ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Wins G3AAJ Trophy: ARISS
International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, was honored with the Ron Broadbent,
G3AAJ, Trophy. The presentation came during the AMSAT-UK International Space
Colloquium this past weekend. "AMSAT-UK totally shocked me yesterday at the
colloquium with the Ron Broadbent Trophy," Bauer reacted. "I was nearly
speechless when asked to come up and receive the trophy for ARISS work. I
mentioned that, early on, Ron was a phenomenal supporter and contributor to
ARISS, with his sage advice and guidance." The G3AAJ trophy is awarded annually
 by AMSAT-UK to an individual or group for outstanding service to the Amateur
Satellite service. The trophy was donated to AMSAT-UK by the late Ron
Broadbent, G3AAJ. ARISS received the G3AAJ trophy last year in recognition of
the ARISS UK team's dedication in working with the UK Space Agency to
facilitate the Principia Mission of astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, aimed at
engaging students in 10 UK schools in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) subjects.

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Getting It Right

The headline of the article "Tiny LF Signal Makes the Hop from Newfoundland to
the UK," in the October 26 edition of The ARRL Letter, incorrectly identified
the frequency range. The frequency of 8.27 kHz is, as the story itself
correctly notes, in the VLF (very low-frequency) range.

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The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The average daily sunspot number increased
from 13.4 to 17.7 for the October 26-November 1 reporting week, compared to the
 previous 7 days. The main reason for the difference was that the previous 7
days started out with 2 days with no sunspots, and the latter period ended with
 1 day of zero sunspots -- on November 1.

Predicted solar flux is 73, 74, and 73 on November 2-4; 72 on November 5-8; 70
on November 9-13; 71 on November 14; 72 on November 15-16; 73 and 74 on
November 17-18; 75 on November 19-28; 72 on November 29-30; 70 on December
1-10; 71 on December 11; 72 on December 12-13, and 73, 74, and 75 on December
14-16.

The Predicted planetary A index is 12, 8, 6, 5, and 8 on November 2-6; 16, 28,
40, 28, 25, and 8 on November 7-12; 5 on November 13-14; 12, 10, and 8 on
November 15-17; 5 on November 18-19; 20 on November 20-22; 5 on November 23-27;
 8 on November 28; 15 on November 29-30; 10, 8, 5, 25, and 28 on December 1-5;
35, 25, 20, and 8 on December 6-9; 5 on December 10-11; 12, 10, and 8 on
December 12-14, and 5 on December 15-16.

Sunspot numbers for October 26-November 1 were 23, 23, 22, 23, 22, 11, and 0,
with a mean of 17.7. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 77.3, 76, 75.4, 75.3, 75.6,
75.4, and 72.6, with a mean of 75.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 20, 5,
6, 4, 3, 3, and 4, with a mean of 6.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were
16, 4, 5, 3, 1, 2, and 2, with a mean of 4.7.

Send me your reports and observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

 *  November 4 -- IPARC Contest (CW)
 *  November 4-5 -- ARRL EME Contest (CW, phone, digital)
 *  November 4-5 -- Ukrainian DX Contest (CW, phone)
 *  November 4-6 -- ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)
 *  November 5 -- IPARC Contest (SSB)
 *  November 5 -- EANET Sprint (CW, phone, digital)
 *  November 5 -- High Speed Club CW Contest
 *  November 7 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)

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

 *  November 4-5 -- Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
 *  November 11 -- HamJam Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia
 *  November 18-19 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
 *  December 2 -- Arkansas DX Association's 50th Anniversary Convention,
    North Little Rock, Arkansas
 *  December 8-9 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City,
    Florida
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    York
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 *  January 26-27 -- Delta Division Convention, Jackson, Mississippi

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