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Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | July 17, 2025 ARRL Home Page http://www.arrl.org ARRL Audio News http://arrl.org/arrl-audio-news [https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/amateur/] In this Issue: =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0FlexRadio Equips ARRL with FLEX-8000 Series Station fo= r W1AW=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Take Part in HamSCI=E2=80=99s Meteor Scatter QSO Party= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Safety Stand-Down: Look Up and Live=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Changes in the ARRL Pacific Division=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Changes in the ARRL Atlantic Division=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Changes in the ARRL Sacramento Valley Section=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Amateur Radio in the News=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0ARRL Live Events and Podcasts=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0In Brief...=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Announcements=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0The ARRL Solar Report=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Just Ahead in Radiosport=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions FlexRadio Equips ARRL with FLEX-8000 Series Station for W1AW There is a new addition to Studio 1 at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial= Station at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut: a complete station= of the latest gear from FlexRadio [ https://www.flexradio.com/ ] , includi= ng a FLEX-8600=E2=84=A2 Signature Series SDR transceiver, a Maestro C Contr= ol Console, Power Genius XL (PGXL) amplifier, and Radiosport RS60CF headset= =2E The equipment is the latest addition to W1AW, which hosts a complement = of equipment in each of three operating studios under rotating agreements w= ith major amateur radio manufacturers. [https://www.flexradio.com/] During his visit to present the station to ARRL on Wednesday, July 16, 2025= , FlexRadio Chief Technology Officer Stephen Hicks, N5AC, described the sta= tion as an addition for the benefit of ARRL members and all visitors to W1A= W. ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, and CEO David Minster, NA2AA, were o= n hand to receive the equipment on behalf of ARRL. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CThe FLEX-8600 provides all of the latest features that we have,=E2= =80=9D said Hicks. =E2=80=9CAnd with all the Flex radios, they are continuo= usly upgradable, so we have software releases on an ongoing basis and add f= eatures and functionality to it. =E2=80=A6 ARRL members and W1AW visitors c= an come in here and try this equipment out and get used to it.=E2=80=9D [https://www.flexradio.com/] ARRL Director of Marketing and Innovation Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, expressed = gratitude for the collaboration with FlexRadio, saying =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99= re grateful to have W1AW equipped with a full FlexRadio station, allowing m= embers and visitors to operate and enjoy this current-generation technology= when they come to experience the latest in amateur radio innovation.=E2=80= =9D Inderbitzen explained that ARRL=E2=80=99s partnership with FlexRadio an= d its ongoing arrangement with manufacturers highlights a shared commitment= with the industry to advance amateur radio by offering a hands-on experien= ce to W1AW visitors. =C2=A0=20 Hicks and his FlexRadio colleague, Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP, also provided a= highly informative presentation to ARRL staff on the forthcoming FlexRadio= Aurora [ https://www.flexradio.com/aurora ] =E2=84=A2 series of 500-watt S= DR transceivers. Their talk highlighted the radio=E2=80=99s innovative use of polar modulati= on to address intermodulation distortion =E2=80=94 a common challenge in li= near amplification methods =E2=80=94 while also reducing power consumption = and heat generation. The technology has made it possible to reduce the weight and footprint of a= high-power HF station into a lightweight radio that can easily travel as a= n airline carry-on. Take Part in HamSCI=E2=80=99s Meteor Scatter QSO Party The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) is preparing for a ser= ies of upcoming meteor scatter (MS) experiments. Operating will take place = during two well-known meteor showers: Perseids, August 11 - 12, 0000 to 240= 0 UTC, and Geminids, on December 12 =E2=80=93 13. [http://www.hamsci.org/] This is a combination =E2=80=9Cspecial event and contest=E2=80=9D to genera= te contact data during meteor scatter events using the 6- and 10-meter band= s. Ten meters has been used infrequently for meteor scatter study due to pa= st symbol rate limits. However, with recent changes in Federal Communicatio= ns Commission rules, WSJT-X/MSK144 protocols may now be used on HF bands. =C2=A0=20 Data will be collected from both bands during the scheduled times in August= and December, and will be analyzed offline, using both PSK Reporter raw da= ta and operator contact logs from WSJT-X. User data, including both logged = contact and received reports, are necessary for valid experimental analysis= =2E The latter can be provided by any receive system reporting on MSK144 th= rough PSK Reporter. =C2=A0=20 Operators are needed now to be active (i.e., CQ-) on MSK144; or passive, if= possible, reporting via PSK Reporter as =E2=80=9Cmonitors.=E2=80=9D The be= st times are early morning hours prior to 10 meters opening to F2 propagati= on. Meteor scatter propagation occurs well below F2 and is supported in or = near the E layer where the meteor ionization tracks occur.=20 =C2=A0=20 Saturday mornings are being used regularly to announce and coordinate 10-me= ter contacts using Ping Jockey Central [ https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin= /pingtalk ] . Announcements are also made on the Front Range Six Meter grou= ps.io [ http://groups.io/ ] due to the substantial number of meteor scatter= operators in that group.=20 =C2=A0=20 To be successful, both active and passive operators are needed. The upcomin= g August meteor shower is an excellent time to set up your equipment and jo= in with other operators preparing for the events. At a later date, the HamS= CI team will be collecting operator contact information. =C2=A0=20 Contest rules can be found at www.hamsci.org/msqp [ http://www.hamsci.org/m= sqp ] and a description of the HamSCI Meteor Shower QSO Party - 2025 at ham= sci.org/msqp-poster [ http://hamsci.org/msqp-poster ] . =C2=A0=20 HamSCI serves as a means for fostering collaboration between professional r= esearchers and amateur radio operators. For more information about HamSCI a= nd to join the mailing list, visit www.hamsci.org [ http://www.hamsci.org/ = ] . Dr. Duino [http://www.digirig.net/] Safety Stand-Down: Look Up and Live By Sierra Harrop, W5DX ARRL Public Relations and Outreach Manager Electricity is a killer. About 150 people die each year at work from contac= t with electricity, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation Internati= onal. Half of those are from contact with power lines. That data is just wo= rkplace deaths, so recreational and public service volunteering aren=E2=80= =99t even accounted for.=20 =C2=A0=20 In a recent article, ARRL New Mexico Section Manager Bill Mader, K8TE, shar= ed safety concerns and processes that can be implemented [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/news/field-day-safety-tips-from-an-experienced-compliance-officer?ut= m_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] at ARRL Field D= ay sites. I=E2=80=99d like to share a simple phrase that may enhance your s= ituational awareness: Look up and live.=20 =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CLook up and live=E2=80=9D was drilled into me and every other tele= vision news employee who worked with electronic news gathering vehicles tha= t had a pneumatic mast or satellite dish. It was the title of an industry-s= tandard safety video published by the National Press Photographers Associat= ion [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DgfloNa2C6mw ] .=20 =C2=A0=20 In TV news, where I spent the first two decades of my professional career, = there was always a deadline and often a tremendous sense of urgency at the = scene of breaking news to get a live shot up first. Before the days of bond= ed cellular internet streaming, we used radio =E2=80=93 microwave and satel= lite =E2=80=93 to take viewers to the scene.=20 =C2=A0=20 No matter the pressure from news managers, safety was paramount. When we ap= proached a scene, we made sure to park the live truck at least 10 feet away= from overhead wires to comply with regulations. My personal minimum was tw= o truck-lengths from any lines, ideally a whole mast-length. If I had a 58-= foot mast, I=E2=80=99d try to park at least 58 feet away from the nearest p= ower line.=20 =C2=A0=20 Identifying overhead lines was ritualistic: As I arrived, I got out of the = vehicle, walked 20 feet away, looked up and walked around the entire perime= ter of the truck while deliberately searching for overhead lines and obstru= ctions. This additional 45-second process could feel like an eternity when = news was unfolding dramatically for me to capture and report =E2=80=93 but = I couldn=E2=80=99t go live if I was dead.=20 =C2=A0=20 In pursuit of our amateur radio hobby, we should apply even more diligence.= There=E2=80=99s no pressure to get on for a ham radio activation. Take you= r time, walk around, be diligent. Look up and live.=20 =C2=A0=20 Portable masts, vertical antennas, wire antennas slung up into a tree =E2= =80=93 anything you put up can become energized if it contacts an overhead = wire. Do not take chances. Even what appears to be a phone or fiber line co= uld be carrying lethal voltages. Do not become the path to ground.=20 =C2=A0=20 One additional tip that I hope never applies to a radio amateur: Should a v= ehicle you=E2=80=99re in become energized by a fallen line or a mast erecte= d into power lines, do not leave it unless it is on fire. Call for help via phone or ham radio. Yell at any bystanders to not approach your vehicle. Electricity spreads out from a path to ground in concentric rings of decrea= sing voltage. Being in contact with different voltages is what will kill you. If a fire requires you to exit, carefully jump clear of the vehicle so as t= o not contact the vehicle and ground simultaneously. Be mindful of your movements: =E2=80=9CBunny hop=E2=80=9D with your feet to= gether or shuffle your feet on the ground in small increments without lifti= ng either of them. Do not provide a path between the different potentials by walking normally = or by falling and catching yourself with your hands. =C2=A0=20 Please be careful when erecting portable gear within the wires environment.= Remember: Look up and live. Geochron Global Operational Awareness [https://www.geochron.com/hamclub/] Changes in the ARRL Pacific Division Dr. Carol Milazzo, MD, KP4MD, of Citrus Heights, California, has been appoi= nted Vice Director of the ARRL Pacific Division, effective July 9, 2025. Sh= e replaces John Litz, NZ6Q, who acceded to the position of Director in May.= She will serve the remainder of a three-year term ending December 31, 2025. =C2=A0 Since 2015, Dr. Milazzo has served as Section Manager of the ARRL Sacrament= o Valley Section. She is a Volunteer Examiner and an ARRL Life Member.=20 =C2=A0 The ARRL Pacific Division is comprised of the ARRL Sections of East Bay, Sa= cramento Valley, San Francisco, San Joaquin Valley, Santa Clara Valley, Nev= ada, and Pacific. =C2=A0 ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio=C2=AE is governed by an all= -volunteer Board of Directors. Elections are held for five of the 15 ARRL D= ivisions each year, for terms of 3 years. Changes in the ARRL Atlantic Division Martin =E2=80=9CMarty=E2=80=9D Newingham, AG3I, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania= , has been appointed Vice Director of the ARRL Atlantic Division, effective= July 15, 2025. Newingham will serve the remainder of a term that expires D= ecember 31, 2026.=20 =C2=A0 He replaces Martin J. =E2=80=9CMarty=E2=80=9D Pittinger, KB3MXM, who resign= ed from the position in April.=20 =C2=A0 Newingham is an ARRL Life Member and a Gold level contributor to the ARRL D= iamond Club. =C2=A0 The ARRL Atlantic Division is comprised of the ARRL Sections of Delaware, E= astern Pennsylvania, Maryland-DC, Northern New York, Southern New Jersey, W= estern New York and Western Pennsylvania. =C2=A0 ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio=C2=AE is governed by an all= -volunteer Board of Directors. Elections are held for five of the 15 ARRL D= ivisions each year, for terms of 3 years. Changes in the ARRL Sacramento Valley Section Jay Ballinger, N6SAC, of Antelope, California, has been appointed Section M= anager of the ARRL Sacramento Valley Section, effective July 16, 2025. He w= ill serve the remainder of a term that expires on September 30, 2027.=20 =C2=A0 He replaces Dr. Carol Milazzo, MD, KP4MD, who was appointed as Pacific Divi= sion Vice Director. Dr. Milazzo has served as Section Manager since 2015. =C2=A0 The ARRL Field Organization is the grassroots corps that makes up the 60,00= 0 volunteers among ARRL membership. It is divided into 71 sections, each of= which is led by a volunteer Section Manager who is nominated and voted on = by the members of the section. Section Managers serve two-year terms. [https://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Dacron_Rope.html] Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CSouthern Utah ham radio operators renew friendships, race to make = contacts [ https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/southern-utah-ham-radio-operat= ors-renew-friendships-race-to-make-contacts/article_d16e0fb9-ee0d-4f87-a6f4= -0ee94dbdb213.html ] =E2=80=9D / St. George News (Utah) July 5, 2025 -- The= Dixie Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL Affiliated Club. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CAt this Ohio ham radio competition, every connection makes a diffe= rence [ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/at-this-ohio-ham-radio-compet= ition-every-connection-makes-a-difference/vi-AA1IrmK8?ocid=3DBingNewsSerp ]= =E2=80=9D / WKYC TV (Ohio) July 12, 2025 -- The Black River Ops Radio Club. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CLocal radio club celebrates 80th anniversary [ https://www.msn.com= /en-us/news/us/local-radio-club-celebrates-80th-anniversary/ar-AA1IqFo2?oci= d=3DBingNewsSerp ] =E2=80=9D / WJET/WXP (Pennsylvania) July 12, 2025 -- The= Radio Association of Erie is an ARRL Affiliated Club. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CHam it up: Queen Anne=E2=80=99s Amateur Radio Club has a 'Field Da= y' [ https://www.myeasternshoremd.com/qa/news/ham-it-up-queen-anne-s-amateu= r-radio-club-has-a-field-day/article_a261e873-c111-4f51-a68c-1812fb2f1b9b.h= tml ] =E2=80=9D / The Bay Times/ Record Observer (Maryland) July 15, 2025 -= - The Queen Anne=E2=80=99s Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL Affiliated Club. [http://www.rooftowers.com/25g-mounts/?25g] ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 Join Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, to learn about operating in the field. You'll le= arn about everything you need to take your operating out of the shack inclu= ding antennas, power, and radios. Whether you are interested in POTA, SOTA,= or just operating in the outdoors, this is the session for you! Registrati= on is open now! learn.arrl.org/webinars/83549 [ https://learn.arrl.org/webi= nars/83549 ]=20 =C2=A0=20 Up Next: =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: July 22, 2025 =F0=9F=95=97 Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific =F0=9F=91=89 Register Now [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ]=20 =C2=A0=20 The ARRL Education and Learning Department would like to apologize for the = limitation of the registration system for May=E2=80=99s edition of On The A= ir Live. It hit a limit at 500 registrants. We=E2=80=99ve upgraded the syst= em to allow for this rapid success and growth in participation. The recordi= ng of the May session is available in the ARRL Learning Center [ https://le= arn.arrl.org/ ] . ARRL On the Air [https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/] On the Air Sponsored by Icom =C2=A0=20 Your Ham Radio Everyday Carry Everybody's talking about everyday carry, or EDC, the trendy name for the c= ollection of necessities you tote around with you every day, whether it's i= n a pocket or a bag. ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, joins = the podcast to talk about easy ways to make radio part of your everyday car= ry. Listen Now [ https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/ ] ARRL Audio News [https://blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/] ARRL Audio News Listen to ARRL Audio News [ http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news?utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , available every Frida= y. ARRL Audio News is a summary of the week's top news stories in the world= of amateur radio and ARRL, along with interviews and other features. The A= RRL Audio News is now broadcast on FM low power radio stations KQRZ-LP 100.= 7 and 96.7 MHz FM in Spokane, Washington every Saturday and Sunday morning = at 8:00 AM PDT.=20 =C2=A0=20 The On the Air podcast and ARRL Audio News are available on blubrry, iTunes= , and Apple Podcasts.=20 On the Air [ https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/ ] | ARRL Audio News [ https:= //blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/ ] Schulman Auction Amateur Radio Equipment Specialists [http://www.schulmanauction.com/] Rig Expert Take on the Air [https://rigexpert.com/] [https://tinyurl.com/3fw728t8] Rigol RF Test Gear [https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-multimeters/dm800/?utm_source=3DQ= ST&utm_medium=3DeNews&utm_campaign=3DDM858] Radioddity Xiegu X6200 Multi-mode HF Radio [https://www.radioddity.com/products/xiegu-g106?utm_medium=3Dbanner&utm_sou= rce=3DARRL&utm_campaign=3DThe%20ARRL%20Letter&utm_content=3DXiegu_G106] Flex Radio FT8 [https://www.flexradio.com/insider/articles/ft8-tipping-point-for-ham-radio= /] In Brief... A different kind of amateur radio contest will be in operation on July 19, = 2025. The Vlaamse Radio Amateurs (VRA) is organizing the Flemish Mill Conte= st. The goal is to activate Flemish wind, water, rose, and horse mills to highl= ight Flemish heritage. There is a specific website [ https://www.vlaamsemolencontest.be/ ] , in se= veral languages, where you can register, find the contest rules, and the ma= p of mills. Select Contest Cluster [ https://www.vlaamsemolencontest.be/contest-cluster= / ] for all information. [https://www.vlaamsemolencontest.be/] The Vaca Valley Radio Club, W6VVR [ https://w6vvr.net/ ] , will activate sp= ecial event station W6P from Alcatraz Island on August 2, 2025, from 0130Z-= 0830Z. There will be 3 stations operating from Alcatraz on 7.200, 14.250, a= nd 28.500 MHz. All stations will be on SSB using battery. If you have any q= uestions or live in the area and would like to be part of the operating tea= m, please contact w6vvr@arrl.net [ mailto:w6vvr@arrl.net ] . [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2026924035] Announcements The numbers for 2025 ARRL Field Day are impressive! ARRL Contest Program Ma= nager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, shared the latest update: =C2=A0 Entries by Class=09 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Class A...777=09 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Class B...595=09 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Class C...38=09 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Class D...1,462=09 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Class E...576=09 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Class F...112=09 Total Entries: 3,560 GOTA (Get On The Air) Stations active: 268 =C2=A0=09 QSOs by Mode=09 Total CW QSOs: 344,800 Total Digital QSOs: 211,840 Total Phone QSOs: 304,757 Total QSOs: 861,397 =C2=A0 The deadline for entries is July 29. Read more at 2025 ARRL Field Day [ htt= ps://www.arrl.org/field-day?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_cam= paign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . Open Positions at ARRL Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for Amate= ur Radio=C2=AE! We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the follo= wing positions: =C2=A0=20 Membership Manager Advertising Sales Manager Administrative Coordinator Technical Editor =C2=A0=20 Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at www.arrl.org/employmen= t-opportunities [ http://www.arrl.org/employment-opportunities?utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]=20 =C2=A0=20 ARRL is an equal opportunity employer. [http://www.arrl.org/DreamStation] The ARRL Solar Report ARRL Solar Report for July 17, 2025 Solar activity has been at low levels this past week. The largest flare of = the period was July 16 from Region 4143.=20 =C2=A0=20 Continued influence from the coronal hole (CH) high speed stream (HSS) will= maintain higher-than-normal electron flux at geostationary orbit through J= uly 18. The greater than 2 MeV flux will be moderate to high, especially du= ring the diurnal maxima (pressure oscillation) during this time. =C2=A0=20 Solar wind parameters continued to be enhanced under positive polarity CH H= SS influence. This is expected to continue through July 19. =C2=A0=20 The 10.7-centimeter flux: July 17, 125; July 18, 128; July 19, 122; July 20= , 118; July 21,120; July 22, 125; July 23, 125; July 24, 128. No radio blac= kouts were observed over the past 24 hours. =C2=A0=20 Predicted Sunspot Numbers: July 17, 135; July 18, 136; July 19, 134; July 2= 0, 120; July 21, 154; July 22, 137; July 23, 140. =C2=A0=20 For more information concerning radio propagation, visit [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/technical-information-service?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmai= l&utm_campaign=3DARRL&_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DTltC3&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medi= um=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] the ARRL Technical Information Service, re= ad A Quick Guide to HF Propagation Using Solar Indices [ https://www.qsl.ne= t/4x4xm/Propagation/HF-Propagation-Solar-Indices.htm ] , and check out [ ht= tps://k9la.us/ ] the Propagation Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. =C2=A0=20 For customizable propagation charts, visit the VOACAP Online for Ham Radio = website [ https://www.voacap.com/ ] . Just Ahead in Radiosport =E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 19 -- YOTA Contest (CW, phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 19 -- Trans-Tasman Low-Bands Challenge (CW, phone= , digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 19 - 20 -- LABRE DX Contest (CW, phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 19 - 20 -- CQ Worldwide VHF Digital Contest (digi= tal) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 19 - 20 -- North American QSO Party, RTTY (digita= l) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 20 -- RSGB International Low Power Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 21 -- K1USN Slow Speed Test (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 23 -- A1Club AWT (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 24 -- RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 26 - 27 -- RSGB IOTA Contest (CW, phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 26 - 27 -- Alabama QSO Party (CW, phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 27 -- ARS Flight of the Bumblebees (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 28 -- RSGB FT4 Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 29 -- ICWC Medium Speed Test (CW) Remember to visit the ARRL Contest Calendar [ https://www.arrl.org/contest-= calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DgeQ73&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL%20website%20amateur%20radio%20&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_m= edium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&u= tm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DA= RRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaig&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_camp= aign=3DARRL ] for more events and information. Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions =E2=80=A2=C2=A0July 26 | ARRL West Virginia State Convention and Ham Fest [= https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/arrl-west-virginia-state-convention-and-ham-= fest-2?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Sutt= on, West Virginia =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 2 | ARRL Maine State Convention and Hamfest [ h= ttps://www.arrl.org/hamfests/arrl-maine-state-convention-and-hamfest-1?utm_= source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Augusta, Maine =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 3 | SVARC Berryville Hamfest [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/hamfests/svarc-berryville-hamfest-arrl-roanoke-division-convention?u= tm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the = ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, Berryville, Virginia =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 9 | ARRL Idaho State Convention [ https://www.a= rrl.org/hamfests/arrl-idaho-state-convention?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_mediu= m=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Post Falls, Idaho =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 =E2=80=93 17 | Huntsville Hamfest [ https://= www.arrl.org/hamfests/huntsville-hamfest-arrl-alabama-state-convention-1?ut= m_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the A= RRL Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, Alabama=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 21-24 | Northeast HamXposition [ https://www.ar= rl.org/hamfests/northeast-hamxposition-arrl-new-england-division-convention= -3?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting = the ARRL New England Division Convention, Marlborough, Massachusetts =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 30 - September 1 | Shelby Hamfest [ https://www= =2Earrl.org/hamfests/shelby-hamfest-arrl-north-carolina-section-convention-= 4?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting t= he ARRL North Carolina Section Convention, Shelby, North Carolina =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 7 | Southern New Jersey Conference and HamFe= st [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/southern-new-jersey-conference-and-hamfe= st-arrl-southern-new-jersey-section-convention-1?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_m= edium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Southern New Jersey = Section Convention, Mullica Hill, New Jersey. =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 12 - 13 | Slidell EOC Hamfest [ https://www.= arrl.org/hamfests/slidell-eoc-hamfest-arrl-louisiana-state-convention-2?utm= _source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the AR= RL Louisiana State Convention, Slidell, Louisiana =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 19-21 | Duke City Hamfest [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/hamfests/duke-city-hamfest-arrl-new-mexico-state-convention?utm_sour= ce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Ne= w Mexico State Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 20-21 | Midwest Superfest [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/hamfests/midwest-superfest-arrl-central-division-convention?utm_sour= ce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , ARRL Central Divisi= on Convention, hosting the ARRL Central Division Convention, Chillicothe, I= llinois Remember to search the ARRL Hamfest and Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/h= amfests-and-conventions-calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3Dnww63&utm_source=3DInfor= mz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&u= tm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInf= ormz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] Database to find events in your area. 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font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td><= /tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A5276FDD9-ABF8-41E7-3AD7-E4BEBD050285" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A5276FDD9"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:= #c00000">FlexRadio Equips ARRL with FLEX-8000 Series Station for W1AW</span></strong></p></td= ></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A624579BC-0AE6-1E86-6A1A-E83D9D543185" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> There is a new addition to Studio 1 at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Stat= ion at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut: a complete station of the = latest gear from <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk1NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>FlexRadio</span></a>, including a FLEX-8600=E2=84=A2 Signature Serie= s SDR transceiver, a Maestro C Control Console, Power Genius XL (PGXL) amplifier, and Radiosp= ort RS60CF headset. The equipment is the latest addition to W1AW, which hosts = a complement of equipment in each of three operating studios under rotating agreements = with major amateur radio manufacturers.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A0BD9A33F-4328-802A-02CC-C7A56D84B443" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk1NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/FLEX%201.jpg?cb=3D149444"= border=3D"0" height=3D"465" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !impor= tant; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;= " class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption A0BD9A33F-4328-802A-02CC-C7A56D8= 4B443" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"center" style=3D"border: none= ; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP, (left, front) looks on as Stev= e Hicks, N5AC (right, front) demonstrates features of the FLEX-8600 to ARRL Preside= nt Rick Roderick, K5UR (left, rear) and ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA (right, rear= ). </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></ta= ble> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AC18EA7CB-F715-B53E-5806-B34563DFBBBA" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td><= /tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A7EF8DEDF-27E3-BC00-972C-6DED8A048437" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> During his visit to present the station to ARRL on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, Flex= Radio Chief Technology Officer Stephen Hicks, N5AC, described the station as an = addition for the benefit of ARRL members and all visitors to W1AW. ARRL President R= ick Roderick, K5UR, and CEO David Minster, NA2AA, were on hand to receive the = equipment on behalf of ARRL.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9CThe FLEX-8600 provides all of the latest features that we have,=E2= =80=9D said Hicks. =E2=80=9CAnd with all the Flex radios, they are continuously upgradable, s= o we have software releases on an ongoing basis and add features and functionality t= o it. =E2=80=A6 ARRL members and W1AW visitors can come in here and try this equ= ipment out and get used to it.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A15A20A84-8A9A-1116-66B5-DF4853EDFC76" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk1NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/FLEX%202.jpg?cb=3D764481"= border=3D"0" height=3D"348" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !impor= tant; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;= " class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption A15A20A84-8A9A-1116-66B5-DF4853E= DFC76" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"center" style=3D"border: none= ; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">The FLEX-8600 being used by a visiting operator to W1AW= =2E</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></ta= ble> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A0AEEA56C-98A2-8B32-2489-4C97C549B590" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> ARRL Director of Marketing and Innovation Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, expressed = gratitude for the collaboration with FlexRadio, saying =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re gratef= ul to have W1AW equipped with a full FlexRadio station, allowing members and visitors to o= perate and enjoy this current-generation technology when they come to experience = the latest in amateur radio innovation.=E2=80=9D Inderbitzen explained that AR= RL=E2=80=99s partnership with FlexRadio and its ongoing arrangement with manufacturers highlights a= shared commitment with the industry to advance amateur radio by offering a hands-= on experience to W1AW visitors.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Hicks and his FlexRadio colleague, Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP, also provided a= highly informative presentation to ARRL staff on the forthcoming <a href=3D"https= ://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5M= Dk1Ng/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>FlexRadio Aurora</span></a>=E2=84=A2 series of 500-watt SDR transcei= vers. Their talk highlighted the radio=E2=80=99s innovative use of polar modulation to= address intermodulation distortion =E2=80=94 a common challenge in linear amplification methods = =E2=80=94 while also reducing power consumption and heat generation. The technology has made it possible to reduce the weight and footprint of a high-power HF station into a light= weight radio that can easily travel as an airline carry-on.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font= -weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: le= ft;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A28D2D596-E854-D466-D739-A10FC8016873" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A28D2D596"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><st= rong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Take Part in HamSCI=E2=80= =99s Meteor Scatter QSO Party</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A84D3B82C-5F3F-7842-6E80-5AAEA9E4068D" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) is preparing for a series= of upcoming meteor scatter (MS) experiments. Operating will take place during= two well-known meteor showers: Perseids, August 11 - 12, 0000 to 2400 UTC, and= Geminids, on December 12 =E2=80=93 13. </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: = 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12p= x; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A7B252062= -BF90-0A9D-8C03-4A0AD8557210" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk1Nw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Hamsci.jpg?cb=3D136682" b= order=3D"0" height=3D"103" width=3D"488" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !impor= tant; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;= " class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AF04163B7-332A-B7F8-76A4-0293270CEA2E" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> This is a combination =E2=80=9Cspecial event and contest=E2=80=9D to genera= te contact data during meteor scatter events using the 6- and 10-meter bands. Ten meters h= as been used infrequently for meteor scatter study due to past symbol rate limits. However, with recent changes in Federal Communications Commission rules, WSJT-X/MSK= 144 protocols may now be used on HF bands.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> Data will be collected from both bands during the scheduled times in August= and December, and will be analyzed offline, using both PSK Reporter raw data a= nd operator contact logs from WSJT-X. User data, including both logged contact and rec= eived reports, are necessary for valid experimental analysis. The latter can be provided by any receive system reporting on MSK144 through PSK Reporter.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Operators are needed now to be active (i.e., CQ-) on MSK144; or passive, if= possible, reporting via PSK Reporter as =E2=80=9Cmonitors.=E2=80=9D The best times a= re early morning hours prior to 10 meters opening to F2 propagation. Meteor scatter propaga= tion occurs well below F2 and is supported in or near the E layer where the met= eor ionization tracks occur. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Saturday mornings are being used regularly to announce and coordinate 10-me= ter contacts using <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJ= nA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk1OA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Ping Jockey Central</span></a>. Announcements are also made on the F= ront Range Six Meter <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYy= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk1OQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>groups.io</span></a> due to the substantial number of meteor scatter operators in that group. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-ser= if; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:= 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> To be successful, both active and passive operators are needed. The upcoming August meteor shower is an excellent time to set up your equipment and join with = other operators preparing for the events. At a later date, the HamSCI team will be collecting operator contact inform= ation.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Contest rules can be found at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z= /cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk2MA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>www.hamsci.org/msqp</span></a></strong> and a description of the Ham= SCI Meteor Shower QSO Party - 2025 at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.= net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk2Mg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>hamsci.org/msqp-poster</span></a></strong>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-= weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: le= ft;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> HamSCI serves as a means for fostering collaboration between professional r= esearchers and amateur radio operators. 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font-family: 'Cali= bri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25= =2E5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>ARRL Public Relations and Outreach Manager</em></p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Cal= ibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12p= x; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class= =3D"A7E0D0FDD-F37A-BC00-B1EC-CD57D196E865" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: = none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-tab= le-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A5505C61D-2286-AEF6-EA66-ACDFE9E4FF72" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none;= border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Live%20Truck.jpg?= cb=3D766162" border=3D"0" height=3D"149" width=3D"250" align=3D"right" style=3D"height:= auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; tex= t-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;"> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption A5505C61D-2286-AEF6-EA66-ACDFE9E= 4FF72" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: = collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;"> In this 2011 photo, photojournalist Colleen Welcher prepares the camera for= the author to go live from a breaking news scene in Wichita Falls, Texas. Noti= ce the van parked on the lawn of a church to keep the mast away from power lines = which are just out of frame. [Sierra Harrop, W5DX, photo] </p></td></tr></table>= </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text AE1B99F3E-EED7-E26E-C2B7-B83871A0A4BC" style=3D"inline: true= ; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-ser= if; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-t= op: 0; text-align: left;"> Electricity is a killer. About 150 people die each year at work from contact with electricity, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International. Half of those are from contact with power lines. That data is just workplace deaths, so recreational and public service volunteering aren=E2=80=99t even accoun= ted for. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> In a recent article, ARRL New Mexico Section Manager Bill Mader, K8TE,<a hr= ef=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNS= ZsaT0zODg5MDk2Ng/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style> shared safety concerns and processes that can be implemented</span>= </a> at ARRL Field Day sites. I=E2=80=99d like to share a simple phrase that may enhance your situational awareness: <strong>Look up and live</strong>. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9CLook up and live=E2=80=9D was drilled into me and every other tele= vision news employee who worked with electronic news gathering vehicles that had a pneumatic ma= st or satellite dish. It was the title of <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/= cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk2Nw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>an industry-standard safety video published by the National Press Ph= otographers Association</span></a>. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> In TV news, where I spent the first two decades of my professional career, = there was always a deadline and often a tremendous sense of urgency at the scene= of breaking news to get a live shot up first. Before the days of bonded cellular internet streaming, we used radio =E2=80=93 microwave and satellite =E2=80= =93 to take viewers to the scene. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> No matter the pressure from news managers, safety was paramount. When we approached a scene, we made sure to park the live truck at least 10 feet away from ov= erhead wires to comply with regulations. My personal minimum was two truck-lengths from any lines, ideally a whole m= ast-length. If I had a 58-foot mast, I=E2=80=99d try to park at least 58 feet away fro= m the nearest power line. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Identifying overhead lines was ritualistic: As I arrived, I got out of the = vehicle, walked 20 feet away, looked up and walked around the entire perimeter of t= he truck while deliberately searching for overhead lines and obstructions. This additional 45-second process could feel like an eternity when news was unfolding dram= atically for me to capture and report =E2=80=93 but I couldn=E2=80=99t go live if I= was dead. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> In pursuit of our amateur radio hobby, we should apply even more diligence. There=E2=80=99s no pressure to get on for a ham radio activation. Take your time, walk around, be diligent. Look up and live. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12p= x; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Portable masts, vertical antennas, wire antennas slung up into a tree =E2= =80=93 anything you put up can become energized if it contacts an overhead wire. Do not take chances. Even what appears to be a phone or fiber line could be carrying lethal vol= tages. Do not become the path to ground. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-h= eight: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> One additional tip that I hope never applies to a radio amateur: Should a v= ehicle you=E2=80=99re in become energized by a fallen line or a mast erected into= power lines, do not leave it unless it is on fire. Call for help via phone or ham radio. Yell at any bystanders to not approach your vehicle. Electricity spreads out from a path to ground in concentric rings of decrea= sing voltage. Being in contact with different voltages is what will kill you. If a fire requires you to exit, carefully jump clear of the vehicle so as to not contact the = vehicle and ground simultaneously. Be mindful of your movements: =E2=80=9CBunny hop=E2=80=9D with your feet to= gether or shuffle your feet on the ground in small increments without lifting either of them. Do not provide a path between the different potentials by walking normally or= by falling and catching yourself with your hands.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> Please be careful when erecting portable gear within the wires environment. Remember: Look up and live. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A8D1FAA81-031= 0-CE6F-21F0-E81C4041FD4A" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk2OQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt=3D"Geochron Global Operational Awareness" src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/im= ages/ARRL%20E%20newsletter%20club%20presentation.jpg?cb=3D527622" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"468" align=3D"center" style=3D"height= : auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AA07741D1-F57C-F794-E465-2E67A65905E5" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp; </p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A320F831C-1F53-A01A-630F-937C64BC7524" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A320F831C"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Changes in the= ARRL Pacific Division</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" w= idth=3D"100%" class=3D"A97D563CC-F512-28D1-035E-9D0A30A8FC1C" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspac= ing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-tab= le-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A6B6F1366-D950-95D4-A8F7-7C70AAC67EBE" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; = border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Diamond.pn= g?cb=3D779043" border=3D"0" height=3D"188" width=3D"80" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: a= uto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; tex= t-align: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text AB9191709-47CB-7EB2-F= 2E7-B8FA3C89C71E" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Dr. Carol Milazzo, MD, KP4MD, of Citrus Heights, California, has been appoi= nted Vice Director of the ARRL Pacific Division, effective July 9, 2025. She re= places John Litz, NZ6Q, who acceded to the position of Director in May. She will = serve the remainder of a three-year term ending December 31, 2025.</p><p style= =3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Since 2015, Dr. Milazzo has served as Section Manager of the ARRL Sacrament= o Valley Section. She is a Volunteer Examiner and an ARRL Life Member. </p><p style= =3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The ARRL Pacific Division is comprised of the ARRL Sections of East Bay, Sa= cramento Valley, San Francisco, San Joaquin Valley, Santa Clara Valley, Nevada, and= Pacific.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-ser= if; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:= 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio=C2=AE is governed by an all= -volunteer Board of Directors. Elections are held for five of the 15 ARRL Divisions e= ach year, for terms of 3 years.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'C= alibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-= height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A75B55CFC-432F-7BF9-8E50-DAACB10777B7" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A75B55CFC"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Changes in the= ARRL Atlantic Division</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" w= idth=3D"100%" class=3D"ACAB597BC-A932-850E-8C41-2D4B58D8BBAD" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspac= ing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-tab= le-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image AF5D1AF0F-4A10-CB3B-0740-C16078DFA592" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none;= border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Diamond.pn= g?cb=3D779043" border=3D"0" height=3D"188" width=3D"80" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: = auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; tex= t-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text AB70DCF7A-C022-00D0-9= 18B-3F188C458704" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Martin =E2=80=9CMarty=E2=80=9D Newingham, AG3I, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania= , has been appointed Vice Director of the ARRL Atlantic Division, effective July 15, 2025. Newi= ngham will serve the remainder of a term that expires December 31, 2026. </p><p = style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> He replaces Martin J. =E2=80=9CMarty=E2=80=9D Pittinger, KB3MXM, who resign= ed from the position in April. </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', = Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin= -bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Newingham is an ARRL Life Member and a Gold level contributor to the ARRL D= iamond Club.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The ARRL Atlantic Division is comprised of the ARRL Sections of Delaware, E= astern Pennsylvania, Maryland-DC, Northern New York, Southern New Jersey, Western= New York and Western Pennsylvania.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family:= 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-h= eight: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio=C2=AE is governed by an all= -volunteer Board of Directors. Elections are held for five of the 15 ARRL Divisions e= ach year, for terms of 3 years.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'C= alibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-= height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A15456D26-0060-803E-7ED8-06437D6A94EA" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A15456D26"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Changes in the= ARRL Sacramento Valley Section</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#fff= fff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A6408EEAF-9640-4550-A4D4-008E44690ED3" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspac= ing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-tab= le-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image AE4BD26AA-EDF5-3C9D-3008-86D33AC9D983" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; = border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Diamond.pn= g?cb=3D779043" border=3D"0" height=3D"188" width=3D"80" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: a= uto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; tex= t-align: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A8E3F86CE-E113-2F9D-9= 5EF-C5DD89D7F023" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Jay Ballinger, N6SAC, of Antelope, California, has been appointed Section M= anager of the ARRL Sacramento Valley Section, effective July 16, 2025. He will se= rve the remainder of a term that expires on September 30, 2027. </p><p style= =3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> He replaces Dr. Carol Milazzo, MD, KP4MD, who was appointed as Pacific Divi= sion Vice Director. Dr. Milazzo has served as Section Manager since 2015.</p><p= style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calib= ri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The ARRL Field Organization is the grassroots corps that makes up the 60,00= 0 volunteers among ARRL membership. It is divided into 71 sections, each of which is le= d by a volunteer Section Manager who is nominated and voted on by the members o= f the section. 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:= #c00000">Amateur Radio in the News</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A63EFD1B2-DD0E-F7A9-443A-54B05354E63D" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9C<a=20 href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zODg5MDk3Mw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Southern Utah ham radio operators renew friendships, race to make co= ntacts</span></a>=E2=80=9D / St. George News (Utah) July 5, 2025 -- <em>The Dixie Amateur Radio Club = is an ARRL Affiliated Club</em>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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You&#39;ll le= arn about everything you need to take your operating out of the shack includin= g antennas, power, and radios. Whether you are interested in POTA, SOTA, or just opera= ting in the outdoors, this is the session for you! Registration is open now! <a= href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTc= yNSZsaT0zODg5MDk4NA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>learn.arrl.org/webinars/83549</span></a></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> <strong>Up Next:</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12p= x; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =F0=9F=93=85 Date: July 22, 2025</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25= =2E5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =F0=9F=95=97 Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =F0=9F=91=89 <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk4Mw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Register Now</span></a><= /p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>The ARRL Education and Learning Department would like to apologize for = the limitation of the registration system for May=E2=80=99s edition of On The = Air Live. It hit a limit at 500 registrants. We=E2=80=99ve upgraded the system to al= low for this rapid success and growth in participation. The recording of the May sessio= n is available in the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDY= yJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk4Ng/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL Learning Center</span></a>. </em></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A1BD330CC-4154-DDEB-32F0-E675F6016145" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: = none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-tab= le-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A99E18065-B70F-6DC3-932C-9F6D6365FB37" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><em>On the Air</em></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>Sponsored by Icom</em></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Your Ham Radio Everyday Carry</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Everybody&#39;s talking about everyday carry, or EDC, the trendy name for the collection o= f necessities you tote around with you every day, whether it&#39;s in a pocket or a bag.= ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, joins the podcast to talk about= easy ways to make radio part of your everyday carry. <a href=3D"https://arrl.in= formz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MDk4OA/inde= x.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Listen Now</span></a></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A4C4886A5-4CB8-0B1E-4181-8F3103D94CF7" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; 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ARRL Audio News is a summary of the week&#39;s top news stories in the world of amateur radio a= nd ARRL, along with interviews and other features. 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line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:= #c00000">In Brief...</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A2262C37D-3F96-F8C4-140B-FEDD5AD9E435" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>A different kind of amateur radio contest will be in operation on July 19, 2= 025</strong>. The Vlaamse Radio Amateurs (VRA) is organizing the Flemish Mill Contest. T= he goal is to activate Flemish wind, water, rose, and horse mills to highlight Fle= mish heritage. There is a specific <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD= 9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAwMg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>website</span></a>, in several languages, where you can register, fi= nd the contest rules, and the map of mills. Select <a href=3D"https://arrl.inform= z.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAwMw/index.ht= ml" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Contest Cluster</span></= a> for all information.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21= px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A5B12DCBF-DF3E-E157-50AF-5164A682A5B4"= cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAwMg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Flemish%20Windmill%20for%= 207-19-25.png?cb=3D791748" border=3D"0" height=3D"166" width=3D"400" align=3D"center" style=3D"height= : auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"400" class=3D"imagecaption A5B12DCBF-DF3E-E157-50AF-5164A68= 2A5B4" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"center" style=3D"border: none= ; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">An example of the type of windmill that will be in oper= ation for the Flemish Mill Contest.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td>= </tr></table></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A93111011-FDC6-4047-5054-1FB240EE75AA" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAwNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Vaca Valley Radio Club, W6VVR</span></a>, will activate special even= t station W6P from Alcatraz Island on August 2, 2025, from 0130Z-0830Z</strong>. The= re will be 3 stations operating from Alcatraz on 7.200, 14.250, and 28.500 MHz. Al= l stations will be on SSB using battery. If you have any questions or live in the are= a and would like to be part of the operating team, please contact <a href=3D"mai= lto:w6vvr@arrl.net" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" data-informz-email-address=3D"w6vvr@arrl.net" style=3D"color: #0000ee; fon= t-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-pres= erver" style>w6vvr@arrl.net</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A2596F1F0-D74D-8156-9616-CE5111647C9B" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAwNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Newsletter%20Graphic%2046= 8x200%20v2.jpg?cb=3D613986" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"468" align=3D"center" style=3D"height= : auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6C1547CF-5B17-06E0-B07E-49743E452752" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A66401DD4-A0F1-0FAA-7DDE-A43FC6EB544F" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><st= rong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Announcements</span></stron= g></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ABAB762AC-36AE-FA89-A7DB-F353EC0BDF75" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The numbers for 2025 ARRL Field Day are impressive! </strong>ARRL Contest Prog= ram Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, shared the latest update:</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-= weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: le= ft;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><u class=3D"underline-children" style=3D"text-decoration: underline= ;">Entries by Class</u></strong> </p> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regula= r', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; pad= ding-left: 34px;"><li class style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> Class A...777 </li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> Class B...595 </li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> Class C...38 </li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> Class D...1,462 </li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> Class E...576 </li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> Class F...112 </li> </ul><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25= =2E5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Total Entries: 3,560</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> GOTA (Get On The Air) Stations active: 268</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> <strong>QSOs by Mode</strong> </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-= height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Total CW QSOs: 344,800</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Total Digital QSOs: 211,840</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-= height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Total Phone QSOs: 304,757</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Total QSOs: 861,397</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12p= x; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The deadline for entries is July 29. Read more at <a href=3D"https://arrl.i= nformz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAwOA/ind= ex.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>2025 ARRL Field Day</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AF43EE5D9-9B3F-1CDB-DC2D-262FB6B78E64" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Open Positions at ARRL</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for Amateur R= adio=C2=AE! We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the following positions:= </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Membership Manager</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Advertising Sales Manager</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Administrative Coordinator</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Technical Editor</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at <strong><a href=3D"htt= ps://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg= 5MTAwOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>www.arrl.org/employment-opportunities</span></a></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL is an equal opportunity employer.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AC7726C11-97AC-C28A-5DA6-5FEEC7BA7944" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAxMQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Sweepstake%20Newsl= etter%20Ad%20468x200.jpg?cb=3D352816" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"468" align=3D"center" style=3D"height= : auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A408AC14A-285A-4061-D097-C4574CC0747E" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A55BB93B9-675F-C17C-8F44-D10B5EFA7383" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A55BB93B9"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">The ARRL Solar= Report</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A18C225E3-D458-F51D-8341-07EE8= E297DCF" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-colla= pse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace:= 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <table class=3D"image AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; = border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/latest_4096_HMIIC= %20new%20solar%20image%20july%2017,%202025.jpg?cb=3D996138" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"250" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: = auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; tex= t-align: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481= 963B6" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: c= ollapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21= px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">This image was taken on July 17, 2025. [= Photo courtesy of NASA SDO/HMI] </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></t= r></table></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A888CE369-B325-B55B-C6BE-F1000448DEFA" style=3D"inline: true= ; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-ser= if; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-t= op: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>ARRL Solar Report for July 17, 2025</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font= -weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: = left;"> Solar activity has been at low levels this past week. The largest flare of the period was July 16 from Region 4143. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> Continued influence from the coronal hole (CH) high speed stream (HSS) will= maintain higher-than-normal electron flux at geostationary orbit through July 18. T= he greater than 2 MeV flux will be moderate to high, especially during the diurnal ma= xima (pressure oscillation) during this time.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> Solar wind parameters continued to be enhanced under positive polarity CH H= SS influence. This is expected to continue through July 19.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> The 10.7-centimeter flux: July 17, 125; July 18, 128; July 19, 122; July 20= , 118; July 21,120; July 22, 125; July 23, 125; July 24, 128. No radio blackouts = were observed over the past 24 hours.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Predicted Sunspot Numbers: July 17, 135; July 18, 136; July 19, 134; July 2= 0, 120; July 21, 154; July 22, 137; July 23, 140.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> For more information concerning radio propagation, <a href=3D"https://arrl.= informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAxMg/in= dex.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>visit</span></a> the ARRL Technical Information Service, read <a href=3D"https://arrl.inform= z.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAxMw/index.ht= ml" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>A Quick Guide to HF Propagation Using Solar Indices</span></a>, and = <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAxNA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>check out</span></a> the Propagation Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-= weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: le= ft;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For customizable propagation charts, visit the <a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAxNg/index.= html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>VOACAP Online for Ham Radio website</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font= -weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: le= ft;"> &nbsp; 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font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li class s= tyle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> July 19 -- YOTA Contest (CW, phone)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"pa= dding-left: 4.25px;"> July 19 -- Trans-Tasman Low-Bands Challenge (CW, phone, digital)</li><li cl= ass=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 19 - 20 -- LABRE DX Contest (CW, phone)</li><li class=3D"undefined" st= yle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 19 - 20 -- CQ Worldwide VHF Digital Contest (digital)</li><li class=3D= "undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 19 - 20 -- North American QSO Party, RTTY (digital)</li><li class=3D"u= ndefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 20 -- RSGB International Low Power Contest (CW)</li><li class=3D"undef= ined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 21 -- K1USN Slow Speed Test (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"= padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 23 -- A1Club AWT (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-lef= t: 4.25px;"> July 24 -- RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data (digital)</li><li class=3D"unde= fined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 26 - 27 -- RSGB IOTA Contest (CW, phone)</li><li class=3D"undefined" s= tyle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 26 - 27 -- Alabama QSO Party (CW, phone)</li><li class=3D"undefined" s= tyle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 27 -- ARS Flight of the Bumblebees (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" st= yle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 28 -- RSGB FT4 Contest (digital)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"= padding-left: 4.25px;"> July 29 -- ICWC Medium Speed Test (CW)</li></ul></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AF5E82BCF-ADFF-39AC-5A30-4FFDCECCBEAC" cellpadding=3D"0" cel= lspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; 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font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-= height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE9A4991A-E5DE-F782-3E5A-90DC954F06AC" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_AE9A4991A"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><st= rong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Upcoming Section, State, an= d Division Conventions</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A7EB4418C-3281-AD39-AEED-40DC823D5D7C" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li style= =3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> July 26 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAxOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL West Virginia State Convention and Ham Fest</span></a>, Sutton,= West Virginia</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 2 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAyMQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL Maine State Convention and Hamfest</span></a>, Augusta, Maine</= li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 3 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAyMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>SVARC Berryville Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Roanoke Divisi= on Convention, Berryville, Virginia</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 9 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAyNA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL Idaho State Convention</span></a>, Post Falls, Idaho</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 16 =E2=80=93 17 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0z= Mzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAyNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Huntsville Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Alabama State Conven= tion, Huntsville, Alabama </li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 21-24 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDYyJn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAyNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Northeast HamXposition</span></a>, hosting the ARRL New England Divi= sion Convention, Marlborough, Massachusetts</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 30 - September 1 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0= zMzg3NDYyJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAyOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Slidell EOC Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Louisiana State Con= vention, Slidell, Louisiana</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19-21 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDY= yJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAzNA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Duke City Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL New Mexico State Conv= ention, Albuquerque, New Mexico</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 20-21 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzg3NDY= yJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zODg5MTAzNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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