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Amateur Radio Volunteers Respond to Historic Hurricane Irma
Help the Ham Aid Response Effort in Florida and the US Virgin Islands
Emergency Net Activated in Wake of Earthquake in Mexico
The Doctor Will See You Now!
QST Announces 2017 Antenna Design Competition Winners
Collegiate Amateur Radio Symposium Holds Second Annual Meeting
Not All "Intruders" on Ham Bands are Illegal -- But a Lot of Them Are
Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD, Tapped as New NCJ Editor
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
Amateur Radio Volunteers Respond to Historic Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma is history, but the recovery continues. ARRL West
Central Florida (WCF) Section Manager Darrell Davis, KT4WX -- who is
also Hardee County Emergency Coordinator -- reported that the storm's
eye passed over the Hardee County emergency operations center just
before midnight EDT on September 10. The storm, which left death and
destruction in its wake, eventually moved inland, carrying with it
heavy rainfall and consequent additional flooding. By mid-week, FEMA
had flagged most of the Florida peninsula for "significant river
flooding," imminent or occurring. Irma also has left many in Florida
without electrical power.
Hurricane Irma, as seen from the International Space Station. [NASA
photo]
Davis said he was grateful for the Ham Aid equipment -- four hand-held
transceivers and one mobile transceiver -- that ARRL sent to Florida
as Irma's arrival was imminent. The once-powerful and persistent
Category 5 hurricane made landfall near Naples, Florida, on September
10 as a Category 2 storm, after raking the Florida Keys.
Thirty Florida counties were under mandatory evacuation orders, and
thousands took advantage of Red Cross shelters.
SKYWARN nets activated in the West Central Florida Section and
elsewhere to gather severe weather information, and Florida's
Statewide Amateur Radio Network (SARnet) conducted a coordination and
assistance net to help communicate between the county EOCs and the
State EOC and to provide assistance to Amateur Radio operators in
other ways, time permitting. The priority during the weekend was
tactical shelter communication, EOC communication, and SKYWARN nets as
Hurricane Irma approached.
"At our own EOC, the data from APRS stations was very important to our
decision makers in the EOC to allow Fire and EMS back on the road,
post storm," Davis reported. "Our repeater went off the air due to
power failure. I went to reverse and listened to the repeater input
and transmitted on the output, and we maintained communications
through the storm."
Davis said the Ham Aid mobile transceiver went to the area's special
needs shelter, primarily due to the fact that a handheld's signal was
hampered by the building.
Hurricane Irma damage in Greenacres, Florida. [KA4EPS photo, via VoIP
WX Net Facebook page]
Northern Florida SM and Florida Emergency Support Functions 2 (ESF2 --
communications) Liaison Steve Szabo, WB4OMM, said on September 13 that
the Florida EOC may need Amateur Radio operators to provide
communication support in the Florida Keys. Volunteers will need a
dual-band handheld with earphone/headset, external gain antenna, spare
batteries, and a charger. Food and sleeping quarters are available,
but responders must be self-sufficient for other personal needs.
Deployment requests will vary.
"Do not self-deploy," Szabo stressed. "These missions will be filled
through the State of Florida EOC ESF2 Liaison." Interested hams should
register, selecting "Casework/Recovery" under Type of Work, and
"Amateur Radio" under Volunteer Skills. Potential volunteers will be
notified and can accept or decline an assignment. Volunteers may be
required to pass a background check.
The Salvation Army Team Emergency Network (SATERN) was on extended
monitoring status from September 6 until September 13 for Hurricane
Irma.
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) stood down on September 11 after more
than 6 days of activation for Irma as well as for hurricanes José and
Katia. "Once Irma was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, our focus
shifted to collecting post-storm reports and handling emergency and
priority traffic only," HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, said. He
anticipated that nets such as the HWN would "be busy for days"
handling health-and-welfare, emergency, and priority traffic. At
mid-week, the HWN was at at Alert Level 2 -- Monitoring Mode, keeping
an eye on now-Tropical Storm José.
Faith Hannah, AE4FH, in DeLand, Florida, was among those checking into
the Hurricane Watch Net.
As if Earth's weather was not bad enough already, an X-class solar
flare at around midday on Sunday, September 10, hobbled the HF bands.
The widespread communication blackout lasted for nearly 3 hours and
"could not have happened at a worse time," Graves said. "But," he
added, "we cannot control Mother Nature, only work around her."
Earlier solar flares also had affected HF propagation.
The VoIP Hurricane Net activated over the weekend to track the impact
of Irma as well as of Hurricane Katia, which made landfall on the
coast of southeastern Mexico. The activation continued until September
11. A listing of reports received from Amateur Radio operators on the
VoIP Hurricane Net, weather stations monitored across the region, and
relayed reports from social media are on the VoIP Hurricane Net
viewer.
Puerto Rico fared better than had been expected. "We were lucky that
all we got were tropical storm winds," said Puerto Rico Section Public
Information Coordinator Angel Santana-Diaz, WP3GW, adding that the
storm did down some trees on the island. While electrical power was
up, there was still no water, Santana said on September 11.
Strees were flooded and boats tossed onto shore in Cuba. [Photo
courtesy of the FRC]
"Some repeater systems did operate without problems," Santana-Diaz
said. "Our Section Emergency Coordinator remained in contact with the
Red Cross," he said, and on September 9, ham volunteers went to the
island of Culebra to establish HF communication there to keep in touch
with the Red Cross office in San Juan, where ARRL Puerto Rico Section
Manager Oscar Resto, KP4RF, was stationed. More than 350 Puerto Rico
residents took advantage of Red Cross shelters, while another 150 or
so evacuated to shelters in the US Virgin Islands. Santana-Diaz said
the Friendly Net and Caribbean Emergency Weather Net (CEWN) were
active too.
In Cuba, Irma caused destruction from one end of the island to the
other. Cuban Amateur Radio Federation (FRC) information officer Joel
Carrazana Valdés, CO6JC, said some 1,200 radio amateurs from all over
Cuba "were active at the disposal of the defense councils, providing
one of the more valuable and necessary services."
Radio Miami International (WRMI) reported on its Facebook page that
Hurricane Irma did extensive damage to the station's
studio/transmitter site in Okeechobee, Florida.
"Two antenna towers are down and many poles holding transmission lines
are also down. Power went out at around 2030 UTC Sunday, and it may
not be restored for days. Meanwhile, all transmitters are off the
air," WRMI reported.
The WRMI antenna towers in better days.
"We are off the air since Sunday night," WRMI Manager Jeff White told
ARRL. With internet service also out, the station doesn't even have a
livestream outlet. The Okeechobee site includes 14 transmitters (most
of them 100 kW) and 23 antennas beamed in 11 different directions
around the globe.
As Irma stormed the Caribbean, Amateur Radio was a crucial link in the
US Virgin Islands. Section Manager Fred Kleber, K9VV, was in contact
with the Red Cross and getting considerable help from FEMA, the
National Guard, and US Navy vessels. He told ARRL on September 7 that
responders were in search-and-rescue mode on St. Thomas, St. John's,
and St. Croix -- all of which were severely impacted. Work continued
on evacuating people from the islands in St. Thomas Harbor, damaged
hospitals, and other buildings, and providing shelter. Traffic was
being passed from Kleber's location to stations in Puerto Rico and to
the Hurricane Watch Net, but solar flares compromised communication.
W1AW at ARRL Headquarters was in monitoring mode through last Saturday
and activated on Sunday.
In Irma's wake, radio amateurs in the Eastern Caribbean have been
passing information into and out of the affected area, Eric Mackie,
9Z4CP, told ARRL on September 12. The Caribbean Emergency and Weather
Net (CEWN) has been using 7.162 MHz, 7.188 MHz, and 3.815 MHz, and has
requested clear frequencies.
Help the Ham Aid Response Effort in Florida and the US Virgin Islands
Due to this busy hurricane season, ARRL's inventory of Ham Aid kits
has been severely depleted. ARRL's Ham Aid program loans Amateur Radio
equipment kits to established ARES and partner agencies during
disaster response, in order to establish Amateur Radio communications
support.
W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q (left), and ARRL Emergency
Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, pack Ham Aid gear for shipment.
ARRL has been supplying Ham Aid kits for the Hurricane Irma emergency
response efforts in Florida and the US Virgin Islands. Thanks to Tim
Duffy, K3LR, of DX Engineering, for quickly processing ARRL's purchase
of six HF transceivers, which enabled Ham Aid to respond within 24
hours to an equipment request from the US Virgin Islands. ARRL used
FEMA resources for shipping, and the gear is on its way via contracted
courier to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where it will be staged for
deployment.
More Ham Aid equipment is needed for future requests. Please help ARRL
in this effort by contributing to the Ham Aid Fund, which is used to
purchase new equipment as well as to refurbish/repair previously
deployed equipment. Your contributions to Ham Aid are 100% tax
deductible. To make a donation online, go to
https://www.arrl.org/arrl-donation-form and select "Ham Aid" from the
ARRL donation form. To donate by mail, follow the instructions on the
web page, noting "Ham Aid" on the memo line of your check.
Emergency Net Activated in Wake of Earthquake in Mexico
The National Emergency Net of the FMRE -- Mexico's national Amateur
Radio association -- activated on 7.060 MHz (the net also operates on
3.690 and 14.120 MHz) to handle any emergency traffic after a
late-evening earthquake occurred off Mexico's coast on September 7.
Radio amateurs not involved in the earthquake disaster should avoid
those frequencies, if active.
The potent magnitude 8.2 earthquake off Mexico's Pacific Coast -- the
strongest in 100 years -- resulted in multiple fatalities. The tremor
was felt around Central America. At 0500 UTC, Jose Arturo Molina,
YS1MS, reported feeling a strong temblor within a few minutes of the
earthquake in Chiapas, near Mexico's border with Guatemala. In
Honduras, Antonio Handal, HR2DX, located on the North Coast, also
reported feeling the quake. A state of emergency continues in southern
Mexico, and new aftershocks occurred this week, raising the
possibility that the National Emergency Net (RNE) could reactivate on
7.060 and 14.120 MHz. -- Thanks to IARU Region 2 Coordinator Cesar Pio
Santos, HR2P, for some information
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"How High is High Enough" -- a discussion on the effects of antenna
height -- is the topic of the latest 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
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podcast before, download our beginner's guide.
QST Announces 2017 Antenna Design Competition Winners
QST has announced the winners of its 2017 Antenna Design Competition.
Following a solicitation for entries earlier this year, members
submitted nearly 100 antenna designs in three categories: 160 Meters
and Lower Frequencies, 80 Through 10 Meters, and 6 Meters and Higher
Frequencies.
Winners will receive certificates and cash prizes. The winning designs
are also eligible for publication in QST and other ARRL media.
160 Meters and Lower Frequencies
First Prize: Theodore P. Algren, KA6W, "A Linear-Loaded Low-Angle
Radiating Delta Loop for 160"
Second Prize: Joseph H. Reisert Jr., W1JR, "160 Meter Unipole
Implementation"
Third Prize: Dave Ahlgren, K1BUK, "A Super Slinky Antenna for Top
Band"
80 Through 10 Meters
First Prize: Alan Christman, K3LC, and Joseph Johnson, K3RR, "A
Three-Element Reversible 80-Meter Vertical Moxon Yagi"
Second Prize: Jacek Pawlowski, SP3L, "Cat's Whiskers -- A Broadband
Multi-Loop Antenna"
Third Prize: Herb Allred, N4HA, "A 20-Meter Two-Element Wire 'IV'
Beam"
6 Meters and Higher Frequencies
First Prize: John Portune, W6NBC, "A Low Profile 2-Meter Mobile
Antenna"
Second Prize: David P. Finell, N7LRY, "A 2-Meter Quadrifilar Helix
Antenna"
Third Prize: Paul J. Kiesel, K7CW, "A 16-Element 6-Meter Collinear
Array"
Honorable Mentions
The judges also selected several entries for Honorable Mentions. While
these individuals will not receive prizes or certificates, their
designs will be eligible for publication in QST.
80 Through 10 Meters
Donald P. Crosby, W1EJM, "A Mechanically justable Flagpole Inverted L"
Roger Posthumus, WB2YQA, "An 80-10 Meter Vertical with Inductive
Isolation"
Richard Kiefer, K0DK, "A 40-Meter Rotatable Dipole on a 24 Foot, 20
Meter Yagi Boom"
Bernard Wehrli, HB9ALH, "An Optimum Height Inverted V for 20, 15, and
10 Meters"
Andrew Siegel, N2CN, "A Two-Element 40-Meter Wire Yagi"
Robert Perkins, W0JEE, and Bud Hammers, W5RPU, "A 1,200-foot
Horizontal Loop Antenna for MF through HF"
6 Meters and Higher Frequencies
Scott McCann, W3MEO, "A Portable Two-Element 6-Meter Yagi"
Yasuhiro Kawai, JH1KOJ, "Half Vivaldi; A Wide-Band Exponential
Antenna"
Axel H. Lehmann, DG3AL, "A Compact, Lightweight Moxon Array for 2
Meters and 70 Centimeters"
Hans E. Heyn, KB9MFQ, "A Horizontally Polarized 6-Meter Squalo for
SSB"
Collegiate Amateur Radio Symposium Holds Second Annual Meeting
The Amateur Radio Club at Yale University (W1YU) was the host for the
2nd annual Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative (CARI) forum at the
ARRL New England Division Convention, September 8-10, in Boxboro,
Massachusetts. ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, who -- in light of the
increasing number of reactivated and newly formed radio clubs at
colleges and universities -- has been a prime mover behind the League
initiative, opened the session. Four presentations by participating
institutions followed.
Sean Barnes, N3JQ, of Harrisburg Academy, a prep school in
Pennsylvania, led off the presentations by sharing how ham radio fits
into the curriculum at his small private school, where all physics
students earn their Technician licenses while studying
electromagnetics. Barnes said he recently compiled a matrix of 329
collegiate Amateur Radio stations for CARI, and he spent a portion of
his presentation explaining the methods he used to create the
database, as well as plans for its use and future maintenance.
Scott Westerman, W9WSW, from Michigan State University, outlined
simple promotional approaches for collegiate radio clubs to increase
membership. Undaunted by the fact that Hurricane Irma caused the
cancellation of his travel plans, Westerman addressed the forum via
Skype. Westerman's own website is dedicated to Amateur Radio club
growth.
Captain Matthew Sherburne, KF4WZB, and a contingent of appropriately
attired US Military Academy cadets, took the stage to recount the
revitalization of the West Point Amateur Radio Club. Sherburne
emphasized the importance of installing cutting-edge technology when
setting up a new station, and making sure there's plenty of power
available for present and future needs. He also discussed the delicate
issue of installing antennas at historical properties such as West
Point.
West Point Club members and cadets Jonathan Morton, KE8EBT; Logan
Leahy, KD2MWT; Michala Wyrsch, and Christina Harris shared their
experiences as members of the club, including remote operations.
W1YU President Scott Matheson, N3NFP.
Case Western Reserve University Amateur Radio Club Faculty visor David
Kazdan, AD8Y, Treasurer Nathaniel Vishner, KB1QHX, and Vice
President-Secretary Rachel Boedicker, AC8XY, discussed the
University's Amateur Radio activities. Amateur Radio at Case is
intertwined with the electrical engineering curriculum, and Kazdan
spoke about the role of the faculty advisor in the collegiate club and
the importance of working collaboratively with the engineering faculty
to promote and grow a collegiate club.
The forum concluded with a round table discussion about the state of
college Amateur Radio, moderated by W1YU President Scott Matheson,
N3NFP, who earned his Amateur Extra-class license at the convention.
Participants shared challenges and ideas regarding what works and what
doesn't when rebuilding a collegiate club. Read more.
Not All "Intruders" on Ham Bands are Illegal -- But a Lot of Them Are
The monthly newsletter of the International Amateur Radio Union Region
1 Monitoring Service (IARUMS) typically makes for some interesting
reading. While the reports that come from more than 2 dozen
contributors can be a bit visually dense, the content conveys the
impression that that there are myriad intruders on the Amateur Radio
bands. However, not all of them are illegal, as IARUMS points out, but
a lot of the signals heard are not supposed to be where they were
monitored. The individual reports can be a bit humorous too.
A Chinese "foghorn" over-the-horizon radar on 20 meters. [Wolfgang
Hodel, DK2OM, photo]
"Get the grub, and I'll talk to you later this evening," was a snippet
of a conversation between two fishermen -- identified as Mick and Jack
-- that an Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) monitor overheard
on 3.570 MHz and reported to the IARUMS. The IRTS said the chatter was
accompanied on both sides by "loud motor noise," and, if that were not
sufficient detail, it pointed out that both men had Galway accents.
Intruding signals from fishing crews throughout IARU Region 1 are
commonplace.
More blatant are the repeat offenders, such as the "Chinese foghorn"
heard by over-the-horizon (OTH) radars on several frequencies in the
exclusive Amateur Radio 20-meter allocation, as well as on 15 and 40
meters. IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, said the
signals, 10 kHz wide and with 50 and 66.66 sweeps per second, transmit
in burst mode and often jump frequencies.
Some signals from military stations on non-exclusive Amateur Radio
allocations are legal. For example, the latest IARUMS newsletter cites
the STANAG-4285 military signal that showed up for a few days in
August on 5,361.8 kHz. The STANAG-4285 transmissions, coming from a
Navy facility in Aarhus, quit on August 28. "Many thanks to the Danish
Navy for leaving this frequency!" Hadel added, noting that the Danish
Navy is a primary user, and "We have to respect primary users!"
ding a little mystery and intrigue to the compilation was a report
from a radio amateur in the UK citing a "female voice with encrypted
messages" on 14.212 MHz, believed to originate with the Ukraine
Foreign Intelligence Service in Rivne.
In the "miscellaneous or bad news" category were some repeat
offenders, such as Radio Hargaysa in Somalia on 7,120.0 kHz; Radio
Eritrea and white noise interference from Radio Ethiopia persisting on
7,140.0 kHz and 7,180 kHz; a third harmonic of Radio Tajik on 4,765
kHz, showing up on 14,295.0 kHz; the Sound of Hope from Taiwan on
18,080 kHz; the Russian Navy's CW on 21,438.0 kHz, and Radio Iran "in
burst mode" on 28,960.0 kHz daily.
True intruders are those appearing on exclusive Amateur Radio
frequency allocations. Some domestic Amateur Radio HF allocations
outside Region 2 (the Americas), such as 7.200 to 7.300 MHz, are
either shared with other services or not available to radio amateurs.
Read more.
Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD, Tapped as New NCJ Editor
Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD, of Rochester, Minnesota, will assume the helm
of National Contest Journal (NCJ) starting with the January/February
2018 issue. He will succeed Pat Barkey, N9RV, who has served as NCJ's
editor since 2015. Licensed as a teenager in 1977, Wright is a very
active contester and operator.
Incoming NCJ Editor Scott Wright, K0MD.
"I started contesting actively in 2006 and enjoy all types of
contests," Wright said. "I've designed my home contest station to
perform well in the DX contests -- CQ WW, CQ WPX, ARRL DX, and
others." He has set up his station for SO2R (single operator, two
radio), or multi-one or multi-two contesting. He's also an active
DXer, with more than 315 DXCC entities to his credit.
An ARRL Life Member and Maxim Society member, Wright will become the
magazine's 16th editor. He is a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, and three of his four children are radio amateurs. Wright
has contested from outside the US, logging 10 years of activity from
Turks and Caicos Islands (VP5H on SSB and VP5S on CW) with Glenn
Johnson, W0GJ, and other members of the Minnesota Wireless Association
(MWA), where he's a member. He also has operated from Chile as
CE2/K0MD, and from China's B1Z club station.
Wright organized the 2008 and 2009 W0DXCC meetings, which largely
focused on contest station development. He founded the Rochester DX
and Contest Club to promote radiosport involvement in southern
Minnesota and northern Iowa. He also belongs to several DX clubs,
prefers CW, and is a lifetime CWOps member.
Wright said Barkey will continue as an NCJ advisor and contributor.
Published by ARRL, NCJ is mailed to subscribers six times a year. Read
more.
In Brief...
Two Radio Amateurs are Among Three New ISS Crew Members: After a
6-hour flight, astronauts Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, and Joe Acaba,
KE5DAR, and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin arrived at the International
Space Station on September 12. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz
MS-06 spacecraft from Kazakhstan, orbited Earth four times, and then
docked at the space station. The hatches between the spacecraft and
station opened early on September 13. The arrival of Vande Hei, Acaba,
and Misurkin restores the station's crew to six. They join Expedition
53 Commander Randy Bresnik and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy and
Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA. Once they've settled in, Acaba and Vande Hei
are expected to averate one or two -- and possibly as many as four --
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts a
week. That rate will drop when Nespoli leaves in December with Bresnik
and Ryazanskiy. Vande Hei, Acaba, and Misurkin are slated to return in
February.
Students from India and Russia Building SSTV CubeSAT: Students from
Russia and India are building an Amateur Radio CubeSat that will
transmit SSTV images from space, The Times of India reports. The
CubeSat Iskra-5 will commemorate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic
relationship between the two countries. It's being built by 20
students from Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and 9 from Indian
cities, including Chennai and Bangalore, through Space Kidz India. The
CubeSat is set to be transported to the International Space Station by
mid-October via a cargo flight, and it will be placed in orbit by a
cosmonaut during a spacewalk. The Iskra satellites were a series of
Soviet Amateur Radio communication satellites built by students and
radio amateurs at the Moscow Aviation Institute in the early 1980s.
Space Kidz India Founder Srimathy Kesan said the subsystems in the
satellite being built in MAI were made by Russian students, while the
outer cube was designed by Indian students. -- Thanks to AMSAT News
Service via AMSAT-UK
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Over the September 7-13 reporting
week, sunspot numbers and solar flux were lower, while geomagnetic
indicators were higher. The average daily sunspot number declined from
87.3 to 45, and the average daily solar flux dropped from 114.1 to
97.6.
The average daily planetary A index increased from 18 to 27.3, and the
average daily mid-latitude A index rose from 16.7 to 18.3.
Predicted solar flux is 75 on September 14-17; 77 on September 18-20;
85, 90, 92, 95, 98, 105, 110, 115, and 120 on September 21-29; 125 on
September 30-October 1; 120, 115, 110, 100, 95, 90, 85, 83, 81, and 84
on October 2-11; 83 on October 12-14; 84 on October 15; 85 on October
16-17; 88, 90, 92, 95, 98, 105, 110, 115, and 120 on October 18-26,
and 125 on October 27-28.
The predicted planetary A index is 28, 26, and 20 on September 14-16;
12 on September 17-20; 5 on September 21-22; 8, 5, 8, and 5 on
September 23-26; 20 on September 27-29; 18, 15, 12, and 8 on September
30-October 3; 5 on October 4-7; 7 and 12 on October 8-9; 30 on October
10-12; 20 and 10 on October 13-14; 5 on October 15-16; 8, 5, 5, 8, 5,
8, and 5 on October 17-23; 20 on October 24-26, and 18 and 15 on
October 27-28.
Here is a September 7 video from Dr. Tamitha Skov:
Sunspot numbers for September 7-13, 2017 were 94, 89, 49, 38, 23, 11,
and 11, with a mean of 45. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 128.5, 116.8,
107.2, 100.2, 79.9, 75.5, and 75.1, with a mean of 97.6. Estimated
planetary A indices were 38, 96, 6, 7, 11, 18, and 15, with a mean of
27.3. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 23, 50, 6, 12, 8, 16, and
13, with a mean of 18.3.
Send me your reports or observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
September 15 -- AGB NEMIGA Contest (CW, phone, digital)
September 16 -- QRP Afield (CW, phone, digital)
September 16 -- Feld Hell Sprint
September 16-17 -- ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest (CW, phone, digital)
September 16-17 -- SARL VHF/UHF Analog/Digital Contest
September 16-17 -- Scandinavian Activity Contest (CW)
September 16-17 -- All Africa International DX Contest (CW, phone,
digital)
September 16-17 -- Iowa QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
September 16-17 -- New Jersey QSO Party (CW, phone)
September 16-17 -- New Hampshire QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
September 16-17 -- Washington State Salmon Run (CW, phone, digital)
September 17 -- North American Sprint (RTTY)
September 17 -- BARTG Sprint 75 (Digital)
September 18 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)
September 20 -- RSGB 80-Meter Autumn Series (CW)
September 21 -- NAQCC CW Sprint
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
September 8-10 -- New England Division Convention, Boxboro,
Massachusetts
September 8-10 - NW APRS Summer Gathering, North Bend, Washington
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
November 4-5 -- Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
November 11 -- HamJam Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia
November 18-19 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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