[MCARC] [Fwd: The ARRL Letter for February 27, 2020]

[Nate Bargmann]

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:40:00 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: The ARRL Letter for February 27, 2020

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            The  ARRL Letter

Published by the American Radio Relay League
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February 27, 2020

Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME <ww1me at arrl.org>

ARRL Home Page <http://www.arrl.org/>ARRL Letter Archive
<http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/>Audio News
<http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/> IN THIS ISSUE

- ARRL Seeks a New Chief Executive Officer
- ARRL Comments in Opposition to FCC Plan to Delete the 3.4 GHz Band
- AMSAT Cites Need for Adequate Spectrum in Opposing Deletion of 3.4
GHz Band
- ARRL Podcasts Schedule
- ARRL Announces Interruptions to Online Services
- FCC Turns Down Amateur Licensee's Appeal
- The K7RA Solar Update
- Just Ahead in Radiosport
- Auxiliary Communications Training to Be Held in Conjunction with
Dayton Hamvention®
- It's Never Too Late to Upgrade
- In Brief...
- Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

==> ARRL SEEKS A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

ARRL is seeking <http://www.arrl.org/employment-opportunities> an
experienced radio amateur to be Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at its
headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. The CEO is the top compensated
employee in ARRL's management structure and oversees all operations in
collaboration with the President and the Board of Directors, in
accordance with ARRL's Articles of Association, Bylaws, and Board
policies. The successful candidate will ensure day-to-day management of
ARRL, including fiscal operations and will oversee and make certain
that its fund-raising, marketing, human resources, technology,
advocacy, and governance strategies are effectively implemented.

Essential CEO Functions Include:

- Leading the headquarters staff and field volunteers, in response to
Board policy, in the development and implementation of effective
programs for the promotion and growth of amateur radio and the
provision of services to members.
- Planning, developing, organizing, implementing, directing, and
evaluating ARRL's operational and fiscal performance.
- Providing leadership, directing headquarters staff, and maintaining
performance standards in headquarters operations.
- Participating, in collaboration with officers, Directors, and staff,
in developing ARRL's plans and programs.

The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker with a record of
significant amateur radio experience and a broad understanding of its
operational, technical, regulatory, and social facets. The CEO will be
responsible for effective financial and operational management and
oversight.

CEO candidates should possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent
(master's degree preferred), be an active radio amateur who has
initiated or led a significant amateur radio activity within the past
10 years, and have 10 years of management and supervisory experience.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate ability in providing effective
leadership and management of business operations.

The position is located at ARRL Headquarters, and the successful
candidate will be required to establish a residence in the Hartford,
Connecticut, area.

For More Information

The CEO Position Announcement
<http://www.arrl.org/employment-opportunities> includes details.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume via
e-mail <mlevesque at arrl.org> to ARRL Human Resources Assistant Monique
Levesque.

==> ARRL COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO FCC PLAN TO DELETE THE 3.4 GHZ BAND

ARRL has filed comments opposing an FCC proposal to delete the 3.3 -
3.5 GHz secondary amateur allocation. The comments, filed on February
21, are in response to an FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM
<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-130A1.pdf>) in WT
Docket 19-348 in which the FCC put forward a plan to remove "existing
non-federal secondary radiolocation and amateur allocations" in the 3.3
- 3.55 GHz band and relocate incumbent non-federal operations. The
FCC's proposal was in response to the MOBILE NOW [Making Opportunities
for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles
to Wireless] Act, enacted in 2018 to make new spectrum available for
mobile and fixed wireless broadband use. ARRL noted that amateur radio
has a long history of successful coexistence with primary users of the
band.

"There is no reason suggested by the Commission, or known to us, why
the secondary status for amateur radio operations should not be
continued for the indefinite future," ARRL said in its comments. "We
understand that secondary commercial users are less flexible than
amateur radio users and may desire to relocate to protect continued
provision of services and service quality. Radio amateurs, by contrast,
benefit from having technical knowledge and no customer demands for
continuous service quality, more flexibility to make adjustments, and
often have the technical abilities necessary to design and implement
the means to coexist compatibly with the signals of primary users."

ARRL pointed to amateur radio's "decades-long experience observing and
experimenting with radiowave propagation" in the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz band
that includes mesh networks, amateur television networks, weak signal
long-distance communication, Earth-Moon-Earth (moonbounce)
communication, beacons used for propagation study, and amateur
satellite communications. In its comments, ARRL argued that it would be
"premature" to remove the current secondary amateur radio allocation.

Radio amateurs have established extensive infrastructure for the
current band and are engaged in construction and experimentation that
includes innovative "mesh networks" and amateur television <> networks
that can be deployed to support public service activities.

"This spectrum should not be removed from the amateur radio secondary
allocation and left unused," ARRL told the FCC. "Only at a later time
may an informed assessment of sharing opportunities be made in the
specific spectrum slated for re-allocation.... This depends upon the
Congressionally mandated NTIA studies of sharing or relocation options
that have yet to be completed and, if all or part of this spectrum is
re-allocated, the nature and location of buildout by the non-federal
users." The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) oversees spectrum allocated to federal government users. ARRL
noted that radio amateurs have established extensive infrastructure for
the current band and are engaged in construction and experimentation
that includes innovative "mesh networks" and amateur television <>
networks that can be deployed to support public service activities.

With the NTIA report addressing the 3.1 - 3.55 GHz spectrum not
expected until late March, ARRL said, "we do not yet know how much
spectrum below and above the amateur secondary allocation may be
reallocated to non-federal users and what opportunities may exist or be
developed to share [that] spectrum" with new primary users and systems.
<>

"Even if suitable new spectrum could be found for the existing amateur
uses -- which is difficult before the spectrum musical chairs activity
is concluded -- the costs to radio amateurs would be significant and be
borne with no countervailing public benefit," ARRL told the FCC.

"If the advent of new primary licensees forecloses some types of
secondary operations, the amateur community will reevaluate the
situation when some certainty exists," ARRL concluded.

==> AMSAT CITES NEED FOR ADEQUATE SPECTRUM IN OPPOSING DELETION OF 3.4
GHZ BAND

AMSAT has commented
<https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Comments-of-Radio-Amateur-Satellite-Corporation-WT-Docket-No-19-348.pdf>
on the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM
<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-130A1.pdf>) in WT
Docket 19-348 that proposes to delete the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz (9 centimeter)
amateur band and relocate incumbent non-federal operations. The band
includes the 3.40 - 3.41 GHz Amateur Satellite Service allocation. In
its remarks, AMSAT said it opposes deletion of the allocation and
stressed the necessity of having adequate microwave spectrum available
for future amateur satellite projects, including AMSAT's GOLF program
and the Lunar Gateway. AMSAT acknowledged that the 3.4 GHz Amateur
Satellite Service allocation is not currently used by any amateur
satellites and that it is unsuitable for worldwide communication
because  <>it is not available in ITU Region 1. AMSAT said a number of
potential future uses for the band remain, however, as worldwide usage
of other available allocations increases.

"These potential uses include a future amateur satellite in
geostationary orbit above the Americas," AMSAT said, explaining that
the segment could support uplink or downlink frequencies for such a
spacecraft without potential interference to worldwide activities
involving space stations in high-Earth or lunar orbit. The
most-desirable allocations for use as uplinks are between 2.4 GHz and
5.67 GHz -- 80 MHz in all, AMSAT told the FCC. "As many of the proposed
uses include amateur television and high-speed data transmission with
satellites in high-Earth orbit or lunar orbit, these allocations may
quickly become inadequate," AMSAT said.

AMSAT told the FCC the 3.40 - 3.41 GHz allocation could be utilized as
a command channel or secondary data downlink for AMSAT ground stations
in ITU Region 2 without interfering with the primary communications on
the other allocations or other satellites utilizing those segments <>.

AMSAT said several non-amateur satellites use the broader 3.3 - 3.5 GHz
amateur allocation, which also sees wide use for amateur radio mesh
networking, EME communications, and contesting.

"The Amateur Satellite Service continues to provide immense value to
the growing field of small satellites," AMSAT concluded. "Experiments
conducted by amateur satellites...continue to inform the development of
the commercial small satellite industry. Additionally, student
participation in amateur satellite projects provides both inspiration
for young men and women to pursue careers in the commercial satellite
industry and practical experience for those careers.

"A strong and robust Amateur Satellite Service will continue to benefit
the public interest and inspire future developments in satellite
technology," AMSAT said. "Continued progress in achieving these goals
requires adequate spectrum, especially in suitable microwave bands." --
Thanks to AMSAT News Service via AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul
Stoetzer, N8HM

==> ARRL PODCASTS SCHEDULE

The February 13 episode of the On the Air podcast focuses on building
the hands-free soldering tool from the article, "Extend Your Handheld's
Range with a Simple Ground-Plane Antenna," seen in the January/February
2020 issue of On the Air magazine; a discussion of open-wire feed
lines, and an interview with a public service volunteer. New On the Air
podcast episodes are available monthly.

The new episode of Eclectic Tech podcast goes live February 27. Episode
2 touches on these topics: Most expensive home PC ever; Alexa and
amateur radio; solar activity's influence on whales, and a HamSCI
update from Ward Silver, N0AX.

Both podcasts are available on iTunes (iOS) and Stitcher (Android) as
well as on Blubrry -- On the Air <https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/> |
Eclectic Tech <https://blubrry.com/eclectictech/>.

==> ARRL ANNOUNCES INTERRUPTIONS TO ONLINE SERVICES

The ARRL website and other online services will be offline on Friday,
February 28, for up to 8 hours in order to conduct necessary
maintenance. The outage will begin at 0500 UTC and should end by 1300
UTC. It will affect the main ARRL website, the ARRL Store, and the ARRL
contesting-related pages, including the log submission page. Logbook of
The World (LoTW), email, and all ARRL Headquarters systems will not be
affected.

As part of ARRL Headquarters' transition to new internet service
providers, an interruption of internet access at ARRL Headquarters is
set for Wednesday, March 4, starting at 2300 UTC. The interruption will
last no longer than 4 hours. During the work period, these services
will be unavailable: Logbook of The World (LoTW), Online DXCC,
International Grid Chase Archive, National Parks on the Air Archive,
Centennial QSO Party Archive, W1AW Echolink Conference Server, and VPN
access to Headquarters. Email to Headquarters will remain online, and
the ARRL website (www.arrl.org <http://www.arrl.org>) will remain
operational throughout the maintenance period, along with the contest
and advertising pages. We apologize for any inconvenience.

==> FCC TURNS DOWN AMATEUR LICENSEE'S APPEAL

In a Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O
<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-12A1.pdf>) released on
February 20, the FCC turned down an appeal by William F. Crowell,
W6WBJ, of Diamond Springs, California, of an Administrative Law Judge's
(ALJ) dismissal of Crowell's amateur radio license renewal application.
Chief ALJ Richard L. Sippel ruled in 2018 that Crowell "failed to
prosecute his application by refusing to attend a hearing scheduled by
the judge," and that this warranted dismissal of Crowell's 2007 renewal
application. The FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau had designated
Crowell's renewal application for hearing based on allegations that he
had violated the Communications Act and FCC rules by causing
intentional interference and by transmitting one-way communications,
indecent language, and music on amateur frequencies. The hearing was
set to be held in Washington, DC, and Crowell filed a notice of
appearance certifying that he would appear and present his case.

The case was interrupted by what the FCC in the MO&O called, "a hiatus
of several years, during which Crowell's petition to disqualify the
Judge was pending."

In August 2016, the FCC imposed a $25,000 fine on Crowell for
intentional interference and transmitting prohibited communications.
The FCC said in a Forfeiture Order (FO
<http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0802/DA-16-877A1.pdf>)
that the penalty "is based on the full base forfeiture amount as well
as an upward adjustment reflecting Mr. Crowell's decision to continue
his misconduct after being warned that his actions violated the
Communications Act and the Commission's rules." The FCC noted that
Crowell did not deny making the alleged transmissions but argued in
large part that they were protected by the First Amendment of the
Constitution," the Forfeiture Order said. The February 20 MO&O does not
reference the Forfeiture Order or its disposition.

When the renewal application litigation resumed in 2017, Crowell asked
that the hearing be moved to the Sacramento, California, area, arguing
that he could not afford to travel to Washington. Sippel denied the
motion.

"In the Dismissal Order, the Judge responded to Crowell's refusal to
attend a hearing in Washington, D.C., by granting the Enforcement
Bureau's motion to dismiss Crowell's application," the FCC said in its
MO&O. The ALJ held that Crowell's refusal to attend a hearing in
Washington, DC, "constituted a failure to prosecute and thereby
effectively violated Section 1.221(c) of the rules, which requires
dismissal if an applicant fails to commit to appear on the date fixed
for hearing." The Judge agreed with the Enforcement Bureau that many of
the arguments Crowell raised on appeal "are not properly before us in
reviewing the Dismissal Order and should be disregarded."

Crowell's amateur license expired in 2007, but he has been permitted,
under FCC rules, to operate while his renewal application remains
pending.

==> THE K7RA SOLAR UPDATE

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Except for the first day of the
month, we've seen no sunspots through the rest February. I keep
watching <https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/> for possible sunspot activity
over the solar horizon. Recently I noticed a promising white area, and,
in the past few days, Spaceweather.com <http://www.spaceweather.com/>
pointed out two promising areas just over the horizon.

Average daily solar flux changed slightly from 70.9 to 70.5 over the
recent week, and geomagnetic indicators remained quiet.

Predicted solar flux over the next 45 days is 70 on February 27 - March
3, and 71 on March 4 - April 11. Predicted planetary A index is 5 on
February 27 - March 3; 12, 12, and 8 on March 4 - 6; 5 on March 7 - 14;
10, 8, 10, 8, 5, 10, and 8 on March 15 - 21; 5, 8, 12, and 10 on March
22 - 25; 5 on March 26 - 30; 20, 15, and 8 on March 31 - April 2, and 5
on April 3 - 11.

Sunspot numbers for February 20 - 26 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with
a mean of 0. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 70.8, 71.2, 70.2, 70.1, 70.2,
70.6, and 70.1, with a mean of 70.5. Estimated planetary A indices were
8, 14, 9, 5, 4, 3, and 4, with a mean of 6.7. Middle latitude A index
was 5, 10, 7, 4, 3, 3, and 3, with a mean of 5.

A comprehensive K7RA Solar Update is posted Fridays on the ARRL
website. For more information concerning radio propagation, visit
<http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals> the ARRL Technical
Information Service, read
<http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere> "What the Numbers
Mean...," and check out <http://k9la.us/> K9LA's Propagation Page.

A propagation bulletin archive
<http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation> is available.
Monthly charts <http://arrl.org/propagation> offer propagation
projections between the US and a dozen DX locations.

Share <k7ra at arrl.net> your reports and observations.

==> JUST AHEAD IN RADIOSPORT

- February 29 - March 1 -- Russian WW Multimode Contest (CW, phone,
digital)

- February 29 - March 1 -- UBA DX Contest (CW)

- February 29 - March 1 -- South Carolina QSO Party (CW, phone,
digital)

- February 29 - March 1 -- North American QSO Party (RTTY)
<http://www.ncjweb.com/>

- February 29 - March 1 -- NA Collegiate Championship (RTTY)

- March 1 -- SARL Hamnet 40-Meter Simulated Emergency Contest (Phone)

- March 1 -- NSARA Contest (CW, phone, digital)

- March 1 - 2 -- North Carolina QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)

- March 2 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (Digital)

- March 2 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)

- March 3 -- AGCW YL-CW Party (CW)

- March 4 -- 3.5 UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (Phone)

- March 5 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)

- March 5 -- SKCC Sprint Europe (CW)

See the ARRL Contest Calendar <http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar>
for more information. For in-depth reporting on amateur radio
contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest Update
<http://www.arrl.org/contest-update-issues> via your ARRL member
profile email preferences.

==> AUXILIARY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING TO BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH
DAYTON HAMVENTION®

Representatives of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
(CISA <http://www.cisa.gov>) will be on hand in conjunction with Dayton
Hamvention® to conduct CISA's nationally recognized National Incident
Management System (NIMS
<https://www.fema.gov/national-incident-management-system>)/ICS
<https://www.fema.gov/incident-command-system-resources>-compliant
AUXCOMM training course. The course will be held May 12 - 14 at the
Beavercreek Fire Department Training Room in Beavercreek, Ohio. Only 30
slots are available, and the registration cut-off is April 1.

More than 3,000 radio amateurs from around the country have completed
the course, which is aimed at training ham radio volunteers to support
local, regional, and state governments with emergency communication
services, if requested. This course explains the structure of the
Communications Unit (COMU) and how to provide emergency communication
in a public safety context. It also goes deeper into the National
Qualifications System
<https://www.fema.gov/national-qualification-system>/NIMS framework.

Those who want to sign up for the CISA/Department of Homeland Security
AUXCOMM course must meet certain prerequisites and provide
electronic/scanned images of certain documents prior to the
registration deadline. The prerequisites include:

- A signed copy of a valid FCC-issued amateur radio license

- FEMA-issued IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800 certificates

- The public safety entity that you would support upon completing this
course, and its contact information

Applicants may attach scanned copies to an email <COMU at .cisa.dhs.gov>
with "Hamvention AUXCOMM" in the subject line. Information will be
reviewed, and applicants will be informed whether they have been
selected for a seat in the course.

This will be an intensive 3-day version of the course, with facilitated
lectures and student exercises conducted by professional AUXCOMM
instructors. The course provides time for interactive discussions and
exercises. Direct questions via email <COMU at cisa.dhs.gov> to CISA.

This year's Dayton Hamvention will include an AUXCOMM forum, which will
provide a look at the new AUXCOMM 509, which will become the official
position description of AUXCOMM personnel within the proposed
Communications Branch, the new AUXCOMM Subcommittee of the
Communications Section Task Force, and what's in store for AUXCOMM's
future.

==> IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO UPGRADE

George "Buck" Miner, K6RFE, of Sun City, Arizona, has been an active
ham since earning his first license in 1956, upgrading to a
General-class license 10 months later. It wasn't until January 26,
however, that he upgraded to Amateur Extra -- at the age of 94.

Miner began losing his sight at a young age and became totally blind
when he was 27. That never slowed him down, however. Over the
intervening years, he repaired TVs and sold, repaired, and installed
two-way radios. He even managed a 200-acre ranch on the northern
California coast, where he fished and dived for abalone.

Miner was a local celebrity, too, producing and hosting a live radio
show in Eureka, California -- "Chuck Star and his Rambling Guitar" --
on which he told stories, sang, and played guitar. To facilitate living
alone, he learned to cook for himself and has produced several "Buck's
Miracle Kitchen" YouTube videos that humorously demonstrate how he
cooks without sight.

Miner has written several books, including an autobiography, My
Darkness under the Sun. He's also composed hundreds of songs, including
"CQ Boogie," and he continues to play his guitar and sing for fun and
profit. -- Thanks to Bob Ringwald, K6YBV

==> IN BRIEF...

Alex Gromme, 5B4ALX, has postponed his March 18 - April 2 T30ET
DXpedition to Tarawa (West Kiribati) because of the coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak. The Kiribati Ministry of Health told Gromme that
he would need to be quarantined for 14 days in Honiara, Solomon
Islands, before getting medical approval to continue on to Kiribati.
"T30ET is currently postponed, not deleted," Gromme said on his website
<http://www.5b4alx.cloud/>. He's now looking at October 2020, assuming
the COVID-19 situation is resolved by then. Last week, travel
restrictions imposed on individuals entering American Samoa as a result
of the coronavirus outbreak caused Swains Island W8S DXpedition
organizers to postpone that DXpedition until later in the year. The
team members were unable to comply with a 14-day mandatory quarantine
in Hawaii. The DXpedition announced tentative dates of September 23 -
October 6.

A working scale model of an HF curtain array antenna is on display at
the National Voice of America (VOA) Museum of Broadcasting
<http://www.voamuseum.org> in West Chester, Ohio. The model, which
operates on 70 centimeters, is a 4 × 2 design with a screen reflector,
and is the same style of antenna the VOA Bethany Relay Station used
until its final transmission in November 1994. West Chester Amateur
Radio Association (WC8VOA) members Richard Kreuter, WC8RK, and Joe
Burke, WA8OGS, designed and constructed this curtain array. EZNEC Pro 4
models indicates the antenna has a gain of 21.35 dBi at 8° at a
half-wavelength above ground. The club thanked Roy Lewallen, W7EL, for
modeling the array. The museum and WC8VOA will be open for extended
hours during Dayton Hamvention® for those interested in seeing the
model.

The NEMO-1 WSPR buoy launched by AMSAT-Argentina (AMSAT-LU) on January
30 was retrieved 12 days later by a fishing vessel. The buoy
transmitted WSPR on 14.095.6 MHz and APRS on VHF FM using the call sign
LU7AA. The captain of the tuna vessel Juan Pablo II considered that the
buoy was partially submerged, decided to retrieve it, and informed
AMSAT-LU. The NEMO-1 traveled another 8 days aboard the tuna vessel,
arriving at Mar del Plata on February 19, where members of the Mar del
Plata Radio Club were holding it until members of AMSAT-LU could
recover it. The buoy will be reconditioned, and a new launch is
planned, this time taking the buoy more than 200 kilometers (124 miles)
offshore, so that it will navigate freely.

The first IARU Region 3 (Asia/Pacific) Youngsters on the Air (YOTA)
camp will take place in Thailand on October 1 - 3. The Radio Amateur
Society of Thailand (RAST) will sponsor the event. YOTA is a rapidly
growing group of young radio amateurs with the goal of getting more
young people interested in amateur radio. Every year, young radio
amateurs will meet in a different IARU Region 3 country to exchange
ideas and experiences. The inaugural camp will be held at the Rock
Garden Beach Resort in Rayong. More information about the IARU Region 3
YOTA Camp <https://www.iarur3yota2020.com/> is available on the IARU
Region 3 website.

==> UPCOMING ARRL SECTION, STATE, AND DIVISION CONVENTIONS

- March 7 - Delta Division Convention
<https://sites.google.com/view/arvarf>, Russellville, Arkansas

- March 13 - 14 -- North Carolina Section Convention
<https://charlottehamfest.org/>, Concord, North Carolina

- March 14 - 15 -- Great Lakes Division Convention
<http://www.tmrahamradio.org/>, Perrysburg, Ohio

- March 14 -- Nebraska State Convention
<http://www.lincolnhamfest.org/>, Lincoln, Nebraska

- March 14 -- West Virginia Section Convention
<http://chashamfest.com/>, Charleston, West Virginia

- March 21 -- West Texas Section Convention
<https://hamfest.w5qgg.org/>, Midland, Texas

- March 29 -- Virginia Section Convention
<https://viennawireless.net/wp/events/winterfest/>, Vienna, Virginia

- April 10 - 11 -- Oklahoma State Convention
<http://www.greencountryhamfest.org/index.php>, Claremore, Oklahoma

- April 11 -- Roanoke Division Convention <https://www.rarsfest.org/>,
Raleigh, North Carolina

- April 18 -- Delaware State Convention
<http://www.radioelectronicsexpo.com/>, Georgetown, Delaware

- May 8 - 9 -- Utah State Convention <https://utahvalleyhamfest.com/>,
Orem, Utah

- June 6 - 7 -- Northwestern Division Convention
<http://www.seapac.org/>, Seaside, Oregon

- June 6 - 7 -- West Pennsylvania Section Convention
<https://www.breezeshooters.org/>, Prospect, Pennsylvania

- June 6 -- Georgia State Convention
<https://www.atlantaradioclub.org/atlanta-hamfestival.html>, Marietta,
Georgia

- June 20 -- Tennessee State Convention <http://www.w4bbb.org/>,
Knoxville, Tennessee

Find conventions and hamfests in your area
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests>.

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