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Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | February 19, 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=A0FCC Requires That FRN Contact Information Be Updated W= ithin Ten Days of a Change=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A02025 ARRL Sweepstakes Icom Dream Station Winner Announ= ced at Orlando HamCation=C2=AE=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Ham Radio Helped During Hawai=E2=80=99i Severe Weather= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0POTA SOTA BOTA=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0New Book Release: Digital Networking for Ham Radio=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A03Y=C3=98K DXpedition Back on Track=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 FCC Requires That FRN Contact Information Be Updated Within Ten Days of a C= hange [https://www.fcc.gov/document/wcb-reminds-rmd-filers-new-base-forfeitures] ARRL reports that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted chang= es to its rules to require that every holder of an FCC Registration Number = (FRN) update their contact information in the CORES [ https://apps.fcc.gov/= cores/userLogin.do ] system (email and postal addresses) within ten busines= s days of a change.=20 =C2=A0=20 Because every FCC licensee=E2=80=94including amateur radio operators=E2=80= =94must have an FRN to file applications, this requirement applies to all l= icensed amateurs. FRN contact information is handled separately and apart f= rom contact information related to a license in the License Manager System = [ https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/licManager/login.jsp ] . Both records = must be kept up-to-date, and each requires a separate update. =C2=A0=20 Until now, no specific deadline existed for updating FRN or license contact= information. Instead, the amateur rules at sections 97.21 and 97.23 provid= e that a license may be suspended or revoked =E2=80=9Cif FCC correspondence= is returned as undeliverable because of an incorrect address/email.=E2=80= =9D These provisions remain in effect as well as the 10-day deadline applic= able to FRN information.=20 =C2=A0=20 If your FRN information is current and has not changed, no immediate action= is required, but you must adhere to the 10-day rule for future changes. It= is recommended to periodically check both the CORES [ https://apps.fcc.gov= /cores/userLogin.do ] and License Manager Systems [ https://wireless2.fcc.g= ov/UlsEntry/licManager/login.jsp ] to ensure contact information is accurat= e, even if no changes have occurred. =C2=A0=20 The new deadline [section 1.8002(b)(2) of the Commission=E2=80=99s Rules] b= ecame effective on February 5 as part of a proceeding that was limited to f= urther constraining robocalls. Although the proceeding focused on robocall issues, the 10-day update requi= rement applies broadly to all FRN holders. On February 6 the FCC confirmed in a Public Notice that the new deadline ap= plies to all FRN holders. The amendment replaces language adopted in 2001 that required FRN holders t= o keep their contact information up-to-date but had not imposed a deadline = for doing so. =C2=A0=20 Numerous requests for clarification from non-robocaller interests led the F= CC to issue a Public Notice on February 6 [ https://www.fcc.gov/document/wc= b-reminds-rmd-filers-new-base-forfeitures ] (see also PDF [ https://docs.fc= c.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-133A1.pdf ] ) clarifying that fines imposed = on those subject to the robocall rules for not keeping contact information = up-to-date do NOT apply to licensees such as radio amateurs, but that the 1= 0-day deadline does apply to all FRN holders. =C2=A0=20 See the following resources for updating FRN and license information. =C2=A0=20 FCC Tutorial on updating FRN information: https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/html/Update_FRN_Information.htm [ https://apps.f= cc.gov/cores/html/Update_FRN_Information.htm ]=20 =C2=A0=20 ARRL information on how to update license information: https://www.arrl.org/call-sign-renewals-or-changes [ https://www.arrl.org/c= all-sign-renewals-or-changes?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ]=20 =C2=A0=20 For assistance, call the FCC FRN Help Desk: (877) 480-3201 (available 8 AM = to 6 PM ET). [http://preppcomm.com/] 2025 ARRL Sweepstakes Icom Dream Station Winner Announced at Orlando HamCat= ion=C2=AE ARRL announced the winner of the 2025 ARRL Sweepstakes Icom=C2=AE Dream Sta= tion on Saturday, February 14, at 2026 Orlando HamCation. The announcement = was made by ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, with Icom America Senior Sa= les Manager Ray Novak, N9JA. =C2=A0=20 The ARRL Sweepstakes ran from January 3 to December 31, 2025, as the center= piece of a year-long membership drive designed to encourage new members to = join and current members to renew their support. =C2=A0=20 Congratulations to Lee Warren, KI5YDR =C2=A0=20 Roderick announced that the ARRL Sweepstakes winner is member Lee Warren, K= I5YDR, of Honolulu, Hawaii. [https://youtu.be/WkznGo0o2aA?si=3DdeDEVL4GkypoezSq] Warren earned his amateur radio license in 2022 after thinking about the va= lue of having radios available in case of a disaster. =E2=80=9CWith all the= research I was doing, I realized I might as well get my Technician license= ,=E2=80=9D he said. He upgraded to General Class in 2023 so he could operat= e KH6BB, the radio room aboard the USS Missouri museum ship in Pearl Harbor. =C2=A0=20 His first contact was with a Parks on the Air=C2=AE (POTA) operator at Lake= Mead, Nevada. Now, he=E2=80=99s learning Morse code so he can operate usin= g the keys once used by his grandfather, Thomas Lee =E2=80=9CBuddy=E2=80=9D= Dykes (SK, 2000). =C2=A0=20 Roderick and Novak congratulated Warren via Zoom from the convention floor. =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m very excited about winning the sweepstakes =E2=80=94 e= specially since I was going to renew my ARRL membership anyway,=E2=80=9D Wa= rren said. =E2=80=9CThe publications and public outreach are great, but the= real value for me is knowing that an organized, motivated group of people = are lobbying Congress to make sure we keep the airwaves free enough for the= hobby to thrive. I also appreciate Icom=E2=80=99s donation of the prize to help keep ARRL to= p of mind for my fellow hams and future licensees.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 Icom Dream Station Prize =C2=A0=20 Warren received the grand prize =E2=80=9CDream Station=E2=80=9D featuring t= he latest amateur radio equipment, generously donated by Icom America: =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0IC-7760 HF/50 MHz 200 W Transceiver =E2=80=93 Icom 60t= h Anniversary Signature Edition, which also includes a limited-edition Seik= o watch commemorating Icom=E2=80=99s anniversary =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0IC-PW2 1 kW Linear Amplifier =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0SM-50 Advanced Desktop Microphone Watch the winner announcement on YouTube [ https://youtu.be/WkznGo0o2aA?si= =3DdeDEVL4GkypoezSq ] Board of Directors Recognizes Icom America and Ray Novak =C2=A0 In recognition of the extraordinary support behind the 2025 membership driv= e, the ARRL Board of Directors formally honored Icom America Inc. and Ray N= ovak, N9JA. =C2=A0 The Board expressed its sincere gratitude for Icom=E2=80=99s donation of th= e complete amateur radio station and acknowledged Novak=E2=80=99s instrumen= tal role in making the contribution possible. The Board also noted Icom=E2= =80=99s ongoing partnership to strengthen ARRL=E2=80=99s mission and help e= nsure a vibrant future for amateur radio. [https://www.xorantennas.com/index_files/Page488.htm] Ham Radio Helped During Hawai=E2=80=99i Severe Weather [https://www.kitv.com/news/local/statewide-closures-in-hawaii-due-to-severe= -weather-threat/article_62c2653b-1e92-4ca6-9e64-45d738da4929.html] While most of the contiguous US states were experiencing severe winter weat= her over the past two weeks, Honolulu, Hawai=E2=80=99i had a different kind= of severe weather and amateur radio was ready. =C2=A0=20 On February 8 =E2=80=93 9, 2026, severe weather brought high winds, heavy r= ainfall, flash flooding, power outages, and hazardous surf conditions acros= s Honolulu and the State of Hawai=E2=80=99i. The National Weather Service p= redicted that heavy rain, flash flooding, and damaging winds would affect a= ll islands. Officials warned of possible flooding, hazardous travel, and power outages. Both Governor Josh Green and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi issued emergenc= y proclamations to mobilize resources and protect public safety. =C2=A0=20 Amateur radio operators were activated inside the Emergency Operations Cent= er (EOC) to support the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), City and = County of Honolulu [ https://www.honolulu.gov/dem/ ] . Volunteer communicat= ors operators reported in and stood ready to provide backup communications = should cellular or internet systems fail. They joined statewide HF nets at 9:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, and 4:00 PM on 7.090 = MHz (LSB) and updated and posted the ICS-205 Communications Plan on HawaiiA= RES.net [ http://hawaiiares.net/ ] for download and offline reference. =C2=A0=20 The storm hit with 70-mph winds, knocked down trees, and dumped 30 inches o= f rain and mountain snow. =C2=A0=20 Radio traffic remained light, though, as outages were quickly addressed thr= ough coordinated efforts between city and state agencies and utility partne= rs. Shelters and volunteers remained ready in case conditions worsened. Thi= s wasn=E2=80=99t a drill and amateur radio operators were prepared to move = quickly and efficiently. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CIt was encouraging to work alongside such engaged and supportive l= eadership from the department management,=E2=80=9D said Deputy RACES Progra= m Coordinator Michael Miller, KH6ML. =E2=80=9CTheir awareness of our role i= n a larger grey or black sky event ensures the Radio Amateur Civil Emergenc= y Service (RACES) remains fully integrated into emergency operations.=E2=80= =9D =C2=A0=20 Mark Kaku, KH6LT, coordinated amateur radio operations inside the EOC. =E2= =80=9COur goal is simple, be ready before we=E2=80=99re needed. We focus on= coverage, documentation, and coordination so that if primary systems fail,= we can immediately step in.=E2=80=9D [https://www.rooftowers.com/price-list/?L27] POTA SOTA BOTA [https://wwbota.net/usbota/] You have probably heard about POTA - Parks on the Air=C2=AE, and SOTA - Sum= mits on the Air. Well, now there=E2=80=99s BOTA, Bunkers on the Air!! =C2=A0=20 Officially known as WWBOTA =E2=80=94 Worldwide Bunkers on the Air =E2=80=94= it is an amateur radio activity open to amateur radio operators and shortw= ave listeners everywhere. Similar to its counterparts, radio amateurs =E2=80=98activate=E2=80=99 hist= oric bunker locations around the world with portable and mobile operations. Bunkers are fortified shelters, usually underground, used for protection ag= ainst attacks and for storage of military goods. Hunters and chasers can have QSOs with those activating stations and can co= llect special =E2=80=98bunker reference=E2=80=99 numbers. Awards for activa= ting and hunting bunkers are available but you can get involved by just mak= ing a QSO or shortwave listening. =C2=A0=20 There are 20 member countries in the BOTA program so far, with two new coun= tries added in February as membership continues to grow. USBOTA [ https://w= wbota.net/usbota/ ] joined WWBOTA on January 7, 2026. =C2=A0=20 Most bunker operations center on 40- and 20-meter SSB, but other bands are = increasingly popular, including the higher HF bands, VHF, and above. CW, FT= 8 and other modes are also popular, including SSB, FT4, RTTY, PSK, and SSTV. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CCQ Bunkers on the Air=E2=80=9D is the official calling signal and = USBOTA offers three awards: =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=A2 Activator - Lifetime Award =E2=80=A2 Activator=E2=80=99s Lifetime Bunker-to-Bunker Award (all bands)= =20 =E2=80=A2 Activator - Annual Reference Award =C2=A0=20 There will be USBOTA National Awards coming in March 2026. =C2=A0=20 A lot of history is involved with BOTA activations from inside, outside and= nearby. =C2=A0=20 For more information, visit WWBOTA =E2=80=93 Worldwide Bunkers on the Air [= https://wwbota.net/ ] . [https://ccrane.com/arrl?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter_banner&u= tm_campaign=3D2025_1&utm_content=3Dssb2] New Book Release: Digital Networking for Ham Radio [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2080295689] ARRL=E2=80=99s new book, Digital Networking for Ham Radio [ https://home.ar= rl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2080295689 ] , a practical, h= ands-on guide to designing and implementing high-speed data networks for am= ateur radio stations, is now shipping. =C2=A0=20 Written by Glen Popiel, KW5GP, the book brings together in one comprehensiv= e resource the knowledge needed to build, configure, and expand digital net= works for ham radio. From TCP/IP fundamentals to deploying mesh technologie= s such as AREDN=C2=AE, HamWAN, and Meshtastic=C2=AE, readers will find clea= r explanations and step-by-step guidance. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CWhen I began experimenting with amateur radio data networking, I r= ealized there wasn=E2=80=99t a single resource that clearly explained how i= t all works =E2=80=94 especially TCP/IP in terms the average ham could rela= te to,=E2=80=9D said Popiel. =E2=80=9CThat inspired me to create a practica= l guide to designing and implementing high-speed amateur radio networks. Since there=E2=80=99s no speed limit above 70 centimeters, operators can in= tegrate webcams, IP phones, and other networked devices. I hope this book encourages hams to explore, experiment, and enjoy networki= ng on the microwave bands.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 Digital Networking for Ham Radio [ https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Produ= ct-Details/productId/2080295689 ] covers selecting hardware, choosing netwo= rk topologies, configuring systems, and staying compliant with FCC Part 97 = rules. The book is designed for both newcomers and experienced operators wh= o want to expand their stations with resilient, high-speed networking capab= ilities. =C2=A0=20 Digital Networking for Ham Radio is now shipping. Order from the ARRL onlin= e store [ https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2080= 295689 ] or through an ARRL publication dealer [ https://www.arrl.org/arrl-= publication-dealers?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL ] . ARRL Item No. 2349, ISBN: 978-1-62595-234-9, $29.95 ARRL member pr= ice, $34.95 retail. =C2=A0=20 For additional questions or ordering, call 1-888-277-5289 toll-free in the = US, Monday through Thursday 8 AM to 7 PM and Friday 8 AM to 5 PM Eastern Ti= me. Outside the US, call (860) 594-0200. [https://surgestop.com/coaxial-arrestors/index.html] 3Y=C3=98K DXpedition Back on Track [http://www.3y0k.com] The latest DXpedition to Bouvet Island, 3Y=C3=98K, is back on track after a= 2-week delay for mechanical repairs to its ship, the Argus. Team Media Man= ager James Gallo, KB2FMH, confirmed reports from earlier this week that the= ship had arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, and was being loaded with the= expedition=E2=80=99s equipment. The team of 24 operators includes 22-year-= old Max Freedman, N4ML, an ARRL staff member. =C2=A0 In an earlier statement on the 3Y=C3=98K website, the team leadership expla= ined that =E2=80=9COur vessel requires additional maintenance to ensure it = is fully prepared for the demanding voyage to one of the most remote and ch= allenging locations on Earth.=E2=80=9D The announcement added that =E2=80= =9CWhile this delay is disappointing, the safety of our team remains our hi= ghest priority. The adjustment does not change the overall strategy of the = DXpedition, which has been carefully planned over the past three years.=E2= =80=9D =C2=A0 Gallo says the ship will head out soon and that arrival time will be weathe= r-dependent. Updates will be posted on the expedition website, www.3y0k.com= [ http://www.3y0k.com ] . Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CHam radio operators bridge UP200 communications [ https://www.uppe= rmichiganssource.com/2026/02/14/ham-radio-operators-bridge-up200-communicat= ions/ ] =E2=80=9D / WLUC (Michigan) February 14, 2026 -- 60 amateur radio o= perators monitor 15 road crossings in the UP200 - 200 mile dog sled race. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CAmateur radio station keeps Columbiana students connected [ https:= //www.morningjournalnews.com/news/local-news/2026/02/amateur-radio-station-= keeps-columbiana-students-connected/ ] =E2=80=9D / Morning Journal (Ohio) F= ebruary 19, 2026 -- The Columbiana Clippers Amateur Radio and Electronics C= lub. ARRL Live Events and Podcasts 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 Repeater Basics The On the Air podcast goes back to basics in the February 2026 episode, wh= en QST Technical Editor Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH, joins the podcast to discu= ss what repeaters are, how they work, and what you need in order to access = your local repeater. More info [ http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-podcast?utm= _source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] | Listen on Blub= rry [ https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/ ] | Also available on iTunes and Ap= ple Podcasts. [https://www.arrl.org/HOA] Announcements NCVEC Question Pool Committee Issues Revision to 2026 =E2=80=93 2030 Techni= cian Pool =C2=A0=20 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 released a February 19, 2026, revis= ion to the new 2026 =E2=80=93 2030 Technician Class question pool. Question= s drawn from that pool are valid for exams given on, or after, July 1, 2026. =C2=A0=20 The revision includes minor wording clarifications to four questions in the= pool. The revised questions are: =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0T1C01 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0T5A05 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0T7A09 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0T0A10 These updated questions have been incorporated into the published Technicia= n question pool documents and are available on the NCVEC website at www.ncv= ec.org/index.php/2026-2030-technician-question-pool [ http://www.ncvec.org/= index.php/2026-2030-technician-question-pool ] . The 2026 =E2=80=93 2030 Te= chnician question pool will be in effect from July 1, 2026, through June 30= , 2030. The current Technician Pool is only valid through June 30, 2026. =C2=A0=20 The ARRL VEC [ https://arrl.org/volunteer-examiners ] advises the amateur r= adio community to regularly check the NCVEC website at www.ncvec.org [ http= ://www.ncvec.org/ ] for updates to the question pools, which may include er= rata and withdrawn questions. The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation, Inc [ https://wwrof.org/ ] . (WW= ROF) announced that it has assumed responsibility for WRTC.info [ http://wr= tc.info/ ] , the long-standing community website dedicated to preserving th= e history of the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC). WRTC is an on-s= ite ham radio competition held every two-to-six years. Previous WRTCs have = been held in Seattle (1990), San Francisco (1996), Slovenia (2000), Finland= (2002), Brazil (2006), Russia (2010), Boston (2014), Germany (2018), and I= taly (2023). The next competition will take place this July in the United K= ingdom. WRTC event information is in many places on the internet and the website is= dedicated to collecting information from all WRTC events. =E2=80=9CThis site matters,=E2=80=9D said Doug Grant, K1DG, WWROF Vice Chai= r and Secretary of the WRTC Sanctioning Committee. =E2=80=9CWRTC.info has become the most complete public record of WRTC, how = the events were run, who participated, and how the competition has evolved. Ensuring that history is preserved accurately and responsibly is important = to the entire radiosport community, and WWROF is pleased to help provide co= ntinuity for that work.=E2=80=9D In Brief... Join the GERATOL Net special event celebrating over 55 years of service. St= ation N1KL in Wheelwright, Massachusetts, will be in operation every evenin= g March 3 - 14, 2026, 0001Z-2359Z, on the net frequency of 3.668 MHz. A QSL= card will be available. The GERATOL Net is a Worked All States (WAS) net for Extra Class operators. Its purpose is to help amateur radio operators obtain the award affectionat= ely known as the Unbelievable Operating Achievement Award, which is a varia= tion of the ARRL WAS Award for working all 50 US states with hams holding t= wo-letter Extra Class call signs on 75 meters. More information is availabl= e at geratol.net [ http://geratol.net/ ] . 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. 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Regions 4375 and 4377 were largely unchanged in area and co= mplexity. =C2=A0 A large filament eruption beyond the southwest limb was seen in SDO and SUV= I imagery starting approximately February 18. It was associated with a Type= II radio sweep that began on February 18 with an estimated shock velocity = of 310 km/s. The eruption was first visible in coronagraph imagery on Febru= ary 18 but initial analysis indicates no Earth-directed component. Solar ac= tivity is forecast to be at low levels, with a slight chance for M-class (R= 1-R2/minor-moderate) flares through February 20. =C2=A0 Solar wind parameters continued to reflect the waning influence of a positi= ve polarity coronal hole high-speed stream (+ CH HSS). Solar wind speed fol= lowed a general declining trend, decreasing from an initial peak near 600 k= m/s to approximately 500 km/s by the end of the reporting period. The solar= wind environment is expected to remain enhanced through February 20 due to= continued but weakening CH HSS influences.=20 =C2=A0 The 10.7-centimeter flux: February 19 =E2=80=93 20, 110; February 21, 105: = February 22,120; February 23, 130; February 24, 135; February 15, 130. =C2=A0 Predicted sunspots: February 19, 120; February 20, 116; February 21, 125; F= ebruary 22, 112; February 23, 131; February 24, 108; February 25, 135.=20 =C2=A0 For more information concerning radio propagation, visit [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/technical-information-service?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmai= l&utm_campaign=3DARRL&_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DTltC3&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medi= um=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] the ARRL Technical Information Service, re= ad A Quick Guide to HF Propagation Using Solar Indices [ https://www.qsl.ne= t/4x4xm/Propagation/HF-Propagation-Solar-Indices.htm ] , and check out [ ht= tps://k9la.us/ ] the Propagation Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. =C2=A0=20 For customizable propagation charts, visit the VOACAP Online for Ham Radio = website [ https://www.voacap.com/ ] . [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2070343778] Just Ahead in Radiosport =E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 19 - 20 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 21 - 22 -- ARRL International DX Contest [ ht= tps://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_camp= aign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] (= CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 21 - 22 -- REF Contest SSB (phone) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 21 - 22 -- South Carolina QSO Party (CW, phon= e, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 21 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 22 -- World Wide Argentina DX Contest (CW, ph= one, digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 22 -- High Speed Club CW Contest (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 23 -- RSGB FT4 Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 25 -- SKCC Sprint (CW) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 25 -- UKEICC 80m Contest (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 27 - March 1 -- CQ 160-Meter Contest SSB (pho= ne)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 28 - March 1 -- UBA DX Contest (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 28 - March 1 -- North American QSO Party RTTY= [ vhttps://contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=3D263 ] (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 28 - March 1 -- NA Collegiate Championship RT= TY (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 1 -- NSARA Contest (CW, phone, digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 1 - 2 --North Carolina QSO Party (CW, phone, dig= ital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 3 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 3 -- AGCW YL-CW Party (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0March 4 -- UKEICC 80m Contest (phone) Remember to visit the ARRL Contest Calendar [ https://www.arrl.org/contest-= calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DgeQ73&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL%20website%20amateur%20radio%20&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_m= edium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&u= tm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DA= RRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaig&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_camp= aign=3DARRL ] for more events and information. Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions =E2=80=A2=C2=A0February 20 - 21 | Greater Houston HamFest [ https://www.arr= l.org/hamfests/greater-houston-hamfest-arrl-texas-state-convention-2?utm_so= urce=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 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0April 18 | Delmarva Amateur Radio and Electronics Expo= [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/delmarva-amateur-radio-and-electronics-exp= o-arrl-delaware-state-convention-1?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Delaware State Convention 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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line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5Mg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/fcc-logo-black-20= 20-large.jpg?cb=3D538391" border=3D"0" height=3D"210" width=3D"250" align= =3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-w= idth: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "> </a></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A5750AC87-BA3D-2B68-CD0B-158515EF6172" = 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;"> ARRL reports that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted chang= es to its rules to require that every holder of an FCC Registration Number = (FRN) update their contact information in the <a href=3D"https://arrl.infor= mz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5Mw/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>CORES</span></a> system (email and postal addresses) within ten business days of a change. </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;"> Because every FCC licensee=E2=80=94including amateur radio operators=E2=80= =94must have an FRN to file applications, this requirement applies to all l= icensed amateurs. FRN contact information is handled separately and apart f= rom contact information related to a license in the <a href=3D"https://arrl= =2Einformz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5NA= /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-wei= ght: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-= preserver" style>License Manager System</span></a>. Both records must be ke= pt up-to-date, and each requires a separate update.</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;"> Until now, no specific deadline existed for updating FRN or license contact= information. Instead, the amateur rules at sections 97.21 and 97.23 provide that a licen= se may be suspended or revoked =E2=80=9Cif FCC correspondence is returned a= s undeliverable because of an incorrect address/email.=E2=80=9D These provi= sions remain in effect as well as the 10-day deadline applicable to FRN inf= ormation. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> If your FRN information is current and has not changed, no immediate action= is required, but you must adhere to the 10-day rule for future changes. It= is recommended to periodically check both the <a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5Mw/index.= html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name d= ata-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: in= herit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserv= er" style>CORES</span></a> and <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyM= DUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5NA/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>License Manager Systems</span>= </a> to ensure contact information is accurate, even if no changes have occurred= =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;"> The new deadline [section 1.8002(b)(2) of the Commission=E2=80=99s Rules] b= ecame effective on February 5 as part of a proceeding that was limited to f= urther constraining robocalls. Although the proceeding focused on robocall issues, the 10-day update requi= rement applies broadly to all FRN holders. On February 6 the FCC confirmed in a Public Notice that the new deadline ap= plies to all FRN holders. The amendment replaces language adopted in 2001 that required FRN holders t= o keep their contact information up-to-date but had not imposed a deadline = for doing so. </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;"> Numerous requests for clarification from non-robocaller interests led the F= CC to issue a <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA= 9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5Mg/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>Public Notice on Februa= ry 6</span></a> (<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5NQ/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>see also PDF</span></a>) clarifying = that fines imposed on those subject to the robocall rules for not keeping c= ontact information up-to-date do NOT apply to licensees such as radio amate= urs, but that the 10-day deadline does apply to all FRN holders.</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;"> See the following resources for updating FRN and license information.</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;"> FCC Tutorial on updating FRN information:</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5Ng/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-li= nk=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" styl= e=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span cl= ass=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/ht= ml/Update_FRN_Information.htm</span></a></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL information on how to update license information:</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5Nw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-li= nk=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" styl= e=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span cl= ass=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>https://www.arrl.org/call-sig= n-renewals-or-changes</span></a></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>For assistance, call the FCC FRN Help Desk:</strong> (877) 480-3201= (available 8 AM to 6 PM ET).</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; 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5OA/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/Morse%20Nexus%204= 68x200.png?cb=3D270" border=3D"0" height=3D"201" width=3D"468" align=3D"cen= ter" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !importan= t; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A54796E99-9840-48AD-AA89-3A9BF288B698" = 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 A04CC7B5D-3351-78AB-EC79-7BCE3B533E14" = 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_A04CC7B5D"></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">2025 ARRL Sweepstakes Icom Dream Station Winner A= nnounced at Orlando HamCation=C2=AE</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AB48A66E8-1561-A6C4-5A00-4AED1DEB3DFA" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL announced the winner of the 2025 ARRL Sweepstakes Icom<sup>=C2=AE</sup= > Dream Station on Saturday, February 14, at 2026 Orlando HamCation. The an= nouncement was made by ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, with Icom Americ= a Senior Sales Manager Ray Novak, N9JA.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font= -family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weigh= t: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: = left;"> &nbsp; </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Cali= bri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px;= margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The ARRL Sweepstakes ran from January 3 to December 31, 2025, as the center= piece of a year-long membership drive designed to encourage new members to = join and current members to renew their support.</p><p style=3D"color: #000= 000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; f= ont-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; tex= t-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Cali= bri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px;= margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Congratulations to Lee Warren, KI5YDR</strong></p><p style=3D"color= : #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: = 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: = 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Cali= bri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px;= margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Roderick announced that the ARRL Sweepstakes winner is member Lee Warren, K= I5YDR, of Honolulu, Hawaii.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Ca= libri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; l= ine-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A031A505F= -00D7-FC61-9B18-D5604B49EE2D" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"= border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-r= space: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5OQ/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-2.png?cb= =3D216330" border=3D"0" height=3D"212" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style= =3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-al= ign: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption A031A505F-00D7-FC61-9B18-D5604B4= 9EE2D" 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;">ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR (middle), with Ico= m America Senior Sales Manager Ray Novak, N9JA (left), announced that the s= weepstakes was won by member Lee Warren, KI5YDR (right), of Honolulu, Hawai= i.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></tab= le> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A945F73F9-3E8D-C82E-0FD4-6C91DA5FC533" = 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: 9px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5px; margin-bott= om: 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;"> Warren earned his amateur radio license in 2022 after thinking about the va= lue of having radios available in case of a disaster. =E2=80=9CWith all the research I was doing, I realized I might as well get = my Technician license,=E2=80=9D he said. He upgraded to General Class in 20= 23 so he could operate KH6BB, the radio room aboard the <em>USS Missouri</e= m> museum ship in Pearl Harbor.</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;"> His first contact was with a Parks on the Air<sup>=C2=AE</sup> (POTA) opera= tor at Lake Mead, Nevada. Now, he=E2=80=99s learning Morse code so he can operate using the keys once= used by his grandfather, Thomas Lee =E2=80=9CBuddy=E2=80=9D Dykes (SK, 200= 0).</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;"> Roderick and Novak congratulated Warren via Zoom from the convention floor. =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m very excited about winning the sweepstakes =E2=80=94 e= specially since I was going to renew my ARRL membership anyway,=E2=80=9D Wa= rren said. =E2=80=9CThe publications and public outreach are great, but the= real value for me is knowing that an organized, motivated group of people = are lobbying Congress to make sure we keep the airwaves free enough for the= hobby to thrive. I also appreciate Icom=E2=80=99s donation of the prize to help keep ARRL to= p of mind for my fellow hams and future licensees.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Icom Dream Station Prize</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;"> Warren received the grand prize =E2=80=9CDream Station=E2=80=9D featuring t= he latest amateur radio equipment, generously donated by Icom America:</p> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regula= r', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height:= 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align= : left;"> IC-7760 HF/50 MHz 200 W Transceiver =E2=80=93 Icom 60th Anniversary Signatu= re Edition, which also includes a limited-edition Seiko watch commemorating= Icom=E2=80=99s anniversary</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> IC-PW2 1 kW Linear Amplifier</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> SM-50 Advanced Desktop Microphone</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;"> <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTA5OQ/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>Watch the winner announcement= on YouTube</span></a></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A1DFFB50A-201C-D37A-379C-43E2B9C5CC92"= 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/app.png?cb=3D1825= 44" border=3D"0" height=3D"354" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"hei= ght: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: ce= nter; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption A1DFFB50A-201C-D37A-379C-43E2B9C= 5CC92" 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;"> The winner, Lee Warren, KI5YDR, received a complete ham radio station featu= ring a limited-edition IC-7760 HF/50 MHz transceiver, IC-PW2 amplifier, des= ktop microphone, and a special Icom 60th Anniversary Seiko watch -- all gen= erously donated by Icom America.</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AE3CAB4F7-A596-41A5-BFE8= -D288F23A49A8" 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 A7FC9AF5D-927A-CC9E-A149-0DA9A4D84790' 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/250.jpg?cb=3D863399' border=3D'0' height=3D'205' width=3D'250' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 10px 10px;"> <table width=3D'250' class=3D'imagecaption A7FC9AF5D-927A-CC9E-A149-0DA9A4D84790' 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 CEO David Minster, N= A2AA (left), presented recognition awards to Icom America Inc. and Senior S= ales Manager Ray Novak, N9JA, for their generous support of ARRL, including= the 2025 ARRL Membership Drive. The presentation was made at the 2025 Hunt= sville Hamfest in August.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr>= </table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A7FC9AF5D-927A-CC9E-A149-0DA9A4D84790" 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/250.jpg?cb=3D863399" border=3D"0" = height=3D"205" width=3D"250" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !importa= nt; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; = text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> <div style=3D"padding:0px 0px 10px 10px;" class><table width=3D"250" class= =3D"imagecaption A7FC9AF5D-927A-CC9E-A149-0DA9A4D84790" 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 CEO David Minster, NA2AA (left), presented recognition awards to Icom = America Inc. and Senior Sales Manager Ray Novak, N9JA, for their generous s= upport of ARRL, including the 2025 ARRL Membership Drive. The presentation = was made at the 2025 Huntsville Hamfest in August.</p></td></tr></table></t= d></tr></table></td></tr></table></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A0ABB3698-7F3E-0440-5839-881344C23FAB" = 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>Board of Directors Recognizes Icom America and Ray Novak</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;"> In recognition of the extraordinary support behind the 2025 membership driv= e, the ARRL Board of Directors formally honored Icom America Inc. and Ray N= ovak, N9JA.</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 Board expressed its sincere gratitude for Icom=E2=80=99s donation of th= e complete amateur radio station and acknowledged Novak=E2=80=99s instrumen= tal role in making the contribution possible. The Board also noted Icom=E2= =80=99s ongoing partnership to strengthen ARRL=E2=80=99s mission and help e= nsure a vibrant future for amateur radio.</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;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A7C8132B4-59A= 5-E459-F5EB-99DEE8774114" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwMA/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/XOR%20ARRL%20Lett= er%20Dipole%20Ad%20REV3%201-27-26%20486x200.jpg?cb=3D999198" border=3D"0" h= eight=3D"200" width=3D"486" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !importa= nt; 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 A7663AA4F-A22A-5695-C278-E240A7311DD1" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AC4769A50-EDB1-977D-E5B8-07C6DEC41EAF" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_AC4769A50"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Ham Radio Help= ed During Hawai=E2=80=99i Severe Weather</span></strong></p></td></tr></tab= le><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A380260B7-F6C4-1DA7-C= 552-396FC200E652" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none= ; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border= -right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0p= t;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A5087E8AB-F929-6B27-4323-672B0E035662' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 10px 10px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwMQ/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/RACES-logo-300.png?cb=3D68= 607' border=3D'0' height=3D'250' width=3D'250' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; 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font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> While most of the contiguous US states were experiencing severe winter weat= her over the past two weeks, Honolulu, Hawai=E2=80=99i had a different kind= of severe weather and amateur radio was ready.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> On February 8 =E2=80=93 9, 2026, severe weather brought high winds, heavy r= ainfall, flash flooding, power outages, and hazardous surf conditions acros= s Honolulu and the State of Hawai=E2=80=99i. The National Weather Service p= redicted that heavy rain, flash flooding, and damaging winds would affect a= ll islands. Officials warned of possible flooding, hazardous travel, and power outages. Both Governor Josh Green and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi issued emergenc= y proclamations to mobilize resources and protect public safety.</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;"> Amateur radio operators were activated inside the Emergency Operations Cent= er (EOC) to support the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zN= TU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwMg/index.html" target=3D"_blank"= data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-trac= k=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration:= none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Department of= Emergency Management (DEM), City and County of Honolulu</span></a>. Volunt= eer communicators operators reported in and stood ready to provide backup c= ommunications should cellular or internet systems fail. They joined statewi= de HF nets at 9:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, and 4:00 PM on 7.090 MHz (LSB) and updat= ed and posted the ICS-205 Communications Plan on <strong><a href=3D"https:/= /arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE= wMw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-l= ink-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-= weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-col= or-preserver" style>HawaiiARES.net</span></a></strong> for download and off= line reference.</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 storm hit with 70-mph winds, knocked down trees, and dumped 30 inches o= f rain and mountain snow.</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;"> Radio traffic remained light, though, as outages were quickly addressed thr= ough coordinated efforts between city and state agencies and utility partne= rs. Shelters and volunteers remained ready in case conditions worsened. This wasn=E2=80=99t a drill and amateur radio operators were prepared to mo= ve quickly and efficiently.</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=9CIt was encouraging to work alongside such engaged and supportive l= eadership from the department management,=E2=80=9D said Deputy RACES Progra= m Coordinator Michael Miller, KH6ML. =E2=80=9CTheir awareness of our role i= n a larger grey or black sky event ensures the Radio Amateur Civil Emergenc= y Service (RACES) remains fully integrated into emergency operations.=E2=80= =9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Mark Kaku, KH6LT, coordinated amateur radio operations inside the EOC. =E2=80=9COur goal is simple, be ready before we=E2=80=99re needed. We focus= on coverage, documentation, and coordination so that if primary systems fa= il, we can immediately step in.=E2=80=9D</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 A4A1F7E2B-CA5= C-D0AD-EF08-D41FADFFF796" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwNA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL-Feb26-FlashS= ale-2th.jpg?cb=3D928006" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"468" align=3D= "center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A0800FAD2-737B-C353-76FF-DE2BA4915241" = 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 A1D34C25F-12C1-3AA5-FC94-30C36046350B" = 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_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">POTA SOTA BOTA= </span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"1= 00%" class=3D"A7C8D53E5-300B-10FC-4594-5FCA367735F7" cellpadding=3D"0" cell= spacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: = collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-tabl= e-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image ACC029CEC-F5FE-BFCF-694D-0A3CECB35235' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 10px 10px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwNQ/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/Screenshot 2026-02-19 at 8= =2E03.30=E2=80=AFAM.png?cb=3D302911' border=3D'0' height=3D'232' width=3D'250' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /> </a></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image ACC029CEC-F5FE-BFCF-694D-0A3CECB35235" style=3D"float:r= ight;"> <div style=3D"padding:5px 0px 10px 10px; line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwNQ/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/Screenshot%202026= -02-19%20at%208.03.30%20AM.png?cb=3D302911" border=3D"0" height=3D"232" wid= th=3D"250" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; = margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: right;= width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text ACC70CB1B-1DBC-4FE3-77C9-49CF2561C8E2" = 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;"> You have probably heard about POTA - Parks on the Air<sup>=C2=AE</sup>, and= SOTA - Summits on the Air. Well, now there=E2=80=99s BOTA, Bunkers on the = Air!!</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 known as WWBOTA =E2=80=94 Worldwide Bunkers on the Air =E2=80=94= it is an amateur radio activity open to amateur radio operators and shortw= ave listeners everywhere. Similar to its counterparts, radio amateurs =E2=80=98activate=E2=80=99 hist= oric bunker locations around the world with portable and mobile operations. Bunkers are fortified shelters, usually underground, used for protection ag= ainst attacks and for storage of military goods. Hunters and chasers can have QSOs with those activating stations and can co= llect special =E2=80=98bunker reference=E2=80=99 numbers. Awards for activa= ting and hunting bunkers are available but you can get involved by just mak= ing a QSO or shortwave listening. </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 are 20 member countries in the BOTA program so far, with two new coun= tries added in February as membership continues to grow. <a href=3D"https:/= /arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE= wNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-l= ink-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-= weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-col= or-preserver" style>USBOTA</span></a> joined WWBOTA on January 7, 2026.</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;"> Most bunker operations center on 40- and 20-meter SSB, but other bands are = increasingly popular, including the higher HF bands, VHF, and above. CW, FT8 and other modes are also popular, including SSB, FT4, RTTY, PSK, an= d SSTV.</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=9CCQ Bunkers on the Air=E2=80=9D is the official calling signal and = USBOTA offers three awards:</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=A2 Activator - Lifetime Award</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=A2 Activator=E2=80=99s Lifetime Bunker-to-Bunker Award (all bands) <= /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=A2 Activator - Annual Reference Award</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <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 will be USBOTA National Awards coming in March 2026.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> A lot of history is involved with BOTA activations from inside, outside and= nearby.</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, visit <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9ta= T0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwNg/index.html" target=3D"_bl= ank" 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-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 new book, <em><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9t= aT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEwOA/index.html" target=3D"_b= lank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not= -track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decora= tion: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Digital = Networking for Ham Radio</span></a></em>, a practical, hands-on guide to de= signing and implementing high-speed data networks for amateur radio station= s, is now shipping.</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;"> Written by Glen Popiel, KW5GP, the book brings together in one comprehensiv= e resource the knowledge needed to build, configure, and expand digital net= works for ham radio. =46rom TCP/IP fundamentals to deploying mesh technologies such as AREDN<sup= >=C2=AE</sup>, HamWAN, and Meshtastic<sup>=C2=AE</sup>, readers will find c= lear explanations and step-by-step guidance.</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=9CWhen I began experimenting with amateur radio data networking, I r= ealized there wasn=E2=80=99t a single resource that clearly explained how i= t all works =E2=80=94 especially TCP/IP in terms the average ham could rela= te to,=E2=80=9D said Popiel. =E2=80=9CThat inspired me to create a practica= l guide to designing and implementing high-speed amateur radio networks. 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Team Media Man= ager James Gallo, KB2FMH, confirmed reports from earlier this week that the= ship had arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, and was being loaded with the= expedition=E2=80=99s equipment. The team of 24 operators includes 22-year-= old Max Freedman, N4ML, an ARRL staff member.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> In an earlier statement on the 3Y=C3=98K website, the team leadership expla= ined that =E2=80=9COur vessel requires additional maintenance to ensure it = is fully prepared for the demanding voyage to one of the most remote and ch= allenging locations on Earth.=E2=80=9D The announcement added that =E2=80= =9CWhile this delay is disappointing, the safety of our team remains our hi= ghest priority. The adjustment does not change the overall strategy of the = DXpedition, which has been carefully planned over the past three years.=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;"> Gallo says the ship will head out soon and that arrival time will be weathe= r-dependent. Updates will be posted on the expedition website, <strong><a h= ref=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyN= SZsaT00MTY2NTExMQ/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>www.3y0k.com</span></a></strong>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6483C1F9-D27A-3BD4-063C-2F5A0DF0993A" = 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_A6483C1F9"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color= " style=3D"color:#c00000">Announcements</span></strong></p></td></tr></tabl= e> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A706B4537-E6D3-2353-E4C5-4E6E6DD9019C" = 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>NCVEC Question Pool Committee Issues Revision to 2026 =E2=80=93 203= 0 Technician Pool</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 National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (<a href=3D"http= s://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2= NTEyMA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZs= aT00MTY2NTEyMQ/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 released a February 19, = 2026, revision to the new 2026 =E2=80=93 2030 Technician Class question poo= l. Questions drawn from that pool are valid for exams given on, or after, July= 1, 2026.</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 revision includes minor wording clarifications to four questions in the= pool. The revised questions are:</p> <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;"> T1C01</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> T5A05</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> T7A09</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> T0A10</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;"> These updated questions have been incorporated into the published Technicia= n question pool documents and are available on the NCVEC website at <strong= ><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEyMg/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>www.ncvec.org/index.php/2026-2030-te= chnician-question-pool</span></a></strong>. The 2026 =E2=80=93 2030 Technic= ian question pool will be in effect from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 203= 0. 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(WWROF) announced that it has assumed respons= ibility for <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEyNg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-inform= z-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" = style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><spa= n class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>WRTC.info</span></a>, the= long-standing community website dedicated to preserving the history of the= World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC)</strong>. WRTC is an on-site ham= radio competition held every two-to-six years. Previous WRTCs have been he= ld in Seattle (1990), San Francisco (1996), Slovenia (2000), Finland (2002)= , Brazil (2006), Russia (2010), Boston (2014), Germany (2018), and Italy (2= 023). The next competition will take place this July in the United Kingdom. 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Ensuring that history is preserved accurately and responsibly is important = to the entire radiosport community, and WWROF is pleased to help provide co= ntinuity for that work.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text 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>Join the GERATOL Net special event celebrating over 55 years of ser= vice</strong>. Station N1KL in Wheelwright, Massachusetts, will be in opera= tion every evening March 3 - 14, 2026, 0001Z-2359Z, on the net frequency of= 3.668 MHz. A QSL card will be available. The GERATOL Net is a Worked All S= tates (WAS) net for Extra Class operators. Its purpose is to help amateur r= adio operators obtain the award affectionately known as the Unbelievable Op= erating Achievement Award, which is a variation of the ARRL WAS Award for w= orking all 50 US states with hams holding two-letter Extra Class call signs= on 75 meters. 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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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEzNQ/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 dis inage 2-19-26.jpg?cb=3D661945' border=3D'0' height=3D'250' width=3D'250' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; 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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 19, 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 19, 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 returned to low levels this past week. The strongest event of the period was a C1.8 flare on February 17 from regi= on 4374. This region was also responsible for a C1.4 flare on February 18. = The only other flare of note was a C1.1 flare on February 17 from an unnumb= ered plage region near S05E85. Region 4374 exhibited minor decay through th= e dissipation of its trailing spots. Regions 4375 and 4377 were largely unchanged in area and complexity.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> A large filament eruption beyond the southwest limb was seen in SDO and SUV= I imagery starting approximately February 18. It was associated with a Type= II radio sweep that began on February 18 with an estimated shock velocity = of 310 km/s. The eruption was first visible in coronagraph imagery on Febru= ary 18 but initial analysis indicates no Earth-directed component. Solar ac= tivity is forecast to be at low levels, with a slight chance for M-class (R= 1-R2/minor-moderate) flares through February 20.</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 continued to reflect the waning influence of a positi= ve polarity coronal hole high-speed stream (+ CH HSS). Solar wind speed fol= lowed a general declining trend, decreasing from an initial peak near 600 k= m/s to approximately 500 km/s by the end of the reporting period. The solar wind environment is expected to remain enhanced through February = 20 due to continued but weakening CH HSS influences. </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 19 =E2=80=93 20, 110; February 21, 105: = February 22,120; February 23, 130; February 24, 135; February 15, 130.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Predicted sunspots: February 19, 120; February 20, 116; February 21, 125; F= ebruary 22, 112; February 23, 131; February 24, 108; February 25, 135. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For more information concerning radio propagation, <a href=3D"https://arrl.= informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEzNQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEzNg/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUy= OTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEzNw/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTEzOA/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: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE9A4991A-E5DE-F782-3E5A-90DC954F06AC" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_AE9A4991A"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color= " style=3D"color:#c00000">Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions= </span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A7EB4418C-3281-AD39-AEED-40DC823D5D7C" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regula= r', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height:= 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align= : left;"> February 20 - 21 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MD= A2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE0Mw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data= -informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"= false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none= ;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Greater Houston Ha= mFest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Texas State Convention, Rosenberg, Texas= </li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> February 27 - 28 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MD= A2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE0NA/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 Southwestern = Division Convention</span></a>, Yuma Arizona</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> February 28 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2Jn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE0NQ/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>HAM-CON</span></a>, AR= RL Vermont State Convention, Colchester, Vermont</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> March 6 - 7 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA= 9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE0Ng/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>BirmingHAMfest</span></= a>, hosting the ARRL Alabama Section Convention, Trussville, Alabama</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> March 15 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE0Nw/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>WINTERFEST 2026 - The Nati= onal Capital Area Ham Radio Fair</span></a>, ARRL Virginia State Convention= , Vienna, Virginia</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> March 21 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE0OA/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>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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE0OQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE1MA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2J= nA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE1MQ/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> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> April 18 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE1Mg/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>Delmarva Amateur Radio and= Electronics Expo</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Delaware State Convention</l= i> </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= U3MDA2JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE1Mw/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 Hamfest a= nd Convention</span></a> Database to find events in your area.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A2CE02ABE-8F61-00B5-6F44-10989C08BC65" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;">= <span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>HamSCI 2026</span></a> Workshop, hosted by ARRL in New Britain &amp; Newington, Connecticut</li> <li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> April 4 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2JnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE1NQ/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 class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> May 15 - 17 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU3MDA2Jn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00MTY2NTE1Ng/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; 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