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Amateur Radio Parity Act Continues to Gain Traction in US House
World Radiocommunication Conference 2015: The Deliberations Have Begun
ARRL 10th Anniversary On-Line Auction Attracts Nearly 300 Bidders
Applications for ARRL CEO Position are Due by November 15
Hawaii Launch of Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Fails
Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Hopes to Motivate Youth in
India via Amateur Radio
January VP8 DXpedition to Incorporate "Youth and Community
Participation"
SKYWARN Recognition Day is Saturday, December 5
Putting Contesting to Work for Your Public Service Team
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
Amateur Radio Parity Act Continues to Gain Traction in US House
It's full steam ahead for the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015, as the
House version of the bill, H.R. 1301, now has 112 cosponsors and
counting. The House bill and its identical US Senate measure, S. 1685,
call on the FCC to amend its regulations to extend the limited PRB-1
federal preemption regarding Amateur Radio antennas to include private
land-use restrictions such as deed covenant, conditions, and
restrictions (CC&Rs). Homeowners associations would need to apply the
minimum practicable restriction to accommodate Amateur Radio
communication. ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, said the League is
continuing to receive and forward stacks of letters generated at
hamfests and conventions and destined for members of the US House and
Senate.
"All members are encouraged to go ahead and write their own letters to
be sent via ARRL Headquarters," President Craigie said. "They don't
have to wait for a hamfest or convention. Get the letters done now,
before the holidays take over everyone's time and attention. Members'
letters are absolutely essential to the success of this legislation.
Everything you can do to drum up letters from your local area is an
important part of the overall advocacy program. As I've said before,
this is a full-team effort, and every member's action makes a
difference."
ARRL Regulatory Information Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, said the
League has delivered another 3000 member letters urging lawmakers to
support the bills to its team in Washington, bringing the total to
nearly 14,000. "We have delivered letters to all 100 members of the
Senate and 430 of the 441 members and non-voting delegates in the
House," Henderson said. And those letters matter.
"Our DC team walked into a congresswoman's office a couple of weeks
ago with our strong arguments and 30 letters from constituents," he
said "She signed on to the bill last week. They do care about what
their constituents say is important to them."
ARRL Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, recently visited
more than 3 dozen lawmakers' offices on Capitol Hill.
ARRL Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, said he and ARRL
General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, visited about 40 lawmakers' offices
on Capitol Hill during 4 days in October, and he's very confident in
how the grassroots campaign is going. "The response we've been getting
overall is very positive across the board," Lisenco said. "We feel
very good about it."
Henderson explained that the next stage would be to schedule the draft
legislation for "markup," during which various committee members will
have an opportunity to "fine tune" the bill into the form that will be
actually considered for a vote.
There is still only the original cosponsor on the US Senate bill, but
Henderson said the Senate operates a bit differently from the House
with respect to cosponsors. Lisenco said he anticipates at least one
Senate member to sign on to the bill soon. President Craigie stressed
that it's important for members to write their US Senators as well as
their US Representatives, to gain support from members of the upper
chamber.
"Letters have been received by every Senator, but we would like to see
offices on that side of the Hill stacked high so high with letters
that the workers can scarcely find their desks," President Craigie
said. She suggested a "Senate letter-writing party" at the next club
meeting.
Lisenco said that in addition to writing a letter, ARRL members should
consider e-mailing or even calling their US House and Senate lawmakers
to urge their support. If the Member of Congress already has signed on
to the bill, he said, members should contact their lawmakers to
express their thanks.
Visit the Amateur Radio Parity Act page for more information and to
learn how you can help.
World Radiocommunication Conference 2015: The Deliberations Have Begun
The more than 3000 delegates and observers attending World
Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) have gathered in a large
conference center adjacent to ITU Headquarters in Geneva for the
nearly month-long event. WRC-15 officially got under way on November
2. It will close on November 27. Chairing the conference is Festus
Daudu of Nigeria, the first African elected to chair a WRC.
An Amateur Radio contact on November 3 between students at the ITU
Headquarters club station and two crew members of the International
Space Station helped to kick off WRC-15. ITU Amateur Radio club
station 4U1ITU is using the call sign 4U1WRC for the duration of the
conference. Students from Institut Florimont spoke with astronauts
Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS, and Kimiya Yui, KG5BPH, who were using the
Amateur Radio station in the ISS Columbus module, OR4ISS.
Delegations at WRC-15 are considering several issues of importance to
the Amateur and Amateur Satellite services. International Amateur
Radio Union (IARU) President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, and Vice
President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, are heading the organization's team.
The ITU has acknowledged its close cooperation with the IARU, which
was founded in Paris in 1925, and it recognizes that IARU speaks for
the Amateur Radio community. Other radio amateurs are parts of
national delegations or in observer roles. ARRL Chief Technology
Officer Brennan Price, N4QX, and ARRL Technical Relations Specialist
Jon Siverling, WB3ERA, are part of the US delegation to WRC-15.
Of prime Amateur Radio interest is Agenda Item 1.4, which calls for
allocating an appropriate amount of spectrum to the Amateur Service on
a secondary basis within the band 5250-5450 kHz. The IARU has called
the new band as "a high priority for the Amateur Service" but is not
overly confident of getting the new secondary allocation. Ellam said
the IARU team will put forth its best effort toward gaining a possible
allocation near 5 MHz and will follow other developments that may
impinge on the Amateur and Amateur Satellite services.
Deliberations on agenda item 1.4 are taking place in a sub-working
group chaired by Dale Hughes, VK1DSH, of Australia. While more
administrations than not have expressed support for some sort of
allocation, the methods proposed vary greatly, the opposition to any
allocation is spirited, and a number of uncommitted administrations
could still sway the prevailing consensus.
Last week's Radiocommunication Assembly at ITU Headquarters approved a
new resolution calling on the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) to
develop appropriate educational materials on the regulatory aspects of
small satellites.
A student asks her question of the ISS crew during an ARISS contact
between 4U1WRC at ITU Headquarters in Geneva and OR4ISS on the space
station. On the left is Attila Matas, OM1AM, the 4U1ITU station
manager, and on the right is Nick Sinanis, SV3SJ, the 4U1ITU station
engineer.
The IARU will host a November 10 display of an emergency
communications mobile unit. It will be available for viewing November
8-14, with IARU International Coordinator for Emergency
Communications, Hans Zimmermann, HB9AQS, attending. The
trailer-mounted display will have equipment showing the voice, text
and image mode capabilities for emergency communications, plus a
mobile antenna.
Emergency Radio Germany supplied the mobile unit for the exhibit.
ARRL 10th Anniversary On-Line Auction Attracts Nearly 300 Bidders
The 10th Annual ARRL On-Line Auction went off without a hitch October
22-27. In addition to hundreds of browsers, the auction saw 284
individual bidders vying for product review equipment, vintage books,
one-of-a-kind finds, and even "mystery junque boxes" from the ARRL
Lab. ARRL Sales Manager Deb Jahnke, K1DAJ, said 1383 bids were
recorded.
"A number of items dramatically finished in overtime bidding," she
said. "After all was tallied, this year's auction grossed more than
$41,000."
Proceeds from the yearly On-Line Auction benefit ARRL education
programs. These include activities to license new hams, strengthen
Amateur Radio Emergency Service training, offer continuing technical
and operating education, and create instructional materials.
Jahnke said the QST "Product Review" equipment, always the most
popular items, were in great demand. The premier item was a FlexRadio
Systems Flex-6700 transceiver, which fetched a winning bid of $6953.
In a distant second-place was the Beko-Elektronik HLV-1100 70
centimeter amplifier, which brought $3900. These were followed in
order
This copy of the vintage Henley's Workable Radio Receivers from 1924
went for $625.
by an ACOM 600S 160-6 meter linear amplifier at $2649; an Apache Labs
ANAN-100D SDR HF/6 meter transceiver at $2500, and a FlexRadio Systems
Flex-6300 transceiver at $2310.
"But our vintage books category was not to be left behind," Jahnke
said. "We had a substantial number of titles from ARRL and also many
contributed by anonymous donors. Picking up the top-dollar bid in this
category was a copy of Henley's Workable Radio Receivers from 1924. It
garnered $625. A copy of Modern Radio Operation by J.O. Smith,
published in 1922, brought $410.
"As always, we would like to express our appreciation to the donors
who provided such a diverse mix of items, and we look forward to our
11th auction in 2016," Jahnke said.
Applications for ARRL CEO Position are Due by November 15
The League is accepting applications for the position of ARRL Chief
Executive Officer. The deadline to submit an application is November
15. The complete position description is available on the ARRL
website. The position is at ARRL Headquarters in Newington,
Connecticut.
The CEO ensures the day-to-day management of the League and its fiscal
operation. An undergraduate degree and 10 years of management and
supervisory experience are required. A candidate who is an active
radio amateur is preferred.
To apply submit a cover letter and resume via e-mail to Monique
Levesque at ARRL Headquarters.
Hawaii Launch of Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Fails
The November 4 inaugural launch of an experimental US military vehicle
carrying several satellites with Amateur Radio payloads into orbit
failed in mid-flight shortly after taking off at 0345 UTC from Hawaii.
The experimental Super Strypi launch vehicle, carrying a collection of
small satellites into orbit as part of the ORS-4 mission for the
Department of Defense, was fired from a truss-mounted rail system from
the Pacific Missile Range Facility, off Barking Sands on Kauai.
According to Spaceflightnow.com, the Super Strypi rocket is designed
for low-cost, quick-reaction satellite launches. Destroyed in the
demonstration flight were 13 small research spacecraft clustered on
the mission for NASA researchers and university students.
The Super Strypi launch from Kauai on November 4.
None of the satellites carried Amateur Radio transponders, but several
were equipped to transmit beacon signals and telemetry on 2 meter, 70
centimeter, and 13 centimeter amateur frequencies. The satellites lost
included Argus, EDSN, HawaiiSat-1, ORS-Squared, PrintSat, STACEM,
STU-1, and Supernova-Beta. PrintSat carried a 3D printed structure and
was designed to measure the performance of the material over the
course of its 3 year mission.
Spaceflightnow.com said the experimental launcher apparently lost
control and broke up downrange from the launch site. The November 4
maiden flight took place following several delays. The test flight was
one of two planned demonstrations of the launcher.
Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Hopes to Motivate Youth in
India via Amateur Radio
The IEEE's Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) will take
advantage of its flagship conference, being held this year in India,
to demonstrate Amateur Radio and its role in disaster communication,
and to motivate students there to pursue careers in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) fields. The
IEEE-sponsored International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC) in
Hyderabad, India, will focus on RF and offer considerable exposure to
Amateur Radio. Hams at IMaRC also will mount a special event station
leading up to and continuing through the conference. MTT-S member Jim
Rautio, AJ3K, says the IEEE in general and the MTT Society in
particular have taken an active role in the Special Interest Group on
Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT), with an emphasis on Amateur Radio as
a motivating tool. SIGHT aims to motivate high school students, young
engineers, and professionals to apply low-cost, innovative microwave
technology to address disaster readiness and humanitarian need.
"Back when I was in college, getting a job was the big motivator,"
Rautio -- a software entrepreneur (Sonnet Software) -- told ARRL.
"That is still important, but from what I have seen, other things,
especially like doing good for humanity, are now as big or even bigger
motivators. And the side-effect is that a strong STEM base is
absolutely needed for any society to develop a strong economy and a
strong middle class."
Given the opportunity the December 10-12 conference provides, the
MTT-S has decided to concentrate on India for much of its efforts,
Rautio said. "Most of the conference is intended for RF and microwave
professionals," he said, "but a portion of the conference is dedicated
to SIGHT."
Jim Rautio, AJ3K, serves on the MTT-S Administrative Committee and
chairs its Image and Visibility Committee.
SIGHT will sponsor a 2 hour Amateur Radio conference session, attended
by area university students, to promote interest in ham radio in
general and in disaster communication in particular. Chairing the
session will be G.L. Rao, VU2GL, of the Engineering Staff College of
India. Rautio said he will work in collaboration with some US
colleagues to help "get the ball rolling."
"The National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) and Bharathi Prasad,
VU2RBI, have taken the lead, and things are proceeding well." Prasad
was the leader of the 2004 Andamans Island DXpedition that quickly
turned into a disaster response after a disastrous Indian Ocean
tsunami.
Special event station AU2MTT will be operating for 2 weeks in
conjunction with the conference. "The special event is intended to
draw attention to ham radio, STEM, and MTT, both from conference
participants and any and all active hams in India," Rautio said.
Students also can take part in various competitions during the
conference.
MTT-S is a technical society comprised of more than 11,000 members
worldwide. Its core purpose is to foster the advancement and
application of RF and microwave theory and techniques.
January VP8 DXpedition to Incorporate "Youth and Community
Participation"
When a team from The Intrepid DX Group embarks on its South
Sandwich/South Georgia VP8SGI/VP8STI DXpedition in January, it will
incorporate a youth and community participation aspect into the
adventure, as it has done since the 1990s. During the South
Sandwich/South Georgia Island DXpedition, the team's honorary school
will be one it's worked with since 2011 -- Dorothy Grant Elementary
School in Fontana, California. VP8SGI/VP8STI team co-leader Paul
Ewing, N6PSE, said the 4th grade class of Bev Matheson, WA6BK, has
prepared a school flag that will travel to the islands and back to the
US.
"In addition, the students have prepared a small weather-tracking
experiment for the DXpedition to participate," Ewing said. "We hope to
continue to ignite the interest of these students in Amateur Radio."
Matheson, an elementary school teacher since 1997, was licensed in
2011, inspired by her participation in the W3AO Field Day outing in
Maryland earlier that year. She has also attended an ARRL Teachers
Institute session. Dorothy Grant Elementary has an Amateur Radio club,
K6DGE, with nearly 40 after-school participants, and the students have
been active working DX as well as domestic contests. VP8 DXpedition
co-leader David Collingham, K3LP, is the K6DGE club license trustee
and an alumnus of the school.
Dorothy Grant Elementary School teacher Bev Matheson, WA6BK (center),
demonstrates Amateur Radio to some of her students in this 2013 photo.
Ewing has said the team will depart the Falkland Islands on January 9,
arriving on South Georgia about 5 days later, where it will take part
in a safety and biodiversity briefing with government officials. The
DXpeditioners then will sail another 3 days to Southern Thule Island
in the South Sandwich Islands, arriving on January 17, weather and sea
conditions permitting.
The team will spend 10 days on South Sandwich, operating as VP8STI
before sailing to South Georgia Island to start operations as VP8SGI
about February 1.
"Our main priority is to make a great impact to the need for South
Sandwich contacts, and we will sacrifice our time at South Georgia to
ensure that we make that impact from South Sandwich," Ewing said.
South Sandwich Islands is No 3 on ClubLog's Most Wanted DXCC List;
South Georgia is No 8. -- Thanks to VP8 Team Co-Leader Paul Ewing,
N6PSE
SKYWARN Recognition Day is Saturday, December 5
The 17th annual SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) on-the-air event is set
for Saturday, December 5, from 0000 UTC to 2400 UTC. Cosponsored by
ARRL and the National Weather Service, SKYWARN Recognition Day pays
tribute to Amateur Radio operators for the vital public service they
perform. Registration is now open for stations planning to participate
from a National Weather Service (NW) Forecast Office; a list of NWS
participating offices is on the NWS SKYWARN Recognition Day web page.
During the 24 hour event, Amateur Radio operators set up at NWS
offices contact other hams across the country. This event is also
aimed at strengthening the bond between Amateur Radio operators and
local NWS offices.
SKYWARN Recognition Day is not a contest. During SKYWARN Recognition
Day amateur stations exchange contact information with as many
National Weather Service-based stations as possible on SSB, FM, CW,
RTTY, and AM on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, and 2 meter bands plus 70
centimeters. Repeater contacts are permitted.
Stations exchange call signs, signal reports, location, and a one or
two-word description of the weather (eg, sunny, partly cloudy, windy,
rainy). Procedures are detailed on the NOAA SRD web page.
The volunteer SKYWARN program comprises nearly 290,000 trained severe
weather spotters -- many of them radio amateurs -- who identify severe
storms and provide NWS forecasters with reports of local weather
conditions during severe weather events.
To learn more, visit the SKYWARN Recognition Day website.
Putting Contesting to Work for Your Public Service Team
ARRL November Sweepstakes CW and phone are just ahead, and the ARRL 10
Meter Contest isn't far behind. All are ideal opportunities to gain or
hone Amateur Radio operating skills that can be put to use during an
emergency response or a public service event. In short, contesting
isn't just for contesters anymore, and you don't have to wait for
Field Day to get -- or stay -- up to speed.
Contesting at K3CR in 2014.
"Operating skill is not something that can be tested on a license exam
or learned from a book," said ARRL Contributing Editor Ward Silver,
N0AX, an active contester as well as a member of his local ARES team.
"Emergency managers know that practice -- lots of it -- is required
for operators to be sharp when they are really needed." Silver pointed
to an article on the topic by ARRL Southwestern Division Vice Director
Marty Woll, N6VI, that appeared recently on the Southern California
Contest Club (SCCC) website.
"[C]ontesting helps prepare us for demanding communication tasks, such
as might be encountered during a major disaster," Woll said in his
article. "You don't have to be in it to win it; just take part, and
have fun while you're learning to enhance your and your station's
performance."
Silver says that repetitive emergency drills are fine but can get old.
Contesting offers an enjoyable way to give your equipment a good
shakedown and build on-the-air knowhow. "Just as sports keep you
physically fit, 'radiosport' -- or contesting -- can serve as a
training ground while having fun at the same time," he said. Silver
points out that a huge, multi-tower station isn't necessary to
participate. Even a low dipole will let you work lots of stations --
and in SS, all of the stations are in the US.
Sweepstakes (SS) was conceived as a traffic-handling event that uses
traffic-handling terms. Participants share their "precedence"
(operating category) and "check" (the last two digits of the
operator's year of license) as part of the exchange.
Local events are another option. "You can start simple with any of a
number of regional FM simplex contests that encourage the use of
mobile and handheld FM radios for an afternoon or evening," Silver
suggests. "This is a great way to learn about squelch management,
copying weak signals, using phonetics, and the effectiveness of good
locations and antennas."
ARES and RACES groups can participate as teams, and a contest can be a
terrific opportunity to dust off that communications van or even to
get some practical experience in an emergency communications center
(EOC).
"If you have enough interest, divide your group into two or
three-person teams that operate in shifts with an experienced operator
to mentor," Silver said. "Better yet, put the teams at different
stations and let them go head-to-head in a short challenge. No one
says you have to operate the entire contest, either. Pick times that
work -- maybe about as long as your regular drills -- and get together
afterward for a little socializing over pizza."
Ward Silver, N0AX, is an enthusiastic contester and an ARRL
contributing editor.
Silver said a contesting Elmer can help those new to contesting with
scripts that guide the newbies through a QSO as well as some
instruction on how to take best advantage of your equipment. Start
each team of operators with a period of listening. "Once your team
gets up to speed," Silver said, "emphasize the reasons why we have
contests in the first place: To reinforce accurate, effective
operating practices. Place a special emphasis on copying call signs
and exchanges 100 percent correctly."
"The hours will fly by, and when it's over, you'll have some operators
eager to do it again," Silver said. "Regardless of how many contacts
you make, when interspersed with regular drills and exercises,
contesting offers a great change of pace while advancing everyone's
abilities at little or no cost." -- Thanks to ARRL Contributing Editor
Ward Silver, N0AX
In Brief...
ARRL Seeking Contest Branch Manager: The ARRL is accepting
applications for the position of Contest Branch Manager at League
Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. This is a full-time position,
and salary is commensurate with experience. This individual is
responsible for all aspects of the ARRL's Contest program, including
the receipt and processing of contest entries, quality of results,
awards fulfillment, public outreach, program development, and
volunteer coordination and management. Among primary duties, the
Contest Branch Manager ensures the accurate reporting of ARRL contest
results while meeting web and print publishing deadlines. The Contest
Branch Manager will oversee a team of approximately 20 volunteer log
adjudicators, results authors, and data entry assistants, inside and
outside of ARRL Headquarters. An undergraduate degree is preferred.
The successful candidate will have at least 5 years as an active
Amateur Radio contester, and be highly proficient in Microsoft Office
applications. Full details are on the ARRL Employment Opportunities
page. Submit an application, resume, and cover letter via e-mail to
Monique Levesque at ARRL Headquarters.
It's "K" for Kernow Starting in 2016: UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has
announced that starting in 2016, radio amateurs in Cornwall will be
able to use the Regional Secondary Locator (RSL) of K (for "Kernow,"
the Cornish word for Cornwall) to identify their location. This is
similar to the use of "M" by stations in Scotland, "W" by stations in
Wales, and "I" by stations in Northern Ireland. The prefixes GK, MK,
and 2K during 2016 will indicate a station operating from Cornwall and
the Isles of Scilly. Representatives of Radio Amateurs in Cornwall
approached Ofcom to request temporary use of the K locator following
recognition of the Cornish people under the Framework Convention on
National Minorities. Ofcom agreed to the request and will permit hams
having a main station address in Cornwall to incorporate the letter K
into their call sign prefix through 2016. It will be available for all
classes of Amateur Radio licensees, including stations participating
in contests. Licensees must apply for a Notice of Variation (NoV) to
use the K locator via the RSGB website starting in December.
Variations will all expire on December 31, 2016. The RSL may therefore
not be used beyond these dates.
FOC Presents Awards: The First Class CW Operators Club (FOC) presented
its Al Slater, G3FXB, Memorial Award on October 31 to Bob Allphin,
K4UEE, as "a superb practitioner of the art of Morse Code and an
enormously influential and proactive member of world-renowned Amateur
Radio organizations," and for "amazing feats leading major DXpeditions
to many of the rarest and most inhospitable locations on the Earth." A
second Al Slater, G3FXB, Award went to the CW Academy, citing its 600
graduates to date. The FOC's "Unsung Hero Award" this year went to
Puck Motley, W4PM, for administering the Windle Memorial Award for
many years. He received an engraved Begali paddle.
ARU Society VERON Expresses Concern over News of BPL Trials: The Dutch
IARU member society VERON has expressed concern to telecommunications
regulators over reports that energy network operator Enexis is
planning to start trials in Stadskanaal of powerline communcations
technology (PLT or BPL) for fast Internet access. "VERON is concerned
about these tests, because of their impact on radio communications,"
the IARU member society said, adding that the power grid "is not
suitable" for such applications. "The PLC adapter, in combination with
house wiring acting as an antenna, is a persistent jammer," VERON
said. -- Thanks to Southgate ARC
.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity increased over last
week, with the average daily sunspot number rising from 77.6 to 90.3,
and average daily solar flux from 110.9 to 118.3. A high speed solar
wind caused aurora on November 3-4 and the high planetary A index of
32 and 33 on those days.
Predicted planetary A index is 18, 12, and 8 on November 5-7; 18 on
November 8-10; 8 on November 11-12; then 12, 20, 5, 8, and 12 on
November 13-17; 5 on November 18-21; 10, 5, 8, and 12 on November
22-25, and 10 on November 26-27. Planetary A index then jumps to 50
and 40 on November 30 and December 1, when the same region causing
aurora the past few days rotates back into view.
Predicted solar flux is 115 on November 5; 110 on November 6-9; 105 on
November 10; 100 on November 11-12; 105 and 110 on November 13-14; 115
on November 15-16; then 120, 115, and 110 on November 17-19, and 105
on November 20-24. Flux values dip below 100 on November 27 through
December 8, reaching a low of 85 on November 30 through December 5.
Sunspot numbers for October 29 through November 4 were 101, 88, 73,
88, 94, 95, and 93, with a mean of 90.3. The 10.7 cm flux was 112.9,
112.1, 118.5, 124.3, 122, 124.2, and 113.8, with a mean of 118.3.
Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 9, 6, 11, 7, 32, and 33, with a
mean of 14.7. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 4, 6, 6, 9, 5, 23,
and 31, with a mean of 12.
In the Friday bulletin look for an updated forecast, reports from
readers, a look ahead to this weekend's ARRL November Sweepstakes CW,
plus a look at our moving averages of daily sunspot numbers.
Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
November 7 -- IPARC Contest (CW)
November 7-8 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)
November 7-8 -- Ukrainian DX Contest (CW)
November 7-9 -- ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)
November 7-9 -- NA Collegiate ARC Championship (CW)
November 8 -- IPARC Contest (SSB)
November 8 -- EANET Sprint (CW, SSB, digital)
November 8 -- DARC 10 Meter Digital Contest
November 11 -- RSGB 80 Meter Club Sprint (SSB)
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
November 7 -- Fall TechFest, Lakewood, Colorado
November 7-8 -- Georgia Section Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
November 14 -- HamJam Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia
November 14-15 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
December 11-12 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City,
Florida
January 9 -- TECHFEST, Lawrenceville, Georgia
January 10 -- New York City-Long Island Section Convention, Bethpage,
New York
January 15-16, Southern Florida Section Convention, Fort Myers,
Florida
January 15-16, North Texas Section Convention, Forest Hill, Texas
January 17-23, Quartzfest, Quartzsite, Arizona
January 29-30, Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
January 29-31, Puerto Rico State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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