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ARRL Board of Directors to Elect New President, Officers at January
Meeting

National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) Event Gets Off to a Strong Start!

ARRL Again Complains to FCC about Illegal Marketing of Electronic
Lighting Ballasts

Redesigned FCC Website Makes it Easy for Hams to File Interference
Complaints

"Official" P5/3Z9DX North Korea Activation Now Set for this Summer

Palmyra, South Sandwich/South Georgia Will Help Kick Off 2016
DXpedition Calendar

ARRL Education and Technology Program Announces School Grants

Dishtronix Purchases TEN-TEC Assets

CQ World Wide Participants Favor Limiting Operating Time to Less Than
48 Hours

Commemorative EME Transmission Set from Refurbished Dish on "Project
Diana" Site

Contester, DXpeditioner William Vanderheide, N7OU, SK

The K7RA Solar Update

Just Ahead in Radiosport

Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events

ARRL Board of Directors to Elect New President, Officers at January
Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors' annual meeting in mid-January will mark
the start of a changing of the guard at the League. After serving
three 2-year terms, ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, of Blacksburg,
Virginia, is stepping aside, and the Board will choose her successor
-- and the League's 16th president -- when it convenes on January 15.
The Board also will elect other officers, as well as vice presidents,
Executive Committee members, and ARRL Foundation directors.

The ARRL's 15th President, Kay Craigie, N3KN, will step down this
month. Seated to her right is ARRL First Vice President Rick Roderick,
K5UR.

A former college instructor, Craigie was licensed in 1983. She served
previously as ARRL Section Manager for Eastern Pennsylvania, Atlantic
Division Vice Director and Director, and ARRL First Vice President. As
President, Craigie presided during the League's Centennial and
transition into its second century.

The annual meeting also will be the last for ARRL Chief Executive
Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, and for ARRL Chief Operating Officer
Harold Kramer, WJ1B. Both will retire this year. Kramer will depart at
the end of February. Sumner has targeted May 1 as his last day, and he
plans to work with the new CEO to ensure a smooth transition. During
the annual meeting, the Board will receive the report of the CEO
Search Committee, which is expected to include a recommendation for
Sumner's successor. The Board initiated its CEO search last July. The
COO position will remain vacant until the new CEO is in place.

The ARRL Board of Directors meets January 15 and 16.

By the time he steps down, Sumner will have been on the ARRL
Headquarters full-time staff for 44 years. He was named Secretary and
General Manager in 1982, with a change in title to Executive Vice
President in 1985, and the additional title of Chief Executive Officer
in 2001 (the title of Executive Vice President was phased out in
2011).

The Board of Directors will also receive the report of the Strategic
Planning Working Group, which has been working on a revised Strategic
Plan to guide the League in the coming years. In addition, the
Administration & Finance Committee will ask the Board to ratify the
operational budget plan for 2016-17.

The ARRL Board of Directors' annual meeting will take place Friday and
Saturday, January 15 and 16, in Windsor, Connecticut.

National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) Event Gets Off to a Strong Start!

ARRL's National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) year-long event got off to a
strong start on New Year's Day, with considerable activity reported on
the HF bands and even some on the SO-50 satellite over the first
weekend of the new year. Throughout 2016, Amateur Radio will be
helping the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate its 100th
anniversary. Hams will activate NPS units, promote the Park Service,
and showcase Amateur Radio to the public. During the first 3 days of
NPOTA, "Activators" were on the air from 78 of the 483 NPOTA Units.

"Pileups were pretty strong all weekend long," said ARRL Media and
Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X. "At least two units --
Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut (NS76), and Little
Rock Central High School National Historic Site in Arkansas (NS45) --
were activated via the SO50 FM satellite."

The program has two participation tracks -- Chasers and Activators.
Chasers will simply attempt to make contact with operators in as many
of the NPS units as possible. NPOTA participants may serve in both
roles. Chaser and Activator totals will be tracked via an online NPOTA
Leader Board based on LoTW data.

"We've received an official welcome from the NPS superintendent of the
North Country National Scenic Trail and the Executive Director of the
North Country Trail Association," Kutzko reported. The trail runs from
New York to North Dakota.

Greg Hatten, KE4MU, operated for the first 3 days at the Richland
Balsam Overlook in North Carolina on the Blue Ridge Parkway (PK01). He
made 303 contacts while running just 5 W on 20 meter SSB. [Greg
Hatten, KE4MU, photo]

"We appreciate your enthusiasm and engagement as we celebrate this
100th anniversary of the National Park Service," wrote Mark Weaver,
the Scenic Trail superintendent, and Bruce Matthews, executive
director of the North Country Trail Association. "While operating from
the North Country National Scenic Trail, we encourage all radio
amateurs to participate in the NCTAs Hike 100 Challenge, to hike 100
miles on the trail this year; to get out, enjoy the fresh air, get
some exercise, and take a moment to appreciate one of America's great
scenic and recreational resources."

Kutzko said 400 new NPOTA Facebook group members have signed on since
New Year's Eve. "The Facebook group is the central location for all
things NPOTA," he said. "It has lots of people exchanging ideas, tips,
spots, and success stories. We're also using it as the place to keep
everybody updated on administrative issues."

#ARRL_NPOTA, #NPS100, and #HamRadioInParks remain the common Twitter
feeds. Read more.

ARRL Again Complains to FCC about Illegal Marketing of Electronic
Lighting Ballasts

The ARRL has again complained to the FCC to allege illegal marketing
of electronic RF lighting ballasts, operating under Part 18 of the
Commission's rules, on the part of two major retailers. Letters went
out in late December to the FCC Enforcement Bureau and its Office of
Engineering and Technology, claiming Part 18 marketing regulations
violations by Lowe's and by Walmart stores. At issue is the sale of
non-consumer RF lighting ballasts to consumers who, in several
instances, were told by store personnel that it was okay to install
these in a residential setting. In addition, non-consumer and
residential-class ballasts are being intermixed in store displays with
inadequate signage to direct consumers to the correct choice. Both
letters asked the FCC to investigate and commence enforcement
proceedings with respect to the two stores' marketing and retail sale
of RF lighting devices in the US.

"ARRL purports to show that the [retailer] is...marketing and selling
to consumers (by retail sale) non-consumer Part 18 RF lighting devices
which are not intended for residential deployment, to consumers who
have specifically noted their intention to deploy the devices in
residential applications," ARRL Chief Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, said
in similar complaint letters to the Commission. Part 18 emissions
limits for consumer devices are far lower than those allowed for
non-consumer devices.

A commercial lighting ballast, sold to a consumer for residential
deployment.

"ARRL has received numerous complaints from Amateur Radio operators of
significant noise in the medium (MF) and high frequency (HF) bands
between 1.8 MHz and 30 MHz from 'grow lights' and other Part 15 and
part 18 RF lighting devices," Imlay continued. "These devices are
easily capable of emitting RF noise sufficient to preclude Amateur
Radio MF and HF communications (and, as well, AM broadcast station
reception) throughout entire communities."

Supporting both complaints were extensive and detailed reports by ARRL
Laboratory EMC Specialist Mike Gruber, W1MG. The reports recount
incidents of actual purchases of Part 18 RF lighting devices intended
for commercial use to consumers who made clear to store personnel that
they intended to use the devices at home. Gruber's reports include
multiple photographs depicting in-store displays of the products in
question and showing signage that does not adequately explain which
devices may be sold to whom.

The ARRL has asked that stores remove all non-consumer devices from
retail sale and marketing and to track and recall non-consumer devices
already sold to consumers. Read more.

Redesigned FCC Website Makes it Easy for Hams to File Interference
Complaints

The FCC has made it easier for hams to file RF interference and other
complaints, thanks to a new feature of the FCC's recently redesigned
website. The addition was made at ARRL's request. Hams have always
been able to file such complaints, but when a new complaint system
geared largely to consumers came online a year ago, they lost the
ability to do so via e-mail to a dedicated address. The change made it
less clear how amateurs should file such complaints and what, if
anything, would result.

On the FCC website, click on "File a Consumer Complaint," to initiate
a complaint.

Once on the FCC site, click "File a Consumer Complaint" on the right
side of the screen. The next page lists several categories. Under
"Radio," click on "File Complaint." This will take you to a web form
that you can fill out. The form includes a drop-down menu for the
"Radio Issues" field. Pick one, such as "Interference." This will
bring down another menu. The "Your Radio Method" field includes
another drop-down menu. Select "Amateur Radio." Complete the rest of
the form. It is possible to add attachments. Click on "Submit" to file
your complaint.

The FCC e-mail addresses for submitting complaints have been
discontinued; they had been rendered ineffective by spam.

Each complaint is assigned a ticket number, and complainants receive
an e-mail acknowledgment and, if appropriate, a follow-up report on
what was done to address the complaint. Many complaints are simply
acknowledged, however, and the complainant is told that it will be
used for statistical analysis. A complainant can update a complaint
with additional information.

"Official" P5/3Z9DX North Korea Activation Now Set for this Summer

Following an unexpected "demonstration" operation from North Korea --
officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) -- just
before Christmas, Polish DXer Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, now expects to be back
in the DPRK -- the most-wanted DXCC entity -- for his "official"
activation by late this summer, according to The Daily DX. He
initially had anticipated returning this month or next.

Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, in Pyongyang, DPRK.

P5/3Z9DX showed up on the air from the most-wanted DXCC entity on
December 20 and 21 to demonstrate Amateur Radio for North Korean
officials. Over the course of that activation -- the first in more
than a decade -- P5/3Z9DX made nearly 785 SSB contacts, most of them
on 15 meters. Nearly 600 of the contacts were with stations in Asia;
P5/3Z9DX worked just 26 stations in North America. He has posted his
log on ClubLog.

Grzyb recently contacted The Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR, to
update his situation. During his visit, authorities were friendly and
polite, McClenny reported, noting that he was also surprised that they
allowed him to operate in December. P5/3Z9DX was severely hampered by
extremely high noise levels on all HF bands, not to mention a
geomagnetic storm. Noise, he said in a video posted on his website,
made it "almost impossible" to copy weaker signals in Pyongyang.

High noise levels in Pyongyang hampered the ability of P5/3Z9DX to
copy weaker signals. [3Z9DX video clip]

When he goes back to the DPRK this summer, he will be operating from a
far quieter location in a rural area, Grzyb told The Daily DX. While
operating from North Korea in December, P5/3Z9DX was running 100 W to
a vertical antenna mounted on a metal fence post some 7 feet above the
ground among government high-rise buildings. His equipment was left
behind in Pyongyang, as was agreed to before his December visit. The
P5/3Z9DX preview was the first activation from North Korea since the
2001-2002 operation by Ed Giorgadze, 4L4FN. -- Thanks to OPDX, The
Daily DX

Palmyra, South Sandwich/South Georgia Will Help Kick Off 2016
DXpedition Calendar

Let the 2016 pileups begin! Two major January DXpeditions will be
among other smaller efforts, with all aimed at providing a new one to
the madding crowd. Look for the Palmyra Island and South Georgia
Island/South Sandwich Islands activations, starting around mid-month.

The Pacific Islands DX Group's K5P DXpedition to Palmyra hopes to be
on the air on January 12 and will continue until January 25. Palmyra
ranks among the Top 10 most-wanted DXCC entities. Initially a
12-member team was set to depart and activate K5P. Due to a change of
aircraft that will transport the team to the island, the team has been
trimmed to nine operators. The team is planning to leave Hawaii for
Palmyra on January 11. The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group has been
awarded permission to activate Cooper Island in the Palmyra Atoll.

The Group notes that another Palmyra Atoll activation may not take
place for many years, because access is severely restricted and
permission is difficult to obtain. The team said that without the
cooperation and support of the Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and
Wildlife Service, the DXpedition would not be possible. The
DXpedition's co-leaders are Craig Thompson, K9CT, and Lou Dietrich,
N2TU.

Meanwhile, the 14-member Intrepid-DX Group VP8 DXpedition team to the
South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia will set out on January 9
from the Falkland Islands on the R/V (research vessel) Braveheart for
a 37-day voyage. Both entities are rare. The team will use VP8STI from
South Sandwich and VP8SGI from South Georgia.

"Our plans have us activating South Sandwich Island first, as it is
the #3 most-wanted DXCC [entity] in ClubLog," the group said on its
website. "We will be active on South Sandwich for 8 full days, weather
and sea conditions permitting. We expect to start our activation of
VP8STI on January 17." South Georgia is the 8th most-wanted DXCC
entity, according to the ClubLog Most Wanted DXCC List.

The DXpedition's website describes the South Sandwich Islands as "a
cold and inhospitable place," and Southern Thule Island, where the
group will operate, as "one of the most remote places on Earth." Read
more.

ARRL Education and Technology Program Announces School Grants

The ARRL Executive Committee has voted unanimously to approve ARRL
Education & Technology Program (ETP) grant awards for equipment and
other resources to seven schools for the 2015-2016 academic year.

They are Akron STEM High School, Akron, Ohio; Liberal Arts & Science
Academy High School, Austin, Texas; Life Christian School, Aloha,
Oregon; Rock Canyon High School, Highland Ranch, Colorado; Southport
Elementary School, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Wink High School, Wink, Texas,
and Yucaipa High School, Yucaipa, California.

Resources awarded ranged from license manuals, foxhunting equipment,
and a marine buoy, to transceivers and a complete station.

A primary goal of the ETP is to enhance wireless technology literacy
among teachers and students in the US, using Amateur Radio to explore
radio science and electronics and provide hands-on activities that
stress math, science, engineering, and technology (STEM) topics as
well as other core curriculum areas, such as geography and language
arts.

As of this month, 579 schools have received support from the ETP in
the form of equipment and resource grants. The ETP accepts
applications for equipment and resource grants each year. The next
application deadline is November 1. More information on applying for a
grant is on the ARRL website.

Dishtronix Purchases TEN-TEC Assets

Dishtronix, an electronics design and manufacturing company, has
purchased the assets of Amateur Radio equipment manufacturer TEN-TEC
from RKR Designs. Headquartered in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Dishtronix
manufactures and markets the "Prometheus" solid-state Amateur Radio
amplifier, among other products. No formal announcement has been made
by either company, and details of the purchase are still being
finalized. RKR Designs announced last April 2 that it had acquired the
assets of TEN-TEC and Alpha Amplifiers from RF Concepts, less than 1
year after the two lines had merged under the RF Concepts brand in an
asset sale. Dishtronix owner Steven M. "Mike" Dishop, N8WFF, told ARRL
that, while TEN-TEC has had different owners over the years, he is in
it for the long haul.

"Dishtronix has been continuously operating for 17 years, is
financially stable and will continue managing in a manner that
promotes and maintains financial stability. My vision is strictly long
term," he said. TEN-TEC production will remain in Sevierville,
Tennessee.

According to its website, Dishtronix was incorporated in 1998 to
design, develop and manufacture electronic controls and products,
serving smaller manufacturers that lack electronic design expertise.
Dishtronix said that it "seriously committed" in September 2001 to
enter the Amateur Radio market with high-power, solid-state amplifiers
and accessories. Dishop said Dishtronix has other new products under
development, including a new legal-limit, solid-state amp that he
expects to debut at Dayton Hamvention® in May.

"When I have capacity, the next step is to run the first batch of Omni
VII+ [transceivers], which is the Omni VII with some minor cosmetic
changes and improvements, such as a flat metal front for improved
shielding," he added. He also expects to post some firmware updates as
soon as possible, once the new TEN-TEC website is up.

Dishop told ARRL that he's had to make "some tough decisions" to
ensure the company's long-term viability. He confirmed a recent
TEN-TEC reflector web post by former TEN-TEC Engineering Manager John
Henry, KI4JPL, whom Dishop has retained on a contract basis, that
indicated a new service policy is now in place, with a $140 minimum
charge just to look at a radio, even if it is not repaired. This
includes items already sent to RKR for repair.

Dishop asked the Amateur Radio community to be patient during the
transition. "I am fully committed to bring TEN-TEC back to a
sustainable state," he said in his earlier web post. "This will take
some time." Read more.

CQ World Wide Participants Favor Limiting Operating Time to Less Than
48 Hours

According to Part 2 of the 2015 CQ World Wide Contests survey results,
contesters want to see a time-limited category for single operators.
In September, the CQ WW Contest Committee surveyed everyone who had
submitted a log in the 2014 CQ WW SSB and CW events, and issued a
public invitation on the cq-contest e-mail reflector. CQ WW Contest
Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD, said the committee received 5117
responses from contest operators around the world to Part 2 of the
survey, which addressed possible rule changes. A vast majority of
respondents answered "yes" to the question, "Do you support limiting
the operating time of single operator entrants to less than 48 hours?"
Currently, single operators may operate for the entire 48-hour contest
period.

"This question was designed to determine how broad the interest in a
time-limited category might be," Thompson said in the survey report.
"We were surprised at the high level of support for a time limit. It
was even more surprising to see that the majority of support was
coming from Europe. Even more interesting was that it was serious
competitors who wanted this change. While older ages were more in
favor, the results were fairly consistent across all."

According to the survey, 2775 respondents answered "yes," and 1638
said "no," while 694 offered no opinion.

A review of CQ World Wide entries for 2015 showed that approximately
90 percent of SSB operators stay in the chair for fewer than 30 hours,
while some 90 percent of CW entrants operate fewer than 35 hours.

The survey results also suggested that a plurality -- nearly one-half
-- of contesters responding would prefer to maintain the separate
Single Operator and Single Operator Assisted categories, rather than
combining them into one entry category.

Commemorative EME Transmission Set from Refurbished Dish on "Project
Diana" Site

Radio amateurs will attempt a 23 centimeter Earth-Moon-Earth (EME, or
"moonbounce") transmission on January 10, using the 60-foot-diameter
TLM-18 dish on the former "Project Diana" site, now part of the
InfoAge Science History Museum in New Jersey. This month's event marks
the 70th anniversary of Project Diana. It was on the InfoAge site,
then a part of Fort Monmouth, that the US Army's Project Diana team on
January 10, 1946, first received radio signals bounced from the moon.

The TLM-18 dish on the former Project Diana site in New Jersey.

During the anniversary event, the TLM-18 reactivation team, consisting
of volunteers from the museum, the Ocean Monmouth Amateur Radio Club
(OMARC), and Princeton University, will transmit from the TLM-18
control console in Building 9162, the original TIROS control building,
adjacent to Building 9116, which houses N2MO, the OMARC club station.
The dish offers 35 dBi gain at 465 MHz. The former US Army tracking
dish was used as a ground station for the TIROS I and II weather
satellites and for Project Vanguard, which led to the launch of
Vanguard 1, the second US satellite, in 1958. The dish was
demilitarized in the 1970s.

An impromptu pre-event EME test conducted on January 2 on 1296 MHz
from the TLM-18 dish was successful, and the N2MO operators completed
a contact with K2UYH.

Daniel Marlow, K2QM, an InfoAge board member who teaches physics at
Princeton, plans to use the dish as a radio telescope to see 21
centimeter radiation from the Milky Way, but he also wants to observe
radio pulsars, and because that activity can be performed at 70
centimeters, the TLM-18 dish is being made available to the Amateur
Radio community for EME use on a secondary basis. -- Thanks to InfoAge
and Martin Flynn, W2RWJ

Contester, DXpeditioner William Vanderheide, N7OU, SK

Well-known contester and DXpeditioner William "Bill" Vanderheide, N7OU
(ex-AA7KF), of Portland, Oregon, died December 31 after a lengthy
illness. He was 70. A member of ARRL and the Willamette Valley DX
Club, he had operated from a dozen islands in the South Pacific as
well as from several in the Caribbean, often combining Amateur Radio
with service in the Global Volunteers organization, helping out in
local classrooms. Licensed in Michigan at 13,

Bill Vanderheide, N7OU.

Vanderheide was an avid CW operator, a regular and high-scoring
participant in ARRL November Sweepstakes, Field Day, and other
operating events -- always running QRP or low power with wire
antennas, said his friend Bob Norin, W7YAQ, who called him "an
outstanding contester, DXpeditioner, and ambassador" for Amateur
Radio.

"Bill was a keen practitioner of the lightweight DXpedition," Norin
said. Vanderheide documented his DXpeditions in articles for QST --
including "Return to Rotuma" in the October 2013 edition, and "High
Tide on Tarawa" in January 2012.

Vanderheide taught in the Portland area for more than 30 years and
later volunteered in the city's schools. He also was a sorter with the
7th Area ARRL QSL Bureau.

N7OU was involved in the T27OU, T32OU, 3D2OU, 3D2RO, 5W0OU, ZK1NOU,
ZK3OU, ZL7/N7OU, AA7KF, N7OU/HI9, E51NOU, E51PEN, TI5/N7OU, and YJ0OU
DXpeditions.

The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar indices were down over the
past reporting week -- December 31-January 6 -- with average daily
sunspot numbers down from 49.6 to 41 and average daily solar flux down
from 122.3 to 98.2. The average daily planetary A index declined from
21.7 to 16.6, while the average mid-latitude A index dropped from 12.6
to 10.6.

The predicted solar flux is 100 on January 7; 105 on January 8-13;
100, 105, 110, and 115 on January 14-17; 120 on January 18-21; 115,
110, 105, and 110 on January 22-25; 115 on January 26-27; 110 on
January 28, and 105 on January 29-February 3. The solar flux then
peaks for the near term at 115 on February 5-6 and again at 120 on
February 14-17.

The predicted planetary A index is 12 on January 7; 8 on January 8; 5
on January 9-11; 12 on January 12; 8 on January 13; 5 on January
14-20; 8, 15, 12, and 8 on January 21-24; 5 on January 25-30; 12 on
January 31; 8 on February 1; 20 on February 2-3; 12 on February 4; 8
on February 5, and 5 on February 6-16.

Sunspot numbers for December 31 through January 6 were 18, 40, 52, 50,
60, 29, and 38, with a mean of 41. The 10.7 centimeter flux was 96.2,
98.4, 100, 101.9, 95.3, 95.2, and 100.2, with a mean of 98.2.
Estimated planetary A indices were 43, 27, 10, 7, 5, 7, and 17, with a
mean of 16.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 25, 17, 6, 5, 4,
5, and 12, with a mean of 10.6.

In the Friday bulletin look for an updated forecast and reports from
readers. Send me your reports and observations.

Just Ahead in Radiosport

January 9 -- Old New Year Contest (CW)

January 9-10 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)

January 9-10 -- UBA PSK63 Prefix Contest

January 9-10 -- North American QSO Party (CW)

January 10 -- NRAU-Baltic Contest (SSB)

January 10 -- DARC 10-Meter Contest (CW)

January 10 -- NRAU-Baltic Contest (CW)

January 13 -- 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 and Events

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

February 6 -- South Carolina State Convention, N. Charleston, South
Carolina

February 6 -- Virginia State Convention (Frostfest), Richmond,
Virginia

February 12-14 -- ARRL National Convention, Orlando, Florida

February 13 -- Georgia ARES Convention, Forsyth, Georgia

February 19-20 -- Southwestern Division Convention, Yuma, Arizona

February 20 -- Arkansas State Convention, Hoxie, Arkansas

February 27 -- WCF Section Technical Conference, Tampa, Florida

February 27 -- New Mexico TechFest, Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 27 -- Vermont State Convention, S. Burlington, Vermont

March 4-5 -- Alabama Section Convention, Birmingham, Alabama

March 18-19 -- South Texas Section Convention, Rosenburg, Texas

March 11-12 -- Louisiana State Convention, Rayne, Louisiana

March 12 -- Santa Clara Valley Section Convention, Del Rey Oaks,
California

March 19 -- MicroHAMS Digital Conference, Redmond, Washington

March 19 -- West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas

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