[From nobody Fri Sep 11 09:18:58 2026 Return-Path: <nde_3258526258.2@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, 10 Sep 2026 14:25:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: from www11.qth.com by www11.qth.com with LMTP id BTt5E/UDo2qydyYAyA/1RA (envelope-from <nde_3258526258.2@informz.net>) for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:24:37 -0500 Return-path: <nde_3258526258.2@informz.net> Envelope-to: n0nb@n0nb.us Delivery-date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:24:37 -0500 Received: from mail.42.115.informz.net ([205.201.42.115]:9701) by www11.qth.com with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.5) (envelope-from <nde_3258526258.2@informz.net>) id 1x4kNy-0000000AZpE-0iCR for n0nb@n0nb.us; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:24:37 -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=S0vEp/fITtwYxQ0XZU14FQWIyuG0JWVnhvr+Qx1Hj3s=; b=mGXRsBZRA+Z5NrgWPhfe7S/qu0sNUWVSnLZyhRCeJVUt2agXAs1vRMGUNrO9fnEiih9HKqyEkKLE wDPgyKgfTAoMVq7zsNBFaLMfbRo5938KgK/4Ttiobua+VbXwVxCKEzUhpdHd+78ZGadnhDapv2W/ WFsUaRGwj4xCp7PU+aU= Received: by mail.42.115.informz.net id hkc1v83cojo3 for <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:24:36 -0400 (envelope-from <nde_3258526258.2@informz.net>) X-Receiver: <n0nb@n0nb.us> X-Sender: <nde_3258526258.2@informz.net> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:15:17 -0000 From: "ARRL Letter" <memberlist@arrl.org> Reply-To: memberlist@arrl.org Subject: The ARRL Letter for September 10, 2026 To: n0nb@n0nb.us Message-ID: <3258526258.2@informz.net> List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click List-Unsubscribe: <https://arrl.informz.net/informzdataservice/mailing/listheaderunsub?email=n0nb@n0nb.us&mailingInstance=3724958&brandId=2350> Feedback-ID: 2350:3724958:205.201.42.115:informz.net X-DKIM-Options: s=s02a;d=arrl.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="415054NDE1MDU0n0nbATn0nb.usNDE1MDU0" Content-Disposition: inline --415054NDE1MDU0n0nbATn0nb.usNDE1MDU0 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=3D3724958&subscriberId=3D5205= 29725 ] The ARRL Letter Richard Moseson, W2VU [ mailto:rmoseson@arrl.org ] , Editor | September 10,= 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=A0Answering the Call=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Hamvention Names First Woman as General Chair=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Honoring James Clerk Maxwell=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Foxes and Grasshoppers=20 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2=C2=A0Video: Educator Shows How Amateur Radio Is Inspiring S= tudents=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 Answering the Call Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, September 11, 2001, the United States came = under attack from Al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked passenger planes and fle= w them into buildings in New York City and Washington, DC, as well as a fie= ld in western Pennsylvania when passengers fought back. Communications infrastructure sagged under the weight of destruction in som= e places and overwhelming usage in others. Amateur radio operators answered the call, not only in New York and Washing= ton, but around the country with ARES=C2=AE and RACES teams going on alert = to provide backup communications as needed. =C2=A0=20 In New York City, amateurs took to the airwaves within minutes of the attac= ks on the World Trade Center, and emergency nets were active =E2=80=94 and = busy =E2=80=94 for nearly two weeks afterward, with close to 500 hams in to= tal responding to calls for volunteers. In the Washington, DC, area, more than 100 hams answered a call to support = the Salvation Army=E2=80=99s volunteer effort at the Pentagon, which was ac= tive for a week after the attacks. Amateurs in western Pennsylvania also supported the Salvation Army, providi= ng three linked repeaters for SATERN =E2=80=94 the Salvation Army Team Emer= gency Radio Network =E2=80=94 to relay messages between the plane crash sit= e and the regional Salvation Army headquarters in Pittsburgh. =C2=A0=20 Amateur radio received high praise from emergency response officials, inclu= ding Red Cross communications officer John MacInnes, who told then-ARRL Pre= sident Jim Haynie, W5JBP (SK), =E2=80=9CWe wouldn=E2=80=99t be where we are= today without the ham radio operators.=E2=80=9D Virginia Section Emergency= Coordinator Tom Gregory, N4NW, noted that =E2=80=9Camateur radio performed= exactly as it was supposed to =E2=80=A6 We responded to the need to provid= e communications where none were available.=E2=80=9D [Ed. Note: Details in = this article were culled from the November 2001 QST article, =E2=80=9C9/11/= 01: =E2=80=98This is Not a Test=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9D by Rick Lindquist, N1RL,= and Diane Ortiz, K2DO] [https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/] Hamvention Names First Woman as General Chair The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has named Hazel Everetts, N8PTL= , as General Chair of the 2027 Dayton Hamvention=C2=AE. She is the first wo= man to hold the top spot in Hamvention=E2=80=99s 75-year history. The DARA = board of directors also named Steve Keller, AE8AT, as Assistant General Cha= ir, according to board spokesman Michael Kalter, W8CI. =C2=A0=20 Everetts has been a Hamvention volunteer since she was first licensed in 19= 89 and has served as Assistant General Chair for the past two years. She is= also a past vice president of DARA. Everetts holds a General-class license= and enjoys contesting. =C2=A0=20 Keller is also a contester. He holds an Amateur Extra-class license, regula= rly volunteers at DARA exam sessions, and serves as a radio operator for th= e Air Force Marathon. He is an active Hamvention volunteer and is currently= Senior Trustee on the DARA board of directors.=20 =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CHazel and Steve have both put in the work behind the scenes for ye= ars, and it shows,=E2=80=9D said Kalter. =E2=80=9CHamvention is in great ha= nds, and we couldn't be more excited to see what they build together for 20= 27.=E2=80=9D The 2027 Dayton Hamvention [ https://hamvention.org ] will be = held on May 21-23 at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia= , Ohio. [https://elecraft.com/] Honoring James Clerk Maxwell It=E2=80=99s likely there will always be debate over who is the =E2=80=9Cfa= ther=E2=80=9D of radio, but there is very little doubt about its =E2=80=9Cg= randfather,=E2=80=9D Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwe= ll. Maxwell=E2=80=99s theory of electromagnetic radiation laid the foundati= on for all modern electronic communication techniques, yet the average pers= on knows little or nothing about him. The community where he is buried hope= s to change that, as does the James Clerk Maxwell Radio Society, MM=C3=98PM= S. Maxwell died in 1879 and is buried at the kirk, or church, in Parton, Scotl= and. The Church of Scotland, trying to consolidate its properties, has put = Parton Kirk up for sale. The community has been given priority to purchase = the building but has a November 1 deadline to raise the roughly $95,000 US = needed to do so.=20 =C2=A0=20 According to James Clerk Maxwell Radio Society co-founder Richard Hopkins, = MM1BHO, the town has =E2=80=9Can ambitious vision to preserve the kirk and = develop it as a James Clerk Maxwell Science and Community Centre, celebrati= ng his life and scientific legacy while providing a valuable facility for t= he local community.=E2=80=9D More information is available on the group=E2= =80=99s Facebook page [ http://www.facebook.com/mm0pms ] or its MM=C3=98PMS= page [ https://www.qrz.com/db/MM0PMS ] on QRZ.com. Foxes and Grasshoppers Competitive amateur radio direction-finding, also known as ARDF or foxhunti= ng, is difficult in its own right, but it gets even more challenging when y= ou add in a forest fire near your course. This year=E2=80=99s combined USA national and International Amateur Radio U= nion Region 2 ARDF championship was held last month in the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon, hosted by Mt. Hood Orienteering. The original plans called for separate courses in differ= ent areas for each of the four events: Sprint, Foxoring (which mixes foxhun= ting with orienteering), 2-meter Classic, and 80-meter Classic. But those p= lans were disrupted by a forest fire, dubbed the Grasshopper Fire, that thr= eatened two of the four areas planned for competition. Less than a week before the competitors started arriving, organizers got pe= rmission from the US Forest Service to consolidate all four courses in a si= ngle area, the Skyline Sno-Park. ARRL ARDF Coordinator Charles Scharlau, NZ=C3=98I, and Dale Hunt, WB6BYU, w= ere co-directors and course designers. =E2=80=9CCourses designed for other = terrain had to be replaced, and all four competitions, along with associate= d model and equipment-check activities, had to fit onto the Skyline map,=E2= =80=9D explained Scharlau. =E2=80=9CThe change meant repeated use of the sa= me general terrain and Classic courses that were, for many categories, shor= ter than the target lengths normally specified in the rules.=E2=80=9D=20 =C2=A0 The fire was still burning when the competition began. =E2=80=9CFortunately= ,=E2=80=9D said Scharlau, =E2=80=9Cwildfire and smoke conditions improved e= nough for the championships to proceed on schedule. The remaining question = was whether four competitions compressed onto one relatively compact map co= uld still provide an appropriate championship challenge. The competitors ge= nerally thought they did, and the results support that assessment.=E2=80=9D Former ARRL ARDF Coordinator Joe Moell, K=C3=98OV, provided an alphabetical= list of the winners in each category (broken down by gender, age group, an= d event/events): Additional photos and complete results are on the Mt. Hood Orienteering Web= site [ https://www.mthoodo.org/results-2026-radio-o-champs ] .=20 =C2=A0=20 The ARRL Orienteering Committee maintains information about upcoming events= at https://www.arrl.org/radio-orienteering. [https://carlsontowers.com/tower-lift/?45new] Video: Educator Shows How Amateur Radio Is Inspiring Students Educator Everton Henriques, KD2ZZT, shared his experience using amateur rad= io to inspire students and bring engineering and technology to life in the = classroom during his keynote at the 2026 ARRL New England Division Conventi= on, hosted by Northeast HamXposition in Massachusetts on August 15. A video= recording is available on ARRL=E2=80=99s YouTube channel [ https://www.you= tube.com/watch?v=3Dtc61BWFzC2M ] . =C2=A0=20 Everton is an Engineering and Technology Teacher at Staten Island (NY) Tech= nical High School. He has also participated in the ARRL Teachers Institute = on Wireless Technology [ https://www.arrl.org/teachers-institute-on-wireles= s-technology?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] = , a donor-funded professional development program he describes as =E2=80=9C= amazing week-long immersions in electronics, wireless technology, remote se= nsing, amateur radio, and curriculum development.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0=20 In his presentation, Henriques describes how a high-altitude balloon projec= t led to amateur radio, a student radio club, and an expanding program inco= rporating antenna building, transmitter hunting, robotics, solar power, mes= h networking, HF communications, and more. His students have earned amateur= radio licenses and applied their skills to robotics competitions, underwat= er ROVs (remotely operated vehicles), emergency communications, and a solar= car that went on to earn awards in competition. =C2=A0=20 =E2=80=9CWe weren't building solar cars, we weren't building antennas, and = we weren't winning cheap trophies. We were building students. We were build= ing engineers,=E2=80=9D said Henriques. The presentation offers a compellin= g example of how ARRL and educators are working together to inspire youth a= nd develop the next generation of radio amateurs. Donate Now to Support the ARRL Teachers Institute https://home.arrl.org/action/Donate [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dtc61BWFzC2M] [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/] ARRL Live Events and Podcasts On the Air LIVE [https://learn.arrl.org/events] On the Air LIVE=20 Join ARRL Director for Learning and Education Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, for the= September episode of OTA Live on Tuesday, September 22 at 8 PM Eastern, wh= ere he will explore an inexpensive and practical way to evaluate the perfor= mance of your handheld (HT) radio. Using a low-cost Software Defined Radio = (SDR) dongle, free SDR software, and free audio-editing software, Wayne wil= l demonstrate several tests that can help you get a better idea of how well= your HT is working. While these measurements won=E2=80=99t replace lab-grade testing, they can = reveal useful information about your radio=E2=80=99s performance. Wayne wil= l also demonstrate how to use these tools to identify CTCSS tones and DCS c= odes. The livestream will air on the ARRL's learning center, learn.arrl.org [ htt= p://learn.arrl.org ] . Preregistration is required and can be accomplished = through the Learning Center. =C2=A0=20 =F0=9F=93=85 Date: September 22, 2026 =F0=9F=95=97 Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific =F0=9F=91=89 Register Now [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ] | =E2=8F=AA Pre= viously Recorded Sessions [ https://learn.arrl.org/events ] [https://ccrane.com/arrl?utm_source=3Darrl&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_camp= aign=3D2026&utm_content=3Dssb2] ARRL Audio News [https://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news] ARRL Audio News Listen to ARRL Audio News [ https://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news?utm_source= =3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] , available every Frida= y. ARRL Audio News is a summary of the week's top news stories in the world= of amateur radio and ARRL, along with interviews and other features. More = info [ https://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium= =3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] | Listen on Blubrry [ https://podcast.show/a= rrlaudionews/ ] | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts. ARRL On the Air [http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-podcast] On the Air Sponsored by Icom =C2=A0=20 About the New QST Product Review Comparison Tool for ARRL Lab-Tested Devices =C2=A0 Some of the products seen in QST Product Review, including transceivers, re= ceivers, and amplifiers, are tested in the ARRL Lab to see how they stack u= p against the manufacturer=E2=80=99s claims. Those test results are include= d in the published review to help you make more informed buying choices. ARRL=E2=80=99s new online interactive Comparison Tool [ https://compare.arr= l.org ] for ARRL Lab-Tested Devices makes it even easier to refer to, compa= re, and understand the test results. ARRL Digital RF Engineer John Jobin McAuliffe, W1DRF, visit the podcast to = talk about what the tool does and how to use it to better inform your radio= purchases. 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] [https://www.arrl.org/HOA] Announcements [https://america250.arrl.org] 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%20]%20.%20Review%20your%20award%20progress%20and%20order%20your%20c= ertificate%20and%20endorsements%20at%20america250.arrl.org%20[%20http://ame= rica250.arrl.org&utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARR= L ] .=20 =C2=A0=20 09/16/2026 New Hampshire W1AW/1 (Host KC1WNM) 09/16/2026 Illinois W1AW/9 (host W9KXQ) 09/16/2026 Tennessee W1AW/4 (host W4CMG) 09/23/2026 Vermont W1AW/1 (host W1SJ) [https://morsenexus.com/] In Brief... Students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University=E2=80=99s campus in Presco= tt, Arizona, promoted the university=E2=80=99s amateur radio club, N7ERU, d= uring the Student Organization Fair on September 3. According to Rachel Jon= es, KO4HLC, an ARRL Teachers Institute graduate and an assistant professor = at Embry-Riddle, students this year =E2=80=9Care breathing new life into N7= ERU, bringing amateur radio back to campus and growing a new generation of = radio enthusiasts.=E2=80=9D Looking for a chance to work ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, on the rad= io, and get some island DX credit at the same time? The Daily DX reports th= at Rick will be operating from a beach in Providenciales (IOTA NA-002) in T= urks and Caicos through September 17. He=E2=80=99ll be on 40, 30, 20, and 1= 0 meters =E2=80=94 and possibly 80 and 160 =E2=80=94 operating mainly on CW= and FT8. QSLing is via Logbook of The World only. Special event station VO1911G to operate on 9/11. Air travel in the US was = briefly shut down after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and 38= aircraft already in flight were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, where th= e local population accommodated nearly 7000 passengers for several days. The Daily DX reports that ARCON, the Amateur Radio Club of Newfoundland, Ce= ntral, will commemorate the helping hands offered 25 years ago by operating= VO1911G on September 11, 2026. That=E2=80=99s prefix VO1 for Newfoundland,= 911 for 9/11, and G for Gander. Remembering longtime radio amateur Rankin Armstrong =E2=80=9CArmy=E2=80=9D = Curtis, Jr., AE5P, Silent Key. Curtis, of Nacogdoches, Texas, died August 1= 6, 2026, at age 85. An ARRL Life Member, he served as an Assistant Section = Manager in the ARRL North Texas Section, participated in contests, provided= emergency communications, and operated phone patches for offshore naval pe= rsonnel and their families. He also was an electrical engineer with expertise in electrical power distr= ibution and antenna design and was a longtime member of the Nacogdoches Ama= teur Radio Club. His obituary is available online [ https://www.dailysentinel.com/obituaries= /rankin-armstrong-army-curtis-jr/article_2c4ba5b7-1010-5ede-8755-4d6b9b55d3= 3d.html ] . 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 Advertising Sales 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. The ARRL Solar Report ARRL On the Air ARRL Solar Report =C2=A0=20 Solar flare activity was at low levels in the past week with isolated C-cla= ss flare activity, according to NOAA=E2=80=99s Space Weather Prediction Cen= ter. The largest flare of the period was a C3.4 on September 8 from otherwise st= able Region 4528. Region 4530 developed asymmetric penumbra on both its lea= ding and trailing poles while undergoing consolidation in its intermediate = area. New flux emergence in the intermediate area was observed late in the period. Region 4521 began to show signs of possible flux emergence and pore develop= ment as it produced three C2-class flares on September 8. Solar activity is= likely to be at low levels due to isolated to occasional C-class flare act= ivity, with a slight chance for M-class flares (R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) throu= gh September 11. =C2=A0=20 Solar wind parameters have been at or close to nominal levels, but enhanced= solar wind conditions due to positive polarity CH HSS (coronal hole high s= peed stream) influences are expected to continue through September 10. On S= eptember 11, a separate additional positive polarity coronal hole high spee= d stream is likely to arrive, bringing a mildly disturbed solar wind enviro= nment. Quiet to unsettled levels in the geomagnetic field are expected to prevail = on September 10 and continue into September 11 as another positive polarity= CHHSS becomes geoeffective. =C2=A0=20 The Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre predicts that degraded HF p= ropagation conditions on September 9 would begin to clear up on September 1= 0 and 11, leading to normal or normal-fair HF propagation through all latit= udes as we approach equinoctial propagation conditions. =C2=A0=20 Predicted 10.7-centimeter radio flux: Sep 10, 105; Sep 11, 108; Sep 12, 105= ; Sep 13, 102; Sep 14-17, 105. =C2=A0=20 Send your tips, questions, or comments to w2vu@arrl.org [ mailto:w2vu@arrl.= org ] . =C2=A0=20 For more information concerning radio propagation, visit [ https://www.arrl= =2Eorg/propagation-of-rf-signals?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&ut= m_campaign=3DARRL ] the ARRL Technical Information Service, read [ https://= www.arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medi= um=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ] "What the Numbers Mean...," and check out = [ https://k9la.us/ ] the Propagation Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. =C2=A0=20 A propagation bulletin archive [ https://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archiv= e-propagation?utm_source=3DInformz&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DARRL ]= is available. For customizable propagation charts, visit the VOACAP Online= for Ham Radio [ https://www.voacap.com/hf ] website. =C2=A0=20 Share [ http://mailto:w2vu@arrl.org?subject=3DARRL%20Solar%20Report:%20repo= rts%20and%20observations ] your reports and observations. 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Answering the = Call</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width= =3D"100%" class=3D"A432C5517-4815-FF63-47FA-72A6CB4D8BAB" cellpadding=3D"0"= cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-colla= pse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso= -table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A2E0B80C2-9CF6-6759-8816-3C54AF3171D4' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/kkkk%3B.jpg?cb=3D627811' border=3D'0' height=3D'401' width=3D'305' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A2E0B80C2-9CF6-6759-8816-3C54AF3171D4" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/kkkk%3B.jpg?cb=3D627811" border=3D"0" height=3D"401" width= =3D"305" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; mar= gin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: left; wid= th: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A7BBE74A0-E722-5D5D-F754-63E4E90FE1D3" = 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;"> Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, September 11, 2001, the United States came = under attack from Al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked passenger planes and fle= w them into buildings in New York City and Washington, DC, as well as a fie= ld in western Pennsylvania when passengers fought back. Communications infrastructure sagged under the weight of destruction in som= e places and overwhelming usage in others. Amateur radio operators answered the call, not only in New York and Washing= ton, but around the country with ARES=C2=AE and RACES teams going on alert = to provide backup communications as needed. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> In New York City, amateurs took to the airwaves within minutes of the attac= ks on the World Trade Center, and emergency nets were active =E2=80=94 and = busy =E2=80=94 for nearly two weeks afterward, with close to 500 hams in to= tal responding to calls for volunteers. In the Washington, DC, area, more than 100 hams answered a call to support = the Salvation Army=E2=80=99s volunteer effort at the Pentagon, which was ac= tive for a week after the attacks. Amateurs in western Pennsylvania also supported the Salvation Army, providi= ng three linked repeaters for SATERN =E2=80=94 the Salvation Army Team Emer= gency Radio Network =E2=80=94 to relay messages between the plane crash sit= e and the regional Salvation Army headquarters in Pittsburgh. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Amateur radio received high praise from emergency response officials, inclu= ding Red Cross communications officer John MacInnes, who told then-ARRL Pre= sident Jim Haynie, W5JBP (SK), =E2=80=9CWe wouldn=E2=80=99t be where we are= today without the ham radio operators.=E2=80=9D Virginia Section Emergency= Coordinator Tom Gregory, N4NW, noted that =E2=80=9Camateur radio performed= exactly as it was supposed to =E2=80=A6 We responded to the need to provid= e communications where none were available.=E2=80=9D [<em>Ed. Note: Details= in this article were culled from the November 2001 QST article, =E2=80=9C9= /11/01: =E2=80=98This is Not a Test=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9D by Rick Lindquist, N= 1RL, and Diane Ortiz, K2DO</em>]</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </span></td></tr></table><table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A2EDEAE9A-5BE= 5-A462-075B-CB383D3F4B47" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgyNQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"tr= ue" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"col= or: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"> <img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/RTS_RP.gif?cb= =3D64468" border=3D"0" height=3D"199" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style= =3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-al= ign: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A8DB0F8B9-6ACF-E89C-6C3D-4D1C3A5FC6D6" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp; </p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A9B2C9494-C046-D516-C606-584F60B60D89" = 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:#c00000">Hamvention Nam= es First Woman as General Chair</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table= bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"AE088DE8B-1589-F671-B6D1-08A2D= 08B54D4" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-= bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: n= one; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A96F7660D-F4BC-A56D-E5F1-1AAFD23DFB0A' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/1788894957073.png?cb=3D7= 41111' border=3D'0' height=3D'351' width=3D'233' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D'233' class=3D'imagecaption A96F7660D-F4BC-A56D-E5F1-1AAFD23DFB0A' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">2027 Dayton Hamvention=C2= =AE General Chair Hazel Everetts, N8PTL. [Photo courtesy Dayton Amateur Rad= io Association]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></= td></tr></table><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A96F7660D-F4BC-A56D-E5F1-1AAFD23DFB0A" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/1788894957073.png?cb=3D741111" border=3D"0" height=3D"351"= width=3D"233" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: tru= e; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: lef= t; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> <table width=3D"233" class=3D"imagecaption A96F7660D-F4BC-A56D-E5F1-1AAFD23= DFB0A" 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;">2027 Dayton Hamvention=C2=AE General Chair Hazel Ever= etts, N8PTL. [Photo courtesy Dayton Amateur Radio Association]</p></td></tr= ></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text AA8BA8541-58AA-8969-A1C9-D439F9E8E247" = 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 Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has named Hazel Everetts, N8PTL= , as General Chair of the 2027 Dayton Hamvention<sup>=C2=AE</sup>. She is t= he first woman to hold the top spot in Hamvention=E2=80=99s 75-year history= =2E The DARA board of directors also named Steve Keller, AE8AT, as Assistan= t General Chair, according to board spokesman Michael Kalter, W8CI.</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;"> Everetts has been a Hamvention volunteer since she was first licensed in 19= 89 and has served as Assistant General Chair for the past two years. She is= also a past vice president of DARA. Everetts holds a General-class license= and enjoys contesting.</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;"> Keller is also a contester. He holds an Amateur Extra-class license, regula= rly volunteers at DARA exam sessions, and serves as a radio operator for th= e Air Force Marathon. He is an active Hamvention volunteer and is currently= Senior Trustee on the DARA board of directors. </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=9CHazel and Steve have both put in the work behind the scenes for ye= ars, and it shows,=E2=80=9D said Kalter. =E2=80=9CHamvention is in great ha= nds, and we couldn&#39;t be more excited to see what they build together fo= r 2027.=E2=80=9D The 2027 <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0= zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgyNg/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>Dayton Hamv= ention</span></a> will be held on May 21-23 at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center = in Xenia, Ohio.</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 AD9164EFB-B46= 8-A56B-F682-29F1FF57F59E" 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/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyO= TcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgyNw/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/3%20K4%20KPA150= 0%20Ad8%20v2.png?cb=3D404253" border=3D"0" height=3D"264" width=3D"620" ali= gn=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% = !important; text-align: center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "> </a></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A43591723-6035-56AC-39EC-AA2DECBCDBD7" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AB42D1FA6-4E67-21C1-B2D1-8D92BA977E5F" = 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_AB42D1FA6"></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">Honoring James Clerk Maxwell</span></strong></p><= /td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A36F3E62E-0EA8-37FE-474B-92403D715ED1" = 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;"> It=E2=80=99s likely there will always be debate over who is the =E2=80=9Cfa= ther=E2=80=9D of radio, but there is very little doubt about its =E2=80=9Cg= randfather,=E2=80=9D Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwe= ll. Maxwell=E2=80=99s theory of electromagnetic radiation laid the foundati= on for all modern electronic communication techniques, yet the average pers= on knows little or nothing about him. The community where he is buried hope= s to change that, as does the James Clerk Maxwell Radio Society, MM=C3=98PM= S. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image A5528C718-60F5-F6F1-DC42-C229C93BD647"= 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/Screenshot%2020= 26-09-09%20at%2010.24.33%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb=3D588659" border=3D"0" height=3D= "398" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important; marg= in: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !importa= nt;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption A5528C718-60F5-F6F1-DC42-C229C93= BD647" 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 Parton Kirk (background) and churchyard where physicist James Clerk Max= well is buried. The community in Scotland hopes to purchase the church buil= ding and turn it into the James Clerk Maxwell Science and Community Centre.= [Photo by Richard Hopkins, MM1BHO]</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A5E996A82-E5B0-7F7B-9C10= -F5EEEDC9A2A5" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; b= order-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-ri= ght: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A2D15B9D9-670F-60CB-A146-49FACC0AAC89' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Screenshot%202026-09-10%= 20at%209.56.15%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb=3D790459' border=3D'0' height=3D'258' width=3D'275' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D'275' class=3D'imagecaption A2D15B9D9-670F-60CB-A146-49FACC0AAC89' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">The burial site of James = Clerk Maxwell, his wife, and his parents, at Parton Kirk in Scotland. Maxwe= ll=E2=80=99s theory of electromagnetic radiation is the foundation of all m= odern electronic communications. [Photo by Richard Hopkins, MM1BHO]</p></td= ></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endi= f]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A2D15B9D9-670F-60CB-A146-49FACC0AAC89" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/Screenshot%202026-09-10%20at%209.56.15%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb= =3D790459" border=3D"0" height=3D"258" width=3D"275" align=3D"left" style= =3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; position: center; text-align: left; width: auto !important;" class= =3D"img "></div> <table width=3D"275" class=3D"imagecaption A2D15B9D9-670F-60CB-A146-49FACC0= AAC89" 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;">The burial site of James Clerk Maxwell, his wife, and= his parents, at Parton Kirk in Scotland. Maxwell=E2=80=99s theory of elect= romagnetic radiation is the foundation of all modern electronic communicati= ons. [Photo by Richard Hopkins, MM1BHO]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></ta= ble></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A21A31C61-B141-96FA-E8E4-D061AA783F6B" = 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;"> Maxwell died in 1879 and is buried at the <em>kirk</em>, or church, in Part= on, Scotland. The Church of Scotland, trying to consolidate its properties, has put Parto= n Kirk up for sale. The community has been given priority to purchase the building but has a No= vember 1 deadline to raise the roughly $95,000 US needed to do so. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> According to James Clerk Maxwell Radio Society co-founder Richard Hopkins, = MM1BHO, the town has =E2=80=9Can ambitious vision to preserve the kirk and = develop it as a James Clerk Maxwell Science and Community Centre, celebrati= ng his life and scientific legacy while providing a valuable facility for t= he local community.=E2=80=9D More information is available on the group=E2= =80=99s <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1P= TUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgyOA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-li= nk=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" styl= e=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span cl= ass=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>Facebook page</span></a> or its <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PT= UyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgyOQ/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-lin= k=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>MM=C3=98PMS page</span></a> on QRZ.com.</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 A01778CD5-2736-A206-2A08-52034614FFA9" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <a name=3D"Bookmark_A01778CD5"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong><span class=3D"inline-color" style=3D"color:#c00000">Foxes and Gras= shoppers</span></strong></p></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" wi= dth=3D"100%" class=3D"A4112EF4E-7C8C-32A6-8D31-AE8B1898EA36" cellpadding=3D= "0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-co= llapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; = mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image ABA8C9B22-BE6D-1DBF-2463-F9A55EA6D178' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 0px 0px 15px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Screenshot%202026-09-10%= 20at%209.24.40%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb=3D646421' border=3D'0' height=3D'250' width=3D'223' align=3D'right' style=3D'text-align: right; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <table width=3D'223' class=3D'imagecaption ABA8C9B22-BE6D-1DBF-2463-F9A55EA6D178' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'right'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Erin Hammer, competing in= the W-35 category, crosses the 2-meter finish line in the 2026 ARDF nation= al championships. [Photo by Woody Jackson, Mt. Hood Orienteering] </p></td>= </tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif= ]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image ABA8C9B22-BE6D-1DBF-2463-F9A55EA6D178" style=3D"float:r= ight; padding:5px 0px 0px 15px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/Screenshot%202026-09-10%20at%209.24.40%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb= =3D646421" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"223" align=3D"right" style= =3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; position: center; text-align: right; width: auto !important;" class= =3D"img "></div> <table width=3D"223" class=3D"imagecaption ABA8C9B22-BE6D-1DBF-2463-F9A55EA= 6D178" 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;">Erin Hammer, competing in the W-35 category, crosses = the 2-meter finish line in the 2026 ARDF national championships. [Photo by = Woody Jackson, Mt. Hood Orienteering] </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></tab= le></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A5751AB1B-B044-1399-CFAF-AC747941FEFB" = 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;"> Competitive amateur radio direction-finding, also known as ARDF or foxhunti= ng, is difficult in its own right, but it gets even more challenging when y= ou add in a forest fire near your course. This year=E2=80=99s combined USA national and International Amateur Radio U= nion Region 2 ARDF championship was held last month in the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon, hosted by Mt. Hood Orienteering. The original plans called for separate courses in differ= ent areas for each of the four events: Sprint, Foxoring (which mixes foxhun= ting with orienteering), 2-meter Classic, and 80-meter Classic. But those p= lans were disrupted by a forest fire, dubbed the Grasshopper Fire, that thr= eatened two of the four areas planned for competition. Less than a week before the competitors started arriving, organizers got pe= rmission from the US Forest Service to consolidate all four courses in a si= ngle area, the Skyline Sno-Park. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D= "ADAD612C3-BA6D-DB39-6131-781F769D5BCC" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; bor= der-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-table-lspace: 0pt= ; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A0077BF72-4A49-378E-E86D-B9FDE81DE82F' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 15px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Screenshot%202026-09-10%= 20at%209.27.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb=3D415792' border=3D'0' height=3D'220' width=3D'250' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 15px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D'250' class=3D'imagecaption A0077BF72-4A49-378E-E86D-B9FDE81DE82F' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">William Allen, KG4OQO, st= arts the 2-meter course in the 2026 ARDF national championships. He compete= d in the M-21 category. [Photo by Woody Jackson, Mt. Hood Orienteering] </p= ></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><!= [endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A0077BF72-4A49-378E-E86D-B9FDE81DE82F" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 15px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/Screenshot%202026-09-10%20at%209.27.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb= =3D415792" border=3D"0" height=3D"220" width=3D"250" align=3D"left" style= =3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; position: center; text-align: left; width: auto !important;" class= =3D"img "></div> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption A0077BF72-4A49-378E-E86D-B9FDE81= DE82F" 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;">William Allen, KG4OQO, starts the 2-meter course in t= he 2026 ARDF national championships. He competed in the M-21 category. [Pho= to by Woody Jackson, Mt. Hood Orienteering] </p></td></tr></table></td></tr= ></table></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A178D751C-6861-ACDB-BF5B-CC8FE07B2148" = style=3D"inline: true; "> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> ARRL ARDF Coordinator Charles Scharlau, NZ=C3=98I, and Dale Hunt, WB6BYU, w= ere co-directors and course designers. =E2=80=9CCourses designed for other = terrain had to be replaced, and all four competitions, along with associate= d model and equipment-check activities, had to fit onto the Skyline map,=E2= =80=9D explained Scharlau. =E2=80=9CThe change meant repeated use of the sa= me general terrain and Classic courses that were, for many categories, shor= ter than the target lengths normally specified in the 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;"> The fire was still burning when the competition began. =E2=80=9CFortunately= ,=E2=80=9D said Scharlau, =E2=80=9Cwildfire and smoke conditions improved e= nough for the championships to proceed on schedule. The remaining question = was whether four competitions compressed onto one relatively compact map co= uld still provide an appropriate championship challenge. The competitors ge= nerally thought they did, and the results support that assessment.=E2=80=9D= </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </span></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6E3E8935-38CA-C726-5517-F2B0942D89E6" = 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;"> Former ARRL ARDF Coordinator Joe Moell, K=C3=98OV, provided an alphabetical= list of the winners in each category (broken down by gender, age group, an= d event/events): </p><p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regu= lar', Calibri, sans-serif; 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 AE6CA5CC3-= 7737-45C0-A071-E04F0363C9C4" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"b= order: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rs= pace: 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/Screenshot%2020= 26-09-10%20at%209.33.04%E2%80%AFAM.png?cb=3D284713" border=3D"0" height=3D"= 259" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"height: auto !important; margi= n: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: auto !importan= t;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A7D93FB96-622C-A979-5FFC-19DCB3F14891" = 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;"> Additional photos and complete results are on the <a href=3D"https://arrl.i= nformz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgzMA/ind= ex.html" target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-nam= e data-informz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight:= inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-pres= erver" style>Mt. Hood Orienteering Web site</span></a>. </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> The ARRL Orienteering Committee maintains information about upcoming events= at https://www.arrl.org/radio-orienteering.</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 AFC30B575-D740-F654-3560-03C7333AD225"= 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; 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font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AA0957DB8-B03A-3A53-36A4-E65EC3851623" = 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_AA0957DB8"></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">Video: Educato= r Shows How Amateur Radio Is Inspiring Students</span></strong></p></td></t= r></table><table bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" width=3D"100%" class=3D"A58CF5BCC-4756= -F905-12C4-84819C945576" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"borde= r: none; border-bottom: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: none;= border-right: none; 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color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Everton Henriques, KD2ZZT= , Engineering and Technology Teacher at Staten Island Technical High School= =2E</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></ta= ble><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A130E4979-7974-3375-D6DE-3D8B09C671BE" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 15px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt src=3D"https://assets.informz.net/= arrl/data/images/IMG_7863.jpeg?cb=3D695135" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" wid= th=3D"167" align=3D"left" style=3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; m= argin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; position: center; text-align: left; w= idth: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></div> <table width=3D"167" class=3D"imagecaption A130E4979-7974-3375-D6DE-3D8B09C= 671BE" 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;">Everton Henriques, KD2ZZT, Engineering and Technology= Teacher at Staten Island Technical High School.</p></td></tr></table></td>= </tr></table></td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A3019842F-721E-EEF0-B015-C0716316877F" = 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;"> Educator Everton Henriques, KD2ZZT, shared his experience using amateur rad= io to inspire students and bring engineering and technology to life in the = classroom during his keynote at the 2026 ARRL New England Division Conventi= on, hosted by Northeast HamXposition in Massachusetts on August 15. A video= recording is available on ARRL=E2=80=99s <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.n= et/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgzMg/index.html"= target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit= ; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" s= tyle>YouTube channel</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Everton is an Engineering and Technology Teacher at Staten Island (NY) Tech= nical High School. He has also participated in the ARRL <a href=3D"https://= arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzgz= Mw/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>Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology</span></a>, a = donor-funded professional development program he describes as =E2=80=9Camaz= ing week-long immersions in electronics, wireless technology, remote sensin= g, amateur radio, and curriculum development.=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;"> In his presentation, Henriques describes how a high-altitude balloon projec= t led to amateur radio, a student radio club, and an expanding program inco= rporating antenna building, transmitter hunting, robotics, solar power, mes= h networking, HF communications, and more. His students have earned amateur radio licenses and applied their skills to= robotics competitions, underwater ROVs (remotely operated vehicles), emerg= ency communications, and a solar car that went on to earn awards in competi= tion.</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=9CWe weren&#39;t building solar cars, we weren&#39;t building antenn= as, and we weren&#39;t winning cheap trophies. We were building students. We were building engineers,=E2=80=9D said Henriques. 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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 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 A5AF4E4B3-4BF4-6907-5CDC-1BA59AD0C604" = 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_A5AF4E4B3"></a> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><span class=3D"inline-color= " style=3D"color:#c00000">In Brief...</span></strong></p></td></tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text 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>Students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University=E2=80=99s campus i= n Prescott, Arizona, promoted the university=E2=80=99s amateur radio club, = N7ERU, during the Student Organization Fair on September 3</strong>. Accord= ing to Rachel Jones, KO4HLC, an ARRL Teachers Institute graduate and an ass= istant professor at Embry-Riddle, students this year =E2=80=9Care breathing= new life into N7ERU, bringing amateur radio back to campus and growing a n= ew generation of radio enthusiasts.=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"image AE01AAFBF-F23C-608E-082C-6B615B69973C"= 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/Media.jpg?cb=3D= 3820" border=3D"0" height=3D"466" width=3D"620" align=3D"center" style=3D"h= eight: auto !important; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: = center; width: auto !important;" class=3D"img "></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"620" class=3D"imagecaption AE01AAFBF-F23C-608E-082C-6B615B6= 9973C" 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;"> Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University radio club officers promote the club d= uring the school=E2=80=99s Student Organization Fair. From left: Treasurer = McKenzie Carr, KO6OCU; President Liam Van Citters, KN6QXK, and Vice Preside= nt Andrew Berg, KN6ZFI. [Photo courtesy Rachel Jones, KO4HLC]</p></td></tr>= </table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></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: 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"text ABE0F691B-9ED2-B8C5-096B-724003E22D67" = 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>Looking for a chance to work ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, on= the radio, and get some island DX credit at the same time?</strong> <em>Th= e Daily DX</em> reports that Rick will be operating from a beach in Provide= nciales (IOTA NA-002) in Turks and Caicos through September 17. He=E2=80=99= ll be on 40, 30, 20, and 10 meters =E2=80=94 and possibly 80 and 160 =E2=80= =94 operating mainly on CW and FT8. QSLing is via Logbook of The World only= =2E</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text ADB70CBE4-DB29-5F92-4580-9F578978CD7A" = 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>Special event station VO1911G to operate on 9/11</strong>. Air trav= el in the US was briefly shut down after the terrorist attacks of September= 11, 2001, and 38 aircraft already in flight were diverted to Gander, Newfo= undland, where the local population accommodated nearly 7000 passengers for= several days. <em>The Daily DX</em> reports that ARCON, the Amateur Radio Club of Newfoun= dland, Central, will commemorate the helping hands offered 25 years ago by = operating VO1911G on September 11, 2026. That=E2=80=99s prefix VO1 for Newf= oundland, 911 for 9/11, and G for Gander. </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 AFB9E0E2E-BF08-733C-A623-6725CF6E59AE" = 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>Remembering longtime radio amateur Rankin Armstrong =E2=80=9CArmy= =E2=80=9D Curtis, Jr., AE5P, Silent Key</strong>. Curtis, of Nacogdoches, T= exas, died August 16, 2026, at age 85. An ARRL Life Member, he served as an= Assistant Section Manager in the ARRL North Texas Section, participated in= contests, provided emergency communications, and operated phone patches fo= r offshore naval personnel and their families. He also was an electrical en= gineer with expertise in electrical power distribution and antenna design a= nd was a longtime member of the Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club. His obituar= y is available <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4Jn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg1MQ/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>online</span></a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-botto= m: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text AD9C52151-A7D8-C7D9-9E49-8B55C79D8086" = 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: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <strong>Advertising Sales 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/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDY= wMzg1Mg/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; 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>ARRL is an equal opportunity employer</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"text AB23F2A1F-F19B-741D-E663-00AB25BAD8AE" = 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_AB23F2A1F"></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"A1DABC553-79A0-5E31-21C0-5D15B93091D1" cellpadding=3D"= 0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-bottom: none; border-col= lapse: collapse; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; m= so-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" style=3D"padding: 0px"> <!--[if mso]><table =20 class=3D'image A76363A53-8E77-EB11-43F0-DFD71FA73E24' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td =20 style=3D"padding:5px 20px 0px 0px; line-height:1px"> <img alt=3D'ARRL On the Air' src=3D'https://assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Sun%20on%200909%20courte= sy%20SWPC.png?cb=3D720626' border=3D'0' height=3D'250' width=3D'250' align=3D'left' style=3D'text-align: left; inline: true; position: center;' class=3D'img ' /></td></tr> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;"> <table width=3D'250' class=3D'imagecaption A76363A53-8E77-EB11-43F0-DFD71FA73E24' cellpadding=3D'0' cellspacing=3D'0' align=3D'left'> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"8" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td align=3D'center' > <p style=3D "font-size:14px; font-family:'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:21px; font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Solar image on September = 9, 2026 [Photo courtesy NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center]</p></td></tr>= </table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--><= !--[if !mso]><!--> <div class=3D"image A76363A53-8E77-EB11-43F0-DFD71FA73E24" style=3D"float:l= eft; padding:5px 20px 0px 0px;"> <div style=3D"line-height:1px;"><img alt=3D"ARRL On the Air" src=3D"https:/= /assets.informz.net/arrl/data/images/Sun%20on%200909%20courtesy%20SWPC.png?= cb=3D720626" border=3D"0" height=3D"250" width=3D"250" align=3D"left" style= =3D"height: auto !important; inline: true; margin: 0; max-width: 100% !impo= rtant; position: center; text-align: left; width: auto !important;" class= =3D"img "></div> <table width=3D"250" class=3D"imagecaption A76363A53-8E77-EB11-43F0-DFD71FA= 73E24" 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 image on September 9, 2026 [Photo courtesy NOAA= Space Weather Prediction Center]</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></= td></tr></table> </div> <!--<![endif]--><span class=3D"text A599176B4-045F-1EA0-C4A8-AF736DB61029" = 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</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> Solar flare activity was at low levels in the past week with isolated C-cla= ss flare activity, according to NOAA=E2=80=99s Space Weather Prediction Cen= ter. The largest flare of the period was a C3.4 on September 8 from otherwise st= able Region 4528. Region 4530 developed asymmetric penumbra on both its lea= ding and trailing poles while undergoing consolidation in its intermediate = area. New flux emergence in the intermediate area was observed late in the period. Region 4521 began to show signs of possible flux emergence and pore develop= ment as it produced three C2-class flares on September 8. Solar activity is= likely to be at low levels due to isolated to occasional C-class flare act= ivity, with a slight chance for M-class flares (R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) throu= gh September 11.</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 have been at or close to nominal levels, but enhanced= solar wind conditions due to positive polarity CH HSS (coronal hole high s= peed stream) influences are expected to continue through September 10. On S= eptember 11, a separate additional positive polarity coronal hole high spee= d stream is likely to arrive, bringing a mildly disturbed solar wind enviro= nment. Quiet to unsettled levels in the geomagnetic field are expected to prevail = on September 10 and continue into September 11 as another positive polarity= CHHSS becomes 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 Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre predicts that degraded HF p= ropagation conditions on September 9 would begin to clear up on September 1= 0 and 11, leading to normal or normal-fair HF propagation through all latit= udes as we approach equinoctial propagation conditions.</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 10.7-centimeter radio flux: Sep 10, 105; Sep 11, 108; Sep 12, 105= ; Sep 13, 102; Sep 14-17, 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;"> Send your tips, questions, or comments to <a href=3D"mailto:w2vu@arrl.org" = target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-in= formz-do-not-track=3D"false" data-informz-email-address=3D"w2vu@arrl.org" s= tyle=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span= class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>w2vu@arrl.org</span></a>.<= /p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> For more information concerning radio propagation, <a href=3D"https://arrl.= informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg1Mw/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,<a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.= net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg1NA/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> read</span></a> &quot;What the Numbers Mean...,&quot; and <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.n= et/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg1NQ/index.html"= target=3D"_blank" data-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-i= nformz-do-not-track=3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit= ; text-decoration: none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" s= tyle>check out</span></a> the Propagation Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA.</p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom= : 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> &nbsp; </p> <p style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regular', Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bot= tom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> A propagation bulletin <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNz= I0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg1Ng/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>archive</span>= </a> is available. 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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 ADD19161E-5C40-5A9C-2960-58EF186C6834" = 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_ADD19161E"></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">Just Ahead in Radiosport</span></strong></p></td>= </tr></table> <table width=3D"100%" class=3D"text A6646C55B-CB62-5E4F-D4B3-227BA20361E6" = cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"border: none; border-collapse:= collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style> <ul class=3D"depth-0" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri Regula= r', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height:= 25.5px; padding-left: 34px;"><li class style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px; text= -align: left;"> September 10 -- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA (digital) </li><li class=3D= "undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 11 -- K1USN SST Open (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"p= adding-left: 4.25px;"> September 12 - 13 -- WAE DX Contest, SSB (phone) </li><li class=3D"undefine= d" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 12 - 13 -- SEANET Contest (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"undefined= " style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 12 - 13 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW) </li><li class=3D"undefi= ned" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 12 -- Ohio State Parks on the Air (CW, phone) </li><li class=3D"u= ndefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 12 - 13 -- New Jersey QSO Party (CW, phone, digital) </li><li cla= ss=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 12 - 13 -- Colorado QSO Party (CW, phone, digital) </li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 12 - 14 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0= OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg2MA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" da= ta-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track= =3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: = none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL September= VHF Contest (CW, phone, digital) </span></a></li><li class=3D"undefined" s= tyle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 13 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4J= nA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg2Mg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-in= formz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fal= se" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none;">= <span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>North American Sprint= (CW)</span></a> </li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px= ;"> September 14 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone) </li><l= i class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 17 -- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest =E2=80=93 NA (digital)</li><li= class=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 17 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)</li><li class=3D"undefined" style=3D"p= adding-left: 4.25px;"> September 17 -- BCC QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class=3D"undefin= ed" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 17 - 18 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)</li><li class=3D"u= ndefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 - 21 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0= OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg2NA/index.html" target=3D"_blank" da= ta-informz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track= =3D"false" style=3D"color: #0000ee; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: = none;"><span class=3D"email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style>ARRL 10 GHz an= d Up Contest (CW, phone, digital)</span></a></li><li class=3D"undefined" st= yle=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 - 20 -- Scandinavian Activity Contest, CW (CW)</li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 - 20 -- Iowa QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class=3D"u= ndefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 - 20 -- Texas QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class=3D"= undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 -- QRP Afield (CW, phone, digital)</li><li class=3D"undefined"= style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 -- Wisconsin Parks on the Air (CW, phone, digital)</li><li cla= ss=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 - 20 -- New Hampshire QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)</li><li c= lass=3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 - 20 -- Washington State Salmon Run (CW, phone)</li><li class= =3D"undefined" style=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 19 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital)</li><li class=3D"undefined" styl= e=3D"padding-left: 4.25px;"> September 20 -- <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4J= nA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg2Mg/index.html" target=3D"_blank" data-in= formz-link=3D"true" data-informz-link-name data-informz-do-not-track=3D"fal= se" style=3D"color: #0000ee; 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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;"> September 26 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4Jn= A9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg3Mg/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/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg3NA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9M= SZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg3Ng/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: 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= NzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg3OA/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/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg3OQ/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 11 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg4MA/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>Nutmeg Hamfest</span></a= >, hosting the ARRL Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut</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 11 | <a href=3D"https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNzI0OTU4JnA9= MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg4MQ/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>HamFest</span></a>, host= ing the ARRL Southern New Jersey Section Convention, Mullica Hill, New Jers= ey</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= zNzI0OTU4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDUyOTcyNSZsaT00NDYwMzg4Mg/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: 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; 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