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ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Suggestions on IARU Region 2 HF
Band Plan
SBE Urges FCC to Improve Medium-Wave Noise Environment
Puerto Rico ARES Volunteers Take Part in Caribe Wave 2016 Exercise
ARRL Introduces Three New E-Books
National Parks on the Air Update
Hamvention Announces 2016 Award Winners
UC Berkeley Trains, Tests Hundreds of New Hams
Fox-1C and Fox-1D Satellites Ready for Payload Integration
"Amateur Radio Roundtable" Connects Live with Heard Island DXpedition
Kosovo Activity in CQ WPX SSB Will Help to Train Young Hams
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
ARRL Headquarters to be Closed on Friday, March 25: ARRL Headquarters
will be closed on Good Friday, March 25. There will be no W1AW
bulletin or code practice transmissions and no ARRL Audio News on that
day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, March 28, at 8 AM Eastern
Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!
ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Suggestions on IARU Region 2 HF
Band Plan
The ARRL Board of Directors' HF Band Planning Committee is inviting
input from the US Amateur Radio community regarding possible changes
to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 Band Plan.
That band plan and other significant Amateur Radio spectrum issues
will be high on the agenda at this fall's IARU Region 2 General
Assembly in Chile. Leading up to that gathering, the ARRL and other
IARU member societies in the Americas will be seeking comments and
suggestions regarding the Region 2 HF Band Plan. The HF Band Planning
Committee will review the current plan, consider comments from the US
Amateur Radio community, and recommend any changes to the ARRL Board
for submission to IARU Region 2.
"The ARRL HF Band Planning Committee wants to stress that the IARU
Region 2 Band Plan is a voluntary guideline and does not supersede FCC
regulations related to spectrum usage," Committee Chairman and ARRL
Second Vice President Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, noted. He also pointed
out two other issues for radio amateurs to consider.
Most Region 2 countries outside the US do not have the sort of
detailed subband regulations contained in the FCC's Part 97. For radio
amateurs in these countries, the Region 2 Band Plan may serve as the
only source of guidance on spectrum usage.
The designation of a calling frequency or band segment for a
particular purpose or mode in any IARU band plan does not convey any
special rights or exclusivity of use. On the other hand, the absence
of a calling frequency or band segment associated with a particular
purpose or mode should not suggest that these have been overlooked or
are viewed negatively.
The Committee is urging US radio amateurs who are considering
suggesting revisions to the IARU Region 2 Band Plan first to study the
existing IARU Region 2 Band Plan. They then should formulate a clear
statement of any proposed changes, including a brief explanation of
why each particular change would benefit all IARU Region 2 spectrum
users. Participants should include name and call sign. Submit input
via e-mail by June 1, 2016. Messages will be automatically
acknowledged.
The 19th IARU Region 2 General Assembly will take place in mid-October
in Viña del Mar, Chile. Held every 3 years, the Region 2 Conference is
attended by delegations from IARU member societies in throughout the
Americas.
SBE Urges FCC to Improve Medium-Wave Noise Environment
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has told the FCC that the
regulatory agency needs to take another tack in its efforts to tackle
AM broadcast band revitalization. If the FCC takes the SBE's advice,
the result could be less noise in the MF and HF Amateur Radio bands.
In comments the SBE filed in response to an FCC Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry (MB 13-249) proposing ways
to enhance the viability of the AM broadcast service, the SBE said the
Commission must "commit to a regulatory plan which, over time, will
reduce the levels of man-made noise in the MF bands, and more broadly
in the bands below 30 MHz." In comments it filed earlier in the
proceeding, the SBE pointed out that "AM radio in particular is
susceptible to interference from electronic devices of all types," and
that ambient noise on the AM band is only bound to get worse with
further proliferation of noise-generating electronic devices,
including certain lighting devices regulated under FCC Part 15 and
Part 18 rules.
"[T]he only source of regulatory reform that has a meaningful chance
to positively affect the noise floor over time are regulations that
create obligations on manufacturers and importers and dealers, prior
to the point that the consumer or user of the device or system comes
into possession of it, and before it is deployed," the SBE said. The
SBE said that while the FCC has strongly supported unlicensed
low-power RF devices over the years, it "apparently does not have a
clear understanding of the aggregate effects" of these devices on the
MF noise environment. In addition, the power grid has expanded,
imposing its own family of electrical noises on the radio spectrum.
"Much unintentional interference is local in nature, but the
cumulative impact can be extensive," the SBE told the FCC. "The
Commission does not now have, and has never had, a complete
understanding of ambient RF noise levels and trends over time."
The SBE urged the FCC to better enforce some existing regulations and
develop new ones to address ambient noise in the existing AM band. "It
is obvious that any interference management plan...has to be based on
rules which limit RF noise before it becomes an issue, not post hoc,
and those rules have to be enforced," the SBE said. Read more.
Puerto Rico ARES Volunteers Take Part in Caribe Wave 2016 Exercise
For the second year, Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers
in Puerto Rico took part in the annual Caribe Wave exercise (formerly
known as the Large Atlantic Tsunami Exercise -- LANTEX), a tsunami
communication drill undertaken on different dates on the US East
Coast, in Canada, on the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Basin.
The object of Caribe Wave is to test the reliability of communication
systems and protocols among tsunami alert centers and to help
emergency management agencies to improve their preparedness to execute
a tsunami alert. In Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, Caribe Wave
takes place in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Seismic Network (Red
Sísmica de Puerto Rico), FEMA, NOAA, and the Puerto Rico Emergency
Management Agency (PREMA/AEMEAD).
The scenario for the March 17 drill was a tsunami generated by a
magnitude 8.4 seismic event, 15 kilometers deep, off the coast of
Venezuela.
Amateur Radio has played an important part on this exercise at an
island-wide level in the past, and ARES Puerto Rico, with Section
Emergency Coordinator Carlos A. Rosado, KP4CAR, at the helm, is now
the major player in these drills.
Net control for Caribe Wave 2016 was Santos Javier Rodriguez, KP4RS,
operating from the Oficina Municipal de Manejo de Emergencias
(Municipal Emergency Management Office) in Moca, Puerto Rico.
At 10:05 AM on March 17, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) activated on
broadcast and cable outlets around Puerto Rico, announcing the
"emergency" and emphasizing that it was a drill. Many government,
public, school, and senior institutions conducted evacuation drills to
test their preparedness to reach their nearest local refugee site.
PREMA practiced evacuation procedures in the city of Cataño, which
could end up partially underwater in the event of a tsunami.
Amateur Radio's role during Caribe Wave 2016 was to gather reports
from other radio amateurs in the island regarding how they learned of
the tsunami alert. The reports gathered are delivered to PREMA
Headquarters for a later evaluation meeting that includes all agencies
and organizations involved.
The main communication took place via the KP4CAR 147.210 MHz repeater
in Jayuya, Cerro Puntas -- the highest point on the island. The
repeater's emergency power system will permit it to remain on the air
for a few days. Read more. -- Thanks to Angel Santana, WP3GW, ARRL
Puerto Rico Section Public Information Coordinator
ARRL Introduces Three New E-Books
ARRL has introduced three new e-books to its growing digital library.
The newest titles available in the popular Amazon Kindle format
include Work the World with JT65 and JT9 by ARRL author Steve Ford,
WB8IMY, ARRL's Small Antennas for Small Spaces, second edition, and
Antenna Physics: An Introduction, by Robert J. Zavrel, Jr, W7SX.
Work the World with JT65 and JT9 shows you how to assemble an
effective digital communication station and configure the software for
best performance. Some operators use these popular digital modes with
as little as 5 W RF output and an indoor antenna. The book is filled
with tricks and tips to help you get on the air and making contacts.
The fully updated second edition of ARRL's Small Antennas for Small
Spaces is a must-have for radio amateurs who live in apartments,
condominiums, or houses on small lots. The book is filled with
practical advice, and will guide you to finding the right antenna
design to fit whatever space you have available.
Antenna Physics: An Introduction has been written to bridge the gap
between basic theory and graduate-level engineering texts. Delve
deeper into antenna theory, and explore the underlying principles and
mathematics of antennas and antenna physics.
All of these publications are also available in print format, directly
from ARRL and ARRL publication dealers.
ARRL reminds Amazon shoppers to consider visiting smile.amazon.com
when ordering. Amazon will donate 0.5 percent of the price of your
eligible AmazonSmile purchases to ARRL whenever you shop on
AmazonSmile.
National Parks on the Air Update
National Parks Week is April 16-24, a happy alignment for National
Parks on the Air operators, as World Amateur Radio Day is April 18.
This would be a prime day to get out and operate from an NPOTA unit,
promoting both the National Parks and Amateur Radio simultaneously. If
you plan to be on the air from an NPS site for World Amateur Radio
Day, e-mail the details to npota@arrl.org.
There are 28 NPOTA activations scheduled for March 24-30, including
Big Bend National Park (NP04) in Texas, and the Tuskegee Airmen
National Historic Site (NS71) in Alabama.
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).
Hamvention Announces 2016 Award Winners
Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, of Princeton, New Jersey, has been
named as the 2016 Dayton Hamvention® Amateur of the Year. Hamvention
announced the recipients of the Amateur of the Year, Technical
Achievement, Special Achievement, and Club of the Year awards on March
18.
Taylor was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993 for the
discovery of the first orbiting pulsar, leading to observations that
established the existence of gravitational waves. Licensed in 1954 as
KN2ITP, Taylor served as a professor of astronomy at the University of
Massachusetts from 1969 to 1981, and later as a professor of physics
at Princeton University. Since his retirement, Taylor has been
developing and enhancing digital protocols for weak-signal
communication by Amateur Radio, including JT65 and WSPR.
John S. Burningham, W2XAB, of Morrow, Georgia, is the recipient of the
Hamvention Technical Achievement Award. A radio amateur since 1970,
Burningham has been involved with amateur repeaters for more than 40
years. Following positions in the aerospace industry and for Motorola,
he has been in higher education for more than 20 years, and now serves
as a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and
Information Technology at Clayton State University. A Life Member of
ARRL and QCWA and a member of AMSAT and TAPR, he currently is active
in the digital mobile radio community and is the author of the Amateur
Radio Guide to Digital Mobile Radio. He also wrote "Introduction to
Digital Mobile Radio," which appeared in the October 2015 issue of
QST, and is a contributing author in the 2016 ARRL Handbook.
The 2016 Hamvention Special Achievement Award will go to Stan Horzepa,
WA1LOU, of Wolcott, Connecticut, for advocating cutting-edge
technologies now commonly used in Amateur Radio. Horzepa has authored
five books and written more than 1200 pieces for ARRL and TAPR,
evangelizing the use of home computers, packet radio, APRS, digital
signal processing and software defined radio in Amateur Radio.
Licensed in 1969, Horzepa has sampled almost every entrée on the ham
radio menu and has served in a slew of roles, including ARRL
Connecticut Section Manager. Presently, Horzepa is a director and
secretary for TAPR and serves as editor of TAPR's newsletter, PSR.
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio has been named as Hamvention Club of the
Year. The organization, based in the Denver, Colorado suburbs, offers
its services to other ham radio clubs and ARES groups to help them be
successful. Technical assistance, classroom training on a myriad of
subjects, mentoring, equipment/system design, and public service are
among the services it provides. The group owns and maintains fixed
analog and digital/DMR repeater assets, including one of the premier
private DMR networks in the nation, which is linked with an amateur
microwave network that spans the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains
from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Cañon City, Colorado. The group also owns
and operates a deployable communications command post in a 26-foot
trailer. Read more.
UC Berkeley Trains, Tests Hundreds of New Hams
Ham radio-related courses taught at the University of California
Berkeley Campus and a follow-on "Annual VE Mega-Session" may be one
reason that California continues to lead the nation in the number of
Amateur Radio licensees. A March 16 exam session yielded 50 new
Technician licensees, as well as three new General class, and five new
Amateur Extra class licensees. For the third year in a row, scores of
mostly electrical engineering and computer science students capped
their participation in one of two ham radio-related classes taught by
UC Berkeley EE/CS Professor Michael "Miki" Lustig, KK6MRI. His
lower-division "Hands-On Ham" course is for sophomores, while and his
upper-division "Digital Signal Processing" course is aimed at juniors
and seniors.
"These popular courses are filled quickly on registration day," Lustig
said. "Class members also include some majoring in mechanical,
biological, and nuclear engineering."
A 2015 UC Berkeley Amateur Radio test session. [Peter McElmury, AA6SF,
photo]
The entry-level course exposes newcomers to ham radio and introduces
them to "hacking" and "making," Lustig explained, while the advanced
class "delves into the theoretical applications of digital signal
processing, filter design, modulation/demodulation, decoding
subcarriers, APRS audio interface techniques, and antenna design."
Both classes feature hands-on, practical projects that require them to
transmit on radio frequencies, so students are motivated, as part of
their courses, to become licensed Amateur Radio operators.
The lower-division students are given inexpensive handheld
transceivers to keep, and are coached in radio protocols. The upper
division students are issued higher-end handhelds that they may keep
if they pass the General or Amateur Extra class examination.
"They make satellite contacts, participate in on-campus Field Day-like
activities, practice with small software designed radio dongles, and,
if already licensed, stay in touch with each other throughout the
semester on a 2 meter simplex frequency," Lustig told ARRL.
Lustig is quick to point out that the two courses would not be
possible without the active support of the UC Berkeley W6BB club
members, including Trustee Fritz Sommer, K6EE/DL4TT; President Jack
Burris K6JEB, and others, as well as support from the EECS Department
staff.
In the latest VE session, 63 candidates took a total of 78 exam
elements in a little more than 2 hours. Only one candidate left
without a license. Read more.
Fox-1C and Fox-1D Satellites Ready for Payload Integration
AMSAT reports that its Fox-1C (Fox-1Cliff -- named in honor of the
late AMSAT pioneer and benefactor Cliff Buttschardt, K7RR) and Fox-1D
satellites are ready for delivery to Spaceflight Industries for
integration into the SHERPA payload dispenser, which will be making
its maiden flight. Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D successfully finished
environmental testing on February 8.
Launch is set for later this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9. Until
delivery, the CubeSats will be sealed in anti-static bags, opened
occasionally to charge the batteries so they will be fully topped off
for delivery. Launched into Sun synchronous orbits, Fox-1Cliff and
Fox-1D will carry the same FM repeater as Fox-1A (AO-85), in addition
to a Virginia Tech camera experiment that will take images of Earth
for high-speed downlink.
Fox-1Cliff will also contain a radiation experiment from Vanderbilt
University ISDE, like the one in AO-85, and Fox-1D will host the
University of Iowa High-Energy Radiation CubeSat Instrument experiment
to map the Van Allen radiation belts.
The Fox Engineering Team now has shifted its focus to RadFxSat/Fox-1B,
currently set to launch in January 2017. -- Thanks to AMSAT News
Service
"Amateur Radio Roundtable" Connects Live with Heard Island DXpedition
W5KUB's "Amateur Radio Roundtable" webcast scored a live, audio-only
interview on March 22 with the leader of the Heard Island VK0EK
DXpedition, Bob Schmieder, KK6EK -- believed to be a first in ham
radio news media history. The VK0EK DXpedition team got under way on
March 23.
When "Amateur Radio Roundtable" host Tim Medlin, W5KUB, spoke with
Schmieder, he and the other 13 DXpedition operators had just arrived
on Heard Island on the R/V Braveheart and were preparing to start
moving equipment and personnel ashore. Schmieder talked with Medlin
for about 15 minutes over an Iridium phone, explaining that he could
not do a video interview this time, because he was still on board the
Braveheart, and the necessary Inmarsat phone's antenna must be pointed
at the satellite.
"Amateur Radio Roundtable" host Tom Medlin, W5KUB (left, inset),
interviewed VK0EK DXpedition leader Bob Schmieder, KK6EK, on March 22
via a satellite telephone connection.
"Amateur Radio Roundtable" is hoping for a video interview on Tuesday,
March 29, with the VK0EK DXpedition. "I want to see a volcano in the
background and penguins all around him," Medlin quipped, looking ahead
to the planned video interview.
More information is on the DXpedition's website, and the VK0EK log
appears on the DXA3.org website. The interview, available on the
"Amateur Radio Roundtable" YouTube archive, was also broadcast on
international shortwave station WBCQ on 5130 kHz.
Kosovo Activity in CQ WPX SSB Will Help to Train Young Hams
Z60A in Kosovo, the headquarters station of SHRAK, the newest
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member society, will be on
the air leading up to and during the CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest the
weekend of March 26-27. SHRAK President Vjollca Caka, Z61VB, has
announced that other Kosovo prefixes, such as Z61DX, Z62FB, Z63ESC,
Z64EEF, and Z68BH, will be active in addition to Z60A. The on-the-air
activity will serve as part of a training process for new Kosovar hams
as they prepare for the forthcoming IARU Youngsters On The Air (YOTA)
gathering in Austria with other young people from throughout Europe.
(L-R) Fehmi Bojniku, Z62FB; Driton Sadiku, Z61DX; David Meadows,
Z63MED; Vjollca Caca, Z61VB, and Martti Laine, OH2BH/Z68BH. Meadows,
associated with the UN, was the first foreigner to take the Kosovo
license examination under SHRAK auspices. He is returning to the US
after 3 years of operating and 34,364 contacts in his log. [Martti
Laine, OH2BH, photo]
SHRAK has a new Yaesu/Acom station sporting Force 12 beams high up in
the hills at the Technical University of Pristina, where Z60A is
located. SHRAK has expressed its gratitude to the ARRL Fund for
International Relations and Goodwill, the International DX Association
(INDEXA), Force 12, the OH-DX-Foundation (OHDXF) and to Chiltern DX
Club (CDXC) -- the UK DX Foundation, for their valuable support.
Helping to mentor the operation and handle on-the-air duties will be
Martti Laine, OH2BH. Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF, will be in Kosovo in late
May to assist SHRAK and to activate Z60A in the WPX CW event. --
Thanks to thanks to Vjollca Caka, Z61VB, and Martti Laine, OH2BH
In Brief...
Well-Known Contester Gary R. Senesac, AL9A, SK: Contesting luminary
Gary Senesac, AL9A (ex-KC9UM), of Wasilla, Alaska, died suddenly on
March 15 while vacationing in Florida. An ARRL Life Member, he was 72.
Senesac, an Illinois native, moved to Alaska in 2003 after he retired,
and his was a familiar call sign in many operating events. During the
ARRL Centennial in 2014, he took part in the W1AW/KL7 operation. "Gary
was an avid contester," said fellow Alaskan Corliss Kimmel, AL1G, "and
he was an excellent contester. He was also very technically
knowledgeable and helpful to anyone who needed advice." Senesac
enjoyed operating all modes but may be best known as a CW and RTTY
contester. Senesac was a member of the Matanuska Amateur Radio
Association, the Fox River Radio League, the Society of Midwest
Contesters, and the ARRL A1 Operators Club. In addition to his
participation in the W1AW ARRL Centennial year operation, AL9A also
recently took part in the KL7RST special event, and he served as a
mentor to many operators. "He will be dearly missed by us all," Kimmel
said. "I will miss his posts, seeing his amazing scores, and laughing
at his jokes."
Centenarian, Alaska Women's Hall of Fame Member Arlene "Buddy" Clay,
KL7OT, SK: Arlene "Buddy" Clay, KL7OT, of Wasilla, Alaska, died on
February 11. She was 103. An ARRL member, Clay was inducted into the
Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2015 for her work in rural justice
administration among the Yup'ik people. She became a ham in 1948 and
began calling the Thursday night Snipers Net for the Matanuska Amateur
Radio Association, a duty she continued from her retirement community
home until she died of a stroke. In 1960, after having worked for
years with her husband Earl, KL7EM (SK), as an air traffic controller,
she began a new career as a magistrate for the Alaska Court System,
becoming responsible for 12 villages along the Kuskokwim, Yukon, and
Iditarod rivers. She traveled from village to village by boat in the
summer and by dog sled in the winter. In all, "Buddy" Clay spent
nearly 70 years living in Alaska's wilderness. She was profiled in the
August 2013 issue of QST in the article "A Radio Voice in the
Wilderness," by Brenda Plessinger, AL7LX.
The FCG's recently elected President Chris Plumblee, WF3C, with Ellen
White, W1YL.
W1YL, W1CW (SK), and K4OJ (SK) are First Florida Contest Group Hall of
Fame Inductees: Former ARRL Headquarters staffers Ellen White, W1YL,
and Bob White, W1CW (SK), and their son Jim, K4OJ (SK), were the first
inductees into the Florida Contest Group (FCG) Hall of Fame, in honor
of their lifetime of service to Amateur Radio and "for their role as
the First Family of the Florida Contest Group (FCG)," the group said.
An honorary plaque was presented to Ellen White by FCG President Dan
Street, K1TO, at the 2016 Florida Contest Group Banquet on February
12, attended by more than 160 visitors. The Florida Contest Group, an
ARRL affiliated club, supports and encourages all types of Amateur
Radio contesting. -- Thanks to George Wagner, K5KG
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: All of the indicators we track were
lower over the past week (March 17-23), compared to the previous 7
days. Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 51.7 to 28.4, and
average daily solar flux dipped from 98.6 to 88.8 over the reporting
period. The planetary A index was lower by 3.8 points at 11.9, and the
average mid-latitude A index (measured in Wallops Island, Virginia)
dropped from 12 to 8.6. Lower geomagnetic indices are generally
considered a good thing for HF propagation. The record indicates no
new sunspot regions since March 17.
Even though our sun is quiet, there is a seasonal variation that
produces aurora around the vernal and autumnal equinox.
Spaceweather.com explained this recently.
Sunspot numbers for March 17 through 23 were 66, 29, 26, 26, 25, 13,
and 14, with a mean of 28.4. The 10.7 centimeter flux was 91.6, 90.3,
89.4, 87.6, 88.9, 87.3, and 86.8, with a mean of 88.8. Estimated
planetary A indices were 21, 8, 18, 10, 8, 8, and 10, with a mean of
11.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 16, 6, 12, 6, 7, 6, and 7,
with a mean of 8.6.
Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
March 26 -- FOC QSO Party (CW)
March 26-27 -- CQ WW WPX Contest (SSB)
March 30 -- UKEICC 80 Meter Contest (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 25-26 -- Maine State Convention, Lewiston, Maine
April 1-2 -- OzarkCon QRP Conference, Branson, Missouri
April 2 -- Delta Division Convention, Fort Smith, Arkansas
April 2 -- North Carolina Section Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
April 2 -- Wisconsin Section Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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 7 -- South Carolina Section Convention, Spartanburg, South
Carolina
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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