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Aiming for a "Clean Sweep" is Big Part of ARRL November Sweepstakes'
Appeal
Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio Community
Set
The Doctor Will See You Now!
ARRL Foundation Announces the NEAR-Fest Memorial Scholarship
CW Gets the Message Through in Wake of Hurricane Irma
Tiny LF Signal Makes the Hop from Newfoundland to the UK
SSTV Goes Very High Profile
ARISS Invites Proposals to Host Amateur Radio Contacts with Space
Station Crew
QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA, SK
In Brief...
Getting It Right
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
Aiming for a "Clean Sweep" is Big Part of ARRL November Sweepstakes'
Appeal
For many, ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) is the premier ARRL fall
operating event, with the lure of a "Clean Sweep" being the ultimate
goal. The challenge of SS -- or "Sweeps" -- is to work as many
stations in as many of the 83 ARRL and Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)
sections as possible within the 24 available hours. The number of
sections worked is a score multiplier. Be the first in your
neighborhood to work all 83 and qualify for a "Clean Sweep" mug!
SS takes place on separate November weekends. The CW weekend is
November 4-6, and the phone (SSB) weekend is November 18-20. The
contest period for each contest begins at 2100 UTC on Saturday and
continues through 0259 UTC on Monday (remember that the shift back to
standard time occurs during the CW weekend). Stations may operate 24
hours of the available 30 hours. In a change this year, logs are due 5
days after each event. SS is a "domestic" contest with broad appeal,
and even stations with modest equipment and antennas can enjoy
success. Many stations like to operate in the QRP category (output of
5 W or less).
Given its origins in the traffic-handling realm, ARRL November
Sweepstakes has a lengthy exchange that replicates a radiogram
preamble. In SS, stations exchange:
A consecutive serial number (NR). ding zeros ahead of numbers less
than 100 is not required.
Operating category -- Q for Single Op QRP; A for Single Op, Low Power
(up to 150 W output); B for Single Op, High Power (greater than 150 W
output); U for Single Op, Unlimited, regardless of power; M for
Multioperator, regardless of power, and S for School Club.
Your call sign.
Check (CK) -- the last two digits of the year of first license for
either operator or station.
Section -- ARRL/RAC Section.
The SS Operating Guide package, available for download, explains how
to participate in Sweepstakes, including all rules and examples of log
formatting. Clubs or public service teams thinking about giving
Sweepstakes a try this year will find the guide a useful source for
information.
Records
For those hoping to break one of the current scoring records, there's
a high bar. For example, in SS CW, N2IC in New Mexico holds the
Single-Operator, High Power record with 255,520 points, set in 2009.
The Single-Operator, Low Power record of 213,144 points was set in
2015 by W2GD operating KP2M in the US Virgin Islands. The
Single-Operator, QRP record of 173,168 was set in 2002 by N6TR
operating W5WMU in Louisiana.
Some record holders in the phone (SSB) event include, for example,
KE3Q in the top spot, who operated WP3R in Puerto Rico to earn
identical 425,280-point scores in 2000 and 2002 in the
Single-Operator, High Power category. VE4GV has the Single-Operator
Low, Power crown with 308,160 points in 2000 from Manitoba. WA2GO
holds the Single-Operator, QRP SSB phone record with 189,920 points
from KL7Y in Alaska in 2001. SS CW and Phone records are also listed
for unlimited, multi-single, and school categories.
Rare Ones
Some ARRL/RAC sections are considered tough ones to work for a "Clean
Sweep." The often-elusive Northern Territories (NT) multiplier will be
on the air this year, however, as Gerry Hull, W1VE/VE1RM, takes the
helm of VY1AAA, remotely operating the station of J. Allen, VY1JA, in
Yukon Territory. Hull and Allen have done a lot of work on the system
on their respective ends of things.
Gerry Hull, W1VE, in New Hampshire at the helm of VY1AAA during ARRL
Field Day 2015.
"J has done a lot of work on the station, moving it to an outer
building, so it does not bother him when we operate," Hull told ARRL.
"The quad has been strengthened. A 160-meter double-L with a 70-foot
vertical section has been installed." He said the Alpha linear has
been repaired, there is remote antenna switching and azimuth control,
plus "small changes in the station to improve reliability." Allen has
been working on station wiring, too, he said. Hull shipped Allen a
500-foot roll of coaxial cable over the summer along with "many coax
connectors" and other odds and ends.
"A Sweep may be hard, given the conditions in the US Virgin Islands
and Puerto Rico," Hull allowed. According to FEMA, power has been
restored to less than one-third of customers in either location. He
said the VY1 station also will be active in the ARRL 160-Meter
Contest, December 2-3. Hull pointed out that all VY1AAA remote
operators must hold Canadian vanced amateur licenses.
Club Eligibility Lists
A new system is in place to submit club eligibility lists, either by
uploading a file of eligible members or by copying and pasting from a
list, right up until the time of the contest -- November 4 at 2100 UTC
in the case of SS CW, and November 18 at 2100 UTC in the case of SS
phone. Direct questions to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke,
W9JJ. -- Thanks to Gerry Hull, W1VE; Bart Jahnke, W9JJ
Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio Community
Set
Elements of the US Department of Defense will conduct a
"communications interoperability" training exercise November 4-6, once
again simulating a "very bad day" scenario. Amateur Radio and MARS
organizations will take part.
"This exercise will begin with a notional massive coronal mass
ejection event which will impact the national power grid as well as
all forms of traditional communication, including landline telephone,
cellphone, satellite, and internet connectivity," Army MARS Program
Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, explained in an announcement.
During the exercise, a designated DOD Headquarters entity will request
county-by-county status reports for the 3,143 US counties and county
equivalents, in order to gain situational awareness and to determine
the extent of impact of the scenario. Army and Air Force MARS
organizations will work in conjunction with the Amateur Radio
community, primarily on the 60-meter interoperability channels as well
as on HF NVIS frequencies and local VHF and UHF, non-internet linked
Amateur Radio repeaters.
Again this year, a military station on the east coast and the Fort
Huachuca, Arizona, HF station will conduct a high-power broadcast on
60-meter channel 1 (5,330.5 kHz) on Saturday from 0300 to 0315 UTC.
New this year will be an informational broadcast on Sunday, on
13,483.5 kHz USB from 1600 to 1615 UTC. Amateur Radio operators should
monitor these broadcasts for more information about the exercise and
how they can participate in this communications exercise, English
said.
"We want to continue building on the outstanding cooperative working
relationship with ARRL and the Amateur Radio community," English said.
"We want to expand the use of the 60-meter interop channels between
the military and amateur community for emergency communications, and
we hope the Amateur Radio community will give us some good feedback on
the use of both the 5-MHz interop and the new 13-MHz broadcast
channels as a means of information dissemination during a "very bad
day" scenario.
Contact English for more information or questions about this exercise.
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"QRP" is the topic of the new (October 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
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.
ARRL Foundation Announces the NEAR-Fest Memorial Scholarship
A new scholarship is available to radio amateurs. The New England
Amateur Radio Festival (NEAR-Fest) Memorial Scholarship, administered
by the ARRL Foundation, commemorates NEAR-Fest team members who have
become Silent Keys, and is intended to provide funding toward the
educational expenses of a currently licensed Amateur Radio operator
who is pursuing a post-secondary education.
Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents, reside in the
ARRL New England Division (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts), and have held an Amateur Radio
license for at least 1 year prior to the date of application.
Preference will be given in descending order of license class as well
as to applicants pursuing full-time studies at a 4-year undergraduate
degree-granting institution, pursuing post-graduate studies (any
degree), or enrolled in radio communications at a 2-year technical
school.
The initial scholarship will be awarded for the 2018-2019 academic
year. Scholarships are for the exclusive use of the winner to be
applied to tuition, books, mandatory fees, on-campus housing, and
other bona fide educational expenses.
The ARRL Foundation is currently accepting applications from eligible
radio amateurs pursuing higher education. More than 80 scholarships
ranging from $500 to $5,000 will be awarded in 2018. All applicants
must submit a completed online application. Transcripts are due by
February 15, 2018.
CW Gets the Message Through in Wake of Hurricane Irma
Any CW operator worth his or her salt will tell you that CW is the
mode that gets through when all others fall short of the mark. CW
certainly did the job for Chet Hogue, N3BK, who handled dozens of
messages for residents of Florida's Lower Keys in the days following
Hurricane Irma in September.
"A message from a Big Pine Key man to his girlfriend, who evacuated
with their young daughter and was waiting to hear how he weathered the
storm, was one of about 80 sent out over the airwaves by ham radio
enthusiast Chet Hogue in the days following Irma's destruction,"
reporter Katie Atkins wrote in The Keynoter in describing Hogue's
activity.
Chet Hogue, N3BK. [Photo courtesy of Chet Hogue, N3BK]
"Things here are still incredibly a mess!" Hogue told ARRL this week.
The Summerland Key charter captain, known as "Captain Chester,"
weathered the storm in place. He noted that the primary frequencies
handling traffic were quite busy, so he got on CW, which, he told
Atkins, allowed him "to relay messages clearly." He operated from a
station at his home as well as from his boat.
According to the news report, Hogue would transmit message traffic
gathered from residents trying to get in touch with family and friends
outside the area. He urged anyone interested in Amateur Radio to visit
the ARRL website. "It's just neat, this system," he told Atkins. "With
a piece of wire and a car battery, you can talk around the world."
Hogue told ARRL that he "escaped" to the Keys in 2010 after recovering
from an injury suffered in a vehicle accident. "I haven't been active
in some time, but have kept my 'bug-out bag' ready for just this
situation," he said. "[This] was my first emergency, as it was for
many who passed traffic for me."
Hogue's father -- also Chester -- is N3VA, and his dad and some of his
friends got him interested in Amateur Radio. Hogue entered the
military as a teenager and, he said, realized the vital importance of
communication.
Hogue used a 100 W radio powered from deep-cycle marine batteries, a
G5RV antenna on shore and a fiberglass vertical antenna on his charter
boat. He kept a handwritten log on a piece of cardboard.
"This is a good reason for all of us to learn CW and use it on the
bands, and become skilled at sending and receiving CW," remarked
Whitey Doherty, K1VV, a CW stalwart who shared the news story with
ARRL Headquarters. -- Thanks to "Captain Chester" Hogue, N3BK, The
Keynoter, and Whitey Doherty, K1VV
Tiny LF Signal Makes the Hop from Newfoundland to the UK
For Joe Craig, VO1NA, in Torbay, Newfoundland, things have been pretty
exciting lately on VLF (very low frequency). He's among the early MF,
LF, and VLF experimenters in North America -- active even before
Canada allocated Amateur Radio bands in that part of the spectrum. He
believes he accomplished a "first" for a Canadian radio amateur on
October 22, when his very VLF, very QRP signal on 8.27 kHz (that would
be the 36-kilometer band) was copied in the UK.
Now, this is a coil! The VLF loading coal at VO1NA.
"After much effort on both sides of the pond, SWL Paul Nicholson in
Todmorden finally copied a three-letter message," he told ARRL. "It's
the lowest-frequency transatlantic message, made possible because of
Paul's EbNaut coherent BPSK mode and DL4YHF's Spectrum Lab spectrum
analyzer." Even more amazing: The power was 10 µW ERP. Craig is
permitted to run 10 mW by regulator ISED Canada (formerly Industry
Canada). The transmission path was more than 3,500 kilometers
(approximately 2,170 miles).
VLF signals have been copied across the Atlantic in the past. In March
2014, a very slow-speed (QRSS) CW signal on 29.499 kHz, transmitted by
Bob Raide, W2ZM, a New York Experimental licensee, initially was
detected in the UK by Nicholson. In June 2014, Dex McIntyre, W4DEX, in
North Carolina, transmitted an EbNaut signal on 8.971 kHz, while
running on the order of 150 µW effective radiated power. Nicholson
detected that signal too. McIntyre needed no FCC license to transmit
on 8.971 kHz, because the Commission has not designated any
allocations below 9 kHz, dubbed "the Dreamers' Band."
Craig's transmission from Newfoundland began at 2300 UTC on October 22
and ended 7 hours later. "Paul replied by e-mail the following day
with the correct message," Craig said, "and there was much rejoicing
across the pond and in the Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland!"
VO1NA's "Tower A." His VLF antenna is attached to the second guy
station at this point. [Joe Craig, VO1NA, photo]
Craig said that Nicholson had detected a carrier from VO1NA this past
spring, but it was not stable enough to send a message.
DL4YHF's Spectrum Lab, with a GPS module output signal used to
calibrate the computer and help from DF6NM and DK7FC, worked much
better, Craig said. "Paul measured the phase for a few days before the
message was sent. With the new high-stability carrier, Paul got me on
the first call."
The final stage of his VLF transmitter is what Craig described as "the
very Canadian Traynor Group One/SC stage amplifier" from the 1970s. He
says his is "the only known VLF transmitter in Newfoundland and
Labrador." His antenna, by the way, is approximately 100 meters
(approximately 328 feet) of #12 copper wire, about 12 meters high on
average.
Craig's blog offers more information.
SSTV Goes Very High Profile
In late September, University of Alaska-Fairbanks researcher Chris
Fallen, KL3WX, was attempting to produce an RF-induced airglow -- or
artificial aurora -- using the High Frequency Active Auroral Research
Program (HAARP) facility near Gakona, Alaska, to warm up the
atmosphere. Clouds hampered his experiment, but Fallen alerted his
Twitter followers that he also had embedded a few Slow-Scan Television
(SSTV) frames in the powerful HAARP signal, which were copied in
British Columbia and in Colorado.
"The SSTV images, aside from being a fun way to engage hams in some of
the ionosphere-heating science performed at HAARP, will be useful for
understanding radio propagation from Arctic or high-latitude sources,"
Fallen told ARRL.
HAARP consists of multiple transmitters feeding 180 phased-arrays and
is capable of producing 3.6 MW (that's megawatts) of RF. HAARP's
signal is essentially aimed straight up.
The assistant professor at the UAF's Geophysical Institute transmitted
two UAF logos, a photo of his cat -- appearing as a giant feline next
to the HAARP antenna field, and -- most unusual -- a QR code granting
the recipient 0.001 Bitcoin. The SSTV images were not the best, and
you almost need to use your imagination to make out the cat.
His transmissions were on three discrete frequencies in the 2.8 MHz
range. Fallen used different frequencies and antenna phase settings to
determine if those factors would affect the airglow.
"I used Scottie-1 encoding for the images, because it is widely used
in North America and the ~120-second duration fit nicely into the
airglow experiment," Fallen said. "The antenna was directed toward the
HAARP magnetic zenith, which, at ~75° elevation, is nearly vertical
but has often been found by previous scientists to maximize artificial
airglow."
Fallen told ARRL he still has some HAARP time left from his September
campaign, although he's not certain what he'll use it for. His next
opportunity to experiment further won't be until early next spring.
HAARP conducts just two experimental campaigns a year, due to staff
and funding constraints. Read more.
ARISS Invites Proposals to Host Amateur Radio Contacts with Space
Station Crew
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
is seeking proposals from US schools, museums, science centers, and
community youth organizations to host Amateur Radio contacts in 2018
with a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The
deadline to submit proposals is November 15. Contacts would be
scheduled between July 1 and December 31, 2018.
Each year, ARISS provides tens of thousands of students with
opportunities to learn about space technologies and space
communication via Amateur Radio. The program provides learning
opportunities by connecting students to astronauts aboard the ISS
through a partnership that includes NASA, ARRL, AMSAT, and worldwide
space agencies. The program's goal is to inspire students worldwide to
pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) through Amateur Radio.
"Educators have overwhelmingly reported that student participation in
the ARISS program inspires an interest in STEM subjects and careers,"
ARISS said in announcing the proposal window. "Ninety-two percent of
educators who have participated in the program have indicated that
ARISS provided ideas for encouraging student exploration, discussion,
and participation, while 78% said that ARISS was effective in
stimulating student interest in STEM."
The ARISS website has additional details on expectations, proposal
guidelines, and the proposal form. -- Thanks to ARISS
QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA, SK
QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher and Editor Carl Smith, N4AA, of
Asheville, North Carolina, died on October 20. An ARRL member, he was
77 and had been a radio amateur and DXer for more than 6 decades.
Smith and his late wife Miriam, KB4C, bought the two publications'
parent, DX Publishing, in 1997.
"Carl was a ham's ham, as he dabbled in many aspects of our great
hobby," The Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR, observed. "He did a
lot for Amateur Radio over the years."
Licensed in Kansas City in 1954 as WN0YFT (later W0YFT), Smith served
in the US Air Force from 1958 until 1966. He became W4NQA after moving
to North Carolina. From 1968 until 1970, he was on the ARRL
Headquarters staff and held the call sign W1ETU. When he moved to
Virginia in 1970, he regained W4NQA and, after moving back to North
Carolina, obtained N4AA in 1976.
An avid DXer and at the top of the DXCC Honor Roll, Smith was inducted
into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 2012.
Smith was a member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC). He
re-established QCWA Chapter 145 for the primary purpose of
establishing the Southern Appalachian Radio Museum -- now the
Asheville Radio Museum -- on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe
Community College. He also was a long-time Roanoke Division Assistant
Director. For many years, he was the owner and manager of Georgetown
Communications, an Amateur Radio store in Asheville.
Smith was among the founders of the SouthEastern DX and Contesting
Organization (SEDCO) W4DXCC Convention, and his wife's call sign is
used on the air at the annual convention and for various operating
activities. Read more.
In Brief...
Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite Transponders
Activated: The Amateur Radio linear (SSB/CW) inverting transponders on
the CAS-4A and CAS-4B satellites were activated on October 18.
CAMSAT's Amateur Radio payloads piggybacked on the optical
remote-sensing micro-satellites OVS-1A (CAS-4A) and OVS-1B (CAS-4B),
launched on June 15. CAS-4A (call sign BJ1SK) has a CW telemetry
beacon on 145.855 MHz, and 4.8 kB GMSK telemetry on 145.835 MHz. The
uplink is 435.220 MHz, the downlink is 145.870 MHz (20 kHz passband).
CAS-4B (call sign BJ1SL) has a CW telemetry beacon on 145.910 MHz, and
4.8 kB GMSK telemetry at 145.890 MHz. The uplink is 435.280 MHz, the
downlink is 145.925 MHz (20 kHz passband). -- Thanks to Southgate
Amateur Radio News via AMSAT-UK
November 2017 Frequency Measuring Test Set: Frequency Measuring Test
(FMT) manager Connie Marshall, K5CM, promised something "a little
different" for the fall FMT, which begins on November 3 at 0200 UTC.
Instead of measuring a single frequency, this test will measure a pair
of frequencies -- a "two-tone" test. Although the two frequencies will
not jump back and forth at the rate of an actual FSK signal,
participants will be measuring both signals and the shift between
them. The test will be conducted on 80 and 40 meters. Following the
call up, the test signals will begin on the announced frequency. This
is the lower of the two test signal frequencies. Approximately 1
minute later, the test signal will stop and resume on the second,
somewhat higher frequency. The shift between the frequencies will be
approximately the same as a standard 170 Hz shift RTTY signal. Your
job is to measure the frequency of the initial, lower frequency RF
signal, and the audio frequency (AF) shift between the two test
signals. Details are on the Frequency Measuring Tests page.
QCWA Honors William Orr, W8NPU, with its 80th Anniversary Award: The
Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) has honored centenarian
and ARRL member William (Bill) Orr, W8NPU, of Columbus, Ohio, with its
80th Anniversary Award. QCWA member Don Fuhr, K8KSM, presented Orr
with the framed award certificate. Orr has been licensed for 82 years.
While he is no relation to the Bill Orr, W6SAI, his story nonetheless
is an interesting one. According to the QCWA, Orr earned his
commercial 2nd class radiotelephone license at age 18 in 1935 and
began a lengthy career in radio and television broadcast engineering.
On the basis of his success in obtaining the 2nd class commercial
ticket, he also was granted a Class A Amateur Radio license. Orr
previously held WA6NKM. The QCWA award presentation took place at
Orr's home, which he shares with his wife, Mary. -- Thanks to Ken
Oelke, VE6AFO, QCWA
Getting It Right
The article "'Force of 50' Volunteers' Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery
Mission Ends," in the October 19 edition of The ARRL Letter,
incorrectly characterized the SHARES (SHAred RESources) HF radio
program. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
website, SHARES "coordinates a voluntary network of government,
industry, and disaster response agency HF radio stations used for
emergency communications. SHARES supports government (federal, state,
and county), critical infrastructure, and nationwide or multi-state
disaster response organizations in two ways: By transmitting emergency
messages when normal communications systems are destroyed or
unavailable, and by providing HF radio channels for interoperability."
SHARES is a program of the National Coordinating Center for
Communications (NCC), a division of the DHS National Cybersecurity and
Communications Integration Center (NCCIC).
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity increased over the
past couple of weeks, with average daily sunspot numbers at 13.4 for
the October 19-25 reporting period, compared to 1.7 over the previous
7 days. The average daily solar flux increased from 70.5 to 76.7 over
the same 2 weeks.
The reason for the radically different averages is that over the past
week there were just 2 days with no sunspots, and the previous week
had no sunspot activity on 6 of the 7 days.
The average daily planetary A index was 11.6, declining from 21.1 to
11.6, and the average daily mid-latitude A index decreased from 16.7
to 9.1.
The predicted solar flux for the near term is 79 and 78 on October
26-27; 77 on October 28-29; 76 on October 30-November 1; 77 on
November 2; 85, 84, and 82 on November 3-5; 80 on November 6-17; 82 on
November 18-19; 84 on November 20; 85 on November 21-30; 84 and 82 on
December 1-2, and 80 on December 3-9.
Predicted planetary A index is 24, 16, 10, and 8 on October 26-29; 5
on October 30-31; 8 and 10 on November 1-2; 5 on November 3-6; 28, 30,
40, 28, 26, and 8 on November 7-12; 5 on November 13-14; 12, 10, 8, 6,
and 5 on November 15-19; 18, 45, 40, 18, and 12 on November 20-24; 10,
8, 5, 8, and 10 on November 25-29; 5 on November 39-December 3; 28,
30, 40, 28, 26, and 8 on December 4-9.
Sunspot numbers for October 19-25 were 0, 0, 11, 13, 23, 23, and 24,
with a mean of 13.4. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 73.4, 75.7, 76.5,
77.3, 78, 77.5, and 78.8, with a mean of 76.7. Estimated planetary A
indices were 12, 8, 10, 6, 6, 18, and 21, with a mean of 11.6.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 9, 5, 13, 6, 3, 13, and 15, with
a mean of 9.1.
Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
October 28-29 -- Araucaria VHF Contest (CW, phone)
October 28-29 -- CQ World Wide DX Contest (SSB)
November 1 -- UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (Phone)
November 2 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)
November 4-6 -- ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information. For in-depth
reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest
Update via your ARRL member profile e-mail preferences.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
November 4-5 -- Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
November 11 -- HamJam Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia
November 18-19 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
December 2 -- Arkansas DX Association's 50th Anniversary Convention,
North Little Rock, Arkansas
December 8-9 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City,
Florida
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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