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Amateur Radio Volunteers Assisting Where Needed in Harvey Response
Director, Vice Director Elections Set in Three ARRL Divisions
The Doctor Will See You Now!
The 2018 ARRL Calendar is Now Shipping
Planned DXpeditions to Rare Entities Report Progress
Maritime Mobile Operation on LF May be a First for Amateur Radio
ARISS Cross-Band Repeater Not Available for General Communication
Top-Level Domain Name ".radio" Now Available
In Brief...
Getting It Right!
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
ARRL Headquarters is Closed for Labor Day: ARRL Headquarters will be
closed on Labor Day, September 4. There will be no ARRL bulletin or
code practice transmissions on Labor Day. ARRL Headquarters will
reopen on Tuesday, September 5, at 8 AM ET. We wish everyone a festive
and safe holiday!
Amateur Radio Volunteers Assisting Where Needed in Harvey Response
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) volunteers have been pitching
in to support communication at some Red Cross shelters in south Texas
in the ongoing aftermath of catastrophic and unprecedented flooding
resulting from Hurricane Harvey, now a Tropical Depression. ARES
members also have been serving as net control liaisons to the Harris
County Office of Emergency Management (OEM). At mid-week, some 3 dozen
volunteers were assisting at shelters. Another dozen were on tap to
serve as OEM liaisons. ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey,
KI1U, said the Red Cross is in need of Red Cross-trained shelter
managers and volunteer management specialists. Anyone interested
should contact him.
Harvey from the vantage point of the International Space Station
(ISS). NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston has closed to all
but mission-essential personnel through Labor Day, due to the effects
of Harvey. Most US astronauts live in the Houston area. JSC said
closing would allow the center to focus on its priorities, including
the return to Earth this weekend of ISS crew members Peggy Whitson,
ex-KC5ZTD; Jack Fischer, K2FSH, and Fyodor Yurchikin, RN3FI. [Jack
Fischer, N2FSH, photo]
A variety of emergency, health-and-welfare, traffic, and tactical nets
in south Texas have been active on HF at various times of the day as
well as on a wide array of VHF and UHF repeaters, which remain
available as needed. The Salvation Team Emergency Radio Network
(SATERN) has been convening on 14.265 MHz, while the Military
Auxiliary Radio Service (MARS) has been using the 5.330.5 (USB) MHz
interoperability channel on 60 meters.
On August 31, the National Hurricane Center reported that flooding
rains were continuing across far eastern Texas and western Louisiana,
with heavy rainfall expected to spread northeastward through the lower
Mississippi Valley and into the Tennessee Valley over the next day or
two. ARES volunteers are on standby in Louisiana.
"During the storm response, all Amateur Radio operators -- and perhaps
especially those involved in contest activity -- are advised to listen
first and respect any frequencies in use for emergency response
communication," Corey said. He cited the SATERN Net on 14.265 MHz and
the South Texas Traffic Emergency and Health and Welfare nets on
7.285, 7.290, 3.873, and 3.935 MHz. Digital emergency and health and
welfare frequencies are 3.5925 and 7.095 MHz.
Earlier this week, ARES team members were advised that the impact to
the region's communications infrastructure had been relatively
minimal, considering the strength of the storm and the magnitude of
the flooding. The storm did ravage cellular service in some Texas
counties, however, especially Aransas (84%) and Refugio (73%)
counties, the FCC reported. Overall, however, the FCC deemed the
cellular system 95% functional.
ARRL South Texas Public Information Officer Mike Urich, KA5CVH, told
ARRL on August 30 that "hardening" of the telecommunications
infrastructure to make it more immune to storm damage has diminished
the need for Amateur Radio communication support and altered hams'
traditional role there. Urich pointed out, however, that the Amateur
Radio telecommunications infrastructure in South Texas has remained
analog, as "the lowest common denominator" of technology -- VHF/UHF
FM, and HF -- and has the highest degree of interoperability. "That's
what we train to, that's what we teach, that's what we practice," he
said.
Urich spent more than 40 hours alternating shifts at the Harris County
Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Urich said the area's extensive
system of repeaters makes it possible for local radio amateurs to
serve as "another set of eyes and ears" in spotting and reporting
problems that may require official attention.
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) suspended operations for Hurricane
Harvey on August 26 after 51.5 continuous hours of activation. The
VoIP Hurricane Net, and WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the NHC
in Miami, also activated as Harvey approached landfall in Texas as a
Category 4 hurricane. The VoIP Hurricane Net has been informally
monitoring EchoLink 7203, IRLP 9219, and AllStar *33007203 for
requests from the affected area at the request of Humanity Road, said
Lloyd Colston, KC5FM.
The Houston Police Lake Patrol has been among those rescuing stranded
residents of the flood zone.
He said a station checked in via EchoLink to request the rescue of a
grandmother and children. "That request was relayed to the United
States Coast Guard Houston," Colston told ARRL. He said hams in the
affected region needing to relay rescue needs should first call 911,
then their local emergency operations center, and, if those aren't
available, then the US Coast Guard -- in that order. He also said
individuals in the flood zone are reporting cellular telephone
degradation.
ARRL South Texas Section Manager Lee Cooper, W5LHC, told ARRL on
Monday that the disaster would remain in the response phase for
several days, although needs may change later in the response phase or
when it transitions to the recovery phase. ARRL South Texas SEC Jeff
Walter, KE5FGA, said ARES members could participate in any nets
related to the storm response from home.
The projected track of Tropical Storm Harvey as of August 31 at 0300
UTC. [Graphic courtesy of NOAA]
"Harris County and the City of Houston have issued a shelter-in-place
order," Walter pointed out over the past weekend. "The local region is
paralyzed. Resources are stretched to accommodate all calls for
assistance. Take care of your family first, then if you are able to
help in the recovery phase, contact your local Emergency Coordinator
or District Emergency Coordinator for instruction on what to do. Do
not show up without approval from your local EC."
As of August 31, some 195,000 customers were without power in Texas.
American Red Cross shelters were reporting more than 34,000 occupants
in Texas; more than 980,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. The
Texas Emergency Operations Center is at full activation, and Governor
Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster for 50 Texas counties,
while evacuation orders and advisories are in effect for eight
counties and several independent communities in Louisiana, where the
state EOC is fully activated. A state of emergency also exists for all
Louisiana parishes in preparation for widespread flooding. Read more.
Director, Vice Director Elections Set in Three ARRL Divisions
ARRL members will choose between two candidates for the Vice
Director's seat in the Atlantic Division, now headed by Director Tom
Abernethy, W3TOM, who qualified for re-election. Running for Atlantic
Division Vice Director are Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, of Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, and Lloyd Roach, K3QNT, of Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Hollingsworth served as FCC special counsel overseeing Amateur Radio
enforcement.
There's also a two-way race to fill the Dakota Division Director's
chair being vacated by Kent Olson, KA0LDG, who has decided not to run
for another term. Running to succeed Olson are Matt Holden, K0BBC, of
Bloomington, Minnesota -- the current Vice Director -- and Dean
Summers, N0ND, of Dickinson, North Dakota. Holden was appointed as
Vice Director in February 2016 after former Director Greg Widin, K0GW,
became ARRL First Vice President.
A four-way race exists for the Vice Director's chair that Holden is
vacating. The candidates are Tom Karnauskas, N0UW, of Owatonna,
Minnesota; Jay Maynard, K5ZC, of Fairmont, Minnesota; Lynn Nelson,
W0ND, of Minot, North Dakota, and Chris Stallkamp, KI0D, of Selby,
South Dakota. Nelson is North Dakota Section Manager, while Stallkamp
is South Dakota Section Manager.
Midwest Division Director Rod Blocksome, K0DAS, is being challenged
for re-election by Cecil Miller, WB0RIW, of Wichita, Kansas. Vice
Director Art Zygielbaum, K0AIZ, is unopposed for re-election.
Blocksome was appointed Midwest Division Vice Director in 2010. He
will be filling the vacancy after then-Midwest Division Director Bruce
Frahm, K0BJ, was elected as ARRL Second Vice President, and Blocksome,
the Vice Director at the time, moved into the Director's seat.
Running unopposed for new terms are Delta Division Director David
Norris, K5UZ; Vice Director Ed Hudgens, WB4RHQ; Great Lakes Division
Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, and Vice Director Tom Delaney, W8WTD.
The Ethics and Elections Committee established the eligibility of all
candidates and declared all unopposed candidates elected for 3-year
terms starting January 1, 2018.
Ballots and candidates' statements for contested elections will be
mailed to members of the respective divisions who are in good standing
as of September 10. Completed ballots must be received by noon Eastern
Time on November 17. Votes will be tallied at ARRL Headquarters, and
the election results announced later that day.
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"Antenna Analyzers" is the topic of the latest (August 31) 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
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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.
The 2018 ARRL Calendar is Now Shipping
Talking to friends. Serving your community. Chasing DX. Trying a new
mode. Working a contest. Taking your radio out in the field. The 2018
ARRL Calendar features photos of exciting on-air operating activities,
that we hope will inspire you to get involved, active, and on the air
too!
The 2018 ARRL Calendar includes:
ARRL Contests and other major ham radio contests
National event dates: ARRL Field Day, Kids Day, JOTA, and more!
Phases of the moon and meteor showers
Holidays and other important dates
2018 Monthly Planner
Bonus Month (January 2019)
This year, the calendar features four winners from the 2018 #ARRL
Calendar Facebook Photo Contest: Bradley Bowers, KF2I; Andrey Fedorov,
RW3AH; Timothy McGuire, KJ4OLI, and Jack Reed, WA7LNW. Congratulations
to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated!
The 2018 ARRL Calendar is available from the ARRL Store or your ARRL
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Planned DXpeditions to Rare Entities Report Progress
Don Greenbaum, N1DG, reports that the Dateline DX Association is
making progress in planning its 2018 DXpedition to Baker and Howland
Islands (KH1), the fourth most-wanted DXCC entity, according to Club
Log's DXCC Most Wanted List. The DDXA team will operate from the Baker
Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Greenbaum says a ship has been chartered -- the Nai'a from Fiji --
with arrival on the island during the third week of June 2018. The
DXpeditioners will spend 12 days on the island, with 10 days set aside
for radio operation, if plans hold.
All preparations are subject to the approval of the US Fish and
Wildlife Service, which administers the Baker Island National Wildlife
Refuge, and the ship and dates were chosen in consultation with the
agency, based on the availability of the vessel and of the USFWS
"resource monitor," who will accompany the team, as well as avoidance
of the cyclone season. Greenbaum said long-range propagation forecasts
appear favorable on HF to Western Europe during the late-June period
of planned operation. The team's 11 operators are covering half of the
estimated $400,000 cost of the DXpedition, and they're seeking
financial support for the rest. Greenbaum, Tom Harrell, N4XP, and
Kevin Rowett, K6TD, are team co-leaders.
The 3Y0Z DXpedition to Bouvet Island team reports it now has 10
FlexRadio transceivers in hand, with shipping containers and
accessories. The Bouvet Island DXpedition will have 14 stations, each
with its own computer and everything tested and networked. All gear
will be checked out thoroughly in advance. Two of the stations will be
set up for an early September team meeting in Atlanta.
ARRL has granted an unspecified Colvin Award to help support the
Bouvet Island DXpedition, and the Northern California DX Foundation
(NCDXF) contributed $100,000.
A new 160-meter vertical, designed by Nodir Tursun-Zade, EY8MM, and DX
Engineering, will be used on Bouvet. The vertical is 90 feet tall, 70
feet of which is aluminum tower sections with a 20-foot "stinger" on
top. DX Engineering has donated two of the verticals to the
DXpedition, one as a spare. The antenna is top loaded and tuned with
two base coils. It's raised using a "falling derrick." A video of the
raising and testing of the vertical is available on YouTube.
Team member Jim Mornar, N9TK, has been preparing the radials, putting
the cut-to-length wire on spools so they're ready to install on site.
The radials total 24,000 feet. With this transmitting antenna coupled
with directional receiving antennas, planners feel certain 3Y0Z will
be effective on Top Band. Video showing setup and testing of the
vertical has been posted on YouTube.
The Bouvet DXpedition is planned to take place in January 2018 and the
team hopes to be on the air for 14 to 16 days. The estimated cost of
the DXpedition is upward of $750,000. The DXpedition has a Facebook
page.
The Mellish Reef VK9MA team said in its recent VK9MA Expedition
Insider that it plans to focus on the lower bands during its November
2017 DXpedition. Mellish Reef is the 29th most-wanted DXCC entity. The
nine-operator team will set sail on November 1 from Australia aboard
the MV Phoenix, arriving on November 3. The DXpedition will depart
Mellish Reef on November 16.
Data modes, and especially RTTY, will be one focus of the VK9MA
DXpedition, and the team says it may give JT65/JT9 and the newly
popular, but still beta, FT8 a try. During their 13-day stay on the
reef, team members will run four complete stations around the clock.
-- Thanks to The Daily DX
Maritime Mobile Operation on LF May be a First for Amateur Radio
What began as a "let's-see-if-we-can-do-this" effort resulted in
successful Amateur Radio contacts on 475 kHz in early August by two
Canadian operators aboard the sailing vessel Hakuna Matata off the
coast of British Columbia. The accomplishment may be an Amateur Radio
first. Mark Mattila, VA7MM, and Toby Haynes, VE7CNF, equipped
Mattila's 31-foot offshore-equipped Beneteau sloop with the gear
necessary to make maritime mobile operation possible on 630 meters.
The vessel already had a 46-foot mast with an insulated backstay
antenna for marine and ham radio communication.
The Hakuna Matata underway.
Haynes designed the overall system, and work done on the vessel prior
to the sailing season facilitated the radio experiments. This included
installing new batteries, a new RF ground system braid and
counterpoise conductors, and an antenna for 2-meter FM communication.
Before the Hakuna Matata set sail, word went out among the local
630-meter community to be listening for CF7MM/mm on 475 kHz CW.
Haynes fabricated a 630-meter linear transverter for the project. Its
bidirectional high-power mixer circuit that takes full RF output from
an Icom IC-746PRO transceiver operating at an IF of 1.9 MHz and mixes
with a local oscillator at 1.5 MHz down to 475 kHz. For receiving,
signals pass in the other direction are upconverted to 1.9 MHz, with
some minor signal attenuation.
Toby Haynes, VE7CNF, takes a turn in the chair of CF7MM/mm.
Perhaps more critical were the antenna and RF grounding systems. The
actual radiating element was a 38-foot long piece of #14 wire attached
to the highest point on the mast. Grounding was accomplished by using
the vessel's cast-steel keel and a couple of 30-foot wires near the
gunwales. Tuning and matching were achieved using a loading coil and
variometer, involving a total of 1,120 μH of inductance. Operation
was coordinated using a South Coast 2-meter FM repeater, and the
630-meter operation was scheduled for late morning and early evening.
The propagation mode was ground wave.
The CF7MM/mm antenna for 630 meters!
Contacts were made while the vessel was at anchor in Boho Bay, Silva
Bay, and Winter Cove. Stations worked on CW included VE7SL on Mayne
Island, VE7BDQ in Delta, VE77VV in Victoria, VE7CA in North Vancouver,
and VA7JX in Campbell river. VE7SL and VE7VV also were worked on 630
meters on SSB. The "best DX" was a contact from Silva Bay with VA7JX
spanning 142 kilometers (about 88 miles).
Mattila and Haynes said they were impressed by the signal reports
received, given the transmitter's estimated 160 mW EIRP. "Received
signals from participating stations varied from S-1 to S-9 +10 dB, and
copy was easy for all contacts," they said.
The yet-to-be-implemented US Amateur Radio regulations governing
operation on 630 meters do not permit mobile operation.
ARISS Cross-Band Repeater Not Available for General Communication
The cross-band FM voice repeater aboard the International Space
Station (ISS) has not officially been activated for general amateur
use, although some stations have reported successful contacts. The
system is being used in an effort to detect telemetry from three
recently deployed CubeSats.
Russian ISS crew members last week released three satellites carrying
Amateur Radio payloads -- TOMSK TPU-120 (RS04S), with FM voice
announcements on 437.025 MHz; Tanusha-SWSU-1 (RS-6S) with FM voice
announcements and AX.25 9,600 bps packet on 437.050 MHz, and
Tanusha-SWSU-2 (RS-7S) with FM voice announcements and on AX.25 9,600
bps packet on 437.050 MHz.
They set up the ISS repeater as a cross-band relay between 437.050 MHz
and 145.800 MHz at the last minute, because they were concerned about
getting telemetry from their satellites, which might be spinning more
than expected. They are hoping that the nearby receiver on the ISS
might be able to capture and retransmit telemetry not being received
up on the ground.
ARISS has advised that using the voice repeater for general contacts
can interfere with this mission. ARISS Ham Project Coordinator Kenneth
Ransom, N5VHO, noted that the FM cross band repeater has been a
capability of the onboard Kenwood D-700 transceiver since it was first
flown to the ISS in 2004.
"It has been utilized very little during that time, due to concerns by
the Russians that the unit might overheat," he said.
When the ARISS voice repeater is active and authorized for general
amateur voice contacts, the uplink is 437.800 MHz, and the downlink is
145.800 MHz. -- Thanks to ARISS and AMSAT News Service
Top-Level Domain Name ".radio" Now Available
The top-level domain (TLD) name ".radio" is now available to the radio
industry and Amateur Radio enthusiasts, and is reserved for
individuals and companies with active interest in the radio sector.
The .radio TLD can be used for web and e-mail addresses and will be
managed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with support from
other world broadcasting unions. Visit the .radio domains registration
site to request a .radio domain.
Individuals or entities in these categories will be accepted for the
use of a .radio domain:
Radio broadcasting stations
Unions of Broadcasters
Internet radios
Radio Amateurs
Radio professionals (journalists, radio hosts, DJs, etc.)
Radio-related companies selling radio goods and services
Radio products and services
One or more .radio domain name(s) can be requested during the launch
period, which ends on October 31, 2017. The cost for individual radio
amateurs is about $30, including tax.
"The EBU believes radio stations should be the focus of this new space
on the internet, and considers them our highest priority," the
announcement said. "However, other categories of applications from the
radio sector will also be considered during this phase."
EBU's .radio TLD Manager Alain Artero suggested that those in the
radio community may want to consider securing the integrity of their
web presence by requesting appropriate .radio domains "for defensive
reasons, initially."
"The TLD will be focused on content and matters specific to radio, and
we want to prevent speculation and cybersquatting in this TLD;
therefore, this extension will rapidly become a high-value internet
space for websites, mail systems, and other internet applications," he
continued.
The launch process will not be first come, first served. "The .radio
team will seek to optimize domain name allocation to solve contentious
issues and prioritize existing radio services," the EBU announcement
said.
Starting in November, first come, first served rules will apply,
although eligibility requirements remain the same.
For more information, visit www.nic.radio.
In Brief...
FCC's Updated Rules Governing Personal Radio Services Become Effective
on September 28: The FCC recently adopted a comprehensive
reorganization of and update to the rules governing the Personal Radio
Services (PRS). These include a wide variety of wireless devices used
by the general public for personal communication, including handheld
Family Radio Service (FRS) transceivers, radio-controlled models,
Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs), medical implant devices, and others.
In addition to the updated rule changes, the FCC enhanced the General
Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) to allow new digital applications, allot
additional interstitial channels, and extend license terms from 5 to
10 years. It also allotted additional channels to the FRS and
increased allowable power on certain FRS channels from 0.5 W to 2 W.
It also updated the Citizens Radio Service (CB) rules to allow
hands-free headsets, eliminate a restriction on DX communication, and
remove other outdated requirements. "These changes and others outlined
below will update PRS rules to be more in line with current public
demands for the services and will make the rules easier to read and
find information, while also removing outdated requirements and
removing unnecessary rules," the FCC said.
AMSAT Reports RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Completes P-POD Integration: AMSAT
Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, on August 15 delivered
RadFxSat (Fox-1B) CubeSat, built in partnership with Vanderbilt
University to Cal Poly University. RadFsSat/Fox-1B was successfully
integrated into the P-POD CubeSat deployment container on August 16
along with its pod-mates, MakerSat-0 and EagleSat. Launch
qualification vibration testing of the integrated P-POD was completed
on August 17. The P-POD will next be mounted on the ULA Delta II
rocket for launch no earlier than October 12. "Many thanks to the Cal
Poly, Tyvak, and NASA personnel who we performed the integration with,
to the MakerSat-0 and EagleSat team members, and to my west coast
AMSAT CubeSat wing man Al Vasso for a successful and fun day!" Buxton
said afterward. Uplink for Fox-1B is 435.250 MHz FM (67.0 Hz CTCSS);
Downlink is 145.960 MHz FM (with subaudible slow speed telemetry
data); 145.960 MHz 9600 baud FSK data. -- Thanks to AMSAT News Service
via Jerry Buxton, N0JY
Getting It Right!
The story, "Harvey Gains Hurricane Strength, Hurricane Watch and VoIP
Hurricane Nets Activate," in the August 24 edition of The ARRL Letter,
incorrectly attributed information from ARRL South Texas Section
Emergency Coordinator Jeff Walter, KE5FGA.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Average daily sunspot numbers and
solar flux declined over the August 24-30 reporting week. The average
daily sunspot number went from 39.9 to 33.3, while average daily solar
flux declined to 81.2 from 84.6.
The average planetary A index declined from 23.1 to 7.1, and average
mid-latitude A index went from 18.6 to 7.4.
The latest forecast shows the planetary A index at 30 on August 31;
35, 20, 12, and 8 on September 1-4; 5 on September 5-7; 10 and 8 on
September 8-9; 5 on September 10-12; 25 on September 13; 30 on
September 14-15; 25 and 12 on September 16-17; 8 on September 18-19; 5
on September 20-22; 10 on September 23-24; 8, 15, 25, 18, 15, and 8 on
September 25-30, and 5 on October 1-4.
Predicted solar flux is 89 on August 31; 91 on September 1-2; 89 on
September 3; 88 on September 4-6; 86 and 80 on September 7-8; 85 on
September 9-14; 88 on September 15-18; 85 on September 19-20; 82 and
80 on September 21-22, and 78 on September 23-25.
Sunspot numbers for August 24-30, 2017 were 43, 39, 35, 22, 17, 35,
and 42, with a mean of 33.3. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 78.8, 80.8,
77.5, 78.2, 81.6, 84.3, and 86.9, with a mean of 81.2. Estimated
planetary A indices were 11, 5, 5, 10, 4, 10, and 5, with a mean of
7.1. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 16, 7, 5, 6, 3, 10, and 5,
with a mean of 7.4.
The K7RA Solar Update in The ARRL Letter is a preview of the weekly
Propagation Bulletin, issued each Friday. The latest bulletin and an
archive of past propagation bulletins is on the ARRL website.
In Friday's bulletin, look for an updated forecast and reports from
readers, including one from QST's "The World Above 50 MHz" columnist
Jon Jones, N0JK, about a revival of 10-meter propagation. Send me your
reports or observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
September 1-3 -- G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest
September 2 -- Russian RTTY WW Contest
September 2 -- CWOps CW Open
September 2 -- Wake-Up! QRP Sprint (CW)
September 2 -- AGCW Straight Key Party
September 2-3 -- All Asian DX Contest (Phone)
September 2-3 -- Colorado QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
September 2-3 -- IARU Region 1 Field Day (SSB)
September 2-3 -- RSGB SSB Field Day
September 2-3 -- PODXS 070 Club Jay Hudak Memorial 80-Meter Sprint
(Digital)
September 3 -- WAB 144 MHz QRO Phone
September 3-4 -- Tennessee QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
September 4-5 -- MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint
September 5 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)
September 6 -- UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (Phone)
September 7 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW)
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Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
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 15-17 -- ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, St.
Louis, Missouri
September 22-23 -- W4DXCC/SEDCO Convention, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
September 23 -- Iowa State Convention, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
September 23 -- Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley,
Washington
September 29-30 - Wisconsin State Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September 30 -- North Dakota State Convention, West Fargo, North
Dakota
October 6-8 -- Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference, Bensalem,
Pennsylvania
October 7 -- South Carolina Section Convention, Rock Hill, South
Carolina
October 7-8 -- Great Lakes Division Convention, Brooklyn, Michigan
October 13-14 -- Florida State Convention, Melbourne, Florida
October 14 -- Pacific Northwest VHF Society Conference, Moses Lake,
Washington
October 20-22 -- Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, California
October 21 -- Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
October 22 -- Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut
October 28 -- Arizona State Convention, Maricopa, Arizona
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