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Amateur Radio Poised to Retain Full 76-81 GHz Band, Sharing with
Vehicular Radars
"Germany Welcomes the World" to Friedrichshafen's Ham Radio 2017
ARRL Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships
Region 1 Intruder Watch Reports the Usual Suspects
The Doctor Will See You Now!
ARRL to Sponsor 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Webinar
Pikes Peak ARES at Right Place, Right Time
W8CDX Takes Field Day Back to its Roots
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
ARRL Headquarters to be Closed on July 3 and 4: ARRL Headquarters will
be closed on Monday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 4, for the Independence
Day holiday. There will be no ARRL bulletin or code practice
transmissions on those days. ARRL Headquarters will reopen on
Wednesday, July 5, at 8 AM ET. We wish everyone a festive and safe
holiday!
Amateur Radio Poised to Retain Full 76-81 GHz Band, Sharing with
Vehicular Radars
In a draft Report and Order (ET Docket No. 15-26) to be considered at
its July 13 open meeting, the FCC has proposed lifting a nearly
2-decade-old suspension of Amateur Radio access to 76-77 GHz, giving
the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services access to the full 76-81
GHz band on a secondary basis. The FCC also reduced Amateur Radio's
status from primary to secondary in the 77-77.5 GHz segment, to match
the rest of the 76-81 GHz band, and it imposed a uniform power-level
limit for users of the band. The draft Report and Order (R&O)
concluded that Amateur Radio and vehicular radars will be able to
successfully share the millimeter-wave band with minor adjustments in
the Amateur Service rules. A goal of the proceeding has been to expand
and consolidate the spectrum available worldwide for 76-81 GHz radar
operations. It would bring the US Table of Allocations into line with
decisions at the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) and
make the entire band available internationally for vehicular radars
operating in the Radiolocation Service (RLS).
"The rule changes we adopt modifying the regulatory status of amateur
stations and capping their power levels will ensure the continued
operation of amateur stations in this band, and are a reasonable
alternative to expanding the suspension of amateur operations from the
76-77 GHz band to the remainder of the 76-81 GHz band or removing the
amateur allocations altogether from the 76-81 GHz band," the draft R&O
said. "In addition, these changes, coupled with the nature of amateur
operations in the band...will ensure that the potential for harmful
interference from amateur operations to vehicular radar operations in
the 76-81 GHz band is negligible and satisfy our efforts to ensure
protection for the important safety functions that vehicular radars
will provide."
The FCC R&O would impose a 55 dBm peak effective isotropic radiated
power (EIRP) limit (316 W EIRP) on Amateur Radio operations in the
band. This is the same as that allowed to vehicular radars. The R&O
reasons that the risk for potential interference between Amateur Radio
operation and RLS operations "is mitigated by the directionality of
vehicular radars' antennas -- downward in orientation and mounted on a
low position on the vehicles." The R&O also cited the periodic and
transient nature of amateur operations in the band coupled with high
path losses in a band that is conducive to frequency re-use.
In reaching its tentative conclusions relative to the amateur
allocation in the 2015 proceeding, the FCC considered the comments of
several individual radio amateurs as well as ARRL, Bosch, Delphi, the
Automotive Safety Council, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA),
and automakers and their representatives, among others. Several
automotive manufacturers had asked that Amateur Radio be ousted from
the band.
"Germany Welcomes the World" to Friedrichshafen's Ham Radio 2017
"Germany Welcomes the World" is the theme of the 2017 edition of
Europe's major annual Amateur Radio gathering, known simply as "Ham
Radio" but more commonly called "Friedrichshafen," the city on the
shores of Lake Constance where it takes place each summer. ARRL
President Rick Roderick, K5UR, will head a League contingent to the
event, which this year runs from Friday, July 14, until Sunday, July
16. The show was rescheduled from June, due to a schedule conflict at
the Friedrichshafen Fairground (Messe Friedrichshafen), where Ham
Radio is staged.
Others on the ARRL team attending Ham Radio/Friedrichshafen will be
ARRL Radiosport Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ; ARRL Marketing Manager Bob
Inderbitzen, NQ1R, and ARRL International Affairs Vice President Jay
Bellows, K0QB. Expected to be on hand from the International Amateur
Radio Union (IARU) will be IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA; IARU
Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, and IARU Region 1 President Don Beattie,
G3BJ, as well as others from Region 1. ARRL and IARU will have
separate booths at Friedrichshafen.
US Amateur Radio examinations will be offered on July 15 at Ham Radio
by an ARRL Volunteer Examiner team. The session will get under way at
9 AM on the 5th floor of the ministration Building at Messe
Friedrichshafen. Contact Manfred Lauterborn, K2PZ, for more
information.
The 42nd edition of Ham Radio will feature some 200 exhibitors from 30
countries, including around 70 associations. This year, the German
Amateur Radio Club (DARC) will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the
founding of the Amateur Radio center in Baunatal and will welcome
visitors to the Lake Constance Conference. Among its show activities,
the DARC will sponsor a competition for radio or electronics kits
suitable for young people. Young radio enthusiasts aged 11 and older
should be able to assemble the kits within 30 minutes, without having
to etch circuit boards.
There will be an on-site Amateur Radio flea market.
The Chair of the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group, Lisa Leenders,
PA2LS, has invited young radio amateurs to join the International
Youth Meeting on Saturday, July 15, at 10 AM, in the Liechtenstein
Room. The program will include a rundown of the youth contesting
program at 9A1A, plus an open mic session, where participants can
share their experience on youth activities. "This is the moment to
share your experiences on youth activities and to ask questions to
other attendees," Leenders said. Members of the UK YOTA 2017 team will
be at Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen to receive the official Youth on
the Air (YOTA) flag from the YOTA Austria 2016 team.
The Friedrichshafen flea market is always popular -- and indoors.
A Ham Rally will take place on Friday and Saturday, offering a varied
program for young Amateur Radio operators between the ages of 8 and
18, and a Ham Youth Camp -- organized by the fairgrounds and DARC for
participants aged 27 and younger -- will take place during all 3 days
of Ham Radio 2017.
World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018), which takes place
next July in Germany, will be a particular focus at Ham Radio 2017.
The show will include an exhibit of WRTC equipment, plus a
demonstration of the competition, as well as video presentations about
WRTC 2018. Ham Radio sponsors say several other presentations at the
show also will highlight the upcoming international event.
A foxhunt will be held in the wooded area near the fairgrounds on the
final day of the show.
The concurrent and fourth annual Maker Faire will open its doors at
the Fairground on Saturday and Sunday, offering creative minds and
tinkerers ideas and accessories at about 80 exhibitors.
Ham Radio 2018 will take place June 1-3 in Friedrichshafen. Read more.
ARRL Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships
Starting in 2018, the ARRL Foundation will offer two new scholarships
for radio amateurs pursuing post-secondary education. They have been
established by the Medical Amateur Radio Council (MARCO) and by the
Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club (SVARC).
The MARCO scholarship will provide financial assistance for the
educational expenses of a radio amateur pursuing higher education in
the healing arts and who is performing at a high academic level (grade
point average of at least 3.0).
The applicant's field of study may include, but is not necessarily
limited to, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing,
pharmacology, emergency medicine (EMT), or radiology. Preference will
go to undergraduates and to those in certificate programs, but
graduate students also may apply.
Applicants should provide details regarding their involvement in
Amateur Radio-related volunteer and/or public service activities. If
possible, they should demonstrate a desire to encourage others in the
healing arts to become Amateur Radio licensees.
The scholarship award of $500 annually is to cover the costs of
tuition, books, fees, and other educational expenses.
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club Scholarship will provide
financial assistance for the educational expenses of a radio amateur
enrolled in an accredited 2- or 4-year college or university and
pursuing a degree in a business, science, math, engineering, or
technology-related field. Preference will be given to applicants who
live in the Virginia counties of Page, Shenandoah, Warren, or Clarke,
or in the City of Winchester, or living in the West Virginia counties
of Hampshire, Jefferson, or Berkeley. If no qualified applicant is
identified, the scholarship may be awarded to any applicant residing
in Virginia who meets the other eligibility requirements.
The award is intended exclusively to cover the costs of tuition, room,
board, books, and/or other fees essential to the advanced education of
the recipient.
The ARRL Foundation shall determine award recipients to be
academically superior and the best among the scholarship applicants.
The scholarship award will be $1,000 annually, with one scholarship
grant each year.
Established in 1973 by ARRL as an independent and separate IRS
501(c)(3) organization, the ARRL Foundation administers programs to
support the Amateur Radio community. Visit the ARRL Foundation web
page for more information on scholarships the Foundation administers.
Region 1 Intruder Watch Reports the Usual Suspects
International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS)
volunteers continue to document many of the same signals intruding on
Amateur Radio bands -- some of them audible in other parts of the
world, according to the latest editions of the IARUMS Region 1
newsletter. IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, reported
last month that his own band-monitoring activity has been hampered by
interference from a neighbor's LED lamp, and that Germany's telecoms
regulator was not helpful in resolving the situation, which Hadel says
affects all bands from 80 through 10
A Chinese jammer on 7.200 MHz is audible every evening in Europe.
[Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, photo]
meters. Nonetheless, he has worked around the local interference to
document many of the same bad actors that show up in the IARUMS Region
1 newsletter month after month. IARU Region 1 includes Europe and
Africa.
These usual suspects include a Russian Navy F1B RTTY signal on 14.180
MHz in Sevastopol in Crimea that is, "still active, not regarding
official complaints." Last fall, IARUMS reported that complaints had
been successful in silencing the intruder. Another Russian F1B RTTY
signal had been showing up on 7.051 MHz, "mostly idling and every
evening," Hadel reported in May. German telecoms regulators registered
an official complaint, which apparently was successful in that
instance. Hadel also reported "daily" transmissions of music on 7.050
MHz (LSB), possibly originating in Russia.
The "mysterious beacon 'D'" from Asiatic Russia has been reported on
CW on 7.093.3 kHz, with spurious transmissions on 7.078.6, 7.117.9,
and 7.157.2 MHz, as well as outside the band.
Broadcaster Radio Hargeysa in Somalia continued to be reported on
7.120 MHz (AM) daily. Hadel indicated that the signal is audible in
Australia and Japan, as well as in Europe and Africa. On 7.175 MHz,
Radio Eritrea continues to be jammed daily with white noise
transmissions attributed to Radio Ethiopia. IARUMS reported jamming of
Radio Taiwan on 7.200 MHz, apparently originating in China and audible
"every evening" in Europe. The Chinese "foghorn" over-the-horizon
radar (OTH-R) continues to intrude on 20 meters, with signals on
14.211 MHz "jumping to 14.290 and 14.302 MHz." The Russian "Konteyner
RLS" OTH-R remains a problem on 14.280 MHz. Read more.
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"Generators" is the topic of the current (June 22) 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.
Just ahead: "APRS."
ARRL to Sponsor 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Webinar
The ARRL will sponsor a 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Webinar on
Monday, July 17, at 8 PM ET (0000 UTC on Tuesday, July 18). The
approximately 90-minute session will address the role of Amateur Radio
during the 2017 Hurricane Season. Anyone interested in hurricane
preparedness and response is invited to take part in this online
presentation.
Topics will include a meteorological overview of the current season
from the Canadian Hurricane Centre; Amateur Radio station WX4NHC at
the National Hurricane Center: Who We Are and What We Do; ARRL Media
and Public Relations; the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN); the VoIP
Hurricane Net, Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN),
and ARRL coordination and interface.
Webinar registration is free and open to all, but this session should
be of particular interest to radio amateurs in hurricane-prone areas.
The webinar will conclude with a question-and-answer session. For more
information, contact ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey,
KI1U.
Pikes Peak ARES at Right Place, Right Time
Members of Pikes Peak ARES® (PPARES -- Region 2, District 2 of
Colorado ARES) were supporting the Mountain Top Cycling Club's annual
Experience Ride on June 17, when a motor vehicle collision occurred at
an intersection where a race rest stop was located. Three PPARES
members on site -- Dan Huber, KN0MAP; Matthew Tuttle, KD0YBE, and Dean
Buckhouse, KB0VVA -- were able to respond to the accident, which
involved a passenger car and a pick-up truck.
There were injuries, and one of the truck's gas tanks had ruptured and
was leaking fuel.
After a cellphone connection was not successful, a report of this
accident in Colorado was relayed via Amateur Radio. [Dean Buckhouse,
KB0VVA, photo]
One ARES operator called 911, but cellphone coverage was spotty, and
the call dropped after only basic information had been conveyed. A
report then was relayed via Amateur Radio to the race communications
coordinator and director positions, which had much better coverage,
and the director, John Higgins, N6VTS, was able to provide the
dispatcher with the necessary information. The on-scene operators were
able to assess the situation and assist with traffic control and
initial hazardous materials mitigation. Coordinators, who still had
riders to track and a course to sweep, were Nate Dwyer, KE0AHK, and
Bob Antion, WL7RV.
"It was reassuring to know that experienced and level-headed ARES
operators were in the right spot at the right time," said John
Bloodgood, KD0SFY, Pikes Peak ARES Emergency Coordinator and Public
Information Officer.
W8CDX Takes Field Day Back to its Roots
Some younger radio amateurs may not realize that ARRL Field Day has
been a staple operating event for more than 80 years. Former ARRL
Communications Manager F. E. Handy, W1BDI, is credited with conceiving
"International Field Day" in 1933, although it wasn't until the
following year that he described it as the "test of the emergency
availability of portable stations and equipment" we know today. For
Field Day 2017, the crew at the Karns City Amateur Radio Club, W8CDX,
once again took Field Day equipment back to the 1930s -- a time when
the notion of "portable" applied only loosely to equipment of the era.
Last year, W8CDX used a National HRO-5 receiver and a style of
transmitter similar to something that could have been used at that
first Field Day. This time, everything was home built.
Eric Tichansky, NO3M, sets up his vintage replica Field Day station
for W8CDX.
"We had a lot of fun putting up another 1930s-style station for Field
Day 2017," said Eric Tichansky, NO3M, the trustee of the W8CDX
station. The transmitter was based on an August 1934 QST article, "A
Medium-Powered Phone-C.W. Transmitter with Pentode Power Tubes," the
receiver on a May 1934 QST article, "A De Luxe Crystal Type S.S.
Receiver." Tichansky has documented the receiver project from start to
finish.
"This would have been a possible setup used in the third Field Day in
1935," Tichansky told ARRL. "The entire station was 100% homebrew,
including the power supplies, T/R switching, and link-coupled antenna
tuner -- inspired by a 1935 ARRL Handbook project." Power supplies
were based on standard designs from that era, using 866s in the
amplifier supply and 83s in the buffer and oscillator supplies. The
bias supply used an 80 rectifier and an 874 regulator of late 1920s
vintage to supply the needed -90 V bias.
The W8CDX Field Day 2017 operating position. The receiver (right) was
constructed from a 1934 QST article.
Tichansky said the T/R switch, which could be operated by foot switch,
not only switched the antenna between receiver and transmitter, but
opened the keying line in receive, grounded the receiver input on
transmit, lifted the grounded end of the receiver's RF/IF gain pot,
and put a 15 kW potentiometer in line to adjust the side tone level.
The antenna was an 80-meter doublet fed with homebrew open-wire feed
line.
Using the replicated vintage gear, W8CDX logged 305 contacts, about
evenly split between 40 and 80 meters -- up from 153 on 40 meters
alone in 2016. The biggest issue on the air was chirp, "depending on
how the stages in the rig were tuned." Sometimes the receiver would
decide on its own to change frequency. Tichansky gave the gear a trial
run during the Breezeshooters Hamfest at the Butler Fairgrounds in
Prospect, Pennsylvania, on June 4, making several contacts.
"We plan to keep this going as an annual event," Tichansky told ARRL.
"It's really a lot of fun putting this antique-style gear on the air."
In Brief...
ARRL Seeking ditional Vintage DXpedition Logs for Archive: ARRL
continues to solicit paper logs of prominent DXpeditions that took
place predominantly in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, for inclusion in
The DX Log Archive Endowed by JA1BK. The DX Log Archive program was
created, thanks to an endowment established by Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK,
to obtain, preserve, and utilize paper logs from rare and significant
DXpeditions. The archive can include pre-1950 paper logs as well as
those from rare operations, and logs kept by longtime residents of
very rare entities. All logbooks received to date have been
inventoried and are housed at ARRL Headquarters. ARRL Field Services
Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, said the archive contains logs "from 3D2
through HZ3 -- nothing after the Hs. That's just the way it has worked
out." Contact the program administrator with information about any
logs that are available or known to be available, and ARRL will make a
determination on their suitability for the archive.
ARISS Commemorative SSTV Activity Planned for Mid-July: To commemorate
its 20th anniversary, ARISS is planning to transmit a set of 12
slow-scan television (SSTV) images that capture the accomplishments of
ARISS over the years. SSTV transmissions from the International Space
Station will take place on 145.800 MHz FM around the July 15-16
weekend. "We are planning for at least a 2-day operation, but are
working for a potentially longer operation," ARISS International Chair
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said in an announcement on the ARISS blog page.
"Note that all of this is tentative and may change, based on crew
scheduling and ISS operations." The ARISS announcement pointed to the
organization's milestones and accomplishments over the past 20+ years,
from its first meeting in November 1996, to joint operations on the
Russian Mir space station, becoming the first operational ISS payload
in November 2000, and completing more than 1,100 school and group
contacts. "We have touched the lives of many and inspired and educated
countless students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and
math careers," Bauer asserted. -- Thanks to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
ARRL and IARU Headquarters Stations to be Active during IARU HF
Championship: The IARU HF Championship is the weekend of July 8-9.
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member society headquarters
(HQ) stations count as multipliers for the event. The ARRL
Headquarters station will be W1AW/2, with all operations taking place
in New York and coordinated by Jeff Ach, W2FU. The IARU Headquarters
station will be NU1AW/5, with all operations in Louisiana and
coordinated by Scott Dickson, W5WZ, and Mark Ketchell, K5ER. QSL
W1AW/2 and NU1AW/5 via ARRL.
OF100HQ Will Celebrate Finland's Centennial in IARU HF Championship
Event: The commemorative call sign OF1ØØHQ will be on the air during
the IARU HF Championship event July 8-9 to mark Finland's 100th
anniversary. "Finland has been under Swedish and Russian rule, and has
had to fight her way to her own destiny of freedom in securing her
identity during World War II," well-known Finnish radio amateur Martti
Laine, OH2BH, pointed out in announcing the HQ multiplier station call
sign for the annual event. Laine said Finland has succeeded so well,
it now ranks in 5th place in the 2017 World Happiness Report.
According to the announcement, OF100HQ will be active on all 12 band
slots in the IARU event, via stations across Finland and including the
Arctic region. Many well-known operators will helm the operations.
Laine said the first 100 stations capturing the greatest number of the
12 available band slots, will be awarded the "Happy Finland 100
Award." QSL via OH2BH.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Not much change in the numbers since
last week, but all indicators were lower. The average daily sunspot
number moved from 29.4 to 20.3, and average daily solar flux went from
74.6 to 73.6.
The average daily planetary A index dipped from 9.4 to 6.9, and the
mid-latitude A index from 8.1 to 7.4.
Predicted solar flux is 72 on June 29-July 2; 70, 71, and 72 on July
3-5; 74 on July 6-7; 75 on July 8-14; 76 on July 15-16; 75 on July
17-19; 74 on July 20-22; 72 on July 23-24; 77 on July 25-28; 74, 73
and, 72 on July 29-31; 73 on August 1; 74 on August 2-3, and 75 on
August 4-10.
The predicted planetary A index is 10 on June 29-30; 5 on July 1-12;
20, 12, and 10 on July 13-15; 5 on July 16-20; 10, 12, 10, and 5 on
July 21-24; 10 on July 25-26; 5 on July 27-August 8, and 20, 12, and
10 on August 9-11.
The ARRL website includes monthly propagation charts between four US
regions and 12 overseas locations.
Sunspot numbers for June 22 through 28, 2017 were 23, 22, 28, 20, 19,
17, and 13, with a mean of 20.3. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 73.7,
73.7, 74.1, 73.7, 73.7, 74.1, and 72.1, with a mean of 73.6. Estimated
planetary A indices were 6, 5, 9, 11, 7, 5, and 5, with a mean of 6.9.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 8, 6, 8, 11, 9, 5, and 5, with a
mean of 7.4.
In Friday's bulletin look for an updated forecast and reports from
readers, including 6-meter reports from Rich Zwirko, K1HTV, and Scott
Bidstrup, TI3/W7RI. Send me your reports or observations, especially
on propagation during ARRL Field Day.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
July 1 -- RAC Canada Day Contest (CW, phone)
July 1 -- FISTS Summer Slow Speed Sprint (CW)
July 1 -- Venezuelan Independence Day Contest (CW, phone, digital)
July 1-2 -- DL-DX RTTY Contest
July 1-2 -- Marconi Memorial HF Contest (CW)
July 1-2 -- Original QRP Contest (CW)
July 1-2 -- PODXS 070 Club 40 Meter Firecracker Sprint
July 2 -- DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest
July 3 -- 10-10 International Spirit of 76 QSO Party (CW, phone,
digital)
July 3 -- IQRP Quarterly Marathon (CW, phone, digital)
July 3 -- RSGB 80 Meter Club Championship (CW)
July 4 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)
July 6 -- NRAU 10 Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone)
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
Jul 7-8 -- Northern Florida Section Convention, Milton, Florida
July 14-16 -- Montana State Convention, Essex, Montana
July 21-22 -- Oklahoma State Convention, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 27-30 -- Central States VHF Society Conference, Albuquerque, New
Mexico
August 4-5 -- South Texas Section Convention, Austin, Texas
August 4-6 -- Pacific Northwest DX Convention, Spokane, Washington
Aug 11-13 -- New Mexico State Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 12 -- Delta Division Convention, Shreveport, Louisiana
August 18-20 -- West Virginia State Convention, Weston, West Virginia
August 19-20 -- Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, Alabama
August 20 -- Kansas State Convention, Salina, Kansas
September 1-3 -- North Carolina State Convention, Shelby, North
Carolina
September 8-10 -- New England Division Convention, Boxboro,
Massachusetts
September 9 -- Virginia Section Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia
September 10 -- New Jersey State Convention, Mullica Hill, New Jersey
September 15-16 -- W9DXCC Convention, Schaumburg, Illinois
September 15-17 -- Southwestern Division Convention, Torrance,
California
September 23 -- Iowa State Convention, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
September 23 -- Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley,
Washington
September 30 -- North Dakota State Convention, West Fargo, North
Dakota
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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