[OFARC] Fw: The ARRL Letter for July 14, 2016

[ralph phillips]

note the first 2 items.
FCC has fixed the amateur radio license system problem
House committee has approved Amateur Radio Parity Act for the vote in full HouseI have had an e-mail exchange with the ARRL on the revised bill and looked at the correct text. the updated text requires HOAs to allow workable amateur radio antennas.  It forbids them from stopping antennas.  Antennas are to be treated just like any other architectural modification .... HOA must review the plans, but cannot forbid antennas.  

full text is available on the ARRL webpage  

 

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   - Amateur Radio Parity Act Receives Favorable House Energy and CommerceCommittee Report
   - FCC Finds a Fix for Amateur Radio Application BatchProcessing Problem
   - Ham Radio Outlet to Acquire Some AES Employees,Re-Open Milwaukee Location as HRO Branch
   - ARRL CEO, Emergency Preparedness Manager Visit FEMAHeadquarters
   - ARRL Board of Directors to Meet inConnecticut
   - The Doctor Will See You Now!
   - NationalParks on the Air Update
   - Attendance at Dayton Hamvention   ® Tops 25,000 for Second Year in a Row
   - ARRL Training Webinar, "Contesting as Training forPublic Service," Set for July 24
   - International Tribunal Rules Against China's ClaimsRegarding South China Sea Reefs
   - New ISS Crew Increment with Two Radio AmateursArrives on Station
   - CQ Contest Hall of Famer, WRTC Competitor, DXerWalter Skudlarek, DJ6QT, SK
   - In Brief...
   - The K7RA Solar Update
   - This Week in Radiosport
   - Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and DivisionConventions
Amateur Radio ParityAct Receives Favorable House Energy and Commerce Committee ReportAn amendedversion of the Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301,received a unanimous favorable report on July 13 from members of the US HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee. The bill now will go to the full House forconsideration. Before reporting the bill out of committee, the panel firstvoted to accept the amended language, "in the nature of a substitute." RepGreg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR), who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee'sSubcommittee on Communications and Technology, said the substitute billrepresented "a good balance" that came in the wake of months of meetings, hardwork, and compromise, and he recommended the measure to his colleagues."The amendment guarantees that even indeed-restricted communities, Amateur Radio operators are able to use aneffective outdoor antenna," Walden said. "Without an effective antennaAmateur Radio operators are severely limited, so this amendment ensures thatamateurs are free to pursue their passion wherever they live."At the same time, he continued, the measure protects the rights ofthose "who have chosen to live in deed-restricted communities and to set theirown aesthetic and other rules."In early June, the ARRLand the Community Associations Institute (CAI) -- the national association of homeownersassociations (HOAs) -- announced that they had reached consensus onsubstitute language for HR 1301 in an effort to move it through committee and toovercome objections to the companion US Senate bill, S 1685. The offices of US Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), thebill's sponsor, Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Walden mediated and offeredassistance.
| Rep Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR), speaks in favor of HR 1301 during a HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee markup. |

"While it's rare to have two groups with opposing viewpointswalk away from legislation happy, by golly, I think we've done it here,"Walden concluded. He said the substitute bill represented "the best of whatour committee can do when we work together in bipartisan compromise thatmeets the needs of all parties involved."In her remarks,Eshoo said she was glad that an agreement had been reached on the bill'slanguage, which she initially feared would violate the rights of homeownersassociations. "We found a balance that works for all stakeholders," shesaid, calling the ARRL and CAI "the bookends of the effort."Kinzinger called the amended bill "a good amendment that strikes theright balance."FCC Finds a Fixfor Amateur Radio Application Batch Processing ProblemIt's taken a couple of weeks, but the FCC has resolved a computerprogramming problem that had affected its ability to accept and processbatch-filed Amateur Radio applications, resulting in a backlog for the VolunteerExaminer Coordinator (VEC) and others taking advantage of automatedprocessing. The FCC information technology staff had been attempting to fix theglitch that had affected the Universal Licensing System (ULS)Electronic Batch Filing (EBF) system since it first cropped up on June 28. At firstthe problem had affected the processing of all AmateurRadio and commercial license applications, said ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma,AB1FM, who alerted the FCC IT Department.By June 30,it appeared that the FCC had corrected the broader problem, but the EBFremained unable to process ARRL VEC's automated, batch-filed applications andexam sessions. VECs that were manually logging in to upload their files wereunaffected. ARRL and FCC IT staffers put their heads together to solve theproblem of the blockage."The FCC IT staff wasastutely attentive to the problem every step of the way, as they worked with ourIT department to find a solution," Somma said. "We appreciate thespecialized service we received."ARRL's IT Department and theARRL VEC confirmed on July 14 that the problem had been fixed, the backlog ofmore than 1200 applications and 300 exam sessions cleared, and the flow ofautomated, batch-filed applications and exam sessions able to resume.Ham Radio Outlet to Acquire SomeAES Employees, Re-Open Milwaukee Location as HRO BranchHam Radio Outlet (HRO) has announced plans to hire an unspecified number of AmateurElectronic Supply (AES) employees when AES shuts down its four locations in late July. Inaddition, the current AES Headquarters store in Milwaukee will become HRO'snewest location later this summer, following renovation. On July 1, AESannounced that it was going out of business and ending retail operations at itsMilwaukee, Las Vegas, Cleveland, and Orlando locations. With the approval ofAES management, HRO senior managers visited each AES location to interviewstaffers in hopes of "acquiring some of the Amateur Radio retail employeetalent in each of the current AES locations," an HRO news release said."Together with this interview process, HRO examined what itwould take to perhaps acquire one or more of the AES store locations. At thetime of these interviews, many opportunities were explored with current AESsenior management," the release continued. "We are very excited to announcethat HRO was successful in providing offers of employment to a number ofsoon-to-be-former AES employees, and that to some, we have offered positionsthat involve HRO-sponsored and funded relocation."HROannounced that once AES shutters its Milwaukee location at 5710 W GoodHope Road on July 28, Ham Radio Outlet will undertake an extensive remodelingproject to create a new HRO Milwaukee store at the same site, which willopen at the end of August.
| The AES MilwaukeeHeadquarters store. |

"Itis with great pleasure that we are able to continue Terry Sterman's andPhil Majerus' legacy of providing a fantastic Amateur Radio store inMilwaukee, Wisconsin," said HRO President Robert Ferrero, W6KR. "It is our immediategoal to have the largest, most well-stocked Amateur Radio retail store inNorth America and perhaps even the world."After AEScloses on July 28, all former AES locations' direct and toll-free telephonenumbers will be redirected to the closest HRO location, and the AES websitewill be directed to HRO's website.A family-ownedbusiness, HRO is the world's largest Amateur Radio dealership, with locationsfrom New England to the West Coast.ARRL CEO, Emergency Preparedness Manager Visit FEMAHeadquartersARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, and EmergencyPreparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, recently visited Federal Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA)headquarters in Washington, DC, to further explore areas of cooperation andpartnership, in line with the Memorandum ofAgreement that ARRL and FEMA signed in 2014.
| From left to right, FEMA Chief Technology Officer Ted Okada,K4HNL; ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U; FEMA AdministratorCraig Fugate, KK4INZ, and ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF. |

During the June 29 visit, Gallagher andCorey met with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ. FEMA ChiefTechnology Officer Ted Okada, K4HNL, also attended the meeting."Administrator Fugate's detailed knowledge of Amateur Radio isimpressive, and his support for the amateur community is very encouraging," Gallaghersaid afterward. He went on to say that he was most impressed by Fugate'sobservation that "any mode of RF that will connect across the continent isvaluable; we don't have enough backups to the public switched network."ARRL Board ofDirectors to Meet in ConnecticutThe ARRL Board ofDirectors will meet July 15-16 in Windsor, Connecticut, for its second meeting of2016. The session will mark
| The ARRL Board of Directors will meet July 15-16. [Rick Lindquist, WW1ME,photo] |

the first Boardmeeting for ARRL's new CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, who joined theHeadquarters staff on February 29 and became CEO on April 18 upon the retirement ofDavid Sumner, K1ZZ. Gallagher also serves as secretary to the Board.Among other business, the Board will hear reports from Leagueofficers, including a status report on regulatory, legal, and legislativeissues. Reports from various committees, including the standing Executive,Administrative and Finance, and Programs and Services committees, also willbe aired.ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, who waselected at the January meeting of the Board, will preside.The Doctor Will See You Now!"Propagation" is the topic of the latest (July 14) episode of the"ARRL The Doctoris In" podcast. Listen...and learn!Sponsored by DX Engineering, "ARRL The Doctor is In" isan informative discussion of all things technical. Listen on your computer,tablet, or smartphone -- whenever and wherever you like!Every 2 weeks, your host, QST Editor in Chief Steve Ford, WB8IMY,and the Doctor himself, Joel Hallas, W1ZR, will discuss a broad range oftechnical topics. You can also e-mail your questions to doctor at arrl.org, and the Doctor mayanswer them in a future podcast.Enjoy "ARRL The Doctoris In" on Apple iTunes, or by usingyour iPhone or iPad podcast app (just search for "ARRL The Doctor is In"). Youcan also listen online at Blubrry, or at Stitcher (free registration required, orbrowse the site as a guest) and through the free Stitcher app for iOS,Kindle, or Android devices.If you've never listened to apodcast before, download our beginner's guide.Just ahead on July 28,the subject will be "Magnetic Loops."National Parks on the AirUpdateJuly represents the halfway markfor the ARRL National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) program. With just under 6 months to go,slightly more than 490,000 contacts have been made from 431 of the 485 eligibleNPS units, in 8250 separate activations.There's plenty oftime left to get involved! With the summer vacation season in full swing,many NPS units would enjoy seeing a new NPOTA face. You can start collectingNPOTA units any time; Activators are always looking for new stations tolog. With band conditions being less than spectacular lately, NPOTA offers away to enjoy Amateur Radio as either Chaser or Activator, with plenty ofdomestic QSO opportunities and portable operating adventures free for thetaking. Help NPOTA reach more than 1 million QSOs in 2016!A record 68 activations are scheduled for the week of July 13-20, includingBryce Canyon National Park in Utah, and the Nez Perce National HistoricalPark in Idaho.Details about these and other upcomingactivations can be found on the NPOTA Activations calendar.Keep up with the latest NPOTA news on Facebook. Follow NPOTA on Twitter (@ARRL_NPOTA).Attendance at DaytonHamvention® Tops 25,000 for Second Year in a RowGiven the level of enthusiasm at the 2016 running of Dayton Hamvention® inmid-May, attendance may have seemed up, but for all intents and purposes, it heldsteady at 25,364 visitors. That figure was down only slightly from the25,621 attendees reported for 2015, but above the 25,000 mark for the secondyear in a row. For those keeping track, in 2014 the official count was 24,873visitors, and attendance in 2013 was 24,542.Hamvention attendance peaked in 1993 at 33,669, before the 1996 changein date from April to May. While attendance has fluctuated over the years,Hamvention has grown to international proportions, attracting members of theworldwide Amateur Radio community each spring.TheDayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has sponsored Hamvention since 1952. Originally called theSouthwestern Ohio Ham-vention, the inaugural event, held in March indowntown Dayton, attracted 600 attendees -- twice as many as had been predicted.Today it is the world's largest Amateur Radio gathering.DARA now is counting down the days to the next Hamvention on May 19-21,2017. Hamvention's new General Chairman is Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, whosucceeded Jim Tiderman, N8IDS. Tiderman reported an "overall good mood" and "apositive attitude" at this year's event and said the Hamvention staff receivedmany upbeat comments.Hamvention's post-show SatisfactionSurvey is soliciting comments and observations from those who attendedthis year's big show. -- Thanks to Henry Ruminski, W8HJRARRL Training Webinar,"Contesting as Training for Public Service," Set for July 24A free ARRL Training Webinar,"Contesting as Training for Public Service," hosted by Ward Silver, N0AX, willtake place on Sunday, July 24, 8 until 10 PM EDT (0000-0200 UTC on July25). All are invited to join the audio-slide presentation online or viatelephone.
| WardSilver, N0AX. |

"Thinkof contests as a ham radio fitness center," Silver said. "Public serviceteams are always looking for enjoyable activities to improve operator skills.Just as sports provide good physical exercise, contests are great atdeveloping radio skills, and both are a lot of fun." Silver pointed out thatcontests originated as a way to hone traffic-handling skills and develop aneffective station.Registration isrequired.In addition, ARRL Emergency PreparednessManager Mike Corey, KI1U, is seeking anecdotes from radio amateurs who haveactivated an emergency operations center (EOC) for a bona fide contest, such asARRL November Sweepstakes or a state QSO party -- but not ARRL FieldDay, a SET, or SKYWARN Recognition Day."Just a briefoverview of the event, the results, the number of participants, and anyinteresting outcomes," Corey said, in describing what he's looking for. Contact Corey viae-mail.The presentation will be available via YouTubefollowing the webinar.International Tribunal Rules Against China's Claims Regarding South China SeaReefsAn international tribunal ruling discounting China'sclaims with respect to Scarborough Reef and the Spratlys could complicateefforts to mount another DXpedition to the rare and remote South China SeaDXCC entities. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled thisweek in favor of the Philippines in a dispute with China over ScarboroughReef -- also known as Scarborough Shoal. The last DXpedition to Scarboroughwas the 2007 BS7H operation. A 2016 DXpedition has been reported to be inthe works.
| The UN tribunalmeeting in The Hague. |

The tribunal said that although navigators and fishermen from China and otherstates have historically made use of South China Sea islands, there was noevidence that China had historically exercised exclusive control over thewaters or resources. According to the tribunal, China had violated thePhilippines' sovereign rights and has caused "severe harm to the coral reefenvironment" by building artificial islands and an air strip. China, whichrefused to take part in the arbitration, said it would not be bound by thetribunal's ruling. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, includingreefs and islands also claimed by other countries, but the tribunal madeclear that its ruling did not address issues of territorial sovereignty.
| This map shows some of theconflicting claims in the South China Sea. |

"This arbitration concerned the role of historic rights and thesource of maritime entitlements in the South China Sea, the status ofcertain maritime features and the maritime entitlements they are capable ofgenerating, and the lawfulness of certain actions by China that were alleged bythe Philippines to violate the Convention," the Permanent Court ofArbitration explained in a lengthy news release on July 12. "In light of limitations oncompulsory dispute settlement under the Convention [on the Law of the Sea], theTribunal has emphasized that it does not rule on any question ofsovereignty over land territory and does not delimit any boundary between theparties." Scarborough Reef is claimed by China, the Philippines, and Taiwan.In recent years, China has been actively expanding the landarea of the unpopulated reefs such as Scarborough and establishing aburgeoning military presence, which it has deployed to keep away any visitors onland or by sea. The tribunal said this activity, since the arbitrationbegan, has unlawfully aggravated and extended the dispute. Read more.New ISS Crew Increment with Two RadioAmateurs Arrives on StationNASA astronaut Kate Rubins,KG5FYJ, astronaut Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS, of the Japan Aerospace ExplorationAgency (JAXA), and cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos officiallyjoined their Expedition 48 International Space Station (ISS) crew members onJuly 9, when the hatches opened between their Soyuz MS-01 and thespace station. Four radio amateurs now are on board the ISS.
| Front row: Expedition 48/49 crew members KateRubins, KG5FYJ; Anatoly Ivanishin, and Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS. Back row: OlegSkripochka, RN3FU; Alexey Ovchinin, and Commander Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ.[NASA TV image] |

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, of NASA, and Flight Engineers OlegSkripochka, RN3FU, and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos greeted the newcomers.Rubins, Onishi, and cosmonaut Ivanishin replaced Expedition 47 Commander TimKopra, KE5UDN; Flight Engineer Tim Peake, KG5BVI/GB1SS, and YuriMalenchenko, RK3DUP, who returned to Earth in mid-June after a little more than 6months in space.Later this summer, Williams and Rubinsare scheduled to install the first of two international docking adapters,soon to launch to the ISS. The adapters will allow commercial spacecraft todock to the station in the near future when transporting astronauts as partof NASA's Commercial Crew Program.Rubins, Ivanishin,and Onishi are scheduled to remain on station until late October. The triolaunched early on July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, traveling to the ISSonboard an upgraded Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft on its maiden voyage.Williams, Skripochka, and Ovchinin will return to Earth in September.CQ Contest Hall of Famer, WRTCCompetitor, DXer Walter Skudlarek, DJ6QT, SKWell-knowncontester and World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) competitor,official, and supporter Walter Skudlarek, DJ6QT, of Hirzenhain, Germany, died onJuly 5. He was 77 and had been a radio amateur since 1958.
| WalterSkudlarek,DJ6QT. |

Skudlarek was amember of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame as well as a founding member of theRhein-Ruhr DX Association and active member for more than 50 years, serving atvarious times as president. He was a member of the RRDXA Hall of Fame.Skudlarek was a competitor at the very first WRTC in 1990 inSeattle, as well as in 1996 in San Francisco, and 2002 in Helsinki. Heserved as a referee at the WRTCs in 2000 (Slovenia) and in 2006 (Brazil) andwas looking forward to WRTC 2018 in Germany.His historyof DXpedition operations dates from 1979, and he operated frequently fromMadeira. He was one of the first single-op DXpeditioners to include RTTY asan operating mode. A frequent Dayton Hamvention® visitor,Skudlarek also was an honorary member of the Frankfort Radio Club, the NorthJersey DX Association, and the Araucaria DX Group.In Brief...Solar Car Challenge W1N Traveling Special Event OperationSet: Special event station W1N will travel from the Texas MotorSpeedway to Minneapolis between July 15 and July 24 to highlight the 2016 Solar CarChallenge®. Several teams include students and adult advisorswho are radio amateurs who wanted to operate a special event station duringthe Solar Car Challenge. Activity will be limited on July 15-16 but willramp up July 16-24, 0500 to 2359 UTC. W1N will be on the air with a portableoperation from the Texas Motor Speedway before the vehicles set off on theroad. During the on-the-road event, W1N will have a mobile station andportable stations active as the cars move north toward Minneapolis. Mobileactivity will be on 20 meters, centering around 14.343 MHz. Operation fromportable sites will take place on 6, 10, and 15 meters. The calendar provides the event schedule and itinerary. QSL to Steve McDermott,KF5RVR. For more information, contact Fred Varian, WD5ERD.SpecialEvent Stations to Mark Pope's Visit to Poland: Several special eventstations are poised to mark the visit of Pope Francis to Poland. The Popewill be in Poland July 27-31 to once again take part in World Youth Days in Kraków.This is Pope Francis' first visit to Poland, where he will also make stopsat the national shrine in Czestochowa to honor 1050 years of Christianityin Poland and pay respects to the victims of the former Auschwitz Naziconcentration camp. World Youth Days is a biannual event initiated by Pope JohnPaul II, the first Polish Pope (Karol Wojtyla). Some 2 million youngCatholics are expected. Special event call signs will include HF0F inKraków, as well as HF31WYD, HF2SDM, and HF7SDM.Decades ofSatellite Contacts Net Satellite WAS for Ohio Radio Amateur: It took BobLiddy, K8BL, of Mentor, Ohio, nearly 4 decades to achieve Worked All States via satellite andearn WAS Satellite Award #341, although he wasn't really gunning for the awardfor all that time. The contacts spanned 38 years, and he submitted QSLcards to claim the award. His oldest satellite QSL card was from W7LSV inOregon, for an Oscar 8 Mode A CW contact in 1978. Liddy did not realize untilhe started going through his QSL cards to submit for awards at DaytonHamvention® that he might have completed WAS on satellite. AnAMSAT member since 1979, Liddy said he was "not in the hunt very seriously,"but he determined that had, indeed, worked all 50 states and was onlylacking a card from Vermont. "Happily, it was Nick, KB1RVT, who I knew wasalways good for a confirmation, which he quickly returned, confirming ourcontact via SO-50 FM on January 4, 2016," he said. -- Thanks to AMSATNews ServiceFox-1C and Fox-1D LaunchWindow Shifted: AMSAT reports that the launch period for Fox-1C (Cliff)and Fox-1D has been moved. The new launch window will be between September 1and November 30. Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D will be integrated onto theSpaceflight SHERPA platform for its maiden flight aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9launching into a sun-synchronous orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Fox-1Cliffand Fox-1D carry university experiments from Pennsylvania State-Erie,Vanderbilt, University of Iowa, cameras provided by Virginia Tech, as well asAmateur Radio voice repeaters capable of U/V or L/V operation. The Nayif-1CubeSat, developed by Emirati students from the American University ofSharjah, is expected to be put into orbit on the same launch. Nayif-1 carries aninverting 435/145 MHz transponder (FUNcube-5) for SSB/CW. -- Thanks toAMSAT News Service, Southgate Amateur Radio NewsThe K7RA Solar UpdateTadCook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: As this solar cycle declines, we willoccasionally see periods, such as this past week, when activity perks up, and itseems that happy days are here again. Enjoy them while they last. Anyrecovery is unpredictable and temporary.Over the reportingweek of July 7-13, the average daily sunspot number was 52.6, up 47.7 pointsfrom 4.9 in the previous week. Dominating the previous week's activitywere 5 out of 7 days with no sunspots. Over the same periods, theaverage daily solar flux rose from 73.1 to 91.6, a healthy advance.Geomagnetic indices were also active, with planetary A indexadvancing by 9 points, from 6.7 to 15.7 and the mid-latitude A index risingfrom 8.3 to 14.1 over the same 2 weeks.Predicted solarflux is 94 on July 14-15; 92 on July 16-18; 87, 84, and 80 on July 19-21;77 on July 22-23; 75, 73, 74, 73, and 72 on July 24-28; 71, 72, 74, 72, and77 on July 29-August 2; then 83, 87, 92, 94, and 92 on August 3-7; 90 onAugust 8-13; 85 on August 14, and 78 on August 14-15.Predicted planetary A index is 15, 10, and 8 on July 14-16; 5 on July 17-20;10, 7, 11, 10, and 6 on July 21-25; 4, 6, 7, 9, 8, and 7 on July 26-31; 4and 5 on August 1-2; 23 on August 3-4; 14, 10, 20, 12, 8, 15, and 10 onAugust 5-11, and 5 on August 12-13.Sunspot numbers forJuly 7 through 13 were 25, 55, 63, 46, 62, 63, and 54, with a mean of 52.6.The 10.7 centimeter flux was 83.3, 87.1, 92.2, 94.4, 94.7, 92.4, and 96.8,with a mean of 91.6. Estimated planetary A indices were 23, 23, 14, 10, 11,21, and 8, with a mean of 15.7. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 19,18, 15, 11, 11, 18, and 7 with a mean of 14.1.Send me your reports andobservations..
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.This Week in Radiosport   
   - July 16 -- Russian Radio Team Championship (CW, phone
   - July 16 -- Trans-Tasman Low-Bands Challenge (CW, phone,digital)
   - July 16 -- Feld Hell Sprint
   - July 16-17 -- North American QSO Party (RTTY)
   - July 16-17 -- CQ World Wide VHF Contest (CW, phone, digital)
   - July 16-17 -- DMC RTTY Contest
   - July 17 --RSGB Low Power Contest (CW)
   - July 18 -- Run for theBacon QRP Contest (CW)
   - July 21 -- NAQCC CWSprint
   - July 21 -- RSGB 80 Meter Club Championship(Digital)
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     On Thursday, July 14, 2016 3:03 PM, ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org> wrote:
 

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