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A New "ARRL The Doctor is In" Audio Podcast Episode is Now Available
World Amateur Radio Day 2016 Will Celebrate Amateur Radio's
Contribution to Society
ARRL MF Experiment Coordinator Sees Ongoing Research Role After Hams
Gain 472-479 kHz
National Parks on the Air Update
Author, TV Reporter are the 2015 ARRL Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Award
Recipients
MicroHAMS Digital Conference Showcases Innovative Applications,
Hardware
"Cows Over the World DXpedition" Set to Get Under Way
Hurricane Watch Net Seeks Net Control Operators
Ohio SEC Expanding "NVIS Antenna Day" Activity this Year
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
This Week in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
A New "ARRL The Doctor is In" Audio Podcast Episode is Now Available
"HF Vertical Antennas" will be the topic of the inaugural "ARRL The
Doctor is In" audio podcast, available on April 7 and sponsored by DX
Engineering. "ARRL The Doctor is In" is a lively discussion of all
things technical. Listen on your computer, tablet, or smartphone --
whenever and wherever you like!
Every 2 weeks your host, QST Editor in Chief Steve Ford, WB8IMY, and
the Doctor himself, Joel Hallas, W1ZR, will discuss a broad range of
technical topics. You can e-mail your questions to doctor@arrl.org,
and they may be answered in a future podcast.
Enjoy "ARRL The Doctor is In" on Apple iTunes, or by using your iPhone
or iPad podcast app (just search for "ARRL The Doctor is In"). You can
also listen online through Stitcher and through the free Stitcher app
for iOS, Kindle, or Android devices. Subscribe to the podcast free of
charge through either service and never miss an episode.
Podcast episodes will be archived on the ARRL website.
World Amateur Radio Day 2016 Will Celebrate Amateur Radio's
Contribution to Society
World Amateur Radio Day (WARD), observed every April 18, marks the
founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in 1925. As
they do every year, radio amateurs worldwide will take to the airwaves
to celebrate Amateur Radio's contribution to society.
"April 18 is the day for all of Amateur Radio to celebrate and tell
the world about the science we can help teach, the community service
we can provide, and the fun we have," the IARU said in announcing
World Amateur Radio Day 2016. "We hope you will join in the fun and
education that is World Amateur Radio Day!"
Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that -- far
from being a wasteland -- the shortwave spectrum could support
worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths,
Amateur Radio was "in grave danger of being pushed aside," the IARU's
history has noted. Amateur Radio pioneers -- ARRL co-founder Hiram
Percy Maxim, 1AW, among them -- met in Paris in 1925 and created the
IARU to support Amateur Radio worldwide.
As Maxim and his counterparts envisioned, the IARU is an international
confederation of national Amateur Radio organizations that allows a
forum for common matters of concern and collectively represents
matters to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Just 2 years later, at the International Radiotelegraph Conference,
Amateur Radio gained several allocations still recognized today --
160, 80, 40, 20, and 10 meters. Since its founding, the IARU has
worked to defend and expand the frequency allocations for Amateur
Radio.
From the 25 countries that formed the IARU in 1925, the IARU has grown
to include 160 member-societies in three regions. IARU Region 1
includes Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Asia. Region 2
covers the Americas, and Region 3 is comprised of Australia, New
Zealand, the Pacific island nations, and most of Asia. The ITU has
recognized the IARU as representing the interests of Amateur Radio.
Today, Amateur Radio is more popular than ever, with over 3,000,000
licensed operators!
The IARU has provided a World Amateur Radio Day poster. Any club may
download it to promote WARD. The poster comes in two sizes (61cm x
91cm) (small (A4) flyer).
Groups should promote their WARD activity on social media by using the
hash tag #WARD2016 on Twitter and on Facebook. The IARU will list all
WARD activities (scroll below the announcement). To have your WARD
activity listed, e-mail ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Sean
Kutzko, KX9X. Read more.
ARRL MF Experiment Coordinator Sees Ongoing Research Role After Hams
Gain 472-479 kHz
The coordinator of the 600 Meter Experimental Group, Fritz Raab, W1FR,
said this week that he sees an ongoing role for medium frequency (MF)
experimentation, even after Amateur Radio gains access to the new 630
meter band (472-479 kHz). An FCC Report and
LF/MF "Tower A" at VO1NA in Torbay, Newfoundland. [Joe Craig, VO1NA,
photo]
Order authorizing Amateur Radio access to 2200 meters (135.7-137.8
kHz) and 630 meters is expected to be released soon. In his 1st
quarter report for 2016 on the WD2XSH Experimental license work, Raab
said that once the new ham band is in place, he expects ARRL
experiment participants to pursue work in that part of the spectrum
under their Amateur Radio licenses. But he said that more MF research
remains, and he would recommend continuing work under the WD2XSH
Experimental a while longer, shifting focus to 461 to 472 kHz.
"This will clear the amateur frequencies, while allowing the
experimenters to run unattended propagation beacons without using the
limited bandwidth that will be available to amateurs." The WD2XSH Part
5 Experimental license does not expire until 2020. A substantial
community of Amateur Radio operators already conduct experiments using
their own FCC Part 5 licenses in the low frequency (LF) and MF
spectrum, in addition to the WD2XSH experiment.
Raab this week suggested several possibilities for expanded
experimental work in the vicinity of 630 meters without cluttering the
limited 7 kHz of spectrum in the soon-to-be-authorized amateur band.
Among other things, he envisions work using wider-bandwidth modulation
protocols, the use of higher power than the 1 W EIRP expected to be
authorized for the new ham band, and commemorative transmissions.
"Eventually, this operation might show that the amateur allocation
could be expanded or allowed to use more power," Raab said. Read more.
National Parks on the Air Update
Thanks to the ARRL IT Department, there are now daily updates to the
National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) activity statistics. The new
statistics are listed on the NPOTA Leader board page. There, you can
find info on the number of parks activated, total number of NPOTA
activations, and number of QSOs per NPOTA unit. As of April 6, more
than 240,000 NPOTA contacts had been confirmed in Logbook of the
World, from nearly 3400 activations since January 1. The California
National Historic Trail has hosted 4115 QSOs, more than any other
NPOTA unit.
There are 47 Activations on the NPOTA calendar for April 7-13,
including Cesar Chavez National Monument in California, and Pictured
Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan. 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 onTwitter
(@ARRL_NPOTA).
Author, TV Reporter are the 2015 ARRL Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Award
Recipients
Author Don Keith, N4KC, and TV reporter and anchor Jackie Lukas are
the recipients of the 2015 ARRL Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Award. Keith was
recognized for an article on Amateur Radio, "Wave of Popularity," that
he contributed to American Legion magazine. Lukas, a reporter and
anchor for News 12 Long Island in New York, was honored for reporting
the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club's activation of a lighthouse
"in an uplifting and positive manner." The ARRL Board of Directors
named Keith and Lukas in January to receive the award.
Don Keith, N4KC, is the recipient of the 2015 ARRL Leonard Award in
print media.
The ARRL Bill Leonard Award honors up to three professional
journalists each year for outstanding coverage highlighting the
enjoyment, importance, and public service value the Amateur Radio
Service has to offer. The award is a tribute to the late CBS News
President Bill Leonard, W2SKE, an avid Amateur Radio operator and
advocate. Each recipient will receive an engraved plaque, and a $250
contribution will be made in each recipient's name to the charity of
their choice.
"I look forward to receiving the plaque and am very humbled by the
award," Keith reacted. He expects to attend a formal presentation at
the Huntsville Hamfest in August. Keith said the American Legion's
national Amateur Radio club (K9TAL) is working to reach members who
might be interested in Amateur Radio and "especially its public
service aspects." Keith has designated the Amateur Radio Advancement
Group, which is affiliated with the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club, to
be the beneficiary of his award. Keith is the author or co-author of
more than 30 books.
News 12 Long Island reporter Jackie Lukas received the 2015 Leonard
Award from Great South Bay ARC President John Melfi, W2HCB (left), at
the March 2016 meeting of the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club.
[Kevin Morgan, AB2ZI, photo]
Lukas responded, "Thank you so much! It's such an honor. I'm glad you
enjoyed my story just as much as I enjoyed covering it!" Lukas
received the Leonard Award plaque at the March meeting of the Great
South Bay Amateur Radio Club.
ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, praised the
efforts of media professionals who report on Amateur Radio activities.
"We owe a lot to the journalists who highlight Amateur Radio's
capabilities to our communities and our country," he said. "When
Amateur Radio provides communication for a natural disaster or school
contact with astronauts on the International Space Station, and the
media covers that service, more and more people become aware just how
much of a resource we are. The ARRL Leonard Award is our way of
saying, 'Thank you for telling our story.'"
MicroHAMS Digital Conference Showcases Innovative Applications,
Hardware
Each March in the heart of the Pacific Northwest's software capital,
the MicroHAMS club hosts the annual MicroHAMS Digital Conference
(MHDC). Having expanded beyond being Microsoft's radio club, MicroHAMS
now boasts members from all around the Puget Sound area, including a
lot of digital innovators. This year's conference was booked solid.
Curt Black, WR5J, explained how the RAMROD bicycle race network would
work. Mt Rainier in the background gives an idea of the topography
involved.
"I always come away from this conference energized and full of ideas
about ways to put digital technology to work for ham radio," said ARRL
Contributing Editor Ward Silver, N0AX, who was a presenter at MHDC
2016. "This year was no different as the presenters focused on SDR and
related technologies, including networking and fully digital radios."
A challenging application of digital ham radio is to provide seamless
race-day coverage of the RAMROD (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day)
bicycle race. Curt Black, WR5J, described the perils of attempting
data links around a 14,000-foot mountain surrounded by dense fir and
hemlock forests, over a 150-mile race course with 10,000 feet of
elevation changes. It's not easy, but they do it and have bigger plans
for 2016. The technology involves everything from 80 meter NVIS to 900
MHz RFID and D-RATS over the D-STAR system.
John Petrich, W7FU, is taking SDR into the UHF-microwave transceiver
world with a design using the Ettus Research USRP B200 SDR and the GNU
Radio Companion software platforms. The radio covers from 70 MHz to 6
GHz without converters and is an excellent "workbench" for someone
interested in getting into SDR/DSP technology.
Alex Schwartz, VE7DSW, described his LiF/BiLiF adapter boards that use
a conventional transceiver's IF to create a fully functional spectrum
scope. "It's a particularly sweet combination with the FT-817 and can
perform just about any type of modulation and demodulation you can
think of," Silver commented.
Two fully digital radios in late prototype stages also were shown. The
HamShield by Morgan Redfield, KG7OGM, and Casey Halverson, KC7IBT, is
a 144/222/432 MHz handheld based on the Arduino. The project was
funded through Kickstarter, and the presentation was as much about the
trials and triumphs of funding development as it was technical. Local
company Northwest Digital Radio's Universal Digital Radio UDRX is in
pilot production after a long development and will have product
available at Dayton Hamvention®. The 440 MHz transceiver is built to
handle a wide variety of digital protocols and modulation types.
Morgan Redfield, KG7OGM (left), and Casey Halverson, KC7IBT, show off
their Hamshield 144/222/432 MHz handheld prototype, which was funded
through Kickstarter.
Following the ham radio presentations, Phil Horkin, AF7GY, gave a
fascinating explanation of how MIMO (multiple input, multiple output)
technology works. MIMO is commonly applied in the wireless data
industry, in such devices as WiFi routers. MIMO depends on the
presence of multipath propagation to work. Implementing it over
line-of-sight links is the challenge, and Horkin is at the forefront
of figuring out how to do just that, increasing a channel's throughput
considerably without consuming more bandwidth.
Silver said his own presentation discussed the changes ahead for ham
radio, as new technology and new hams come aboard, taking Ham Radio
1.0 to Ham Radio 2.0. "It will be different, but not unrecognizable,
as hams carry the fundamentals forward into the second century of
Amateur Radio," he predicted.
"For radio amateurs, digital conferences such as this one offer
opportunities to discover technology that is opening up little-used
bands and achieving communication capabilities that were science
fiction not long ago," Silver observed. "The pace and breadth of
development remind me of how packet radio and commercial wireless data
developed with considerable overlap in the 1980s, a partnership that
continues to pay dividends today."
Presentations are available on the MHDC website. -- Thanks to Ward
Silver, N0AX
"Cows Over the World DXpedition" Set to Get Under Way
Tom Callas, KC0W, has all of his bovines in a row to begin his "Cows
Over the World DXpedition" to several DXCC entities in the Pacific and
Asia this month, several months earlier than initially announced. All
call signs will include a "COW" suffix. American Samoa will be the
starting point for his all-CW adventure. The Minnesota DXer will
operate as KH8/KC0W beginning on or about April 12. At the outset of
his stay on Tutuila Island (OC-045), Callas will be on a beach near
Pago Pago on the east side of the island.
"Running down the center of American Samoa is an 800 meter
(approximately 2600 feet) tall mountain, which should greatly
attenuate my CW signal to Europe and Asia," he told The Daily DX. This
location should favor North and South America, however.
After completing operations on the east side of the island, KC0W will
move to the west side to accommodate European and Asian DXers. He has
estimated that he will operate "for a month or two" from the east side
of the island. "Europe and Asia, don't get frustrated if you can't
hear me when I'm operating from the east side of the island. Your time
will come," he said on his QRZ.com profile.
Tom Callas, KC0W, with friend.
Callas has no set time frame to operate from each entity. "The
determining factor will be: When the pileups die down, it's time to
pack everything up and move along," he said. Although his emphasis
will be on 160, 80, and 40 meters, KC0W plans to be active on 160
through 6 meters, running 500 W to vertical antennas over salt water.
He expects to participate in "all major CW contests."
His DX travels to the other venues are still on track. These include
Samoa, Tokelau, Solomon Islands, Temotu Province, and Bangladesh. He
said he's spent months researching the absolute best DXing sites at
each location.
Callas stressed that he will only be operating CW. "No microphones
have been brought along," he pointed out. He's financing the
round-robin DXpedition out of his own pocket. Read more. -- Thanks to
The Daily DX for some information
Hurricane Watch Net Seeks Net Control Operators
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is looking for additional net control
operators. Hurricane Season in the Atlantic begins on June 1 and ends
on November 30; in the Eastern Pacific, it begins on May 15 and ends
on November 30. Hurricanes can form at any time of the year, however,
as witnessed by Hurricane Alex in January.
"With the 2016 hurricane season rapidly approaching, the Hurricane
Watch Net is preparing for what looks to be an active season," HWN
Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, said. "It has been a long time since the
US has seen a major hurricane make landfall." He believes the US may
be overdue for one.
Graves said the HWN is always on the lookout for well-qualified,
experienced net control operators who can effectively communicate with
hurricane-prone areas from eastern Canada, the US East Coast, the Gulf
of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. He said bilingual
(English and Spanish) operators are a valuable asset.
Visit the HWN Membership Information Page, if you're interested in
becoming a member of the Hurricane Watch Net. Read more.
Ohio SEC Expanding "NVIS Antenna Day" Activity this Year
ARRL Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL, says he
has expanded participation in his section's "NVIS Antenna Day" on
Saturday, April 23, by inviting stations in neighboring states to
participate. This year's activity also will introduce the "anchor
stations" concept, to provide more consistent signal reports. The
Near-Vertical Incidence Skywave or NVIS antenna has gained traction
among emergency communication groups and others desiring a close-in
radiation pattern for regional work on HF.
Typical elevation plane pattern for half-wavelength antennas
one-eighth wavelength or less above ground.
"Working with antennas has been an integral part of Amateur Radio
since the first hams took to the airwaves," Broadway said. "Having the
'right' antenna becomes even more important when we're acting in the
interest of public safety." Sponsored by Ohio ARES, NVIS Antenna Day
will get under way at 1500 UTC on April 23, when teams will start
making contacts to compare antennas.
"We don't have an ending time, because some stations had so much fun
-- and so many pileups -- last year that that they went on for quite a
while past dark," Broadway recounted.
Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL.
Broadways said several stations in surrounding states plan to be
active in this year's NVIS Day. "We've also received word a group in
Texas will be doing their own NVIS exercise along with ours," he
added. "So, it looks like 40 meters will be busy with test signals!"
Broadway said NVIS Antenna Day is not a contest but an activity
focused on having teams or individuals research and determine the NVIS
antenna designs they believe will work the best -- then build and test
them on the air.
"The differences [among competing NVIS antennas] last year weren't as
dramatic as one might expect. Those fashioned after the military
AS-2259 cross-dipole configuration appeared to be the best, but other
designs worked nearly as well," Broadway pointed out. "We do
understand that 'regular' antennas work well also -- a lot has to do
with band conditions." Read more.
In Brief...
ARRL Establishes "Youth Nets" Web Page: The new "Youth Nets" page on
the ARRL website is designed to serve as a clearing house for
information about Amateur Radio nets aimed at youth participation.
During those dry spells between bigger operating events such as School
Club Roundup, Kids Day, and Field Day, regular participation in a net
helps to develop operating skills and confidence, and it builds
connections within the community of young hams. A few nets are already
listed, but ARRL invites any nets aimed at young radio amateurs to
post and share their information on the ARRL "Youth Nets" web page.
Rose A. "Uti" Gandy, KS6FO, SK: Rose "Uti" Gandy, of Pago Pago,
American Samoa, died on March 25. She was 69 and had been an ARRL
member. Uti Gandy was the widow of the prominent contester and DXer
Larry Gandy, AH8LG (SK). Uti Gandy helped with the Swains Island
DXpeditions and hosted the W1AW/KH8 operations during the ARRL
Centennial. A service was set for April 7.
Voice of America Antenna Farm in North Carolina Leveled: A field of 48
antenna towers that the Voice of America (VOA) once used to broadcast
around the world, was dropped by explosives on April 4. The VOA had
not used the towers, located in Beaufort County, North Carolina, for
10 years, although it still broadcasts news and information to Latin
America, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Africa from antennas in a nearby
county. According to news reports, it took less than 1 minute to fell
the towers, which were hauled away as scrap. Television station WITN
said the VOA site has been sold to the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission for conservation. See the towers go down in this
WITN TV news report.
Steve Thomas, M1ACB, is New Radio Society of Great Britain General
Manager: Steve Thomas, M1ACB, has been appointed as the new general
manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB). He will succeed
Graham Coomber, G0NBI, who is retiring. An RSGB volunteer since 2008,
Thomas has a background in the IT and telecoms industries. He has also
served as a director of an international standards organization and
brings experience in contract, project, and financial management. "He
will be working with the Board to review the Society's strategy, to
ensure that the RSGB works effectively to increase awareness and
understanding of Amateur Radio, wireless science, and its
technologies, and also to make the hobby accessible to everyone," an
RSGB announcement said. Read more.
UK to Sell Off 750 MHz of Radio Spectrum: UK Chancellor of the
Exchequer George Osborne announced in the 2016 budget that 750 MHz of
public sector radio spectrum would be "released" (auctioned). The
Amateur Service in the UK currently shares significant spectrum with
the public sector. "Budget 2016 announces a new government commitment
that 750 MHz of valuable public sector spectrum in bands below 10 GHz
will be made available by 2022, of which 500 MHz will be made
available by 2020," the document states. Previous spectrum sell-offs
have adversely impacted the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services. In
2014 Ofcom announced that it would end Amateur Radio access to
significant portions of the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands. Read more.
Waynesboro, Georgia, SwapFest is April 23: The date of the Waynesboro,
Georgia, SwapFest was incorrect in the May edition of QST. The correct
date is Saturday, April 23, 9 AM-4 PM at American Legion Post 120. The
Waynesboro SwapFest is sponsored by the Burke Amateur Radio Club.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: All solar and geomagnetic indicators
declined again last week. Compared to the previous 7 days, from March
31 through April 6 the average daily sunspot number slipped from 28.1
to 19.4. Average daily solar flux sank from 88.8 to 83.1, while
average daily planetary A index declined from 11.9 to 9.4. The average
daily mid-latitude A index went to 7.6 from 8.6.
The April 6 prediction had solar flux at 90 and 92 on April 7-8; 95 on
April 9-10; 93 and 91 on April 11-12; 90 on April 13-14; 80 on April
15; 78 on April 16-17; 80 on April 18-22; 78 on April 23; 80 on April
24-28; 82 on April 29-May 1; 78 on May 2-5; 82 on May 6-7, and 80 on
May 8-12. Solar flux then continues to dither between 78 and 80 over
the remainder of the 45-day forecast.
Predicted planetary A index is 14, 12, and 8 on April 7-9; 5 on April
10-11; 12, 20, 15, and 8 on April 12-15; 5 on April 16-20; 8 on April
21-22; 5 and 12 on April 23-24; 10 on April 25-26; 8 on April 27; 5 on
April 28-29; 22, 8, 15, and 12 on April 30-May 3, and 8 on May 4-5.
The big factor in bringing the week's average sunspot number down by
nearly 9 points was the fact that the daily sunspot number was 11 on
March 31 through April 2. A sunspot number of 11 is the lowest we can
possibly observe, outside of no sunspots (then the sunspot number is
zero). Each sunspot group counts as 10 points, and these are added to
the total number of sunspots, so a sunspot number of 11 means that
just one sunspot is visible.
Spaceweather.com reported that on April 7, Earth is expected to cross
a fold in the Heliospheric Current Sheet, which could trigger
unsettled geomagnetic conditions. The Heliospheric Current Sheet
separates regions of solar wind where the magnetic field points toward
or away from the sun. See an animation of this effect from 2001 until
2009.
Sunspot numbers for March 31 through April 6 were 11, 11, 11, 38, 23,
27, and 13, with a mean of 19.1. The 10.7 centimeter flux was 81.7,
82.1, 81.5, 82.3, 83.4, 83.4, and 87.1, with a mean of 83.1. Estimated
planetary A indices were 7, 3, 22, 15, 7, 5, and 7, with a mean of
9.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 2, 15, 13, 6, 5, and 7,
with a mean of 7.6.
Send me your reports and observations!
This Week in Radiosport
April 9-10 -- JIDX CW Contest
April 9-10 -- PODXS 070 Club PSK 31 Flavors
April 9-10 -- OK/OM DX Contest (SSB)
April 9-10 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)
April 9-10 -- New Mexico QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
April 9-10 -- Georgia QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
April 9-10 -- Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest (CW)
April 10 -- International Vintage Contest HF (CW, phone)
April 10 -- Hungarian Straight Key Contest (CW)
April 11 -- 144 MHz Spring Sprint (CW, phone, digital)
April 13 -- NAQCC CW Sprint
April 13 -- RSGB 80 Meter SSB Club Championship
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
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
June 3-5 -- Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, Oregon
June 4 -- Georgia Section Convention, Marietta, Georgia
June 5 -- Western Pennsylvania Section Convention, Prospect,
Pennsylvania
June 10-11 -- West Gulf Division Convention, Irving, Texas
June 18 -- Tennessee State Convention, Knoxville, Tennessee
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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