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The ARRL Letter

October 20, 2016
Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME


 *  Regulatory Issues Top ARRL Executive Committee Agenda
 *  Bidding Kicks off on October 21 in Annual ARRL On-Line Auction
 *  MARS-Amateur Radio Interoperability Exercise to Test "Very Bad Day"
    Scenario
 *  IARU Region 2 Emergency Communications Workshop Covers Wide Range of
    Topics
 *  The Doctor Will See You Now!
 *  National Parks on the Air Update
 *  IARU Honors Past ARRL President Rod Stafford, W6ROD
 *  Complete Sweepstakes Records Now Available, Operating Guide Updated
 *  Time to File Your JOTA Station Report
 *  ARES/RACES Featured at Joint Tribal Emergency Management Conference
 *  Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A, SK
 *  Getting It Right!
 *  In Brief...
 *  The K7RA Solar Update
 *  Just Ahead in Radiosport
 *  Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions



Regulatory Issues Top ARRL Executive Committee Agenda

FCC and regulatory matters will fill the lion's share of the agenda when the
ARRL Executive Committee (EC) meets on October 22 in Chicago. Topping the list
of action items is a review of enforcement strategies -- a follow-on to
discussions during the July 2015 meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors. This
would include "ongoing consideration of revised plans and strategies for
improved Amateur Radio enforcement, and actions to implement these." It also
would address revisions to the ARRL Official Observer program.

The EC also will review the status of -- and comments filed on -- the ARRL
Petition for Rule Making (RM 11759) to the FCC, seeking changes in the 80- and
75-meter RTTY/data and phone/image subbands and to restore 80-meter privileges
for certain license classes, among other changes in those bands. The Petition
was filed in January.

In addition, the Committee will discuss comments filed in response to its
request to the FCC to delete restrictions on symbol rates for data
communication and the establishment of a 2.8 kHz maximum occupied bandwidth for
 data emissions below 29.7 MHz.

The FCC's April 2016 Report and Order, Order, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
 (R&O/NPRM) in ET Docket 15-99 also will be up for discussion. The FCC has yet
to approve operational rules for the 2200- and 630-meter bands and finalizing
the allocation of the 2200-meter band. The R&O/NPRM raised several questions
regarding how Amateur Radio might coexist with PLC systems used to control the
power grid.

The Committee also will hear updates on various regulatory items affecting
Amateur Radio. Some of the FCC proceedings date back 3 years or more.

In legislative matters, among other issues, the EC will hear a report on the
status of H.R. 1301 -- the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 -- with a focus on
strategies to gain approval for the proposed legislation in the US Senate
during the so-called "lame duck" session of Congress following the elections in
 November.




Bidding Kicks off on October 21 in Annual ARRL On-Line Auction

Bidding in the 11th annual ARRL On-Line Auction begins on October 21 at 1400
UTC, and the auction will continue through October 27. During the past week,
prospective participants have been able to view the nearly 300 items up for
bid. Those planning to take part must register. Participants in past ARRL
On-Line Auction events may use their previous log-in information.

Items on the block this year include QST "Product Review" gear -- already ARRL
Lab-tested -- vintage books and publications, previously owned gear,
one-of-a-kind finds, "Last Man Standing" TV series (starring Tim Allen, KK6OTD)
 items, and five of the ever-popular "mystery boxes" from the ARRL Lab team.

Some of the premier items up for bid from the QST "Product Review" inventory
include the Icom IC-7851 HF+6 meter transceiver, the Elecraft K3S HF+6 meter
transceiver, the Yaesu FTM-400DR 144/430 MHz transceiver, and the Ameritron
ALS-1306 HF+6 meter 1,200 W solid-state amplifier.

Among the book offerings are Radio Stations of the World, a special 1942
defense edition of The Radio Amateur's Handbook -- as well as many other
vintage Handbook editions, plus In Marconi's Footsteps -- Early Radio, and
Maver's Wireless Telegraph: Theory and Practice.

Proceeds from the yearly On-Line Auction benefit ARRL education initiatives.

The auction site only accepts Visa and MasterCard. Each auction item has its
own closing time.




MARS-Amateur Radio Interoperability Exercise to Test "Very Bad Day" Scenario

From October 30 through November 1, members of the Military Auxiliary Radio
System (MARS) will conduct a quarterly US Department of Defense (DOD)
Contingency Communications Exercise (COMMEX). The quarterly exercise will offer
 training on the ability to provide communications following a "very bad day"
scenario, when traditional forms of communications will likely be unavailable,
Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, said. The exercise will involve
 interoperability between MARS and Amateur Radio participants and is open to
all members of the amateur community.

"While the simultaneous loss of all communications nationwide is not likely, we
 are assuming there has been a massive nationwide outage, for training
purposes," English said. "One objective of the exercise is to continue the
partnership with the Amateur Radio community to help provide information about
local conditions." Information gathered will be forwarded to the DOD to provide
 a better picture of what is happening around the country, he said.

"During this exercise, we will use 60 meters, local VHF and UHF repeaters, and
HF NVIS [near-vertical incidence skywave] Amateur Radio bands," English
explained. "Our goal is to have a conversation about the local conditions in
and around your county. During the conversation, our operators will be asking
basic questions, such as the status of commercial power, public water systems,
and road conditions. These will be person-to-person conversations; you don't
need to use any digital modes or know any special messaging formats."

To kick off this exercise, MARS is encouraging the Amateur Radio community to
monitor 5,330.5 kHz from 0300-0400 UTC on October 31, when MARS will conduct
high-power voice broadcasts, alternating between military stations on the East
Coast and West Coast. MARS wants Amateur Radio operators to submit reception
reports.

For the remainder of the exercise, MARS personnel will be calling for Amateur
Radio operators on the five 60-meter channels as well as on established Amateur
 Radio nets on HF and on VHF/UHF repeaters.

Contact MARS with questions about this exercise. Registration for the October
25 webinar, "Overview of Army and Air Force MARS," remains open.




IARU Region 2 Emergency Communications Workshop Covers Wide Range of Topics

The second IARU Region 2 (IARU-R2) Emergency Communications Workshop on October
 11 focused on international issues facing Amateur Radio in emergencies and
disasters. ARRL and IARU Region 2 sponsored the workshop, held in Viña del Mar,
 Chile, in conjunction with the IARU Region 2 General Assembly. ARRL Emergency
Preparedness Manager and IARU Area B Emergency Coordinator Mike Corey, KI1U,
and IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Dr. Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, co-chaired
the event. Presentation topics reiterated and expanded upon themes discussed at
 the first Region 2 Emergency Communications Workshop, held in Mexico in 2013,
and raised some new issues. Attendees came from the US and a dozen other
countries, some outside Region 2.

Workshop speakers represented national societies and organizations with an
international scope, including the Federación Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores
 (FMRE), the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN), the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Radio Club de Chile (RCC),
Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN), and the Radio Club Venezolano
(RCV).

Topics covered the use of Winlink, SATERN support for Salvation Army disaster
response, the role of ITU, developing operator and communication skills, AREDN
mesh networking technology for disaster response, and emergency communication
response in Venezuela.

Among the workshop's conclusions:

 *  There continues to be a need for greater public education on the value
    of Amateur Radio. Specific ideas discussed included availability of
    print material and a social media presence for IARU Region 2 emergency
    activities.

 *  Events such as the Nepal and Ecuador earthquakes and the Philippines
    typhoon demonstrated the need for cached Amateur Radio equipment that
    can be deployed to support emergency communication activities.

 *  The availability of platforms such as Google Hangout, Skype, and similar
    virtual meeting programs make it possible to connect those in IARU
    Region 2 involved with Amateur Radio emergency communications.

 *  Exercises such as Cascadia Rising and Pacific Endeavor and events such
    as the Nepal and Ecuador earthquakes and Hurricane Matthew demonstrate
    the unique ability of radio amateurs to work together across political
    boundaries.

 *  Traditional modes of Amateur Radio communication, such as voice and CW,
    are vital to the ability to provide emergency communication in IARU
    Region 2. The development of operator skills through on-air activity and
    continued training...and wide use of new technologies and improved
    health-and-welfare messaging are encouraged.

 *  Work should continue on the IARU Emergency Telecommunications Guide,
    ensuring that it is relevant and useful to radio amateurs through
    regular updates and improvements.

IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinators will explore the possibility of an online
emergency communication resource library, available to IARU Region 2 member
societies and Amateur Radio emergency communication participants.

Direct comments and questions to Mike Corey, KI1U (English) or to Dr. Cesar Pio
 Santos, HR2P (Español).




The Doctor Will See You Now!

"HF Mobile Antennas" is the topic of the latest (October 20) 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.




National Parks on the Air Update

On October 19, the log from the 14,000th National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)
activation was uploaded to LoTW. It also put the ARRL program just shy of
750,000 contacts made from NPS units in 2016. With a little more than 2 months
to go, the NPOTA community is abuzz with the possibility of breaking the 1
million QSO mark.

NPOTA is the biggest operating event on the amateur bands this year. Tens of
thousands of participants worldwide have gotten involved in NPOTA, learning a
lot about the National Park Service and the country and history it preserves.
There's still time to join in on the fun!

Twenty-four activations are on tap for October 20-26, including the first-ever
activation of Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Pennsylvania, and
Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico.

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).




IARU Honors Past ARRL President Rod Stafford, W6ROD

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has honored past ARRL President
and outgoing IARU Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD (ex-KB6ZV), with the Michael
Owen, VK3KI, Memorial Award. Presenting the award plaque on the opening day of
the IARU Region 2 General Assembly in Viña del Mar, Chile, was IARU President
Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA. The award's namesake served as IARU Region 3 chair and
as President of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA). Although Stafford is
 stepping down as IARU Secretary, he will continue to represent the IARU to the
 ITU Development Sector.

The Owen Award is bestowed upon an individual with "an outstanding trajectory
of service to Amateur Radio," IARU Region 2 said, in announcing Stafford as the
 award's recipient.

Stafford's service to organized Amateur Radio began as ARRL Santa Clara Valley
Section Manager from 1983 until 1986, when he took office as ARRL Pacific
Division Director. He served in that post until 1990, when he became an ARRL
Vice President. In 1992, the ARRL Board elected him to be First Vice President,
 and in 1995, he succeeded George Wilson, W4OYI (SK), as the 12th ARRL
President, after Wilson suffered a stroke. He was ARRL President until 2000.
Stafford served in several IARU Region 2 capacities and has been IARU Secretary
 since 2009.

The ARRL Board has appointed former ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, to succeed
Stafford as IARU Secretary, a post he has held previously.




Complete Sweepstakes Records Now Available, Operating Guide Updated

Complete sets of ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) records for both modes are now
available, thanks to the efforts of Trey Garlough, N5KO, and SS Manager Larry
Hammel, K5OT. Records are sortable by category, ARRL Division, and ARRL
Section. A complete list of winners by category -- extending back to the first
Sweepstakes in 1930 -- also is provided. For statistics fans, the number of
logs submitted each year and a cross-reference of call signs are also
available.

"This is some nice work!" said ARRL Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ.
"Is there a record in your location or favorite category that might be within
reach this year?"

The SS CW event takes place over the first full weekend in November -- this
year, November 5-7. The SS phone takes place over the third full weekend in
November -- this year, November 19-21. Sweepstakes begins at 2100 UTC on
Saturday and continues through 0259 UTC on Monday.

In addition, Hammel has updated the Operating Guide package that explains how
to participate in Sweepstakes, including all rules and examples of log
formatting, The Operating Guide is available for download. Jahnke said clubs or
 public service teams thinking about giving Sweepstakes a try this fall will
find the guide a useful information source.

A new system for submitting club eligibility lists has been under test and is
available online. The deadline to submit an eligibility list is now the start
of each contest -- November 5 at 2100 UTC, in the case of the CW Sweepstakes.

Direct questions to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ.




Time to File Your JOTA Station Report

Now that Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) 2016 is history, the Boy Scouts are urging
participants to file a JOTA Station Report in order to determine how things
went.

"It's your perfect opportunity to share your stories, photos, and some
numbers," JOTA Coordinator Jim Wilson, K5ND, said. "The reports I've seen so
far show some good turnout, particularly from Cub Scouts. We feel this is due
to the new requirement for the Arrow of Light Award that asks Scouts to
participate in JOTA-JOTI [Jamboree On The Internet]. This is also no doubt
responsible for the big increase in JOTI registrations in the US, from roughly
100 last year to what looks like close to 500 this year."

Reports are due by November 1. Every station that files a report will be
entered into a drawing for an Icom ID-51A Plus dual-band handheld transceiver
and will receive a 2016 Jamboree On The Air certificate. Only Boy Scouts of
America stations are eligible.

"Worldwide we had 11,534 register for the event," Wilson said, adding that a
rough estimate indicated 800 US registrations and nearly 300 of those
indicating Amateur Radio call signs. If that number holds, he said, it would
indicate a dip in JOTA participation from 2015, when 346 turned out. "Some of
that [in 2015] could have been due to the complexity of the registration
system," he allowed. "I assure you that the reporting system now is much
simpler.

Wilson said the US JOTA 2016 Report should be out in early December.




ARES/RACES Featured at Joint Tribal Emergency Management Conference

For the third year in a row, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service and the Radio
Amateur Civil Emergency Service (ARES/RACES) were a featured component of the
largest gathering of tribal disaster preparedness, recovery, hazard mitigation,
 and homeland security professionals in the US. The annual conference, held in
mid-September, was organized by the National Tribal Emergency Management
Council and hosted by the Tachi-Yokut Tribe at their Santa Rosa Rancheria in
Lemoore, California. Radio amateurs were prominent among the conference
presenters. Two ARRL San Joaquin Valley (SJV) Section groups, Fresno ARES/RACES
 and Tulare County ARES, pooled resources and set up special event station N8V,
 with multiple operating positions, on the lawn adjacent to the conference
hotel.

"Many conference attendees stopped by to view the display," SJV Section
Emergency Coordinator Hal Clover, AD9HC, recounted. "Radiograms home were
offered with several being sent via operators at the event."

Throughout the week, many tribe members visited the special event station,
picked up ARRL literature, and discussed building a stronger Amateur Radio
presence within their tribes -- both as a way to support their emergency and
disaster preparedness and to bring their communities together.

NTEMC Chairman Richard Broncheau, KG7NRJ, welcomed attendees on opening day,
September 21, and NTEMC Executive Director Lynda Zambrano, KE7RWG, provided a
NTEMC "Year in Review." Later in the day, Adam Geisler, KJ6YHN, of the La Jolla
 Band of Luiseño Indians, was a panelist at an open forum, "FirstNet
Unscripted," about the First Responder Network Authority.

Breakout sessions on September 21 and 22 included a presentation on the
National Tribal Amateur Radio Association by Nathan Nixon, N7NAN, Public Safety
 Programs Director with the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona; "FirstNet's Second
 Steps: Real world applications for tribal emergency response," with Geisler
and Rita Mooney, KG5JAT, Texas Department of Public Safety among the panelists;
 "Introduction to CAMEO," a free suite of applications for planning and
responding to chemical emergencies, with Elisa Roper, KM4BUG, Tribal Liaison
with FEMA Region IV, and Al Finkelstein; and "Administration for Children and
Family Services -- IDCM," with Wendi Ellis, KK6WQO, Regional Emergency
Management Specialist in FEMA Region IX, and Stephen Miller as presenters.

Nixon co-hosted a presentation, "Join us for our First Tribal Coast to Coast
Exercise." Simulated emergency messages for an earthquake scenario were sent
via Amateur Radio from the conference special event station to FEMA Region II
in New York.

Another breakout session, "A Conversation: Increasing Tribal Human Services
Preparedness," was hosted by Suzanne Everson, KI7EGE, Regional Emergency
Management Specialist, Administration for Children and Families. Read more. --
Thanks to Steve Aberle, WA7PTM, Washington Assistant State RACES Officer
(Tribal Liaison) via the ARRL ARES E-Letter




Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A, SK

Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), HS1A, died on October 13, after a long
period of declining health. Born in Massachusetts while his physician father
was at Harvard University, the king, whose name translates as "strength of the
land, incomparable power," was 88. Noted DXer Fred Laun, K3ZO/HS?ZAR, said the
king was never very active on the air, and mostly operated using a handheld on
2-meter FM. The king also enjoyed photography and jazz, and played the
saxophone.

The king was the patron of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST), the
country's IARU member society. According to RAST, the king was "presented the
call sign HS1A by the Ministry of Communications" in a 1989 ceremony. He was
the world's longest-reigning monarch. -- Thanks to The Daily DX and other media
 outlets




Getting It Right!

The first sentence of the article "Current Rules Holding Hams Back from
Adopting State-of-the-Art Technology, ARRL Says," in the October 13, 2016,
edition of The ARRL Letter, should have said: "In comments filed on October 12
with the FCC, ARRL reiterated its case that the FCC should change the Part 97
rules both to delete the symbol rate limits in Section 97.307(f) and replace
them with a maximum bandwidth for data emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur
frequencies below 29.7 MHz." We apologize for the error.




In Brief...

Report -- Radio Amateurs in India Monitoring "Highly Suspicious" VHF
Communications: Authorities in India have asked radio amateurs along the
Bengal-Bangladesh border to monitor strange VHF radio transmissions that one of
 them has called "highly suspicious." According to an article in the Hindustan
Times, the signals were being heard in the dead of night, with participants
said to be in motion and speaking in some sort of code. "After we wrote a
letter highlighting the strange signals to the Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology, we were called in for a meeting by
officials of the international monitoring station in Kolkata on September 22,"
recounted Ambarish Nag "Raju" Biswas, VU2JFA, the secretary of the West Bengal
Amateur Radio Club, in the report. The newspaper account said that when the
Bengal hams attempted to contact the suspicious stations, the operators briefly
 quit transmitting. "We were asked to continue the monitoring," the report
quoted Biswas as saying. "It is a cause for concern for us all, since the
location is close to the Bangladesh border, and the callers were taking in
codes and words with Bangladeshi pronunciation." The operators, who were
speaking in Bengali and Urdu, also used numerical codes, according to the
report.


ARRL Members with AOL Accounts Report Problems Receiving ARRL E-Mailings: Since
 late September, ARRL has experienced intermittent problems delivering bulk
e-mail products, such as The ARRL Letter and Section Updates, to member
subscribers with AOL e-mail addresses. The problem is that AOL is not accepting
 all messages ARRL is sending; some make it through to the subscriber, and some
 do not. The League has open trouble tickets with AOL regarding this issue, but
 has not yet received any substantive responses. As a result, there is no
estimated time frame to resolve this problem. Delivery to all other major
Internet Service Providers continues to operate normally. If you have an
AOL.com e-mail address and have been affected by this, ARRL suggests that you
set up a new e-mail account with another provider and change the e-mail address
 in your member profile to the new account (click on "Edit your Profile" on the
 ARRL home page, after logging in). This problem is not specific to ARRL, as
many other organizations are reporting the same problems with their AOL
subscribers.


Antenna Fire Puts SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Station Off the Air: An early
October fire in the SAQ Alexanderson alternator long-wave antenna is under
investigation by the Grimeton World Heritage Foundation, which owns and manages
 the station in Grimeton, Sweden. The fire, attributed to arcing, was quickly
extinguished, and no injuries occurred. The Foundation said that determining
the extent of damage and completing repairs could take a while. "There is a
risk that the incident will affect the planned transmissions with the long-wave
 transmitter SAQ for some time to come," a Foundation announcement said. The
fire will keep SAQ off the air for a scheduled UN Day transmission on October
24. SAQ, which operates on 17.2 kHz, also typically schedules transmissions on
Christmas Eve and other occasions. Built in the 1920s, the Alexanderson
alternator -- essentially an ac generator run at extremely high speed -- can
put out 200 kW but typically is operated at less than one-half that power
level. Once providing reliable transatlantic communication, it is now a museum
piece and only put on the air on special occasions.




The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Over the past week, October 13-19 average
daily sunspot numbers declined from 55 to 31, while average daily solar flux
dropped from 101.9 to 83.4, compared to the 7 days previous.

The planetary A index increased from 6.6 to 19.1, and the average mid-latitude
A index jumped from 5 to 14.

Compared to the previous reporting period, this is just the opposite of what
happened 2 weeks ago, when A indices decreased, but solar flux and sunspot
numbers rose.

The October 19 prediction for solar flux shows these values: 78 on October
20-21; 80, 78, and 75 on October 22-24; 80 on October 25-26; 75 on October
27-29; 80 on October 30; 85 on October 31-November 5; 90 on November 6-8; 85 on
 October 9-11; 80 on November 12-14; 75 on November 15-19; 70 on November
20-22; 75 on November 23-25, and 80 on November 26.

Predicted planetary A index is 5 on October 20-21; 20 on October 22-23; 36, 44,
 38, and 20 on October 24-27; 15 on October 28-30; 25 on October 31; 12 on
November 1; 5 on November 2-5; 8 on November 6; 5 on November 7-10; 10, 24, 26,
 12, and 8 on November 11-15; 5 on November 16-17; 12 and 22 on November 18-19;
 35 on November 20-22; 20 on November 23; 15 on November 24-26; 25 on November
27; 12 on November 28, and 5 for November 29 and beyond.

Here is an article about a nearby star that seems to exhibit sunspot activity.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/proxima-cent...

Sunspot numbers for October 13 through 19 were 41, 38, 35, 25, 23, 24, and 31,
with a mean of 31. The 10.7 centimeter flux was 95.3, 92.8, 84.9, 80.9, 76.2,
77.4, and 76.5, with a mean of 83.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 43, 24,
 11, 18, 20, 11, and 7, with a mean of 19.1. Estimated mid-latitude A indices
were 30, 20, 8, 13, 12, 10, and 5, with a mean of 14.

This weekly Solar Update in The ARRL Letter is a preview of the Propagation
Bulletin issued each Friday. The latest bulletin and an archive of past
propagation bulletins is on the ARRL website.

Send me your reports and observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

 *  October 22-23 -- ARRL EME Contest (CW, phone, digital)
 *  October 22-23 -- UK/EI DX Contest (SSB)
 *  October 22-23 -- Stew Perry Topband Challenge (CW)
 *  October 26 -- SKCC Sprint (CW)
 *  October 26 -- UKEICC 80 Meter Contest (CW)
 *  October 27 -- RSGB 80 Meter Club Sprint (SSB)
 *  October 29-30 -- CQ World Wide DX Contest (SSB)

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

 *  October 21-22 -- Arizona State Convention, Maricopa, Arizona
 *  October 21-22 -- Florida State Convention, Melbourne, Florida
 *  October 22 -- Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, Wisconsin Rapids,
    Wisconsin
 *  November 5 -- TechFest Convention, Lakewood, Colorado
 *  November 5-6 -- Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
 *  November 12-13 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
 *  November 19 -- Alabama State Convention, Montgomery, Alabama
 *  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

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