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Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | January 15, 2026 ARRL Home Page http://www.arrl.org ARRL Audio News http://arrl.org/arrl-audio-news [https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/amateur/] In this Issue: =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0New 60-Meter Frequencies Available as of February 13= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0FCC Poised to Exempt Amateurs from Foreign Adversary R= eporting Requirements=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Bob Jones, VE7RWJ, Silent Key -- Former ITU Official a= nd IARU Expert=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Texas Ham Radio Repeaters Now Solar-Powered=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=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 [https://www.arrl.org/HOA] New 60-Meter Frequencies Available as of February 13 [https://tinyurl.com/mt8p8jpa] The new 60-meter frequencies approved by the FCC in December will become av= ailable to amateurs as of February 13, 2026, along with new power restricti= ons on those frequencies. It=E2=80=99s a bit confusing, as different rules = apply to different segments of the band. The changes result from the FCC=E2= =80=99s action to approve a worldwide 60-meter amateur allocation made by t= he World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 (WRC-15). See https://tinyur= l.com/mt8p8jpa [ https://tinyurl.com/mt8p8jpa ] . =C2=A0=20 As of February 13, FCC-licensed amateur operators holding General Class or = higher licenses may operate on a secondary basis anywhere between 5351.5 an= d 5366.5 kHz, subject to a maximum bandwidth of 2.8 kHz and maximum transmi= t power of 9.15 watts ERP (effective radiated power). For the purpose of co= mputing ERP, the transmitter PEP (peak envelope power) is multiplied by the= antenna gain relative to a half-wave dipole antenna. A half-wave dipole is= presumed to have a gain of 1 (0 dBd). Amateurs using other antennas must m= aintain in their station records either the antenna manufacturer's data on = the antenna gain or calculations of the antenna gain. =C2=A0=20 Here=E2=80=99s the confusing part: The existing 60-meter channels centered = on 5332, 5348, 5373, and 5405 kHz remain as secondary amateur allocations w= ith maximum power of 100 watts ERP. However, the old channel at 5358.5 kHz = is eliminated as it is now part of the new 5351.5-5366.5 kHz subband and su= bject to the lower power limit. =C2=A0=20 For all 60-meter transmissions, emission bandwidth is limited to 2.8 kHz or= less and amateurs must not cause harmful interference to, and must accept = interference from, stations authorized by the United States (NTIA and FCC) = and other nations in the fixed service; and all other nations in the mobile= service (except aeronautical mobile). Data or RTTY emissions in particular= must be limited in transmission length so as not to cause harmful interfer= ence. Digital mode operators must be familiar with offsets in order to stay withi= n the authorized frequencies. =C2=A0=20 The new FCC rules take effect on February 13, which is 30 days after public= ation in the January 14 edition of the Federal Register [ https://tinyurl.c= om/5f4ctvhm ] . See also ARRL News [ https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-allocate= s-60-meter-world-wide-amateur-band-approved-at-wrc-15-continues-amateur-use= -of-four-addi?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]= for related background. [https://www.rooftowers.com/hoa-campaign/?free] FCC Poised to Exempt Amateurs from Foreign Adversary Reporting Requirements At the urging of ARRL, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expec= ted to exempt radio amateurs from foreign adversary reporting requirements.= These rules would have applied to citizens of the listed countries (see be= low), including those living in the United States, who hold or are applying= for an FCC license. =C2=A0=20 On January 8, 2026, the FCC released a draft Report and Order (R&O) [GN Doc= ket No. 25-166 [ https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/filing/1010= 8294009248 ] ; PDF [ https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-417578A1.p= df ] ) expected to be adopted at its January 29 meeting that will, as reque= sted by ARRL, exempt radio amateurs from requirements that would have appli= ed reporting requirements to every FCC-authorized radio amateur =E2=80=9Csu= bject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.=E2=80=9D Thi= s included =E2=80=9C(a)ny individual, wherever located, who is a citizen of= a foreign adversary or a country controlled by a foreign adversary, and is= not a United States citizen or permanent resident of the United States.=E2= =80=9D Foreign adversaries as defined in the draft R&O are: (1) China, incl= uding Hong Kong and Macau; (2) Cuba; (3) Iran; (4) North Korea; (5) Russian= Federation; and (6) =E2=80=9CVenezuelan politician Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro.=E2= =80=9D =C2=A0=20 The draft liberally cites ARRL=E2=80=99s comments, agreeing that the nature= of amateur radio communication =E2=80=93 as well as other individually-lic= ensed radio services =E2=80=93 poses minimal risk to public communications = networks and that =E2=80=9Cthe drain on Commission personnel and resources = to process the collections and attestations for each individual licensee wo= uld far outweigh the little benefit to the public or the agency of doing so= =2E=E2=80=9D [https://www.ccrane.com/arrl?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter_bann= er&utm_campaign=3D2025_1&utm_content=3Dssb2] Bob Jones, VE7RWJ, Silent Key -- Former ITU Official and IARU Expert [https://www.springfieldfuneralhome.com/obituaries/jones-bob/] Robert W. =E2=80=9CBob=E2=80=9D Jones, VE7RWJ, a former top official of the= International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Canadian telecommunication= s regulator, passed away on January 7, 2026, at age 82. His early fascinati= on with amateur radio led to a career in telecommunications and engineering= , according to his obituary. =C2=A0=20 Jones was Director General of the Canadian Radiocommunications and Broadcas= ting Regulatory Branch from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, and led the Ca= nadian delegation to various ITU conferences between 1977 and 1994, when he= was elected as Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau (ITU-R). He s= erved in that leadership post from 1995 to 2003. Jones continued his involv= ement with ITU as a member of the Radio Regulations Board from 2007 to 2010= , and received an ITU Silver Medal at the end of his term. [https://www.springfieldfuneralhome.com/obituaries/jones-bob/] Jones was an active amateur first licensed in 1959 as VE3CTM, and Internati= onal Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Secretary Joel Harrison, W5ZN, noted that h= e =E2=80=9Cwas VERY helpful to amateur radio=E2=80=9D during his time as IT= U-R director, adding that when he retired, Bob =E2=80=9Cbecame one of the I= ARU Technical Experts and worked with us for several years on WRC (World Ra= diocommunication Conference) matters.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, noted that Jones will be remembered dur= ing a moment of silence for Silent Keys at this week=E2=80=99s ARRL Board o= f Directors Annual Meeting. =C2=A0=20 A celebration of life for Jones will be held on Saturday, January 17, in Ke= lowna, British Columbia. The service will also be livestreamed. Details are= on the funeral home website [ https://www.springfieldfuneralhome.com/obitu= aries/jones-bob/ ] . [https://surgestop.com/filter-products/index.html] Texas Ham Radio Repeaters Now Solar-Powered The Fredericksburg Repeater Operators Group [ https://www.w5fbg.com/ ] , a = group of amateur radio operators in Gillespie County, Texas, now have their= radio repeaters operational on solar power. Thanks to a grant from the ARR= L Foundation [ https://www.arrl.org/the-arrl-foundation?utm_source=3DInform= z&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , the repeater site can remain o= n the air, without interruption, during critical events despite loss of com= mercial power. [https://www.w5fbg.com/] For many years, the group has provided amateur radio repeater services to t= he community. It also maintains a set of repeaters located at nearby Method= ist Hospital Hill Country in Fredericksburg, to be used in times of public = need such as the solar eclipse events of the past few years, severe weather= events, and fires. These repeaters provide backup communication should suc= h be needed. =C2=A0=20 One of the five hams who worked on the project, Dee Hester, K7UD, said this= means they will have communications during any kind of emergency event. =E2=80=9CThe site is in a great location and we have three repeaters operat= ing 24/7,=E2=80=9D said Hester. =E2=80=9COver the past three years, we had = at least two events, a major fire and an ice storm, and without power, comm= unications was not possible. Hopefully, we are now better prepared and it won=E2=80=99t happen again.=E2= =80=9D Hester added that the site will also benefit the Amateur Radio Emerg= ency Service=C2=AE (ARES=C2=AE) as well as the Radio Amateur Civil Emergenc= y Service (RACES).=20 =C2=A0=20 For more information, visit the group=E2=80=99s website [ https://www.w5fbg= =2Ecom/ ] . Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CHam radio repeater now powered by solar [ https://www.fredericksbu= rgstandard.com/2026/01/14/ham-radio-repeater-now-powered-solar/ ] =E2=80=9D= / The Fredericksburg Standard (Texas) January 14, 2026 -- The Fredericksbu= rg Repeater Operators Group. Dr. Duino [http://www.digirig.net/] ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 =C2=A0=20 Join ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, as he dives into Near = Vertical Incidence Skywave Antennas and why they're a powerhouse for depend= able regional HF communications. =C2=A0=20 =C2=A0=20 Up Next:=20 =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: January 27, 2026 =F0=9F=95=97 Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific =F0=9F=91=89 Register Now [ https://learn.arrl.org/webinars/89228 ] | =E2= =8F=AA Previously Recorded Sessions [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ] ARRL Audio News [http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news] ARRL Audio News Listen to ARRL Audio News [ http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news?utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , available every Frida= y. ARRL Audio News is a summary of the week's top news stories in the world= of amateur radio and ARRL, along with interviews and other features. 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 The America250 Worked All States Operating Event =C2=A0=20 This year ARRL is celebrating America=E2=80=99s 250th birthday by holding a= n all-year operating event called America 250 Worked All States. It has alr= eady started, so listen to the January 2026 On the Air podcast to learn how= to jump right in. ARRL Radiosport and Regulatory Information Manager Bart = Jahnke, W9JJ, explains the rules and awards, and offers some operating stra= tegies.=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. [https://youtu.be/CxXh6Dh1-5o?list=3DPLuapIzKwhZN_5fTys9NfON5vDkwCw7Oj5] Announcements The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is see= king formal and informal educational institutions and organizations, indivi= dually or working together, to host an amateur radio contact with a crew me= mber on board the International Space Station (ISS). ARISS anticipates the = contact would be held between July 1 and December 31, 2026. Crew scheduling= and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organiz= ations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the conta= ct into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is February 27, 2026. Proposal informatio= n and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines, and the propo= sal form can be found at www.ariss.org [ https://www.ariss.org/ ] . 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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. The ARRL Solar Report ARRL Solar Report for 1-15-26 =C2=A0 Solar activity reached moderate levels due to an M1.6 flare on January 14 f= rom new region 4341; spot classification of this region is complicated by l= imb proximity and foreshortening effects. New Region 4342 rotated around th= e NE limb and was also numbered. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (= CMEs) were observed. Solar activity is expected to be low with a 25-30% cha= nce for M-class flares (R1-R2, minor-moderate) over January 15 -17. =C2=A0 Solar wind parameters were elevated under continued negative polarity coron= al hole high speed stream (CH HSS) influences. Solar wind speed ranged most= ly between 450-570 km/s. =C2=A0 Solar wind parameters are expected to gradually diminish over January 15 = =E2=80=93 17. Another enhancement in the solar wind is expected early on Ja= nuary 17 when a current, positive polarity, CH HSS is expected to become ge= oeffective. Solar wind speed is likely to exceed 700 km/s based on recurren= t data. =C2=A0 The 10.7-centimeter flux: January 15, 110; January 16, 108; January 17 - 18= , 106; January 19, 110; January 20, 115; January 21, 125; January 22, 135. =C2=A0 Predicted sunspot numbers: January 15, 122; January 16, 117; January 17, 12= 8; January 18, 113; January 19, 133; January 20, 110; January 21, 138. =C2=A0 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=A0January 17 - 18 -- Hungarian DX Contest (CW, phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 17 - 19 -- PRO DIGI Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 17 - 18 -- North American QSO Party, SSB [ htt= ps://ncjweb.com/naqp/ ] (phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 17 - 18 -- NA Collegiate Championship, SSB (ph= one) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 17 - 19 -- ARRL January VHF Contest [ https://= www.arrl.org/january-vhf/?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campa= ign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] (C= W, phone, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 17 - 18 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 18 - 19 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 19 -- RSGB FT4 Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 22 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 23 - 25 -- CQ 160m Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 24 - 25 -- REF Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 24 - 25 -- BARTG RTTY Sprint (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 24 - 25 -- Winter Field Day (CW, phone, digita= l) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 25 - 26 -- Australia Day Contest (CW, phone, d= igital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 28 -- SKCC Sprint (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0January 28 -- UKEICC CW Sprint (CW) Remember to visit the ARRL Contest Calendar [ https://www.arrl.org/contest-= calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DgeQ73&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL%20website%20amateur%20radio%20&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_m= edium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&u= tm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DA= RRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaig&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_camp= aign=3DARRL ] for more events and information. Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions =E2=80=A2=C2=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_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , ARRL Southern Florida Section Convention, = 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 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 27 - 28 | ARRL Southwestern Division Conventi= on [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/arrl-southwestern-division-convention?ut= m_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Yuma Arizona =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 28 | HAM-CON [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/= ham-con-arrl-vermont-state-convention-5?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DE= mail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , ARRL Vermont State Convention, Colchester, Ver= mont =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 6 - 7 | BirmingHAMfest [ https://www.arrl.org/ha= mfests/birminghamfest-arrl-alabama-section-convention-2?utm_source=3DInform= z&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Alabama Secti= on Convention, Trussville, Alabama =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 15 | WINTERFEST 2026 - The National Capital Area= Ham Radio Fair [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/winterfest-2026-the-nationa= l-capital-area-ham-radio-fair-arrl-virginia-state-convention?utm_source=3DI= nformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , ARRL Virginia State Conve= ntion, Vienna, Virginia Remember to search the ARRL Hamfest and Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/h= amfests-and-conventions-calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3Dnww63&utm_source=3DInfor= mz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&u= tm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInf= ormz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] Database to find events in your area. 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font-size: 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"image A8AEEA2F9-8920-8F4D-B6DC-20A3DEB203C7" cellp= adding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: coll= apse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkyMg/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/Untitled%20(1).gi= f?cb=3D898607" border=3D"0" height=3D"77" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" st= yle=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text= -align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AC1F52004-D02B-B5B9-CCFB-F0850B8691B4" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp; </p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AFD73466B-C364-58F3-5903-67EBE1DEE325" = 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_AFD73466B"></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">New 60-Meter F= requencies Available as of February 13</span></strong></p></td></tr></table= ><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AB8D78BCC-3F42-B0B0-8F8= 5-55FFF14A7C6D" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; = border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-r= ight: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;= "> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A96AA9E73-1FF1-F532-B172-AB5AE8A69ED0' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkyMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-type=3D"Web_Page" data-informz-link-name=3D"" data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/fcc-logo-black-2020-large.= jpg?cb=3D874176' border=3D'0' height=3D'210' width=3D'250' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /> </a></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A96AA9E73-1FF1-F532-B172-AB5AE8A69ED0" style=3D"float:r= ight;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkyMw/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/fcc-logo-black-20= 20-large.jpg?cb=3D874176" border=3D"0" height=3D"210" width=3D"250" align= =3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-w= idth: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "> </a></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A8C713F2A-B332-E59D-523C-10AF55DC9408" = 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 new 60-meter frequencies approved by the FCC in December will become av= ailable to amateurs as of February 13, 2026, along with new power restricti= ons on those frequencies. It=E2=80=99s a bit confusing, as different rules = apply to different segments of the band. The changes result from the FCC=E2= =80=99s action to approve a worldwide 60-meter amateur allocation made by t= he World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 (WRC-15). See <strong><a hre= f=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZ= saT00MTE4NTkyMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" da= ta-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0= 000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-h= yperlink-color-preserver" style>https://tinyurl.com/mt8p8jpa</span></a></st= rong>.</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;"> As of February 13, FCC-licensed amateur operators holding General Class or = higher licenses may operate on a secondary basis anywhere between 5351.5 an= d 5366.5 kHz, subject to a maximum bandwidth of 2.8 kHz and maximum transmi= t power of 9.15 watts ERP (effective radiated power). For the purpose of co= mputing ERP, the transmitter PEP (peak envelope power) is multiplied by the= antenna gain relative to a half-wave dipole antenna. A half-wave dipole is= presumed to have a gain of 1 (0 dBd). Amateurs using other antennas must m= aintain in their station records either the antenna manufacturer&#39;s data= on the antenna gain or calculations of the antenna gain.</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;"> Here=E2=80=99s the confusing part: The existing 60-meter channels centered = on 5332, 5348, 5373, and 5405 kHz remain as secondary amateur allocations w= ith maximum power of 100 watts ERP. However, the old channel at 5358.5 kHz = is eliminated as it is now part of the new 5351.5-5366.5 kHz subband and su= bject to the lower power limit.</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 all 60-meter transmissions, emission bandwidth is limited to 2.8 kHz or= less and amateurs must not cause harmful interference to, and must accept = interference from, stations authorized by the United States (NTIA and FCC) = and other nations in the fixed service; and all other nations in the mobile= service (except aeronautical mobile). Data or RTTY emissions in particular= must be limited in transmission length so as not to cause harmful interfer= ence. Digital mode operators must be familiar with offsets in order to stay withi= n the authorized frequencies.</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 new FCC rules take effect on February 13, which is 30 days after public= ation in the January 14 edition of the <em><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.= net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkyNA/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: inheri= t; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" = style>Federal Register</span></a></em>. See also <a href=3D"https://arrl.in= formz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkyNQ/inde= x.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-prese= rver" style>ARRL News</span></a> for related background.</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"image AC1C5CF92-21E= B-E9AB-56D4-96168E4B8FB0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"bord= er: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspac= e: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkyNg/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/Carlson%20ARRL%20= Letter%20468x200-Free-Antenna.jpg?cb=3D525243" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" = width=3D"468" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0;= max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" c= lass=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A9994ED83-1932-4ED9-266C-08D8E61BBE74" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AC4769A50-EDB1-977D-E5B8-07C6DEC41EAF" = 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_AC4769A50"></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">FCC Poised to = Exempt Amateurs from Foreign Adversary Reporting Requirements</span></stron= g></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"= A7FCB22C3-DFC4-7940-5C54-C369C5991B44" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" = style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bord= er-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"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A747EB303-434D-32AA-CA0B-4D4E4C86A098' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/fcc arrl off.png?cb=3D9762= 38' border=3D'0' height=3D'250' width=3D'250' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A747EB303-434D-32AA-CA0B-4D4E4C86A098" style=3D"float:r= ight;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"h= ttps://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/fcc%20arrl%20off.png?cb=3D976238" = border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"250" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: = auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; posit= ion: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></d= iv> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A3E5F6D26-2B6A-5F98-5912-9119098AABDD" = 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;"> At the urging of ARRL, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expec= ted to exempt radio amateurs from foreign adversary reporting requirements. These rules would have applied to citizens of the listed countries (see bel= ow), including those living in the United States, who hold or are applying = for an FCC license.</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;"> On January 8, 2026, the FCC released a draft Report and Order (R&amp;O) [<a= href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTc= yNSZsaT00MTE4NTkyNw/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"ema= il-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>GN Docket No. 25-166</span></a>; <a hre= f=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZ= saT00MTE4NTkyOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" da= ta-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0= 000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-h= yperlink-color-preserver" style>PDF</span></a>) expected to be adopted at i= ts January 29 meeting that will, as requested by ARRL, exempt radio amateur= s from requirements that would have applied reporting requirements to every= FCC-authorized radio amateur =E2=80=9Csubject to the jurisdiction or direc= tion of a foreign adversary.=E2=80=9D This included =E2=80=9C(a)ny individu= al, wherever located, who is a citizen of a foreign adversary or a country = controlled by a foreign adversary, and is not a United States citizen or pe= rmanent resident of the United States.=E2=80=9D Foreign adversaries as defi= ned in the draft R&amp;O are: (1) China, including Hong Kong and Macau; (2)= Cuba; (3) Iran; (4) North Korea; (5) Russian Federation; and (6) =E2=80=9C= Venezuelan politician Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro.=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;"> The draft liberally cites ARRL=E2=80=99s comments, agreeing that the nature= of amateur radio communication =E2=80=93 as well as other individually-lic= ensed radio services =E2=80=93 poses minimal risk to public communications = networks and that =E2=80=9Cthe drain on Commission personnel and resources = to process the collections and attestations for each individual licensee wo= uld far outweigh the little benefit to the public or the agency of doing so= =2E=E2=80=9D</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">Bob Jones, VE7= RWJ, Silent Key -- Former ITU Official and IARU Expert</span></strong></p><= /td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A89D55E= A2-8B1D-AF26-B1F5-C433345A8518" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style= =3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-le= ft: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-= table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A9B59A348-616C-DBCD-214F-9E2F856C46FF' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkzMA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-type=3D"Web_Page" data-informz-link-name=3D"" data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL Letter/ITU Logo.png?c= b=3D837154' border=3D'0' height=3D'207' width=3D'175' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; 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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;"> Robert W. =E2=80=9CBob=E2=80=9D Jones, VE7RWJ, a former top official of the= International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Canadian telecommunication= s regulator, passed away on January 7, 2026, at age 82. His early fascinati= on with amateur radio led to a career in telecommunications and engineering= , according to his obituary.</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;"> Jones was Director General of the Canadian Radiocommunications and Broadcas= ting Regulatory Branch from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, and led the Ca= nadian delegation to various ITU conferences between 1977 and 1994, when he= was elected as Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau (ITU-R). He s= erved in that leadership post from 1995 to 2003. 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Thanks= to a grant from the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4= NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkzMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" da= ta-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 Foundatio= n</span></a>, the repeater site can remain on the air, without interruption= , during critical events despite loss of commercial power.</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 A2E0CC292-BE26-3077-F9EB-2B43C94D89CD"= cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTkzMg/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/texas%20solar%20p= hoto.jpeg?cb=3D868989" border=3D"0" height=3D"331" width=3D"528" align=3D"c= enter" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !import= ant; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"528" class=3D"imagecaption A2E0CC292-BE26-3077-F9EB-2B43C94= D89CD" 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;">From back to front... Dee Hester, K7UD; Pete Schuyler= , N9OF; Barb Schuyler, N9NM; Dennis Robertson, W5FBG, and Jim Lindley, K5EW= S. [Photo courtesy of Boyd Bilger, WNUQ]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></t= able></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ABE75BD04-7778-2759-5D2E-3E91908ABC1C" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For many years, the group has provided amateur radio repeater services to t= he community. It also maintains a set of repeaters located at nearby Methodist Hospital H= ill Country in Fredericksburg, to be used in times of public need such as t= he solar eclipse events of the past few years, severe weather events, and f= ires. These repeaters provide backup communication should such be needed.</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;"> One of the five hams who worked on the project, Dee Hester, K7UD, said this= means they will have communications during any kind of emergency event. =E2=80=9CThe site is in a great location and we have three repeaters operat= ing 24/7,=E2=80=9D said Hester. =E2=80=9COver the past three years, we had = at least two events, a major fire and an ice storm, and without power, comm= unications was not possible. 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It has alr= eady started, so listen to the January 2026 On the Air podcast to learn how= to jump right in. 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ARISS= anticipates the contact would be held between July 1 and December 31, 2026= =2E Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. = To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organiz= ations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the conta= ct into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal = is February 27, 2026. 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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 A5FD8E0EB-C5C9-4472-9324-7A8F4910618F" = 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>Open Positions at ARRL</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;"> Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for Amate= ur Radio=C2=AE! 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font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Solar image courtesy of N= ASA/SDO January 15, 2026.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr>= </table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6" style=3D"float:l= eft;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"h= ttps://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/latest_4096_HMIIC%20new%20solar%20= disk%201-15-26.jpg?cb=3D280899" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"250" a= lign=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; ma= x-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: left; width: auto != important;" class=3D"img "></div> <div style=3D"padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;" class><table width=3D"250" class= =3D"imagecaption AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6" cellpadding=3D"0" c= ellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: col= lapse; 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;">Solar image courtesy of NASA/SDO January 15, 2026.</p= ></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A888CE369-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 Report for 1-15-26</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 moderate levels due to an M1.6 flare on January 14 f= rom new region 4341; spot classification of this region is complicated by l= imb proximity and foreshortening effects. New Region 4342 rotated around the NE limb and was also numbered. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed. Solar activi= ty is expected to be low with a 25-30% chance for M-class flares (R1-R2, mi= nor-moderate) over January 15 -17.</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 were elevated under continued negative polarity coron= al hole high speed stream (CH HSS) influences. Solar wind speed ranged most= ly between 450-570 km/s.</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 are expected to gradually diminish over January 15 = =E2=80=93 17. Another enhancement in the solar wind is expected early on Ja= nuary 17 when a current, positive polarity, CH HSS is expected to become ge= oeffective. Solar wind speed is likely to exceed 700 km/s based on recurrent data.</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: January 15, 110; January 16, 108; January 17 - 18= , 106; January 19, 110; January 20, 115; January 21, 125; January 22, 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 sunspot numbers: January 15, 122; January 16, 117; January 17, 12= 8; January 18, 113; January 19, 133; January 20, 110; January 21, 138.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk1NA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk1NQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk1Ng/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk1Nw/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 AFB0ACC52-C639-E39F-6588-2AC6FA7407C1" = 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 class style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text= -align: left;"> January 17 - 18 -- Hungarian DX Contest (CW, phone)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 17 - 19 -- PRO DIGI Contest (digital)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 17 - 18 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NT= kxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk2MA/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>North American QSO= Party, SSB</span></a> (phone)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 17 - 18 -- NA Collegiate Championship, SSB (phone)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 17 - 19 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NT= kxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk2MQ/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>ARRL January VHF C= ontest</span></a> (CW, phone, digital)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 17 - 18 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 18 - 19 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 19 -- RSGB FT4 Contest (digital)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 22 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 23 - 25 -- CQ 160m Contest (CW)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 24 - 25 -- REF Contest (CW)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 24 - 25 -- BARTG RTTY Sprint (digital)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 24 - 25 -- Winter Field Day (CW, phone, digital)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 25 - 26 -- Australia Day Contest (CW, phone, digital)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 28 -- SKCC Sprint (CW)</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> January 28 -- UKEICC CW Sprint (CW) </li> </ul><p class=3D"undefined" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri = Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-he= ight: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AB601B5B1-17D9-1ADE-0AF2-DFCC4D95C2D5" = 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;"> Remember to visit the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI= 4NTkxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk2Mg/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 Contest C= alendar</span></a> for more events and information.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE9A4991A-E5DE-F782-3E5A-90DC954F06AC" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_AE9A4991A"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-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">Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions= </span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A7EB4418C-3281-AD39-AEED-40DC823D5D7C" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;= "><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Jackson MS Capital = City Hamfest</span></a>, ARRL Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Missis= sippi</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> February 7 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NTkxJnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk2NQ/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>Hendricks County Hamfest= </span></a>, hosting the ARRL Indiana Section Convention, Danville, Indiana= </li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> February 13 - 15 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NT= kxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk2Ng/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>Orlando HamCation<= /span></a>, hosting the ARRL Southeastern Division Convention, Orlando, Flo= rida</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> February 20 - 21 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NT= kxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk2Nw/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>Greater Houston Ha= mFest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Texas State Convention, Rosenberg, Texas= </li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> February 27 - 28 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTI4NT= kxJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTE4NTk2OA/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; 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