[From nobody Thu Dec 11 19:33:59 2025 Return-Path: <nde_2888532107.2@informz.net> Delivered-To: n0nb@n0nb.us Received: from www11.qth.com by merlin.lan with POP3 (fetchmail-6.4.37) for <nate@localhost> (single-drop); Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:14:51 -0600 (CST) Received: from www11.qth.com by www11.qth.com with LMTP id wId0Kj80O2nOMQkAyA/1RA (envelope-from <nde_2888532107.2@informz.net>) for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:14:39 -0600 Return-path: <nde_2888532107.2@informz.net> Envelope-to: n0nb@n0nb.us Delivery-date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:14:39 -0600 Received: from mail.40.61.informz.net ([205.201.40.61]:10276) by www11.qth.com with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from <nde_2888532107.2@informz.net>) id 1vTnzh-00000002q1W-11C1 for n0nb@n0nb.us; Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:14:39 -0600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=s02a; d=arrl.org; h=Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Message-ID:List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Content-Type; i=memberlist@arrl.org; bh=BIuPDhAGOSD5EHwvkD9notkJenWwujXkMyMXTckDVeA=; b=X71xkuKevlNqEYS5QCFmtEBbxnxwfhqi1kv+0vxWWwyVbEtPCVKfWsVXsUKklKD9eYz7ebdRYQYn R6CfXA+tk/BGn3bqEkHN5GpgyqmQ1Fues7wB5aIM0CxDf/IzI6tVSPn2pWwxkfVjHMlMXpz9CBM0 ZzxIKa3xyaS/KppmRyg= Received: by mail.40.61.informz.net id h7cq3o39og8h for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:14:35 -0500 (envelope-from <nde_2888532107.2@informz.net>) X-Receiver: <n0nb@n0nb.us> X-Sender: <nde_2888532107.2@informz.net> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:02:53 -0000 From: "ARRL Letter" <memberlist@arrl.org> Reply-To: memberlist@arrl.org Subject: The ARRL Letter for December 11, 2025 To: n0nb@n0nb.us Message-ID: <2888532107.2@informz.net> List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click List-Unsubscribe: <https://arrl.informz.net/informzdataservice/mailing/listheaderunsub?email=n0nb@n0nb.us&mailingInstance=3509684&brandId=2350> Feedback-ID: 2350:3509684:205.201.40.61:informz.net X-DKIM-Options: s=s02a;d=arrl.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 X-Spam-Score: 11 X-Spam-Bar: + X-Ham-Report: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Spam_detection_software=2C_running_on_the_system_=22www11=2Eqth=2Eco?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?m=22=2C=0A_has_NOT_identified_this_incoming_email_as_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?spam=2E__The_original=0A_message_has_been_attached_to?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_this_so_you_can_view_it_or_label=0A_similar_future_e?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?mail=2E__If_you_have_any_questions=2C_see=0A_root=5C=40?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?localhost_for_details=2E=0A_Content_preview=3A__view_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?this_email_in_your_browser_=5B_https=3A//arrl=2Einfor?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?mz=2Enet/InformzDataService/OnlineVersion/Individual=3Fm?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ailingInstanceId=3D3509684&subscriberId=3D520529725=0A_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?___=5D_The_ARRL_Letter_John_E=2E_Ross=2C_KD8IDJ_=5B_m?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ailto=3Ajross=40arrl=2Eorg_=5D_=2C_Editor=0A____|_Dec?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ember_11=2C_2025_=0A_Content_analysis_details=3A___=281?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=2E1_points=2C_5=2E0_required=29=0A__pts_rule_name___?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_________ X-Spam-Flag: NO MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="498504NDk4NTA0n0nbATn0nb.usNDk4NTA0" Content-Disposition: inline --498504NDk4NTA0n0nbATn0nb.usNDk4NTA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable view this email in your browser [ https://arrl.informz.net/InformzDataServi= ce/OnlineVersion/Individual?mailingInstanceId=3D3509684&subscriberId=3D5205= 29725 ] The ARRL Letter John E. Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | December 11, 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=A0FCC Allocates 60-Meter World-Wide Amateur Band Approve= d at WRC-15; Continues Amateur Use of Four Additional 60-Meter Channels, an= d Updates 420 MHz Coordination Information=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0ARRL to Host 2026 HamSCI Workshop at Central Connectic= ut State University=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0ARRL 10-Meter Contest This Weekend=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Help Someone Get Their FIRST Ham Radio License by the = End of 2025=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Deadline Approaching: Apply Now for the 2026 ARRL Foun= dation Scholarships=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 [http://www.arrl.org/shop] FCC Allocates 60-Meter World-Wide Amateur Band Approved at WRC-15; Continue= s Amateur Use of Four Additional 60-Meter Channels, and Updates 420 MHz Coo= rdination Information The FCC on December 9, 2025, released a long-awaited Report and Order [ htt= ps://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-final-rules-implementing-wrc-15 ] adop= ting a new amateur radio spectrum allocation in the 60-meter band that was = approved for world-wide use on a secondary basis in the WRC-15 (World Radio= communication Conference 2015) Final Acts [ http://www.arrl.org/news/it-s-a= -wrap-wrc-15-concludes-in-geneva?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL ] . The Commission also agreed with the ARRL petition to = continue to allow amateur operations on four existing 60-meter channels out= side the international allocation with a full 100 watts. The new rules will= go into effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, when ama= teurs may then begin using the allocation. =C2=A0=20 Specifically, the Commission allocated 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz (60 meters) to t= he amateur service on a secondary basis with a permitted power of 9.15 watt= s ERP. The Commission also authorized amateurs to continue using four exist= ing channels outside of the 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz band, centered on 5332, 534= 8, 5373, and 5405 kHz, on a secondary basis with a permitted power of 100 w= atts ERP. There are no antenna restrictions, but antenna gain must be used = to calculate ERP. [http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-allocates-60-meter-world-wide-amateur-band-ap= proved-at-wrc-15-continues-amateur-use-of-four-addi] The 60-meter allocation is available to amateurs holding a General Class or= above license. The maximum permissible signal bandwidth is 2.8 kHz.=20 =C2=A0=20 Amateurs are cautioned that this allocation is strictly on a secondary basi= s, and amateurs must avoid interfering with non-amateur stations using this= spectrum. This obligation includes the responsibility to monitor for such stations us= ing appropriate receiver bandwidths. The FCC emphasized that =E2=80=9Callowing amateur operations in this band w= hile fully protecting incumbent primary Federal operations is our priority,= and even intermittent interference in this band could jeopardize important= Federal operations.=E2=80=9D=20 =C2=A0=20 Continue reading this story on ARRL News [ http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-all= ocates-60-meter-world-wide-amateur-band-approved-at-wrc-15-continues-amateu= r-use-of-four-addi?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DA= RRL ] ARRL to Host 2026 HamSCI Workshop at Central Connecticut State University ARRL will host the 9th Annual HamSCI Workshop [ https://hamsci.org/hamsci20= 26 ] , March 14=E2=80=9315, 2026, at Central Connecticut State University (= CCSU [ https://www.ccsu.edu/ ] ) in New Britain, Connecticut, with activiti= es also occurring at ARRL Headquarters in nearby Newington. Organizers for the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI [ https:= //hamsci.org/ ] ) community are working hard to put together a memorable ev= ent that will bring together amateur radio operators, citizen scientists, s= tudents, and professional researchers. [https://hamsci.org/hamsci2026] This year=E2=80=99s theme, =E2=80=9CDiscovering Science Through Ham Radio,= =E2=80=9D highlights the vibrant intersection of amateur radio and scientif= ic discovery. The 2026 workshop will showcase achievements across the commu= nity, including the latest advances in ionospheric research, Personal Space= Weather Station development, meteor scatter propagation studies, and the e= xpanding use of technology and techniques for real-time radio propagation s= ensing. =C2=A0=20 Participants can expect more than 50 oral and poster presentations (the abs= tract submission [ https://hamsci.org/hamsci2026 ] window is open through J= anuary 20, 2026), invited tutorials, and a Saturday evening banquet featuri= ng a keynote address from a prominent member of the community. Attendees will also enjoy a visit to ARRL=E2=80=99s national headquarters, = with tours of the ARRL Lab, W1HQ Radio Laboratory, and opportunities to get= on the air from W1AW =E2=80=93 the Hiram P. Maxim Memorial Station. Most attendees will participate in person, with a virtual option to be anno= unced. =C2=A0=20 The organizing committee includes representatives from The University of Sc= ranton, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and ARRL. Financial support inc= ludes grants from the United States National Science Foundation and Amateur= Radio Digital Communications (ARDC).=20 =C2=A0=20 A variety of registration [ https://pci.jotform.com/form/253365111559154 ] = options are available. For more information, visit the HamSCI 2026 Workshop= page at hamsci.org/hamsci2026 [ https://hamsci.org/hamsci2026 ] . =C2=A0=20 Read the full story on ARRL News: https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-to-host-2026-hamsci-workshop-at-central-conn= ecticut-state-university [ https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-to-host-2026-hams= ci-workshop-at-central-connecticut-state-university?utm_source=3DInformz&ut= m_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] ARRL 10-Meter Contest This Weekend [https://www.arrl.org/10-meter] The 2025 ARRL 10-Meter Contest, this coming weekend, may be the last year f= or new operating records to be set until we reach Solar Cycle 26 (another 8= + years). And while solar activity has shown recent periodic high points, b= enefitting the 10-meter and higher bands, upper HF band conditions are begi= nning to show a weakening trend.=20 =C2=A0=20 If you're unfamiliar with the ARRL 10-Meter Contest, this is a 48-hour even= t running from Saturday December 12 @ 0000 UTC (Friday evening in USA) thro= ugh Sunday December 13 @ 2359 UTC (Sunday evening in USA). The contest part= icipant log-entry deadline is 7 days after the contest. Submit your log online [ https://contest-log-submission.arrl.org/index.php?= eid=3D21 ] or by paper on or before December 21 @ 2359 UTC. This event is c= ondensed into just the 10-meter band, with three mode combinations of: CW o= nly, Phone only, or a Mixed category of both Phone and CW. This complements the single operator and multioperator categories of the ev= ent. =C2=A0=20 If you're a newly licensed ham, you can participate in this contest with es= sentially no restrictions [if you are a Technician Class licensee, you may = operate CW between frequency ranges 28.0 =E2=80=93 28.3 MHz and Phone from = 28.3 =E2=80=93 28.5 MHz (up to 200 watts PEP output)]! =C2=A0=20 Last year=E2=80=99s ARRL 10-Meter Contest saw a record-breaking number of e= ntries (more than 6,600), with a clear rise in Youth and Rookie participati= on (read more about last year=E2=80=99s exciting event at https://contests.= arrl.org/ContestResults/2024/10M-2024-FinalFullResults.pdf [ https://contes= ts.arrl.org/ContestResults/2024/10M-2024-FinalFullResults.pdf ] ). =C2=A0=20 ARRL Radiosport Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, reminds participants that =E2=80= =9C=E2=80=A6this ARRL 10-Meter Contest weekend (both in dates and season) w= as chosen for its increased 10-meter propagation including winter E-skip; m= eteor scatter (from the Geminids meteor shower); and with the recently repo= rted solar CME activity, we could very well experience 10-meter aurora enha= ncement.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 Remember: Whether you want to go for a record, or maybe you just want to tr= y out a fun event as your very first contest to experience, or perhaps you = are working toward your Worked All States or your 10 Meter DXCC standings, = you'll find success this weekend! You can explore the event results from pa= st years at https://contests.arrl.org/10m/articles/ [ https://contests.arrl= =2Eorg/10m/articles/ ] , and/or the rules and other relevant information at= https://www.arrl.org/10-meter [ https://www.arrl.org/10-meter?utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . See you in the contes= t! [https://www.rooftowers.com/hoa-campaign/?free] Help Someone Get Their FIRST Ham Radio License by the End of 2025 [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2029838874] Know someone who=E2=80=99s been curious about amateur radio but hasn=E2=80= =99t taken the leap yet? The ARRL Technician Class Live Video Course [ http= s://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2029838874 ] for H= am Radio Licensing is a convenient, two-day online course for prospective h= ams to earn their first license. Taught by ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, this immersive in= struction runs December 20=E2=80=9321, 2025, includes a Technician Class pr= ep book [ https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2015= 951493 ] by ARRL National Instructor Gordon West, WB6NOA, and one year of A= RRL Membership. =C2=A0=20 The course breaks down everything needed to know to pass the Technician exa= m in bite-sized lessons. =E2=80=9CBy Sunday afternoon, you=E2=80=99ll be am= azed by how much you have learned and how comfortable you feel about taking= the exam,=E2=80=9D said Greene. =E2=80=9CAttaining your amateur radio lice= nse will open a whole new world of communication adventures.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 Encourage your friends, family members, club prospects, and community volun= teers to take the step into amateur radio. Share with them the types of exp= eriences you enjoy as a ham =E2=80=93 from exploring communications and tec= hnology, public service, and global connection =E2=80=93 to traditional sho= rtwave radio, digital modes, satellites, and emergency communications. =C2=A0=20 Enrollment is available now in the ARRL Store [ https://home.arrl.org/actio= n/Store/Product-Details/productId/2029838874 ] for a special introductory p= rice of $99. If you know someone ready to begin their amateur radio journey= , steer them to this excellent start. =C2=A0=20 The deadline to register for the inaugural ARRL Technician Class Live Video= Course [ https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2029= 838874 ] is December 14, 2025. [https://www.ccrane.com/arrl?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter_bann= er&utm_campaign=3D2025_1&utm_content=3Dssb2] Deadline Approaching: Apply Now for the 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarships The 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program is currently accepting applica= tions =E2=80=94 but the deadline is coming up quickly. All applications mus= t be submitted by December 30, 2025, at 12 PM EST. =C2=A0 More than 170 scholarships, ranging from $500 to $25,000, are available to = active FCC-licensed amateur radio operators pursuing higher education. Stud= ents are encouraged to apply early to ensure their materials are received o= n time. =C2=A0 These scholarships =E2=80=94 made possible through the generosity of ARRL F= oundation donors =E2=80=94 support and inspire young amateurs to explore am= ateur radio, advance their education, and pursue careers in wireless commun= ications and related fields. =C2=A0 In 2025, the ARRL Foundation awarded 170 scholarships totaling $800,000 =E2= =80=94 and we look forward to supporting the next group of talented applica= nts. =C2=A0 For full details and the online application, visit www.arrl.org/scholarship= -program [ http://www.arrl.org/scholarship-program?utm_source=3DInformz&utm= _medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . [https://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Dacron_Rope.html] Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CAlachua County Volunteer Radio Team earns 1st-place national ranki= ng in Emergency Operations Center category [ https://alachuachronicle.com/a= lachua-county-volunteer-radio-team-earns-1st-place-national-ranking-in-emer= gency-operations-center-category/ ] =E2=80=9D / Alachua Chronicle (Florida)= December 8, 2025 -- The North Florida Amateur Radio Club (NFARC), an ARRL = Affiliated Club, Alachua EOC Radio Club, the Amateur Radio Emergency Servic= e=C2=AE (ARES=C2=AE). ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 =C2=A0=20 ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, will lead another session i= n this recent series introducing various methods and modes for emergency co= mmunications. During this session, he=E2=80=99ll discuss the digital mode JS8 and how it = can be used to send messages to family and friends =E2=80=94 even to those = who are not hams =E2=80=94 outside of a disaster area. The session will be held on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 8 PM Eastern. Re= gistration is required via the ARRL Learning Center at learn.arrl.org [ htt= p://learn.arrl.org ] . =C2=A0=20 Up Next: JS8 for Emergencies =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: December 23, 2025 =F0=9F=95=97 Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific =F0=9F=91=89 Register Now [ https://learn.arrl.org/webinars/88362 ] | =E2= =8F=AA Previously Recorded Sessions [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ] ARRL Audio News [http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news] ARRL Audio News =C2=A0=20 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. More = info [ https://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] | Listen on Blubrry [ https://blubrry.com/ar= rlaudionews/ ] | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts. ARRL On the Air [http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-podcast] On the Air Sponsored by Icom =C2=A0=20 Programming Your Handheld =C2=A0 In support of the November/December 2025 article =E2=80=9CTen Tips for Prog= ramming Your 2-Meter Handheld,=E2=80=9D Karin Thompson, KD4DXX, of RT Syste= ms, joins the podcast to talk about how to approach the crucial task of pro= gramming your handheld. Listen Now [ http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-podcast= ?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]=20 =C2=A0=20 More info [ http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-podcast?utm_source=3DInformz&utm= _medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] | Listen on Blubrry [ https://blubrry= =2Ecom/arrlontheair/ ] | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts. Dr. Duino [http://www.digirig.net/] In Brief... [https://www.spokares.org/] Members of Spokane County (Washington) ARES [ https://www.spokares.org/ ] = =C2=AE participated in a ground truth weather spotter communications event = on Saturday, December 6, 2025. The on-air exercise was designed to serve as= an alternative to SKYWARN=C2=AE Recognition Day, which was cancelled this = year [ https://www.arrl.org/news/skywarn-recognition-day-2025-cancelled?utm= _source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] by NOAA=E2=80=99= s National Weather Service. Nine stations collected and relayed 40 reports with information that includ= ed location, sky conditions, temperature, and wind speed and direction. Gordon Grove, WA7LNC, had the original idea for the exercise. =E2=80=9CIt was a positive experience and exercise,=E2=80=9D he said, addin= g that members hope SKYWARN=C2=AE Recognition Day resumes next year as they= continue to provide assistance during bad weather conditions. The Greater Cincinnati Amateur Radio Association [ http://www.gcara.org/ ] = (GCARA) 1936 Net will host its annual AM night on Thursday December 18, 202= 5, on 1936 kHz. The activities get under way with pre-net check-ins beginni= ng at 6:30 PM EST. The official net begins at 9:00 PM EST (0200 Z) and typi= cally lasts two hours. The net control station is Bill Donnermeyer, NM4A, located in Union, Kentuc= ky. The net typically attracts about 65 stations from all over the United State= s during the course of the evening. All AM check-ins are welcome. This is a great opportunity to hear some clas= sic AM rigs, heavy metal, military, AM broadcast transmitters, and state-of= -the-art software-defined-radio AM. A QSL card will be available. Registration is now open for the 2026 sessions of the ARRL Teachers Institu= te on Wireless Technology. The Teachers Institute is ARRL=E2=80=99s professional development program d= esigned to help classroom teachers elevate their STEM (science, technology,= engineering, and math) programs through the use of wireless technology, an= d is a major part of ARRL=E2=80=99s advocacy of =E2=80=9Cinspiring youth.= =E2=80=9D A full summer of sessions will be held at ARRL HQ in Newington, C= onnecticut, as well as several sessions around the country. Be sure to check back often. More sessions will be added closer to summer. If you are interested in bringing the Teachers Institute to your area, and = know an administrator in your local schools, we would love to discuss the o= pportunity with them! To learn more, visit www.arrl.org/ti [ http://www.arr= l.org/ti?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . [https://www.arrl.org/HOA] Announcements [https://www.arrl.org/student-coding-competition] Pre-registration is open for the ARRL Student Coding Competition [ https://= www.arrl.org/student-coding-competition?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DE= mail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , a national challenge =E2=80=94 with awards up = to $25,000 =E2=80=94 inviting participation from ARRL-member amateur radio = operators age 21 and younger. Students will design a mobile app to support = the future of amateur radio and ARRL. But don=E2=80=99t start yet! Wait for the full rules and specifications to = be released when the competition begins on January 1, 2026, with project su= bmissions due March 31, 2026. Entries will be judged on meeting the publish= ed specs, UI design and usability, code quality, stability, and extra featu= res. Adult members are encouraged to spread the word =E2=80=94 ARRL Student Memb= ership is free [ https://www.arrl.org/student?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medi= um=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] =E2=80=94 and urge young hams to pre-regis= ter now at coding.arrl.org [ https://coding.arrl.org/ ] to receive updates. Christmas Eve 2025 offers a great opportunity to hear radio transmissions f= rom vintage equipment still operational for over 100 years. On Wednesday, D= ecember 24, 2025, the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station in southern Swe= den is scheduled to broadcast a traditional Christmas message to the world = on 17.2 kHz CW using a 200-kilowatt Alexanderson alternator with the call s= ign SAQ. The transmission begins at 0800 UTC. The event can be viewed on a YouTube L= ive stream [ https://alexander.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D521e9c51= 318e4c7f70e1e6b56&id=3D6ecab5be0b&e=3Dde3f4e61fc ] beginning at 0720 UTC. Q= SL cards will be available, but for a guaranteed E-QSL, please report using= this ONLINE QSL FORM [ https://alexander.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u= =3D521e9c51318e4c7f70e1e6b56&id=3Deb046f5cda&e=3Dde3f4e61fc ] .=20 =C2=A0=20 The 2025 Fessenden Commemorative Transmission is scheduled take place Decem= ber 24 and 31, at 2100 UTC on 486 kHz from Forest, Virginia, in honor of th= e =E2=80=9Clegend=E2=80=9D of Reginald Fessenden. Fessenden [ https://www.nps.gov/people/reginaldfessenden.htm ] was a pionee= ring inventor known as the =E2=80=9Cfather of voice radio,=E2=80=9D and for= his work involving radio and sonar. Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, will control the broadcast under a new Part 5 callsig= n of WQ2XQA. Reports of reception can be sent via e-mail to wa1zms@att.net = [ mailto:wa1zms@att.net ] . [https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/defau= lt.aspx?pubname=3D&edid=3D3754bc29-2f88-41da-b395-d7ba85a99413] ARRL's 2025 Holiday Gift Guide [ https://tinyurl.com/arrl-holiday-gift-guid= e-2025 ] is now available, featuring amateur radio equipment and station ac= cessories from well-known businesses. The guide also includes a special off= er from ARRL. 'Tis the Season! Browse and shop at tinyurl.com/arrl-holiday-= gift-guide-2025 [ https://tinyurl.com/arrl-holiday-gift-guide-2025 ] . 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We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the follo= wing positions: =C2=A0=20 Membership Manager Senior RFI Lab Engineer Public Relations and Outreach Manager=20 =C2=A0=20 Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at www.arrl.org/careers [= http://www.arrl.org/careers?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] . =C2=A0=20 ARRL is an equal opportunity employer. [http://arrl.org/shop] The ARRL Solar Report ARRL Solar Update for December 11, 2025 =C2=A0=20 Solar activity reached high levels this past week when Region 4299 produced= an M1.1 (R1/minor) flare on December 6. Shortly after, the region produced= an M8.1/2b (R3-strong) flare, also on December 6. Associated with the M8.1= flare was a 1,100 sfu Tenflare, a 1,143 km/s Type II sweep and a Type IV s= weep. (A =E2=80=9Csweep=E2=80=9D is a solar radio burst that sweeps through the R= F spectrum as the energy moves outward from the sun.) Some development was = observed around the leader spot of Region 4299, while slight decay was note= d among the trailer spots. Regions 4296 and 4294 remained the largest of the visible disk but have onl= y produced C-class activity in the past 24 hours. Only minor changes were o= bserved among the other numbered active regions and activity is now moderat= e. =C2=A0=20 Coronal mass ejection (CME) activity was observed from both M-class flares.= A slow, Earth-directed CME was observed from the M1.1 and a faster, full-h= alo, Earth-directed CME was observed from the M8.1 flare. According to spac= eweather.com, it touched off a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm on December = 10, which was subsiding as of this morning (December 11). =C2=A0=20 Solar wind parameters reflected a disturbed near-Earth environment througho= ut the reporting period. The total interplanetary magnetic field (Bt) averaged 7 nT until December w= hen a magnetic transient arrived and pushed it to 13 nT. Solar wind speeds = showed little reaction to the magnetic transient, averaging 375 km/s throug= hout the reporting period. The phiangle was oriented towards-the-Sun (negative) for the majority of th= e reporting period, then slowly rotated around to away-from-the-Sun (positi= ve) 1.5 hours after the arrival of the transient. =C2=A0=20 Solar wind parameters will remain enhanced going into December 11 with nomi= nal conditions being regained once current conditions pass. The co-rotating= interacting region (CIR) ahead of the negative polarity coronal hole (CH) = high speed stream (HSS) is expected to arrive December 12. =C2=A0=20 The 10.7-centimeter flux: December 11, 175; December 12, 155; December 13, = 140; December 14 - 15, 130; December 16 - 17 135. =C2=A0=20 Predicted sunspots: December 11, 120; December 12, 115; December 13, 126; D= ecember 14, 111; December 15, 131; 16, 108; December 17, 136. =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/ ] . [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2026924035] Just Ahead in Radiosport =E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 12 -- NCCC FT4 Sprint (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 12 -- Weekly RTTY Test (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 12 -- NCCC Sprint (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 13 - 14 -- ARRL 10-Meter Contest [ http://www= =2Earrl.org/10-meter?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign= =3DARRL ] (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 13 - 15 -- PODXS 070 Club Triple Play Low Ban= d Sprint (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 13 - 15 -- TRC Digi Contest (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 13 - 14 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 13 - 14 -- ARI 40/80 Contest (CW, phone, digi= tal) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 13 - 14 -- International Naval Contest (CW, p= hone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 14 -- QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Sprint (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 15 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint= (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 17 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 18 - 19 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW= )=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 18 -- NTC QSO Party (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 19 -- NCCC FT4 Sprint (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 19 -- Weekly RTTY Test (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 19 -- NCCC Sprint (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 19 -- AGB-Party Contest (CW, phone, digital)= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 20 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 20 -- OK DX RTTY Contest (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 20 -- RAC Winter Contest (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0December 20 - 21 -- Croatian DX Contest (CW, phone) 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=A0December 12 - 13 | The Tampa Bay Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.= org/hamfests/the-tampa-bay-hamfest-arrl-west-central-florida-section-conven= tion?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hostin= g the ARRL West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City, Florida=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 10 | Ham Radio University [ http://www.arrl.or= g/hamfests/ham-radio-university-arrl-new-york-city-long-island-section-conv= ention-2?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , AR= RL New York City-Long Island Section Convention, Brookville, New York =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 16 - 17 | Southwest Florida Regional Hamfest [= http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/southwest-florida-regional-hamfest-2026-fort-= myers-arrl-southern-florida-section-convention-1?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_m= edium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , ARRL Southern Florida Section Convent= ion, Fort Myers, Florida=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 30 - 31 | Jackson MS Capital City Hamfest [ ht= tp://www.arrl.org/hamfests/jackson-ms-capital-city-hamfest-arrl-mississippi= -state-convention?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DAR= RL ] , ARRL Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 | Hendricks County Hamfest [ http://www.arr= l.org/hamfests/hendricks-county-hamfest-arrl-indiana-section-convention-1?u= tm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the = ARRL Indiana Section Convention, Danville, Indiana=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 13 - 15 | Orlando HamCation [ http://www.arrl= =2Eorg/hamfests/orlando-hamcation-arrl-southeastern-division-convention-1?u= tm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the = ARRL Southeastern Division Convention, Orlando, Florida =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 20 - 21 | Greater Houston HamFest [ https://w= ww.arrl.org/hamfests/greater-houston-hamfest-arrl-texas-state-convention-2?= utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the= ARRL Texas State Convention, Rosenberg, Texas Remember to search the ARRL Hamfest and Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/h= amfests-and-conventions-calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3Dnww63&utm_source=3DInfor= mz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&u= tm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInf= ormz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] Database to find events in your area. 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font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The FCC on December 9, 2025, released a long-awaited <a href=3D"https://arr= l.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwMw/= index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-= name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weig= ht: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-p= reserver" style>Report and Order</span></a> adopting a new amateur radio spectrum allocation in the 60-meter band that = was approved for world-wide use on a secondary basis in the WRC-15 (World R= adiocommunication Conference 2015) <em><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/= z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNA/index.html" ta= rget=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-info= rmz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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The Commission also agreed with the ARRL peti= tion to continue to allow amateur operations on four existing 60-meter chan= nels outside the international allocation with a full 100 watts. <strong>Th= e new rules will go into effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Re= gister, when amateurs may then begin using the allocation.</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Specifically, the Commission allocated 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz (60 meters) to t= he amateur service<strong> on a secondary basis with a permitted power of 9= =2E15 watts ERP</strong>. The Commission also authorized amateurs to contin= ue using four existing channels outside of the 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz band, ce= ntered on 5332, 5348, 5373, and 5405 kHz, on a secondary basis with a permi= tted power of 100 watts ERP. There are no antenna restrictions, but antenna= gain must be used to calculate ERP. </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> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "ACD682E1D-730C-F6E8-E005-8FD07BA1E436" 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-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image AF7FE6F57-879A-A0D4-59A1-9C0EF6B3E691" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Diamond%20= (1).png?cb=3D253333" border=3D"0" height=3D"188" width=3D"80" align=3D"left= " style=3D"height: auto !important; 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 15px 0px 0px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"te= xt A6E734C74-79E0-88FA-B5F8-82F1E1E43FF0" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The 60-meter allocation is available to amateurs holding a General Class or= above license. The maximum permissible signal bandwidth is 2.8 kHz. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Amateurs are cautioned that this allocation is strictly on a secondary basi= s, and amateurs must avoid interfering with non-amateur stations using this= spectrum. This obligation includes the responsibility to monitor for such stations us= ing appropriate receiver bandwidths. The FCC emphasized that =E2=80=9Callowing amateur operations in this band w= hile fully protecting incumbent primary Federal operations is our priority,= and even intermittent interference in this band could jeopardize important= Federal operations.=E2=80=9D </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-li= nk=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" styl= e=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span cl= ass=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Continue reading this story o= n ARRL News</span></a></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A9758459F-B296-FD8F-77EA-A71B2B16CB48" = 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_A9758459F"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color= " style=3D"color:#c00000">ARRL to Host 2026 HamSCI Workshop at Central Conn= ecticut State University</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE75CF66B-4247-57D8-2547-382B31FD407C" = 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-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL will host the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Nj= g0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data= -informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"= false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none= ;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>9th Annual HamSCI = Workshop</span></a>, March 14=E2=80=9315, 2026, at Central Connecticut Stat= e University (<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA= 9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-info= rmz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false= " style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><s= pan class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>CCSU</span></a>) in New= Britain, Connecticut, with activities also occurring at ARRL Headquarters = in nearby Newington. Organizers for the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investiga= tion (<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTU= yMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link= =3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style= =3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span cla= ss=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>HamSCI</span></a>) community a= re working hard to put together a memorable event that will bring together = amateur radio operators, citizen scientists, students, and professional res= earchers.</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 A407A0E28-431D-FB5C-6879-3D0871A8151F"= 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"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/IMG_7282%20HamSCI= %202025.jpg?cb=3D291462" border=3D"0" height=3D"252" width=3D"620" align=3D= "center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></t= r> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption A407A0E28-431D-FB5C-6879-3D0871A= 8151F" 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: 0= pt;"> <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: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">Some of the gathered HamSCI community at the March 20= 25 workshop, which was hosted at New Jersey Institute of Technology. [Bob I= nderbitzen, NQ1R, photo.]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr>= </table></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A1F34744B-E4C6-D77D-EE16-B856CA704133" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class= =3D"A21E3918D-B615-D83F-5AEA-36F845345766" 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-table-lspace: = 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image A7F731BA4-4115-793C-EB0F-468F49E37E1B" cellpadding=3D= "0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none; border-collaps= e: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/HamSCI%20Logo%20V= ertical.jpg?cb=3D711022" border=3D"0" height=3D"208" width=3D"250" align=3D= "right" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-widt= h: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !impor= tant;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"te= xt AF54E9071-B39F-FF01-2E4D-6ACE5AB730DC" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> This year=E2=80=99s theme, =E2=80=9CDiscovering Science Through Ham Radio,= =E2=80=9D highlights the vibrant intersection of amateur radio and scientif= ic discovery. The 2026 workshop will showcase achievements across the community, includin= g the latest advances in ionospheric research, Personal Space Weather Stati= on development, meteor scatter propagation studies, and the expanding use o= f technology and techniques for real-time radio propagation sensing.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Participants can expect more than 50 oral and poster presentations (the <a = href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcy= NSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true"= data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color:= #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"emai= l-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>abstract submission</span></a> window is open through January 20, 2026), invited tutorials, and a Saturday= evening banquet featuring a keynote address from a prominent member of the= community. Attendees will also enjoy a visit to ARRL=E2=80=99s national headquarters, = with tours of the ARRL Lab, W1HQ Radio Laboratory, and opportunities to get= on the air from W1AW =E2=80=93 the Hiram P. Maxim Memorial Station. Most attendees will participate in person, with a virtual option to be anno= unced.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The organizing committee includes representatives from The University of Sc= ranton, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and ARRL. Financial support includes grants from the United States National Science F= oundation and Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC). </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> A variety of <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-infor= mz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false"= style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>registration</span></a> options are available. For more information, visit the HamSCI 2026 Workshop= page at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAwNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-i= nformz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fa= lse" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"= ><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>hamsci.org/hamsci202= 6</span></a></strong>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><em>Read the full story on ARRL News</em></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-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxMA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-li= nk=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" styl= e=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span cl= ass=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>https://www.arrl.org/news/arr= l-to-host-2026-hamsci-workshop-at-central-connecticut-state-university</spa= n></a></strong> </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A16486FF3-7BCD-F145-A98A-6D6461C25DF2" = 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_A16486FF3"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">ARRL 10-Meter = Contest This Weekend</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D= "#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AEF7229E5-C95C-D15F-89B1-05BFD1213079" ce= llpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: non= e; border-collapse: 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 AAB6865BD-5984-4F67-E4A4-AA37C2B4DC32" cellpadding=3D= "0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none; border-collaps= e: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxMQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/10MPhoto.jpeg?cb= =3D226083" border=3D"0" height=3D"303" width=3D"250" align=3D"right" style= =3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class= =3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"te= xt A05877F8D-93CB-65A4-D34E-623400BF697C" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The 2025 ARRL 10-Meter Contest, this coming weekend, may be the last year f= or new operating records to be set until we reach Solar Cycle 26 (another 8= + years). And while solar activity has shown recent periodic high points, b= enefitting the 10-meter and higher bands, upper HF band conditions are begi= nning to show a weakening trend. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> If you&#39;re unfamiliar with the ARRL 10-Meter Contest, this is a 48-hour = event running from Saturday December 12 @ 0000 UTC (Friday evening in USA) = through Sunday December 13 @ 2359 UTC (Sunday evening in USA). The contest = participant log-entry deadline is 7 days after the contest. Submit your log= <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxMg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"t= rue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"co= lor: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"= email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>online</span></a> or by paper on or before December 21 @ 2359 UTC. This event is condensed in= to just the 10-meter band, with three mode combinations of: CW only, Phone = only, or a Mixed category of both Phone and CW. This complements the single operator and multioperator categories of the ev= ent. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> If you&#39;re a newly licensed ham, you can participate in this contest wit= h essentially no restrictions [if you are a Technician Class licensee, you = may operate CW between frequency ranges 28.0 =E2=80=93 28.3 MHz and Phone f= rom 28.3 =E2=80=93 28.5 MHz (up to 200 watts PEP output)]!</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Last year=E2=80=99s ARRL 10-Meter Contest saw a record-breaking number of e= ntries (more than 6,600), with a clear rise in Youth and Rookie participati= on (read more about last year=E2=80=99s exciting event at <strong><a href= =3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZs= aT00MDg3NDAxMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" dat= a-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #00= 00ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hy= perlink-color-preserver" style>https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/202= 4/10M-2024-FinalFullResults.pdf</span></a></strong>).</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL Radiosport Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, reminds participants that =E2=80= =9C=E2=80=A6this ARRL 10-Meter Contest weekend (both in dates and season) w= as chosen for its increased 10-meter propagation including winter E-skip; m= eteor scatter (from the Geminids meteor shower); and with the recently repo= rted solar CME activity, we could very well experience 10-meter aurora enha= ncement.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Remember: Whether you want to go for a record, or maybe you just want to tr= y out a fun event as your very first contest to experience, or perhaps you = are working toward your Worked All States or your 10 Meter DXCC standings, = you&#39;ll find success this weekend! You can explore the event results fro= m past years at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zN= TA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxNA/index.html" target=3D"_blank"= data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-trac= k=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration:= none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>https://conte= sts.arrl.org/10m/articles/</span></a></strong>, and/or the rules and other = relevant information at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUuc= D9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxMQ/index.html" target=3D= "_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-= not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-dec= oration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>https= ://www.arrl.org/10-meter</span></a></strong>. 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Help Someone G= et Their FIRST Ham Radio License by the End of 2025</span></strong></p></td= ></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AD3293487-= A3D6-6E73-0D72-26DD8BE1AF6B" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"b= order: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: n= one; 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 A51993FB4-B4B8-CF54-65EF-32116043AF3F" cellpadding=3D= "0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none; border-collaps= e: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; 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mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF</p></t= d></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><span = class=3D"text A51FE6874-8B45-1358-8F54-669DC6EC2C61" style=3D"inline: true;= "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Know someone who=E2=80=99s been curious about amateur radio but hasn=E2=80= =99t taken the leap yet? The <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9t= aT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxNg/index.html" target=3D"_b= lank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not= -track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decora= tion: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL Tec= hnician Class Live Video Course</span></a> for Ham Radio Licensing is a convenient, two-day online course for prospect= ive hams to earn their first license. Taught by ARRL Education Specialist W= ayne Greene, KB4DSF, this immersive instruction runs <strong>December 20=E2= =80=9321, 2025</strong>, includes a <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/c= jUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxNw/index.html" targe= t=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz= -do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text= -decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>T= echnician Class prep book</span></a> by ARRL National Instructor Gordon West, WB6NOA, and one year of ARRL Membe= rship.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The course breaks down everything needed to know to pass the Technician exa= m in bite-sized lessons. =E2=80=9CBy Sunday afternoon, you=E2=80=99ll be am= azed by how much you have learned and how comfortable you feel about taking= the exam,=E2=80=9D said Greene. =E2=80=9CAttaining your amateur radio lice= nse will open a whole new world of communication adventures.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Encourage your friends, family members, club prospects, and community volun= teers to take the step into amateur radio. Share with them the types of experiences you enjoy as a ham =E2=80=93 from = exploring communications and technology, public service, and global connect= ion =E2=80=93 to traditional shortwave radio, digital modes, satellites, an= d emergency communications.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Enrollment is available now in the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cj= UucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxNg/index.html" target= =3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-= do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-= decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>AR= RL Store</span></a> for a special introductory price of $99. If you know someone ready to begin= their amateur radio journey, steer them to this excellent start.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>The deadline to register for the inaugural <a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAxNg/index.= html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name d= ata-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: in= herit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserv= er" style>ARRL Technician Class Live Video Course</span></a> is December 14, 2025.</em></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Deadline Appro= aching: Apply Now for the 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarships</span></strong>= </p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AB= F7A2DCA-3563-6624-680B-E469DC5AF9BD" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" st= yle=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border= -left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; m= so-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <table class=3D"image ADFE08127-0C15-E8CA-B463-AE9F040AC370" cellpadding=3D= "0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none; border-collaps= e: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px" class=3D"null"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Foundation= %20photo%2012-11-25.jpg?cb=3D417828" border=3D"0" height=3D"227" width=3D"2= 50" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin:= 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: right; width:= auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption ADFE08127-0C15-E8CA-B463-AE9F040= AC370" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border:= none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <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: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;"> ARRL Director of Education and Learning Steve Goodgame, K5ATA (left), along= with ARRL Hudson Division Director Ed Wilson, N2XDD (right), presented Shi= phi Panicker, AA1SP (center), notification of his $20,000 scholarship at St= aten Island Technical High School in New York in June 2025.</p></td></tr></= table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><span class=3D"= text A163870DE-CB17-FF0A-4821-C69A15604274" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program is currently accepting applica= tions =E2=80=94 but the deadline is coming up quickly. All applications mus= t be submitted by December 30, 2025, at 12 PM EST.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> More than 170 scholarships, ranging from $500 to $25,000, are available to = active FCC-licensed amateur radio operators pursuing higher education. Stud= ents are encouraged to apply early to ensure their materials are received o= n time.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> These scholarships =E2=80=94 made possible through the generosity of ARRL F= oundation donors =E2=80=94 support and inspire young amateurs to explore am= ateur radio, advance their education, and pursue careers in wireless commun= ications and related fields.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> In 2025, the ARRL Foundation awarded 170 scholarships totaling $800,000 =E2= =80=94 and we look forward to supporting the next group of talented applica= nts.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For full details and the online application, visit <strong><a href=3D"https= ://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3N= DAxOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz= -link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; fon= t-weight: inherit; 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During this session, he=E2=80=99ll discuss the digital mode J= S8 and how it can be used to send messages to family and friends =E2=80=94 = even to those who are not hams =E2=80=94 outside of a disaster area. The se= ssion will be held on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 8 PM Eastern. 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Spokane_County_AR= ES-ACS_logo_slightly_smaller_550x550%202025.png?cb=3D138345" border=3D"0" h= eight=3D"250" width=3D"250" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !importan= t; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; t= ext-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px;"></td></tr></table><span class=3D"te= xt AA360681F-626D-FFA7-3F6E-67BC4C49ACB2" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Members of <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Nj= g0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAzMQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data= -informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"= false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none= ;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Spokane County (Wa= shington) ARES</span></a>=C2=AE participated in a ground truth weather spot= ter communications event on Saturday, December 6, 2025</strong>. The on-air= exercise was designed to serve as an alternative to SKYWARN=C2=AE Recognit= ion Day, which was <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Nj= g0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAzMg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data= -informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"= false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none= ;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>cancelled this yea= r</span></a> by NOAA=E2=80=99s National Weather Service. Nine stations collected and relayed 40 reports with information that includ= ed location, sky conditions, temperature, and wind speed and direction. Gordon Grove, WA7LNC, had the original idea for the exercise. =E2=80=9CIt was a positive experience and exercise,=E2=80=9D he said, addin= g that members hope SKYWARN=C2=AE Recognition Day resumes next year as they= continue to provide assistance during bad weather conditions.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AD89E0452-ABCF-2E28-EAF7-D3AA007AC8A0" = 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-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAzMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-inform= z-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" = style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><spa= n class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Greater Cincinnati Amateu= r Radio Association</span> </a>(GCARA) 1936 Net will host its annual AM night on Thursday December 18,= 2025, on 1936 kHz</strong>. The activities get under way with pre-net chec= k-ins beginning at 6:30 PM EST. The official net begins at 9:00 PM EST (020= 0 Z) and typically lasts two hours. The net control station is Bill Donnermeyer, NM4A, located in Union, Kentuc= ky. The net typically attracts about 65 stations from all over the United State= s during the course of the evening. All AM check-ins are welcome. This is a great opportunity to hear some clas= sic AM rigs, heavy metal, military, AM broadcast transmitters, and state-of= -the-art software-defined-radio AM. A QSL card will be available.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6C097AC4-704B-9F8C-B0C1-A120F5F00ABC" = 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-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Registration is now open for the 2026 sessions of the ARRL Teachers= Institute on Wireless Technology</strong>. The Teachers Institute is ARRL= =E2=80=99s professional development program designed to help classroom teac= hers elevate their STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) progra= ms through the use of wireless technology, and is a major part of ARRL=E2= =80=99s advocacy of =E2=80=9Cinspiring youth.=E2=80=9D A full summer of ses= sions will be held at ARRL HQ in Newington, Connecticut, as well as several= sessions around the country. Be sure to check back often. More sessions wi= ll be added closer to summer. If you are interested in bringing the Teacher= s Institute to your area, and know an administrator in your local schools, = we would love to discuss the opportunity with them! 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Students will des= ign a mobile app to support the future of amateur radio and ARRL. <em>But d= on=E2=80=99t start yet!</em> Wait for the full rules and specifications to = be released when the competition begins on <strong>January 1, 2026</strong>= , with project submissions due <strong>March 31, 2026</strong>. Entries wil= l be judged on meeting the published specs, UI design and usability, code q= uality, stability, and extra features. Adult members are encouraged to spre= ad the word =E2=80=94 <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA= 5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAzNw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" d= ata-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track= =3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: = none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL Student M= embership is free</span></a> =E2=80=94 and urge young hams to pre-register now at <strong><a href=3D"htt= ps://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg= 3NDAzOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-infor= mz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; f= ont-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink= -color-preserver" style>coding.arrl.org</span></a></strong> to receive upda= tes.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A9EFA7130-42A6-6FCD-5D23-5B75AF4EA14C" = 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-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Christmas Eve 2025 offers a great opportunity to hear radio transmi= ssions from vintage equipment still operational for over 100 years</strong>= =2E On Wednesday, December 24, 2025, the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Stat= ion in southern Sweden is scheduled to broadcast a traditional Christmas me= ssage to the world on 17.2 kHz CW using a 200-kilowatt Alexanderson alterna= tor with the call sign SAQ. The transmission begins at 0800 UTC. The event = can be viewed on a YouTube <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT= 0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDAzOQ/index.html" target=3D"_bla= nk" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-t= rack=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decorati= on: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Live strea= m</span></a> beginning at 0720 UTC. 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border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">Solar Image from the Learmonth Solar Observatory via = Australian Spaceweather.com, December 11, 2025.</p></td></tr></table></td><= /tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><span class=3D"text A888CE3= 69-B325-B55B-C6BE-F1000448DEFA" style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>ARRL Solar Update for December 11, 2025</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar activity reached high levels this past week when Region 4299 produced= an M1.1 (R1/minor) flare on December 6. Shortly after, the region produced= an M8.1/2b (R3-strong) flare, also on December 6. Associated with the M8.1= flare was a 1,100 sfu Tenflare, a 1,143 km/s Type II sweep and a Type IV s= weep. (A =E2=80=9Csweep=E2=80=9D is a solar radio burst that sweeps through the R= F spectrum as the energy moves outward from the sun.) Some development was = observed around the leader spot of Region 4299, while slight decay was note= d among the trailer spots. Regions 4296 and 4294 remained the largest of the visible disk but have onl= y produced C-class activity in the past 24 hours. Only minor changes were o= bserved among the other numbered active regions and activity is now moderat= e.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Coronal mass ejection (CME) activity was observed from both M-class flares.= A slow, Earth-directed CME was observed from the M1.1 and a faster, full-h= alo, Earth-directed CME was observed from the M8.1 flare. According to spac= eweather.com, it touched off a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm on December = 10, which was subsiding as of this morning (December 11).</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar wind parameters reflected a disturbed near-Earth environment througho= ut the reporting period. The total interplanetary magnetic field (Bt) averaged 7 nT until December w= hen a magnetic transient arrived and pushed it to 13 nT. Solar wind speeds = showed little reaction to the magnetic transient, averaging 375 km/s throug= hout the reporting period. The phiangle was oriented towards-the-Sun (negative) for the majority of th= e reporting period, then slowly rotated around to away-from-the-Sun (positi= ve) 1.5 hours after the arrival of the transient.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar wind parameters will remain enhanced going into December 11 with nomi= nal conditions being regained once current conditions pass. The co-rotating interacting region (CIR) ahead of the negative polarity cor= onal hole (CH) high speed stream (HSS) is expected to arrive December 12.</= p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The 10.7-centimeter flux: December 11, 175; December 12, 155; December 13, = 140; December 14 - 15, 130; December 16 - 17 135.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Predicted sunspots: December 11, 120; December 12, 115; December 13, 126; D= ecember 14, 111; December 15, 131; 16, 108; December 17, 136.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For more information concerning radio propagation, <a href=3D"https://arrl.= informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA1NA/in= dex.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-na= me data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight= : inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-pre= server" style>visit</span></a> the ARRL Technical Information Service, read <a href=3D"https://arrl.inform= z.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA1NQ/index.ht= ml" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name dat= a-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inhe= rit; text-decoration: none;"><span 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA1Ng/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"t= rue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"co= lor: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span 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-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For customizable propagation charts, visit the <a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA1Nw/index.= html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name d= ata-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color= " style=3D"color:#c00000">Just Ahead in Radiosport</span></strong></p></td>= </tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A5FB6429D-5343-4BB6-E0D7-BC83D103A311" = 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 Regula= r', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height:= 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align= : left;"> December 12 -- NCCC FT4 Sprint (digital)</li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.2= 5px; text-align: left;"> December 12 -- Weekly RTTY Test (digital) </li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4= =2E25px; text-align: left;"> December 12 -- NCCC Sprint (CW) </li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; 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text-align: left;"> December 14 -- QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Sprint (CW) </li><li style=3D"paddi= ng-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> December 15 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone) </li><li= style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> December 17 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW) </li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;= text-align: left;"> December 18 - 19 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW) </li><li style=3D"p= adding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> December 18 -- NTC QSO Party (CW)</li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; te= xt-align: left;"> December 19 -- NCCC FT4 Sprint (digital)</li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.2= 5px; text-align: left;"> December 19 -- Weekly RTTY Test (digital) </li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4= =2E25px; text-align: left;"> December 19 -- NCCC Sprint (CW) </li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; tex= t-align: left;"> December 19 -- AGB-Party Contest (CW, phone, digital) </li><li style=3D"pad= ding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> December 20 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital) </li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4= =2E25px; 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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 Regula= r', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height:= 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align= : left;"> December 12 - 13 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Nj= g0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA2MQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data= -informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"= false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none= ;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>The Tampa Bay Hamf= est</span></a>, hosting the ARRL West Central Florida Section Convention, P= lant City, Florida </li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> January 10 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg0JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA2Mg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-infor= mz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false"= style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Ham Radio University</sp= an></a>, ARRL New York City-Long Island Section Convention, Brookville, New= York</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> January 16 - 17 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg= 0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA2Mw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-= informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"f= alse" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;= "><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Southwest Florida R= egional Hamfest</span></a>, ARRL Southern Florida Section Convention, Fort = Myers, Florida </li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> January 30 - 31 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTA5Njg= 0JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MDg3NDA2NA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-= informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"f= alse" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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