[From nobody Fri Aug 7 04:21:44 2026 Return-Path: <nde_3211870466.2@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, 06 Aug 2026 18:26:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from www11.qth.com by www11.qth.com with LMTP id kkEeHeoXdWohADMAyA/1RA (envelope-from <nde_3211870466.2@informz.net>) for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:25:30 -0500 Return-path: <nde_3211870466.2@informz.net> Envelope-to: n0nb@n0nb.us Delivery-date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:25:30 -0500 Received: from mail.40.61.informz.net ([205.201.40.61]:24270) by www11.qth.com with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.5) (envelope-from <nde_3211870466.2@informz.net>) id 1ws7Ss-0000000E1Us-0dMz for n0nb@n0nb.us; Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:25:30 -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=+kzSbaUtnPFEr8EPDoQJDt4kIaRcya2HZLPV8CeiINU=; b=FMjW+Mr2iyWKhcuZkxv0GYBLZGeqLfK+jWAowXLKhr1qwo8wg7sSiklrxmlCVJd5QJnY+1KQSxk9 56d3Cc8e1evPXhQEOTg0R+tEDCn0FBBoscGB0XVsCFq4yD6LukQpqKRn0sHnPfy2+4GjkdNrOVXQ B454NN1gC8VERxfN5/Q= Received: by mail.40.61.informz.net id hekbui3colgu for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 6 Aug 2026 19:25:29 -0400 (envelope-from <nde_3211870466.2@informz.net>) X-Receiver: <n0nb@n0nb.us> X-Sender: <nde_3211870466.2@informz.net> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:24:48 -0000 From: "ARRL Letter" <memberlist@arrl.org> Reply-To: memberlist@arrl.org Subject: The ARRL Letter for August 6, 2026 To: n0nb@n0nb.us Message-ID: <3211870466.2@informz.net> List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click List-Unsubscribe: <https://arrl.informz.net/informzdataservice/mailing/listheaderunsub?email=n0nb@n0nb.us&mailingInstance=3697545&brandId=2350> Feedback-ID: 2350:3697545:205.201.40.61:informz.net X-DKIM-Options: s=s02a;d=arrl.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="MzQ5MDYwMjkzOTkxMTA5MjUyNTM3ODcyNzc1MTE0OTk2MDMyMDgwODQ0NTAyOA" Content-Disposition: inline --MzQ5MDYwMjkzOTkxMTA5MjUyNTM3ODcyNzc1MTE0OTk2MDMyMDgwODQ0NTAyOA 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=3D3697545&subscriberId=3D5205= 29725 ] The ARRL Letter John E. Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | August 6, 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=A0Talking to a Satellite Over Norway=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Order Your ARRL America250 Worked All States Award Cer= tificate=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0New ARRL Maine Section Manager=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Amateur Radio Supports Wisconsin Tornado Recovery=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Amateur Radio Operators Certified for Honor Flight=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0FCC Cites GMRS Licensee for Illegal Linked Repeater Ne= twork=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 Agendas for ARRL Training Tracks are available [ https://www.arrl.org/files= /file/Hamfest/ARRL%20National%20Convention%20at%202026%20Huntsville%20Hamfe= st/2026%20ARRL%20National%20Convention%20Training%20Tracks.pdf?utm_source= =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/ ] Talking to a Satellite Over Norway An interesting experiment took place last week in the skies over Oslo, Norw= ay.=20 =C2=A0=20 Amateur radio operators from the Oslo Group of the Norwegian Radio Relay Le= ague (NRRL), using an experimental satellite and homebrew ham equipment, su= ccessfully reprogrammed the satellite to respond to voice control. =C2=A0=20 On July 27, 2026, a verbal command, sent via a 23-centimeter signal from th= e roof of the Oslo Group's club station, was received, transcribed, and exe= cuted on board the OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite. The satellite then activated t= he game DOOM in response, and downloaded images of the game as confirmation= =2E Voice control of a satellite was a reality, performed by radio amateurs= in the Oslo Group! =C2=A0=20 The spacecraft is operated by Graz University of Technology in Austria and = the experimentation is coordinated by the European Space Agency=E2=80=99s E= uropean Space Operations Centre (ESOC [ https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC ]= ) in Darmstadt, Germany. =C2=A0=20 The OPS-SAT PRETTY [ https://opssat.esa.int/missions/pretty?tab=3Dgeneral%2= 0overview ] is a 3U CubeSat (10 x 10 x 34 cm) with a reconfigurable process= ing platform that allows a wide range of custom software and firmware exper= iments, and is tightly connected to an onboard software defined receiver (S= DR). Everyone involved in the experiment agreed that amateur radio infrastructur= e can support technically meaningful spacecraft experiments when RF design,= signal processing, craft software, and disciplined operations are treated = as one system. =C2=A0 Can the satellite be programed to talk back in an AI human voice?=20 =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CFor this satellite, the Satellite Experimental Processing Platform= (SEPP) where the experiments run, is connected to an SDR, receive only,=E2= =80=9D said team member Eskil Hadland, LB6AJ. =E2=80=9CAs far as I know, th= e TMTC (Telemetry and Telecommand) is outside of the SEPP. So I do not believe this satellite will be able to talk back to us. Unlike other satellite operations for amateurs, where you can listen when y= ou are aiming directly, we have been shouting towards the stars, and gotten= data back hours later.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 So what is next step with voice command communications?=20 =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CAs for the next step, we are also curious about what it will be,= =E2=80=9D added Hadland. =E2=80=9CThis experiment has been initiated by Geo= rges Labr=C3=A8che, whom together with =C3=93lafur Waage, were the first to= successfully run the game DOOM on the OPS-SAT back in 2023 (Not OPS-SAT PR= ETTY). Neither of them are radio amateurs, but are into the software develo= pment field.=20 =C2=A0 Labr=C3=A8che has suggested, as mentioned in our report at doom.lb6aj.net/#= future [ https://doom.lb6aj.net/#future ] , that a next step might be e.g.,= "PRETTY TURN OFF SDR" to act on an actual payload of the satellite, making= it a control interface. But this might meet resistance from the team at ES= A. We also have some other ideas regarding amateur radio, building further = on this experiment, but we are not sure yet. But time will tell.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 The Project Page at partner Tanagra Space tells the whole story from end to= end, with the postcard the satellite composed on board and the gameplay se= quence it captured as it flew: tanagraspace.com/opssat-pretty-doomed [ http= s://tanagraspace.com/opssat-pretty-doomed/ ] . =C2=A0 Thanks to the Oslo Group of the Norwegian Radio Relay League for taking tim= e to talk with the ARRL Letter about their accomplishments. [https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/] Order Your ARRL America250 Worked All States Award Certificate [https://america250.arrl.org/] If you've already confirmed contacts with all 50 states during the ARRL Ame= rica250 Worked All States (WAS) operating event, you can now order your com= memorative award certificate. The attractive, frame-worthy certificate cele= brates your participation in this once-in-a-lifetime event honoring America= 's 250th anniversary.=20 =C2=A0=20 ARRL is a Supporting Partner of America250 [ https://america250.org/ ] and = the ARRL America250 WAS operating event complements the 2026 ARRL Year of t= he Club. Icom America [ https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/amateur/ ] is th= e Official Sponsor of the ARRL Year of the Club. Together, ARRL and Icom ar= e supporting activities that spotlight the vital role of amateur radio club= s in communities across the country. =C2=A0=20 The America250 WAS event runs through December 31, 2026, and is based entir= ely on Logbook of The World=C2=AE (LoTW=C2=AE) confirmations. Earning the b= asic award requires confirmed contacts with all 50 states made during 2026. =C2=A0=20 america250.arrl.org [ https://america250.arrl.org ] Once your confirmations appear in your LoTW account, visit the America250 W= AS web page america250.arrl.org, sign in using your existing LoTW account c= redentials, and view your WAS Account to see your award progress. If you do= n=E2=80=99t already have an LoTW WAS Award Account, you=E2=80=99ll need to = create one first. When you=E2=80=99ve qualified for the award =E2=80=94 and= any endorsements =E2=80=94 submit your order online! =C2=A0=20 America250 WAS Endorsements Even after you've earned the basic award certificate, there's still plenty = of time this year to qualify for endorsements. Participants can earn up to = three: =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0WAS W1AW Portable =E2=80=94 Contact the W1AW/portable = activation in all 50 states. =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0WAS ARRL Affiliated Clubs =E2=80=94 Contact ARRL Affil= iated Club call signs in all 50 states. =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0WAS Triple Play =E2=80=94 Confirm all 50 states on CW,= phone, and digital modes. Endorsements are available as commemorative gold stickers that can be added= to your ARRL America250 WAS certificate. =C2=A0=20 Certificates are $30 for ARRL members and $35 for non-members, plus shippin= g and handling. Endorsement stickers are $5 each plus shipping and handling. =C2=A0=20 Track your progress on the ARRL America250 Worked All States [ https://amer= ica250.arrl.org/ ] web page, and learn more about Celebrate America250 with= ARRL [ https://www.arrl.org/America250?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DE= mail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] . =C2=A0=20 America250 [ https://america250.org/ ] is the national, nonpartisan organiz= ation charged by Congress to lead the commemoration of the signing of the D= eclaration of Independence, a milestone that marks America=E2=80=99s semiqu= incentennial. [https://elecraft.com/products/kh1-transceiver] New ARRL Maine Section Manager Cory Golob, KU1U, of Sabattus, Maine, has been appointed as the ARRL Maine = Section Manager as of August 3, 2026. Golob succeeds Philip Duggan, N1EP, w= ho concluded his term as Section Manager on June 30 after serving since Dec= ember 2021. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CI want to do the very best for amateur radio in the ARRL Maine Sec= tion and build on what our previous Section Manager, Phil Duggan has accomp= lished,=E2=80=9D said Golob. =E2=80=9CI want to appoint a Section Youth Coo= rdinator to help interest students, and teachers, in amateur radio.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 Golob said his first goal would be to work with local radio clubs to help t= hem engage with all 16 schools in the county. =E2=80=9COne club per school,= giving the next generation of amateur radio operators the knowledge and sk= ills they need to build for the future.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 Golob is active in the ARRL Field Organization as an Official Relay Station= and has served as an Assistant Section Manager and Affiliated Club Coordin= ator. His term as Section Manager continues through June 30, 2027. [https://carlsontowers.com/?liftgif] Amateur Radio Supports Wisconsin Tornado Recovery [https://www.k9eam.org/] On July 27, July 30, and August 1, 2026, members of the Green Bay Mike and = Key Club [ https://www.k9eam.org/ ] , who are also members of the Brown-Kew= aunee County Amateur Radio Emergency Service=C2=AE [ https://www.emcommsvc.= org/ ] (ARES=C2=AE), deployed to Winnebago County, Wisconsin, following a t= ornado that struck on July 27. The tornado hit Appleton and caused severe d= amage in Menasha, Fox Crossing, and nearby communities, with peak winds est= imated at 140=E2=80=AFmph and a 12.1-mile path up to 1,500=E2=80=AFyards wi= de. =C2=A0=20 Pamela Evenson, KD=C3=98GPH; Sam Reid, W9SJR, and Sam Martin, KN9SAM, respo= nded to a request from the Winnebago County Emergency Management Office for= ARES radio assistance. When they arrived, team members were paired with ot= her volunteers from Community Emergency Response Teams and local officials = to form damage assessment teams assigned to specific areas.=20 =C2=A0=20 While deployed, Evenson, Reid, and Martin conducted damage assessment opera= tions. There were no deaths and only 60 injuries reported as a result of th= is tornado. Amateur radio provided radio communication between team members= and the net control station at the volunteer coordination center. Amateur Radio Operators Certified for Honor Flight Attention: You are clear for Mission 156!=20 A trio of amateur radio operators in Columbus, Ohio, Dan Merrill, KE8KJX, S= teve Robeano, WD8JKX, and John Ross, KD8IDJ, have been certified for Honor = Flight Mission 156 on October 14, 2026. This is an not an ordinary group of= Veterans. For over 60 years, they have traveled the same paths, had the sa= me experiences, and acquired the same interests, and now they will complete= Honor Flight together. =C2=A0=20 Last year, they made history at the Columbus Hamfest by just being at the s= ame place together for the first time. All are ARRL members, all have Amate= ur Extra-class licenses, all are musicians and Masons, and they all served = in the same army unit after active duty =E2=80=94 the 338th Army Band. In f= act, this Honor Flight mission is unique. 19 members of the 338th Army Band= and friends are going along, as well as 60 other Veterans from the central= Ohio area. =E2=80=9CIt is hard to put into words,=E2=80=9D said Ross. =E2=80=9CWe don= =E2=80=99t know the reasons why and how we all ended up together, but we=E2= =80=99re certainly glad it happened. I can=E2=80=99t image going through al= l we=E2=80=99ve been through, and all the while being friends.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 Ross and Merrill are still working musicians with the Aladdin Temple Shrine= Band in Grove City, Ohio. Ross has been a trumpet player for 68 years and = directs the Shrine Band. He will be the Bugler for Honor Flight Mission 156. =C2=A0 John Ross, KD8IDJ, is the News Editor for the ARRL Letter and host of ARRL = Audio News. [https://morsenexus.com/products/ditstorm-cypher-universal-morse-expert] [https://w0gq.org/events/] [https://digirig.net/store/] FCC Cites GMRS Licensee for Illegal Linked Repeater Network The FCC Enforcement Bureau has issued a Notice of Violation [ https://www.f= cc.gov/document/gary-m-beckstedt-sr-licensee-station-wqyu407 ] to Gary M. B= eckstedt, Sr., of Newnan, Georgia, for operating a network of nearly two do= zen linked General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) repeaters in violation of FC= C rules for the service. Beckstedt is co-founder and Chief Executive Office= r of North Georgia GMRS, Inc., and licensee of GMRS station WQYU407. He als= o holds amateur radio license WB4GMB.=20 =C2=A0 According to the FCC Notice, =E2=80=9CThere are only eight repeater frequen= cy pairs shared nationwide by more than 300,000 active GMRS licensees and m= illions of Family Radio Service users. Because GMRS spectrum is so limited, the service only works as intended whe= n local users can hear each other and cooperate in the sharing of channels. Linking multiple repeaters is not in the public interest because it enables= the retransmission of messages over much larger geographic areas, thereby = limiting localized availability of the GMRS channels, monopolizing a limite= d spectrum resource, and increasing the potential for interference.=E2=80= =9D It notes that GMRS repeaters may be connected to the telephone network = =E2=80=9Cor other networks=E2=80=9D (such as the internet) only for the pur= pose of remote control. Repeater linking is permitted in the Amateur Radio Service, but not for GMR= S communications for the reasons explained in the Notice. =C2=A0 Enforcement Bureau agents monitored several of Beckstedt=E2=80=99s GMRS rep= eaters this past February, according to the Notice, and observed that the r= epeaters were connected via the internet and =E2=80=9Cwere being used to co= nvey messages to multiple repeaters for simultaneous transmission on the re= peaters=E2=80=99 respective over-the-air output frequencies, in violation o= f section 95.1749 of the Commission=E2=80=99s rules.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 Beckstedt was given 20 days to =E2=80=9Cfully explain the violation=E2=80= =9D and spell out =E2=80=9Cthe specific action(s) taken to correct the viol= ation and preclude recurrence.=E2=80=9D Amateur Radio in the News =E2=80=9COld-school ham radios can save lives when hurricanes hit cell towe= rs, phone lines [ https://www.postandcourier.com/charleston_sc/sc-ham-radio= -network-emergency-backup-after-hurricanses/article_47a7e5ec-e245-4f35-ad0f= -366cc73a4a0c.html ] =E2=80=9D / MSN - The Post and Courier (South Carolina= ) August 6, 2026 -- South Carolina Healthcare Emergency Amateur Radio Team =C2=A0 "Amateur radio in the classroom: How Long Island teachers plan to use the t= echnology to teach STEM concepts=E2=80=9D / NEWSDAY (Long Island, NY) Augus= t 5, 2026 -- The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology [ https://w= ww.arrl.org/teachers-institute-on-wireless-technology?utm_source=3DInformz&= utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , in conjunction with the Suffolk = County Radio Club, an ARRL Affiliated Club. [https://ccrane.com/arrl?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_camp= aign=3D2026&utm_content=3Dssb2] ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 =C2=A0=20 What if you need to send a message from a disaster area, but all forms of c= ommunication are down? The ARRL National Traffic System could be your tool = to get the message out. Join ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, and learn about the hi= story of the National Traffic System, how it works, and how you can become = a regular user and be prepared to send and relay traffic. The livestream will air on the ARRL's learning center, learn.arrl.org [ htt= p://learn.arrl.org ] , August 25th at 8 PM Eastern. Preregistration is requ= ired and can be accomplished through the Learning Center. =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: August 25, 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 ] 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. [https://store.ai6ym.radio/pages/picofox?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dema= il&utm_campaign=3Dr3] 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 08/05/2026 Iowa W1AW/=C3=98 (host WB=C3=98GAG)=20 08/05/2026 New Jersey W1AW/2 (NP4H)=20 08/05/2026 Louisiana W1AW/5 (host N5YS)=20 08/12/2026 Idaho W1AW/7 (host ND7L) 08/12/2026 Ohio W1AW/8 (host K8ZT)=20 08/12/2026 Massachusetts W1AW/1 (host W1AST) The Rhode Island Parks on the Air (RI POTA [ https://ripota.org/ ] ) will h= ost a three-day POTA Activation-a-Thon on September 11 =E2=80=93 13, 2026, = with a soft start planned for September 10. The event is an opportunity to = activate all 61 Rhode Island POTA locations. To register, go to Activate All RI 2026 | Rhode Island POTA [ https://ripot= a.org/activate-ri-2026/ ] to activate one or many POTA locations during the= event. Tell your friends, POTA connections, clubs and even post about this event o= n your QRZ page. POTA hunters are advised to look for helpful online tools to help organize = the hunt for new RI parks, including a real-time on-the-air status dashboar= d during the event, and a complete schedule of parks to be activated. [https://www.arrl.org/annual-reports] The 2025 ARRL Annual Report [ https://www.arrl.org/annual-reports?utm_sourc= e=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] is now available onlin= e, highlighting the organization's work to advance amateur radio and serve = its members. The report shares accomplishments across education, advocacy, emergency com= munications, publications, technology, and member services, while recognizi= ng members, volunteers, and the generosity of donors who make ARRL's missio= n possible. This year's theme, Developing the Next Generation of Radio Amateurs, reflec= ts ARRL's growing investment to inspire and educate youth. The Annual Report also includes a Report to America, highlighting the impac= t of Amateur Radio Emergency Service=C2=AE (ARES=C2=AE) volunteers and the = wider amateur radio community in serving their communities during disasters= , emergencies, and public service events. Read the full report to learn more about ARRL's impact in 2025. ARRL=E2=80= =99s 2025 IRS Form 990 [ https://www.arrl.org/irs-form-990?utm_source=3DInf= ormz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] is also available. [https://morsenexus.com/products/ditstorm-cypher-universal-morse-expert] In Brief... AMSAT Canada (Amateur Radio Satellites and Systems - Canada, AMSAT-CA) has = announced the start of membership intake for its organization, formed in 20= 23 as the 28th informal AMSAT affiliate. The organization promotes, develops, and supports amateur radio in space, i= ncluding satellite communications, experimental technology, natural satelli= te communications, and STEM education. AMSAT-CA invites amateur radio operators, educators, makers, and space enth= usiasts to join in building a stronger Canadian presence in space-based ama= teur radio activities. For more information, visit amsat-ca.org/membership [ https://amsat-ca.org/= membership ] . [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 =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. [https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-multimeters/dm800/?utm_source=3DQ= ST&utm_medium=3DeNews&utm_campaign=3DDM858] [https://www.flexradio.com/aurora/] [https://elecraft.com/products/k4-transceiver] 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 August 6, 2026 Solar activity has been at low levels, with occasional B-class flaring and = isolated low-level C-class flares observed. The largest event of the period= was a C1.6/Sf flare on August 5 from Region 4502. =C2=A0=20 The six numbered sunspot regions on the visible disk are mostly stable or i= n varying stages of decay. Region 4498 showed a slight decrease in penumbra= l extent. Region 4499 declined in length and area, though limb foreshorteni= ng hindered complete characterization of its magnetic structure. Region 450= 0 weakened in its leading spot. Region 4501 lost its trailing spots, decayi= ng into a unipolar group. =C2=A0=20 Region 4502 exhibited consolidation across both magnetic poles. Region 4503= was limited by foreshortening near the southeast limb, but appeared to sho= w modest new flux emergence in its trailing spots to become a bipolar group. =C2=A0=20 No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in available = coronagraph imagery. =C2=A0=20 With ongoing region decay and several active regions in the western hemisph= ere expected to rotate off the disk over the coming days, there is a decrea= sing chance for M-class (R1-R2/minor-moderate) flares August 6. Current Sol= ar Orbiter Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) imagery suggests no signi= ficant returning regions during the forecast period. =C2=A0=20 Solar wind parameters remained at quiet, ambient, levels throughout the per= iod. Solar wind speeds reflected a slow wind regime, gradually declining fr= om early values near 400 km/s down to approximately 345 km/s late in the pe= riod. The phi angle remained predominantly in the positive (away from the S= un) sector. =C2=A0=20 Solar wind parameters are expected to remain in a slow wind regime through = early August 7. Later in the day, enhancements are anticipated to begin due= to the arrival of CMEs that departed the Sun on August 3. These CME enhanc= ements may persist into August 8, alongside potential weak influences from = a negative polarity coronal hole high-speed stream (-CH HSS) that is likely= too far south to become significantly geoeffective. =C2=A0=20 The 10.7-centimeter flux: August 6 - 7, 110; August 8 - 12, 105 =C2=A0=20 Predicted sunspots: August 6, 95; August 7, 89; August 8, 102; August 9, 83= ; August 10, 105; August 11, 75; August 12, 110 =C2=A0=20 For more information concerning radio propagation, visit [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/technical-information-service?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmai= l&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] 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/ ] . [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2097393415] Just Ahead in Radiosport =E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 6 -- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 6 - 7 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 6 -- NRAU 10m Activity Contest (CW, phone, digi= tal)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 6 -- SKCC Sprint Europe (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 8 - 9 -- ARRL EME Contest [ https://www.arrl.or= g/eme-contest?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]= (CW, phone, digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 8 - 9 -- WAE DX Contest (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 8 - 9 -- YB Bekasi Merdeka Contest (CW, phone)= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 8 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 8 -- Kentucky State Parks on the Air (CW, phone= , digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 8 - 9 -- Maryland-DC QSO Party (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 9 -- SARL HF Digital Contest (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 10 -- States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW= , phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 11 -- DARC FT4 Contest (digital) =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 12 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 12 - 14 =E2=80=93 MMMonVHF/DUBUS 144 MHz Meteor= scatter Sprint Contest (CW, phone, digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 13 -- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA (digital)= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 - 16 -- SARTG WW RTTY Contest (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 - 16 -- Russian District Award Contest (CW, = phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 - 17 -- ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest (CW, phon= e, digital) [ http://www.arrl.org/10-ghz-up?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 -- SARL Youth QSO Party (phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 - 16 -- Keyman's Club of Japan Contest (CW)= =20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 - 16 -- North American QSO Party, SSB (phone= ) [ https://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf ]=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 15 - 16 -- 2100 1.8-28 CVA DX Contest (CW)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 -- NJQRP Skeeter Hunt (CW, phone)=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 -- ARRL Rookie Roundup, RTTY (digital) [ htt= ps://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL ]=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0August 16 - 17 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW) Remember to visit the ARRL Contest Calendar [ https://www.arrl.org/contest-= calendar?_zs=3DOV2xl&_zl=3DgeQ73&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL%20website%20amateur%20radio%20&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_m= edium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&u= tm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DA= RRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&= utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3D= ARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_= medium=3DEmail&utm_campaig&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_camp= aign=3DARRL ] for more events and information. [https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2094335552] 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 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 September 26 | Red River Radio Amateurs Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/hamf= ests/red-river-radio-amateurs-hamfest-arrl-minnesota-state-convention?utm_s= ource=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL= Minnesota State Convention, Moorhead, Minnesota =C2=A0 October 3 | Third Annual Micro Expo [ http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/third-an= nual-micro-expo-arrl-santa-barbara-section-convention-1?utm_source=3DInform= z&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Santa Barbara= Section Convention, Camarillo, California=20 =C2=A0 October 3 | Wichita Area Hamfest [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/wichita-ar= ea-hamfest-arrl-kansas-section-convention-2?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Kansas Section Convention= , Wichita, Kansas =C2=A0=20 Save the Date=20 Join ARRL at these Division Conventions and other major events throughout t= he year. Beginning in the fourth quarter, this list will also include signi= ficant events scheduled for the following year. =C2=A0=20 October 9 =E2=80=93 10 | SPARK-CON 2026 [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/spa= rk-con-2026-arrl-midwest-division-convention?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_mediu= m=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Midwest Division Convent= ion, Sedalia, Missouri =C2=A0=20 October 10 | North Star Radio Convention [ https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/no= rth-star-radio-convention-arrl-dakota-division-convention?utm_source=3DInfo= rmz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , hosting the ARRL Dakota Divi= sion Convention, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota =C2=A0=20 October 16 =E2=80=93 18 | Pacificon [ https://www.pacificon.org/ ] , hostin= g the ARRL Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, California Have News for ARRL? Submissions for the ARRL Letter and ARRL News can be sent to news@arrl.org = [ mailto:news@arrl.org ] . -- John E. 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margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Amateur radio operators from the Oslo Group of the Norwegian Radio Relay Le= ague (NRRL), using an experimental satellite and homebrew ham equipment, su= ccessfully reprogrammed the satellite to respond to voice control.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> On July 27, 2026, a verbal command, sent via a 23-centimeter signal from th= e roof of the Oslo Group&#39;s club station, was received, transcribed, and= executed on board the OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite. The satellite then activat= ed the game DOOM in response, and downloaded images of the game as confirma= tion. Voice control of a satellite was a reality, performed by radio amateu= rs in the Oslo Group!</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 spacecraft is operated by Graz University of Technology in Austria and = the experimentation is coordinated by the European Space Agency=E2=80=99s E= uropean Space Operations Centre (<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUu= cD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ2OA/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>ES= OC</span></a>) in Darmstadt, Germany.</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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyM= DUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ2OQ/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>OPS-SAT PRETTY</span></a> is a 3U CubeSat (10 x 10 x 34 cm) with a reconfigurable processing platform= that allows a wide range of custom software and firmware experiments, and = is tightly connected to an onboard software defined receiver (SDR).</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AE505DF22-6F78-F14F-8CF1-AD6D397D6732"= 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/satilight%20Doo= m_LB9BJ%20transmission%202026.jpg?cb=3D689917" border=3D"0" height=3D"348" = width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0;= max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" c= lass=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption AE505DF22-6F78-F14F-8CF1-AD6D397= D6732" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" align=3D"center" style=3D"border= : none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace:= 0pt;"> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: = none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0= pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center"> <p style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0;">The amateur radio operator speaking into the micropho= ne in the evening pass is Jon Bergli Heier, LB9BJ. [Photo courtesy of Truls= Johansen, LA7IJ]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>= </td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A36D5C6B3-9E16-BC15-E739-19DD54291DA4" = 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;"> Everyone involved in the experiment agreed that amateur radio infrastructur= e can support technically meaningful spacecraft experiments when RF design,= signal processing, craft software, and disciplined operations are treated = as one system.</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;"> Can the satellite be programed to talk back in an AI human voice? </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=9CFor this satellite, the Satellite Experimental Processing Platform= (SEPP) where the experiments run, is connected to an SDR, receive only,=E2= =80=9D said team member Eskil Hadland, LB6AJ. =E2=80=9CAs far as I know, th= e TMTC (Telemetry and Telecommand) is outside of the SEPP. So I do not believe this satellite will be able to talk back to us. Unlike other satellite operations for amateurs, where you can listen when y= ou are aiming directly, we have been shouting towards the stars, and gotten= data back hours later.=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;"> So what is next step with voice command communications? </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9CAs for the next step, we are also curious about what it will be,= =E2=80=9D added Hadland. =E2=80=9CThis experiment has been initiated by Ge= orges Labr=C3=A8che, whom together with =C3=93lafur Waage, were the first t= o successfully run the game DOOM on the OPS-SAT back in 2023 (Not OPS-SAT P= RETTY). Neither of them are radio amateurs, but are into the software devel= opment field. </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;"> Labr=C3=A8che has suggested, as mentioned in our report at <strong><a href= =3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZs= aT00NDE5MDQ3MA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" dat= a-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #00= 00ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hy= perlink-color-preserver" style>doom.lb6aj.net/#future</span></a></strong>, = that a next step might be e.g., &quot;PRETTY TURN OFF SDR&quot; to act on a= n actual payload of the satellite, making it a control interface. But this might meet resistance from the team at ESA. We also have some other ideas regarding amateur radio, building further on = this experiment, but we are not sure yet. But time will tell.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The Project Page at partner Tanagra Space tells the whole story from end to= end, with the postcard the satellite composed on board and the gameplay se= quence it captured as it flew: <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/= z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ3MQ/index.html" ta= rget=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-info= rmz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; t= ext-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" styl= e>tanagraspace.com/opssat-pretty-doomed</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;"> <em>Thanks to the Oslo Group of the Norwegian Radio Relay League for taking= time to talk with the ARRL Letter about their accomplishments</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> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A8471594F-8ED3-75E4-B1CD-AB2246AC774C"= cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse= : collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td style=3D"line-height:1px; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ3Mg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; 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Participants can ear= n up to three:</p> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regula= r', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height:= 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align= : left;"> <strong>WAS W1AW Portable</strong> =E2=80=94 Contact the W1AW/portable acti= vation in all 50 states.</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> <strong>WAS ARRL Affiliated Clubs</strong> =E2=80=94 Contact ARRL Affiliate= d Club call signs in all 50 states.</li> <li style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text-align: left;"> <strong>WAS Triple Play </strong>=E2=80=94 Confirm all 50 states on CW, pho= ne, and digital modes.</li> </ul><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, s= ans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margi= n-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Endorsements are available as commemorative gold stickers that can be added= to your ARRL America250 WAS certificate.</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;"> Certificates are $30 for ARRL members and $35 for non-members, plus shippin= g and handling. 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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;">Cory Golob, KU1U, ARRL Ma= ine Section Manager [Photo courtesy of Cory Golob, KU1U]</p></td></tr></tab= le></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[i= f !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/Cory%20Golob%2C%20Main%20Section%20Manager.jpg?cb=3D685901= " border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"188" align=3D"right" style=3D"height= : auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; pos= ition: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "><= /div> <table width=3D"188" 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;">Cory Golob, KU1U, ARRL Maine Section Manager [Photo c= ourtesy of Cory Golob, KU1U]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></= 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;"> Cory Golob, KU1U, of Sabattus, Maine, has been appointed as the ARRL Maine = Section Manager as of August 3, 2026. Golob succeeds Philip Duggan, N1EP, w= ho concluded his term as Section Manager on June 30 after serving since Dec= ember 2021.</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', = Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px= ; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Cali= bri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px;= margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> =E2=80=9CI want to do the very best for amateur radio in the ARRL Maine Sec= tion and build on what our previous Section Manager, Phil Duggan has accomp= lished,=E2=80=9D said Golob. =E2=80=9CI want to appoint a Section Youth Coo= rdinator to help interest students, and teachers, in amateur radio.=E2=80= =9D</p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri,= sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin= -bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Cali= bri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px;= margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Golob said his first goal would be to work with local radio clubs to help t= hem engage with all 16 schools in the county. =E2=80=9COne club per school,= giving the next generation of amateur radio operators the knowledge and sk= ills they need to build for the future.=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"color: #000= 000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; f= ont-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; tex= t-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Cali= bri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px;= margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Golob is active in the ARRL Field Organization as an Official Relay Station= and has served as an Assistant Section Manager and Affiliated Club Coordin= ator. 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"> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> On July 27, July 30, and August 1, 2026, members of the <a href=3D"https://= arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ4= MA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-li= nk-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-w= eight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-colo= r-preserver" style>Green Bay Mike and Key Club</span></a>, who are also mem= bers of the <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ4MQ/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>Brown-Kewaunee County Ama= teur Radio Emergency Service=C2=AE</span></a> (ARES=C2=AE), deployed to Winnebago County, Wisconsin, following a tornado = that struck on July 27. The tornado hit Appleton and caused severe damage i= n Menasha, Fox Crossing, and nearby communities, with peak winds estimated = at 140=E2=80=AFmph and a 12.1-mile path up to 1,500=E2=80=AFyards wide.</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;"> Pamela Evenson, KD=C3=98GPH; Sam Reid, W9SJR, and Sam Martin, KN9SAM, respo= nded to a request from the Winnebago County Emergency Management Office for= ARES radio assistance. When they arrived, team members were paired with other volunteers from Comm= unity Emergency Response Teams and local officials to form damage assessmen= t teams assigned to specific areas. </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;"> While deployed, Evenson, Reid, and Martin conducted damage assessment opera= tions. There were no deaths and only 60 injuries reported as a result of this torn= ado. Amateur radio provided radio communication between team members and the net= control station at the volunteer coordination center. </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 A8A7EDC8E-A402-D5AD-62B4-8027EE937E18" = 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_A8A7EDC8E"></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">Amateur Radio Operators Certified for Honor Fligh= t</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A37CF4839-1668-138A-4347-FA8EDC25D7AF" = 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>Attention: You are clear for Mission 156! </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;"> A trio of amateur radio operators in Columbus, Ohio, Dan Merrill, KE8KJX, S= teve Robeano, WD8JKX, and John Ross, KD8IDJ, have been certified for Honor = Flight Mission 156 on October 14, 2026. This is an not an ordinary group of= Veterans. For over 60 years, they have traveled the same paths, had the sa= me experiences, and acquired the same interests, and now they will complete= Honor Flight together.</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, they made history at the Columbus Hamfest by just being at the s= ame place together for the first time. All are ARRL members, all have Amate= ur Extra-class licenses, all are musicians and Masons, and they all served = in the same army unit after active duty =E2=80=94 the 338th Army Band. In f= act, this Honor Flight mission is unique. 19 members of the 338th Army Band= and friends are going along, as well as 60 other Veterans from the central= Ohio 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> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A32763FFD-EFFC-0F35-1F0E-158F4C4CC48A"= 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/jogn.jpg?cb=3D1= 79171" border=3D"0" height=3D"351" width=3D"468" align=3D"center" style=3D"= height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align:= center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"468" class=3D"imagecaption A32763FFD-EFFC-0F35-1F0E-158F4C4= CC48A" 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;">Photo caption: Left to right: Dan Merrill, KE8KJX; St= eve Robeano, WD8JKX, and John Ross, KD8IDJ, at last year=E2=80=99s Columbus= Hamfest. [Photo courtesy of John Perone, W8RXX]</p></td></tr></table></td>= </tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE566E6E2-5919-7A83-3030-819897203F28" = 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;"> =E2=80=9CIt is hard to put into words,=E2=80=9D said Ross. =E2=80=9CWe don= =E2=80=99t know the reasons why and how we all ended up together, but we=E2= =80=99re certainly glad it happened. I can=E2=80=99t image going through all we=E2=80=99ve been through, and all= the while being friends.=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;"> Ross and Merrill are still working musicians with the Aladdin Temple Shrine= Band in Grove City, Ohio. Ross has been a trumpet player for 68 years and directs the Shrine Band. He will be the Bugler for Honor Flight Mission 156.</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>John Ross, KD8IDJ, is the News Editor for the ARRL Letter and host of A= RRL Audio News.</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> </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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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 A52CC6C75-99B9-0DC3-3D8F-7EA6AE714D06" = 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_A52CC6C75"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">FCC Cites GMRS= Licensee for Illegal Linked Repeater Network</span></strong></p></td></tr>= </table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AA1D93B53-C04C-F= BE2-C91B-3D86C169F3E5" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border:= none; 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margi= n: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: right; widt= h: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A18DB657C-3008-8155-3448-BFB473F9D547" = style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The FCC Enforcement Bureau has issued a <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net= /z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ4NQ/index.html" t= arget=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-inf= ormz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; = text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" sty= le>Notice of Violation</span></a> to Gary M. Beckstedt, Sr., of Newnan, Georgia, for operating a network of n= early two dozen linked General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) repeaters in vio= lation of FCC rules for the service. Beckstedt is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of North Georgia GMRS, = Inc., and licensee of GMRS station WQYU407. He also holds amateur radio lic= ense WB4GMB. </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;"> According to the FCC Notice, =E2=80=9CThere are only eight repeater frequen= cy pairs shared nationwide by more than 300,000 active GMRS licensees and m= illions of Family Radio Service users. Because GMRS spectrum is so limited, the service only works as intended whe= n local users can hear each other and cooperate in the sharing of channels. Linking multiple repeaters is not in the public interest because it enables= the retransmission of messages over much larger geographic areas, thereby = limiting localized availability of the GMRS channels, monopolizing a limite= d spectrum resource, and increasing the potential for interference.=E2=80= =9D It notes that GMRS repeaters may be connected to the telephone network = =E2=80=9Cor other networks=E2=80=9D (such as the internet) only for the pur= pose of remote control. Repeater linking is permitted in the Amateur Radio Service, but not for GMR= S communications for the reasons explained in the Notice.</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;"> Enforcement Bureau agents monitored several of Beckstedt=E2=80=99s GMRS rep= eaters this past February, according to the Notice, and observed that the r= epeaters were connected via the internet and =E2=80=9Cwere being used to co= nvey messages to multiple repeaters for simultaneous transmission on the re= peaters=E2=80=99 respective over-the-air output frequencies, in violation o= f section 95.1749 of the Commission=E2=80=99s rules.=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;"> Beckstedt was given 20 days to =E2=80=9Cfully explain the violation=E2=80= =9D and spell out =E2=80=9Cthe specific action(s) taken to correct the viol= ation and preclude recurrence.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A89959889-8779-A147-D603-DA44A031E722" = 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_A89959889"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span c= lass=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Old-school ham radios can sa= ve lives when hurricanes hit cell towers, phone lines</span></a>=E2=80=9D /= MSN - The Post and Courier (South Carolina) August 6, 2026 -- South Caroli= na Healthcare Emergency Amateur Radio Team</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: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>&quot;Amateur radio in the classroom: How Long Island teachers plan= to use the technology to teach STEM concepts=E2=80=9D</strong> / NEWSDAY (= Long Island, NY) August 5, 2026 -- The <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/= z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ4Nw/index.html" ta= rget=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-info= rmz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><em>On the Air LIVE</em></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;"> What if you need to send a message from a disaster area, but all forms of c= ommunication are down? The ARRL National Traffic System could be your tool = to get the message out. Join ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF= , and learn about the history of the National Traffic System, how it works,= and how you can become a regular user and be prepared to send and relay tr= affic. The livestream will air on the ARRL&#39;s learning center, <strong><= a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOT= cyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ5MQ/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>learn.arrl.org</span></a></strong>, Au= gust 25th at 8 PM Eastern. 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ARRL Audio News is a summary of the week&#39;s top= news stories in the world of amateur radio and ARRL, along with interviews= and other features. <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3= NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ5Mw/index.html" target=3D"_blank" da= ta-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track= =3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: = none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>More info</spa= n></a> | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDU= yOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ5NA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"= true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"c= olor: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D= "email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Listen on Blubrry</span></a> | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "A1BD330CC-4154-DDEB-32F0-E675F6016145" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt= ; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A99E18065-B70F-6DC3-932C-9F6D6365FB37' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ5NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-type=3D"Web_Page" data-informz-link-name=3D"" data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false"> <img alt=3D'ARRL On the Air' src=3D'https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL Letter/OTA-podcast-lo= go_175.jpg?cb=3D436019' border=3D'0' height=3D'175' width=3D'175' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /> </a></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A99E18065-B70F-6DC3-932C-9F6D6365FB37" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ5NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt=3D"ARRL On the Air" src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/imag= es/ARRL%20Letter/OTA-podcast-logo_175.jpg?cb=3D436019" border=3D"0" height= =3D"175" width=3D"175" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !important; inl= ine: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-al= ign: left; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text AC1D356D9-7B4E-62DE-763A-0DE0BFAE5BC8" = style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><em>On the Air</em></strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <em>Sponsored by Icom</em></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>A Passion for POTA</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;"> 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 prog= ram involves setting up temporary stations in parks that have a specific al= phanumeric POTA designator. Evan expands on information shared in his July/= August 2026 <em>On the Air</em> article =E2=80=9CRediscovering Ham Radio Th= rough POTA,=E2=80=9D and offers information on how to join the POTA fun. <a= href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTc= yNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ5NQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true= " data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color= : #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"ema= il-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>More info</span></a> | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDU= yOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ5Ng/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"= true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"c= olor: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D= "email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Listen on Blubrry</span></a> | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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See the complete schedule at <strong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz= =2Enet/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwMA/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;"> 08/05/2026 Iowa W1AW/=C3=98 (host WB=C3=98GAG) </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;"> 08/05/2026 New Jersey W1AW/2 (NP4H) </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;"> 08/05/2026 Louisiana W1AW/5 (host N5YS) </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;"> 08/12/2026 Idaho W1AW/7 (host ND7L)</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;"> 08/12/2026 Ohio W1AW/8 (host K8ZT) </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;"> 08/12/2026 Massachusetts W1AW/1 (host W1AST)</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 A8DD03622-E07D-F6D9-DFF8-E686B69DE7F2" = 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 Rhode Island Parks on the Air (<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.= net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwMg/index.html= " target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-= informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inheri= t; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" = style>RI POTA</span></a>) will host a three-day POTA Activation-a-Thon on S= eptember 11 =E2=80=93 13, 2026</strong>, with a soft start planned for Sept= ember 10. The event is an opportunity to activate all 61 Rhode Island POTA = locations. To register, go to <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9= taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwNA/index.html" target=3D"_= blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-no= t-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decor= ation: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Activat= e All RI 2026 | Rhode Island POTA</span></a> to activate one or many POTA locations during the event. Tell your friends, POTA connections, clubs and even post about this event o= n your QRZ page. POTA hunters are advised to look for helpful online tools to help organize = the hunt for new RI parks, including a real-time on-the-air status dashboar= d during the event, and a complete schedule of parks to be activated. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A4189D6BA-943C-F076-5849= -C8BEB76F357E" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; b= order-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-ri= ght: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A4D5F4937-FCBA-4CF0-C49F-72413AC7EE99' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 20px 15px; line-height:1px"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-type=3D"Web_Page" data-informz-link-name=3D"" data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/ARRL%20Letter/2025%20ARR= L%20Annual%20Report.png?cb=3D425911' border=3D'0' height=3D'250' width=3D'193' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /> </a></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A4D5F4937-FCBA-4CF0-C49F-72413AC7EE99" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 20px 15px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwNQ/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/2= 025%20ARRL%20Annual%20Report.png?cb=3D425911" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" w= idth=3D"193" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true= ; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: righ= t; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A05E51251-DEE1-EB6D-1D94-3A034F04EDA6" = 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 2025 ARRL <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk= 3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" d= ata-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track= =3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: = none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Annual Report<= /span></a> is now available online, highlighting the organization&#39;s work to advanc= e amateur radio and serve its members</strong>. The report shares accomplis= hments across education, advocacy, emergency communications, publications, = technology, and member services, while recognizing members, volunteers, and= the generosity of donors who make ARRL&#39;s mission possible. This year&#= 39;s theme, Developing the Next Generation of Radio Amateurs, reflects ARRL= &#39;s growing investment to inspire and educate youth. The Annual Report a= lso includes a Report to America, highlighting the impact of Amateur Radio = Emergency Service=C2=AE (ARES=C2=AE) volunteers and the wider amateur radio= community in serving their communities during disasters, emergencies, and = public service events. Read the full report to learn more about ARRL&#39;s = impact in 2025. ARRL=E2=80=99s 2025 <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/c= jUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwNg/index.html" targe= t=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz= -do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text= -decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>I= RS Form 990</span></a> is also available.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A4DCF0594-2FB= 3-7A48-A1D9-C89E0ABC2560" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ4Mg/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/41325e03-b1d3-4= d13-a997-a3a157b15a7c.png?cb=3D8067" border=3D"0" height=3D"200" width=3D"4= 68" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width= : 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"im= g "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AE92C477B-925B-B747-A931-CA58BD001829" = 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...</s= pan></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%= " class=3D"ADF706576-C850-DFE9-A66B-BABE057CFC14" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspa= cing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: col= lapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-l= space: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A2F004859-A8CC-F4D5-0DE7-5F14214B6887' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 1px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/AMSAT-CA_Logo-Final-01.j= pg?cb=3D499485' border=3D'0' height=3D'251' width=3D'243' 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 A2F004859-A8CC-F4D5-0DE7-5F14214B6887" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 0px 1px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/AMSAT-CA_Logo-Final-01.jpg?cb=3D499485" border=3D"0" heigh= t=3D"251" width=3D"243" align=3D"right" style=3D"height: auto !important; i= nline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-= align: right; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A4191C993-0958-3959-6F21-7A45C329BEAC" = 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>AMSAT Canada (Amateur Radio Satellites and Systems - Canada, AMSAT-= CA) has announced the start of membership intake for its organization, form= ed in 2023 as the 28th informal AMSAT affiliate</strong>. The organization = promotes, develops, and supports amateur radio in space, including satellit= e communications, experimental technology, natural satellite communications= , and STEM education. AMSAT-CA invites amateur radio operators, educators, = makers, and space enthusiasts to join in building a stronger Canadian prese= nce in space-based amateur radio activities. For more information, visit <s= trong><a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTU= yMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwNw/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>amsat-ca.org/membership</span>= </a></strong>. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AF5A83452-51B= 3-466F-B24C-32EC82D1C06C" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUwOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Untitled%20(1).gi= f?cb=3D898607" border=3D"0" height=3D"77" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" st= yle=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text= -align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A99CAEB3D-DA68-79D1-0778-F809C56668E9" = 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 A616CC2AE-CBC3-3C6D-3B6D-7A71A0841132" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Open Positions at ARRL</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for Amate= ur Radio<sup>=C2=AE</sup>! We are currently seeking qualified applicants fo= r the following positions:</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Membership Manager</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Technical Editor</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>RFI Lab Engineer</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Public Relations and Outreach Manager</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at <strong><a href=3D"htt= ps://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE= 5MDUwOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-infor= mz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; f= ont-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink= -color-preserver" style>www.arrl.org/careers</span></a></strong>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; 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font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp; </p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A55BB93B9-675F-C17C-8F44-D10B5EFA7383" = 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_A55BB93B9"></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">The ARRL Solar= Report</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" wid= th=3D"100%" class=3D"A18C225E3-D458-F51D-8341-07EE8E297DCF" cellpadding=3D"= 0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-col= lapse: collapse; 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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, August 6, 2026</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></= tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image AB4661460-E0A1-8423-6ED5-DDB0481963B6" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"> <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUxNQ/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/latest_4096_HMI= IC%20new%20solar%20disk%20image%207-30-26.jpg?cb=3D593152" border=3D"0" hei= ght=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, August 6, 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 August 6, 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 has been at low levels, with occasional B-class flaring and = isolated low-level C-class flares observed. The largest event of the period was a C1.6/Sf flare on August 5 from Region= 4502.</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 six numbered sunspot regions on the visible disk are mostly stable or i= n varying stages of decay. Region 4498 showed a slight decrease in penumbral extent. Region 4499 declined in length and area, though limb foreshortening hindere= d complete characterization of its magnetic structure. Region 4500 weakened in its leading spot. Region 4501 lost its trailing spots, decaying into a unipolar group.</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 4502 exhibited consolidation across both magnetic poles. Region 4503 was limited by foreshortening near the southeast limb, but appe= ared to show modest new flux emergence in its trailing spots to become a bi= polar group.</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;"> No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in available = coronagraph imagery.</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;"> With ongoing region decay and several active regions in the western hemisph= ere expected to rotate off the disk over the coming days, there is a decrea= sing chance for M-class (R1-R2/minor-moderate) flares August 6. Current Sol= ar Orbiter Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) imagery suggests no signi= ficant returning regions during the forecast period.</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 remained at quiet, ambient, levels throughout the per= iod. Solar wind speeds reflected a slow wind regime, gradually declining from ea= rly values near 400 km/s down to approximately 345 km/s late in the period. The phi angle remained predominantly in the positive (away from the Sun) se= ctor.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar wind parameters are expected to remain in a slow wind regime through = early August 7. Later in the day, enhancements are anticipated to begin due= to the arrival of CMEs that departed the Sun on August 3. These CME enhanc= ements may persist into August 8, alongside potential weak influences from = a negative polarity coronal hole high-speed stream (-CH HSS) that is likely= too far south to become significantly geoeffective.</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: August 6 - 7, 110; August 8 - 12, 105</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Predicted sunspots: August 6, 95; August 7, 89; August 8, 102; August 9, 83= ; August 10, 105; August 11, 75; August 12, 110</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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUxNw/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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUxOA/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; 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font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;">= <span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL EME Contest</spa= n></a> (CW, phone, digital) </li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-l= eft: 4.25px;"> August 8 - 9 -- WAE DX Contest (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"p= adding-left: 4.25px;"> August 8 - 9 -- YB Bekasi Merdeka Contest (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"und= efined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 8 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefined" styl= e=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 8 -- Kentucky State Parks on the Air (CW, phone, digital) </li><li c= lass=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 8 - 9 -- Maryland-DC QSO Party (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"undefin= ed" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 9 -- SARL HF Digital Contest (digital) </li><li class=3D"undefined" = style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 10 -- States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone) </li><li cla= ss=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 11 -- DARC FT4 Contest (digital)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style= =3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 12 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"pad= ding-left: 4.25px;"> August 12 - 14 =E2=80=93 MMMonVHF/DUBUS 144 MHz Meteorscatter Sprint Contes= t (CW, phone, digital) </li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: = 4.25px;"> August 13 -- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA (digital) </li><li class=3D"un= defined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 15 - 16 -- SARTG WW RTTY Contest (digital) </li><li class=3D"undefin= ed" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 15 - 16 -- Russian District Award Contest (CW, phone) </li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> August 15 - 17 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ= 1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDUyOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-= informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"f= alse" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5M= DU0MQ/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;"> August 7 =E2=80=93 8 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNj= k3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU0NA/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= Njk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU0Nw/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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU1MA/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= Njk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDQ2Nw/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= 9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU1Mw/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= Njk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU1Ng/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= 0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU1OQ/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;"> September 26 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1Jn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU2Mg/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>Red River Radio Amateu= rs Hamfest</span></a>, hosting the ARRL Minnesota State Convention, Moorhea= d, 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 3 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU2NQ/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>Third Annual Micro Expo</= span></a>, hosting the ARRL Santa Barbara Section Convention, Camarillo, Ca= lifornia </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 3 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU2OA/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>Wichita Area Hamfest</spa= n></a>, hosting the ARRL Kansas Section Convention, Wichita, Kansas</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: 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= Njk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU3MQ/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/cjUucD9taT0zNjk3NTQ1JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU3NA/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= zNjk3NTQ1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDE5MDU3Ng/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"text A4DDEB784-9401-5CD6-FA3C-39395D1D9CA6" = 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: 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:#000000">Have News for ARRL?</span></strong></p></td></tr>= </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AF9D8CB96-2528-A842-B7F6-7D44817A15EA" = 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;"> Submissions for the ARRL Letter and ARRL News can be sent to <a href=3D"mai= lto:news@arrl.org" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-inform= z-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" data-informz-email-address= =3D"news@arrl.org" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-deco= ration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>news@a= rrl.org</span></a>. -- <em>John E. 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