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Amateur Radio Parity Act Speeds to US House Passage, Heads to US
Senate
New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Praises House Action on H.R. 555, Other
Telecoms Bills
CEPT Meeting Makes Progress on WRC-19 Agenda Items Affecting Amateur
Radio
The Doctor Will See You Now!
Time to Order ARRL November Sweepstakes Clean Sweep Mugs,
Participation Pins!
Second Annual Midwinter 630-Meter Activity Night Set for February 4-5
CIA Declassified Database Includes Information about Soviet-Era
Amateur Radio
US Naval Academy HFsat Coordinated for 15- Meter to 10-Meter
Transponder
FEMA Region X Reports Another Successful HF Interoperability Exercise
Tickets Now Available for Dayton DX, Top Band, and Contest Dinners
New Mexico Radio Amateur Marks 80 Years as a Licensee
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
Amateur Radio Parity Act Speeds to US House Passage, Heads to US
Senate
Just 10 days after being introduced in the 115th Congress, the 2017
Amateur Radio Parity Act legislation, H.R. 555, passed the US House of
Representatives on unanimous consent under a suspension of House
rules. The bill's language is identical to that of the 2015 measure,
H.R. 1301, which won House approval late last summer after attracting
126 cosponsors, but failed to clear the US Senate last fall as the
114th Congress wound down. The new bill, again sponsored by Rep. am
Kinzinger (R-IL), was launched on January 13 with initial
cosponsorship by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Rep. Greg Walden, W7EQI
(R-OR), who chairs the influential House Committee on Energy and
Commerce.
"The grassroots effort of Amateur Radio operators across this nation
in support of the Amateur Radio Parity Act has been remarkable,
nothing like we have ever seen before," ARRL President Rick Roderick,
K5UR, said. "To all hams, keep going! Now is the time to charge
forward with that same momentum to the Senate. We can do it!" The bill
arrives in the US Senate with ample time in which to garner its
approval through an education campaign.
"We're very encouraged by the speed with which this bill made it
through the House. It's amazing that this happened," said ARRL Hudson
Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, who has been at the forefront
of the legislative initiative. "With the help of ARRL members, we
believe we can get this done," Lisenco continued. "We came within a
hair's breadth last time, with [thousands of] e-mails to members of
both houses of Congress, as well as letters and telephone calls.
Member participation in this final push is critical."
H.R. 555 calls on the FCC to establish rules prohibiting the
application of deed restrictions that preclude Amateur Radio
communications on their face or as applied. Deed restrictions would
have to impose the minimum practicable restriction on Amateur Radio
communications to accomplish the lawful purposes of homeowners
associations seeking to enforce the restriction.
New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Praises House Action on H.R. 555, Other
Telecoms Bills
The FCC's new chairman, Ajit Pai, this week praised US House action on
H.R. 555 and other telecommunications-related legislation that cleared
the chamber the previous day.
"I want to commend the US House of Representatives for passing a
number of important, bipartisan telecom bills yesterday," Pai said on
Tuesday. "These bills will help bring greater efficiency to the
Commission, provide consumers with greater protections, improve rural
call completion, help Amateur Radio operators, and take several steps
to promote public safety," he continued, adding, "I look forward to
working with Congress on these and other important issues as Chairman
of the FCC."
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
President Donald Trump named the 44-year-old telecommunications
attorney -- who has served on the Commission since 2012 and is its
senior member -- to succeed Chairman Tom Wheeler, who stepped down on
Inauguration Day, January 20.
"I am deeply grateful to the President of the United States for
designating me the 34th Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission," Pai said in a statement. "I look forward to working with
the new administration, my colleagues at the Commission, members of
Congress, and the American public to bring the benefits of the digital
age to all Americans."
A Republican, Pai was nominated to the FCC by former President Barack
Obama and was confirmed unanimously by the US Senate in 2012. Pai has
said the Commission needs to eliminate "outdated and unnecessary
regulations," as he proposed in a December speech. "The regulatory
underbrush at the FCC is thick," he said. "We need to fire up the weed
whacker and remove those rules that are holding back investment,
innovation, and job creation."
Pai has said that he supports "the freedom to access lawful content,
the freedom to use applications, the freedom to attach personal
devices to the network, and the freedom to obtain service plan
information."
In a January 24 speech, Pai addressed the "digital divide" in the US,
"between those who can use cutting-edge communications services and
those who do not," he said. "I believe one of our core priorities
going forward should be to close that divide -- to do what's necessary
to help the private sector build networks, send signals, and
distribute information to American consumers, regardless of race,
gender, religion, sexual orientation, or anything else."
The son of immigrants from India, the Harvard Law graduate and
respected telecommunications attorney grew up in Parsons, Kansas.
The FCC now is down to three members, so President Trump will have the
opportunity to appoint two more. In addition to Pai are Democrat
Mignon Clyburn and Republican Michael O'Rielly. The Commission can
have five members, three of whom typically are from the majority
political party. Before leaving office, former President Barack Obama
renominated now-former FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, a
Democrat, for a new term.
CEPT Meeting Makes Progress on WRC-19 Agenda Items Affecting Amateur
Radio
Progress was made regarding World Radiocommunication Conference 2019
(WRC-19) agenda items of interest to Amateur Radio when European
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications ministrations (CEPT)
Conference Preparatory Group Project Team D (PTD) held its second
meeting January 10-12 in Helsinki, Finland. According to International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1 President Don Beattie, G3BJ,
experts discussed WRC-19 Agenda Item 1.1, which proposes a 50-54 MHz
allocation in Region 1 in order to create a global 6-meter band. Hans
Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, is the CEPT coordinator for this agenda
item.
A preliminary CEPT position was agreed upon for Agenda Item 1.1, which
would support a new 6-meter allocation in Region 1 (Europe, Africa,
the Middle East, and Northern Asia) only if the spectrum needs for the
Amateur Services are justified and studies show that the incumbent
land mobile, radiolocation, and broadcasting services -- including
their future deployment and services in adjacent spectrum -- are
protected. The 185-member PTD developed a working document summarizing
the sharing studies currently available for this agenda item.
"IARU will continue to work on these studies with administrations and
others to establish the optimum future sharing scenarios," Beattie
said.
Wireless Power Transmission/Transfer (WPT) was another item discussed,
in preparation for WRC-19 Agenda Item 9.1.6. Studies would assess
suitable harmonized frequency ranges to minimize the impact of WPT for
electric vehicles on radiocommunication services. Various
organizations are in the process of approving standards intended for
global and regional harmonization of WPT technologies for electric
vehicles.
As the ITU explained in its August 2016 report, "Applications of
wireless power transmission via radio frequency beam," "WPT technology
is considered as one of [the] game-changing technologies. We will be
able to become free from lacking electric power when electric power
will be supplied wirelessly." Spectrum employed in WPT depends in part
on its application; vehicle applications typically use frequencies in
the LF and MF range.
At PTD, an IARU Region 1 paper on high-power wireless transfer
technologies that argued for greater clarity in terminology and scope
of studies to be undertaken was broadly welcomed. That document is
expected to result in a CEPT contribution to ITU Working Party 1B, the
committee charged with developing WPT spectrum allocation and related
issues. A WRC-15 resolution had called for "urgent studies" in
preparation for this agenda item.
CEPT is one of the Region 1 telecommunications organizations with
which IARU is actively participating, in advance of WRC-19. -- Thanks
to IARU Region 1, CEPT, ITU, and Jon Siverling, WB3ERA
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"Meteor Scatter" is the topic of the latest (January 26) 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
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guide.
Time to Order ARRL November Sweepstakes Clean Sweep Mugs,
Participation Pins!
Anyone who managed to make a "Clean Sweep" by working all 83 ARRL/RAC
sections during the 2016 ARRL November Sweepstakes may commemorate
their accomplishment by purchasing a 2016 November Sweepstakes "Clean
Sweep" mug. Awards are based on claimed scores. Keepsake mugs are $15
each, including postage and handling. In addition, participation pins
are available to operators who completed at least 100 Sweepstakes
contacts. Pins include the year and mode and have become a popular
Sweepstakes tradition. Pins also are based on claimed scores, and each
is $8, including postage and handling. When you order, indicate CW or
SSB.
Order mugs and pins separately. In either case, if you submitted your
log electronically, accompany your check for payment with a paper copy
of the first page of your Cabrillo log, indicating how many mugs or
pins you are ordering. If you logged on paper, accompany your check
for payment with a note to the top of your summary sheet, indicating
how many mugs or pins you are ordering.
Send orders to "Clean Sweep Mugs" or "Sweepstakes Pins" (whichever
applies) to ARRL Contest Branch, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111.
Mugs and pins will be shipped after all entries have been processed
and logs verified (approximately April 2017). This helps ARRL to keep
costs down and avoid inventory issues. As a non-profit organization,
we need to minimize expenses.
Supplies are limited. Orders for mugs and pins must be received by
January 31, 2017.
Second Annual Midwinter 630-Meter Activity Night Set for February 4-5
US and Canadian radio amateurs and Part 5 experimental stations will
take part in the second annual Midwinter 630-Meter Activity Night,
which will begin on February 4 at 0000 UTC and continue through
February 5 at 2359 UTC. Radio amateurs in the US will be able to make
cross-band contacts with Canadian participants.
"This event is being undertaken because of the continuing, worldwide
interest in 630-meter activities," said ARRL 630-Meter Experiment
Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, in announcing the event. He said US
radio amateurs are looking forward to gaining access to the new
472-479 kHz band, while Canadians are eager to learn more about the
present level of amateur activity on their newest ham band.
"This activity night will give interested radio amateurs in both
countries an opportunity to see firsthand what is happening, and
cross-band activity with Canadian amateurs will offer a chance for US
hams to take part in the activity," Raab said.
The event is open to both radio amateurs and listeners. Raab said it
will provide an opportunity for participants to test their MF receive
capabilities. Operation will be in various modes.
A number of US FCC Part 5 Experimental stations will also operate
throughout 630 meters on CW, PSK31, JT9, and QRSS modes. Some stations
will operate WSPR and QRSS CW beacons. FCC Part 97 rules stipulate
that US Amateur Radio stations may not contact Experimental stations,
however. Submit reception reports via the ARRL Experiment website.
Read more.
CIA Declassified Database Includes Information about Soviet-Era
Amateur Radio
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports relating to Amateur Radio in
the former Soviet Union (including the Baltic States) and Warsaw Pact
countries are among documents declassified to a new searchable online
database, the CIA Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading
Room. Documents cover translations and assessments of Amateur Radio
clubs; training; monitoring Sputniks; technology and equipment; QSL
cards, and ruminations on a plan to monitor US ham radio transmissions
for activities "of interest" to the intelligence community. Searches
on "Amateur Radio" or "ham radio" will yield multiple documents, some
heavily redacted.
For example, a 1949 memo largely dismissed the use of Amateur Radio in
the Soviet Bloc as an intelligence-gathering tool. "Except for
possibilities in the counter-espionage field, it is believed that
exploitation of amateurs with reference to the USSR and satellites
could lead at best only to information concerning the location of ham
transmitters, an item of dubious intelligence value," said the memo,
which carried the subject line "Exploitation of Radio Amateurs."
Another memo from the same year showed that the USSR viewed the
growing "cadre" of radio amateurs as the next generation of engineers.
Documents covering a wide range of topics not necessarily related to
Amateur Radio also have been declassified, sanitized, and made
available to the public for the first time in this archive. Some of
these documents were only available previously in a closed system at
the US National Archives. -- Thanks to Southgate Amateur Radio News
via Andy Thomas, G0SFJ
US Naval Academy HFsat Coordinated for 15- Meter to 10-Meter
Transponder
The US Naval Academy has received IARU satellite frequency
coordination for HFsat, a 1.5 U CubeSat carrying a 15 to 10-meter
inverting linear transponder with a 30 kHz bandwidth (uplink 21.4 MHz,
downlink 29.42 MHz). The Mode K configuration is reminiscent of the
old "RS" series of Russian satellites. The CubeSat will also carry an
APRS digipeater on 145.825 MHz. The US Naval Academy's Bob Bruninga,
WB4APR, said HFsat is designed to demonstrate the viability of HF
satellites as a back-up communication system, taking advantage of HF
radios found in a typical Amateur Radio installation or frequently
used to support disaster and emergency response communication.
"HFsat will be gravity gradient-stabilized by its full-sized 10-meter
half-wave HF dipole with tip masses," Bruninga explained on the HFsat
web page. "HFsat will continue the long tradition of small amateur
satellites designed by aerospace students at the US Naval Academy."
A standardized CubeSat VHF communication card based on the popular
Byonics MTT4B all-in-one APRS Tiny-Track4 module for telemetry,
command, and control is under development at the Academy. Students are
working with Bill Ress, N6GHZ, on the HF transponder card. HFsat's
control operator will be Todd Bruner, WB1HAI.
Bruninga sees a future for Amateur Radio satellites operating on the
HF bands. "HFsat will operate under the ITU rules of the Amateur
Satellite Service since not only does that service currently have
allocations for satellite relay on HF, but it is also the only service
with nearly a century of knowledgeable operators' experience with the
HF bands under all conditions," Bruninga wrote on the HFsat web page.
"Should the system prove viable, and should other services desire to
use the transponder technology, then the lengthy process to obtain
federal HF [satellite communication] allocations could be considered."
FEMA Region X Reports Another Successful HF Interoperability Exercise
Participation appears to be growing in the monthly Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Region X HF interoperability exercises, which
take place on 60 meters (center channels 5,332 and 5,348 kHz) on the
third Wednesday of each month. Check-ins include state, tribal,
federal, and Amateur Radio stations, to test HF interoperability in an
emergency or disaster response. FEMA Region X is made up of Alaska,
Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, but all stations are welcome.
Laura Goudreau, KG7BQR, Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
for FEMA Region X, said the January 18 exercise attracted 56
check-ins, 47 of them Amateur Radio stations. Also checking in were
six Army and two Air Force MARS stations, three SHARES stations, and
one FEMA station.
"The propagation that day allowed stations to participate from as far
north as Houston, British Columbia, as far east as Billings, Montana,
and as far south as Cupertino, California," Goudreau said. "During the
exercise, voice and data (both BPSK31 and MT63-2KL) were successfully
tested."
The January numbers are up from 48 total check-ins, including 42 radio
amateurs, in December. The interoperability net between federal
stations and Amateur Radio licensees has been coordinated and
authorized by the NTIA and the FCC. The next FEMA Region X HF
Interoperability Exercise will take place on February 15, 1730-1845
UTC.
Goudreau said it's not yet clear if other FEMA regions will also
conduct interoperability exercises. "I know there is some discussion,
but not sure how far it has or will go," she told ARRL. "I am hoping
it grows to other regions in the future, and I'm marketing it with
others in FEMA to show how successful it is."
Tickets Now Available for Dayton DX, Top Band, and Contest Dinners
Tickets are now available to the 2017 DX Dinner, Top Band Dinner, and
Contest Dinner, held in conjunction with Hamvention® in May.
The 32nd annual DX Dinner, sponsored by the SouthWest Ohio DX
Association (SWODXA), will be held on Friday, May 19, at the Dayton
Marriott, 1414 South Patterson Boulevard, Dayton, starting with a
social hour at 5:30 PM and dinner at 7 PM. The DXpedition of the Year®
will be announced. Tickets for the DX Dinner are available via the
SWODXA website (click on the "Purchase Tickets Today!" banner in the
upper right-hand corner).
Tickets are also now available for the 28th annual Dayton Top Band
Dinner, which takes place on Friday, May 19, at the Crowne Plaza in
downtown Dayton, starting with a social hour at 6:15 PM and dinner at
7 PM.
The 25th annual Contest Dinner will take place on Saturday, May 20, at
the Crowne Plaza -- home of the Contest Super Suite. The dinner event
begins with a social hour at 5:30 PM, with dinner to follow at 6:30
PM. The event is sponsored by the North Coast Contesters. Contest
Dinner tickets are available online.
New Mexico Radio Amateur Marks 80 Years as a Licensee
"Made it! 80 years a ham." That's how ARRL member Paul Elliott, W5DM,
of Hobbs, New Mexico, recently posted his milestone on the Top Band
reflector. Growing up during the Great Depression in Kingsville,
Texas, Elliott got his ham ticket at age 14 as W5GGV. Now 94, Elliott
eventually worked his way to the top rung -- Amateur Extra -- back in
the day when that license offered no additional privileges, just
prestige. It did later allow him to apply for a two-letter suffix call
sign, though, and he became W5DM.
Paul Elliott, W5DM, holds a QSL card from his first DX contact in
September 1937 on 40-meter CW.
His first rig was homebrewed from Atwater Kent radio parts, with a
wire to a tree for an antenna, but he remembers making his own galena
crystal for a crystal set and experimenting with a Model T spark coil.
He continued building his own transmitters and receivers for a couple
of decades, operating CW until SSB came along. Elliott succeeded in
working all states on 160 meters from a 120 × 120 foot electrically
noisy city lot with "a long but low semi-inverted L," as he described
it. He now has 189 DXCC entities confirmed on Top Band.
A Texas native and World War II veteran, Elliott is a graduate of the
US Naval Academy and served in the Pacific. After the war, he farmed
cotton and maize on 200 South Texas acres, before going back to school
to earn a doctorate in physics from Texas A&M. "I'm basically a
peasant with a lot of education," he quipped during a telephone chat
with ARRL. Elliott spent more than 20 years in academia as a professor
of physics at his alma mater.
"Basically, all I'm doing today is chasing the occasional DX," Elliott
told ARRL. He said he has a transceiver and a couple of wire antennas
that he makes work on all bands. Elliott has 325 DXCC entities
confirmed on all bands -- plus a lot of memories from an earlier era
of Amateur Radio.
"Age, not surprisingly, has taken its toll," Elliott said on the Top
Band reflector, noting that his CW speed was now down to 20-25 WPM
because of waning dexterity. "Thanks to all who have had the knowledge
and the kindness to help me over the years." Read more.
In Brief...
QRP ARCI Four Days in May Event Registration Open: Registration is
open for Four Days in May (FDIM), the QRP Amateur Radio Club
International (QRP ARCI) annual convention held in conjunction with
Hamvention. The hosting Holiday Inn in Fairborn, Ohio, has sold out,
but other accommodations are available in the vicinity. The event
features a day of seminars (including a free kit), Buildathon,
vendors' night, evening lecture, pizza night, QRP club night, homebrew
competitions, games, music, raffles, door prizes, QRP Hall of Fame
induction, and a banquet. Program details are available and being
updated on the QRP ARCI website. Contact FDIM for more information.
Sweden's SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Station Reports "Successful"
Christmas Transmission: The old Alexanderson alternator SAQ at World
Heritage Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden was heard by more than 400
listeners on December 24, 2016, setting a new record. SAQ
traditionally broadcasts at Christmas with the 1920s-era
electro-mechanical transmitter that operates on 17.2 kHz. SAQ has
released a report that summarizes the success and a map that shows the
locations of those who heard SAQ. The vast majority of reports came
from listeners -- many of them radio amateurs -- in Europe, but
several hams in the US and Canada were among those able to hear the
17.2 kHz transmission. "Excellent reception," reported LF enthusiast
Joe Craig, VO1NA, in Newfoundland. "I look forward to visiting SAQ
someday." Dave Riley, AA1A, at historic Brant Rock in Massachusetts
reported "very good" copy, with the SAQ signal at 10 dB above the
noise. SAQ was even heard in Alaska, by Laurence Howell, KL7L, in
Wasilla, who gave SAQ a 449 signal report.
UK Regulator Ofcom No Longer Listing Unassigned Amateur Radio Call
Signs: UK Telecommunications regulator Ofcom no longer issues lists of
unassigned -- or unallocated -- UK Amateur Radio call signs. This
practice ended last fall. Replying to an inquiry, Ofcom's Julia Snape
explained, "We do not hold a list of call signs that are available.
Due to a system change, the assignment of call signs is now done using
an algorithm rather than 'grabbing' from a list." A call sign database
dated September 20, 2016, can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The average daily sunspot number
rose from 22.6 to 52.7 -- up from no sunspots 2 weeks ago. Solar flux
increased from 77.1 to 83.9 for the January 19-25 reporting week. The
first sunspot group of Cycle 25 has appeared, in addition to this
recent uptick. Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, will have an excellent
article about this in the next issue of the Northwest Indiana DX Club
newsletter, available in early February.
Predicted solar flux is 85 on January 26-29; 82 on January 30-February
2; 75 on February 3-7; 76 on February 8; 77 on February 9-12; 78, 79,
and 81 on February 13-15; 83 on February 16-18; 85, 83, and 82 on
February 19-21; 80 on February 22-24; 78 on February 25; 77 on
February 26-27; 76 on February 29-March 1; 75 on March 2-6, and 76 on
March 7.
The predicted planetary A index is 5, 12, 15, and 8 on January 26-29;
12 on January 30-31; 8 on February 1-2; 20, 16, 12, 10, and 8 on
February 3-7; 5 on February 8-13; 15 on February 14; 10 on February
15-16; 8 on February 17-19, and 5 on February 20-22.
F.K. Janda, OK1HH, sent us this geomagnetic activity forecast for
January 27-February 22: Quiet on January 27, February 1, 11-12, 14,
22; mostly quiet on January 30, February 9-10, 20-21; quiet to
unsettled on January 31, February 13, 19; quiet to active on January
28-29, February 3-5, 15, 17, and active to disturbed on February 2,
6-7, (8, 16, 18).
Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected on
January 26, (31), February (1-5), 9, (15). Parentheses indicate a
lower probability of activity enhancement.
Sunspot numbers for January 19-25 were 26, 61, 67, 61, 53, 55, and 46,
with a mean of 52.7. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 79.5, 83.2, 86.1,
86.8, 84.1, 82.3, and 85.1, with a mean of 83.9. Estimated planetary A
indices were 11, 11, 11, 9, 5, 3, and 6, with a mean of 8. Estimated
mid-latitude A indices were 10, 9, 9, 8, 2, 3, and 4, with a mean of
6.4.
Send me your reports or observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
January 27-29 -- CQ 160-Meter Contest (CW)
January 28 -- Montana QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
January 28-29 -- REF Contest (CW)
January 28-29 -- BARTG RTTY Sprint
January 28-29 -- UBA DX Contest (SSB)
January 28-29 -- Winter Field Day (CW, phone, digital)
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
January 27-28 -- Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
January 27-29 -- Puerto Rico State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
February 3-4 -- Southern Florida Section Convention, Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida
February 4 -- South Carolina State Convention, North Charleston, South
Carolina
February 4 -- Virginia State Convention, Richmond, Virginia
February 10-12 -- Southeastern Division Convention (HamCation),
Orlando, Florida
February 17-18 -- Arizona Section Convention, Yuma, Arizona
February 18 -- Arkansas Section Convention, Hoxie, Arkansas
February 25 -- West Central Florida Section Technical Conference,
Sarasota, Florida
February 25 -- New Mexico Tech Fest, Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 25 -- Vermont State Convention, South Burlington, Vermont
March 3-4 -- Alabama Section Convention, Birmingham, Alabama
March 4 -- Arkansas State Convention, Russellville, Arkansas
March 10-11 -- Louisiana State Convention, Rayne, Louisiana
March 11 -- Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska
March 18 -- West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas
March 18 -- MicroHAMS Digital Conference 2017, Redmond, Washington
March 24-25 -- Texas State Convention, Rosenberg, Texas
March 31-April 1 -- Maine State Convention, Lewiston, Maine
March 31-April 2 -- Nevada State Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
April 7-8 -- OzarkCon QRP Conference, Branson, Missouri
April 15 -- Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
Apr 21-23 -- International DX Convention, Visalia, California
April 21-23 -- Idaho State Convention, Boise, Idaho
April 22 -- Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, Delaware
April 22 -- Aurora '17 Convention, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Apr 22-23 -- Communications Academy XIX, Seattle, Washington
April 28-29 -- Southeastern VHF Society Conference, Charlotte, North
Carolinia
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