[From nobody Thu Jul 23 19:33:29 2026 Return-Path: <nde_3192464671.2@informz.net> Delivered-To: n0nb@n0nb.us Received: from www11.qth.com by merlin.lan with POP3 (fetchmail-6.4.39) for <nate@localhost> (single-drop); Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:08:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from www11.qth.com by www11.qth.com with LMTP id WH1DOnRmYmqgMSUAyA/1RA (envelope-from <nde_3192464671.2@informz.net>) for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:07:32 -0500 Return-path: <nde_3192464671.2@informz.net> Envelope-to: n0nb@n0nb.us Delivery-date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:07:32 -0500 Received: from mail.40.61.informz.net ([205.201.40.61]:63144) by www11.qth.com with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from <nde_3192464671.2@informz.net>) id 1wmylY-0000000AE6T-2fsi for n0nb@n0nb.us; Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:07:32 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=s02a; d=arrl.org; h=Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Message-ID:List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Content-Type; i=memberlist@arrl.org; bh=ioMxcYCzTtbAIrJxKj4haZrwZQnKgCq0ALo0rMcRugQ=; b=AfO4wsEJqx0K3/JFeezXY24AKHV04RRnRJab7XPR6vYSPHgT/QXyfgh0tc0XEJ78S0wI+/WWuaXO qnfhVpzfZ9xvmPboygZCQtN2oE8y3hNIUXSV+Dezt5icsF0fh/13tkkDeTd9ofEhc2e0MroUp1Td OvFW9ZBtkx+ZQAq4SQo= Received: by mail.40.61.informz.net id hc9j783colgq for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:07:31 -0400 (envelope-from <nde_3192464671.2@informz.net>) X-Receiver: <n0nb@n0nb.us> X-Sender: <nde_3192464671.2@informz.net> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:06:24 -0000 From: "ARRL Letter" <memberlist@arrl.org> Reply-To: memberlist@arrl.org Subject: The ARRL Letter for July 23, 2026 To: n0nb@n0nb.us Message-ID: <3192464671.2@informz.net> List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click List-Unsubscribe: <https://arrl.informz.net/informzdataservice/mailing/listheaderunsub?email=n0nb@n0nb.us&mailingInstance=3686499&brandId=2350> Feedback-ID: 2350:3686499:205.201.40.61:informz.net X-DKIM-Options: s=s02a;d=arrl.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="103607MTAzNjA3n0nbATn0nb.usMTAzNjA3" Content-Disposition: inline --103607MTAzNjA3n0nbATn0nb.usMTAzNjA3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable view this email in your browser [ https://arrl.informz.net/InformzDataServi= ce/OnlineVersion/Individual?mailingInstanceId=3D3686499&subscriberId=3D5205= 29725 ] The ARRL Letter John E. Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | July 23, 2026 ARRL Home Page http://www.arrl.org ARRL Audio News http://arrl.org/arrl-audio-news ARRL Letter Archive https://www.arrl.org/arrlletter [https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/amateur/?utm_source=3DQR&utm_medium=3DB= anner&utm_campaign=3DYearoftheClub&utm_id=3DARRL2026] In this Issue: =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0AHOY! Amateur Radio at the Locks=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0New ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0DXer and DXpeditioner Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, Silent Key= =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 ARRL Conventions and Major Events Register now for the 2026 ARRL National Convention hosted by the Huntsville= Hamfest, August 21 - 23. =C2=A0=20 NEW: Agendas for ARRL Training Tracks are available [ https://www.arrl.org/= files/file/Hamfest/ARRL%20National%20Convention%20at%202026%20Huntsville%20= Hamfest/2026%20ARRL%20National%20Convention%20Training%20Tracks.pdf?utm_sou= rce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] (PDF).=20 =C2=A0=20 Step 1 Register for the National Convention Program on Friday, August 21. Register Now [ https://pci.jotform.com/form/261474771890164 ]=20 =C2=A0=20 Step 2 Get your Huntsville Hamfest tickets for Saturday & Sunday, August 22 =E2=80= =93 23. Hamfest Tickets [ https://hamfest.org/ ] AHOY! Amateur Radio at the Locks Soo Locks Engineers Day was held on June 25, 2026, at the locks in Sault St= e. Marie, Michigan, and amateur radio was woven into it. =C2=A0=20 The event is the annual celebration of engineering marvels, maritime herita= ge, and community spirit at one of the world=E2=80=99s busiest lock systems= =2E Michigan=E2=80=99s amateur radio operators were on air with special eve= nt station W8S to showcase ham radio to visitors from across the region, bu= t hams also played a public service role. =C2=A0=20 Led by Auxiliary Communicator (AUXC) and Amateur Radio Emergency Service=C2= =AE (ARES=C2=AE) volunteers from Chippewa, Luce, and Delta Counties, plus h= ams from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the team delivered strong communication= s support throughout the day. Three staffers from the National Weather Serv= ice Office in Gaylord, Michigan, attended and helped provide a great traini= ng opportunity while demonstrating how agencies can work together at these = types of events. =C2=A0=20 Setup began early on June 25, with full operations running from an early-mo= rning briefing through late-afternoon shutdown. Hams also managed radio dis= tributions, MyMich Hospital trailer operations, Michigan State Police Comma= nd Vehicle rotations, reliable links using local repeaters, the county simp= lex frequency 146.54, a mix of VHF and HF, and even a mini Starlink deploym= ent for backup connectivity. Key highlights from the field included smooth setup and testing of radios, = coordinated personnel movements between the special events tent, command ve= hicles, and hospital trailer, and strong participation from both experience= d AUXC operators and eager newcomers. =C2=A0=20 The Eastern Upper Peninsula Amateur Radio Club [ https://www.facebook.com/E= UPARCLUB/ ] , an ARRL Affiliated Club, operated W8S and gave the public a f= irsthand look at amateur radio in action, connecting with hams worldwide wh= ile highlighting how the hobby supports community events and emergency prep= aredness. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CThis annual tradition continues to build strong partnerships betwe= en local clubs, AUXC teams, and event organizers including the U.S. Army Co= rps of Engineers,=E2=80=9D said Bob Sterner, KB=C3=98BS, ARRL Chippewa Coun= ty Emergency Coordinator. =C2=A0=20 Volunteers who were instrumental in making the event happen included: Cody = Ames, KJ7SYX; Robert Donaldson, W8SSM; Dave Erickson, W9TRC; Kay Erickson, = N8=C3=98FF; Brent MacMillan, K8OTL/VE3=C3=98TL; Tanya Procknow, W8TON; Lou = Stempek, N8L=C3=98U; Bob Sterner, KB=C3=98BS; Roger VanDamme, KB8PLR; and m= any more from both sides of the border. [https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/] New ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award ARRL has introduced the new 10-Band DXCC Award plaque, recognizing radio am= ateurs who have achieved DXCC on all ten HF amateur bands from 160 through = 6 meters. =C2=A0=20 The new award celebrates the accomplishment of having confirmed at least 10= 0 DXCC entities on each of the following bands: 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15= , 12, 10, and 6 meters (excludes 60 meters). Eligibility is based on the to= tal QSLs reflected in your ARRL Logbook of The World=C2=AE (LoTW=C2=AE [ ht= tps://lotw.arrl.org/ ] ) account. No additional contacts are required beyon= d those needed to qualify for DXCC on each individual band. If your DXCC credits are not already visible in LoTW, you must first link y= our DXCC and LoTW profiles by requesting a credit merge from the ARRL Award= s Desk. =C2=A0=20 Applicants simply complete and submit a DXCC Item Order Form to order the 1= 0-Band DXCC plaque after self-verifying the qualification requirements in L= oTW. Complete details are available at www.arrl.org/10-band-dxcc [ https://= www.arrl.org/10-band-dxcc?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campa= ign=3DARRL ] . =C2=A0=20 The 10-Band DXCC Award challenges participants in the DXCC program to estab= lish station capabilities and operator skills for dealing with myriad band = conditions in pursuing DXCC across all 10 bands. "Completing DXCC on every = HF band is an extraordinary achievement that reflects dedication, skill, an= d years of commitment to amateur radio," said ARRL Radiosport and Regulator= y Affairs Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ. =C2=A0=20 During last week=E2=80=99s ARRL Board of Directors meeting, Second Vice Pre= sident Rick Niswander, K7GM, learned that he is among the few Board members= who qualify for the new award. =E2=80=9CI never set out to earn an award l= ike this,=E2=80=9D said Niswander. =E2=80=9CI simply enjoy the challenge of= working DX, no matter the band. Perseverance can result in an accomplishme= nt that represents years of operating.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 Like the 5-Band DXCC plaque, the new 10-Band DXCC plaque comes as a handsom= e wooden frame with a ceramic, blue-embellished tile inlay. The plaque is U= SD $95 plus shipping and handling. =C2=A0=20 The new award complements ARRL's family of DXCC recognitions, which celebra= te accomplishments by band, mode, and overall DXCC totals. =C2=A0=20 More information about eligibility and award ordering is available on the A= RRL 10-Band DXCC Award web page [ https://www.arrl.org/10-band-dxcc?utm_sou= rce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . =C2=A0=20 Last year, ARRL introduced the DXCC Trident Award [ https://www.arrl.org/dx= cc-trident-award?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARR= L ] , recognizing operators who have confirmed 100 or more DXCC Award count= ries (entities) on all three operating modes=E2=80=94phone, CW, and digital. Like the new 10-Band DXCC Award, the Trident Award celebrates a significant= operating milestone and offers another way for DXers to commemorate their = accomplishments within the prestigious DX Century Club [ https://www.arrl.o= rg/dxcc?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] =E2= =80=93 DXCC. [https://elecraft.com/products/kh1-transceiver] DXer and DXpeditioner Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, Silent Key Kiyoshi =E2=80=9CKan=E2=80=9D Mizoguchi, JA1BK, a well-known DXer, DXpediti= oner, CQ DX Hall of Fame member, and former Director of the International A= mateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3, passed away in May 2026 at the age of 9= 3. He was a member of the ARRL Maxim Society at the Fellow Class. =C2=A0=20 First licensed in 1952, Mizoguchi became involved in the creation of IARU R= egion 3, which covers most of Asia and the Pacific, and served as a Directo= r from 1968 to 1975. =C2=A0=20 His interest in DXing included both chasing and being the DX, and he is cre= dited with identifying new entities and helping put them on the air for the= first time. Some of those places include the Marquesas, the Australs, the = Chesterfield Islands, Ducie Island, and Swain=E2=80=99s Island. =C2=A0=20 Mizoguchi built a competitive DXing station and achieved success as a DXer,= reflected in his award achievements in the ARRL DX Century Club =E2=80=93 = DXCC. He reached 383 countries in the Mixed DXCC category, 382 on phone (wi= thin the top ten in the world), and 354 on CW. He was on the Top of the Hon= or Roll with all 340 current entities on Mixed, Phone, and CW. He is perhap= s best known for his impressive total of 271 countries on the 6-meter band = =E2=80=93 8th place in the world and 1st in Asia. Mizoguchi also reached 3,252 countries in the popular DXCC Challenge =E2=80= =93 9th in the world. As he gained interest in the Challenge, Mizoguchi beg= an chasing down missing confirmations from his old logs and learned that ma= ny other stations=E2=80=99 logs had been discarded or lost. He sought a way to try to save some logs, especially those from unique or r= are operations, and, in 2014, funded the DX Log Archive [ https://www.arrl.= org/dx-log-archive?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DA= RRL ] , operated by ARRL, which collects, catalogs, and digitizes such logs= (Major ARRL Second Century Campaign Gift from JA1BK Will Support DX Log Ar= chive [ https://www.arrl.org/news/major-arrl-second-century-campaign-gift-f= rom-ja1bk-will-support-dx-log-archive?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEma= il&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , ARRL News, 8/24/2014). =C2=A0=20 Mizoguchi was a frequent presenter at DX conventions and was inducted into = the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 1987. Bill Kennamer, K5FUV, who retired from the = ARRL staff in 2000, wrote: "I first met Kan over 30 years ago, and we had a= close friendship over many of those years. We operated several DXpeditions= and attended several conventions together. He was behind many of the major= DXpeditions over the years, giving strong financial support, and he was a = strong financial supporter of ARRL. He gave all of us =E2=80=98new ones=E2= =80=99 at various times over the years, and he will be missed." =C2=A0=20 Mizoguchi earned an engineering degree from Tokyo University in the early 1= 950s and started a company with the rights to import all semiconductor manu= facturing machinery in Japan. He retired from that company at age 60 and ga= ve the company to his employees. He then started a one-man engineering desi= gn firm called Kan Technosonics, which operated for several years. Mizoguch= i is survived by his wife Reiko and daughter Keiko.=20 =C2=A0=20 Thanks to Dave Patton, KW9A, for the information in this article. [http://morsenexus.com?id=3Darrl] [https://w0gq.org/events/] [https://digirig.net/store/] Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9CChaffee-Lake County 2026 Amateur Radio Field Day: A National Resou= rce For Today and Tomorrow [ https://arkvalleyvoice.com/chaffee-lake-county= -2026-amateur-radio-field-day-a-national-resource-for-today-and-tomorrow/ ]= =E2=80=9D / Ark Valley Voice (Colorado) July 2, 2026 -- The Chaffee Lake A= mateur Radio Association is an ARRL Affiliated Club [https://carlsontowers.com/tower-lift/liftgif] ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 =C2=A0=20 What is your family=E2=80=99s backup plan when phones, texts, or internet a= re not available? Join ARRL=E2=80=99s Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB= 4DSF, for the next On the Air Live as we explore the P.A.C.E. plan=E2=80=94= Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency=E2=80=94and how it can help = families build a practical communications plan before a crisis happens. We=E2=80=99ll talk about where amateur radio fits, how to layer your option= s, and how to make the plan simple enough for the whole family to use. The livestream will air on the ARRL's learning center, learn.arrl.org [ htt= p://learn.arrl.org ] , July 28th at 8 PM Eastern. Preregistration is requir= ed and can be accomplished through the Learning Center. =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: July 28th, 2026 =F0=9F=95=97 Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific =F0=9F=91=89 Register Now [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ] | =E2=8F=AA Pre= viously Recorded Sessions [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ] [https://ccrane.com/arrl?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_camp= aign=3D2026&utm_content=3Dssb2] ARRL Audio News [https://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news] ARRL Audio News Listen to ARRL Audio News [ https://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://podcast.show/a= rrlaudionews/ ] | 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 A Passion for POTA =C2=A0=20 Evan McPartland, KC2NRB, visits the podcast to talk about how he got hooked= on Parks on the Air operating. Familiarly known as POTA, this popular program involves setting up temporar= y stations in parks that have a specific alphanumeric POTA designator. Evan expands on information shared in his July/August 2026 On the Air artic= le =E2=80=9CRediscovering Ham Radio Through POTA,=E2=80=9D and offers infor= mation on how to join the POTA fun. More info [ http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-podcast?utm_source=3DInformz&utm= _medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] | Listen on Blubrry [ https://podcast= =2Eshow/arrlontheair/ ] | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts. Announcements [https://www.arrl.org/america250-was?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmai= l&utm_campaign=3DARRL&_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DRifc3] The following America250 W1AW Portable Activations begin 0000z on Wednesday= s, and end 2359z on Tuesdays (7 days total for each activation). See the co= mplete schedule at www.arrl.org/america250-was [ https://www.arrl.org/ameri= ca250-was?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&_zs= =3DOV2xl&_zl=3DRifc3&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign= =3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . =C2=A0=20 07/22/2026 Rhode Island W1AW/1 (host N1SXB)=20 07/22/2026 South Carolina W1AW/4 (host KG9V) 07/29/2026 Minnesota W1AW/=C3=98 (host AE=C3=98BC)=20 07/29/2026 Wyoming W1AW/7 (host WY7AA) The Warbirds of America special event station, W9W, will be on the air thro= ugh July 25, 2026. Volunteers are operating the special event station this = week from Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as part of the ma= ssive fly-in featuring airshows, exhibits, and workshops during the annual = EAA AirVenture. Look for W9W on HF and VHF/UHF bands, typically during daylight hours from = 8 AM to 5 PM CDT: 7.074 MHz (FT8), 14.250 MHz (voice/SSB), 14.045 MHz (CW),= 21.235 MHz (voice/SSB), 28.425 MHz (voice/SSB), 146.550 MHz and 146.520 MH= z (FM simplex), and D-STAR Reflector 19B. The EAA Warbirds of America displ= ay features one of the largest gatherings of historic military aircraft in = the world. Thanks to Icom America Inc. Senior Sales Manager Ray Novak, N9JA, for this information. [https://store.ai6ym.radio/pages/picofox?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dema= il&utm_campaign=3Dr3] In Brief... The Tippecanoe Amateur Radio Association [ http://www.w9reg.org/ ] and the = West Central Indiana Amateur Radio Network [ https://www.wc9in.net/ ] will = host special event station W9E on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in honor of Amel= ia Earhart's birthday. Operating from Prophetstown State Park one day after= the famed aviator=E2=80=99s birthday, operators will be on the air from 1:= 00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT on Saturday, July 25. They will be operating SSB and = FT8 on the 20-, 15-, and 40-meter bands. Contact the club directly for QSL = cards. Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897. In 1935, she joined t= he Purdue University faculty as a career counselor for women, and the Purdu= e Research Foundation later funded her famous Lockheed Electra 10E, known a= s the "Flying Laboratory." Earhart and her aircraft disappeared on July 2, = 1937, while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world. The ARRL Teachers Institute [ https://www.arrl.org/teachers-institute-on-wi= reless-technology?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DAR= RL ] (TI) welcomed two groups of educators to ARRL Headquarters this week. Participants in the TI-1 Introduction to Wireless Technology session, instr= ucted by ARRL Education Specialist Drew Mortensen, AC3DS, were introduced t= o electronic principles, radio frequency propagation, and antennas. They constructed basic electronic circuits and antennas, and participated i= n a hidden transmitter hunt. Those attending the pilot advanced elective, TI RF Wireless Security, were = led by Education Specialist Wayne Green, KB4DSF. Teachers completing TI-1 a= re eligible to enroll in elective courses, such as TI Remote Sensors, TI Ba= lloons and Amateur Radio, and TI Space Comms & Radio Astronomy. All expense= s are paid by donors [ https://home.arrl.org/action/Donate/Education-Techno= logy-Fund ] . Photo left:=20 ARRL Teachers Institute July 20 =E2=80=93 23 TI-1 Introduction to Wireless = Technology cohort: (left to right) ARRL Education Specialist (instructor) D= rew Mortensen, AC3DS, Erie, Pennsylvania; Kerrie Upenieks, Taylorsville, Ut= ah; Jens Trauntvein, Logan, Utah; Loren Salvesen, Mendon, Utah; Paul Willia= ms, Sleepy Hollow, New York; Tiffany Jones, Atlanta, Georgia; Daniel Bryant= , Sandy, Utah; Nancy Bertrand, Maggie Valley, North Carolina; Brian Merrill= , Las Vegas, Nevada; Melissa De Sole, Bronx, New York, and Kathleen Roberts= , Mobile, Alabama. [Gregory Sulla, KC1YNI, photo] =C2=A0 Photo right: ARRL Teachers Institute July 20 =E2=80=93 23 TI RF Wireless Security cohort= : (left to right) Aaron Radford, AC0QM, Bismarck, Missouri; Megan Tucker, K= Q4MAM, Lovettsville, Virginia; Scott Valenta, W9DU, Berkeley, Illinois; Jac= kie Blumer, KC9LEH, Sorento, Illinois; John Geimer, K4GEI, Sarasota, Florid= a; Rachel Jones, KO4HLC, Puyallup, Washington; Rob Lamb, KF0RCY, Saint Loui= s, Missouri; Jeremy Montgomery, KD9RUO, Montgomery, Illinois, and ARRL Educ= ation Specialist (instructor) Wayne Green, KB4DSF. [Gregory Sulla, KC1YNI, = photo] [https://www.arrl.org/HOA] Open Positions at ARRL Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for Amate= ur Radio=C2=AE! We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the follo= wing positions: =C2=A0=20 Membership Manager Technical Editor RFI Lab Engineer Public Relations and Outreach Manager Education and Learning Manager =C2=A0=20 Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at www.arrl.org/careers [= https://www.arrl.org/careers?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_c= ampaign=3DARRL ] . =C2=A0=20 ARRL is an equal opportunity employer. [http://morsenexus.com?id=3Darrl] The ARRL Solar Report [https://www.arrl.org/technical-information-service?utm_source=3DInformz&ut= m_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DTltC3] ARRL Solar Report July 23, 2026 Solar activity continued at moderate levels as Region 4493 produced an M3.6= flare on July 22, which was the largest event of the period and was associ= ated with a 10.7-centimeter radio burst of 200 solar flux units (sfu). Addi= tionally, 4493 produced a C3.4 flare on July 22, which was associated with = another 10.7-cm radio burst of 150 sfu. =C2=A0=20 Region 4493 continued to undergo consolidation in its leading and trailing = spots, but showed signs of new flux emergence in its intermediate area duri= ng the early hours of the reporting period. Region 4494 developed new, simp= le spots, but remained uni-polar. The remaining two numbered active regions= were relatively stable and quiet. =C2=A0 A filament eruption NW of Region 4493 on July 21 was modeled and assessed t= o be at least partially Earth-directed. While modeling efforts suggest that= a bulk of the material should pass north and ahead of Earth=E2=80=99s orbi= t, this is low confidence given the faintness of this event in Sun-Earth li= ne-focused coronagraph imagery and compounded by likely interaction with th= e coronal hole in the vicinity of the source location. =C2=A0 Additional M-class flare activity (R1-R2 radio blackouts) is likely through= July 25 primarily due to the flare potential currently exhibited by AR 449= 3. =C2=A0 Solar wind parameters were mildly enhanced under a sustained negative polar= ity coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) regime and a possible secondary= Co-rotating Interaction Region (CIR). Solar wind speeds were roughly betwe= en 400 and 482 km/s. =C2=A0 The current regime is expected to largely continue through July 25. Additio= nal enhancements are possible beginning late on July 23 due to a coronal ma= ss ejection (CME) that left the sun on July 20, with stronger enhancements = arriving by early on July 24 with the arrival of the aforementioned CME eve= nt from July 21. =C2=A0 The 10.7-centimeter flux: July 23 - 24, 130; July 25 - 26, 125; July 27, 12= 0; July 28 =E2=80=93 29, 118; July 30, 115. =C2=A0 Predicted sunspot numbers: July 23, 100; July 24, 93; July 25, 106; July 26= , 88; July 27, 110; July 28, 81; July 29, 115. =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 ] the ARRL Technical Information Service, read A Quic= k Guide to HF Propagation Using Solar Indices [ https://www.qsl.net/4x4xm/P= ropagation/HF-Propagation-Solar-Indices.htm ] , and check out the Propagati= on Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA [ https://k9la.us/body_index.html ] . =C2=A0=20 For customizable propagation charts, visit the VOACAP Online for Ham Radio = website [ https://www.voacap.com/ ] . 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[https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2097393415] Upcoming ARRL Conventions and Major Events ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions (next 60 days) Search the ARRL Hamfest and Convention Database at www.arrl.org/hamfests [ = http://www.arrl.org/hamfests?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_ca= mpaign=3DARRL ] to find events in your area.=20 =C2=A0=20 July 25 | ARRL South Dakota State Convention [ http://www.arrl.org/hamfests= /arrl-south-dakota-state-convention?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail= &utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Sioux Falls, South Dakota =C2=A0=20 July 25 | ARRL West Virginia State Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfes= ts/arrl-west-virginia-state-convention-and-hamfest?utm_source=3DInformz&utm= _medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Sutton, West Virginia =C2=A0=20 August 1 | ARRL Maine State Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/arrl= -maine-state-convention-hamfest-1?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&u= tm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Augusta, Maine =C2=A0=20 August 7 =E2=80=93 8 | Shreveport-Bossier Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/ha= mfests/shreveport-bossier-hamfest-arrl-delta-division-convention?utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Delt= a Division Convention, Shreveport, Louisiana =C2=A0=20 August 13 =E2=80=93 16 | Northeast HamXposition [ https://www.arrl.org/hamf= ests/northeast-hamxposition-arrl-new-england-division-convention-5?utm_sour= ce=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Ne= w England Division Convention, Marlborough, Massachusetts =C2=A0=20 August 15 | Cincinnati Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/cincinnati-h= amfest-arrl-great-lakes-division-convention-1?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medi= um=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Great Lakes Division Co= nvention, Owensville, Ohio =C2=A0=20 August 21 =E2=80=93 23 | Huntsville Hamfest [ https://hamfest.org/ ] , host= ing the 2026 ARRL National Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/arrl-expo?utm_= source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , Huntsville, Ala= bama =C2=A0=20 August 28 =E2=80=93 30 | Wyoming HamCon [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/wyo= ming-hamcon-arrl-rocky-mountain-division-convention?utm_source=3DInformz&ut= m_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Rocky Mountain Di= vision Convention, Casper, Wyoming =C2=A0=20 September 4 =E2=80=93 5 | Shelby Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/sh= elby-hamfest-arrl-north-carolina-state-convention?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL North Carolina Stat= e Convention, Shelby, North Carolina =C2=A0=20 Save the Date=20 Join ARRL at these Division Conventions and other major events throughout t= he year. 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line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20National-Conventi= on%202026%20Logo.jpg?cb=3D403755' border=3D'0' height=3D'215' width=3D'300' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A2F8A42B4-FB0A-1B27-7258-E3E0A0465273" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 20px 10px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/ARRL%20National-Convention%202026%20Logo.jpg?cb=3D403755" = border=3D"0" height=3D"215" width=3D"300" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: = auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; posit= ion: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></d= iv> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A8DBB9A95-17BD-B610-975E-2F7216D79107" = 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>Register now for the 2026 ARRL National Convention hosted by the Hu= ntsville Hamfest, August 21 - 23.</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><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#982016">NEW:</span></s= trong> Agendas for ARRL Training Tracks are <strong><u class=3D"underline-c= hildren" style=3D"text-decoration: underline;"><a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3Mg/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=3D"text-decoration: underline;">available</span></a></u></strong>= (PDF). </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>Step 1</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Register for the National Convention Program on Friday, August 21.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; 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font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Get your Huntsville Hamfest tickets for Saturday &amp; Sunday, August 22 = =E2=80=93 23.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3NA/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>Hamfest Tickets</span></a></s= trong></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 AC6EC9458-319A-46F6-AE20-12A18554032C" = 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_AC6EC9458"></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">AHOY! Amateur = Radio at the Locks</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#= ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"ADD579045-ECF1-C163-2D5C-CBCBC7540437" cell= padding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none;= border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-t= op: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A7B99C9FA-338A-17A0-2FCA-379D6B54422F' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 20px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/SOO%20phot= o%201%202026.png?cb=3D676136' border=3D'0' height=3D'220' width=3D'225' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 7px 20px;"> <table width=3D'225' class=3D'imagecaption A7B99C9FA-338A-17A0-2FCA-379D6B54422F' 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;">Command tent at Soo Speci= al Station, W8S.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><= /td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A7B99C9FA-338A-17A0-2FCA-379D6B54422F" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 7px 20px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/SOO%20photo%201%202026.png?cb=3D676136" bord= er=3D"0" height=3D"220" width=3D"225" 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 "></div> <table width=3D"225" class=3D"imagecaption A7B99C9FA-338A-17A0-2FCA-379D6B5= 4422F" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border:= none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">Command tent at Soo Special Station, W8S.</p></td></t= r></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A229F7CEA-1CE8-D7A7-9968-BC3955207485" = 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;"> Soo Locks Engineers Day was held on June 25, 2026, at the locks in Sault St= e. Marie, Michigan, and amateur radio was woven into it.</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 event is the annual celebration of engineering marvels, maritime herita= ge, and community spirit at one of the world=E2=80=99s busiest lock systems= =2E Michigan=E2=80=99s amateur radio operators were on air with special eve= nt station W8S to showcase ham radio to visitors from across the region, bu= t hams also played a public service role.</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;"> Led by Auxiliary Communicator (AUXC) and Amateur Radio Emergency Service=C2= =AE (ARES=C2=AE) volunteers from Chippewa, Luce, and Delta Counties, plus h= ams from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the team delivered strong communication= s support throughout the day. Three staffers from the National Weather Serv= ice Office in Gaylord, Michigan, attended and helped provide a great traini= ng opportunity while demonstrating how agencies can work together at these = types of events.</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;"> Setup began early on June 25, with full operations running from an early-mo= rning briefing through late-afternoon shutdown. Hams also managed radio dis= tributions, MyMich Hospital trailer operations, Michigan State Police Comma= nd Vehicle rotations, reliable links using local repeaters, the county simp= lex frequency 146.54, a mix of VHF and HF, and even a mini Starlink deploym= ent for backup connectivity.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A427222C0-B566-34A9-513A-6AB9FA45A31B" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt= ; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A69417630-ED84-3D1A-8495-0EFE4F2095C1' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/soo%20phot= o%202%202026.png?cb=3D110764' border=3D'0' height=3D'196' width=3D'225' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <table width=3D'225' class=3D'imagecaption A69417630-ED84-3D1A-8495-0EFE4F2095C1' 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;">Freighter enters a lock a= t Sault Ste. Marie [Photos courtesy of Bob Sterner, KB=C3=98BS].</p></td><= /tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]= --><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A69417630-ED84-3D1A-8495-0EFE4F2095C1" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 0px 15px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/soo%20photo%202%202026.png?cb=3D110764" bord= er=3D"0" height=3D"196" width=3D"225" 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 "></div> <table width=3D"225" class=3D"imagecaption A69417630-ED84-3D1A-8495-0EFE4F2= 095C1" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border:= none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">Freighter enters a lock at Sault Ste. Marie [Photos = courtesy of Bob Sterner, KB=C3=98BS].</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></tabl= e></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A10343040-0795-CDE2-DD4D-8439819C99EE" = 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;"> Key highlights from the field included smooth setup and testing of radios, = coordinated personnel movements between the special events tent, command ve= hicles, and hospital trailer, and strong participation from both experience= d AUXC operators and eager newcomers.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyM= DUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3NQ/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>Eastern Upper Peninsula Amateu= r Radio Club</span></a>, an ARRL Affiliated Club, operated W8S and gave the= public a firsthand look at amateur radio in action, connecting with hams w= orldwide while highlighting how the hobby supports community events and eme= rgency preparedness.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9CThis annual tradition continues to build strong partnerships betwe= en local clubs, AUXC teams, and event organizers including the U.S. Army Co= rps of Engineers,=E2=80=9D said Bob Sterner, KB=C3=98BS, ARRL Chippewa Coun= ty Emergency Coordinator.</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;"> Volunteers who were instrumental in making the event happen included: Cody = Ames, KJ7SYX; Robert Donaldson, W8SSM; Dave Erickson, W9TRC; Kay Erickson, = N8=C3=98FF; Brent MacMillan, K8OTL/VE3=C3=98TL; Tanya Procknow, W8TON; Lou = Stempek, N8L=C3=98U; Bob Sterner, KB=C3=98BS; Roger VanDamme, KB8PLR; and m= any more from both sides of the border.</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 AE505DF22-6F7= 8-F14F-8CF1-AD6D397D6732" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3Ng/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://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/RTS_RP.gif?cb= =3D64468" border=3D"0" height=3D"199" 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></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A7D261B24-3134-5166-DFA7-5F9889C08236" = 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 AAC6C3F6B-210D-F88A-64FE-6F3D7ABC08CF" = 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_AAC6C3F6B"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">New ARRL 10-Ba= nd DXCC Award</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#fffff= f" width=3D"100%" class=3D"ADA3F7111-82F2-6DA7-2128-ED1D40C97234" cellpaddi= ng=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; bord= er-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: n= one; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image AB957B515-E0A0-7DCD-96B9-162E80AA188D' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 20px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/ARRL%2010B= DXCC%20Plaque%20(Cropped).png?cb=3D389411' border=3D'0' height=3D'302' width=3D'225' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;"> <table width=3D'225' class=3D'imagecaption AB957B515-E0A0-7DCD-96B9-162E80AA188D' 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;">The new ARRL 10-Band DXCC= Award.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr>= </table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image AB957B515-E0A0-7DCD-96B9-162E80AA188D" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 0px 20px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/ARRL%2010BDXCC%20Plaque%20(Cropped).png?cb= =3D389411" border=3D"0" height=3D"302" width=3D"225" align=3D"right" style= =3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class= =3D"img "></div> <table width=3D"225" class=3D"imagecaption AB957B515-E0A0-7DCD-96B9-162E80A= A188D" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border:= none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">The new ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award.</p></td></tr></table= ></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text AC4D87847-2DEF-C731-BB33-B024B396FFE0" = 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 has introduced the new 10-Band DXCC Award plaque, recognizing radio am= ateurs who have achieved DXCC on all ten HF amateur bands from 160 through = 6 meters.</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 award celebrates the accomplishment of having confirmed at least 10= 0 DXCC entities on each of the following bands: 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15= , 12, 10, and 6 meters (excludes 60 meters). Eligibility is based on the to= tal QSLs reflected in your ARRL Logbook of The World<sup>=C2=AE</sup> (<a h= ref=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyN= SZsaT00Mzk2NzM3Nw/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>LoTW=C2=AE</span></a>) account. No additi= onal contacts are required beyond those needed to qualify for DXCC on each = individual band. If your DXCC credits are not already visible in LoTW, you must first link y= our DXCC and LoTW profiles by requesting a credit merge from the ARRL Award= s Desk.</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;"> Applicants simply complete and submit a DXCC Item Order Form to order the 1= 0-Band DXCC plaque after self-verifying the qualification requirements in L= oTW. Complete details are available at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3OA/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>www.arrl.org/10-band-dxcc</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;"> The 10-Band DXCC Award challenges participants in the DXCC program to estab= lish station capabilities and operator skills for dealing with myriad band = conditions in pursuing DXCC across all 10 bands. &quot;Completing DXCC on e= very HF band is an extraordinary achievement that reflects dedication, skil= l, and years of commitment to amateur radio,&quot; said ARRL Radiosport and= Regulatory Affairs Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ.</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;"> During last week=E2=80=99s ARRL Board of Directors meeting, Second Vice Pre= sident Rick Niswander, K7GM, learned that he is among the few Board members= who qualify for the new award. =E2=80=9CI never set out to earn an award like this,=E2=80=9D said Niswande= r. =E2=80=9CI simply enjoy the challenge of working DX, no matter the band. Perseverance can result in an accomplishment that represents years of opera= ting.=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;"> Like the 5-Band DXCC plaque, the new 10-Band DXCC plaque comes as a handsom= e wooden frame with a ceramic, blue-embellished tile inlay. The plaque is USD $95 plus shipping and handling.</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 award complements ARRL&#39;s family of DXCC recognitions, which cel= ebrate accomplishments by band, mode, and overall DXCC totals.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> More information about eligibility and award ordering is available on the <= a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOT= cyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3OA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tru= e" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"colo= r: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"em= ail-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award web page</span= ></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Last year, ARRL introduced the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD= 9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3OQ/index.html" target=3D"= _blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-n= ot-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-deco= ration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>DXCC T= rident Award</span></a>, recognizing operators who have confirmed 100 or mo= re DXCC Award countries (entities) on all three operating modes=E2=80=94pho= ne, CW, and digital. Like the new 10-Band DXCC Award, the Trident Award cel= ebrates a significant operating milestone and offers another way for DXers = to commemorate their accomplishments within the prestigious <a href=3D"http= s://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2= NzM4MA/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>DX Century Club</span></a> =E2=80=93 DXCC.</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 A9E2A51D2-CEE= 1-10AA-2A9C-46FB33363C4A" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM4MQ/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://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20KH1%20Ba= nner.png?cb=3D353012" border=3D"0" height=3D"266" width=3D"620" align=3D"ce= nter" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !importa= nt; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A8DB0F8B9-6ACF-E89C-6C3D-4D1C3A5FC6D6" = 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 A01778CD5-2736-A206-2A08-52034614FFA9" = 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_A01778CD5"></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">DXer and DXped= itioner Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, Silent Key</span></strong></p></td></tr></tab= le><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AB31D448D-281E-B0F4-8= 0D2-5BD24F457CF2" 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: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A7B3D1EF7-EB22-872D-9A1C-53F7DBE8B13B' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 20px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/ja1bk%20Da= yton%202016.png?cb=3D466596' border=3D'0' height=3D'188' 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 0px 20px;"> <table width=3D'250' class=3D'imagecaption A7B3D1EF7-EB22-872D-9A1C-53F7DBE8B13B' 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;">Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, SK,= at Dayton Hamvention=C2=AE 2016. [Dave Patton, KW9A, photo]</p></td></tr><= /table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!= --[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A7B3D1EF7-EB22-872D-9A1C-53F7DBE8B13B" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 0px 20px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/ja1bk%20Dayton%202016.png?cb=3D466596" borde= r=3D"0" height=3D"188" width=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 "></div> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption A7B3D1EF7-EB22-872D-9A1C-53F7DBE= 8B13B" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"right" style=3D"border:= none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: = 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, SK, at Dayton Hamvention=C2=AE = 2016. [Dave Patton, KW9A, photo]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></t= d></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text AF38ECE8B-BBDB-2D84-B46C-7504925C6C5E" = 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;"> Kiyoshi =E2=80=9CKan=E2=80=9D Mizoguchi, JA1BK, a well-known DXer, DXpediti= oner, CQ DX Hall of Fame member, and former Director of the International A= mateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3, passed away in May 2026 at the age of 9= 3. He was a member of the ARRL Maxim Society at the Fellow Class.</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;"> First licensed in 1952, Mizoguchi became involved in the creation of IARU R= egion 3, which covers most of Asia and the Pacific, and served as a Directo= r from 1968 to 1975.</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 interest in DXing included both chasing and being the DX, and he is cre= dited with identifying new entities and helping put them on the air for the= first time. Some of those places include the Marquesas, the Australs, the = Chesterfield Islands, Ducie Island, and Swain=E2=80=99s Island.</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;"> Mizoguchi built a competitive DXing station and achieved success as a DXer,= reflected in his award achievements in the ARRL DX Century Club =E2=80=93 = DXCC. He reached 383 countries in the Mixed DXCC category, 382 on phone (wi= thin the top ten in the world), and 354 on CW. He was on the <em>Top of the= Honor Roll</em> with all 340 current entities on Mixed, Phone, and CW. He = is perhaps best known for his impressive total of 271 countries on the 6-me= ter band =E2=80=93 8th place in the world and 1st in Asia.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A1A5645B7-F1E8-E675-D028-44F0D19BDCC0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt= ; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image AD1F5296A-F3BB-D8BB-B72B-4C786625F60E' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 25px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/Kiyoshi%20= Kan%20Mizoguchi%20JA1BK.png?cb=3D894819' border=3D'0' height=3D'239' width=3D'225' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 25px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D'225' class=3D'imagecaption AD1F5296A-F3BB-D8BB-B72B-4C786625F60E' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Kiyoshi =E2=80=9CKan=E2= =80=9D Mizoguchi, JA1BK, SK | 1932 =E2=80=93 2026 [Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, p= hoto]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></= table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image AD1F5296A-F3BB-D8BB-B72B-4C786625F60E" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 25px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/Kiyoshi%20Kan%20Mizoguchi%20JA1BK.png?cb=3D8= 94819" border=3D"0" height=3D"239" width=3D"225" align=3D"left" style=3D"he= ight: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important;= position: center; text-align: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img = "></div> <table width=3D"225" class=3D"imagecaption AD1F5296A-F3BB-D8BB-B72B-4C78662= 5F60E" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <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;">Kiyoshi =E2=80=9CKan=E2=80=9D Mizoguchi, JA1BK, SK | = 1932 =E2=80=93 2026 [Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, photo]</p></td></tr></table></t= d></tr></table></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A2C394FA0-E590-9C75-33E5-047C23DF8D82" = 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;"> Mizoguchi also reached 3,252 countries in the popular DXCC Challenge =E2=80= =93 9th in the world. As he gained interest in the Challenge, Mizoguchi beg= an chasing down missing confirmations from his old logs and learned that ma= ny other stations=E2=80=99 logs had been discarded or lost. He sought a way= to try to save some logs, especially those from unique or rare operations,= and, in 2014, funded the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0= zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM4Mg/index.html" target=3D"_blan= k" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-tr= ack=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoratio= n: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>DX Log Arch= ive</span></a>, operated by ARRL, which collects, catalogs, and digitizes s= uch logs (<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM4Mw/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>Major ARRL Second Century C= ampaign Gift from JA1BK Will Support DX Log Archive</span></a>, ARRL News, = 8/24/2014).</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;"> Mizoguchi was a frequent presenter at DX conventions and was inducted into = the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 1987. Bill Kennamer, K5FUV, who retired from the = ARRL staff in 2000, wrote: &quot;I first met Kan over 30 years ago, and we = had a close friendship over many of those years. We operated several DXpeditions and attended several conventions together. He was behind many of the major DXpeditions over the years, giving strong f= inancial support, and he was a strong financial supporter of ARRL. He gave all of us =E2=80=98new ones=E2=80=99 at various times over the year= s, and he will be missed.&quot;</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;"> Mizoguchi earned an engineering degree from Tokyo University in the early 1= 950s and started a company with the rights to import all semiconductor manu= facturing machinery in Japan. He retired from that company at age 60 and gave the company to his employee= s. He then started a one-man engineering design firm called Kan Technosonics, = which operated for several years. Mizoguchi is survived by his wife Reiko and daughter Keiko. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>Thanks to Dave Patton, KW9A, for the information in this article.</em><= /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 cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"0" width=3D"100%" styl= e=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-ta= ble-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" class=3D"inner-width stack-on-mobile"> <table cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"0" width=3D"100%" styl= e=3D"border: none; 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See the complete schedule at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz= =2Enet/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM5Nw/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>www.arrl.org/america250-was</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;"> 07/22/2026 Rhode Island W1AW/1 (host N1SXB) </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;"> 07/22/2026 South Carolina W1AW/4 (host KG9V)</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;"> 07/29/2026 Minnesota W1AW/=C3=98 (host AE=C3=98BC) </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;"> 07/29/2026 Wyoming W1AW/7 (host WY7AA)</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 bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "ADBECD9AC-449D-FBE0-40D8-6AF6FBDADDA9" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt= ; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <span class=3D"text A13E314D3-9A53-B46C-3B39-45186986A84A" 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>The Warbirds of America special event station, W9W, will be on the = air through July 25, 2026</strong>. Volunteers are operating the special ev= ent station this week from Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, = as part of the massive fly-in featuring airshows, exhibits, and workshops d= uring the annual EAA AirVenture. Look for W9W on HF and VHF/UHF bands, typically during daylight hours from = 8 AM to 5 PM CDT: 7.074 MHz (FT8), 14.250 MHz (voice/SSB), 14.045 MHz (CW),= 21.235 MHz (voice/SSB), 28.425 MHz (voice/SSB), 146.550 MHz and 146.520 MH= z (FM simplex), and D-STAR Reflector 19B. The EAA Warbirds of America displ= ay features one of the largest gatherings of historic military aircraft in = the world. <em>Thanks to Icom America Inc. Senior Sales Manager Ray Novak, N9JA, for this information.</em></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 AFBE65027-259= B-5552-2DEA-D428DC6A0110" 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"> <img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/W= 9W%20Warbirds%20of%20America%20Special%20Event%20Station%20-%20Jul%202026.j= pg?cb=3D117296" border=3D"0" height=3D"247" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" = style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; te= xt-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption AFBE65027-259B-5552-2DEA-D428DC6= A0110" 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;">W9W, the Warbirds of America special event station, w= ill be on the air through July 25, 2026, from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Pictured = at left is Ray Novak, N9JA. [Photo credits: Left photo by Matt Baumann, N9N= MH; right photo by Lloyd Chang, KJ7JQU.]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></t= able></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE6446906-06C4-3C58-63E2-2A35EC255400" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table><table w= idth=3D"100%" class=3D"image AEFE7E8DB-D896-6887-54F9-6CECE179BB2E" cellpad= ding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse: collap= se; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM5OA/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://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/AI6YM%20468x200= %20Ad.png?cb=3D801129" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"468" align=3D"c= enter" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !import= ant; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AAEF98C9A-D5DD-D37A-F454-C191298946C3" = 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 AABE967CF-49AE-E015-3D4C-8C873001CB9F" = 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_AABE967CF"></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 ACB73C4CA-0961-A108-4FE0-12DD4133F5AC" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM5OQ/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>Tippecanoe Amateur Radio = Association</span></a> and the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwMA/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>West Central Indiana Amateur = Radio Network</span></a> will host special event station W9E on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in honor of= Amelia Earhart&#39;s birthday</strong>. Operating from Prophetstown State = Park one day after the famed aviator=E2=80=99s birthday, operators will be = on the air from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT on Saturday, July 25. They will be = operating SSB and FT8 on the 20-, 15-, and 40-meter bands. Contact the club= directly for QSL cards. Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897. In 1935, she joined the Purd= ue University faculty as a career counselor for women, and the Purdue Resea= rch Foundation later funded her famous Lockheed Electra 10E, known as the &= quot;Flying Laboratory.&quot; Earhart and her aircraft disappeared on July = 2, 1937, while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world= =2E</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 ACBA5C9E9-D6AB-9C5A-FB20-A21A205C6F37" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>The ARRL <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5= JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwMQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-i= nformz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fa= lse" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"= ><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Teachers Institute</= span></a> (TI) welcomed two groups of educators to ARRL Headquarters this week</stron= g>. Participants in the TI-1 Introduction to Wireless Technology session, i= nstructed by ARRL Education Specialist Drew Mortensen, AC3DS, were introduc= ed to electronic principles, radio frequency propagation, and antennas. The= y constructed basic electronic circuits and antennas, and participated in a= hidden transmitter hunt. Those attending the pilot advanced elective, TI R= F Wireless Security, were led by Education Specialist Wayne Green, KB4DSF. = Teachers completing TI-1 are eligible to enroll in elective courses, such a= s TI Remote Sensors, TI Balloons and Amateur Radio, and TI Space Comms &amp= ; Radio Astronomy. All expenses are <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/c= jUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwMg/index.html" targe= t=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz= -do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text= -decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>p= aid by donors</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A028C9E09-8F1D-A3D8-1D80-ED9D961BC748"= 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://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/T= I%20BOTH%20SESSIONS%20Jul%2020-23%202026.jpg?cb=3D878576" border=3D"0" heig= ht=3D"282" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important;= margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !im= portant;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ACFA26D3C-1EFE-D6FD-B9D1-0AFFC88B594B" = 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;"> <strong>Photo left:</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;"> ARRL Teachers Institute July 20 =E2=80=93 23 TI-1 Introduction to Wireless = Technology cohort: (left to right) ARRL Education Specialist (instructor) D= rew Mortensen, AC3DS, Erie, Pennsylvania; Kerrie Upenieks, Taylorsville, Ut= ah; Jens Trauntvein, Logan, Utah; Loren Salvesen, Mendon, Utah; Paul Willia= ms, Sleepy Hollow, New York; Tiffany Jones, Atlanta, Georgia; Daniel Bryant= , Sandy, Utah; Nancy Bertrand, Maggie Valley, North Carolina; Brian Merrill= , Las Vegas, Nevada; Melissa De Sole, Bronx, New York, and Kathleen Roberts= , Mobile, Alabama. [Gregory Sulla, KC1YNI, photo]</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> <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;"> <strong>Photo right:</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;"> ARRL Teachers Institute July 20 =E2=80=93 23 TI RF Wireless Security cohort= : (left to right) Aaron Radford, AC0QM, Bismarck, Missouri; Megan Tucker, K= Q4MAM, Lovettsville, Virginia; Scott Valenta, W9DU, Berkeley, Illinois; Jac= kie Blumer, KC9LEH, Sorento, Illinois; John Geimer, K4GEI, Sarasota, Florid= a; Rachel Jones, KO4HLC, Puyallup, Washington; Rob Lamb, KF0RCY, Saint Loui= s, Missouri; Jeremy Montgomery, KD9RUO, Montgomery, Illinois, and ARRL Educ= ation Specialist (instructor) Wayne Green, KB4DSF. 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font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Solar disk image courtesy= of NASA/SDO, July 23, 2026</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></t= r></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwNQ/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://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/l= atest_4096_HMIIC%20new%20solar%20disk%20for%207-23-26.png?cb=3D716208" bord= er=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"250" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto = !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: = center; text-align: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></div> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481= 963B6" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">Solar disk image courtesy of NASA/SDO, July 23, 2026<= /p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> </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 July 23, 2026</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar activity continued at moderate levels as Region 4493 produced an M3.6= flare on July 22, which was the largest event of the period and was associ= ated with a 10.7-centimeter radio burst of 200 solar flux units (sfu). Addi= tionally, 4493 produced a C3.4 flare on July 22, which was associated with = another 10.7-cm radio burst of 150 sfu.</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;"> Region 4493 continued to undergo consolidation in its leading and trailing = spots, but showed signs of new flux emergence in its intermediate area duri= ng the early hours of the reporting period. Region 4494 developed new, simple spots, but remained uni-polar. The remain= ing two numbered active regions were relatively stable and quiet.</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 filament eruption NW of Region 4493 on July 21 was modeled and assessed t= o be at least partially Earth-directed. While modeling efforts suggest that= a bulk of the material should pass north and ahead of Earth=E2=80=99s orbi= t, this is low confidence given the faintness of this event in Sun-Earth li= ne-focused coronagraph imagery and compounded by likely interaction with th= e coronal hole in the vicinity of the source location.</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;"> Additional M-class flare activity (R1-R2 radio blackouts) is likely through= July 25 primarily due to the flare potential currently exhibited by AR 449= 3.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar wind parameters were mildly enhanced under a sustained negative polar= ity coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) regime and a possible secondary= Co-rotating Interaction Region (CIR). Solar wind speeds were roughly betwe= en 400 and 482 km/s.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The current regime is expected to largely continue through July 25. Additio= nal enhancements are possible beginning late on July 23 due to a coronal ma= ss ejection (CME) that left the sun on July 20, with stronger enhancements = arriving by early on July 24 with the arrival of the aforementioned CME eve= nt from July 21.</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: July 23 - 24, 130; July 25 - 26, 125; July 27, 1= 20; July 28 =E2=80=93 29, 118; July 30, 115.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Predicted sunspot numbers: July 23, 100; July 24, 93; July 25, 106; July 26= , 88; July 27, 110; July 28, 81; July 29, 115.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwNg/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/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwNw/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= check out the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5Jn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwOA/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>Propagation Page of Ca= rl Luetzelschwab, K9LA</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For customizable propagation charts, visit the <a href=3D"https://arrl.info= rmz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQwOQ/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>VOACAP Online for Ham Radio website</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;">= <span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>North American QSO Pa= rty</span></a> (CW) </li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: lef= t;"> August 1 - 2 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5J= nA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQxNA/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>ARRL 222 MHz and Up D= istance Contest</span></a> (CW, phone, digital) </li><li style=3D"padding-l= eft: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> August 2 -- SARL HF Phone Contest (phone)</li><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.= 25px; text-align: left;"> August 4 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW) </li></ul><p style=3D"color: #000000; = font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-w= eight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; 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border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 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 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 ARRL Conventions and Major Events</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> <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>ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions (next 60 days)</stron= g></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;"> Search the ARRL Hamfest and Convention Database at <strong><a href=3D"https= ://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2N= zQxNw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz= -link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; fon= t-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-c= olor-preserver" style>www.arrl.org/hamfests</span></a></strong> to find eve= nts in your area. </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;"> July 25 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQxOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-= link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" st= yle=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span = class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL South Dakota State Con= vention</span></a>, Sioux Falls, South Dakota</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;"> July 25 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ= 1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQxOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-= link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" st= yle=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span = class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL West Virginia State Co= nvention</span></a>, Sutton, West Virginia</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;"> August 1 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MS= Z1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyMA/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>ARRL Maine State Conventio= n</span></a>, Augusta, Maine</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;"> August 7 =E2=80=93 8 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNj= g2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyMQ/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>Shreveport-Bos= sier Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Delta Division Convention, Shreve= port, Louisiana</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;"> August 13 =E2=80=93 16 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0z= Njg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyMg/index.html" target=3D"_blank= " data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-tra= ck=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration= : none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Northeast Ha= mXposition</span></a>, hosting the ARRL New England Division Convention, Ma= rlborough, Massachusetts</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;"> August 15 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyMw/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>Cincinnati Hamfest</span>= </a>, hosting the ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention, Owensville, Ohio</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;"> August 21 =E2=80=93 23 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0z= Njg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzM3NA/index.html" target=3D"_blank= " data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-tra= ck=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration= : none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Huntsville H= amfest</span></a>, hosting the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD= 9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyNA/index.html" target=3D"= _blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-n= ot-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-deco= ration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>2026 A= RRL National Convention</span></a>, Huntsville, Alabama</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;"> August 28 =E2=80=93 30 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0z= Njg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank= " data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-tra= ck=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration= : none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Wyoming HamC= on</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Casper,= Wyoming</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;"> September 4 =E2=80=93 5 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT= 0zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyNg/index.html" target=3D"_bla= nk" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-t= rack=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decorati= on: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Shelby Ham= fest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL North Carolina State Convention, Shelby, = North Carolina</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>Save the Date </strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Join ARRL at these Division Conventions and other major events throughout t= he year. Beginning in the fourth quarter, this list will also include significant ev= ents scheduled for the following year.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <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;"> October 9 =E2=80=93 10 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0z= Njg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyNw/index.html" target=3D"_blank= " data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-tra= ck=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration= : none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>SPARK-CON 20= 26</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Midwest Division Convention, Sedalia, Misso= uri</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;"> October 10 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjg2NDk5JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-infor= mz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false"= style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><sp= an class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>North Star Radio Convent= ion</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Dakota Division Convention, Brooklyn Park,= Minnesota</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;"> October 16 =E2=80=93 18 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0= zNjg2NDk5JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00Mzk2NzQyOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blan= k" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-tr= ack=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoratio= n: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Pacificon</= span></a>, hosting the ARRL Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, Califor= nia</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"image AA8DE3D36-3A09-7BF7-2722-7169C4270796"= cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; 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