From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Nov 4 08:43:32 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 13:43:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The return of LORAN system References: <1718488330.21969186.1541339012330.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1718488330.21969186.1541339012330@mail.yahoo.com> >From Bill NA2M: "Radio Officers World List" ? Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2018 12:06 PM To: Radio Officers ?www.trafficlist.net ?Dear Sparks, ?Korea is returning the LORAN system in a revised version, ?soon the same in North Europe, if you are interested to learn ?something more here is the article...maybe one day morse code ?will return to? Who can say? ?https://www.nautelnav.com/press-releases/nautel-enhanced-loran-transmitter-to-be-deployed-in-korea/?fbclid=IwAR3nzCyYdpnLKX67WVbZFOP-REPgEd2opjmY7yVXPnrDWaaMxxQQi7wbjqM Best regards, tfclist.net From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Nov 9 11:47:33 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (WILLIAM MARX) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 16:47:33 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Of Hyperbands and Hams References: <126249527.1579005.1541782053422.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <126249527.1579005.1541782053422@mail.yahoo.com> >From Tony N2MFT: Of Hyperbands and Hams We don?t talk often of the Hyperband or the role amateur radio plays in our profession - The Wandering Engineer - Feb 16, 2016 https://www.radiomagonline.com/industry/of-hyperbands-and-hams From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Nov 10 16:44:37 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:44:37 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Bell System-Western Electric - Telephone Pioneers and Amateur Radio In-Reply-To: <05c09e12-8203-b0c3-f41e-51c198b1cd28@verizon.net> References: <05c09e12-8203-b0c3-f41e-51c198b1cd28@verizon.net> Message-ID: <8f85c02e-b0a4-9322-4d9a-ef2a875d39f7@bellsouth.net> From Bill NA2M: -Bill W2CQ *Bell System-Western Electric - Telephone Pioneers and Amateur Radio * I was trolling through some of my earlier musings, when I found a reference to the Bell System Technical Journals (BSTJ). The Bell System published them from the period of 1922 to 1983. They covered Research and Development by Bell Laboratories. They ceased publication because of the dissolution of the Bell System in 1982. The BSTJ articles were quite technical in nature but were usually prefaced by a paragraph or two describing the article?s technology in layman?s terms. There is a relationship to amateur radio in many of the articles. The first transatlantic radio telephone circuit from New York to London went into service in 1927. The cost of placing that call must have been horrendous. The service operated in the vicinity of 60 kHz. There was no room for much expansion of the service due to the lack of spectrum. Using such a low frequency also meant that the antennas could not be very directive. The lack of directivity meant that one channel pretty much covered up any other reapplication of that frequency. Around 1922 water cooled tubes were developed that were rated at 100 KW, so power was not a problem. The spectrum above 200 Meters (>1.5 MHz), was pretty much left to Amateur Radio. So, in the early 1920s Amateur Radio operators started to use those unwanted frequencies to communicate thousands of miles using moderate amounts of power, much as we do today. So, with perhaps 100 watts and moderate sized antennas, the Amateur Radio experimenters made a series of tests on those higher frequencies, bridging the gap between North America and Europe. They did not need 100 KW and big antenna installations. As time marched on the commercial interests began to explore the use of the high frequency (HF) spectrum (3 to 30 MHz) based on the work of Amateur Radio operators. The Bell System was using single sideband (SSB) techniques in carrier line facilities (C-carrier, K-Carrier etc.), to derive multiple voice channels on a pair of wires as early as the 1920?s and 19 QCWA?Journal ? November 2018 ? www.qcwa.org 1930?s. Around 1937, the Bell System started to apply SSB on HF for their long haul overseas networks. The use of HF allowed many more channels to be established. The now familiar fluctuations in HF transmissions led to a number of studies of HF propagation by Bell Laboratories. Google ?Karl Guthe Jansky? to see how these studies led to radio astronomy. In the 10-year gap between 1927 and 1937, frequency stability techniques had improved so the use of SSB became a reality for HF. The use of rhombic antennas became a standard and along with moderate to high power allowed one transmitter to handle as many as three channels at once. During this time voice scramblers were used on these overseas circuits to ensure a measure of privacy. So, when World War II came along there was enough technology in place to handle many of the demands of war time communications. The improved frequency stability of some of the war surplus transmitter oscillators from Bell Lab?s partner Western Electric (Google AN/ARC5 command sets) furthered the development of SSB by Amateur Radio operators in the late 1940s and 1950s. Many a young Amateur Radio operator first got on the air using a modified ARC5 command set on 40-meter CW. It was during this period that lower sideband became the standard for SSB for the 160, 80, and 40-meter bands. Upper sideband became the standard for frequencies above 14 MHz. There was a good technical expedient for these standards, but that is a topic for another time. On perhaps a related story, Bell Labs and Western Electric provided technical and equipment support for the use of HF in the World War II armored vehicles. The equipment used HF for some types of Command and Control functions. Bell Labs ? Western Electric began to get reports that thermocouples used in RF ammeters were burning out. As you may recall the base impedance of a quarter wave vertical operating against a good ground is around 36 Ohms. If you use less than a physical quarter wave, then you have to add inductance or compensate for the lower impedance by using an antenna tuner. The base impedance becomes less as the whip antenna is shortened. The equipment was designed to match a whip of a certain length. What happened was the local commander did not like the long fish pole whip antenna revealing their position as the armored vehicles moved across the country-side. So, he had his technicians cut down the length of the whip. What happened next was the technicians readjusted the antenna tuner to match the shorter antenna. The shorter the whip the lower the impedance. Therefore, the RF current into the whip will go up, thus burning out the RF ammeter thermocouple! See ?History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System ? National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975)? page 324. Apparently, HF is still a good method of mobile communications in this day of satellite capabilities. I noticed its use in a recent program called Nature. This program featured two scientists who visited the marsh area of southern Iraq. The security situation called for them to travel in convoys. The lead and rear vehicles appeared to have HF mobile antennas attached to the front bumpers of their SUVs. The antennas were base loaded and looked like fixed screwdriver antennas. In another documentary, there was an armored fighting vehicle in Iraq that had two long whips mounted in the rear folded over the top and attached to the front of the vehicle. The antennas were either for low VHF frequencies or used for HF. This is just a guess on my part, considering for the distances covered (50-200 miles), HF would be a logical choice. A further guess would be that they operated in the 5 to 6 MHz range for daylight communications. Our 60-meter band provides a good insight into the capabilities of the 5 MHz spectrum. So, you can see that Amateur Radio, The Bell System, Western Electric and the Telephone Pioneers were all related in some way. - Submitted by: Jim Muiter, N6TP From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Nov 10 17:00:41 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:00:41 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] W6SFM Bug Roundup is Next Weekend! In-Reply-To: <0aadb9f8-6eee-7e00-78ec-09640cab6271@w6sfm.com> References: <0aadb9f8-6eee-7e00-78ec-09640cab6271@w6sfm.com> Message-ID: <911d4b45-2307-04a5-b4ce-d970359fce0f@bellsouth.net> From Vintage Radio List: -Bill W2CQ Announcing W6SFM's BUG ROUNDUP The Samuel F. Morse Amateur Radio Club, a Sacramento, California based CW enthusiast club wanted a special time to bring bug operators together on the air. In the same spirit as ARRL's Straight Key Night, participants are encouraged to make simple, conversational, ?chewing-the-fat? QSOs using their bug type key. This is an opportunity to exercise, share and exhibit your personalized fist. This is NOT a contest. However, there is a very easy and quick requested signup form that can be found at https://w6sfm.com/bug-roundup/. Once you have read the page, and optionally registered for the event simply Call "CQ BR" so folks know you are a Bug Roundup Participant.? So lets grab that*bug*, clean those contacts, and let?er fly! We want to hear that ?Banana Boat / Lake Erie Swing" or that commercial KPH/WCC quality fist. *Reserve the date!*The event begins on Saturday November 17th (00:00 UTC) and concludes Sunday Nov. 19th (23:59 UTC), 2018 That's 4:00 PM Friday (Nov. 16th) afternoon until? 3:59 PM Pacific Time Sunday (Nov. 19th LOCAL Time). For more information, to register your station, and to help assist in spotting, potentially increasing QSOs, an*On-line chat window*link can be found near the bottom of Bug Roundup home page located at https://w6sfm.com/bug-roundup/ We hope to hear you all on the air! 73, W6SFM www.w6sfm.com From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Nov 12 14:15:14 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 14:15:14 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Hurricane Michael GIVE-AWAY - Located in Callaway (Panama City) Florida Message-ID: <2b3abaf4-1669-c48a-332c-dd810bb3e8ac@bellsouth.net> *From QRZ: - Bill W2CQ https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/hurricane-michael-give-away.634651/ New* Licensed as KN4LIX & K4LIX for 59 years - my accumulation of ham gear - stored in an out building which lost its roof in Hurricane Michael - some of this may have some water damage - just inspected it today for the first time after the hurricane - looks to be in pretty good shape for what it went through. ALL FREE for the taking - plus hundreds of boxes of small parts and items - I just have no where to move them to. I will try and attach six pictures I just took. Located in Callaway (Panama City) Florida - eMail is the best way to communicate with me at the moment. Come and see - 73 de Jim, K4LIX From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Nov 19 14:38:10 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:38:10 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] A Sunspot from the Next Solar Cycle In-Reply-To: <0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d.d71faae82a.20181119193400.eb7a667684.95e68e1b@mail19.suw91.mcdlv.net> References: <0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d.d71faae82a.20181119193400.eb7a667684.95e68e1b@mail19.suw91.mcdlv.net> Message-ID: *Space Weather News for Nov. 19, 2018* http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom *A SUNSPOT FROM THE NEXT SOLAR CYCLE: * Over the weekend, a magnetically reversed sunspot appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere. Its high latitude and "backwards" magnetic polarity mark it as a member of the next solar cycle. Is Solar Minimum over? Not even close, but this development does suggest that Solar Cycle 25 is stirring. Learn more on today's edition of Spaceweather.com . From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Nov 23 06:06:13 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:06:13 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Ten years of Club Log - a thank you from the team In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From Tony N2MFT: Thanks to Jack W4JS for sharing this email. Perhaps you have also received this overview but, if not, you may find it of interest.? This very small group of fellow DXers have essentially given all of us a fantastic operating aid, and we all should be thankful for their contribution.? It seems we would almost be "lost" without Club Log and its attributes. 73, Jack-W4JS Dear W4JS, As you?re someone who has donated to Club Log this past year, I?m emailing this to you directly as I really want you to see what a difference your support has made. It?s now been 10 years since the first few features of Club Log were put together. This feels like longer than I expected ? probably because the whole story of Club Log has rushed by. They say that time flies when you?re having fun! I wanted to share a few reflections and say a few thank-yous, to mark this decade. In the early days, where about 2 million QSOs (all from members of UK DX clubs) were stored in Club Log, you could expect quite a bit of difficulty with DXCC mappings, as we just had the main prefixes at that time. Alan 5B4AHJ was just starting to propose some exceptions via email. These were small beginnings and a great deal of head-scratching and trial and error was needed to get past the practical issues. But, if we fast-forward to today, Club Log has grown to half-a-billion records, under more than 75,000 callsigns (held by 55,000 users) and is dealing with 2,300 uploads every day. Expedition logs have been searched 43 million times, and the amazing OQRS facility that Marios, 5B4WN wrote has processed $2 million (and ?327,000 ? plus other currencies another $50,000 or so) of requests for cards. Given that each OQRS transaction has halved the postage and material costs for the card requested, we can begin to guess how much money has been pulled back into the hobby by this step-change in how QSL requests are typically made. Not only did Marios write these wonderful tools, but he contributed the amazing expedition log search, propagation and activity tools as well. It is a huge privilege to work on Club Log with Marios, who is so passionate about inventing new features. Thanks, Marios, 5B4WN! Looking at the record now in November 2018, there are 530 million QSOs stored, each of which passed through the upload logic of Club Log in the blink of an eye. Every callsign is studied to make sure the date and time and the callsign are accurately mapped to an entity. To get those callsigns assigned to DXCCs needs 4,320 prefixes, and an incredible 22,700 exceptions ? all of which have been painstakingly curated and managed by Alan 5B4AHJ, by hand. Bear in mind, in 2008 there were no exceptions, that?s equivalent to adding 6 new pieces of research every day of every year - for a decade. I?d like to make a special thank you to Alan for this amazing contribution. Making a DXCC database has needed ongoing support of some very well-learned DXers, who have made this feat more achievable, but still represents an extraordinary personal undertaking of time, effort and focus. Almost all modern logging software now relies on and uses the Club Log database to get DXCC mappings right, not only today but over all of the dates of modern amateur radio (right back to 1945). Although the software and features in Club Log are a prominent part of the DXpedition world (and many individual DX clubs who use it for leagues, propagation and evenfunding and grant decisions), it?s true to say that all of those features ? every part of Club Log ? is resting on the foundation of the research in the DXCC database. Thank you so very, very much for your tireless work, Alan, 5B4AHJ. I must also mention our helpdesk service. As you know, anyone using Club Log can ask for some assistance with features, queries about DXCCs or other matters. The Helpdesk is staffed by people you?ll know ? like Joe, WL7E, our resident LoTW expert, and Jim KE8G who gives friendly backup to anyone struggling with getting Club Log to work for them, along with Alan, Marios and me. Like everything in Club Log, it?s all about ham spirit and we get a lot of satisfaction from being able to help. We use a tool called Freshdesk to manage the volume of queries we get. In fact, between the five members of the team, we?ve dealt with 2,200 pieces of correspondence in the last 12 months ? quite a bit more than I thought it would be, when I looked! That brings me to the most important thing I have to say. I?d like to extend my sincere thanks to you, as someone who saw what we were doing and gave us a donation to help make it possible. Ten years has seen the Club Log equipment repeatedly get upgraded, with only donations to unlock each new bit of outlay for bandwidth, and all the other parts involved. Today, running on servers that are right at the limits of modern storage capabilities, things are really in great shape. While Club Log is in the middle of so much of what we do as DXers, it can still exist without any advertising. We?re able to confidently keep this service going this way. You made this happen, and on behalf of all five of us (and the many others who?ve also been able to enjoy Club Log), please accept my heartfelt thanks and appreciation. If you?re settling down for Thanksgiving, or if you?re just about to take a shift at CQWW, may I wish you a happy and peaceful end to the year 2018, and here?s to another 10 years of Club Log and 'big data' in amateur radio! With best wishes, Michael G7VJR And the team at Club Log: Alan 5B4AHJ, Marios 5B4WN, Jim KE8G, Joe WL7E ======================================================== Alan, 5B4AHJ asked me to include this postscript: "Michael, G7VJR has been very generous in his comments on the? contributions made by? the various Club Log team members to the project. In his typically modest style, Michael hasn't made any comment on his own contribution. I have had the privilege of working with Michael since almost the beginning of Club Log. I have seen the architecture evolve from those early days into what it is now. I well remember the time when it dawned on Michael that the unexpectedly high rate of database growth meant that there were upcoming scalability and performance issues that needed to be dealt with in fairly short order. I remain impressed by the scaleable database architecture and caching strategy that was put in place, coupled with the choice of state of the art hardware that donor's contributions have enabled to be purchased. There continue to be on-going tweaks to improve performance. Having spent my entire career in the electronics/software industry at both technical and management levels, I feeI that I am qualified to say that Michael's vision, technical and interpersonal skills make him absolutely the right man for the job. Thank you, Michael - you ARE Club Log. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the contribution made Jim AD1C, with whom I have collaborated over probably the last eight years, and hope that he has found our collaboration as beneficial as I have." From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Nov 26 15:22:55 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bmarx@bellsouth.net) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:22:55 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] =?utf-8?b?4oCcU3VwZXLigJ0gR3JhbmQg?= =?utf-8?q?Solar_Minimum?= References: <5bfc4f70.1c69fb81.4a66e.5b82@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <80A057AA-4FE4-4D06-B4A7-E8A15B366715@bellsouth.net> > Professor Valentina Zharkova Breaks Her Silence and CONFIRMS ?Super? Grand Solar Minimum > > Maunder Minimum > > http://electroverse.net/professor-valentina-zharkova-breaks-her-silence-and-confirms-super-grand-solar-minimum/?fbclid=IwAR2ylLAQY7aDxVLD0EDsf8k8jPPBMD2z2ueN6p5-zcSJAvIxJjGnzVqctnU > From bmarx at bellsouth.net Thu Nov 29 15:42:16 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:42:16 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARLX014 WX1AW at ARRL Headquarters will be SKYWARN Recognition Day Bonus Station In-Reply-To: <20181129203914.60313204E9DB@bmail.arrl.org> References: <20181129203914.60313204E9DB@bmail.arrl.org> Message-ID: SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX014 ARLX014 WX1AW at ARRL Headquarters will be SKYWARN Recognition Day Bonus Station ZCZC AX14 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 14 ARLX014 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 29, 2018 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX014 ARLX014 WX1AW at ARRL Headquarters will be SKYWARN Recognition Day Bonus Station SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) 2018 takes place on Saturday, December 1, from 0000 until 2400 UTC, and Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will be active as bonus station WX1AW, the call sign of The HQ Doods Recreational Deployment Team. Developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service (NWS) and ARRL, SRD celebrates the contributions that SKYWARN volunteers make to the NWS mission of protecting life and property. During SKYWARN Recognition Day, many special event stations will be on the air from NWS offices, contacting radio amateurs around the world. The object of SRD is for all amateur stations to exchange contact information with as many National Weather Service stations as possible on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, and 2 meters, plus 70 centimeters. Contacts via repeaters are permitted. Stations should exchange call sign, signal report, and location, plus a quick description of the weather at your location (e.g., sunny, partly cloudy, windy, rainy, etc). EchoLink and IRLP nodes, including the Voice over Internet Protocol Weather Net (VoIP-WX), are expected to be active as well. "Amateur Radio operators comprise a large percentage of the SKYWARN volunteers across the country," the NWS announcement said. "Amateur Radio operators also provide vital communication between the NWS and emergency management if normal communications become inoperative." W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, said WX1AW will be active on 40 and 20 meters using SSB and possibly CW, and will monitor local VHF and UHF repeaters. WX1AW will also monitor W1AW IRLP Node 4292, and Carcia asked IRLP users to limit transmissions to the basic exchange to avoid congestion on the node. WX1AW counts as a Bonus Station during SKYWARN Recognition Day, and contacts will be uploaded to LoTW after the event. QSL via QRZ.com include an S.A.S.E. WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center also will be on the air for SRD, 1300 - 1700 UTC for its 20th year of SRD participation. Event certificates are electronic and printable from the main website at the conclusion of SRD. Submit SRD log summaries using the online submission form at, http://bit.ly/2AbrbRQ . NNNN /EX From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Nov 30 14:57:02 2018 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:57:02 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] ARRL Southern Florida Section, Section Manager: Mr Barry M Porter, KB1PA In-Reply-To: <20181130161231.C86E220884CA@bmail.arrl.org> References: <20181130161231.C86E220884CA@bmail.arrl.org> Message-ID: <76589ff1-8488-dbcf-73f9-25bb20d990a6@bellsouth.net> In this season of holiday celebrations, the Southern Florida Section hams have a lot to be thankful for. First is we made it thru another Hurricane Season (but we still need to stay ready). Its time to transition to Florida's second yearly season, the snowbird season. Please welcome all our visitors, who are escaping a very early cold and snowy late fall. It's been a busy November for the Southern Florida Section staff. WA4AW and I visited the Martin County Amateur Radio Association, the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association and the West Palm Amateur Radio Club.? I visited the Palms West club and, I did a program at the Jupiter Lighthouse Radio Group. In addition there were lots of teleconferences between the 3 Florida Section Managers and Section Emergency Coordinators. In Martin County the Martin County Amateur Radio Association successfully helped at the Stuart Air Show, and the Everglades Club had a station demoing ham radio at Wings over Homestead. It is also a season of Flea Markets. There were 2, Flamingo Net/ UMARC and West Palm Beach. Most clubs held elections in November. Welcome to all the new (and returning) club officers. The Section Staff is available to assist you where we can. In December, most clubs have holiday parties instead of meetings. As far as what's happening. Skywarn Recognition day runs from Nov 30 at 4PM until Dec 1 at 4PM. The various Skywarn nets should have activity and the local NWS offices will have open houses. In addition there will be a flea market put on by the Everglades Amateur Radio Club on Saturday Dec 1 at the South Dade Agricultural Center from 8AM to 1PM. In early December there are lots of Parades. The 2 biggest (that I know of) are the Junior Orange Bowl Parade (Dec 2)? in Coral Gables, and the Winterfest Boat Parade in Ft. Lauderdale (Dec 15) . Both are supported by Ham Radio Communications. If there are others, please let me know so I can recognize them. The June Field Day results were published in QST. Here are the club results from SFL: Club?? ??? ?total contacts?? ?total points Boca Raton ARA?? ?1725?? ?7004 LARA?? ??? ??? ?1929?? ?6570 Platinum Coast?? ?1539?? ?6338 Davie/Cooper City?? ?1074?? ?4608 Palms West?? ??? ?1681?? ?4568 Harris-Intersill?? ?????????? 845?? ?4190 JTRG?? ??? ??? ?1143?? ?3756 Martin County?? ? ?? ? 662?? ???????? 3124 Vero?? ?????????????????? 430???????? 2840 Ft. Meyers?? ??? ? 351?? ???????? 2620 Gold Coast?? ??? ? 798? ??? ?2207 JLRG?? ??? ??? ? 163?? ???????? 1526 ARA SWF?? ??? ? 338?? ???????? 1318 Indian River?? ??? ? 309?? ???????? 1290 West Palm ARG?? ? 220?? ???????? 1248 Big Lake?? ??? ??????????? 11?? ?????????? 972 Ft. Pierce/PSL?? ??? ??? 20?? ?????????? 590 Fellsmere?? ??? ??? 38?? ?????????? 134 Here are the individual participant results in SFL: ?? ?Contacts?? ?Points N4BP?? ?1,551?? ?6354 (#1 overall in the? entire event) N4UM?? ?275?? ?1350 K4QD?? ?883?? ?1113 WB2FAU?? ?481?? ?962 K5EEE?? ?200?? ?450 KD4BTD?? ?34?? ?318 W4CFS?? ?97?? ?244 KE4UZL?? ?11?? ?205 AD6Q?? ?14?? ?178 KF3EI?? ?14?? ?178 WD8JPX?? ?42?? ?134 W4UJ?? ?20?? ?130 KJ4LQX?? ?37?? ?105 there were 18 clubs, 13 individuals, 31 total entries. Well Done! reminder: Jan 18, 2019? is The Section Convention in Ft. Meyers. I look forward to meeting you at the various events. Please send any concerns and praises you have to me and I will work to solve any problems. Also, if you have anything you would like mentioned to the Southeastern Division Director prior to the January Board Meeting, please let me know so I can mention them at the pre meeting Division teleconference. Please have a wonderful holiday season! -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Southern Florida Section Section Manager: Mr Barry M Porter, KB1PA kb1pa at arrl.org --------------------------------------------------------------------