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Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | August 7, 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=A0New ARRL=C2=AE DXCC=C2=AE Trident Award Plaque Honors = 100 Confirmed Entities on Three Modes=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0ARRL Celebrates the Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3DUA, Teacher= s Institute Week=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0High Altitude Camp Needs Amateur Radio Tracking Operat= ors=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party August 11-12, 2025=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Former ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isley, W9GI= G, Passes Away=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Frank Butler, W4RH, Former ARRL Southeastern Division = Director, Passes Away at 100=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 New ARRL=C2=AE DXCC=C2=AE Trident Award Plaque Honors 100 Confirmed Entitie= s on Three Modes ARRL [ https://www.arrl.org/?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] announces the DXCC=C2=AE Trident Plaque, a new program to h= onor the accomplishments of radio amateurs who have confirmed QSOs with at = least 100 ARRL DXCC award entities on each of three modes (phone, CW, and d= igital). =C2=A0=20 The basic award is issued upon application and confirmation by the ARRL Awa= rds Department, and it is endorsable at levels of 200, 300, and Honor Roll,= based on achieving that level on all three modes at the time of applicatio= n. =C2=A0=20 The earliest QSO date, and starting date for the DXCC Trident Award, is Nov= ember 1, 1976, when RTTY (now named digital) DXCC was introduced. ARRL Radiosport and Regulatory Affairs Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, says the = new award should be exciting to hams. =E2=80=9CIt gives all participants of= the DXCC program, especially those new to DXCC, something fresh to work to= wards,=E2=80=9D he said. ARRL has long had the Worked All States Triple Pla= y award, but this introduces the multi-mode achievement to the DXCC program= =2E=20 =C2=A0=20 Confirmation of QSOs toward the Trident is done only through the standard p= rocess by credits within the ARRL DXCC program via Logbook of The World=C2= =AE (LoTW=C2=AE). No QSL cards will be accepted with a plaque application. = If your DXCC credits are not already visible in LoTW, you must first link y= our DXCC and LoTW profiles by requesting a credit merge from the ARRL Award= s Desk [ mailto:dxccadmin@arrl.org ] . =C2=A0=20 To apply for the plaque or learn more, visit www.arrl.org/dxcc-trident-awar= d [ http://www.arrl.org/dxcc-trident-award?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] .=20 =C2=A0=20 Celebrate your achievement and dedication to the DXCC program across all mo= des with the ARRL DXCC Trident award =E2=80=93 a symbol of excellence in am= ateur radio operating and DXing. Dr. Duino [http://www.digirig.net/] ARRL Celebrates the Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3DUA, Teachers Institute Week Ham radio helped build the career of Jeff Goldman, K3DUA. Now, he=E2=80=99s= paying it forward. =C2=A0=20 The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology [ http://www.arrl.org/ti= ?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] celebrates t= he generosity of Jeff Goldman, K3DUA. A gift from Goldman has underwritten = an entire week of the program, allowing 13 educators from all over the Unit= ed States to attend the program. =C2=A0=20 Goldman took an interest in radio at the age of 12, when his father bought = him a shortwave receiver. Hearing signals from around the world captivated = his mind. =E2=80=9CThe most interesting thing is I got to listen to Sputnik= when it went up back in the late '50s,=E2=80=9D he said. In 1958, Goldman = earned his Novice class license and began a journey in amateur radio that h= e still enjoys today. [http://www.arrl.org/ti] [http://www.arrl.org/ti] Early in life, his radio hobby started shaping his career. =E2=80=9CI got i= nto engineering school as a result of my interest in electronics,=E2=80=9D = he said. =E2=80=9CWhen I was drafted back in the late '60s, I went to the r= ecruiter and asked what can you do to keep me from having to dig foxholes i= n Vietnam?=E2=80=9D recounted Goldman. His skills formed as a ham radio ope= rator got him into the Army Signal Corps, and a duty assignment in Germany.= =E2=80=9CI got into a very specialized unit,=E2=80=9D he said.=20 =C2=A0=20 Goldman would go on to start an amateur radio-related small business in the= 1970s. Now, he=E2=80=99s hoping to use the success he found as a result of= wireless technology to pave the way for future generations to follow in hi= s footsteps. =E2=80=9CBecause of the wonderfulness that ham radio has done = for me and my whole life, I=E2=80=99ve been fairly successful, and I think = it is an important hobby. It is an important national asset for the country= ,=E2=80=9D he said.=20 =C2=A0=20 The 13 teachers who attended The Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3DUA, Teachers Instit= ute Week will take what they=E2=80=99ve learned back into their classrooms = and incorporate hands-on approaches to radio and wireless technology into t= heir science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) lessons. ARRL Director of Development Kevin Beal, K8EAL, admires Goldman=E2=80=99s l= eadership gift. =E2=80=9CBy making this gift now, Jeff is setting the examp= le for others to follow, and we are excited to recognize his generosity by = naming this week in his honor.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 Goldman and his wife, Janis, visited with the teachers on Tuesday. Several of the teachers were excited to share what their attendance meant t= o them. Goldman is thrilled at the number of young people who will be impacted by h= is gift, and the ripple effects it may have on amateur radio and electrical= engineering=E2=80=99s future leaders. He=E2=80=99d tell the students they = have a bright future in amateur radio. =E2=80=9CIt is a good hobby,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CIt can provide you = an education, it can provide you a lifetime of earning if you have an engin= eering degree and you get into technology. It can lead to computers or hardware design or whatever it is. Technology is a good field.=E2=80=9D=20 =C2=A0 Learn more about the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology at www.= arrl.org/ti [ http://www.arrl.org/ti?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmai= l&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . [https://surgestop.com/filter-products/index.html] High Altitude Camp Needs Amateur Radio Tracking Operators On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, the Kopernik Observatory in Vestal, New York= , will be running a High Altitude Balloon Camp for local high school studen= ts.=20 =C2=A0=20 The payload of the balloon will contain an Automatic Packet Reporting Syste= m (APRS) transmitter, call sign K2ZRO-9, for tracking, plus a slow-scan tel= evision (SSTV) transmitter on 145.600 throughout the flight. The launch is = planned between 10:00 - 10:30 AM eastern (1400-1430 UTC) and the balloon sh= ould reach over 100,000 feet. In previous balloon flights, there have been = APRS reports from Canada. Total flight time should be approximately 3 hours. =C2=A0=20 Drew Deskur, KA1M, the Director of the Kopernik Observatory, is asking for = volunteer amateur radio operators to track the flight on aprs.fi and downlo= ad the SSTV images if possible. =E2=80=9CWe would love to receive copies of= images from stations in the Northeast and elsewhere so we can share with t= he students how altitude matters on VHF,=E2=80=9D said Deskur. Please send = images to k2zro@kopernik.org [ mailto:k2zro@kopernik.org ] .=20 =C2=A0=20 For more information about the Kopernik Observatory, visit Kopernik Observa= tory & Science Center [ https://www.kopernik.org/ ] . HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party August 11-12, 2025 A reminder that HamSCI, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is prepari= ng now for a series of meteor scatter (MS) experiments and needs amateur ra= dio operators to help. =C2=A0 The first of two events will take place August 11 - 12, from 0000 to 2400 U= TC, for 48 hours during the Perseids meteor shower. [https://hamsci.org/msqp] This is a combination "special event" and a contest to generate contact dat= a during meteor scatter events using 10 and 6 meters. To be successful, thi= s effort needs operators, both active and passive. Operators are needed to = be active (calling CQ) on MSK144, or passive, if possible, reporting via PS= K Reporter [ https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmap.html ] as =E2=80=9Cmonitor= s.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 The best times are early morning hours prior to 10 meters opening to F2 pro= pagation. Meteor scatter propagation occurs well below F2 and is supported = in or near the E layer where the meteor ionization tracks occur. 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. =C2=A0=20 Operators are needed help to increase numbers during the early morning hour= s. Eventually, the HamSci team will be collecting operator contact informat= ion, but for now, all that is required is for participants to report throug= h PSK Reporter. For more information on the operating guidelines for the ac= tivity, please visit Meteor Scatter QSO Party Guidelines | HamSCI [ https:/= /hamsci.org/msqp ] . =C2=A0=20 The next HamSci Meteor Scatter QSO Party will be December 12 =E2=80=93 13, = 2025 during the Geminids meteor shower. Former ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isley, W9GIG, Passes Away [https://www.mossfuneral.com/obituaries/George-Richard-Isely?obId=3D4375684= 1] Former longtime ARRL Central Division Director George =E2=80=9CDick=E2=80= =9D Isely, W9GIG, has become a Silent Key. He passed away on July 26, 2025 = at the age of 86. Isely served on the ARRL Board of Directors from 2001 =E2= =80=93 2016, when he was named an ARRL Honorary Vice President upon his ret= irement. He was an ARRL and an AMSAT Life Member and was a member of the AR= RL Maxim Society at the Ambassador level.=20 =C2=A0=20 According to a 2016 story when he retired from the board [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/news/arrl-central-division-director-dick-isely-w9gig-steps-down?utm_= source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Isely served as= a member of the ARRL Executive Committee as well as on the Board=E2=80=99s= Administration and Finance and Membership Services committees. He chaired = the CEO Search Committee after former ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, announce= d his retirement in 2015. =C2=A0=20 Isley also served as ARRL Foundation vice president from 2008 =E2=80=93 201= 6. While on the board, he was involved in legislative affairs. He also volu= nteered as an incoming QSL bureau card sorter.=20 =C2=A0=20 ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, worked with Isley on many projects over= the years. =E2=80=9CHe was always a hard and dedicated volunteer for the L= eague, including as a donor. His leadership was valuable in helping us in m= any ways. He served his Division, the League, and amateur radio in an outst= anding manner,=E2=80=9D said Roderick.=20 =C2=A0=20 Isely is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a retired US Navy and= American Airlines pilot. Isely helped organize the National Frequency Coor= dinators=E2=80=99 Council and served 4 years as a director. An obituary with more about his life may be found at this link [ https://ww= w.mossfuneral.com/obituaries/George-Richard-Isely?obId=3D43756841 ] . Frank Butler, W4RH, Former ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Passes Away= at 100 [http://www.arrl.org/diamond-club-terrace-at-arrl] Former ARRL Southeastern Division Director Frank Butler, W4RH, has become a= Silent Key. He passed away at the age of 100. Butler was an ARRL member fo= r at least 78 years. =C2=A0 He served 29 years as the ARRL Southeastern Division Director until his ret= irement from 50 years of service as an elected official of ARRL in 2007. He= began his elected service as the Western Florida Section Communications Ma= nager in 1957. =C2=A0 At the Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors in July 2007, Butler w= as recognized for his generous donation to the newly dedicated Diamond Terr= ace at ARRL Headquarters. The Diamond Terrace includes inscribed bricks as = memorials and honors, donated by hundreds of radio amateurs and clubs. Butl= er=E2=80=99s donation honors his family and mentors. =C2=A0 Butler was an ARRL Life Member and a member of the ARRL Maxim Society of th= e Benefactor Class. He was in the A1 Operators Club. Butler remained active= in ARRL events, particularly in the southeastern United States, even after= his time on the Board. He volunteered in the ARRL exhibit at the 2024 Orla= ndo Hamcation.=20 =C2=A0 Social media was filled with posts from hams remembering Butler, including = a group photo from the Playground Amateur Club on Instagram.=20 =C2=A0 ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, described Butler as a gracious man. =E2= =80=9CI never heard him raise his voice nor say a bad word to anyone. I ser= ved with Frank on various committees and assignments over the years where h= is leadership and steady guidance was valued by all,=E2=80=9D said Roderick. [https://www.rooftowers.com/ground-or-/?ground-roof] Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CHillsborough County's ARES or RACES, Volunteer Ham Radio Operators= Vital in Emergency Communications [ https://hoodline.com/2025/07/hillsboro= ugh-county-s-ares-races-volunteer-ham-radio-operators-vital-in-emergency-co= mmunications/ ] =E2=80=9D / Hoodline.com (Florida) July 31, 2025 -- The Hil= lsborough County's Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur= Civil Emergency Service (RACES). =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CGood Question: Is there an age restriction to get an amateur radio= license? [ https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/social-is= sues/good-question-is-there-an-age-restriction-to-get-an-amateur-radio-lice= nse/ar-AA1K2122?ocid=3DBingNewsSerp ] =E2=80=9D / WKYT =E2=80=93 TV (Kentuc= ky) August 6, 2025 =E2=80=93 The Bluegrass Amateur Radio Society. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CRadio club keeps late member=E2=80=99s memory on the air [ https:/= /www.bryantimes.com/news/radio-club-keeps-late-member-s-memory-on-the-air/a= rticle_4a6d3928-af1c-42fb-a597-d59609e0ea10.html ] =E2=80=9D / The Bryan Ti= mes (Ohio) August 7, 2025 -- The Williams County Amateur Radio Association. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CAmateur Radio Organizations Sign Memorandum of Understanding [ htt= ps://incompliancemag.com/amateur-radio-organizations-sign-memorandum-of-und= erstanding/ ] =E2=80=9D / In Compliance (Massachusetts) August 6, 2025 -- T= he National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL) and Radio Relay Internatio= nal (RRI). ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 Registration is open now! learn.arrl.org/webinars/83549 [ https://learn.arr= l.org/webinars/83549 ]=20 =C2=A0=20 The next On the Air Live on August 26th, 2025, is all about September Natio= nal Preparedness Month. Join Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, ARRL Education and Learn= ing Education Specialist, as he covers how the Federal Emergency Management= Agency (FEMA) and other organizations encourage everyone to be prepared fo= r emergencies and disasters of all sizes, and things you can do to become p= repared. =C2=A0=20 Up Next: =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: August 26, 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. 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ARRL New England Division [ https://nediv.arrl.org/ ] Vice Direct= or Phil Temples, K9HI, reports the convention, sponsored by the Androscoggi= n ARC [ https://www.w1npp.org/2024-maine-state-convention/ ] , featured a r= obust indoor flea market along with presentations covering Parks On The Air= , an ARES meet-and-greet, QCWA chapter meeting, UFB New England, and an ARR= L Forum featuring New England Division Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI, and Main= e Section Manager Phil Duggan, N1EP. The U.S. Coast Guard=E2=80=99s 235th birthday will be celebrated on August = 9, 2025. Special event station NI6IW will be in operation on board the USS = Midway Museum Ship [ https://www.midway.org/ ] from 1600Z - 2300Z on 14.320= kHz (SSB), 7.250 kHz (SSB), 14.070 (PSK31) and D-STAR using the Papa Syste= m [ https://papasys.com/ ] repeaters. A QSL card will be available. The U.S Coast Guard was founded on August 4, 1790, when Congress authorized= construction of 10 vessels to enforce tariff and trade laws, prevent smugg= ling, and protect the collection of federal revenue. The White House issued a special presidential message on August 4, 2025: = =E2=80=9CAs we commemorate the 235th birthday of the United States Coast Gu= ard, we honor the brave patriots who defend our shores=E2=80=94and we remai= n eternally indebted to their unwavering dedication to preserving American = excellence,=E2=80=9D said President Trump. The Pomeranian local branch of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) in Gda= =C5=84sk will celebrate the anniversaries of three Polish lighthouses Augus= t 9 =E2=80=93 17, 2025. There will be special event stations operating at e= ach lighthouse: SN150LHC =E2=80=93 Lighthouse Czo=C5=82pino (PL0001); SN150= LRN =E2=80=93 Lighthouse Rozewie II (New) (PL0007), and SN130LHK =E2=80=93 = Lighthouse Krynica Morska (PL0008). Certificates will be available from eac= h location. Contacts can be made on bands from 160 to 6 meters, plus the WARC bands (30= , 17, and 12 meters), 2 meters, 70 centimeters, and satellite. Contacts via FM repeaters are also counted for the award. Duplicate contacts on the same band or the same mode are not counted. Modes in use: CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, FT4, FT8. Applications for the awards will= be accepted only electronically through the organizer's online platform at= ot09.pzk.org.pl/akcje/2025LH/3LH.php [ https://ot09.pzk.org.pl/akcje/2025L= H/3LH.php ] =E2=80=9CON-LINE LOG=E2=80=9D until December 31st, 2025. Paper = QSL cards for confirming contacts with the special event stations, in a lim= ited edition of 1000 pieces, will be sent to the first 1000 correspondents = served by QSL bureaus. The remaining correspondents will receive e-QSL cards. [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2026924035] Announcements The 28th International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) will take place = August 16 (0001 UTC) to August 17 (2400 UTC), 2025. Started in 1993 by the = Ayr Amateur Radio Group in Scotland as the Northern Lighthouse Activity Wee= kend, ILLW now coincides with many countries' honoring of lighthouses each = August. The event is not a contest and participation is free. Each station's operators decide on which bands and modes they will operate,= there are no restrictions on antennas or power, and each station must be o= perated in compliance with the operator=E2=80=99s license. Amateur radio op= erators are encouraged to enjoy the event and make as many contacts as poss= ible. In the United States, Fire Island Lighthouse, W2GSB, Babylon, New York, and= the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, K8L, Eagle Harbor, Michigan, will be operatin= g special event stations. Complete information, including registration, guidelines, and a current lis= t of participants can found at International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend [= https://www.lighthouse-weekend.international/ ] . 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 W1AW Operator Assistant Editor =C2=A0=20 Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at www.arrl.org/careers [= http://www.arrl.org/careers?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] . =C2=A0=20 ARRL is an equal opportunity employer. [http://www.arrl.org/DreamStation] The ARRL Solar Report The ARRL Solar Report August 7, 2025 =C2=A0 Solar activity has returned to moderate levels with a single M-class (R1-mi= nor) flare and numerous C-class flares. =C2=A0 Region 4168 underwent consolidation and growth, primarily in its leading pe= numbra, as it maintained a delta signature, indicating continued magnetic c= omplexity. Additionally, AR 4168 was responsible for the largest flare of t= he period on August 5.=20 =C2=A0 A coronal mass ejection (CME) likely was associated with this event and was= first seen in LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery. Initial analysis seemingly indicated the presence of possibly more than one= CME as a western limb event occurred in quick succession. Modeling efforts returned with a bulk of the material being deflected ahead= of Earth=E2=80=99s orbit and a glancing blow/shock arrival likely occurrin= g by late on August 8. However, given the source location of this event nea= r center disk, this specific outcome is lower confidence. =C2=A0 Solar activity is expected to continue at moderate levels with a high chanc= e for M-class flares (R1-R2/minor-moderate), and a lower-end slight chance = for R3 (strong), August 8. Higher probabilities are being driven by the com= plexity and current activity of Region 4168. =C2=A0 Under waning coronal hole (CH) high speed stream (HSS) influence, the great= er than 2 MeV electron flux on GOES-19 was moderate during its diurnal maxi= ma. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was steady at background levels thr= ough the period. Solar wind parameters reflected waning CH HSS influences a= nd solar wind speeds gradually declined from near 440 km/s to around 360-37= 0 km/s. =C2=A0 The 10.7-centimeter flux: August 8 - 10, 135; August 11 - 13, 130; August 1= 4 - 15, 135. =C2=A0 Predicted sunspot numbers: August 8, 135; August 9, 136; August 10, 138; Au= gust 11, 135; August 12, 137; August 13, 138. =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=A0August 9 - 10 -- WAE DX Contest (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 9 - 10 -- Maryland-DC QSO Party (CW, phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 9 -- 50 MHz Fall Sprint (CW, phone, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 10 -- SARL HF Digital Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 13 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 - 17 -- SARTG WW RTTY Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 - 17 -- ARRL EME Contest [ https://www.arrl.= org/eme-contest?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL= ] - 2.3GHz and up (CW, phone, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 - 17 -- ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest [ https:/= /www.arrl.org/10-ghz-up?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaig= n=3DARRL ] (CW, phone, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 - 17 -- North American QSO Party, SSB [ http= s://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf ] (phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 17 -- ARRL Rookie Roundup, RTTY [ https://www.a= rrl.org/rookie-roundup?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign= =3DARRL ] (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 19 -- ZL Sprint (CW, phone, digital) 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=A0August 9 | ARRL Idaho State Convention [ https://www.arrl.or= g/hamfests/arrl-idaho-state-convention?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEm= ail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Post Falls, Idaho =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 - 17 | Huntsville Hamfest [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/hamfests/huntsville-hamfest-arrl-alabama-state-convention-1?utm_sour= ce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Al= abama State Convention, Huntsville, Alabama=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 21 - 24 | Northeast HamXposition [ https://www.= arrl.org/hamfests/northeast-hamxposition-arrl-new-england-division-conventi= on-3?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hostin= g 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.ar= rl.org/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 ] , hosting the ARRL Ce= ntral Division Convention, Chillicothe, Illinois =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 27 | ARRL Dakota Division Convention [ https= ://www.arrl.org/hamfests/arrl-dakota-division-convention-1?utm_source=3DInf= ormz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Moorhead, Minnesota =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 4 | Rock Hill Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/h= amfests/rock-hill-hamfest-arrl-south-carolina-section-convention-3?utm_sour= ce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL So= uth Carolina Section Convention, Rock Hill, South Carolina =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 10 -12 | Pacificon [ https://www.arrl.org/hamf= ests/pacificon-arrl-pacific-division-convention-3?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Pacific Division Co= nvention, San Ramon, California =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 10 - 11 | Melbourne Hamfest [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/hamfests/melbourne-hamfest-arrl-florida-state-convention-2?utm_sourc= e=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Flo= rida State Convention, Melbourne, Florida =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 10 - 11 | SPARK-CON [ https://www.arrl.org/ham= fests/spark-con-arrl-midwest-division-convention-1?utm_source=3DInformz&utm= _medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Midwest Division C= onvention, Sedalia, Missouri =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 11 | North Star Radio Convention [ https://www= =2Earrl.org/hamfests/north-star-radio-convention-arrl-minnesota-state-conve= ntion-1?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hos= ting the ARRL Minnesota State Convention, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 12 | Nutmeg Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/ham= fests/nutmeg-hamfest-arrl-connecticut-state-convention-4?utm_source=3DInfor= mz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Connecticut = State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut 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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Goldman, K3DUA, Teachers Institute We= ek</span></a></li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> <a href=3D"#Bookmark_AF0B47E6B" target=3D"_self" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-in= formz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>High Altitude Camp Needs Amateur Radio Tracking Operators</span></a>= </li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> <a href=3D"#Bookmark_AF537BA4A" target=3D"_self" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-in= formz-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 Meteor Scatter QSO Party August 11-12, 2025</span></a></li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> <a href=3D"#Bookmark_A446528D4" target=3D"_self" data-informz-link=3D"true"= data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: = inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" st= yle>Former ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isley, W9GIG, Passes Away </span></a><= /li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> <a href=3D"#Bookmark_A446528D4" target=3D"_self" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-in= formz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Frank Butler, W4RH, Former ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Pass= es Away at 100</span></a></li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> <a href=3D"#Bookmark_A698E9706" target=3D"_self" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-in= formz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Amateur Radio in the News</span></a></li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; 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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 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">New ARRL=C2=AE= DXCC=C2=AE Trident Award Plaque Honors 100 Confirmed Entities on Three Modes</span></strong><= /p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"ABA19F035-B202-4617-DE08-E07EA= BACE83F" 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 A2CB8EBA8-6C69-1111-B125-96BA8F8E2FE4" 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 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/Tri= dent%20Plaque%20Edit%20(Final).png?cb=3D307292" border=3D"0" height=3D"271" width=3D"200" 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 15px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A12A1170A-31D8-7E7E-7= 954-98FDD52496B2" 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;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDYzNQ/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</span></a> announces the DXCC=C2=AE Trident Plaque, a new program to honor the accompl= ishments of radio amateurs who have confirmed QSOs with at least 100 ARRL DXCC awar= d entities on each of three modes (phone, CW, and digital).</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;"> The basic award is issued upon application and confirmation by the ARRL Awa= rds Department, and it is endorsable at levels of 200, 300, and Honor Roll, ba= sed on achieving that level <strong><em>on all three modes</em></strong> at th= e time of application.</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;"> The earliest QSO date, and starting date for the DXCC Trident Award, is Nov= ember 1, 1976, when RTTY (now named digital) DXCC was introduced.</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> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A3FA1C553-2D53-DD4B-7F76-3A7B5B9E818D" 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;"> ARRL Radiosport and Regulatory Affairs Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, says the = new award should be exciting to hams. =E2=80=9CIt gives all participants of the DXCC program, especially those ne= w to DXCC, something fresh to work towards,=E2=80=9D he said. ARRL has long had the W= orked All States Triple Play award, but this introduces the multi-mode achievement t= o the DXCC program. </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;"> Confirmation of QSOs toward the Trident is done only through the standard p= rocess by credits within the ARRL DXCC program via Logbook of The World=C2=AE (Lo= TW=C2=AE). No QSL cards will be accepted with a plaque application. If your DXCC credits= are not already visible in LoTW, you must first link your DXCC and LoTW profil= es by requesting a credit merge from the <strong><a href=3D"mailto:dxccadmin@arr= l.org" 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"dxccadmin@arrl.org" style=3D"color: #0000ee;= font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-pres= erver" style>ARRL Awards Desk</span></a></strong>.</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;"> To apply for the plaque or learn more, visit <strong><a href=3D"https://arr= l.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDYzNg/= 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/dxcc-trident-award</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;"> Celebrate your achievement and dedication to the DXCC program across all mo= des with the ARRL DXCC Trident award =E2=80=93 a symbol of excellence in amate= ur radio operating and DXing.</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 ADA6C62AB-9AFC-7707-B20D-1FAE88A67047" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDYzNw/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"Dr. Duino" src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/email-ad2.jpg?cb= =3D965616" 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 ACCF76439-07D1-8B14-C4B5-754794B4C67F" 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 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-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">ARRL Celebrate= s the Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3DUA, Teachers Institute Week</span></strong></p></td></tr></= table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A386F3F2F-306D-7514-F9E9-3C1D2= BB01DAE" 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 AAC93F24E-64C1-4019-0CFD-94FE5B22B407" 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 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/Gol= dman%20Crop.jpg?cb=3D863758" border=3D"0" height=3D"249" width=3D"150" 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 15px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text AD22ACAEE-1BEF-EC26-D= DB8-CDB0788E150C" 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;"> <em>Ham radio helped build the career of Jeff Goldman, K3DUA. Now, he=E2=80= =99s paying it forward</em>.</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;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDYzOA/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>The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology</span></a> celebrates the generosity of Jeff Goldman, K3DUA. A gift from Goldman has underwritte= n an entire week of the program, allowing 13 educators from all over the United= States to attend the program.</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;"> Goldman took an interest in radio at the age of 12, when his father bought = him a shortwave receiver. Hearing signals from around the world captivated his= mind. =E2=80=9CThe most interesting thing is I got to listen to Sputnik when it = went up back in the late &#39;50s,=E2=80=9D he said. In 1958, Goldman earned his Novice= class license and began a journey in amateur radio that he still enjoys today. </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> </span></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image ABC54667F-DF8= C-5316-CFCC-D91AB5C0232C" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDYzOA/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/Teachers%20cropped.jpg?cb= =3D551048" border=3D"0" height=3D"257" width=3D"620" 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"620" class=3D"imagecaption ABC54667F-DF8C-5316-CFCC-D91AB5C= 0232C" 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;"> Teachers attending the Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3UDA, Teachers Institute Week e= xpressed their gratitude to him over a lunch held outside ARRL Headquarters in Newi= ngton, CT.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></t= able><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AF2A902A3-A2F3-FFD0-7D38-6EDD07EF86A1" cellp= adding=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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDYzOA/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/IMG_4437.jpg?cb=3D631931"= 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 AF2A902A3-A2F3-FFD0-7D38-6EDD07E= F86A1" 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;"> Jeff Goldman, K3DUA, visits with Raz Idan, KE2FEB, one of the teachers atte= nding the TI week he sponsored.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr= ></table></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A97D563CC-F512-28D1-035E-9D0A3= 0A8FC1C" 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: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A6B6F1366-D950-95D4-A8F7-7C70AAC67EBE" 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 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/IMG_4415.jpg?cb= =3D907937" border=3D"0" height=3D"289" 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:5px 0px 0px 15px;"></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;"> Early in life, his radio hobby started shaping his career. =E2=80=9CI got i= nto engineering school as a result of my interest in electronics,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80= =9CWhen I was drafted back in the late &#39;60s, I went to the recruiter and asked what can you = do to keep me from having to dig foxholes in Vietnam?=E2=80=9D recounted Goldman= =2E His skills formed as a ham radio operator got him into the Army Signal Corps, and a d= uty assignment in Germany. =E2=80=9CI got into a very specialized unit,=E2=80= =9D he said. </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;"> Goldman would go on to start an amateur radio-related small business in the= 1970s. Now, he=E2=80=99s hoping to use the success he found as a result of wirele= ss technology to pave the way for future generations to follow in his footsteps. =E2=80= =9CBecause of the wonderfulness that ham radio has done for me and my whole life, I= =E2=80=99ve been fairly successful, and I think it is an important hobby. It is an imp= ortant national asset for the country,=E2=80=9D he said. </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 13 teachers who attended The Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3DUA, Teachers Instit= ute Week will take what they=E2=80=99ve learned back into their classrooms and= incorporate hands-on approaches to radio and wireless technology into their science, t= echnology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) lessons. </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> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A2DF169B2-D1E8-A9D4-256F-BEBE5= 05C493A" 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: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A8AAD1B64-469C-FD75-44BA-1C7433E942E7" 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 15px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/IMG_4394.jpg?cb= =3D909214" border=3D"0" height=3D"323" 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:5px 15px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A9260F74B-8166-E56C-6= DE9-8407472AFB6C" 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;"> ARRL Director of Development Kevin Beal, K8EAL, admires Goldman=E2=80=99s l= eadership gift. =E2=80=9CBy making this gift now, Jeff is setting the example for ot= hers to follow, and we are excited to recognize his generosity by naming this week in his = honor.=E2=80=9D</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Goldman and his wife, Janis, visited with the teachers on Tuesday. Several of the teachers were excited to share what their attendance meant to them. Goldman is thrilled at the number of young people who will be impacted by his gift, a= nd the ripple effects it may have on amateur radio and electrical engineering=E2= =80=99s future leaders. He=E2=80=99d tell the students they have a bright future in amate= ur radio. =E2=80=9CIt is a good hobby,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CIt can provide you = an education, it can provide you a lifetime of earning if you have an engineering degree and you get in= to technology. It can lead to computers or hardware design or whatever it is. Technology is a good field.=E2=80=9D </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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Learn more about the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology at <str= ong><a=20 href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTE5NDYzOA/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/ti</span></a></strong>. </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 width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AC53C6291-CDA= D-5934-0316-F2C3E456BFCC" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY0MA/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/ki.jpg?cb=3D983164" borde= r=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 !important;" class=3D"img= "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ACF57B051-A4D6-0F3D-55F5-420A77A023D2" 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 AF0B47E6B-E777-4E0A-963D-E96F80712204" 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_AF0B47E6B"></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">High Altitude = Camp Needs Amateur Radio Tracking Operators</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><tab= le 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; 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 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 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/Kop= ernic%20Ballon%201.jpg?cb=3D374027" border=3D"0" height=3D"187" 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 15px;"> <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: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">High School Students from last year=E2=80=99s High Alti= tude Balloon Camp, look over their ballon before launch. [Photo courtesy of Drew Deskur= , KA1M]</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;"> On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, the Kopernik Observatory in Vestal, New York= , will be running a High Altitude Balloon Camp for local high school students. </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;"> The payload of the balloon will contain an Automatic Packet Reporting Syste= m (APRS) transmitter, call sign K2ZRO-9, for tracking, plus a slow-scan television = (SSTV) transmitter on 145.600 throughout the flight. The launch is planned between 10:00 - 10:30 AM eastern (1400-1430 UTC) and the balloon should reach over 100,0= 00 feet. In previous balloon flights, there have been APRS reports from Canada. Total flight time should be approximately 3 hours.</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;"> Drew Deskur, KA1M, the Director of the Kopernik Observatory, is asking for = volunteer amateur radio operators to track the flight on aprs.fi and download the SS= TV images if possible. =E2=80=9CWe would love to receive copies of images from stati= ons in the Northeast and elsewhere so we can share with the students how altitude mat= ters on VHF,=E2=80=9D said Deskur. Please send images to <a href=3D"mailto:k2zr= o@kopernik.org" 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"k2zro@kopernik.org" style=3D"color: #0000ee;= font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-pres= erver" style>k2zro@kopernik.org</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;"> For more information about the Kopernik Observatory, visit <a href=3D"https= ://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5N= DY0Mg/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>Kopernik Observatory &amp; Science Center</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 4px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AF537BA4A-10E3-803D-8F66-B08CDD84D7C0" 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_AF537BA4A"></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">HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO P= arty August 11-12, 2025</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <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-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;"> A reminder that HamSCI, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is preparing now for= a series of meteor scatter (MS) experiments and needs amateur radio operators to he= lp.</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;"> The first of two events will take place August 11 - 12, from 0000 to 2400 U= TC, for 48 hours during the Perseids meteor shower.</p><p style=3D"color: #000= 000; 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"image A15A20A84-8A9A-1116-66B5-DF4853EDFC76" cellp= adding=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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY0NA/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%20logo%201.jpg?cb= =3D808370" border=3D"0" height=3D"103" width=3D"488" 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 A9ADE7D7B-D6A5-E864-D949-E56C9DAF54E6" 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-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> This is a combination &quot;special event&quot; and a contest to generate c= ontact data during meteor scatter events using 10 and 6 meters. To be successful,= this effort needs operators, both active and passive. Operators are needed to b= e active (calling CQ) on MSK144, or passive, if possible, reporting via <a href=3D"= https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0z= OTE5NDY0Ng/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>PSK Reporter</span></a> as =E2=80=9Cmonitors.=E2=80=9D</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;"> The best times are early morning hours prior to 10 meters opening to F2 pro= pagation. Meteor scatter propagation occurs well below F2 and is supported in or nea= r the E layer where the meteor ionization tracks occur. Saturday mornings are be= ing used regularly to announce and coordinate 10-meter contacts using <a href= =3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZs= aT0zOTE5NDY0OA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUz= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY1MA/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;"> Operators are needed help to increase numbers during the early morning hour= s. Eventually, the HamSci team will be collecting operator contact information, but for n= ow, all that is required is for participants to report through PSK Reporter. F= or more information on the operating guidelines for the activity, please visit <a = href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTE5NDY0NA/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>Meteor Scatter QSO Party Guidelines | HamSCI</span></a>.</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;"> The next HamSci Meteor Scatter QSO Party will be December 12 =E2=80=93 13, = 2025 during the Geminids meteor shower. </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"text A446528D4-B179-F9B1-1B2C-95B0A150465D" 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_A446528D4"></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;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Former ARRL Central Divisio= n Director Dick Isley, W9GIG, Passes Away</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table= bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A772F0589-03D2-2C2A-0C4A-7EA0127D30EA" cellpadding= =3D"0" cellspacing=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 AB8B040E4-09F7-EE66-05A8-6DCB6880B926" 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 15px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY1Mg/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/Dick%20Isely%20W9GIG.jpg?= cb=3D447521" border=3D"0" height=3D"220" 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 "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 15px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption AB8B040E4-09F7-EE66-05A8-6DCB688= 0B926" 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;">George =E2=80=9CDick=E2=80=9D Isely, W9G= IG, Silent Key | 1939 =E2=80=93 2025</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></tab= le></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A566DBB8C-6766-8575-9CA7-C620EA80B087" 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;"> Former longtime ARRL Central Division Director George =E2=80=9CDick=E2=80= =9D Isely, W9GIG, has become a Silent Key. He passed away on July 26, 2025 at the age of 86. Isely served on the ARRL = Board of Directors from 2001 =E2=80=93 2016, when he was named an ARRL Honorary = Vice President upon his retirement. He was an ARRL and an AMSAT Life Member and was a member of the ARRL Maxim = Society at the Ambassador level. </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;"> According to a <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY1NA/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>2016 story when he retired from the board</span></a>, Isely served a= s a member of the ARRL Executive Committee as well as on the Board=E2=80=99s A= dministration and Finance and Membership Services committees. He chaired the CEO Search Committee after former ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, announced his retirement in 2015= =2E</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;"> Isley also served as ARRL Foundation vice president from 2008 =E2=80=93 201= 6. While on the board, he was involved in legislative affairs. He also volunteered as an incoming QSL bureau card sorter. </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;"> ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, worked with Isley on many projects over= the years. =E2=80=9CHe was always a hard and dedicated volunteer for the League, inclu= ding as a donor. His leadership was valuable in helping us in many ways. He served his Division, the League, and amateur radio in an outstanding manner,=E2=80=9D said Rode= rick. </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;"> Isely is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a retired US Navy and= American Airlines pilot. Isely helped organize the National Frequency Coordinators=E2=80=99 Council = and served 4 years as a director.</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;"> An obituary with more about his life <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/= cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY1Mg/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>may be found at this link</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> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A3E781EB6-2C0C-E9A8-83C9-5ACB018FB76A" 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: 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">Frank Butler, = W4RH, Former ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Passes Away at 100</span></strong></p= ></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AC5B04064-52E8-2997-5C34-E66E5= 40F0F66" 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: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A7D3C1BF9-ABBD-BBCA-FFF4-F6E6FA1861A7" 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 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY1Ng/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/frank%20butler%20W4RH.jpg= ?cb=3D956571" border=3D"0" height=3D"290" 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 "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption A7D3C1BF9-ABBD-BBCA-FFF4-F6E6FA1= 861A7" 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: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">Frank Butler, W4RH, Silent Key | 1925 =E2=80=93 2025</p= ></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><s= pan class=3D"text A3D71EB88-2655-F96C-3121-908BDC8BAF65" 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;"> Former ARRL Southeastern Division Director Frank Butler, W4RH, has become a= Silent Key. He passed away at the age of 100. Butler was an ARRL member for at le= ast 78 years.</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> He served 29 years as the ARRL Southeastern Division Director until his ret= irement from 50 years of service as an elected official of ARRL in 2007. He began = his elected service as the Western Florida Section Communications Manager in 1= 957.</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> At the Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors in July 2007, Butler w= as recognized for his generous donation to the newly dedicated Diamond Terrace at ARRL H= eadquarters. The Diamond Terrace includes inscribed bricks as memorials and honors, don= ated by hundreds of radio amateurs and clubs. Butler=E2=80=99s donation honors = his family and mentors.</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Butler was an ARRL Life Member and a member of the ARRL Maxim Society of th= e Benefactor Class. He was in the A1 Operators Club. Butler remained active in ARRL eve= nts, particularly in the southeastern United States, even after his time on the= Board. He volunteered in the ARRL exhibit at the 2024 Orlando Hamcation. </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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Social media was filled with posts from hams remembering Butler, including = a group photo from the Playground Amateur Club on Instagram. </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;"> ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, described Butler as a gracious man. =E2= =80=9CI never heard him raise his voice nor say a bad word to anyone. I served with Fran= k on various committees and assignments over the years where his leadership and= steady guidance was valued by all,=E2=80=9D said Roderick. </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 width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AC43EF74C-101= 4-EF1A-34DE-82D7D9541647" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY1OA/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/alexcarlson.png?cb=3D1338= 89" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"468" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !impor= tant; 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Join Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, ARRL Education and Learning Education Specialist= , as he covers how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other org= anizations encourage everyone to be prepared for emergencies and disasters of all siz= es, and things you can do to become prepared.</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: August 26, 2025</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;"> =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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY2OA/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: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; 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;"> The ARRL Education and Learning Department would like to apologize for the = limitation of the registration system for May=E2=80=99s edition of <em>On The Air Liv= e</em>. It hit a limit at 500 registrants. We=E2=80=99ve upgraded the system to allow= for this rapid success and growth in participation. 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[Photo= courtesy of Phil Temples, K9HI]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></= table></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text ABA287409-FD0C-7466-A2C0-53632ADB12AC" 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 was well-represented at the 2025 Maine State Convention in Aug= usta on August 2</strong>. ARRL <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9ta= T0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY4Nw/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>New England Division</sp= an></a> Vice Director Phil Temples, K9HI, reports the convention, sponsored by the = <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY4OA/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>Androscoggin ARC</span></a>, featured a robust indoor flea market al= ong with presentations covering Parks On The Air, an ARES meet-and-greet, QCWA= chapter meeting, UFB New England, and an ARRL Forum featuring New England Division= Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI, and Maine Section Manager Phil Duggan, N1EP.</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> </span></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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The U.S. Coast Guard=E2=80=99s 235th birthday will be celebrated on= August 9, 2025</strong>. Special event station NI6IW will be in operation on board t= he <a=20 href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTE5NDY4OQ/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>USS Midway Museum Ship</span></a> =66rom 1600Z - 2300Z on 14.320 kHz (SSB), 7.250 kHz (SSB), 14.070 (PSK31) and D-STAR using the <a href=3D"https://ar= rl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY5MA= /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>Papa System</span></a> repeaters. A QSL card will be available. The U.S Coast Guard was founded on August 4, 1790, when Congress authorized construction of 10 vessels to enforce ta= riff and trade laws, prevent smuggling, and protect the collection of federal r= evenue. The White House issued a special presidential message on August 4, 2025: = =E2=80=9CAs we commemorate the 235th birthday of the United States Coast Guard, we hon= or the brave patriots who defend our shores=E2=80=94and we remain eternally indeb= ted to their unwavering dedication to preserving American excellence,=E2=80=9D said Pre= sident Trump.</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"text A09342903-7AD4-CBBB-E273-7F7966159E7D" 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>The Pomeranian local branch of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK)= in Gda=C5=84sk will celebrate the anniversaries of three Polish lighthouses A= ugust 9 =E2=80=93 17, 2025</strong>. There will be special event stations operatin= g at each lighthouse: SN150LHC =E2=80=93 Lighthouse Czo=C5=82pino (PL0001); SN150LRN= =E2=80=93 Lighthouse Rozewie II (New) (PL0007), and SN130LHK =E2=80=93 Lighthouse Krynica Morsk= a (PL0008). Certificates will be available from each location. Contacts can be made on= bands from 160 to 6 meters, plus the WARC bands (30, 17, and 12 meters), 2 meter= s, 70 centimeters, and satellite. Contacts via FM repeaters are also counted for= the award. Duplicate contacts on the same band or the same mode are not counte= d. Modes in use: CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, FT4, FT8. Applications for the awards will be a= ccepted only electronically through the organizer&#39;s online platform at <strong= ><a=20 href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTE5NDY5Mg/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>ot09.pzk.org.pl/akcje/2025LH/3LH.php</span></a></strong> =E2=80=9CON= -LINE LOG=E2=80=9D until December 31st, 2025. Paper QSL cards for confirming contacts with th= e special event stations, in a limited edition of 1000 pieces, will be sent to the f= irst 1000 correspondents served by QSL bureaus. The remaining correspondents will receive e-QSL cards.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY5Mw/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 28th International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) will take place Aug= ust 16 (0001 UTC) to August 17 (2400 UTC), 2025</strong>. Started in 1993 by t= he Ayr Amateur Radio Group in Scotland as the Northern Lighthouse Activity Weeken= d, ILLW now coincides with many countries&#39; honoring of lighthouses each August= =2E The event is not a contest and participation is free. Each station&#39;s opera= tors decide on which bands and modes they will operate, there are no restrictio= ns on antennas or power, and each station must be operated in compliance with th= e operator=E2=80=99s license. Amateur radio operators are encouraged to enjoy the event and mak= e as many contacts as possible. In the United States, Fire Island Lighthouse, W= 2GSB, Babylon, New York, and the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, K8L, Eagle Harbor, Mic= higan, will be operating special event stations. Complete information, including = registration, guidelines, and a current list of participants can found at <a href=3D"htt= ps://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE= 5NDY5NA/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>International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 4px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-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! 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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: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>W1AW Operator</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;"> <strong>Assistant 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; 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line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-t= op: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The ARRL Solar Report August 7, 2025</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar activity has returned to moderate levels with a single M-class (R1-mi= nor) flare and numerous C-class flares.</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Region 4168 underwent consolidation and growth, primarily in its leading pe= numbra, as it maintained a delta signature, indicating continued magnetic complexi= ty. Additionally, AR 4168 was responsible for the largest flare of the period o= n August 5. </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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> A coronal mass ejection (CME) likely was associated with this event and was= first seen in LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery. Initial analysis seemingly indicated the presence of possibly more than one= CME as a western limb event occurred in quick succession. Modeling efforts returned with a bulk of the material being deflected ahead of Earth=E2=80=99s orbit= and a glancing blow/shock arrival likely occurring by late on August 8. However, given th= e source location of this event near center disk, this specific outcome is lower co= nfidence. </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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar activity is expected to continue at moderate levels with a high chanc= e for M-class flares (R1-R2/minor-moderate), and a lower-end slight chance for R= 3 (strong), August 8. Higher probabilities are being driven by the complexity and curr= ent activity of Region 4168.</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Under waning coronal hole (CH) high speed stream (HSS) influence, the great= er than 2 MeV electron flux on GOES-19 was moderate during its diurnal maxima. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was steady at background levels through the period. Solar wind parameters reflected waning CH HSS influences and solar wind speeds g= radually declined from near 440 km/s to around 360-370 km/s.</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;"> The 10.7-centimeter flux: August 8 - 10, 135; August 11 - 13, 130; August 1= 4 - 15, 135.</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-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Predicted sunspot numbers: August 8, 135; August 9, 136; August 10, 138; Au= gust 11, 135; August 12, 137; August 13, 138.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY5Nw/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDY5OA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcwMA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcwMQ/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>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/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUz= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcxMA/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= zNDA0MTUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcxMQ/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>Shelby Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL North Carolina Section C= onvention, Shelby, North Carolina</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> September 7 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA= 9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcxMw/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 New Jersey Conference and HamFest</span></a>, hosting the A= RRL Southern New Jersey Section Convention, Mullica Hill, New Jersey.</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> September 12 - 13 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0M= TUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcxNQ/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>Slidell EOC Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Louisiana State Con= vention, Slidell, Louisiana</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> September 19 - 21 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0M= TUzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcxNw/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 style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> September 20-21 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTU= zJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcxOQ/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>Midwest Superfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Central Division Conv= ention, Chillicothe, Illinois</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> September 27 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcyMQ/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 Dakota Division Convention</span></a>, Moorhead, Minnesota</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> October 4 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcyNA/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>Rock Hill Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL South Carolina Sectio= n Convention, Rock Hill, South Carolina</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> October 10 -12 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUz= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcyNQ/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>Pacificon</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Pacific Division Convention, = San Ramon, California</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> October 10 - 11 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTU= zJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDcyOA/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>Melbourne Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Florida State Convent= ion, Melbourne, Florida</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> October 10 - 11 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTU= zJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDczMA/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>SPARK-CON</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Midwest Division Convention, = Sedalia, Missouri</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> October 11 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0MTUzJnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTE5NDczMg/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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