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Amateur Radio Assets Active as Category 4 Hurricane Michael Makes
Landfall
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 Overhauls Marking Requirements for
Short Rural Towers
US Ham-Astronaut, Russian Cosmonaut Safe in Wake of Soyuz Launch
Failure
The Doctor Will See You Now!
International Space Station Crew Member Fires Up NA1SS to Seek Random
Contacts
MARS to Support Defense Department Radio Communication Readiness
Exercise
Climber Dies in Amateur Radio Tower Collapse
Minnesota Club Provides Support for "Ride The Ridges" Cycling Event
IARU Region 1 Volunteers and Partners Getting Behind WRC-19 50 MHz
Agenda Item
Radio Amateurs among Radio Club of America 2018 Award Recipients and
Fellows
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
Amateur Radio Assets Active as Category 4 Hurricane Michael Makes
Landfall
An array of Amateur Radio public service assets was active as
Hurricane Michael -- now a tropical storm -- made landfall near Mexico
Beach on the Florida Panhandle on October 10, with devastating 155 MPH
winds. The storm is believed to be the first Category 4 or stronger
hurricane to hit the Florida Panhandle, and the National Hurricane
Center (NHC) warned of life-threatening storm surge as well as
hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall.
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) activated on October 10 and closed
operations the following day.
WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio at the National Hurricane Center, was active
to receive observed weather information and data via Amateur Radio to
aid forecasters.
The VoIP Hurricane Net activated on October 10 to support
communication with the National Hurricane Center.
The Southern Territory Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network
(SATERN) stood down on October 11. SATERN was requested to provide
Amateur Radio operators for Pensacola, Panama City, Tallahassee, and
Tampa, as well as some local units in Georgia, and at Divisional
Headquarters in Atlanta.
The ARRL North Florida and West Central Florida sections assisted
SATERN with additional operators in Pensacola, Panama City,
Tallahassee, and Tampa. North Florida Section ARES was at Level 1
(full) activation.
Miller Norton, W4EMN, the Communications Watch Officer at the Duval
County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Jacksonville, Florida, was
monitoring SARnet -- a UHF-linked repeater network in Florida -- when
he heard an urgent call for help that needed to be sent to the State
EOC in Tallahassee. All other forms of communication were out, and
Norton was able to relay the message to via Amateur Radio. He also
passed along messages and requests from the Jackson County EOC to the
American Red Cross. Norton said officials in Tallahassee and Jackson
County were both incredibly grateful for the way the SARnet system
functioned during the weather emergency.
Jackson County Emergency Coordinator Ricky Whittington, KD4AST, is
deployed to the county EOC in Marianna.
"We took a direct hit by the center of the storm at 140 MPH," he told
Clay County ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator and Public
Information Officer Scott Roberts, KK4ECR. "[The] county maintenance
building across the road from the EOC was picked up and slammed into
the north side and over the roof of the EOC just prior to the eye
passing over."
The incident took out the HF antenna, which has since been restored.
Whittington said the internet failed, as did cell service for a while.
Hams have been passing material and resource orders to the State EOC
via HF and SARnet. Whitting reported "total devastation of Bay,
Jackson, and Gulf counties," with loss of electrical power and water
service, in addition to damage in Franklin, Holmes, and Leon counties.
"[The] only mode of communications after the eye came across was ham
radio, until we got minimal cell service a few hours ago," he
reported.
The ARRL Emergency Response Team has been coordinating with Field
Organization leadership in ARRL Sections affected by the storm, as
well as with WX4NHC, the HWN, VoIP Hurricane Net, Department of
Homeland Security SHARES, and US Army MARS.
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 Overhauls Marking Requirements for
Short Rural Towers
Thanks to ARRL efforts on Capitol Hill, language in the 2018 Federal
Aviation ministration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, just signed by
President Donald Trump, resolves the issue of problematic or
preclusive rules affecting some rural Amateur Radio towers. The
previous FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016 had instructed the FAA to
enact tower-marking requirements, similar to those in some state
statutes, aimed at improving aircraft safety in the vicinity of
meteorological evaluation towers (METs). These towers are typically
between 50 and 200 feet and set up in rural areas, often on short
notice. In the wake of fatal crop-dusting aircraft collisions with
METs, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) had recommended
that states institute laws, sometimes called "crop-duster" statutes,
requiring marking and registration of METs. While some state
crop-duster laws exempted ham radio towers, federal regulations dating
to the 1996 FAA Reauthorization Act did not, and ARRL had expressed
its concerns since.
"There is no evidence whatsoever that even one Amateur Radio antenna
below 200 feet has ever been involved in an aviation accident," ARRL
General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, said. "To impose painting and
lighting requirements on Amateur Radio antennas between 50 and 200
feet tall would preclude many, if not most, of the exurban, rural,
and, in some cases, suburban Amateur Radio antennas that are and will
be sited outside incorporated towns and cities. This would ironically
defeat the entire reason such antenna facilities are sited in those
environments: because rural and exurban areas are where such antennas
are permitted and the few areas where antennas are not precluded
entirely by private land use regulations."
Prior to 2017, per long-established FAA regulations, unless such short
radio towers were located within the glide slope of airports or
heliports, they were not required to be painted or lighted.
After attempting to address the issue through the FAA, ARRL's
legislative team met with staff members of Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
and other lawmakers and their staffs associated with the congressional
committees of jurisdiction. Senator Inhofe -- himself a pilot -- was
of the view that the 2016 legislation was excessive and that
exemptions should exist for both broadcast and Amateur Radio antennas
and support structures. "We worked with our close allies at the
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), [who were] afraid that
this legislation would have a large adverse effect on short broadcast
towers," Imlay recounted. "We also worked with the Association of
American Railroads, which has hundreds of short towers along rail
lines in rural areas that would have been affected."
Imlay said Section 576 of the large 2018 FAA reauthorization now
requires that the only towers less than 200 feet tall that have to be
painted and lighted are meteorological aids and those within the glide
slope of an airport or heliport. The remainder of such towers in rural
or agricultural areas lower than 200 feet need to only be included in
an FAA-maintained database, which will be updated by the owners of
such towers.
Imlay credited members of the ARRL Legislative vocacy team, as well as
Senator Inhofe and ARRL's broadcast and land mobile association
partners for getting the language revised in the new, 5-year
Reauthorization Act. "We consider this a big success for Amateur
Radio," Imlay said, "and it would not have been possible but for the
visibility that has been achieved for ARRL through our active Capitol
Hill advocacy for the Amateur Radio Parity Act."
US Ham-Astronaut, Russian Cosmonaut Safe in Wake of Soyuz Launch
Failure
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft crew launch to the International Space
Station (ISS) suffered a booster failure that resulted in an emergency
flight abort shortly after lift-off from Kazakhstan on October 11, but
the crew is safe. On board the Soyuz MS-10 were US Astronaut Nick
Hague, KG5TMV, and Russian Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin. NASA
ministrator Jim Bridenstine promised "a thorough investigation."
"Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the booster and the
launch ascent was aborted, resulting in a ballistic landing of the
spacecraft," Bridenstine said. "Search-and-rescue teams were deployed
to the landing site. Hague and Ovchinin are out of the capsule and are
reported to be in good condition." The pair has since been transported
to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. This was
Hague's first launch and Ovchinin's second.
Early this month, NASA issued a statement regarding the late-August
discovery of a 2-millimeter hole in the wall of the Soyuz capsule that
is now docked to the ISS. The resulting air pressure leak has since
been repaired. There is no indication the launch failure and the
mystery hole in the last Soyuz launched are connected.
Roscosmos said the hole was not drilled by accident, and posited that
it may have been drilled by a technician on the ground. Roscosmos
Director General Dmitry Rogozin earlier had ruled out a manufacturing
defect.
"[This] indicates that this is an isolated issue which does not
categorically affect future production," the NASA statement said.
"This conclusion does not necessarily mean the hole was created
intentionally or with mal-intent."
NASA and Roscosmos launched an investigation, and a November spacewalk
was planned to gather more information.
In the wake of the Soyuz failure, operations to transport ISS crew
members have been suspended. The current ISS crew of cosmonaut Sergey
Prokopyev and astronauts Serena Au??n-Chancellor, KG5TMT, and
Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO, is scheduled to return to Earth in December.
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"Winterizing Your Station" is the topic of the new (October 11)
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 email 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.
International Space Station Crew Member Fires Up NA1SS to Seek Random
Contacts
"Hello, America. This is the International Space Station. Who's out
there?"
And with that "CQ" of sorts on 145.800 MHz, NASA astronaut Serena
Au??n-Chancellor, KG5TMT, M.D., spent some time at the helm of NA1SS
on October 6 making casual, random contacts -- something that's fairly
rare these days. The ISS was on a pass that took the spacecraft up
along the east coast of the US at the time. In response to a question,
Au??n-Chancellor, who has been on station since June, told one caller
that she's been floating the entire time she's been in space.
Serena Au??n-Chancellor, KG5TMT, at work on the ISS. [NASA photo]
"We float every day. Float to work, float back to sleep. It is
awesome," she said.
Scott Chapman, K4KDR, of Montpelier, Virginia, edited a clip of
downlink chatter by the 42-year-old flight surgeon and flight
engineer.
"During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet
digipeater on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is
any activity on that frequency," Chapman said in a post to AMSAT-BB.
"For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the
astronauts was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening. Of
course I tried to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of
possible uplinks, and none of them were programmed into my radio. They
are now! It was a real thrill and, like so much of this hobby, a
learning opportunity."
Au??n-Chancellor is aboard the ISS as part of the Expedition 56/57
crew and is scheduled to return to Earth in December.
The Amateur Radio FM voice frequencies for stations in ITU Regions 2
and 3 are 145.800 MHz down and 144.490 MHz up. For stations in Region
1, the uplink frequency is 145.200 MHz.
MARS to Support Defense Department Radio Communication Readiness
Exercise
Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) members will support a
Department of Defense HF radio communication exercise on October 24 -
26. The readiness exercise will test the ability to communicate via
voice and military standard communication protocols, simulating the
loss of conventional communication systems.
MARS members will interface with the Amateur Radio community to
collect information at the county level regarding publicly available
information. At 0001 UTC on October 24, Amateur Radio operators are
asked to monitor 60-meter channel 1 (5,330.5 kHz, USB) for a
high-power broadcast of updated information regarding this exercise
and how the Amateur Radio community can participate.
During the exercise, MARS members will communicate with Amateur Radio
operators on all five 60-meter channels, as well as on other Amateur
Radio bands.
Contact MARS for more information regarding this exercise. As a
simulation, this exercise will not affect any public or private
communications or infrastructure. The exercise will end at 2359 UTC on
October 26.
ditionally, MARS members will participate in the HF automatic link
establishment (ALE) on-the-air exercise taking place on October 12 -
22.
Climber Dies in Amateur Radio Tower Collapse
A young Tennessee father of five is dead after the Amateur Radio tower
on which he was working collapsed due to a guy anchor letting go.
Thirty-year-old Ken Waddell was killed on September 29 while
attempting to erect a 70-foot Rohn 25G tower in Cookeville, Tennessee.
A professional tower climber, Waddell handled the tower job on a
freelance basis, rather than for his employer.
Kenneth Waddell.
According to media accounts, the new guy anchors were checked in
advance of putting up the tower. Waddell was getting ready to attach a
second set of guys at 70 feet when a guy at the 40-foot level let go,
taking him to the ground on the section where he was attached. He was
the only person on the tower when it fell, and died at the scene.
Waddell was the sole financial provider for his family, and a GoFundMe
campaign has been established. The Tower Family Foundation and the
Hubble Foundation have also reached out to assist Waddell's widow,
Cadie, and their five children. Both the Tower Family Foundation and
the Hubble Foundation are dedicated in part to providing financial
assistance and support to the families of tower workers injured or
killed in tower-climbing mishaps. -- Media accounts
Minnesota Club Provides Support for "Ride The Ridges" Cycling Event
Members of the Winona (MN) Amateur Radio Club (WARC) provided
communication support in mid-September for 300 riders taking part in
the "Ride The Ridges" bicycle tour. WARC said the region's scenic
hills and deep valleys present a communication challenge. Members
patrolled four routes -- ranging from 23 to 105 miles -- as well as
seven rest stops, working voice communication via a UHF repeater near
Winona and the Riverland Amateur Radio Club VHF repeater 30 miles away
in Wisconsin. APRS was used to track SAG and sweep vehicles and also
offered messaging capability.
Lance Tagliapietra, AD0UT, manages a large-screen display at the
ride's start and end, so friends and family could observe the progress
of the riders.
As a public awareness effort, a large-screen display at the ride's
start and end showed friends and family the progress of riders. With
cell coverage impaired by the terrain, the club installed two
temporary digipeaters to assure constant contact with the APRS units.
"We can bring technology to these events that the sponsoring
organizations don't have other access to," said Dan Goltz, WK0W, of
WARC. "We are there to enhance the event, and to provide a service,
not for our benefit but for theirs."
Fifteen club members volunteered for the September 15 event. Ride the
Ridges is a project of the Winona Rotary Club.
IARU Region 1 Volunteers and Partners Getting Behind WRC-19 50 MHz
Agenda Item
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) volunteers are continuing
their work toward a favorable outcome for World Radio Conference 2019
(WRC-19) Agenda Item 1.1, which seeks a 6-meter allocation for the
Amateur Radio Service in Region 1 in the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations Table of Frequency
Allocations. The effort is aimed at aligning the band with the 50 MHz
allocations in ITU Regions 2 and 3. In a news release, IARU Region 1
(IARU R1) President Don Beattie, G3BJ, described extensive work in
various forums and the ITU aimed at gaining support for a 6-meter band
in Region 1, rather than the current country-by-country allocations.
"IARU has represented the global voice of Amateur Radio in these
meetings, arguing that new applications in Amateur Radio require
significant bandwidth at 50 MHz and has set out a proposed utilization
of the band which supports its claim," Beattie said. He added that the
IARU has also engaged in extensive work on sharing studies using
propagation models recognized by the ITU and the European Conference
of Postal and Telecommunications ministrations (CEPT).
"The Amateur Service has met strong opposition from a few nation
states who argue that the 50 MHz band is already allocated to other
services in their countries -- following the closure of many
broadcasting stations in recent years which operated in this band --
and believe that sharing the band presents problems," Beattie said.
CEPT Project Team D has prepared two Agenda 1.1 options. The majority
of CEPT administrations actively participating in discussions
preferred one proposal for a 2 MHz secondary allocation. The second
option, the result of a major compromise and preferred by IARU and the
European Radio Amateurs' Organization (EURAO), would see a 500 kHz
primary allocation of 50.0 - 50.5 MHz, paired with a secondary
allocation of 50.5 - 52.0 MHz. Beattie said either option would be an
improvement over the status quo.
ditional meetings lie ahead, including a CEPT Conference Preparatory
Group (CPG) meeting in November, and the ITU Conference Preparatory
Meeting (CPM) in February.
"It is hoped that the cooperation between IARU and EURAO will continue
in future CEPT activities, which are relevant to Amateur Radio,"
Beattie said.
Radio Amateurs among Radio Club of America 2018 Award Recipients and
Fellows
The Radio Club of America (RCA) has named well-known academic,
entrepreneur, contester, and DXer Theodore "Ted" Rappaport, N9NB, as
the recipient of the 2018 Armstrong Medal. The Armstrong Medal is the
RCA's most prestigious honor. Rappaport is being honored for
"outstanding achievements and lasting contributions to the radio arts
and sciences and wireless communications." When the RCA began its
2018 Armstrong Medal recipient Ted Rappaport, N9NB. [Photo courtesy of
NYU]
recognition of outstanding achievement, its first award was presented
to Major Edward H. Armstrong for his invention of circuits that make
AM and FM radio possible, and for his lifetime of championing work
that established the foundation for modern radio technology.
Inventor and entrepreneur Nathan "Chip" Cohen, W1YW, of fractal
antenna and cloaking technology fame, will receive the RCA's Lee de
Forest Award for "significant contributions to the advancement of
radio communications." The award's namesake, de Forest, is credited
with inventing the Audion vacuum tube as an amplifier in radio
circuits. De Forest also popularized the word "radio" in the US, in
favor of the European term "wireless."
Lee de Forest Award winner Chip Cohen, W1YW.
Radio amateurs are among the recipients of several other 2018 RCA
awards:
Joseph Yurman, N2PFO: The Fred M. Link Award "for notable achievements
in land mobile radio communications."
Mark Allen, W6PC: The Edgar F. Johnson Pioneer Citation "in
recognition for noteworthy contributions to the success of RCA or the
radio industry."
Carroll Hollingsworth, K5CTT: The RCA Presidents Award "for service
and dedication to the Radio Club of America."
A complete listing of RCA Awards and previous recipients can be found
on the RCA website. Founded in 1909, the Radio Club of America is the
oldest, most prestigious group of wireless communications
professionals in the world. Members are dedicated to the wireless art
and science for the betterment of society. The Radio Club of America
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The RCA 2018 Awards Banquet and Technical Symposium will take place on
Saturday, November 17, at the Westin New York Times Square in New York
City. Read more.
In Brief...
Abby Finchum, AB1BY, at the helm of one of the Get on the Air stations
during NET2 in May 2018. [Photo courtesy of NET2/NEAR-Fest]
The New England Amateur Radio Festival (NEAR-Fest) and the Deerfield
Fair Association will present a science and technology exposition for
young people. The event at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, in Deerfield,
New Hampshire, will take place Friday, October 12, and Saturday,
October 13, as part of NEAR-Fest XXIII. Each spring and fall, the New
England Tech Trek (NET2) provides middle- and high-school students
with an informal, hands-on introduction to real-life applications and
the fun of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The
display will feature Amateur Radio and other technology, including a
high-altitude balloon with radio telemetry, robotics, Raspberry Pi
projects, radio direction finding, and software-defined radios. The
Nashua (NH) Area Radio Society (NARS) will offer five "Get on the Air"
stations that attendees can use. mission to the NET2 expo is free.
The Russian "Sunflower" radar. [Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, screenshot]
The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring Service (IARUMS)
reports interference on 40 meters from various Russian sources. The
Russian coastal over-the-horizon (OTH) radar "Sunflower" was very
active on 40 meters and audible in Europe in the evenings,
transmitting FM on pulse. The site is believed to be northeast of
Vladivostok. IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, said it
was monitored in September. In addition, a Russian ship was observed
transmitted on 7,110 kHz on F1B with 50 baud and 200 Hz shift. The
vessel was believed to be in the vicinity of Cyprus and on the air
daily in September. Another Russian ship was heard on September 18,
transmitting AT3004D with 12 ? 120 baud PSK2A on 7,179 kHz with a 2.6
kHz bandwidth, also in the area of Crete. And a Russian military
system, believed to be near Moscow, was heard transmitting on 7,198
kHz in AT3004D test mode. Elsewhere, fishing crews often were
monitored on 3,500; 3,535; 3,540; 3,560; 3,585; 3,590; 7,000 kHz, and
14,320 USB.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Last week, we reported a return of
sunspot activity on September 29, after a 16-day absence, but the new
activity lasted only 6 days. The average daily sunspot number declined
from 9.6 to 1.6, while the average daily solar flux rose slightly from
68.4 to 68.9. The average planetary A index increased from 7.7 to
14.1, while the mid-latitude A index jumped from 6.1 to 10.3.
Predicted solar flux is 72 on October 11 - 17; 71 on October 18; and
69 on October 19 - November 24.
The predicted planetary A index is 12, 8, 5, 12, and 8 on October 11 -
15; 5 on October 16 - 17; 10, 25, 14, 8, and 12 on October 18 - 22; 8
on October 23 - 25; 10 on October 26; 5 on October 27 - November 2; 22
and 35 on November 3 - 4; 15 on November 5 - 6; 10, 8, 5, 10, and 8 on
November 7 - 11; 5 on November 12 - 13; 10, 25, 14, 8, and 12 on
November 14 - 18; 8 on November 19 - 21; 10 on November 22, and 5 on
November 23 - 24.
Conditions will probably continue at somewhat marginal levels because
of weak solar activity. It is widely believed that Cycle 24 should
reach solar minimum in 2020. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
(SWPC) has the latest projections.
Sunspot numbers for October 4 - 10 were 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with
a mean of 1.6. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 67.2, 68.7, 68.6, 69.5,
68.8, 69.5, and 69.8, with a mean of 68.9. Estimated planetary A
indices were 4, 9, 6, 24, 21, 17, and 18, with a mean of 14.1.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 4, 8, 5, 13, 16, 14, and 12,
with a mean of 10.3.
Share your reports or your propagation observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
October 13 -- FISTS Fall Unlimited Sprint (CW)
October 13-14 -- Arizona QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
October 13-14 -- Nevada QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
October 13-14 -- Pennsylvania QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
October 13-14 -- South Dakota QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
October 13-14 -- QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (CW)
October 13-14 -- Makrothen RTTY Contest
October 13-14 -- Oceania DX Contest (CW)
October 13-14 -- Scandinavian Activity Contest (SSB)
October 13-14 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)
October 13-14 -- PODXS 070 Club 160-Meter Great Pumpkin Sprint
(Digital)
October 14 -- UBA ON Contest, CW
October 14 -- UBA ON Contest, 6 Meter (CW, phone)
October 15 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone)
October 15-19 -- ARRL School Club Roundup (CW, phone)
October 15-16 -- Telephone Pioneers QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
October 17 -- RSGB 80-Meter Autumn Series (Data)
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 email preferences.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
October 11-14 -- Microwave Update Convention, Fairborn, Ohio
October 12-13 -- Pacific Northwest VHF Conference, Seaside, Oregon
October 13 -- Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
October 19-20 -- New Mexico State Convention, Socorro, New Mexico
October 19-21 -- Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, California
October 20 -- Tennessee State Convention, East Ridge, Tennessee
October 21 -- Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut
November 3-4 -- Georgia Section Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
November 10 -- Alabama Section Convention, Montgomery, Alabama
November 10 -- HamJam 2018 Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia
November 17-18 -- Central Division Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
December 1 -- Arkansas DX Association Conference, North Little Rock,
Arkansas
December 7-8 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City,
Florida
Find conventions and hamfests in your area
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