Committee, accepted the donation and thanked
Stewart for arranging it. Read more.
Getting It Right!
Getting It Right! In "Article Profiles First African-American Radio
Amateur, Rufus Turner, W3LF," which appeared in the February 25
edition of The ARRL Letter, we inadvertently -- and incorrectly --
added an "A" to the designation of the diode Mr Turner helped to
develop. The diode the article refers to is the 1N34, not the later
1N34A, which typically had a hermetically sealed glass envelope.
Thanks to Frank Donovan, W3LPL, for spotting this error.
In Brief...
List of US House Amateur Radio Parity Act Cosponsors Continues to
Grow: Three more members of the US House of Representatives have
stepped forward to cosponsor The Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301.
That brings the total to 123. The latest to sign on are Reps Evan
Jenkins (R-WV), Stephen Knight (R-CA), and Charles Boustany Jr (R-LA).
In a voice vote on February 11, the US House Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep Greg Walden, W7EQI, sent
H.R. 1301 to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee with a
favorable report for further consideration. More information on The
Amateur Radio Parity Act is on the ARRL website.
Winter 2016 Edition of Radio Waves Now Available: The winter 2016
edition of ARRL's Radio Waves newsletter for Amateur Radio license
instructors and radio science educators is now available. Some of the
articles in this issue include, "In-Depth Licensing Class Probes
Electronics;" "Exploring Complex Concepts through Electronic Kit
Building;" "Two Schools Experience ARISS Impact;" "West Chester
Amateur Radio Association on Hand for Pi Day," and "Youth Nets." In
addition, the Instructor Corner offers resources for classroom and
licensing instruction, and there's news of the ARRL Education &
Technology Program, a calendar of upcoming events, and more.
ARRL VEC Applications, Session Scheduling Getting Back on Track: A
computer program issue that was preventing the ARRL VEC from managing
and posting its schedule of future examination sessions and
transmitting application data from completed sessions to the FCC has
been resolved, and the backlog is being cleared. "The ARRL IT
Department has our system is back up and running," ARRL VEC Manager
Maria Somma, AB1FM, said on March 2. "ARRL VEC has begun to transmit
into FCC Electronic Batch Filing system the approximately 200 exam
sessions that were waiting in the queue. It may take a few days to get
through the entire backlog." Since the problem surfaced on February
22, the system had worked "sporadically," Somma said, allowing a few
test sessions to make it to the FCC for processing.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Average daily sunspot numbers were
marginally higher over our reporting week (February 25-March 2) than
during the previous 7 days -- rising from 37.9 to 41.4. Average daily
solar flux was down by just one point, to 92.9. The average planetary
A index dipped from 10.1 to 5.9, and the average mid-latitude A index
declined from 12.6 to 5.3.
Predicted solar flux for the near term is 100 on March 3; 105 on March
4-5; 110 on March 6-10; 105 on March 11-13; 100 on March 14-15; 95 on
March 16-20, and bottoming out at 90 on March 21-26. Flux values then
peak at 115 on March 30-31.
The planetary A index prediction shows 8 on March 3-4; 12, 20, 15, 10,
and 5 on March 5-9; 8 on March 10-11; 5 on March 12, and 12 on March
13. The predicted A index then makes a huge jump to 30 on March 14-16.
This is perhaps the result of a recurring coronal hole, because on
April 10-12 the A index again goes to 30. Note that there were similar
numbers -- 38, 34 and 29 -- for February 17, 18 and 19.
Sunspot numbers for February 25 through March 2 were 26, 41, 37, 38,
44, 39, and 65, with a mean of 41.4. The 10.7 centimeter flux was
91.7, 89, 90.4, 93.2, 90.9, 96.8, and 98.2, with a mean of 92.9.
Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 7, 4, 4, 5, 9, and 7, with a
mean of 5.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 6, 5, 3, 4, 4, 8,
and 7, with a mean of 5.3.
This week's bulletin will look at changes in our 3-month moving
averages of sunspot numbers, which should indicate the further decline
in the current solar cycle. We'll also have a quantitative report from
NP3A on band-by-band changes in CW Skimmer logs between the ARRL
International DX Contest 2015 and 2016 numbers.
Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
March 5 -- Wake-Up! QRP Sprint (CW)
March 5-6 -- ARRL International DX Contest (SSB)
March 5-6 -- Open Ukraine RTTY Championship
March 6 -- UBA Spring Contest (CW)
March 6 -- DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest
March 6 -- SARL 40 Meter Simulated Emergency (SSB)
March 7 -- RSGB 80 Meter Club Championship (Digital)
March 8 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)
March 9-13 -- AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Test (CW)
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information. For in-depth
reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest
Update via your ARRL member profile e-mail preferences.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
March 4-5 -- Alabama Section Convention, Birmingham, Alabama
March 11-12 -- Louisiana State Convention, Rayne, Louisiana
March 18-19 -- South Texas Section Convention, Rosenburg, Texas
March 19 -- West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas
March 19 -- MicroHAMS Digital Conference, Redmond, Washington
March 25-26 -- Maine State Convention, Lewiston, Maine
April 2 -- Delta Division Convention, Fort Smith, Arkansas
April 2 -- North Carolina Section Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
April 8-9 -- Oklahoma State Convention, Claremore, Oklahoma
April 9-10 -- Communications Academy, Seattle, Washington
April 15-17 -- International DX Convention, Visalia, California
April 15-17 -- VHF Super Conference, Sterling, Virginia
April 16 -- Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, Delaware
April 22-24 -- Idaho State Convention, Boise, Idaho
April 23 -- Aurora '16 Conference, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
April 23 -- Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska
April 29-May 1 -- Nevada State Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
May 13-15 -- Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Keystone, Colorado
May 14 -- Iowa State Convention, Boone, Iowa
May 20-22 -- Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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