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Just Hours Remain to Bid on Annual ARRL On-Line Auction Items
Philippine Hams Team Up to Confront Back-to-Back Typhoons
Ecuador Radio Club Recognizes ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager, Ham
Aid
Broadcasters, Jammers Wreak Havoc on Amateur Radio Frequencies
ARISS Radio Failure Prompts Shift to ISS Russian Service Module Ham
Gear
The Doctor Will See You Now!
National Parks on the Air Update
Georgia Section Manager Changing on November 1
"Sweeps" Time is Upon Us!
Battleship Missouri Serves as Amateur Radio Licensing Class, Testing
Venue
ARES/RACES Supports Office of Emergency Management during Presidential
Debate
Suspicious Bangladesh Border Ham Band Signals Now of Interest to
Indian Intelligence
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
Just Hours Remain to Bid on Annual ARRL On-Line Auction Items
Bidding has been fierce on many of the nearly 300 items available in
the 11th Annual ARRL On-Line Auction, which continues through
Thursday, October 27. There is still time to bid, but the clock is
ticking down. Each auction item has its own closing time.
This year's auction inventory includes some vintage ham radio items,
including a Collins S-Line, which has been attracting many bids. Among
other premier items from the QST "Product Review" stock are the new
Elecraft K3S HF+6 meter transceiver, an Ameritron ALS-1306 HF/6-meter
amplifier, and the new Icom IC-7300 HF+6-meter transceiver. Also on
the block is a RigExpert AA-230 ZOOM 0.1-230 MHz antenna and cable
analyzer, and an autographed script from the TV show Last Man
Standing, starring Tim Allen, KK6OTD.
There are books and publications -- including many vintage editions of
the ARRL Handbook, among them a special 1942 defense edition and a
1926 edition. Bid on embroidered ham call sign caps and ARRL-branded
gear too, from playing cards to iPhone chargers and even glassware.
Proceeds from the yearly On-Line Auction benefit ARRL education
programs. These include activities to license new hams, strengthen
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) training, offer continuing
technical and operating education, and create instructional materials.
Participants must register. Those who have participated in past ARRL
On-Line Auction events may use their previous login information.
Clicking on the "Help" tab will offer password and user ID-retrieval
instructions. Bidders also should ensure that a correct address and
other information are on file. The auction site only accepts Visa and
MasterCard. Bidders are urged to read the auction policies.
Philippine Hams Team Up to Confront Back-to-Back Typhoons
Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA) Ham Emergency Radio
Operations (HERO) network volunteers were ready for Super Typhoon
Haima, which struck the northeastern Philippines on October 19 with
winds peaking at more than 180 MPH prior to landfall -- a category 5
storm. Roberto Vicencio, DU1VHY, reported that HERO had already
activated its net on 7.110 MHz for an earlier category 3 storm,
Typhoon Sharika, which hit Luzon Island before moving west and
weakening. But the powerful Haima forced thousands of residents to
flee. More than a dozen deaths in the Philippines were blamed on the
storm.
"Considering the limited access to other communication channels, ham
radio is being used to support affected communities to communicate
with their loved ones and provide feedback to their evolving needs,"
the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said
in a report.
The latest of a dozen storms to hit the Philippines archipelago this
year, Haima left in its wake a path of debris, destroyed
infrastructure, some 46,000 damaged homes and businesses, flooding,
and landslides. The storm also had an impact on agriculture and
fishing.
Vicencio said that 130 stations checked into the HERO net to give
reports on weather conditions, power outages, and flooding. Other
groups of radio amateurs, including the United Methodist Amateur Radio
Club (UMARC), sent members north to the Province of Isabela. OCHA
reported that UMARC and PARA provided solar generator sets to radio
amateurs in Isabela. It took a team of three radio amateurs more than
10 hours to reach Santiago City, Isabela, by road. They were able to
report via HF that electrical power had been cut and phone coverage
was intermittent in the province. Read more. -- Thanks to IARU Region
3 Disaster Communications Committee Chair Jim Linton, VK3PC
Ecuador Radio Club Recognizes ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager, Ham
Aid
ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, was recognized
by the Guayaquil Radio Club (GRC) of Ecuador for coordinating the work
of ARRL and several other radio amateurs to provide Ham Aid equipment
to Ecuador this past spring, following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in
April.
From left to right, ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR; Guayaquil
Radio Club President Lorenzo Lertora, HC2BP; ARRL Emergency
Preparedness Manager and IARU Area B Emergency Coordinator Mike Corey,
KI1U; Guayaquil Radio Club Treasurer Victor Perez, HC2DR; Mario
Proaņo, HC2TMP, and ARRL Second Vice President Brian Mileshosky,
N5ZGT.
"It was quite a surprise and honor," said Corey. "The recognition
really goes to the team that made it all happen -- here at ARRL
Headquarters, Ken Bailey, K1FUG; Sean Kutzko, KX9X, and Tom Gallagher,
NY2RF, and in South Florida, Jeff Beals, WA4AW, and Kenny Hollenbeck,
KD4ZFW. And most of all, Gunter Chanange, HC2CG, and the members of
the Guayaquil Radio Club, who did the real work."
Presenting the award during the IARU Region 2 General Assembly in
Chile was GRC President Lorenzo Lertora, HC2BP, who is also Ecuador's
deputy defense minister. Lertora said the equipment provided through
Ham Aid allowed Ecuadorian Amateur Radio volunteers to help a
Venezuelan Air Force plane carrying search-and-rescue personnel and
equipment to land safely at an airport that had lost all power and
communication.
Some 400 pounds of Ham Aid Amateur Radio equipment valued at more than
$7,500 was shipped from ARRL Headquarters to Ecuador in early May to
support relief and recovery efforts under way in the wake of the major
earthquake that struck the South American nation on April 16. The
disaster destroyed or compromised electrical power and commercial
telecommunication systems and rendered many roads impassable due to
earthquake rubble.
Broadcasters, Jammers Wreak Havoc on Amateur Radio Frequencies
The battle continues between Radio Eritrea (Voice of the Broad Masses)
and Radio Ethiopia, which is said to be jamming the Eritrean
broadcaster with broadband white noise. The problem for radio amateurs
is that the battle is taking place in the 40-meter phone band -- 7.145
and 7.175 MHz -- with the jamming signal reported by the IARU Region 1
Monitoring System (IARUMS) to be 20 kHz wide on each channel.
Radio Eritrea (VOBM) on 7175 kHz is jammed by white noise from Radio
Ethiopia -- both operating in A3E (AM) mode. Both carriers and the
Radio Eritrea signal modulation are visible along with the white noise
of Radio Ethiopia on both sidebands. [Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, image]
The on-air conflict has been going on for years; Ethiopia constructed
new transmitting sites in 2008 and is said to use two or three of them
for jamming purposes. The interfering signals can be heard in North
America after dark. According to IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Wolf
Hadel, DK2OM, Radio Eritrea is airing separate programs on each
frequency. He said in the IARUMS September newsletter that
telecommunications regulators in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
have been informed, so they could file official complaints.
Other AM broadcast intruders on 40 meters include Radio Hargeisa in
Somaliland on 7.120 MHz, which, Hadel said, is even audible in
Australia and Japan. He further reports that the Voice of Iran's
signal on 7.205 MHz is splattering up to 5 kHz on either side of its
channel, while Radio France International, which operates on the same
frequency, is splattering down to 7.185 MHz. Read more.
ARISS Radio Failure Prompts Shift to ISS Russian Service Module Ham
Gear
The International Space Station (ARISS) program has announced that the
Ericsson MP-A VHF handheld transceiver that astronauts had been using
to speak via Amateur Radio with students and educational groups around
the world for more than 16 years recently began displaying an error
message, rendering it unusable, at least for now. While the ARISS
technical team is looking into how to restore operation from the ISS
Columbus module, it will support ARISS contacts from NA1SS using the
25 W Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver in the Russian Service Module.
Cosmonauts have been using that radio to carry out their ARISS school
contacts from RS0ISS. For the time being, the packet digipeater, which
relied on the Ericsson transceiver, will be unavailable. Switching to
the 70-centimeter capability in the Columbus module for some
operations is being coordinated. New ISS ham gear is on the way,
though.
Astronaut Tim Kopra, KE5UDN, uses the Ericsson VHF transceiver from
NA1SS to speak to students on Earth during his ISS duty tour in early
2016.
"ARISS is actively working on a new Interoperable Hardware System for
the ISS. The primary components are a modified JVC Kenwood D710GA
radio and a custom ARISS-designed power supply," ARISS Operations
Committee Chair Dave Taylor, W8AAS, said in an AMSAT Bulletin Board
post. "The radio is complete except for final programming and NASA
testing and certification. The power supply design is in final stages,
and a hardware prototype has been built. It will power existing and
anticipated ARISS equipment."
On October 21, the ARISS hardware team held a Technical Interchange
Meeting (TIM) for the Interoperable Hardware System. In addition to
domestic and international ARISS Technical Evaluation and Support
(TES) Committee members, subject-matter experts from NASA attended to
provide advice. A retired NASA Space Communication and Navigation
engineer was also on hand.
"With this milestone completed, we will move forward with the design
process and finalize the design with a TIM in the next few months,"
ARISS International President Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said in a news
release over the weekend.
Bauer said ARISS has estimated that the cost of the 3-year development
cycle for the new hardware is in the $200,000 range. He encouraged
donations to the ARISS Challenge Coin Donation Campaign, announced
this year at Dayton Hamvention.
"The goal is to have this new system aboard ISS about 1 year from
now," Taylor added in his post. "This assumes that ARISS can raise the
remaining funds needed and that no delays occur in NASA testing and
certification of the entire system."
A reminder: The deadline is November 1 for formal and informal
education institutions and organizations to submit proposals to host
an Amateur Radio contact with an ISS crew member on board the ISS.
ARISS anticipates that contacts will take place between July 1 and
December 31, 2017. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits determine contact
dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking
for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and
integrate the ham radio contact into a well-developed education plan.
Read more. -- Thanks to ARISS, AMSAT, and John Brier, KG4AKV, via
Southgate Amateur Radio News
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"HF Mobile Antennas" is the topic of the latest (October 20) episode
of the "ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast. Listen...and learn!
Sponsored by DX Engineering, "ARRL The Doctor is In" is an informative
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 also e-mail your questions to
doctor@arrl.org, and the Doctor may answer them 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 at Blubrry, or at Stitcher (free registration
required, or browse the site as a guest) and through the free Stitcher
app for iOS, Kindle, or Android devices.
If you've never listened to a podcast before, download our beginner's
guide. Next time: "Anderson Power Pole Connectors, and Antenna
Polarization."
National Parks on the Air Update
Amateurs taking part in the ARRL National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)
program are making a serious push to complete 1 million contacts from
eligible NPS units before December 31. NPOTA crossed the 750,000 mark
last week, and in just 7 days, more than 25,000 new contacts were
uploaded to Logbook of the World, putting the year-to-date total at
778,000. Every US radio amateur can help NPOTA break the 1 million
mark by getting on the air and working the Activators at parks, or by
going out and activating an NPOTA unit!
October 22 saw the first activation of the Edgar Allan Poe National
Historic Site in Philadelphia. Ed Breneiser, Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC,
and Pete Kobak, K0BAK, braved rain and heavy winds to set up on the
lawn of NS12 and managed to log more than 200 contacts from this
exceptionally rare unit. Pete has been involved in activating some of
the most sought-after and rarest NPOTA urban units. He will continue
this streak by providing the first-ever activation of the Benjamin
Franklin National Memorial Affiliated Area in downtown Philadelphia on
Sunday, October 30.
Forty-two activations are scheduled for October 27 through November 2,
including the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama,
and the Longfellow House National Historic Site in Massachusetts.
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).
Georgia Section Manager Changing on November 1
Georgia Section Manager Gene Clark, W4AYK, of Albany, has announced
that he's stepping down at the end of October, after serving since
October 2009. David Benoist, AG4ZR, of Senoia, has been appointed as
Georgia Section Manager, effective November 1, to complete the current
term of office, which extends until September 30, 2017.
When a Section Manager vacancy occurs between elections, the position
is filled by appointment. Clark recommended to Field Services and
Radiosport Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, that Benoist succeed him. Patton
then consulted with Southeastern Division Director Doug Rehman, K4AC,
before making the appointment.
Benoist has served as Georgia Section Emergency Coordinator and as an
Emergency Coordinator.
"Sweeps" Time is Upon Us!
The very popular ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) operating events take
place in November on separate weekends for CW (November 5-7) and SSB
(November 19-21). The contest period for each contest begins at 2100
UTC on Saturday and continues through 0259 UTC on Monday. Stations may
operate for 24 hours out of the 30 hours available. Logs are due 15
days after each event. SS is a "domestic" contest that not only has
broad appeal, but is within the reach of stations with modest
equipment and antennas. Many stations enjoy operating in the QRP
category each fall (5 W or less output).
The challenge of Sweepstakes is the lengthy exchange, as compared with
other operating events. In SS, stations exchange:
A consecutive serial number (leading zeros are not required).
Operating category -- Q for Single Op QRP; A for Single Op, Low Power
(up to 150 W output); B for Single Op, High Power (greater than 150 W
output); U for Single Op, Unlimited, regardless of power; M for
Multi-Op, regardless of power, and S for School Club.
Your call sign.
Check -- the last two digits of the year of first license for either
operator or station.
Your ARRL/RAC Section.
Many, if not most, Sweeps operators try for a "clean sweep" by working
all 83 ARRL/RAC Sections, which count as multipliers for Sweepstakes,
and earning a(nother) coffee mug for the shack shelf.
The SS Operating Guide package, available for download, explains how
to participate. It includes all rules, plus examples of log
formatting. Clubs or public service teams thinking about giving
Sweepstakes a try this year will find the guide a valuable resource.
A new system for submitting club eligibility lists has been undergoing
testing and is available online. Club secretaries can submit a list of
eligible members by uploading a file or by copying and pasting from a
list. Uploaded lists must include the club's full name; the club
territory (center of the club's circle as a 6-digit grid locator or
ARRL Section for medium and unlimited category clubs); the club's call
sign, the eligible member's call sign, and a 6-digit grid locator of
each eligible member living in and operating from the club territory.
The deadline to submit an eligibility list is now the start of each
contest -- November 5 at 2100 UTC in the case of SS CW, and November
19 at 2100 UTC in the case of SS phone. There's more information on
how to do so.
Complete sets of ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) records for both modes
are now available. Direct questions to ARRL Contest Branch Manager
Bart Jahnke, W9JJ.
Battleship Missouri Serves as Amateur Radio Licensing Class, Testing
Venue
The ARRL-affiliated Emergency Amateur Radio Club (EARC) in Honolulu
held the first-ever Amateur Radio licensing classes and test session
on board the battleship USS Missouri, now a World War II memorial
berthed in Pearl Harbor. The October 8 test session was the
culmination of 5 weeks of classes and a tour of KH6BB, the ship's club
station. Eight applicants passed the Technician exam, and two of them
went on to pass the General class test as well.
Candidates included a couple living aboard a sailing vessel who wanted
to be able to stay in touch while under way. Four military personnel
wanted to get ham tickets, "so they would be better at their jobs,"
the club said. One military dependent always wanted to get licensed
and "thought it would be fun," according to the EARC. A teen who had
worked on a project in Alaska involving satellites also was among the
successful applicants. A team of four EARC volunteer examiners
administered the tests.
After seeing service as recently as the early 1990s, the battleship
was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association in 1998 and now
is a museum ship. The vessel's radio room is home to KH6BB, operated
by the Battleship Missouri Amateur Radio Club.
ARES/RACES Supports Office of Emergency Management during Presidential
Debate
ARES/RACES volunteers stepped up to support communication for the
Clark County, Nevada, Office of Emergency Management (OEM) during the
third US presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 19.
Clark County OEM Chief John Steinbeck asked ARES/RACES to activate and
support the county's Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC).
From left to right, Keith Aurich, KD7TOF; Jim Bassett, W1RO, and Jack
Cook, N8RRL, in the Clark County IT Department's communications van.
[Jim Davis, KF7GCT, photo]
Seven Clark County ARES/RACES members operated UHF and VHF voice as
well as VHF packet and mesh VoIP from the MACC as well as from the
Clark County IT Department communications van during the entire event.
In addition, ARES/RACES members provided back-up monitoring of all
event communications.
Among the Amateur Radio volunteers supporting the effort were ARRL
Nevada Section Traffic Manager Jim Bassett, W1RO; Nevada Southern
District Emergency Coordinator Jay Peskin, KE7EGO; Jim Davis, KF7GCT;
Steve Deveny, KF7WGL; Frank Kostelac, N7ZEV, and Jack Cook, N8RRL.
Also providing support from the communications van was ARES/RACES
member Keith Aurich, KD7TOF, of the Clark County IT Department.
More than a dozen Clark County ARES/RACES members remained on standby,
monitoring communications from home and mobile stations, in case a
wider activation was required. Read more. -- Thanks to Jim Davis,
KF7GCT
Suspicious Bangladesh Border Ham Band Signals Now of Interest to
Indian Intelligence
What have been called "highly suspicious" VHF transmissions along the
Bengal-Bangladesh border now are being considered signals of interest
to India's Intelligence Bureau. After several days of monitoring,
Ambarish Nag "Raju" Biswas, VU2JFA, told The Indian Express that he
and his team have determined that the transmissions, taking place on
Amateur Radio frequencies, are coming from the area of Basirhat in
West Bengal. The voice communications have been heard at night.
Federal Ministry of Communication officials in India had asked Biswas,
the secretary of the West Bengal Amateur Radio Club, and his fellow
hams to keep an ear on the strange VHF signals.
The West Bengal-Bangladesh Border. [Google Maps]
Biswas told The Indian Express that he'd found the recent signals
suspicious because he'd heard similar communications in 2002 and 2003.
Subsequently, police arrested six "extremists," from Gangasagar, an
island in the Ganges River delta, he told the paper.
An earlier article in the Hindustan Times reported that the signals
were being heard in the dead of night, with participants said to be in
motion and speaking in some sort of code in Bengali and Urdu with a
Bangladeshi accent. They also used numerical codes, according to the
report.
Indian Intelligence Bureau officials did not rule out the possibility
that terror organizations were behind the signals. "The border of
India-Bangladesh near West Bengal is porous," a senior Intelligence
Bureau official told The Indian Express. "Smugglers and extremists try
to exploit it fully."
In Brief...
"Contest Giant," Honor Roll DXer Paul Obert, K8PO, SK: An operator who
provided the Maine multiplier for many participants in the ARRL
November Sweepstakes and other operating events has gone silent. Paul
T. Obert, K8PO, of Union, Maine, died on October 21. He was 72. An
ARRL member, Obert held No. 1 DXCC Honor Roll. "I'd gotten to know
Paul well in the last few years as a guest operator at his Maine
station," said noted DXer and contester Scott Redd, K0DQ, who had
operated from K8PO on several occasions. "He was a true gentleman,
thoughtful and of high integrity." Redd said Obert was a perfectionist
who had engineered "a superb station" as well as a gracious, generous,
and unassuming person, who "was quick to praise others and recognize
their skills." DXer and contester Fred Laun, K3ZO, called Obert "a
contest giant." K8PO was among the Maine stations taking part in the
2014 W1AW Centennial portable operations. Obert also was an
enthusiastic and accomplished golfer. -- Thanks to The Daily DX,
CQ-Contest Reflector
Central Kiribati T31W DXpedition Called Off, Contributions to be
Returned: The Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) and T31W team have canceled
plans to activate Central Kiribati (Kanton Island) in 2017. The
DXpedition organizers pointed out that a three-person European team
has already activated the rare DXCC entity this year, making some
30,000 contacts. The same group announced its intention to return to
T31 in 2017 to finish the job. "Based on these events, it makes no
sense for us to commit personal or donated funds to continue the
project," the PDXG said in a news release. The PDXC/T31W team had
announced plans last March to activate T31 next year. "When the news
of this recent T31 activation became public, we considered switching
to one of two back-up DXCC entities," the PDXC release said. "These
alternatives are still under consideration." The PDXC said the nearly
$3,500 already donated to the planned T31W effort would be returned
over the next 30 days.
Welcome Mat Out for New Amateur Radio Licensees in Lebanon: The
Ministry of Communications in Beirut, Lebanon, conducted the first
Amateur Radio licensing exams in 13 years on October 16 at the offices
of OGERO, a telecoms provider. Some 50 applicants sat for the exams;
it's not yet known how many passed. Ghassan Afif Chammas, AC2RA, who
posted the news to QRZ.com, credited OGERO Director General Abdul M.
Youssef; engineer Toni Aoun; Hani Raad, OD5TE/AA3EI; Michel Homsi,
OD5TX, and Elie el Kadi, OD5KU, for facilitating the test session.
"The ham community should expect a boost in ham activities from OD5
very soon," AC2RA said. OD5TE once was very active in the Washington,
DC area as N3IWM, and he served as the District's Emergency
Coordinator. -- Thanks to Ken Claerbout, K4ZW
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: We saw a decline in solar activity
over the October 20-26 reporting week, as compared to the previous
week. Average daily sunspot numbers were 18.7, down from 31 in the
previous 7 days. Average daily solar flux dipped from 83.4 to 76.9
over the same two periods.
Geomagnetic indicators were up slightly, with average daily planetary
A index edging up from 19.1 to 20.3, and the average daily
mid-latitude A index moving from 14 to 16.7. One caveat: The
mid-latitude A index values for October 22-24 are my estimates. Note
the values in the left column for the mid-latitude A index: It appears
that for more than 60 hours, a problem occurred in gathering
geomagnetic data from Virginia. A -1 indicates missing data.
The forecast from October 26 predicts solar flux at 78, 77, and 76 on
October 27-29, 78, 80, 85, and 90 on October 30-November 2; 80 on
November 3-6; 78 on November 7-10; 75 on November 11-12; 73 on
November 13-16; 75 on November 17-19; 76, 74, and 73 on November
20-22; 71, 70, 71, and 77 on November 23-26; 80 on November
27-December 3, and 78 on December 4-7.
Predicted planetary A index is 30, 24, 18, and 16 on October 27-30;
14, 12, and 8 on October 31-November 2; 5 on November 3-5; 8 on
November 6; 5 on November 7-10; 10, 15, 18, 10, and 8 on November
11-15; 5 on November 16-18; 10, 32, 44, 40, and 22 on November 19-23,
18 on November 24-25, then 14, 20 and 12 on November 26-28, 5 on
November 29-December 2; 10 on November 3, and 5 on November 4-7.
Sunspot numbers for October 20 through 26 were 16, 29, 27, 14, 13, 17,
and 15, with a mean of 18.7. The 10.7 centimeter flux was 74.7, 77.8,
77.5, 76.9, 75.3, 77.8, and 78, with a mean of 76.9. Estimated
planetary A indices were 3, 2, 6, 9, 16, 60, and 46, with a mean of
20.3. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 2, 5, 18, 17, 39, and
31, with a mean of 16.7.
Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
October 29-30 -- CQ World Wide DX Contest (SSB)
November 2 -- UKEICC 80 Meter Contest (Phone)
November 3 -- NRAU 10 Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)
November 5 --IPARC Contest (CW)
November 5 -- RSGB International Sprint (SSB)
November 5-6 -- Ukrainian DX Contest (CW, phone)
November 5-7 -- ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)
November 6 --IPARC Contest (SSB)
November 6 -- EANET Sprint (CW, phone, digital)
November 6 -- High Speed Club CW Contest
November 6 -- DARC 10 Meter Digital Contest
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
November 5 -- TechFest Convention, Lakewood, Colorado
November 5-6 -- Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
November 12-13 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
November 19 -- Alabama State Convention, Montgomery, Alabama
December 9-10 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City,
Florida
January 8 -- New York City/Long Island Section Convention, Bethpage,
New York
January 14 -- TechFest 2017 Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
January 20-21 -- North Texas Section Convention, Forest Hill, Texas
January 21 -- Georgia ARES Convention, Forsyth, Georgia
January 22-28 -- QuartzFest Convention, Quartzsite, Arizona
January 27-28 -- Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
January 27-29 -- Puerto Rico State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
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