High-Speed Telegraphy Competition Set for September 8-12 in Hungary: The 14th
High-Speed Telegraphy (HST) World Championship will take place September 8-12
in Esztergom, Hungary. The event's date was shifted this year to avoid
conflicting with the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1)
General Conference. The Hungarian Radio Amateur Society (MRASZ) is organizing
the 2017 HST, which is sponsored by IARU. Hungary was the site of the first HST
 in 1995. Rules for the HST are available on the IARU Region 1 website. There
are nine competition categories, based on age and sex. In general, competitors
must be radio amateurs or "licensed SWLs (or SWL members of their national
societies)," the rules state. Competitors will be judged on their ability to
receive and transmit five-letter/figure/mixed groups for 1 minute and on their
skill with RufZXP call sign recognition and Morse Runner pileup simulation
software.

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The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: All solar indicators rose over the August
17-23 reporting week, with the average daily sunspot number increasing from
15.3 to 39.9, and average daily solar flux from 72 to 84.6, compared to the
previous 7 days.

Predicted solar flux is 85 on August 24-30; 78 on August 31-September 2; 75 on
September 3-7; 80 on September 8; 85 on September 9-14; 88 on September 15-16;
90 on September 17-22; 85 and 80 on September 23-24; 78 on September 25-29, and
 rising to 85 on October 6-7.

The predicted planetary A index is 14 and 8 on August 24-25; 5 on August 26-29;
 10, 24, 18, and 14 on August 30-September 2; 5 on September 3-7; 10 and 8 on
September 8-9; 5 on September 10-12; 25
on September 13; 30 on September 14-15; 25, 8, 10, and 6 on September 16-19; 5
on September 20-25; 12, 24, 18, and 14 on September 26-29; 5 on September
30-October 4, and 10 and 8 on October 5-6.

Did you witness the eclipse on Monday? I found a group of my neighbors gathered
 on the street corner after 1700 UTC, and they had one of those taped-together
box arrangements for projecting the image. We were in Seattle, north of the
band of darkness that spread over northern Oregon, south of us. Someone drove
by with a box full of special eclipse-safe glasses, and they worked very well.

Reports from friends who travelled to Madras, Oregon, reported that in the
middle of the totality band, they saw the sky go totally dark, and stars
illuminated the sky.

Sunspot numbers for August 17-23 were 30, 41, 33, 44, 43, 48, and 40, with a
mean of 39.9. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 76.7, 80, 86.8, 86, 87.1, 90.2, and
85.1, with a mean of 84.6. Estimated planetary A indices were 29, 21, 31, 22,
11, 23, and 25, with a mean of 23.1. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 20,
20, 23, 21, 13, 16, and 17, with a mean of 18.6.

Send me your reports and observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

 *  August 26-27 -- ALARA Contest (CW, phone)
 *  August 26-27 -- W/VE Islands QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
 *  August 26-27 -- SCC RTTY Championship
 *  August 26-27 -- YO DX HF Contest (CW, phone)
 *  August 26-27 -- Kansas QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
 *  August 26-27 -- Ohio QSO Party (CW, phone)
 *  August 26-27 -- CVA DX Contest (SSB)
 *  August 26-28 -- Hawaii QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
 *  August 27 -- SARL HF CW Contest

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.

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Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

 *  August 18-20 -- West Virginia State Convention, Weston, West Virginia
 *  August 19-20 -- Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, Alabama
 *  August 20 -- Kansas State Convention, Salina, Kansas
 *  September 1-3 -- North Carolina State Convention, Shelby, North Carolina
 *  September 8-10 -- New England Division Convention, Boxboro,
    Massachusetts
 *  September 9 -- Virginia Section Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia
 *  September 10 -- New Jersey State Convention, Mullica Hill, New Jersey
 *  September 15-16 -- W9DXCC Convention, Schaumburg, Illinois
 *  September 15-17 -- Southwestern Division Convention, Torrance,
    California
 *  September 15-17 -- ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, St.
    Louis, Missouri
 *  September 22-23 -- W4DXCC/SEDCO Convention, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
 *  September 23 -- Iowa State Convention, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
 *  September 23 -- Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley, Washington
 *  September 29-30 - Wisconsin State Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 *  September 30 -- North Dakota State Convention, West Fargo, North Dakota
 *  October 6-8 -- Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference, Bensalem,
    Pennsylvania
 *  October 7 -- South Carolina Section Convention, Rock Hill, South
    Carolina
 *  October 7-8 -- Great Lakes Division Convention, Brooklyn, Michigan
 *  October 13-14 -- Florida State Convention, Melbourne, Florida
 *  October 14 -- Pacific Northwest VHF Society Conference, Moses Lake,
    Washington
 *  October 20-22 -- Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, California
 *  October 21 -- Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, Wisconsin Rapids,
    Wisconsin
 *  October 22 -- Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut
 *  October 28 -- Arizona State Convention, Maricopa, Arizona

Find conventions and hamfests in your area.

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