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Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | February 5, 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=A0ARRL Joins America250 as a Supporting Partner for the = Nation=E2=80=99s 250th Anniversary=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Three Questions = =66rom Use=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Chasing Balloons Around the World=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=A0In Brief...=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=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Save the Date ARRL Joins America250 as a Supporting Partner for the Nation=E2=80=99s 250t= h Anniversary ARRL announced today that it is a Supporting Partner of America250, joining= the nationwide celebration of the 250th anniversary of our country in 2026. =C2=A0=20 America250 is the national, nonpartisan organization charged by Congress to= lead the commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, = a milestone that marks America=E2=80=99s Semiquincentennial. Through educat= ion, engagement, and service, America250 seeks to bring Americans together = to reflect on the nation=E2=80=99s history and renew commitment to the idea= ls that unite us. As a Supporting Partner, ARRL will contribute to America250=E2=80=99s missi= on by highlighting the historic and ongoing role of amateur radio in connec= ting people, supporting public service, and strengthening civic engagement = across the United States. Since its founding in 1914, ARRL and its members = have played a vital role in technical innovation, emergency communications,= and volunteer service in communities. =E2=80=9CAmateur radio has been part of the American story since the earlie= st days of wireless communication,=E2=80=9D said ARRL President Rick Roderi= ck, K5UR. =E2=80=9CFor more than a century, the Amateur Radio Service has a= dvanced the nation=E2=80=99s communications capabilities by fostering techn= ical innovation, developing a pool of trained and skilled operators, streng= thening emergency and public service communications, and promoting internat= ional goodwill. These enduring contributions reflect why amateur radio continues to serve t= he public interest as a uniquely resilient and volunteer-driven national re= source.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CAs we approach America=E2=80=99s 250th anniversary, it=E2=80=99s i= mportant to recognize the organizations and volunteers who have connected a= nd served communities for generations,=E2=80=9D said Jen Condon, Executive = Vice President of America250. =E2=80=9CAmateur radio reflects the spirit of= service, innovation, and civic engagement at the heart of our nation=E2=80= =99s story, and we=E2=80=99re proud to welcome ARRL as a Supporting Partner= in this historic commemoration.=E2=80=9D ARRL is also strengthening STEM education by bringing amateur radio into Am= erican classrooms through hands-on, project-based curricula and teacher tra= ining. By connecting youth with real-world experiences, these programs brid= ge educational gaps, boost student achievement, and open pathways to higher= education and careers in wireless communications and related technical fie= lds. =C2=A0=20 As part of its alignment with the US Semiquincentennial, ARRL is advancing = several major initiatives throughout the year: ARRL Year of the Club. As previously announced to members, the ARRL Board of Directors has designa= ted 2026 as the Year of the Club, recognizing the essential role that local= amateur radio clubs play in building community, mentoring new operators, a= nd delivering public service at the grassroots level. This nationwide focus celebrates clubs as engines of civic engagement and l= ocal connection. Icom America [ https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/amateur/ ] is the Officia= l Sponsor of the ARRL Year of the Club. [More information [ https://www.arrl.org/year-of-the-club?utm_source=3DInfo= rmz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] .] =C2=A0=20 America250 Worked All States Operating Event. ARRL has already launched the= America250 Worked All States (WAS) year-long event, calling on amateur rad= io operators worldwide to make contact with all 50 US states in honor of Am= erica=E2=80=99s 250th anniversary. ARRL will produce an achievement award f= or radio amateurs who meet the challenge. [More information [ https://www.a= rrl.org/america250-was?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign= =3DARRL ] .] =C2=A0=20 2026 ARRL Field Day is June 27 =E2=80=93 28. ARRL announces that the theme = of 2026 ARRL Field Day will be =E2=80=9CAmateur Radio: A National Resource.= =E2=80=9D Field Day is an annual amateur radio activity organized since 193= 3, and the largest on-the-air operating event in North America. Field Day showcases amateur radio=E2=80=99s readiness to provide resilient = communications in times of need while engaging the public through hands-on = demonstrations and community outreach. [More information [ https://www.arrl.org/field-day?utm_source=3DInformz&utm= _medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] .] =C2=A0=20 ARRL=E2=80=99s partnership with America250 reflects a shared commitment to = honoring America=E2=80=99s past while investing in the civic, technical, an= d volunteer spirit that will carry the nation forward. =C2=A0=20 See the complete ARRL Press Release [ https://www.arrl.org/America250?utm_s= ource=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . [https://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Dacron_Rope.html] NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Three Questions from Use The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC [ https:/= /www.ncvec.org/ ] ) Question Pool Committee (QPC [ https://www.ncvec.org/in= dex.php/question-pool-committee ] ) has removed two questions from the Gene= ral Class question pool and one question from the Extra Class pool from use. [https://www.ncvec.org/] Due to recently published FCC rule changes affecting the 60-meter band (see= previous ARRL News [ https://www.arrl.org/news/new-60-meter-frequencies-av= ailable-as-of-february-13?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campa= ign=3DARRL ] story), General Class questions G1A04 and G1C09 are no longer = valid and must be removed from use on examinations. Extra Class question E4D05 must also be removed because it contains more th= an one correct answer. All affected questions should be removed from examinations as soon as possi= ble. [https://arrl.org/volunteer-examiners] Updated General Class question pool files, including the errata and new inf= ormation, have been posted to the NCVEC General Class question pool web pag= e at www.ncvec.org/index.php/2023-2027-general-question-pool-release [ http= ://www.ncvec.org/index.php/2023-2027-general-question-pool-release ] . The = current Element 3 General question pool became effective on July 1, 2023, a= nd it is valid through June 30, 2027.=20 =C2=A0=20 Updated question pool files have also been posted to the NCVEC Extra Class = question pool web page at www.ncvec.org/index.php/2024-2028-extra-class-que= stion-pool-release [ http://www.ncvec.org/index.php/2024-2028-extra-class-q= uestion-pool-release ] . The current Element 4 Extra question pool became e= ffective on July 1, 2024, and it is valid through June 30, 2028. =C2=A0=20 The ARRL VEC [ https://arrl.org/volunteer-examiners ] advises the amateur r= adio community, and particularly Volunteer Examiners (VEs), to regularly ch= eck the NCVEC website at www.ncvec.org [ http://www.ncvec.org/ ] for update= s to the question pools, which may include errata and withdrawn questions. [https://www.ccrane.com/arrl?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter_bann= er&utm_campaign=3D2025_1&utm_content=3Dssb2] Chasing Balloons Around the World Edge of Space Sciences [ http://www.eoss.org/ ] , an ARRL Affiliated Club i= n Englewood, Colorado, has been monitoring three amateur radio pico balloon= s as the they continue to circumnavigate the globe. =C2=A0=20 Officially, the balloons are referred to as flying pico tracker balloons. T= hat breaks down to pico...for small, tracker...custom-built computer which = has a GPS and radio transmitter to relay its location over long distances, = and balloon... what you attach to a computer to see how far it can go! [https://aprs.fi/#!call=3Da%2FEOSSP-2%2Ca%2FEOSSP-4%2Ca%2FEOSSP-3&timerange= =3D259200&tail=3D86400] Two balloons were released at HamCon Colorado on October 25, 2026. EOSSP-3 = has completed 5 circumnavigations and is currently lost somewhere =E2=80=9C= up north.=E2=80=9D No signal has been heard for 4 days. EOSSP-4 has complet= ed 7 circumnavigations and is currently approaching India. Meanwhile, EOSSP= -2, launched September 18, completed its 10th circumnavigation at 12:05 PM = MST on February 4. =C2=A0=20 You can track the balloons on aprs.fi with this LINK [ https://aprs.fi/#!ca= ll=3Da%2FEOSSP-2%2Ca%2FEOSSP-4%2Ca%2FEOSSP-3&timerange=3D259200&tail=3D8640= 0 ] . Flight logs of both WSPR and APRS trackers, as well as various balloo= n configurations, are available. =C2=A0=20 Club member Michael Pappas, W9CN, says the club has been active with pico b= allons since 1990 and it=E2=80=99s an effort to help kids, as well as seaso= ned amateurs, understand the dynamics involved. =E2=80=9CThe club has an FA= A Part 101 waiver for pico balloons up to 30 pounds,=E2=80=9D said Pappas. = =E2=80=9CAir traffic will be diverted away from the balloon=E2=80=99s path. =C2=A0=20 Pico ballons can be inexpensive to construct. The balloon is similar to Myl= ar=C2=AE party ballons and costs around $7. A small transmitter averages ab= out $170.=20 =C2=A0=20 More information can be found on the club=E2=80=99s website, www.eoss.org [= http://www.eoss.org/ ] . [https://www.rooftowers.com/customer-reviews-photos/?photos-2-5-26] Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CLocal volunteer radio team hits top 6% in national disaster compet= ition [ https://alachuachronicle.com/local-volunteer-radio-team-hits-top-6-= in-national-disaster-competition/ ] =E2=80=9D / Alachua Chronicle (Florida)= January 31, 2026 -- The North Florida Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL Affili= ated Club. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CLocal HAM radio club finds modern uses for old technology [ https:= //www.paysonroundup.com/news/local-ham-radio-club-finds-modern-uses-for-old= -technology/article_70330145-c55d-47ab-96d0-93ea04c43e40.html ] =E2=80=9D /= Payson Roundup (Arizona) February 3, 2026 -- The Tonto Amateur Radio Assoc= iation is an ARRL Affiliated Club. 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 Ever wondered what it=E2=80=99s really like to take a low-power radio into = the field and make contacts with just a few watts? Did you know you can con= duct a POTA operation with a super small QRP transceiver, an ultralight ant= enna, and a smartphone? Join ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF= , as he discusses the challenge and fun of QRP field operations. He will cover beginner-friendly basics like small QRP rigs, antenna selecti= ons, batteries, and CW versus digital modes. He will discuss his favorite QRP equipment and techniques. If you=E2=80=99re curious about portable operation or ready to take your fi= rst steps into QRP, then join Wayne on the ARRL's Learning Center, learn.ar= rl.org [ http://learn.arrl.org ] , on February 24 at 8 PM Eastern. The live= stream is free to ARRL members. Preregistration is required and can be accomplished on the Learning Center = website. =C2=A0=20 Up Next:=20 =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: February 24, 2026 =F0=9F=95=97 Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific =F0=9F=91=89 Register Now [ https://learn.arrl.org/webinars/90122 ] | =E2= =8F=AA Previously Recorded Sessions [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ] [https://surgestop.com/coaxial-arrestors/index.html] 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 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, expla= ins the rules and awards, and offers some operating strategies. 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://www.arrl.org/HOA] Announcements Several amateur radio clubs across the county will operate special event st= ations for Presidents Day and George Washington=E2=80=99s birthday. =C2=A0=20 The Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club [ https://www.mvarc.org/ ] in Virginia = will host a special event to commemorate 2026 Presidents Day and George Was= hington=E2=80=99s birthday. Special event station K4US will be in operation= on February 14 - 15, from 1000Z - 0300Z each day, from George Washington's= Mount Vernon estate on the west shore of the Potomac River. Frequencies us= ed will be 7.042, 7.242, 14.042, and 14.242 MHz. A QSL card will be availab= le. =C2=A0=20 The K9WRA/Woodford County Illinois Repeater Association [ https://k9wra.clu= b/ ] will operate special event station N9L on February 14 - 15, 1600Z - 22= 00Z, to honor President Washington=E2=80=99s 294th birthday and Abraham Lin= coln=E2=80=99s birthday. Contact can be made on 7.205 MHz and a QSL card wi= ll be available. =C2=A0=20 The Columbia Basin DX Club [ http://wartsnet.net/stations/w7g__special_even= t_station.htm ] , in George, Washington, will operate special event station= W7G on February 22, 2026, to commemorate President Washington=E2=80=99s bi= rthday. George, Washington, is the only location in the United States with = the first and last name of a U.S. president. Visit the club=E2=80=99s websi= te for more information. =C2=A0=20 Visit the ARRL Special Event Stations [ https://www.arrl.org/special-event-= stations?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] data= base to find on-the-air events and commemorations. Additional funding is available for radio clubs. At their Annual Meeting on January 29, the ARRL Foundation Board of Directo= rs voted unanimously to increase the maximum grant award in their Grants Pr= ogram from $3,000 to $5,000 in support of the ARRL Year of the Club. Radio clubs are encouraged to apply for funding to support eligible amateur= radio related projects and initiatives, particularly those with a focus on= educating, licensing, and supporting activities that contribute to develop= ing active hams. The Foundation Grants Program accepts proposals three times a year through = an online application, in February, June, and October. Information can be found on the ARRL website at www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-= grants [ https://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-grants?utm_source=3DInformz&utm= _medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . Questions regarding grant proposals= or eligibility may be directed by email to foundation@arrl.org [ mailto:fo= undation@arrl.org ] . In Brief... =46rom February 7 - 22, 2026, a 16-day event will held to celebrate the 100= th anniversary of the city of Gdynia, Poland...1926-2026. The Board of the = Pomeranian Field Division of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) in Gda=C5= =84sk is inviting all amateur radio operators to participate. Radio contacts with six special event stations, accumulating the required n= umber of points, will qualify an operator to receive a commemorative electr= onic award. A limited number of commemorative paper QSL cards will be sent, but only to= operators served by QSL bureaus. Amateur radio operators are advised to update their profile on QRZ.com to b= e eligible for the awards. It=E2=80=99s estimated there are 16,000 amateur operators in Poland. Complete information, including frequencies, modes, and the call signs of t= he special event stations, can be found at ot09.pzk.org.pl/akcje/100gdynia/= 100gdy.php [ https://ot09.pzk.org.pl/akcje/100gdynia/100gdy.php ] . Open Positions at ARRL Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for Amate= ur Radio=C2=AE! We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the follo= wing positions: =C2=A0=20 Operations Administrative Assistant Membership Manager RFI Lab Engineer Public Relations and Outreach Manager=20 IT Support Specialist =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. [https://www.w2phradio.com/] [http://preppcomm.com/] [https://www.flexradio.com/insider/articles/ft8-tipping-point-for-ham-radio= /] [https://ai6ym.radio/picofox/?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_id= =3Dpfox4] [http://www.schulmanauction.com/] [https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-multimeters/dm800/?utm_source=3DQ= ST&utm_medium=3DeNews&utm_campaign=3DDM858] The ARRL Solar Report [https://www.arrl.org/technical-information-service?utm_source=3DInformz&ut= m_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DTltC3] ARRL Solar Report February 5, 2026 =C2=A0 Solar activity was at high levels for most of the week, dominated by Region= 4366. The most notable event was an impulsive X4.2 flare from that region = on February 4. Throughout the period, Region 4366 continued to exhibit a sl= ight reduction in area and a modest simplification of its magnetic complexi= ty. Region 4369 developed trailing spots while Regions 4370 and 4372 decayed in= extent and complexity and became unipolar spot groups. The remaining numbered regions on the visible disk remained stable or in a = state of slight decay. =C2=A0 Three eruptions were observed in coronagraph imagery during the period. Fir= st was a coronal mass ejection (CME) off the SE limb, first observed in C2 = imagery on February 4, and was likely associated with flaring near Regions = 4370 and 4371. This event was followed by post-eruptive arcades also on Feb= ruary 4 at the same location, which further confirmed the source region des= pite flare activity being partially obscured by Region 4366. Modeling indic= ates no Earth-directed component. =C2=A0 The second was a narrow eruption to the NNW, first seen in C2 imagery on Fe= bruary 4. While potentially associated with the aforementioned X4.2 event, = it dissipated quickly and its analysis is low confidence. Lastly, there was= another narrow eruption noted off the NE, first visible in SOHO/LASCO C2 i= magery. This event was likely a sympathetic eruption triggered by the X4.2,= starting at approximately N15W22 between Regions 4366 and 4367.=20 =C2=A0 There is a slight potential of minor glancing blows from these eruptions ea= rly on February 8. Moderate to high solar activity is expected (80%) due to= M-class flaring (R1-R2, minor-moderate) for February 5, with a high chance= (40%) for X-class flares (R3-strong or greater) due to expected further ac= tivity from Region 4366. =C2=A0 Solar wind parameters initially reflected nominal background conditions bef= ore showing a clear disturbance beginning February 3. Solar wind speed rema= ined in a slow-wind regime, gradually increasing from about 290 km/s to a p= eak near 340 km/s. =C2=A0=20 The solar wind is expected to remain in the current slightly enhanced regim= e before returning to nominal conditions until mid-day on February 5 when a= disturbance is likely, due to the expected arrival of the complex CME ejec= ta associated with an X8.1 flare from Region 4366. =C2=A0 The 10.7-centimeter flux: February 6, 120; February 7, 125; February 8, 130= ; February 9, 135; February 10, 140; February 11, 135; February 12, 140.=20 =C2=A0 Predicted sunspot numbers: February 5, 119; February 6, 115; February 7, 12= 5; February 8, 111; February 9, 129; February 10, 105; February 11, 133. =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/2070343778] Just Ahead in Radiosport =E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 5 - 6 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- LABRE-RS Digi Contest (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- Vermont QSO Party (all modes)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- 10-10 International Winter Contest S= SB (phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- F9AA Cup (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- European Union DX Contest (CW, phone= )=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- Mexico RTTY International Contest (d= igital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 -- Minnesota QSO Party (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- FYBO Winter QRP Sprint (CW, phone, d= igital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 7 - 8 -- British Columbia QSO Party (CW, phon= e)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 8 -- North American Sprint [ https://ncjweb.c= om/Sprint-Rules.pdf ] (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 9 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint = (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 9 - 13 -- ARRL School Club Roundup [ https://= www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL ] (CW, phone, digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 10 -- DARC FT4 Contest (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 11 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 13 - 14 -- YLRL YL - OM Contest (CW, phone, d= igital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 -- PODXS 070 Club Valentine Sprint (digita= l)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 - 15 -- CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 -- Asia-Pacific Spring Sprint (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 - 15 -- Russian PSK WW Contest (digital)= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 - 15 -- KCJ Topband Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 - 15 -- Dutch PACC Contest (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 - 15 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 - 15 -- OMISS QSO Party (phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 14 -- RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest (phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 15 -- Balkan HF Contest (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 15 - 16 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (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=A0February 7 | Hendricks County Hamfest [ http://www.arrl.org/= hamfests/hendricks-county-hamfest-arrl-indiana-section-convention-1?utm_sou= rce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL I= ndiana 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 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 21 | St. Patrick's Day Hamfest [ https://www.arr= l.org/hamfests/st-patrick-s-day-hamfest-arrl-west-texas-section-convention-= 2?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting t= he ARRL West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 28 | Central Dakota Amateur Radio Club Hamfest [= https://w0zrt.com/ ] , hosting the ARRL North Dakota State Convention, Bis= marck, North Dakota =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0April 4 | RARSfest [ http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/rars= fest-the-raleigh-hamfest-arrl-roanoke-division-convention?utm_source=3DInfo= rmz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Roanoke Div= ision Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0April 10 - 11 | Green Country Hamfest [ https://www.ar= rl.org/hamfests/green-country-hamfest-arrl-oklahoma-section-convention-1?ut= m_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the A= RRL Oklahoma Section Convention, Claremore, Oklahoma 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. Save the Date =E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 14 - 15 | HamSCI 2026 [ https://hamsci.org/hamsci2026 = ] Workshop, hosted by ARRL in New Britain & Newington, Connecticut =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0April 4 | RARSfest [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/rar= sfest-the-raleigh-hamfest-arrl-roanoke-division-convention?utm_source=3DInf= ormz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Roanoke Di= vision Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0May 15 - 17 | Dayton Hamventio [ http://hamvention.org= / ] n, Xenia, Ohio =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0June 5 - 7 | SEA-PAC [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/s= ea-pac-arrl-northwestern-division-convention-4?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_med= ium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Northwestern Division = Convention, Seaside, Oregon =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0June 26 - 28 | HAM RADIO [ http://www.hamradio-friedri= chshafen.com/ ] , International Amateur Radio Exhibition, Friedrichshafen, = Germany =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 7 - 8 | Shreveport-Bossier Hamfest [ https://ww= w.arrl.org/hamfests/shreveport-bossier-hamfest-arrl-delta-division-conventi= on?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting = the ARRL Delta Division Convention, Shreveport, Louisiana =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 13 - 16 | Northeast HamXposition [ https://www.= arrl.org/hamfests/northeast-hamxposition-arrl-new-england-division-conventi= on-5?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , ARRL N= ew England Division Convention, Marlborough, Massachusetts =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 | Cincinnati Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/= hamfests/cincinnati-hamfest-arrl-great-lakes-division-convention-1?utm_sour= ce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] =E2=84=A0, hosting th= e ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 22 - 23 | Huntsville Hamfest [ https://hamfest.= org/ ] , hosting the 2026 ARRL National Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/a= rrl-expo?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Hu= ntsville, Alabama =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 10 | North Star Radio Convention [ https://www= =2Earrl.org/hamfests/north-star-radio-convention-arrl-dakota-division-conve= ntion?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosti= ng the ARRL Dakota Division Convention, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0October 16 - 18 | Pacificon [ https://www.pacificon.or= g/ ] , ARRL Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, California [http://www.arrl.org] ARRL -- Your One-Stop Resource for Amateur Radio News and Information =C2=A0=20 Join ARRL or renew today! 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border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL announced today that it is a Supporting Partner of America250, joining= the nationwide celebration of the 250th anniversary of our country in 2026= =2E</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> America250 is the national, nonpartisan organization charged by Congress to= lead the commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, = a milestone that marks America=E2=80=99s Semiquincentennial. Through educat= ion, engagement, and service, America250 seeks to bring Americans together = to reflect on the nation=E2=80=99s history and renew commitment to the idea= ls that unite us.</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 A7EE3D12D-6517-C63D-E3FF-8F0F4B5997D2"= 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/250.jpeg?cb=3D278= 386" border=3D"0" height=3D"213" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"he= ight: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: c= enter; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ABDF7781A-09A2-9EB1-94EB-4CDE98FC2A90" = 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;"> As a Supporting Partner, ARRL will contribute to America250=E2=80=99s missi= on by highlighting the historic and ongoing role of amateur radio in connec= ting people, supporting public service, and strengthening civic engagement = across the United States. Since its founding in 1914, ARRL and its members = have played a vital role in technical innovation, emergency communications,= and volunteer service in communities. </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 bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AFD8B99FA-C881-4DC3-B55A= -CF3D38B52317" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; b= order-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-ri= ght: 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 A436D63F6-F17A-8EB6-D41F-AF7FFF512D99' 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/Rick_Roderick_PREFERRED_PI= C.jpg?cb=3D8279' border=3D'0' height=3D'185' width=3D'133' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <table width=3D'133' class=3D'imagecaption A436D63F6-F17A-8EB6-D41F-AF7FFF512D99' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">ARRL President Rick Roder= ick, K5UR.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></= tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A436D63F6-F17A-8EB6-D41F-AF7FFF512D99" 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/Rick_Roderick_PREFERRED_PIC.jpg?cb= =3D8279" border=3D"0" height=3D"185" width=3D"133" align=3D"right" style=3D= "height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !importa= nt; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"= img "></div> <div style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 15px;" class><table width=3D"133" class= =3D"imagecaption A436D63F6-F17A-8EB6-D41F-AF7FFF512D99" cellpadding=3D"0" c= ellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: co= llapse; 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 President Rick Roderick, K5UR.</p></td></tr></ta= ble></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text ACFABCDE2-EB55-0C7A-9304-7816061A882B" = 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;"> =E2=80=9CAmateur radio has been part of the American story since the earlie= st days of wireless communication,=E2=80=9D said ARRL President Rick Roderi= ck, K5UR. =E2=80=9CFor more than a century, the Amateur Radio Service has a= dvanced the nation=E2=80=99s communications capabilities by fostering techn= ical innovation, developing a pool of trained and skilled operators, streng= thening emergency and public service communications, and promoting internat= ional goodwill. These enduring contributions reflect why amateur radio continues to serve t= he public interest as a uniquely resilient and volunteer-driven national re= source.=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;"> =E2=80=9CAs we approach America=E2=80=99s 250th anniversary, it=E2=80=99s i= mportant to recognize the organizations and volunteers who have connected a= nd served communities for generations,=E2=80=9D said Jen Condon, Executive = Vice President of America250. =E2=80=9CAmateur radio reflects the spirit of= service, innovation, and civic engagement at the heart of our nation=E2=80= =99s story, and we=E2=80=99re proud to welcome ARRL as a Supporting Partner= in this historic commemoration.=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> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A1D8D3257-21C7-61E0-A667-F08B15A43067" 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"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A965018B0-AC07-FBEB-C288-1B7BFA48ABAA' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 10px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/TI 2025.jpg?cb=3D371705' border=3D'0' height=3D'270' width=3D'600' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D'600' class=3D'imagecaption A965018B0-AC07-FBEB-C288-1B7BFA48ABAA' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">These educators from New = York City completed the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology, whe= re all participants earned their amateur radio licenses and prepared to bri= ng hands-on STEM learning into their classrooms.</p></td></tr></table></td>= </tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>= <!--> <div class=3D"image A965018B0-AC07-FBEB-C288-1B7BFA48ABAA" style=3D"float:l= eft;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 10px 0px 0px; line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"h= ttps://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/TI%202025.jpg?cb=3D371705" border= =3D"0" height=3D"270" width=3D"600" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !i= mportant; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: ce= nter; text-align: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> <div style=3D"padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;" class><table width=3D"600" class= =3D"imagecaption A965018B0-AC07-FBEB-C288-1B7BFA48ABAA" 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;">These educators from New York City completed the ARRL= Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology, where all participants earned t= heir amateur radio licenses and prepared to bring hands-on STEM learning in= to their classrooms.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></tab= le></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A2634620E-A4A8-1081-58E6-75C6402C74AB" = style=3D"inline: true; "> <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 is also strengthening STEM education by bringing amateur radio into Am= erican classrooms through hands-on, project-based curricula and teacher tra= ining. By connecting youth with real-world experiences, these programs brid= ge educational gaps, boost student achievement, and open pathways to higher= education and careers in wireless communications and related technical fie= lds.</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 part of its alignment with the US Semiquincentennial, ARRL is advancing = several major initiatives throughout the year:</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= "A0C15DF5E-4948-1970-170C-0EA4CB2A7867" 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"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A528AF2E5-7DF4-52E5-C23C-6865ABAE3AAA' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/rwstsr.jpg?cb=3D682721' border=3D'0' height=3D'200' width=3D'291' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;"> <table width=3D'291' class=3D'imagecaption A528AF2E5-7DF4-52E5-C23C-6865ABAE3AAA' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">2026 is the ARRL Year of = the Club, highlighting the important contributions radio clubs make to thei= r communities. Pictured are members of the Clemson Amateur Radio Club at Cl= emson University in South Carolina.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>= </td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A528AF2E5-7DF4-52E5-C23C-6865ABAE3AAA" style=3D"float:r= ight;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px; line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"h= ttps://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/rwstsr.jpg?cb=3D682721" border=3D"= 0" height=3D"200" width=3D"291" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !impo= rtant; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: cente= r; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> <div style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;" class><table width=3D"291" class= =3D"imagecaption A528AF2E5-7DF4-52E5-C23C-6865ABAE3AAA" cellpadding=3D"0" c= ellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: co= llapse; 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;">2026 is the ARRL Year of the Club, highlighting the i= mportant contributions radio clubs make to their communities. Pictured are = members of the Clemson Amateur Radio Club at Clemson University in South Ca= rolina.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A4282C938-2491-1167-1898-2845C081C433" = 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 Year of the Club</strong>. As previously announced to members,= the ARRL Board of Directors has designated 2026 as the Year of the Club, r= ecognizing the essential role that local amateur radio clubs play in buildi= ng community, mentoring new operators, and delivering public service at the= grassroots level. This nationwide focus celebrates clubs as engines of civ= ic engagement and local connection. <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/c= jUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc0Mw/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>I= com America</span></a> is the Official Sponsor of the ARRL Year of the Club. [<a href=3D"https://a= rrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc0N= A/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-lin= k-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-we= ight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color= -preserver" style>More information</span></a>.]</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>America250 Worked All States Operating Event</strong>. ARRL has alr= eady launched the America250 Worked All States (WAS) year-long event, calli= ng on amateur radio operators worldwide to make contact with all 50 US stat= es in honor of America=E2=80=99s 250th anniversary. ARRL will produce an ac= hievement award for radio amateurs who meet the challenge. [<a href=3D"http= s://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3= MDc0NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-inform= z-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; fo= nt-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-= color-preserver" style>More information</span></a>.]</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>2026 ARRL Field Day is June 27 =E2=80=93 28</strong>. ARRL announce= s that the theme of 2026 ARRL Field Day will be =E2=80=9CAmateur Radio: A N= ational Resource.=E2=80=9D Field Day is an annual amateur radio activity or= ganized since 1933, and the largest on-the-air operating event in North Ame= rica. Field Day showcases amateur radio=E2=80=99s readiness to provide resi= lient communications in times of need while engaging the public through han= ds-on demonstrations and community outreach. [<a href=3D"https://arrl.infor= mz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc0Ng/index.h= tml" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name da= ta-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inh= erit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserve= r" style>More information</span></a>.]</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL=E2=80=99s partnership with America250 reflects a shared commitment to = honoring America=E2=80=99s past while investing in the civic, technical, an= d volunteer spirit that will carry the nation forward.</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>See the complete ARRL <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9= taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc0OA/index.html" target=3D"_= blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-no= t-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decor= ation: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Press R= elease</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"image A13333FD6-C60= 7-C643-21F7-2B2AFF034578" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"bord= er: none; 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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;"> The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (<a href=3D"http= s://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3= MDc1MQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-inform= z-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; fo= nt-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-= color-preserver" style>NCVEC</span></a>) Question Pool Committee (<a href= =3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZs= aT00MTQ3MDc1Mw/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>QPC</span></a>) has removed two questions fr= om the General Class question pool and one question from the Extra Class po= ol from use.</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 A4C6E2762-D972-A457-1ADC-4B1DB47B2AD6"= 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc1MQ/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/ncvec.jpg?cb=3D75= 4501" border=3D"0" height=3D"78" width=3D"363" align=3D"center" style=3D"he= ight: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: c= enter; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AF614DFF1-4158-B371-38C3-E65F1A86D78C" = 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;"> Due to recently published FCC rule changes affecting the 60-meter band (see= previous <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc1NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-= link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" st= yle=3D"color: #0000ee; 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Extra Class question E4D05 must also= be removed because it contains more than one correct answer. 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mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A1D34C25F"></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">Chasing Balloons Around the World</span></strong>= </p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A40456285-C839-AAE8-C533-0535D5550297" = 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;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc2NA/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;"><span class=3D"e= mail-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Edge of Space Sciences</span></a>, an= ARRL Affiliated Club in Englewood, Colorado, has been monitoring three ama= teur radio pico balloons as the they continue to circumnavigate the globe.<= /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;"> Officially, the balloons are referred to as flying pico tracker balloons. T= hat breaks down to pico...for small, tracker...custom-built computer which = has a GPS and radio transmitter to relay its location over long distances, = and balloon... what you attach to a computer to see how far it can go!</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 AED9C9F89-7D48-4271-24C6-666553484C54"= 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc2NQ/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/pico%20baloon%20l= anuch%202026.jpg?cb=3D438693" border=3D"0" height=3D"559" width=3D"620" ali= gn=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% = !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption AED9C9F89-7D48-4271-24C6-6665534= 84C54" 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;">A group of hams launching a pico balloon in Colorado = [Photo courtesy of Michael Pappas, W9CN]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></t= able></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6F3C3B9C-34E8-EA49-922B-9989F364FE6E" = 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;"> Two balloons were released at HamCon Colorado on October 25, 2026. EOSSP-3 = has completed 5 circumnavigations and is currently lost somewhere =E2=80=9C= up north.=E2=80=9D No signal has been heard for 4 days. EOSSP-4 has complet= ed 7 circumnavigations and is currently approaching India. Meanwhile, EOSSP= -2, launched September 18, completed its 10th circumnavigation at 12:05 PM = MST on February 4.</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;"> You can track the balloons on aprs.fi with this <a href=3D"https://arrl.inf= ormz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc2NQ/index= =2Ehtml" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-nam= e data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight:= inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-pres= erver" style>LINK</span></a>. Flight logs of both WSPR and APRS trackers, a= s well as various balloon configurations, are available.</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;"> Club member Michael Pappas, W9CN, says the club has been active with pico b= allons since 1990 and it=E2=80=99s an effort to help kids, as well as seaso= ned amateurs, understand the dynamics involved. =E2=80=9CThe club has an FA= A Part 101 waiver for pico balloons up to 30 pounds,=E2=80=9D said Pappas. = =E2=80=9CAir traffic will be diverted away from the balloon=E2=80=99s path.= </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;"> Pico ballons can be inexpensive to construct. The balloon is similar to Myl= ar=C2=AE party ballons and costs around $7. A small transmitter averages ab= out $170. </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 information can be found on the club=E2=80=99s website, <strong><a hre= f=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZ= saT00MTQ3MDc2NA/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>www.eoss.org</span></a></strong>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; 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ARRL Audio News is a summary of the week&#39;s top= news stories in the world of amateur radio and ARRL, along with interviews= and other features. <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1= NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc3Nw/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>More info</spa= n></a> | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDU= yOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc3OA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"= true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"c= olor: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D= "email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Listen on Blubrry</span></a> | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts.</p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A55DE742B-14D2-C790-F2BC-70DB80A99373" = 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;"> &nbsp; </p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" clas= s=3D"A1BD330CC-4154-DDEB-32F0-E675F6016145" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing= =3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collaps= e; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspac= e: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A99E18065-B70F-6DC3-932C-9F6D6365FB37' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc3OQ/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'ARRL On the Air' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL Letter/OTA-podcast-lo= go_175.jpg?cb=3D436019' border=3D'0' height=3D'175' width=3D'175' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /> </a></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A99E18065-B70F-6DC3-932C-9F6D6365FB37" style=3D"float:l= eft;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc3OQ/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=3D"ARRL On the Air" src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/imag= es/ARRL%20Letter/OTA-podcast-logo_175.jpg?cb=3D436019" border=3D"0" height= =3D"175" width=3D"175" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !important; inl= ine: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-al= ign: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text AC1D356D9-7B4E-62DE-763A-0DE0BFAE5BC8" = style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><em>On the Air</em></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>Sponsored by Icom</em></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The America250 Worked All States Operating Event</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;"> 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. <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc3OQ/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>More info</span></a> | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDU= yOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4MA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"= true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"c= olor: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D= "email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Listen on Blubrry</span></a> | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts.</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 A8AEEA2F9-892= 0-8F4D-B6DC-20A3DEB203C7" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4MQ/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 A1208C14D-2E4F-D970-6E55-63839B696A22" = 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 A40862E68-1D6D-9DDE-2462-703DD66464AB" = 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_A40862E68"></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">Announcements</span></strong></p></td></tr></tabl= e> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AD983DA58-A9B3-3C74-2294-08296BF004AF" = 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>Several amateur radio clubs across the county will operate special = event stations for Presidents Day and George Washington=E2=80=99s birthday.= </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;"> The <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyM= DUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4Mg/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>Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Clu= b</span></a> in Virginia will host a special event to commemorate 2026 Presidents Day an= d George Washington=E2=80=99s birthday. Special event station K4US will be = in operation on February 14 - 15, from 1000Z - 0300Z each day, from George = Washington&#39;s Mount Vernon estate on the west shore of the Potomac River. Frequencies used will be 7.042, 7.242, 14.042, and 14.242 MHz. A QSL card w= ill be available.</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 <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyM= DUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4Mw/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>K9WRA/Woodford County Illinois= Repeater Association</span></a> will operate special event station N9L on February 14 - 15, 1600Z - 2200Z, = to honor President Washington=E2=80=99s 294th birthday and Abraham Lincoln= =E2=80=99s birthday. Contact can be made on 7.205 MHz and a QSL card will b= e available.</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 <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyM= DUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4NA/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>Columbia Basin DX Club</span><= /a>, in George, Washington, will operate special event station W7G on Febru= ary 22, 2026, to commemorate President Washington=E2=80=99s birthday. Georg= e, Washington, is the only location in the United States with the first and= last name of a U.S. president. Visit the club=E2=80=99s website for more i= nformation.</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;"> Visit the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-= link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" st= yle=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span = class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL Special Event Stations= </span></a> database to find on-the-air events and commemorations.</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 bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A9B4C9670-0A48-22D9-8DCB= -25ACC6EDA2D9" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; b= order-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-ri= ght: 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 AD254D197-AAFB-3F49-FBF1-2F3BF8966695' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Year of the Club Logo-01.p= ng?cb=3D377257' border=3D'0' height=3D'167' 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 AD254D197-AAFB-3F49-FBF1-2F3BF8966695" style=3D"float:r= ight;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 10px; line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"h= ttps://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Year%20of%20the%20Club%20Logo-01.p= ng?cb=3D377257" border=3D"0" height=3D"167" width=3D"250" align=3D"right" s= tyle=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% != important; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" cl= ass=3D"img "></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A1B6EE0CA-11E8-9BDC-B561-B3AAA34C5389" = 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>Additional funding is available for radio clubs</strong>. At their = Annual Meeting on January 29, the ARRL Foundation Board of Directors voted = unanimously to increase the maximum grant award in their Grants Program fro= m $3,000 to $5,000 in support of the ARRL Year of the Club. Radio clubs are= encouraged to apply for funding to support eligible amateur radio related = projects and initiatives, particularly those with a focus on educating, lic= ensing, and supporting activities that contribute to developing active hams= =2E The Foundation Grants Program accepts proposals three times a year thro= ugh an online application, in February, June, and October. Information can = be found on the ARRL website at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net= /z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4Ng/index.html" t= arget=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-inf= ormz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; = text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" sty= le>www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-grants</span></a></strong>. Questions regardi= ng grant proposals or eligibility may be directed by email to <a href=3D"ma= ilto:foundation@arrl.org" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data= -informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" data-informz-email-a= ddress=3D"foundation@arrl.org" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inheri= t; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" = style>foundation@arrl.org</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A5B88255A-49FB-54B3-8CB3-FCA4D84A3C8B" = 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_A5B88255A"></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">In Brief...</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AFFD53FC8-5D9F-3F5D-4164-7A27CCB08EF4" = 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>From February 7 - 22, 2026, a 16-day event will held to celebrate t= he 100th anniversary of the city of Gdynia, Poland...1926-2026</strong>. Th= e Board of the Pomeranian Field Division of the Polish Amateur Radio Union = (PZK) in Gda=C5=84sk is inviting all amateur radio operators to participate= =2E Radio contacts with six special event stations, accumulating the requir= ed number of points, will qualify an operator to receive a commemorative el= ectronic award. A limited number of commemorative paper QSL cards will be s= ent, but only to operators served by QSL bureaus. Amateur radio operators a= re advised to update their profile on QRZ.com to be eligible for the awards= =2E It=E2=80=99s estimated there are 16,000 amateur operators in Poland. Co= mplete information, including frequencies, modes, and the call signs of the= special event stations, can be found at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.in= formz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc4Nw/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>ot09.pzk.org.pl/akcje/100gdynia/100gdy.php</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> </td> </tr> </table> <table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"ADD2933A5-7E7B-19B5-3C82= -54ADB2F4C673" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; b= order-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-ri= ght: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <table cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"0" width=3D"100%" styl= e=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-ta= ble-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"divider A7BFB157B-F8D3-E1BE-1EE8-26B32C2FF2D= 9" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collap= se: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1" style=3D"border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; lin= e-height: 1px;"></td></tr> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1" style=3D"line-height: 1px;"></td></tr></table>= </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A2FD9E9D9-D995-D04A-2CF3-36780FC3578E" = 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: 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 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! We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the follo= wing positions:</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Operations Administrative Assistant</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>Membership Manager</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>RFI Lab Engineer</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>Public Relations and Outreach Manager </strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>IT Support Specialist</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;"> Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at <strong><a href=3D"htt= ps://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ= 3MDc4OA/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; 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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">The ARRL Solar= Report</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" wid= th=3D"100%" class=3D"A18C225E3-D458-F51D-8341-07EE8E297DCF" cellpadding=3D"= 0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-col= lapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; m= so-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc5OA/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/latest_4096_HMIIC new sola= r disk image 2-5-26.jpg?cb=3D772611' border=3D'0' height=3D'250' width=3D'250' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D'250' class=3D'imagecaption AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; 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 February 5, 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;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc5OA/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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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 February 5, 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 February 5, 2026</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 was at high levels for most of the week, dominated by Region= 4366. The most notable event was an impulsive X4.2 flare from that region = on February 4. Throughout the period, Region 4366 continued to exhibit a sl= ight reduction in area and a modest simplification of its magnetic complexi= ty. Region 4369 developed trailing spots while Regions 4370 and 4372 decayed in= extent and complexity and became unipolar spot groups. The remaining numbered regions on the visible disk remained stable or in a = state of slight decay.</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;"> Three eruptions were observed in coronagraph imagery during the period. First was a coronal mass ejection (CME) off the SE limb, first observed in = C2 imagery on February 4, and was likely associated with flaring near Regio= ns 4370 and 4371. This event was followed by post-eruptive arcades also on = February 4 at the same location, which further confirmed the source region = despite flare activity being partially obscured by Region 4366. Modeling in= dicates no Earth-directed component.</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 second was a narrow eruption to the NNW, first seen in C2 imagery on Fe= bruary 4. While potentially associated with the aforementioned X4.2 event, = it dissipated quickly and its analysis is low confidence. Lastly, there was another narrow eruption noted off the NE, first visible i= n SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery. This event was likely a sympathetic eruption trigg= ered by the X4.2, starting at approximately N15W22 between Regions 4366 and= 4367. </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;"> There is a slight potential of minor glancing blows from these eruptions ea= rly on February 8. Moderate to high solar activity is expected (80%) due t= o M-class flaring (R1-R2, minor-moderate) for February 5, with a high chanc= e (40%) for X-class flares (R3-strong or greater) due to expected further a= ctivity from Region 4366.</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 initially reflected nominal background conditions bef= ore showing a clear disturbance beginning February 3. Solar wind speed rema= ined in a slow-wind regime, gradually increasing from about 290 km/s to a p= eak near 340 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;"> The solar wind is expected to remain in the current slightly enhanced regim= e before returning to nominal conditions until mid-day on February 5 when a= disturbance is likely, due to the expected arrival of the complex CME ejec= ta associated with an X8.1 flare from Region 4366.</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: February 6, 120; February 7, 125; February 8, 130= ; February 9, 135; February 10, 140; February 11, 135; February 12, 140. </= 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: February 5, 119; February 6, 115; February 7, 12= 5; February 8, 111; February 9, 129; February 10, 105; February 11, 133.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc5OA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDc5OQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgwMA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgwMQ/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 A63C86155-6EA3-F8F0-A18F-119A843C5545" = 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;"> February 5 - 6 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)</li><li class=3D"unde= fined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- LABRE-RS Digi Contest (digital) </li><li class=3D"undefin= ed" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- Vermont QSO Party (all modes) </li><li class=3D"undefined= " style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- 10-10 International Winter Contest SSB (phone) </li><li c= lass=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- F9AA Cup (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"paddin= g-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- European Union DX Contest (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"u= ndefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- Mexico RTTY International Contest (digital)</li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 -- Minnesota QSO Party (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"undefined" = style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- FYBO Winter QRP Sprint (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 7 - 8 -- British Columbia QSO Party (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"= undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 8 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA= 9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgwMw/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>North American Sprint</= span></a> (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 9 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone) </li><li = class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 9 - 13 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1ND= MzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgwNQ/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 School Club R= oundup</span></a> (CW, phone, digital) </li><li class=3D"undefined" style= =3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 10 -- DARC FT4 Contest (digital) </li><li class=3D"undefined" styl= e=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 11 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"pa= dding-left: 4.25px;"> February 13 - 14 -- YLRL YL - OM Contest (CW, phone, digital) </li><li clas= s=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 -- PODXS 070 Club Valentine Sprint (digital) </li><li class=3D"= undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 - 15 -- CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest (digital)</li><li class=3D"undef= ined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 -- Asia-Pacific Spring Sprint (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefined"= style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 - 15 -- Russian PSK WW Contest (digital) </li><li class=3D"unde= fined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 - 15 -- KCJ Topband Contest (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" st= yle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 - 15 -- Dutch PACC Contest (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"undefi= ned" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 - 15 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefin= ed" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 - 15 -- OMISS QSO Party (phone) </li><li class=3D"undefined" st= yle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 14 -- RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest (phone)</li><li class=3D"undefined" sty= le=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 15 -- Balkan HF Contest (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"undefined" s= tyle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> February 15 - 16 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)</li></ul><p class=3D= "undefined" style=3D"color: #000000; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span= class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>St. Patrick&#39;s Day Hamf= est</span></a>, hosting the ARRL West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Te= xas</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> March 28 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgyMg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz= -link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" s= tyle=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span= class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Central Dakota Amateur Rad= io Club Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL North Dakota State Convention,= Bismarck, North Dakota</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> April 4 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgyNA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-= link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" st= yle=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span = class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>RARSfest</span></a>, hostin= g the ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> April 10 - 11 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJ= nA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgyNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-in= formz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fal= se" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;">= <span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Green Country Hamfest= </span></a>, hosting the ARRL Oklahoma Section Convention, Claremore, Oklah= oma</li> </ul><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, s= ans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Remember to search the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNT= Q1NDMzJnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgyOA/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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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span = class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>RARSfest</span></a>, hostin= g the ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> May 15 - 17 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgzMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-inf= ormz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fals= e" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><= span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Dayton Hamventio</span= ></a>n, Xenia, Ohio</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> June 5 - 7 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA= 9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgzNQ/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>SEA-PAC</span></a>, hos= ting the ARRL Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, Oregon</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> June 26 - 28 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJ= nA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgzNw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-in= formz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fal= se" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;">= <span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>HAM RADIO</span></a>,= International Amateur Radio Exhibition, Friedrichshafen, Germany</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 7 - 8 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDgzOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-inf= ormz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fals= e" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><= span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Shreveport-Bossier Ham= fest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Delta Division Convention, Shreveport, Lo= uisiana</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 13 - 16 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMz= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDg0Mg/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>Northeast HamXpositi= on</span></a>, ARRL New England Division Convention, Marlborough, Massachus= etts</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 15 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTQ1NDMzJnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTQ3MDg0NA/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; 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