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Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | August 28, 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=A0Interview with ARRL CEO: Details on Recent Board Meeti= ng, Huntsville Hamfest, Legislative Advocacy, and DX=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Resilience Through Amateur Radio for National Prepared= ness Month 2025=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Hurricane Watch Net Marks 60 Years of Service=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0FCC Batch Filing System Unavailable=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 Interview with ARRL CEO: Details on Recent Board Meeting, Huntsville Hamfes= t, Legislative Advocacy, and DX ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, is the guest on The DX Mentor [ https://www.= youtube.com/watch?v=3DfFIIXj0KKVY ] YouTube channel this week. The hosts of the popular show =E2=80=93 Bill Salyers, AJ8B, and Joe Pater, = W8GEX =E2=80=93 spoke with Minster at length about many topics of interest = to ARRL members. They touched on the recent introduction of the DXCC=C2=AE Trident Plaque [ = https://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY?t=3D249 ] , which recognizes the achievement o= f amateur radio operators who have confirmed two-way radio contacts with 10= 0 or more DXCC Award countries (entities) on three modes. Minster also talk= ed about the newly announced 10-Band DXCC [ https://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY?t= =3D464 ] award. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfFIIXj0KKVY ] The importance of radio clubs and 2026 being designated the ARRL Year of th= e Club [ https://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY?t=3D738 ] was also a topic of discuss= ion. Minster also answered questions about decisions made at the recent Sec= ond Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors [ https://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY?t= =3D209 ] . =C2=A0=20 The trio talked about this year=E2=80=99s Huntsville Hamfest, which held it= s annual convention in Alabama earlier this month. Huntsville Hamfest [ htt= ps://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY?t=3D2921 ] will host the ARRL National Convention= next year, August 22 =E2=80=94 23, 2026. =C2=A0=20 Other topics of interest included the impact of social media on amateur rad= io [ https://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY?t=3D4503 ] , and ARRL leadership and gove= rnance. Minster also talked about the ARRL DX Advisory Committee [ https://= youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY?t=3D6313 ] (DXAC). =C2=A0=20 Watch the 2-hour interview on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY [ htt= ps://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY ] or listen to The DX Mentor podcast on your favo= rite platform. Resilience Through Amateur Radio for National Preparedness Month 2025 [https://www.ready.gov/september] September is National Preparedness Month [ https://www.ready.gov/september = ] , which is a good time to look at your personal, family, and community re= silience levels. For 2025, the National Preparedness Month theme is =E2=80= =9CPreparedness Starts at Home.=E2=80=9D=20 =C2=A0=20 Amateur radio is a valuable resource for communication and community servic= e before and during times of crisis, and can be a significant factor in you= r home=E2=80=99s level of preparedness. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CNow is the time to make sure everything is in order,=E2=80=9D said= ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV. For hams, it = means taking the time to check their equipment =E2=80=93 from the ground to= the antenna, so that it is ready. =E2=80=9CMany hams already participate i= n daily, weekly, and monthly nets that help them hone their communication s= kills, but if you=E2=80=99re not already active in one, this could be a goo= d opportunity to get into it,=E2=80=9D said Johnston. [http://www.arrl.org/ares] To extend your personal preparedness into helping provide community resilie= nce, Johnston invites operators to become active in their local ARRL Amateu= r Radio Emergency Service=C2=AE (ARES=C2=AE) [ http://www.arrl.org/ares?utm= _source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] activities. =E2= =80=9CARES has been leveraging the utility value of the Amateur Radio Servi= ce for 90 years,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CWe saw last year during Hurrica= ne Helene how vital of a lifeline ham radio operators were for the affected= areas." =C2=A0=20 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an= above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season [ https://www.noaa.gov/news-re= lease/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2025-atlantic-hurricane-season ] .=20 =C2=A0=20 Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, says that should mo= tivate hams, but not scare them. =E2=80=9CNever let your guard down," said = Graves. =E2=80=9CDon=E2=80=99t live your life in fear, just be aware.=E2=80= =9D Graves added that his net operators are spread across the Western Hemis= phere, but they still have training sessions via radio nets and Zoom meetin= gs.=20 =C2=A0=20 SEE MORE ON ARRL NEWS: National Preparedness Month - Have a Go Kit [ https://www.arrl.org/news/nat= ional-preparedness-month-have-a-go-kit?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEm= ail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]=20 National Preparedness Month - Ensuring Family Safety [ https://www.arrl.org= /news/national-preparedness-month-ensuring-family-safety?utm_source=3DInfor= mz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]=20 National Preparedness Month - Station Readiness [ https://www.arrl.org/news= /national-preparedness-month-station-readiness?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_med= ium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]=20 National Preparedness Month - Get Involved [ https://www.arrl.org/news/nati= onal-preparedness-month-get-involved?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmai= l&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] Dr. Duino [http://www.digirig.net/] Hurricane Watch Net Marks 60 Years of Service [http://www.hwn.org/] This Labor Day weekend, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) [ http://www.hwn.org/= ] celebrates its 60th anniversary of providing critical communications sup= port to the National Hurricane Center [ https://w4ehw.fiu.edu/ ] (NHC) and = communities impacted by hurricanes. =C2=A0=20 As Hurricane Betsy was pummeling the Caribbean on Labor Day weekend 1965, a= ham radio operator started hearing calls for information from operators in= the Bahamas. Jerry Murphy, K8YUW, sprang into action. He began relaying su= rface data and storm conditions to help those in the path.=20 =C2=A0=20 That first net paved the way for what would become the Hurricane Watch Net. =C2=A0=20 HWN has been active for 156 landfalling hurricanes, including 60 major hurr= icanes (Category 3 or stronger). Of those, 12 struck as Category 5 hurrican= es. The net=E2=80=99s longest continuous activation occurred during Hurrica= ne Matthew in 2016, when operators remained on the air for 151 hours straig= ht. Among the deadliest storms ever recorded by the net was Hurricane Mitch= in 1998, which claimed more than 11,000 lives in Central America. =C2=A0=20 HWN operates [ https://hwn.org/about-us/net-procedures.html ] on 14.325 MHz= and 7.268 MHz, often simultaneously, with net control stations strategical= ly positioned throughout the region to maximize coverage. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CThe Hurricane Watch Net continues to serve the public interest by = helping save lives during hurricanes. We are proud to carry forward the vis= ion of our founder, Jerry Murphy, who passed earlier this year at age 88,= =E2=80=9D said HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV.=20 =C2=A0=20 For more information about the HWN, or to get involved as a volunteer, visi= t www.hwn.org [ http://www.hwn.org/ ] . [https://surgestop.com/coaxial-arrestors/index.html] FCC Batch Filing System Unavailable [https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-batch-filing-system-unavailable] As of Monday morning, August 25, 2025, the FCC=E2=80=99s Electronic Batch F= iling (EBF) system=E2=80=94used by all VEC organizations to file exam sessi= ons, individual applications, and club license applications=E2=80=94is not = processing submissions.=20 =C2=A0=20 This outage means that applications for new and upgraded licenses, as well = as individual and club filings, are not currently being processed or issued= =2E=20 =C2=A0=20 ARRL VEC alerted FCC staff, who are working to resolve the problem. While t= he system briefly processed a small number of Monday=E2=80=99s submissions = on Wednesday, it has since gone down again. Thousands of applications remai= n pending on the FCC side.=20 =C2=A0=20 ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, reported that the FCC has not provided= an estimate on when the system will be restored.=20 =C2=A0=20 Please check back on this ARRL News page [ https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-ba= tch-filing-system-unavailable?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_c= ampaign=3DARRL ] for updates on the FCC outage as more information becomes = available. [https://www.rooftowers.com/25g-mounts/?25g] Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CFort Herkimer Amateur Radio Association offering fall licensing co= urse [ https://www.romesentinel.com/news/fort-herkimer-amateur-radio-associ= ation-offering-fall-licensing-course/article_2723bb32-cb58-48b1-a62c-d0ee30= a5025a.html ] =E2=80=9D / Daily Sentinel (New York) August 28, 2025 -- The = Fort Herkimer Amateur Radio Association is an ARRL Affiliated Club. ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 =C2=A0=20 On the Air Live for August is all about September National Preparedness Mon= th [ https://learn.arrl.org/courses/96737/video_presentations/368553 ] . Ca= tch the replay of Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, ARRL Education and Learning Educati= on Specialist, as he covers how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FE= MA) and other organizations encourage everyone to be prepared for emergenci= es and disasters of all sizes, and things you can do to become prepared. Se= e the replay in the ARRL Learning Center. ARRL On the Air [https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/] On the Air Sponsored by Icom =C2=A0=20 Getting in on the POTA Fun =C2=A0=20 Portable operating in the Parks On the Air (POTA) program is one of the mos= t popular ham radio activities these days. Colin Wheatley, W9UPK, author of= the July/August 2025 On the Air article, =E2=80=9CPOTA Activators and Hunt= ers: The Great Symbiosis,=E2=80=9D joins the podcast to explain more about = how POTA works, and how to get in on the fun. Listen Now [ https://blubrry.= com/arrlontheair/ ] ARRL Audio News [https://blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/] ARRL Audio News =C2=A0 Listen to ARRL Audio News [ http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news?utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , available every Frida= y. ARRL Audio News is a summary of the week's top news stories in the world= of amateur radio and ARRL, along with interviews and other features. The A= RRL Audio News is now broadcast on FM low power radio stations KQRZ-LP 100.= 7 and 96.7 MHz FM in Spokane, Washington every Saturday and Sunday morning = at 8:00 AM PDT.=20 =C2=A0=20 The On the Air podcast and ARRL Audio News are available on blubrry, iTunes= , and Apple Podcasts. On the Air [ https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/ ] | ARRL Audio News [ https:= //blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/ ] Schulman Auction Amateur Radio Equipment Specialists [http://www.schulmanauction.com/] Rig Expert Take on the Air [https://rigexpert.com/news/match-upgradeable-antenna-and-cable-analyzer/] [http://www.preppcomm.com/] Rigol RF Test Gear [https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-multimeters/dm800/?utm_source=3DQ= ST&utm_medium=3DeNews&utm_campaign=3DDM858] Radioddity Xiegu X6200 Multi-mode HF Radio [https://www.radioddity.com/products/xiegu-g106?utm_medium=3Dbanner&utm_sou= rce=3DARRL&utm_campaign=3DThe%20ARRL%20Letter&utm_content=3DXiegu_G106] Flex Radio FT8 [https://www.flexradio.com/insider/articles/ft8-tipping-point-for-ham-radio= /] [https://ai6ym.radio/the-picofox-saga/?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Demail= &utm_id=3Dpfox2] [https://tele-pole.com/] In Brief... Amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners are invited to participate = in a unique event on August 30, 2025. The Maritime Radio Historical Society= =E2=80=99s (MRHS) annual 'cryptographic challenge' will begin at 2000Z. Usi= ng the facilities of coast station KPH (San Francisco Radio), an encrypted = message, using the famous Enigma machine, will be transmitted in 5-letter g= roups in Morse and RTTY on 6 different commercial frequencies. Listeners are invited to receive and decrypt the messages. Certificates are awarded for successful decodes. Last year there were 162 participants from 12 countries. More information, = including frequencies, can be found on the MRHS website at radiomarine.org = [ https://www.radiomarine.org/mrhs-events ] . The MRHS was formed on July 1= 2, 1999, the date of the last commercial Morse transmission in the United S= tates. In response to the Radio Amateurs of Canada [ https://www.rac.ca/ ] (RAC)= =E2=80=99s recent addition of a new Yukon Section, the ARRL Contest Advisor= y Committee is reviewing Canadian Section multipliers for ARRL contests tha= t use Sections as multipliers. While this review is ongoing, the 2024 multiplier list will be used for the= remainder of 2025. Stations located in Yukon should continue to send =E2= =80=9CTER=E2=80=9D (Territories) for the 2025 November Sweepstakes CW/SSB a= nd ARRL 160-Meter Contests. In Sweepstakes, stations in the United States a= nd Canada (including territories and possessions) exchange information with= as many other US and Canadian stations as possible on the 160-, 80-, 40-, = 20-, 15- and 10-meter bands. The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes will be act= ive the first full weekend of the month (November 1 - 3) for CW and the thi= rd full weekend (November 15 - 17) for phone. =C2=A0 For contest information, contact contests@arrl.org [ mailto:contests@arrl.o= rg ] or (860) 594-0232. [http://www.arrl.org/DreamStation] Announcements To celebrate the 2025 Handiham Radio Camp, along with the Handiham Program= =E2=80=99s 58th anniversary, the Handiham Radio Club [ http://handiham.net/= ] and the Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota are sponsoring a QSO party duri= ng Radio Camp. The object is for Handiham campers to work as many stations as possible dur= ing the 48-hour operating period. The QSO party will be on the air September 5 =E2=80=93 7, 2100Z =E2=80=93 2= 100Z , using call sign AB8WF, on 14.250, 7.200, 28.350, and 14.050 MHz. Sug= gested HF operating frequencies: 28.050 CW and 28.350 SSB; 21.050 CW and 21= =2E350 SSB; 14.050 CW and 14.250 SSB; 7.050 CW and 7.200 SSB. There will be= activity on all amateur bands and modes to make contacts including digital= and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) modes. The exchange is simply name= and state, province, or country. Stations will be using their own call signs in addition to the club call si= gns. Please listen for stations calling CQ Radio Camp. For more information about the Handiham Program, contact handiham.org [ htt= p://handiham.org ] . 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 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. ARRL [ https://www.arrl.org/?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] Headquarters will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2025, i= n observance of the Labor Day federal holiday. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions [ http://www.= arrl.org/w1aw-operating-schedule?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL ] . ARRL Headquarters will reopen on Tuesday, September 2= , at 8 AM EDT (1200 UTC). Visit the ARRL Special Events Stations [ https://= www.arrl.org/special-event-stations?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail= &utm_campaign=3DARRL ] database to find on-the-air events and commemoration= s this weekend. ARRL wishes its members and friends a safe and enjoyable holiday! [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2043696926] The ARRL Solar Report The ARRL Solar Report =C2=A0=20 Solar activity decreased to low levels with only C-class flare activity. No= Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in available co= ronagraph imagery. Solar activity is likely to reach moderate levels throug= h August 30 due to M-class flare activity with a slight chance for an isola= ted X-class flare event. =C2=A0=20 Solar wind parameters reflected nominal levels. Total field and Bz were bot= h at benign values. Solar wind speeds were mostly below 400 km/s. Phi was p= redominantly negative. Slightly enhanced solar wind conditions are possible= through August 29 due to occasional influences of a negative polarity coro= nal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). =C2=A0=20 The 10.7-centimeter flux: August 28 - 31, 158; September 1 - 2, 155; Septem= ber 3 - 4, 145. =C2=A0=20 Predicted sunspot numbers: August 28, 135; August 29, 131; August 30, 142; = September 1, 127; September 2, 150; September 3, 119. =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 29 - 31 -- SCRY/RTTYOps WW RTTY Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 30 - 31 -- U.S. Islands QSO Party (CW, phone, d= igital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 30 - 31 -- World Wide Digi DX Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 30 - 31 -- Colorado QSO Party (CW, phone, digit= al) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 30 - 31 -- Kansas QSO Party (CW, phone, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 1 - 2 -- MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 3 -- UKEICC 80m Contest (phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 4 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW, pho= ne, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 6 -- CWOps CW Open (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 6 - 7 -- SARL Field Day Contest (CW, phone, = digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 6 - 7 -- IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB (phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 6 - 7 -- RSGB SSB Field Day (phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 7 - 8 -- Tennessee QSO Party (CW, phone, dig= ital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0September 10 -- RSGB 80-Meter Autumn Series, CW (CW) Remember to visit the ARRL Contest Calendar [ https://www.arrl.org/contest-= calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DgeQ73&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL%20website%20amateur%20radio%20&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_m= edium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&u= tm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DA= RRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaig&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_camp= aign=3DARRL ] for more events and information. Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions =E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 30 - September 1 | Shelby Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.= org/hamfests/shelby-hamfest-arrl-north-carolina-section-convention-4?utm_so= urce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the 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 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 23 - 26 | HamCon Colorado 2025 [ https://www.a= rrl.org/hamfests/hamcon-colorado-2025-arrl-rocky-mountain-division-conventi= on?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting = the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Grand Junction, Colorado =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0November 1 | Stone Mountain Hamfest [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/hamfests/stone-mountain-hamfest-arrl-georgia-state-convention-2?utm_= source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARR= L Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia 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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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;"> ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, is the guest on <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.= net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA0Ng/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 DX Mentor</span></a> YouTube channel this week. The hosts of the popular show =E2=80=93 Bill Sal= yers, AJ8B, and Joe Pater, W8GEX =E2=80=93 spoke with Minster at length about many top= ics of interest to ARRL members. They touched on the recent introduction of the <a href=3D= "https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0= zOTQzNzA0Nw/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>DXCC=C2=AE Trident Plaque</span></a>, which recognizes the achieveme= nt of amateur radio operators who have confirmed two-way radio contacts with 100 or more= DXCC Award countries (entities) on three modes. Minster also talked about the n= ewly announced <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA0OQ/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>10-Band DXCC</span></a> award.</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></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AC8E5A56F-A02B-B914-42DA-7D051A57A4F0" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA1MA/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/inter.png?cb=3D707990" bo= rder=3D"0" height=3D"371" 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 AC8E5A56F-A02B-B914-42DA-7D051A5= 7A4F0" 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;">ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, was the guest on The DX = Mentor YouTube channel</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><= /td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ADC6781F4-944B-FFD2-888C-1F56ECB01A1C" = 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;"> The importance of radio clubs and <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD= 9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA1Mg/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>2026 being designated the ARRL Year of the Club</span></a> was also a topic of discussion. Minster also answered questions about decisions made at the= recent <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA1Mw/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>Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors</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 trio talked about this year=E2=80=99s Huntsville Hamfest, which held it= s annual convention in Alabama earlier this month. <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUuc= D9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA1NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Huntsville Hamfest</span= ></a> will host the ARRL National Convention next year, August 22 =E2=80=94 23, 2= 026.</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;"> Other topics of interest included the<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/= cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA1Ng/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> impact of social media on amateur radio</span></a>, and ARRL leader= ship and governance. Minster also talked about the <a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA1OA/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 DX Advisory Committee</span></a> (DXAC).</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;"> Watch the 2-hour interview on YouTube at <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.ne= t/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA1OQ/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>https://youtu.be/fFIIXj0KKVY</span></a> or listen to The DX Mentor podcast on your favorite platform.</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 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-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">Resilience Through Amateur = Radio for National Preparedness Month 2025</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><tab= le bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AA9C06C11-A9CA-7413-081E-B2810C0EF896" 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: 0"> <table class=3D"image AB91EC7CF-41FC-90BD-5611-8913A01B3BC9" 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 10px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA2MQ/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/NPM%20graphic.jpg?cb=3D64= 8416" border=3D"0" height=3D"131" width=3D"250" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !importa= nt; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align:= left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 10px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text ABFF1C0B8-3EAC-BBFF-CB30-7CC856BE1600" 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;"> September is <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA2MQ/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>National Preparedness Month</span></a>, which is a good time to look= at your personal, family, and community resilience levels. For 2025, the Nati= onal Preparedness Month theme is =E2=80=9CPreparedness Starts at Home.=E2=80=9D= </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;"> Amateur radio is a valuable resource for communication and community servic= e before and during times of crisis, and can be a significant factor in your home= =E2=80=99s level of preparedness.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9CNow is the time to make sure everything is in order,=E2=80=9D said= ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV. For hams, it means taking the = time to check their equipment =E2=80=93 from the ground to the antenna, so that= it is ready. =E2=80=9CMany hams already participate in daily, weekly, and monthly nets = that help them hone their communication skills, but if you=E2=80=99re not already ac= tive in one, this could be a good opportunity to get into it,=E2=80=9D said Johnston.</= 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 bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A1485C692-C289-0B0D-02FC-AA7774C9B1E5" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: = none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-tab= le-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <table class=3D"image AB9B9876F-4C55-4E85-9DA4-E22C6C5FADFB" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none;= border-collapse: collapse; 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line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-t= op: 0; text-align: left;"> To extend your personal preparedness into helping provide community resilie= nce, Johnston invites operators to become active in their local <a href=3D"http= s://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQz= NzA2Mw/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 Amateur Radio Emergency Service=C2=AE (ARES=C2=AE)</span></a> activities. =E2=80=9CARES has been leveraging the utility value of the Amateur Radio Service for 90 = years,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CWe saw last year during Hurricane Helene how vital of a = lifeline ham radio operators were for the affected areas.&quot;</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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) <a href=3D"https= ://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzN= zA2NA/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>is predicting an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season</span><= /a>. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, says that should mo= tivate hams, but not scare them. =E2=80=9CNever let your guard down,&quot; said Graves. =E2=80=9CDon=E2=80= =99t live your life in fear, just be aware.=E2=80=9D Graves added that his net operators are spread acr= oss the Western Hemisphere, but they still have training sessions via radio nets and Zoom = meetings. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>SEE MORE ON ARRL NEWS</strong>:</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Hurricane Watc= h Net Marks 60 Years of Service</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D= "#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AE291633F-9B8C-012C-308F-76FE7D0E9DF7" 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: 0"> <table class=3D"image A8D5AB0FF-5054-2578-1849-A1A316811AA3" 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 10px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA3NA/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/HWN_Logo-new_4.jpg?cb=3D9= 27409" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"250" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !importa= nt; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align:= left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 10px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text AB0B00B61-C4EF-82DD-B0CE-A49D44E19CAC" 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;"> This Labor Day weekend, the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9ta= T0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA3NA/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>Hurricane Watch Net (HWN)</span></a> celebrates its 60th anniversary of providing critical communications support to the <a href=3D"https://arrl.i= nformz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA3Ng/ind= ex.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>National Hurricane Center</span></a> (NHC) and communities impacted by hurricanes.</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;"> As Hurricane Betsy was pummeling the Caribbean on Labor Day weekend 1965, a= ham radio operator started hearing calls for information from operators in the= Bahamas. Jerry Murphy, K8YUW, sprang into action. He began relaying surface data an= d storm conditions to help those in the path. </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;"> That first net paved the way for what would become the Hurricane Watch Net.= </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;"> HWN has been active for 156 landfalling hurricanes, including 60 major hurr= icanes (Category 3 or stronger). Of those, 12 struck as Category 5 hurricanes. Th= e net=E2=80=99s longest continuous activation occurred during Hurricane Matthew in 2016, w= hen operators remained on the air for 151 hours straight. Among the deadliest = storms ever recorded by the net was Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which claimed more t= han 11,000 lives in Central America.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA3OA/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>HWN operates</span></a> on 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz, often simultaneously, with net control station= s strategically positioned throughout the region to maximize coverage.</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;"> =E2=80=9CThe Hurricane Watch Net continues to serve the public interest by = helping save lives during hurricanes. We are proud to carry forward the vision of our f= ounder, Jerry Murphy, who passed earlier this year at age 88,=E2=80=9D said HWN Ma= nager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV. </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;"> For more information about the HWN, or to get involved as a volunteer, visi= t <strong><a=20 href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTQzNzA3NA/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.hwn.org</span></a></strong>. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> As of Monday morning, August 25, 2025, the FCC=E2=80=99s Electronic Batch F= iling (EBF) system=E2=80=94used by all VEC organizations to file exam sessions, indivi= dual applications, and club license applications=E2=80=94is not processing submissions. </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;"> This outage means that applications for new and upgraded licenses, as well = as individual and club filings, are not currently being processed or issued. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8= px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; t= ext-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL VEC alerted FCC staff, who are working to resolve the problem. While t= he system briefly processed a small number of Monday=E2=80=99s submissions on Wednes= day, it has since gone down again. Thousands of applications remain pending on the FCC= side. </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 VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, reported that the FCC has not provided= an estimate on when the system will be restored. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: norma= l; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> Please check back <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc= 2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA4MA/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-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:= #c00000">Amateur Radio in the News</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A63EFD1B2-DD0E-F7A9-443A-54B05354E63D" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9C<a=20 href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTQzNzA4Mg/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>Fort Herkimer Amateur Radio Association offering fall licensing cour= se</span></a>=E2=80=9D / Daily Sentinel (New York) August 28, 2025 -- <em>The Fort Herkimer Amate= ur Radio Association is an ARRL Affiliated Club</em>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A0BC6B559-3003-91C0-2EC8-88A2C849BBAE" 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_A0BC6B559"></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">ARRL Live Events and Podcas= ts</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A8ADFBE24-8D23-3DE6-3FB5-9137D= 390D8A7" 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 A0E8D08DB-DF89-810A-92BD-F3D989EDC494" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA4NA/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"On the Air LIVE" src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/clp.png?cb= =3D937748" border=3D"0" height=3D"175" width=3D"175" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: = auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; tex= t-align: left; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>September National Preparedness Month</span></a>. Catch the replay o= f Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, ARRL Education and Learning Education Specialist, as he co= vers how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other organizations= encourage everyone to be prepared for emergencies and disasters of all sizes, and th= ings you can do to become prepared. See the replay in the ARRL Learning Center.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A1BD330CC-4154-DDEB-32F0-E675F6016145" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: = none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-tab= le-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A99E18065-B70F-6DC3-932C-9F6D6365FB37" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; = 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA4Nw/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"ARRL On the Air" src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter= /OTA-podcast-logo_175.jpg?cb=3D436019" border=3D"0" height=3D"175" width=3D"175" 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:5px 15px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text AC1D356D9-7B4E-62DE-7= 63A-0DE0BFAE5BC8" style=3D"inline: true; "> <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><em>On the Air</em></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>Sponsored by Icom</em></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Getting in on the POTA Fun</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;"> Portable operating in the Parks On the Air (POTA) program is one of the mos= t popular ham radio activities these days. Colin Wheatley, W9UPK, author of the July= /August 2025 <em>On the Air</em> article, =E2=80=9CPOTA Activators and Hunters: Th= e Great Symbiosis,=E2=80=9D joins the podcast to explain more about how POTA works, and how to get in = on the fun. <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTU= yMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA4Nw/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>Listen Now</span></a></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A4C4886A5-4CB8-0B1E-4181-8F3103D94CF7" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: = none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-tab= le-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <table class=3D"image AA181E061-FA9D-A32D-3B23-CF7DA098C55C" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA4OQ/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"ARRL Audio News" src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter= /ARRL-Audio-News-Podcast-Logo_175.jpg?cb=3D39199" border=3D"0" height=3D"175" width=3D"175" 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:5px 15px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A2D86C572-1B17-50FD-7= DC1-95665DD082F0" style=3D"inline: true; "> <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>ARRL Audio News</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-h= eight: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> Listen to <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzA5MQ/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 Audio News</span></a>, available every Friday. 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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>Amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners are invited to participate in a un= ique event on August 30, 2025</strong>. The Maritime Radio Historical Society= =E2=80=99s (MRHS) annual &#39;cryptographic challenge&#39; will begin at 2000Z. Using the fa= cilities of coast station KPH (San Francisco Radio), an encrypted message, using th= e famous Enigma machine, will be transmitted in 5-letter groups in Morse and RTTY o= n 6 different commercial frequencies. Listeners are invited to receive and dec= rypt the messages. Certificates are awarded for successful decodes. Last year t= here were 162 participants from 12 countries. More information, including frequ= encies, can be found on the MRHS website at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.inform= z.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEwMw/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>radiomarine.org</span></a></strong>. The MRHS was formed on July 12,= 1999, the date of the last commercial Morse transmission in the United States.</= p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-ser= if; 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 A07C0669E-C81F-A970-FB9F-F8E444329294" 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>In response to the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT= 0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEwNQ/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>Radio Amateurs of Canada</span></a> (RAC)=E2=80=99s recent addition of a new Yukon Section, the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee is reviewing Canadian Section= multipliers for ARRL contests that use Sections as multipliers</strong>. While this re= view is ongoing, the 2024 multiplier list will be used for the remainder of 202= 5. Stations located in Yukon should continue to send =E2=80=9CTER=E2=80=9D (Territorie= s) for the 2025 November Sweepstakes CW/SSB and ARRL 160-Meter Contests. In Sweepstakes, s= tations in the United States and Canada (including territories and possessions) ex= change information with as many other US and Canadian stations as possible on the= 160-, 80-, 40-, 20-, 15- and 10-meter bands. The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes = will be active the first full weekend of the month (November 1 - 3) for CW and = the third full weekend (November 15 - 17) for phone.</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;"> For contest information, contact <a href=3D"mailto:contests@arrl.org" targe= t=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-trac= k=3D"false" data-informz-email-address=3D"contests@arrl.org" style=3D"color: #0000ee; = font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-pres= erver" style>contests@arrl.org</span></a> or (860) 594-0232.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21= px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AC7726C11-97AC-C28A-5DA6-5FEEC7BA7944"= cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEwNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Sweepstake%20Newsl= etter%20Ad%20468x200.jpg?cb=3D352816" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"468" align=3D"center" style=3D"height= : auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr><tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AAB7968F1-188E-ABA1-3997-23D86B054CB3" 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>To celebrate the 2025 Handiham Radio Camp, along with the Handiham Program=E2= =80=99s 58th anniversary, the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc= 2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEwOA/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>Handiham Radio Club</spa= n></a> and the Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota are sponsoring a QSO party during = Radio Camp</strong>. The object is for Handiham campers to work as many stations= as possible during the 48-hour operating period. The QSO party will be on the= air September 5 =E2=80=93 7, 2100Z =E2=80=93 2100Z , using call sign AB8WF, on= 14.250, 7.200, 28.350, and 14.050 MHz. Suggested HF operating frequencies: 28.050 CW and = 28.350 SSB; 21.050 CW and 21.350 SSB; 14.050 CW and 14.250 SSB; 7.050 CW and 7.20= 0 SSB. There will be activity on all amateur bands and modes to make contacts inc= luding digital and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) modes. The exchange is sim= ply name and state, province, or country. Stations will be using their own cal= l signs in addition to the club call signs. Please listen for stations calling CQ = Radio Camp. For more information about the Handiham Program, contact <strong><a = href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTQzNzExMA/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>handiham.org</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></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A68623631-F142-60A3-4917-A58998A4C116" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Open Positions at ARRL</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for Amateur R= adio=C2=AE! We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the following positions:= </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Membership Manager</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Administrative Coordinator</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>Technical Editor</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>W1AW Operator</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>Assistant Editor</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-h= eight: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;= text-align: left;"> Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at <strong><a href=3D"htt= ps://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQ= zNzExMQ/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/careers</span></a>.</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-= weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: le= ft;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL is an equal opportunity employer.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A146F1D53-751B-271C-B6BF-603C344CBCDD" 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><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzExMg/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> Headquarters will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2025, in observance of = the Labor Day federal holiday</strong>. There will be no <a href=3D"https://ar= rl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzExMw= /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>W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions</span></a>. ARRL Headqu= arters will reopen on Tuesday, September 2, at 8 AM EDT (1200 UTC). Visit the ARR= L <a=20 href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT0zOTQzNzExNQ/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>Special Events Stations</span></a> database to find on-the-air events and commemorations this weekend. 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0;= margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">The ARRL Solar= Report</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A18C225E3-D458-F51D-8341-07EE8= E297DCF" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-colla= pse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace:= 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <table class=3D"image AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; = border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 15px 0px 0px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/latest_4096_HMIIC= %20new%20solar%20disk%20image%208-28-25.jpg?cb=3D177149" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"250" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: = auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; tex= t-align: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr><tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 15px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481= 963B6" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: c= ollapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr><tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-ta= ble-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21= px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">This image was taken on August 28, 2025.= [Photo courtesy of NASA SDO/HMI]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr= ></table></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A888CE369-B325-B55B-C6BE-F1000448DEFA" style=3D"inline: true= ; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-ser= if; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-t= op: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The ARRL Solar Report</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;"> Solar activity decreased to low levels with only C-class flare activity. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in available coronagraph image= ry. Solar activity is likely to reach moderate levels through August 30 due to = M-class flare activity with a slight chance for an isolated X-class flare event.</= 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;"> Solar wind parameters reflected nominal levels. Total field and Bz were both at benign values. Solar wind speeds were mostly below 400 km/s. Phi was predominantly negativ= e. Slightly enhanced solar wind conditions are possible through August 29 due to occas= ional influences of a negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS).= </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 10.7-centimeter flux: August 28 - 31, 158; September 1 - 2, 155; Septem= ber 3 - 4, 145.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; = margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; mar= gin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Predicted sunspot numbers: August 28, 135; August 29, 131; August 30, 142; = September 1, 127; September 2, 150; September 3, 119.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzExOA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEyMA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEyMg/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEyMw/index.= html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>VOACAP Online for Ham Radio website</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font= -weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: le= ft;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ADD19161E-5C40-5A9C-2960-58EF186C6834" 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_ADD19161E"></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">Just Ahead in Radiosport</s= pan></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6551D236-8D79-9754-CECE-D7DECCBD5058" = 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> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li class s= tyle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 29 - 31 -- SCRY/RTTYOps WW RTTY Contest (digital)</li><li class=3D"u= ndefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 30 - 31 -- U.S. Islands QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 30 - 31 -- World Wide Digi DX Contest (digital)</li><li class=3D"und= efined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 30 - 31 -- Colorado QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class=3D"= undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 30 - 31 -- Kansas QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class=3D"un= defined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 1 - 2 -- MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefin= ed" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 3 -- UKEICC 80m Contest (phone)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style= =3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 4 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)</li><li = class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 6 -- CWOps CW Open (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padd= ing-left: 4.25px;"> September 6 - 7 -- SARL Field Day Contest (CW, phone, digital)</li><li clas= s=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 6 - 7 -- IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB (phone)</li><li class=3D"un= defined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 6 - 7 -- RSGB SSB Field Day (phone)</li><li class=3D"undefined" s= tyle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 7 - 8 -- Tennessee QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 10 -- RSGB 80-Meter Autumn Series, CW (CW)</li></ul><p class=3D"u= ndefined" 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;"> &nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6FEFC62E-9C41-9D76-6C94-47666345D90A" 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;"> Remember to visit the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDI= xMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEyNQ/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 Contest Calendar</s= pan></a> for more events and information.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-= height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE9A4991A-E5DE-F782-3E5A-90DC954F06AC" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_AE9A4991A"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: norm= al; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><st= rong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Upcoming Section, State, an= d Division Conventions</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A7EB4418C-3281-AD39-AEED-40DC823D5D7C" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 7px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li style= =3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 30 - September 1 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0= zNDIxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEyNg/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA= 9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEyNw/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxM= zc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEyOQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxM= zc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEzMA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc= 2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEzMg/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2Jn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEzNQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEzNw/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzEzOQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc= 2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzE0MQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc= 2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzE0Mg/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/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzE0NA/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>North Star Radio Convention</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Minnesota S= tate Convention, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> October 12 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzE0NQ/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>Nutmeg Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Connecticut State Conven= tion, Meriden, Connecticut</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> October 23 - 26 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc= 2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzE0Nw/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>HamCon Colorado 2025</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Rocky Mountain Div= ision Convention, Grand Junction, Colorado</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> November 1 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNDIxMzc2JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzE0OQ/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>Stone Mountain Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Georgia State Co= nvention, Lawrenceville, Georgia</li> </ul><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, s= ans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: = 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Remember to search the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zND= IxMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT0zOTQzNzE1Mg/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 Hamfest and Convention</span></a> Database to find events in your area.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; 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