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ARRL Announces Partnership with RFinder -- The Worldwide Repeater
Directory
US House Cosponsor List for Amateur Radio Parity Act Grows
Join the Fun at the 2016 ARRL National Convention in Orlando!
ARRL Board Adopts New Strategic Plan
ARRL 2016 Field Day Packet Now Available, New Bonus Point Categories
Announced
National Parks on the Air Update
Satellite Package Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Released into Orbit
from ISS
Students in Nepal Enjoy that Country's First Ham Contact with the ISS
ARES Volunteers Help to Distribute Water in Ohio Community with
Lead-Tainted Water
Long-Time ARRL Vice Director, Honorary Vice President Evelyn Gauzens,
W4WYR, SK
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
ARRL Announces Partnership with RFinder -- The Worldwide Repeater
Directory
ARRL has established an agreement with RFinder, the creator of a web
and app-based directory of Amateur Radio repeaters worldwide, for
RFinder to be the League's preferred online resource of repeater
frequencies.
RFinder, the official online repeater directory of ARRL.
RFinder is a steadily growing worldwide repeater directory with over
50,000 repeater listings in over 170 countries. An annual $9.99
subscription to RFinder provides access to repeater data through its
collection of apps for Android and Apple devices, and from nearly any
web browser. With one subscription, users have access to repeater data
worldwide from computing devices on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android,
Apple iOS, and popular GPS systems. A growing list of third-party
memory programming applications support radio programming. RFinder
provides integrated support for EchoLink on Android and iPhone,
allowing users a one-click connection to repeaters worldwide from the
directory.
"The RFinder team is honored to be ARRL's partner, providing the very
latest online repeater information and directory technology for radio
amateurs in the United States," said Bob Greenberg, W2CYK, creator of
RFinder -- The Worldwide Repeater Directory. "We look forward to
working with ARRL to make RFinder even better for US hams."
ARRL will receive a portion of each annual subscription to RFinder. US
radio amateurs who subscribe to RFinder will have online access to its
entire worldwide directory while supporting ARRL.
ARRL will discontinue its own products that had supported digital
listings of repeater data, including the TravelPlus for
Repeatersâä˘ software and its own apps. ARRL is working with
RFinder on a plan to migrate existing ARRL app users to RFinder, in
order to support remaining subscription terms.
An RFinder screen shot.
"Rest assured that the printed ARRL Repeater Directory, updated and
published each year, will continue to be produced," said ARRL
Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R. Inderbitzen explained that
the Repeater Directory, available in pocket-sized and spiral-bound
desktop editions, is especially popular with new radio amateurs,
mobile and portable operators, and public service volunteers who rely
on the printed copies when they are offline and on the go.
ARRL's source of repeater data for The ARRL Repeater Directory is
voluntarily contributed information from repeater owners and frequency
coordinators in the US and Canada. RFinder, on the other hand,
assembles its data from worldwide sources, including repeater owners,
national and regional coordinating bodies, and carefully reviewed
crowd-sourced contributions. RFinder uses dynamic data, allowing users
to access listings that regularly reflect new, updated, revised, and
deleted information.
RFinder will have an exhibit at the upcoming Orlando HamCation®, this
year's ARRL National Convention, February 12-14, at the Central
Florida Fair and Expo Park in Orlando, Florida. "We are excited and
proud to announce our partnership during the ARRL National
Convention!" Greenberg said.
ARRL is the most recent national Amateur Radio society to establish a
partnership with RFinder. RFinder is the official repeater directory
of Radio Amateurs Canada, the Radio Society of Great Britain, the
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (Germany), and others.
Subscribe to RFinder by visiting http://subscribe.rfinder.net from
your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or from your Android smartphone or
tablet. Those without an Apple or Android device can subscribe using
the link at the bottom of http://subscribe.rfinder.net/.
US House Cosponsor List for Amateur Radio Parity Act Grows
The list of cosponsors for the US House version of the Amateur Radio
Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 1301) continues to grow. The addition of Rep
Stevan Pearce, KG5KIQ (R-NM), and Rep Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) as
cosponsors on February 1 raises the total to 120 from both sides of
the aisle. Pearce and O'Rourke are among four cosponsors to sign on to
the bill since the start of the year. The other two are Reps Robert
Brady (D-PA) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), who became cosponsors on January
12 and 13, respectively.
One of a small handful of hams in the US House, Pearce got his ham
ticket in November, after reaching out to then-Rocky Mountain Division
Director (now Second Vice President) Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, and New
Mexico Section Manager Ed James, KA8JMW, to find out more about ham
radio. He joins his House colleagues Reps Daniel Benishek, KB8TOW
(R-MI), and Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR), who chairs the House
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. During a January 12
hearing on H.R. 1301, Walden called the Amateur Radio Parity Act "a
commonsense bill" and urged his colleagues to support it. Brady,
Kaptur, Pearce, and O'Rourke may have heeded his advice.
A League-led effort to encourage members to urge their lawmakers to
become cosponsors of the House and Senate measures continues. League
representatives will be at the 2016 ARRL National Convention February
12-14 in Orlando, Florida, hosted by the Orlando HamCation, to assist
members in writing their members of Congress.
H.R. 1301 would direct the FCC to extend its rules relating to
reasonable accommodation of Amateur Service communications to private
land-use restrictions, such as deed covenants, conditions, and
restrictions. An identical US Senate measure, S. 1685, has attracted
three cosponsors. It cleared the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation last November.
More information about the legislation is on the ARRL Amateur Radio
Parity Act web page.
Join the Fun at the 2016 ARRL National Convention in Orlando!
The 2016 ARRL National Convention is February 12-14 at Orlando
HamCation®.This year marks the 70th anniversary of HamCation, one of
the largest annual hamfests in the US. Chairman Peter Meijers, AI4KM,
reports that advance ticket sales have been very brisk, and the
largest commercial building at the fairgrounds -- which will be filled
with ham radio manufacturers, equipment dealers, and other exhibitors
-- sold out early this year.
The ARRL National Convention team will include more than 60 members,
including ARRL staff, officials, and Field Organization volunteers.
Representatives supporting the Amateur Radio Parity Act will be on
hand to help attendees generate letters to the Senate and House. An
exhibit promoting the year-long National Parks on the Air event has
been organized to answer questions about being a national park
Activator or Chaser in 2016.
A complete ARRL National Convention program guide is available for
download.
ARRL Board Adopts New Strategic Plan
The ARRL Board of Directors has adopted an updated Strategic Plan that
defines the League's vision and guides its direction over the next 5
years. ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, a member of the Strategic
Planning Working Group, said the revised plan represents more than 8
months of work on the part of the group's seven members. Now-Honorary
ARRL Vice President Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, chaired the panel, which
met some 2 dozen times, mostly via webinar. Kramer said input to the
Strategic Plan was considerable and comprehensive.
The ARRL Board of Directors adopted a new Strategic Plan when it met
for its Annual Meeting in mid-January. [Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, photo]
"It will let the members know what to expect from their association,"
he said. Kramer stressed that the updated plan "was not developed in a
vacuum" but includes survey input from ARRL members, the Board of
Directors, the Field Organization, advertisers, Headquarters staff,
and similar strategic plans. "We really tried to take into account
what all of these different constituencies thought were the main
issues, concerns, and direction of the League for the future," he
added.
When it adopted the Strategic Plan at its Annual Meeting in
mid-January, the Board said in its resolution, "Further, the ARRL
Board recognizes the Strategic Plan presented is the beginning of a
more formal process for the ARRL and requires establishing priorities,
resources, monitoring, review and modification and/or addition of
goals, initiatives, and tactics supporting the Strategic Plan as
future conditions and the environment change."
Kramer said the Strategic Plan's mission statement -- To advance the
art, science, and enjoyment of Amateur Radio -- describes "what we are
supposed to do as an association," while its vision statement spells
out "what we want to be."
The meat of the plan is its six strategic goals, each of which
includes a list of initiatives to further differentiate those goals.
The goals are:
Grow Amateur Radio worldwide.
Increase the vitality of Amateur Radio.
Keep Amateur Radio accessible to all.
Advance Amateur Radio science and technology.
Organize and train volunteers to serve their communities by providing
public service and emergency communications.
Practice good governance and organizational management.
"Tactics will be developed to define what must be done to support the
goals and initiatives, as well as to prioritize activities and
programs for development," Fenstermaker explained. "ARRL management is
responsible for implementing and managing the process with the Board
of Directors' oversight."
As the Strategic Plan states in its Preamble, "This plan is a starting
point to assure that ARRL continues its leading role in the Amateur
Radio community."
ARRL 2016 Field Day Packet Now Available, New Bonus Point Categories
Announced
It's not too early to be thinking about Field Day 2016 and planning
your club's strategy for a bigger score and greater participation than
last year. Field Day is June 25-26 -- always the 4th full weekend in
June -- and the 2016 ARRL Field Day Packet now is available to
download as a PDF file. This year's Field Day introduces two new ways
to score bonus points -- Social Media and Safety Officer.
Rule 7.3.16 Social Media offers 100 bonus points for promoting your
Field Day activation to the general public via an active, recognized,
and utilized social media platform, such as Facebook, Twitter, or
Instagram. This bonus is available to bona fide Amateur Radio clubs
and Field Day groups that welcome visitors to their operations. These
bonus points are not available to individual participants, and club
websites do not qualify as social media for this bonus. The bonus
points are available to all Field Day entry classes meeting the
criteria.
Rule 7.3.17 Safety Officer offers 100 bonus points by designating
someone to serve as a Safety Officer for groups setting up Class A
stations. This person must verify that all safety concerns on the
Safety Check List -- found in the ARRL Field Day Packet -- have been
adequately met. This is an active bonus. Simply designating someone as
Safety Officer does not automatically earn the bonus points. In order
to claim this bonus, participants must include a statement verifying
the completion of the Safety Check List in the supporting
documentation sent to ARRL Headquarters.
Last year, 2720 stations submitted ARRL Field Day entries. Nearly 1.3
million contacts were logged during FD 2015 -- an increase of just
over 1 percent. Nearly 35,400 individuals took part in Field Day last
year.
The 2016 ARRL Field Day logo makes a connection to the League's
year-long National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) operating event. NPOTA
celebrates the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS).
The design's featured hiking boot footprint anticipates that many 2016
Field Day groups and individual operators may want to combine FD and
NPOTA, setting up at national parks, historic sites, or at any of the
hundreds of official National Park Service units throughout the US.
Pick your park, get the okay from park officials, get out and get on
the air, and leave nothing but footprints!
Follow Field Day on Facebook and Twitter (hashtag #ARRLFD). Share your
plans, tips, and tricks for a successful Field Day!
For more information about Field Day 2016, contact ARRL Headquarters.
National Parks on the Air Update
Statistics from the first month of National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)
prove that the event is a big hit nationwide! In January, 243 of the
483 eligible NPOTA units had at least one activation, with 606 total
qualified activations. More than 72,100 NPOTA contacts were uploaded
to Logbook of The World (LoTW) in January.
The top three most-activated units are all trails: The Appalachian
National Scenic Trail, TR01 (15); the Washington-Rochambeau
Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, TR23 (10); and the Santa
Fe National Historic Trail, TR11 (9).
The top three units attracting the greatest number of contacts were
the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, TR11 (1977); Hot Springs
National Park, NP30 (1781), and Cape Cod National Seashore, SS03
(1563).
With an expected uptick in activity as the weather gets warmer across
the country, 1 million NPOTA QSOs are not out of the realm of
possibility.
For the week of February 4-10, 28 different NPOTA units are scheduled
to be activated, including the Fort Pulaski National Monument in
Georgia. See the NPOTA Activations Calendar for the complete listings.
Details about these and other activations coming up can be found on
the NPOTA Activations calendar.
Keep up with the latest NPOTA news on Facebook. Follow NPOTA on
Twitter (@ARRL_NPOTA).
Satellite Package Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Released into Orbit
from ISS
A package of two satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads has been
deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) as part
of a collaborative Texas A&M and University of Texas at Austin
research effort. Built by Texas A&M students, AggieSat4 (AGS4) will
release UT's Bevo-2 CubeSat in about a month, once it is far enough
away from the ISS. Both schools received support from NASA's Johnson
Spaceflight Center (JSC) for the design, construction, testing, and
launch phases.
AggieSat4 (AGS4), with Earth in the background, as it's deployed from
the International Space Station. [NASA image]
The goal of the overarching LONESTAR (Low Earth Orbiting Navigation
Experiment for Spacecraft Testing Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking)
program is for the two satellites to individually rendezvous with each
other and perform docking and undocking maneuvers.
"The overall objective is to find ways for small spacecraft to join
together autonomously in space," Helen Reed, KD7GPX, professor of
aerospace engineering and director of the AggieSat Lab at Texas A&M
told NASA. "We need simple systems that will allow rendezvous and
docking with little to no help from a human, which will become
especially important as we venture farther out into space.
Applications could include in-space assembly or reconfiguration of
larger structures or systems as well as servicing and repair."
Students insert the Bevo-2 CubeSat into the AggieSat4 package. [Texas
A&M photo by Dexter Becklund]
The AggieSat team received its first beacon signal from the satellite
at its Texas A&M Riverside Campus ground station. The AggieSat4 team
is asking any Amateur Radio operators receiving the beacon signal to
send any data to the AGS4 team. AggieSat4 will transmit 9.6 kbps FSK
telemetry and 153.6 kbps FSK on 436.250 MHz. Once it's placed into its
own orbit, Bevo-2 will transmit on 437.325 on CW and 38.4 kbps FSK.
Both satellites were launched to the ISS during a December resupply
mission. Astronauts Tim Peake, KG5BVI, and Scott Kelly handled
preparations to deploy the sizable LONESTAR 2 mission satellite
package. Read more.
Students in Nepal Enjoy that Country's First Ham Contact with the ISS
Students at an elite school in the Himalayan nation of Nepal enjoyed
that country's first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact, when they spoke via ham radio with ISS crew member
and UK Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, on January 20. Youngsters
attending Brihaspati VidhyaSadan School (BVS) in Kathmandu interviewed
Peake about life onboard the space station. Through his Principia
Mission, Peake is dedicating part of his scheduled time in space to
educational activities for youngsters on Earth. The approximately 8
minute contact was carried out via a "telebridge" with Tony Hutchison,
VK5ZAI, in Australia, where the ISS pass was favorable for a contact.
Two-way audio was relayed via landline to Nepal.
Youngsters attending Brihaspati VidhyaSadan School in Kathmandu
interviewed Peake about life on board the space station.
"Follow your dreams," Peake told the youngsters. "You need to find out
what you are passionate about and what you are enjoying."
Leading up to the event, the school had organized a week-long program
and exhibition related to space travel and technology, including
Amateur Radio. The Nepal Amateur Radio Operators' Society supported
the exhibition. The school is home to the Free and Open Source
Research Lab and Ham facility.
"This was truly and international event," said Hutchison, pointing out
that individuals involved in making the ARISS contact happen were
spread around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Sweden, and the
US. Pravin Joshi, 9N1KK, at the school was among the contact mentors.
Peake answered 17 of the students' questions. Read more -- Thanks to
ARISS and to AMSAT News Service
ARES Volunteers Help to Distribute Water in Ohio Community with
Lead-Tainted Water
Flint, Michigan, is not the only community with water problems due to
high lead content. During the week of January 18, some 8100 water
customers in Sebring, Ohio, were notified that they, too, had problems
with high lead content in their drinking water. On January 22, both
the Ohio and Mahoning County emergency management agencies began
giving out bottled water in Sebring. Mahoning County ARES Emergency
Coordinator Wes Boyd, W8IZC, activated ARES to assist.
Mahoning County HS/EMA Director Dennis O'Hara (left) and Regional Red
Cross Director Karen Conklin discuss the task of distributing water in
Sebring, Ohio.
"Response on the workday was low, but a handful of ARES volunteers
were able to respond," said Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan
Broadway, N8BHL.
Boyd said, "EMA and Red Cross were overjoyed that radio operators came
to work not needing a radio." ARES volunteers joined others in moving
and distributing pallets of bottled water, and another call went for
weekend duty. ARES members from neighboring counties volunteered. All
told, the volunteers moved more than 166 pallets of water in 6 days.
"This is a perfect example of being ready to serve in whatever
capacity we can, in order to help our communities. Sometimes it
doesn't involve only operating a radio," Broadway said.
Long-Time ARRL Vice Director, Honorary Vice President Evelyn Gauzens,
W4WYR, SK
A beloved member of the extended ARRL family has passed on. Evelyn
Gauzens, W4WYR, of Dunedin, Florida, died on January 31. She would
have turned 87 this week. An ARRL Life Member, Gauzens served as the
Southeastern Division Vice Director for more than 20 years. The ARRL
Board of Directors elected her as an Honorary Vice President in 2002.
She may be best known in the wider Amateur Radio community for having
co-founded and chaired the Miami Tropical Hamboree for 45 years. Past
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, said that when she became a Vice
Director in 1990, Gauzens was there for her as the "go-to" person to
teach newcomers the ropes.
ARRL Honorary Vice President and Past ARRL Southeastern Division Vice
Director Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR.
"When I was preparing the supporting materials for her nomination as
ARRL Honorary Vice President, I learned about her role with Amateur
Radio at the National Hurricane Center," Craigie said. "She was a
leader, she had a sense of humor, and she was kind. She contributed to
Amateur Radio and her community. I am so glad that I could visit with
her again at Orlando, so her face remains fresh in my memory. She was
physically frail, of course, but her mind was as sharp as ever, and
she left me laughing." Craigie expressed her condolences to Gauzens'
family.
Gauzens received a W4EHW/National Hurricane Center Award of
Appreciation in 2003 during the annual Amateur Radio Hurricane
Conference. That same year, she was honored for her 50 years of ARRL
membership. Gauzens was a member of the Quarter Century Wireless
Association (QCWA), a life member of the Dade Radio Club of Miami, and
a participant in the Florida Phone Traffic Net. She also belonged to
the A-1 Operators Club.
Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR, in 2003, receiving the W4EHW/National Hurricane
Center Award of Appreciation, with W4EHW (now WX4NHC) Amateur Radio
Coordinator John McHugh, K4AG (left), and Assistant Amateur Radio
Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R. "Evelyn was always a dedicated and
passionate promoter of ham radio and public service," Ripoll said.
"The hams at the National Hurricane Center WX4NHC and all of South
Florida will greatly miss her."
In 2001, the she was the recipient of the Citizens' Ham Mobile-Marine
Patrol (CHAMP) Award, presented to an Amateur Radio operator for an
exemplary act of service to the community during the preceding year,
or to an amateur who has demonstrated years of distinguished service
to both Amateur Radio and the community. She was an ARRL VEC volunteer
examiner. In 2002, Kenwood honored Gauzens with its "Top Gun Award."
In 2012 Gauzens was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame,
recognized as "an active proponent of improved Amateur Radio public
relations" and as the principal on-site organizer -- on behalf of the
ARRL as the host IARU Member Society -- of the 1976 IARU Region 2
conference in Miami Beach.
"Love Amateur Radio and all those I have met in the fraternity,"
Gauzens said in her QRZ.com profile.
Gauzens' late husband Carl was W4DTJ, a call sign now held by her
granddaughter, Stephanie. Her son Alan is WA4ATF.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Over the January 28 through February
3 reporting week, both sunspot and solar flux averages were down a
negligible amount, and geomagnetic numbers were down substantially,
compared to the previous 7 days.
Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 57.3 to 50.6, while
average daily solar flux values dipped from 106 to 105.4. Average
daily planetary A index softened from 11.6 to 7.3, while the
mid-latitude A index (measured in Fredericksburg, Virginia) went from
7.6 to 5.6.
The latest predicted solar flux is 120 on February 4-5; 115 on
February 6; 110 on February 7-10; 105 on February 8-20; 100 on
February 21-March 2; 95 on March 3; 90 on March 4-5, and 95 on March
6-8.
Predicted mid-latitude A index is 8 on February 4; 5 on February 5-6;
then 8, 18, 12, and 8 on February 7-10; 5 on February 11-16; 10, 15,
12, and 10 on February 17-20; 5 on February 21-27; 8 on February
28-29; 15 and 8 on March 1-2, and 5 on March 3-5.
Sunspot numbers for January 28 through February 3 were 64, 49, 30, 39,
42, 52, and 78, with a mean of 50.6. The 10.7 centimeter flux was
109.9, 106.9, 105.1, 101.2, 100.2, 102.1, and 112.1, with a mean of
105.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 6, 3, 3, 10, 9, 6, and 14,
with a mean of 7.3. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 3, 3, 8,
6, 4, and 10, with a mean of 5.6.
In Friday's bulletin look for an update of our 3-month moving average
of sunspot numbers, which shows a steady and gradual decrease in the
current sunspot cycle.
Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
February 5-7 -- YLRL YL-OM Contest (CW, phone, digital)
February 6 -- Triathlon DX Contest (CW, phone, digital)
February 6 -- FYBO Winter QRP Sprint (CW, phone, digital)
February 6 -- Minnesota QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
February 6 -- AGCW Straight Key Party (CW)
February 6 -- FISTS Winter Slow Speed Sprint (CW)
February 6-7 -- Vermont QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
February 6-7 -- 10-10 International Winter Contest (SSB)
February 6-7 -- F9AA Cup (CW)
February 6-7 -- Black Sea Cup International (CW, SSB)
February 6-7 -- British Columbia QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
February 6-7 -- Mexico RTTY International Contest
February 7 -- North American Sprint (CW)
February 8-12 -- ARRL School Club Roundup (CW, phone, digital)
February 10 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)
February 10 -- RSGB 80 Meter Club Championship (Digital)
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
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 11-12 -- Louisiana State Convention, Rayne, Louisiana
March 18-19 -- South Texas Section Convention, Rosenburg, Texas
March 19 -- West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas
March 19 -- MicroHAMS Digital Conference, Redmond, Washington
March 25-26 -- Maine State Convention, Lewiston, Maine
April 2 -- Delta Division Convention, Fort Smith, Arkansas
April 2 -- North Carolina Section Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
April 8-9 -- Oklahoma State Convention, Claremore, Oklahoma
April 9-10 -- Communications Academy, Seattle, Washington
April 15-17 -- International DX Convention, Visalia, California
April 15-17 -- VHF Super Conference, Sterling, Virginia
April 16 -- Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, Delaware
April 22-24 -- Idaho State Convention, Boise, Idaho
April 23 -- Aurora '16 Conference, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
April 23 -- Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska
April 29-May 1 -- Nevada State Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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