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The ARRL Letter

December 8, 2016
Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME

 *  Greg Walden, W7EQI, to Chair Powerful House Energy and Commerce
    Committee
 *  ARRL Transitioning to New Digital Publishing Platform
 *  FCC Affirms Penalty for Unlicensed Amateur Operation, Making False
    Distress Call
 *  The Doctor Will See You Now!
 *  National Parks on the Air Update
 *  Use of New Web Log Upload App Encouraged for ARRL 10 Meter Contest
    Participants
 *  Reminder : December 11 Special Event will Commemorate Transatlantic
    Reception Anniversary
 *  Emergency Communication Exercise Uses "Hamsphere(R) " to Introduce Youth
    to Virtual Ham Radio
 *  Contribute to ARRL through Your IRA
 *  ARRL Foundation Board Approves Two New Scholarships for Young Radio
    Amateurs
 *  Elves at OF9X Bring the Spirit of Christmas to Ham Radio
 *  In Brief...
 *  The K7RA Solar Update
 *  Just Ahead in Radiosport
 *  Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions


Greg Walden, W7EQI, to Chair Powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee

US Rep. Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR), who has championed the Amateur Radio Parity
Act (H.R. 1301) as the chair of the Subcommittee on Communications and
Technology, will chair the US House Energy and Commerce Committee when the
115th Congress convenes in January. Energy and Commerce is considered one of
the most powerful congressional panels on Capitol Hill.

Walden defeated the more senior Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) and Rep. Joe Barton
(R-TX) to succeed Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), who is stepping down from the
chairmanship because of term limits. Members of the House GOP Steering
Committee elected Walden on December 1 in a closed-door meeting.

Walden, who represents Oregon's 2nd congressional district, gained favor within
 the Republican Party after serving two terms as head of the National
Republican Congressional Committee. The nine-term Oregon lawmaker had
campaigned around the country with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) during the
run-up to the November election, and Walden's selection to head Energy and
Commerce over a more senior colleague is being considered recognition of his
role in the GOP's election successes.

During a Capitol Hill hearing last January, Walden, a cosponsor of H.R. 1301,
called the measure "a commonsense bill" and urged his colleagues to support
reporting the bill favorably to the full committee. In July, Walden had
recommended the amended version of the bill to his colleagues as "a good
balance." The Amateur Radio Parity Act bill has been awaiting action in the US
Senate.



ARRL Transitioning to New Digital Publishing Platform

ARRL is moving to a new digital publishing platform! The January 2017 digital
edition of QST will be the first produced using PageSuite. ARRL Publications
Manager Steve Ford, WB8IMY, said the transition from the current Nxtbook
platform to PageSuite not only will improve members' reading experience, it
will be more convenient.

"PageSuite provides a sleek, modern design that runs on desktop browsers,
mobile browsers, and within apps for mobile devices," Ford said. "PageSuite
does not require Flash but uses HTML5 instead. This alleviates many security
concerns and makes the magazine more broadly compatible."

New QST issues, beginning with the January 2017 edition, will take up less
space on mobile devices, speeding up download time. Added features include
digital bookmarks to save a page and pick up right where you left off, and a
clipping tool to save or share important passages as JPEG files. Video files
will be hosted on YouTube in high resolution.

The new application is compatible with Android devices, iOS devices --
including iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads -- and will be newly available to
Kindle Fire. These apps will receive regular, quick updates in order to keep
the application running smoothly.

Ford said the link to the digital edition of the monthly journal will remain in
 the same spot on the QST website, and members will continue to be notified of
its release via e-mail.

ARRL has compiled a "how-to" guide to help members navigate PageSuite, which
will be available on the QST web page on the day the January digital edition is
 announced. The announcement concerning the availability of the January issue
of QST in the new desktop/laptop version, the how-to guide, and the new digital
 QST apps, will be forthcoming.

Members can use the online digital QST feedback form to comment on the new
platform when it is available. To ease the transition, Nxtbook applications
will continue to function on iOS and Android devices until January 1.



FCC Affirms Penalty for Unlicensed Amateur Operation, Making False Distress
Call

The FCC has affirmed a $23,000 penalty against Daniel Delise of Astoria, New
York, for operating without an Amateur Radio license on 147.96 MHz and for
transmitting a false officer-in-distress call on a New York City Police
Department (NYPD) radio channel. The FCC's December 5 Forfeiture Order follows
its August 31 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL), which detailed
 a history of complaints and alleged illegal radio operation by Delise dating
to 2012.

"The penalty represents the full amount proposed in the Notice of Apparent
Liability for Forfeiture, and is based on the full base forfeiture amount as
well as an upward adjustment reflecting Mr. Delise's decision to continue his
misconduct after being warned that his actions violated the Communications Act
and the Commission's rules," the FCC Forfeiture Order said. The FCC said
Delise's response to the NAL offered "no reason to cancel, withdraw, or reduce
the proposed penalty."

Last summer, ARRL Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, credited the
intervention of New York Rep. Peter King with getting the case "off the back
burner and up to the front of the line." Lisenco and ARRL General Counsel Chris
 Imlay, W3KD, met with the Republican congressman in January to discuss ongoing
 interference issues in the Greater New York City/Long Island area. King
subsequently wrote FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to urge "timely and visible
enforcement."

The September 15 response to the NAL did not deny that Delise violated the
Communications Act and FCC rules but argued that the FCC should reduce or
cancel the fine because he is currently incarcerated and has no income or
assets. The FCC turned away that argument, saying that Delise did not provide
any documentation to substantiate his claim of inability to pay.

Last April, the FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Unlicensed Operation,
 after determining that Delise was transmitting on 147.96 MHz, a repeater
input. Not long after, the NYPD informed an FCC field agent that police had
taken Delise into custody for "sending out false radio transmissions" over the
NYPD radio system and for possessing radios capable of operating on NYPD
frequencies, in violation of state law.

Delise, who could have been fined more than $140,000, has 30 days to pay the
fine. He's now in prison as a result of the false police call and guilty pleas
to other charges.



The Doctor Will See You Now!

"Yagi Antennas" is the topic of the latest (December 1) episode of the "ARRL
The Doctor is In" podcast. Listen...and learn!

Sponsored by DX Engineering, "ARRL The Doctor is In" is an informative
discussion of all things technical. Listen on your computer, tablet, or
smartphone -- whenever and wherever you like!

Every 2 weeks, your host, QST Editor-in-Chief Steve Ford, WB8IMY, and the
Doctor himself, Joel Hallas, W1ZR, will discuss a broad range of technical
topics. You can also e-mail your questions to doctor@arrl.org, and the Doctor
may answer them in a future podcast.

Enjoy "ARRL The Doctor is In" on Apple iTunes, or by using your iPhone or iPad
podcast app (just search for "ARRL The Doctor is In". You can also listen
online at Blubrry, or at Stitcher (free registration required, or browse the
site as a guest) and through the free Stitcher app for iOS, Kindle, or Android
devices.

If you've never listened to a podcast before, download our beginner's guide.
Next time: "Antenna System Troubleshooting."



National Parks on the Air Update

With 3 weeks to go until the end of ARRL's National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)
program, Activators continue to operate from qualified NPS sites in record
numbers. The contact count stands at more than 953,100, an increase of nearly
40,000 since December 1.

There are NPOTA activations every day -- plenty of opportunities to work
stations, increase your NPOTA totals as a Chaser, and contribute to the goal of
 #1MillionQSOs.

Thirty-eight activations are scheduled for the week of December 8-15, including
 Saint Paul's Church National Historical Site in New York, and Franklin Delano
Roosevelt National Memorial in Washington, DC. Details about these and other
upcoming activations can be found on the NPOTA Activations calendar.

Keep up with the latest NPOTA news on Facebook. Follow NPOTA on Twitter
(@ARRL_NPOTA).



Use of New Web Log Upload App Encouraged for ARRL 10 Meter Contest Participants

One of the more popular annual operating events -- the ARRL 10 Meter Contest --
 is this weekend, December 10-11, beginning at 0000 UTC on Saturday (Friday
evening in US time zones) and winding up 48 hours later at 2359 UTC on Sunday.
The object is simple: Exchange contact information with as many stations as
possible on 10 meters. The ARRL 10 Meter Contest is open to all radio amateurs,
 because Technician licensees have access to the band. More contest newbies are
 active in the 10 Meter Contest than in any other event, and it's a good time
to get acquainted with contesting techniques too.

Participants submitting logs for the ARRL 10 Meter Contest are urged to take
advantage of the new web upload app. This app makes it easy to submit a
Cabrillo-formatted log, plus it makes sure the log is properly formatted before
 it's accepted. The article, "Online Log Upload for ARRL Contests," on page 82
of the November issue of QST, explains how to use the app.

A wide range of entry categories is available for this event, and you can
operate CW, SSB, or both. Stations in the US and Canada send a signal report
and state or province. Alaska and Hawaii count as states; this is also one
contest where the District of Columbia (DC) also counts as a multiplier. DX
stations -- including KP2, KP4, etc. -- send a signal report and a sequential
serial number starting with 001. Stations in Mexico transmit a signal report
and state. Maritime mobile stations send a signal report and their ITU region
(R1, R2, or R3).

In this contest, multipliers count twice -- once on phone and once on CW -- so
there's an extra incentive to give both modes a try, even if you're a CW
beginner!

No matter how many -- or few -- contacts you make, submitting a log helps to
improve the quality of log checking, and you might even find yourself in line
for a certificate! If you're lucky, you could take a shot at one of the contest
 records. Post contest comments and photos of you and your station to the ARRL
Soapbox page. Your story could be included in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest results
 article in QST.



Reminder: December 11 Special Event will Commemorate Transatlantic Reception
Anniversary

An Amateur Radio special event on December 11 will commemorate the 95th
anniversary of the first transatlantic shortwave reception between Greenwich,
Connecticut, and Ardrossan, Scotland. ARRL, the Radio Society of Great Britain
(RSGB), and the Radio Club of America (RCA) are partnering in sponsoring the
activity. The Greenwich Historical Society will also participate.

On December 11, 1921, a radio signal transmitted from the location of 1BCG in
Connecticut, was heard in Scotland by Paul Godley, 2ZE, during the second ARRL
transatlantic tests. The special event will use N1BCG, the call sign of Clark
Burgard of Greenwich, a radio history buff who was instrumental in making
arrangements for the event.

The N1BCG special event, which will be set up at a school near the original
1BCG site, will begin on Sunday, December 11, at 1200 and conclude at 0300 UTC
on December 12. Operation will be on AM on 75 and 40 meters; CW and SSB on 40
meters, CW on 30 meters, and CW and SSB on 20 and 17 meters. Approximate
frequencies are 3.880 (AM), 7.290 (AM), 7.235 (SSB), 7.040 (CW), 10.112 (CW),
14.280 (SSB), 14.040 (CW), 18.125 (SSB), and 18.088 MHz CW.

The event will include an attempt at a two-way contact between N1BCG and GB2ZE
in Ardrossan.



Emergency Communication Exercise Uses "Hamsphere(R)" to Introduce Youth to
Virtual Ham Radio

Fifty students in Dominica were introduced to ham radio on November 23, in the
form of a simulated emergency drill conducted via the virtual Amateur Radio
platform HamSphere. W1AW at ARRL Headquarters monitored the exercise. HamSphere
 is a virtual Amateur Radio transceiver, available for iOS and Android devices.
 Under supervision, selected youth teams competed for speed and accuracy in a
hurricane emergency communication drill, dubbed "Haminica 2016," while becoming
 familiar with this virtual version of Amateur Radio.

Sponsoring the project was Dominica's National Telecommunication Regulatory
Commission (NTRC), and NTRC Executive Director Craig Nesty and Engineer George
James, J73GJ, were on hand for the exercise. ARRL Emergency Preparedness
Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, observed "Haminica 2016" at W1AW using the HamSphere
3.0 platform. Well-known DXer Martti Laine, OH2BH -- an enthusiastic HamSphere
supporter -- and Brian Machesney, K1LI/J75Y, organized "Haminica 2016" and
helped to conduct the Dominica exercise. While in Dominica, Laine celebrated
his 70th birthday on the air as J70BH.

The exercise scenario was a hurricane about to make landfall on the island.
Laine said that, at one point, the group conducting the exercise had to
evacuate the station on short notice.

Laine said the NRTC is producing a video about the training exercise, and the
event caught the attention of the national TV station, which reported the story
 in prime time.



Contribute to ARRL through Your IRA

Time is running short to contribute to ARRL from your Individual Retirement
Account (IRA). The federal government has now made permanent the ability for
those age 70-1/2 or older to contribute up to $100,000 per year from an IRA
directly to qualifying charities without having first to declare the donation
as income. This means you can, for example, donate your annual required minimum
 distribution (RMD) to ARRL without increasing your income for tax purposes.
Depending on your personal tax situation, donating directly from your IRA to
ARRL could have more tax advantages for you than a direct personal donation.
Most custodians need a week or two to complete the transaction, so contact your
 IRA custodian as soon as possible!

Here's how it works: Contact the custodian of your IRA plan and instruct the
custodian to make a donation from your IRA directly to ARRL. Provide the plan
custodian with ARRL's federal tax ID number 06-6000004 and legal name and
address -- American Radio Relay League Inc., 225 Main St., Newington, CT
06111-1494.

It is important that the check from the custodian is made payable directly to
ARRL. ARRL appreciates contributions of any size from your IRA.

The custodian of your IRA then will send you an IRS Form 1099 showing that you,
 as the owner of the IRA, did not receive the plan distribution for your
personal use. Most fund custodians will ask you to complete a direct donation
form and will mail the plan distribution check directly to ARRL.

For more information, contact the ARRL Development Office, (860) 594-0348. The
Development Office is happy to help.

ARRL strongly encourages individuals interested in supporting the League
through an IRA distribution to consult with their attorney, tax/financial
advisor, or accountant to determine the tax, or other, consequences of making
such a gift.

American Radio Relay League Inc. is an IRS-designated 501(c)(3) organization.



ARRL Foundation Board Approves Two New Scholarships for Young Radio Amateurs

The ARRL Foundation Board of Directors recently approved two new scholarships.


The Helen Laughlin AM Mode Memorial Scholarship

The Helen Laughlin AM Mode Memorial Scholarship -- a scholarship intended for
women Amateur Radio operators -- is funded through the generosity of the
Laughlin-Beers Foundation and is intended exclusively for educational use -- to
 provide assistance with the costs of tuition, room, board, books, and/or other
 fees essential to the advanced education of the recipient.

Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited 4-year college or university, and
hold a General or higher Amateur Radio license. It is suggested that the
applicant have made a contact in AM mode, but this is not a requirement.

Preference is given to Texas residents, but if no qualified applicant is
identified, preference will be given to residents of Arkansas. If no qualified
applicant is identified there, preference will be given to applicants residing
in the ARRL West Gulf or Delta Divisions -- the states of Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. If no women qualify, then the
award will go to a qualifying male applicant.

The scholarship award will be $1,000 annually, with the first scholarship
granted in 2017.


The Atlanta Radio Club Scholarship

The Atlanta Radio Club Scholarship is funded through the generosity of the
Atlanta Radio Club, and is intended exclusively for educational use -- to
provide assistance with the costs of tuition, room, board, books, and/or other
fees essential to the advanced education of the recipient. Applicants must
reside in Georgia, be between 17 and 25 years old at the time of the award,
attend an accredited 4-year college or university, or graduate program, and
hold a Technician or higher Amateur Radio license.

The scholarship award will be $500 annually, with the first scholarship awarded
 in 2017. One scholarship is to be awarded per year.

In the case of all ARRL Foundation-administered scholarships, the Foundation
shall determine the recipients of the award to be academically superior and the
 best among the scholarship applicants. Applicants for both scholarships must
be US citizens.

The ARRL Foundation is currently accepting applications from eligible radio
amateurs for more than 80 scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000, which will
be awarded in 2017. More information is on the ARRL Foundation web page.

Applications for the 2017 scholarship process must be received by 11:59 PM
Eastern Standard Time on January 31, 2017.



Elves at OF9X Bring the Spirit of Christmas to Ham Radio

As in past years, Santa Claus will be spreading the spirit of Christmas via
Amateur Radio, but this year the elves are taking over the show. Twelve elves
are operating OF9X ("Old-Father-Nine-Christmas" for the entire month of
December, each with a 3-letter identification. Radio amateurs can work OF9X on
all bands and modes, from 630 meters (where authorized) to 70 centimeters. Each
 contact is worth 1 point for stations in Europe and 2 points for stations
outside Europe. The elves provide the multiplier -- up to 12 -- to determine
your final score. Only contacts made in 2016 are valid. Logs are available on
ClubLog, and the log will indicate which elf was worked, in case you miss the
ID.

Certified reindeer driver and Laplander Pertti "Pete" Koivula, OH2BEE/OH9U, is
giving Santa a face and voice this year. Koivula is a well-known Finnish actor.

The elves on the air and their 3-letter IDs are Arto, OH2KW (ART); Arttu, OH2FB
 (ATU); Jyri, OH2KM (JYR); Martti, OH2BH (MAR); Niko, OH2GEK (NIK); Pauli,
OH5BQ (PAU); Pekka, OH2TA (PEK); Pertti, OH2BEE (PER); Raimo, OH2BCI (RAI);
Tom, OH6VDA (TOM); Pertti, OH2PM (SIM), and Erik, OH2LAK (LAK).

Three awards are available: SKC Award (Santa is King of Christmas) -- at least
50 points; WMC Award (Warm and Memorable Christmas) -- at least 35 points, and
RNS Award (Remember those Red Nose Elves) -- at least 20 points.

E-mail your log and your point calculation by January 5, 2017. Full-color award
 certificates will be sent via return mail. Include the name to be printed on
the award and your e-mail address.

High-scoring operators and their children on each continent will be offered an
opportunity to speak with Santa during Christmas week. Details will be
available on the OF9X QRZ.com profile page.



In Brief...

China Plans Lunar-Orbiting Amateur Radio Satellites: China's Harbin Institute
of Technology is developing a pair of lunar-orbiting satellites -- DSLWP-A1 and
 A2. According to Mingchuan Wei, BG2BHC, DSLWP is "a lunar formation-flying
mission for low-frequency radio astronomy, Amateur Radio, and education,"
consisting of two microsatellites. Launch is planned in June 2018, to place the
 pair into a 200 x 9,000 kilometer (approximately 124 x 5,580 mile) lunar
orbit. The Amateur Radio payload on DSLWP-A1 will provide telecommand uplink
and telemetry and a digital image downlink. Open telecommand is also designed
to allow radio amateurs to send commands to take and download images. The
satellites are 50 x 50 x 40 centimeters, with a mass of about 45 kilograms and
are three-axis stabilized, with two linear polarization antennas. The team has
proposed downlinks for DSLWP-A1 on 435.425 MHz and 436.425 MHz, and downlinks
for DSLWP-A2 on 435.400 MHz and 436.400 MHz, using GMSK with concatenated codes
 or JT65B. Harbin Institute of Technology also developed the Lilac series of
CubeSats.


Radio Australia Shortwave Broadcasts to End on January 31: Another prominent
shortwave broadcaster is going dark, "The SWLing Post" blog reports. Radio
Australia has announced that it will cease its shortwave transmissions on
January 31. The station, popular with SWLs, broadcasts in the 31-, 25-, 19-,
and 16-meter bands. "The move is in line with the national broadcaster's
commitment to dispense with outdated technology and to expand its digital
content offerings, including DAB+ digital radio, online and mobile services,
together with FM services for international audiences," the Australian
Broadcast Corporation (ABC) said in a news release. The ABC said it would put
the money saved from ending shortwave broadcasting into other program
distribution technology.


Ofcom Declines to Act in Nightmare Neighbour Ham Radio Episode: UK
telecommunications regulator Ofcom has declined to act on formal complaints
about an October 27 episode of the Channel 5 television program Nightmare
Neighbour Next Door. That episode focused on 75-year-old Armando Martins,
M0PAM, of Kent, whose neighbors had made unsubstantiated claims that RF
radiating from his 30-foot vertical antenna was detrimental to their health.
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) weighed in following the airing of
the show. Radio amateurs across the UK also complained that the program episode
 was replete with false claims and pointed out that Ofcom had never found any
problems with Martins' station. A radio amateur for more than 60 years, Martins
 was first licensed as CR6IL in Portuguese West Africa (Angola). Complainants
contended that the show was "materially misleading," and thus a breach of the
Ofcom Broadcast Code.


ISS Packet Digipeater is Now on 70 Centimeters: The Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) packet digipeater aboard the ISS now is
active on 437.550 MHz. The UHF frequency means users will have to make
adjustments for Doppler on both uplink and downlink. The change to 70
centimeters comes in the wake of a problem that has sidelined the Ericsson VHF
transceiver, so the UHF model has been put into service. The digipeater
operates just as it did when it was on its former 145.825 MHz frequency. AMSAT
suggests that users program a group of five memory pairs to permit an operating
 range that will compensate for Doppler, with transmit frequencies from 437.560
 to 437.540 MHz, and receive frequencies from 437.540 to 437.560 MHz, in 5 kHz
increments (i.e., the transceiver would be in simplex for 437.555 MHz). More
information is available from the AMSAT website. Scheduled ARISS contacts and
APRS operations will also utilize the Ericsson UHF transceiver in the Columbia
module. -- Thanks to AMSAT News Service



The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The average daily sunspot number for December
 1-7 was 40.9, up 10 points from the previous 7 days. Solar flux has hardly
changed, moving from 82.6 to 82.2. The average daily planetary A index dropped
from 13.6 to 4.9, and the average mid-latitude A index dipped from 10.3 to 3.4.

The latest prediction from NOAA and the US Air Force shows solar flux at 75 on
December 8-10; 70 on December 11-13; 75 on December 14-15; 78 on December
16-18; 82 on December 19-20; 86 on December
21-27; 84 on December 28-31; 82 on January 1; 80 on January 2-3; 78 on January
4-8; 80 on January 9, and 82 on January 10-15.

Their latest projection for Planetary A Index is 20 on December 8-9; 18, 12,
and 8 on December 10-12; 5 on December 13-17; 8, 12, 16, and 22 on December
18-21; 30, 12, 10, and 8 on December 22-25; 5 on December 26-31; 8, 5, 12, and
15 on January 1-4; 20, 18, and 12 on January 5-7, and 5 on January 8-13.

A summary of the 3-month moving average of observed daily sunspot numbers, from
 January through November 2016: 55.4, 53.5, 49, 45.3, 43.1, 35.4, 33, 33.5, 40,
 39, and 29.6. Monthly average daily sunspot numbers for November were 22.4.
This is down from 50.4, 37.4, and 29.1 for August through October. The downward
 trend in activity is obvious and undeniable.

Sunspot numbers for December 1 through 7 were 49, 59, 62, 37, 37, 24, and 18,
with a mean of 40.9. 10.7 cm flux was 84.5, 84.4, 84.7, 82.4, 82.7, 79.8, and
77.2, with a mean of 82.2. Estimated planetary A indices were 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 7,
 and 11, with a mean of 4.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 3, 2, 1, 1,
2, 6, and 9, with a mean of 3.4.

Send me your reports or observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

 *  December 10-11 -- ARRL 10 Meter Contest (CW, phone)
 *  December 10-11 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)
 *  December 10-11 -- International Naval Contest (CW, phone)
 *  December 10-18 -- AWA Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party (CW)
 *  December 11-14 -- CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run (CW)
 *  December 14 -- NAQCC CW Sprint

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Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

 *  December 9-10 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City,
    Florida
 *  January 8 -- New York City/Long Island Section Convention, Bethpage, New
    York
 *  January 14 -- TechFest 2017 Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
 *  January 20-21 -- North Texas Section Convention, Forest Hill, Texas
 *  January 21 -- Georgia ARES Convention, Forsyth, Georgia
 *  January 22-28 -- QuartzFest Convention, Quartzsite, Arizona
 *  January 27-28 -- Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
 *  January 27-29 -- Puerto Rico State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
 *  February 3-4 -- Southern Florida Section Convention, Ft. Lauderdale,
    Florida
 *  February 4 - South Carolina State Convention, North Charleston, South
    Carolina
 *  February 4 -- Virginia State Convention, Richmond, Virginia
 *  February 10-12 -- Southeastern Division Convention (HamCation), Orlando,
    Florida
 *  February 17-18 -- Arizona Section Convention, Yuma, Arizona
 *  February 18 -- Arkansas Section Convention, Hoxie, Arkansas
 *  February 25 -- West Central Florida Section Technical Conference,
    Sarasota, Florida

Find conventions and hamfests in your area.

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