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ARRL Requests Expanded HF Privileges for Technician Licensees
NTIA Targets Portion of 3.4 GHz Band for Potential Wireless Broadband
Use
The Doctor Will See You Now!
On-the-Air Test of New FT8 "DXpedition Mode" Set for Early March
Hamvention Online Flea Market and Inside Exhibit Reservations Open
3Y0I Bouvet DXpedition Invites 3Y0Z Team to Join Forces
Ducie Island 2018 DXpedition Plans Coming Together for this Fall
Two Ham-Astronauts Return Safely to Earth
IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee Chair Jim Linton,
VK3PC, SK
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Getting it Right
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
ARRL Requests Expanded HF Privileges for Technician Licensees
ARRL has asked the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician
licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15
meters, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 40, 15, and 10
meters. The FCC has not yet invited public comment on the proposals,
which stem from recommendations put forth by the ARRL Board of
Directors' Entry-Level License Committee, which explored various
initiatives and gauged member opinions in 2016 and 2017.
"This action will enhance the available license operating privileges
in what has become the principal entry-level license class in the
Amateur Service," ARRL said in its Petition. "It will attract more
newcomers to Amateur Radio, it will result in increased retention of
licensees who hold Technician Class licenses, and it will provide an
improved incentive for entry-level licensees to increase technical
self-training and pursue higher license class achievement and
development of communications skills."
Specifically, ARRL proposes to provide Technician licensees, present
and future, with phone privileges at 3.900 to 4.000 MHz, 7.225 to
7.300 MHz, and 21.350 to 21.450 MHz, plus RTTY and digital privileges
in current Technician allocations on 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters. The
ARRL petition points out the explosion in popularity of various
digital modes over the past 2 decades. Under the ARRL plan, the
maximum HF power level for Technician operators would remain at 200 W
PEP. The few remaining Novice licensees would gain no new privileges
under the League's proposal.
ARRL said its proposal is critical to developing improved operating
skills, increasing emergency communication participation, improving
technical self-training, and boosting overall growth in the Amateur
Service, which has remained nearly inert at about 1% per year.
ARRL's petition points to the need for compelling incentives not only
to become a radio amateur in the first place, but then to upgrade and
further develop skills. Demographic and technological changes call for
a "periodic rebalancing" between those two objectives, the League
maintains.
"There has not been such a rebalancing in many years," ARRL said in
its petition. "It is time to do that now." The FCC has not assessed
entry-level operating privileges since 2005.
The Entry-Level License Committee offered very specific data- and
survey-supported findings about growth in Amateur Radio and its place
in the advanced technological demographic that includes individuals
younger than 30. It received significant input from ARRL members via
more than 8,000 survey responses.
"The Committee's analysis noted that today, Amateur Radio exists among
many more modes of communication than it did half a century ago, or
even 20 years ago," ARRL said in its petition.
Overall net growth in the Amateur Service has remained sluggish at
about 1% per year over the past few years.
Now numbering some 378,000, Technician licensees comprise more than
one-half of the US Amateur Radio population. ARRL said that after 17
years' experience with the current Technician license as the gateway
to Amateur Radio, it's urgent to make it more attractive to newcomers,
in part to improve upon science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education "that inescapably accompanies a healthy,
growing Amateur Radio Service," ARRL asserted.
ARRL said its proposal is critical to developing improved operating
skills, increasing emergency communication participation, improving
technical self-training, and boosting overall growth in the Amateur
Service, which has remained nearly inert at about 1% per year.
The Entry-Level License Committee determined that the current
Technician class question pool already covers far more material than
necessary for an entry-level exam to validate expanded privileges.
ARRL told the FCC that it would continue to refine examination
preparation and training materials aimed at STEM topics, increase
outreach and recruitment, work with Amateur Radio clubs, and encourage
educational institutions to utilize Amateur Radio in STEM and other
experiential learning programs.
"ARRL requests that the Commission become a partner in this effort to
promote Amateur Radio as a public benefit by making the very nominal
changes proposed herein in the Technician Class license operating
privileges," the petition concluded.
NTIA Targets Portion of 3.4 GHz Band for Potential Wireless Broadband
Use
The National Telecommunications and Information ministration (NTIA)
has identified 3450 to 3550 MHz for potential wireless broadband use.
Amateur Radio has a secondary allocation of 3300 to 3500 MHz, sharing
the spectrum with government radars; the popular "weak-signal"
frequency is 3456.1 MHz. The NTIA oversees the use of spectrum by
federal government agencies.
"America is the world's leader in Wi-Fi and 4G LTE, and we have
claimed an early lead in bringing 5G to reality," NTIA ministrator
David J. Redl said in making the announcement. "It's essential to
American competitiveness that we maintain our leadership in all of
these areas."
The NTIA announcement is "great news," according to FCC Chairman Ajit
Pai. "The Commission, working together with NTIA, has already made the
3.5 GHz band available for wireless services, and we recently
initiated a process to consider whether all or parts of the adjacent
satellite spectrum can also be made available" Pai said. "Altogether,
this could unleash a contiguous block of hundreds of megahertz of
valuable spectrum for new technologies and services, including 5G."
Redl said that the NTIA, in coordination with the Department of
Defense and other federal agencies, has identified 100 megahertz of
spectrum "for potential repurposing to spur commercial wireless
innovation." He said the 3450 - 3550 MHz band "could be a key asset in
our nation's broadband spectrum inventory." In the US, military radar
systems operate in the 3450 - 3550 MHz band, and Amateur Radio
compatibly shares the lower half of that band with the military on a
secondary basis. Redl said the Defense Department plans to submit a
proposal under the Spectrum Pipeline Act to carry out a comprehensive
RF engineering study "to determine the potential for introducing
advanced wireless services in this band without harming critical
government operations." ARRL intends to contribute to NTIA's study.
The FCC, in coordination with NTIA and the Defense Department, has
already approved rules for its planned Citizens Broadband Radio
Service (CBRS) in the adjacent 3550 - 3700 MHz band.
In 2014, UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom announced that it was
ending Amateur Radio access to significant portions of the 2.3 and 3.4
GHz bands following a year-long consultation -- a rulemaking
proceeding -- that involved the release by the Ministry of Defence of
150 MHz of spectrum at 3.4 GHz to prepare for the roll out of future
5G services. Amateur Radio in the UK was secondary on both bands.
Ofcom said it expected the spectrum to go on auction later this month.
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"ding an Amplifier to your Station" is the topic of the latest (March
1) episode of the "ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast. Listen...and learn!
More than a half-million downloads since its debut in April 2016
attest to the podcast's popularity.
Sponsored by DX Engineering, "ARRL The Doctor is In" is an 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 of
technical topics. You can also e-mail your questions to
doctor@arrl.org, and the Doctor may answer them in a future podcast.
Enjoy "ARRL The Doctor is In" on Apple iTunes, or by using your iPhone
or iPad podcast app (just search for "ARRL The Doctor is In"). You can
also listen online at Blubrry, or at Stitcher (free registration
required, or browse the site as a guest) and through the free Stitcher
app for iOS, Kindle, or Android devices. If you've never listened to a
podcast before, download our beginner's guide.
On-the-Air Test of New FT8 "DXpedition Mode" Set for Early March
A second beta version of WSJT-X version 1.9.0 has been released, the
WSJT development group announced this week. The "release candidate,"
as it's called, is designated as version 1.9.0-rc2. An initial beta
release has already been field-tested by a small group of users. The
WSJT development group said a primary purpose of the second beta
release is to allow further field testing of the new FT8 "DXpedition
Mode," designed to enable DXpeditions to make FT8 contacts at very
high rates, and it is inviting the Amateur Radio community to
participate in a public test run of FT8 DXpedition Mode on the evening
of March 6 (North American time).
"The goal is to simulate a rare DXpedition pileup by having many
stations ('Hounds') calling and trying to work a designated
pseudo-DXpedition station ('Fox')," the announcement said. All test
participants must use WSJT-X version 1.9.0-rc2.
Test times and frequencies are March 6, 2300 UTC on 14.080 MHz; March
7, 0000 UTC on 10.141 MHz; March 7, 0100 UTC on 7.080 MHz, and March
7, 0200 UTC on 3.585 MHz. Frequencies are not the conventional FT8
operating frequencies and are subject to change, subject to
conditions. Last-minute changes will be posted.
According to the FT8 DXpedition Mode User Guide, contacts between the
DXpedition station and callers can be completed in as little as one
transmission apiece by the calling station. Authorized DXpedition
stations can transmit up to five signals simultaneously, allowing
contact rates up to about 500 per hour under ideal conditions.
Operation will use split mode, which is already commonplace for
DXpeditions. The DXpedition station (Fox) will transmit at audio
frequencies between 300 and 900 Hz; multiple simultaneous signals will
be spaced at 60 Hz intervals. Calling stations (Hounds) make initial
calls anywhere in the 1000 - 4000 Hz range.
Exchanges would go something like this:
Fox Hounds
1. CQ KH1/KH7Z
2. KH1/KH7Z K1ABC, KH1/KH7Z W9XYZ...
3. K1ABC KH7Z -13
4. KH7Z K1ABC R-11
5. K1ABC RR73; W9XYZ -17
6. KH7Z W9XYZ R-16
7. W9XYZ RR73; G4AAA -0...
"If you have legitimate access to more than one call sign, please feel
free to call and work the Fox more than once," the announcement said.
"We want the test pileup to be as deep as possible."
Installation packages for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Raspbian Jessie
have been posted on the WSJT website.
Developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, has told ARRL that the goal is to have the
official release of WSJT-X version 1.9.0, finished, documented, and
thoroughly tested well in advance of the planned KH1/KH7Z DXpedition
to Baker Island in June.
General availability of the official WSJT-X version 1.9.0 will be
announced "in the near future," the development group said. Read more.
Hamvention Online Flea Market and Inside Exhibit Reservations Open
Online reservations for Hamvention® 2018 flea market and inside
exhibit spaces are now available. Vendors who had spaces last year are
being encouraged to log into their accounts to reserve them for this
year's event. Online sales were delayed after it became apparent that
an additional building would not be built before Hamvention, prompting
scheduling and planning adjustments. The addition of Building 4 -- the
former furniture store, which was not available last year, has made
room for more indoor exhibits, however. Hamvention organizers said
this week that both the flea market and inside exhibits committees
have been responding to vendors as promptly as possible. Hamvention
General Chairman Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, asked vendors to be patient, once
they have entered their information for 2018.
"The staff is working to confirm requests as quickly as possible,"
Cramer said. "ditional e-mails or information requests will only slow
the process."
Inside exhibits Chairman Brian Markland, N8UDQ, said that any
exhibitor who completes an online order for the same spaces by April
15 will be guaranteed those spaces. Vendors who were in tents during
Hamvention 2017 will have the option of keeping tent space or entering
the pool for the additional spots in Building 4.
"Since we expect more people to want to move to the building than
there are spaces, we determined that a lottery was the only fair way
to assign those spaces," Markland said. Vendors staying in tents
during 2018 will be moved inside in 2019, when the new building is
available, he added.
Because some vendors will be moving inside, and to address some issues
that arose last year, layouts inside tents may change slightly;
affected tent vendors will be contacted by the exhibits committee.
Both Cramer and Markland urged vendors to read the 2018 inside
exhibits and flea market rules and instructions before registering.
Incomplete or incorrect applications only slow the process. Contact
the flea market, exhibits or tickets committee, as appropriate.
Sending e-mails elsewhere will only cause delays, Hamvention said.
This will mark Hamvention's second year at its new location, the
Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio.
3Y0I Bouvet DXpedition Invites 3Y0Z Team to Join Forces
This week, the 3Y0I Bouvet Island DXpedition team publicly invited the
members of the ill-fated 3Y0Z team to join forces as part of "rebooted
preparations" for the venture, but 3Y0Z team co-leader Bob Allphin,
K4UEE, told ARRL that his group has other plans. Dates for the 3Y0I
DXpedition, meanwhile, remain up in the air at this point, but the
team said it would announce its expected dates of operation soon.
"Our preparations...are taking place in extraordinary times and under
unusual conditions," the 3Y0I team said on its website over the
weekend, noting that it had suspended its initial plans to activate
Bouvet Island late last year at the request of the 3Y0Z DXpedition,
which subsequently was forced to abort its landing and head home.
The 3Y0I team is headed by Polish radio amateur Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX,
perhaps best known for his surprise, and brief, operation from North
Korea in December 2015.
The 3Y0I DXpedition team also announced that it has contracted for a
larger transportation vessel that would permit more passengers. "The
vessel's crew is experienced in troop landing at Bouvet and other
subantarctic islands," The 3Y0I announcement said. "Our cruise plan
doesn't change; we'll depart from and sail back to Cape Town..."
"The landing procedure will be supervised by landing troops and will
utilize special boats that will allow the team to transport our gear,
and to land at the island safely," the announcement asserted.
The 3Y0Z DXpedition team had planned to transport personnel and
equipment between its vessel, Betanzos, and the island via helicopter.
High winds and rough seas, as well as problems with one engine,
prompted the Betanzos' captain to abort any attempted landings in the
interest of safety and head back.
Bouvet Island, a dependency of Norway, is currently the second
most-wanted DXCC entity. -- Thanks to OPDX and The Daily DX for some
information
Ducie Island 2018 DXpedition Plans Coming Together for this Fall
The Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) reports that its plans to activate
the protected marine area of Ducie Island from October 20 to November
3, 2018 are starting to jell. The last Ducie Island DXpedition was
VP6DX in 2008. Ducie is currently the 21st most-wanted DXCC entity,
according to Club Log. The 2018 DXpedition would operate as VP6D. A
team of 15 operators will be on the island for up to 14 days,
departing from Mangareva, French Polynesia, aboard the expedition ship
Braveheart. Seven operating positions are planned for 160 through 10
meters, SSB, CW, and digital, including FT8. VP6D has added 6-meter
Earth-Moon-Earth to the mix and hopes to make the first-ever 6-meter
moonbounce contacts from Ducie Island.
"The logistics plan is coming together," the team announced on
February 8. "Our equipment will be consolidated in Fremont,
California, for testing, packaging, and shipment to the Braveheart in
New Zealand."
The team reported that the antennas planned include 2-element vertical
dipole arrays on the high bands backed up by a couple of horizontal
beams; 4-squares on 30 and 40 meters, and verticals on 80 and 160. Top
Band receive antennas are still under development.
A grant from the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) as well as
contributions from other DX organizations, are helping to fund the
adventure.
It's believed that this would be the fourth DXpedition to Ducie
Island. An uninhabited atoll, Ducie Island is a British Overseas
Territory in the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific
Direct questions to Team Ducie.
Two Ham-Astronauts Return Safely to Earth
Two ham-astronauts were among three members of the International Space
Station (ISS) Expedition 54 crew returning to Earth on February 27
after about 6 months in space. Astronauts Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, and
Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, landed in Kazakhstan in a Soyuz spacecraft, along
with cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.
(L-R) Astronaut Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, and
astronaut Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, relax in Kazakhstan after returning
from the ISS. [NASA Television]
Their time on station marked the beginning of the first long-term
increase in crew size on the US segment, enabling NASA to double the
time dedicated to science. Research highlights included investigations
into the manufacturing of fiber optic filaments in microgravity and
measuring the Sun's energy input to Earth.
Vande Hei logged 168 days in space on his first mission and conducted
four spacewalks. Acaba completed one spacewalk and has now accrued 306
days in space on three missions. Both participated in Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station (ARISS) school contacts and other
educational events.
Now operating the station are Expedition 55 Commander Anton Shkaplerov
and Flight Engineers Scott Tingle, KG5NZA, and Norishige Kanai.
Astronauts Ricky Arnold, KE5DAU, and Drew Feustel and cosmonaut Oleg
Artemyev head to the ISS on March 21.
IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee Chair Jim Linton,
VK3PC, SK
The chair of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3
Disaster Communications Committee, Jim Linton, VK3PC, of Forest Hill,
Victoria, Australia, died on February 22 of thyroid cancer.
For many years, Linton was a consistent and reliable source of news
and information regarding Amateur Radio disaster response activities
in IARU Region 3 and was a regular contributor to Southgate Amateur
Radio News. A Life Member of the Wireless Institute of Australia
(WIA), Linton received the G.A. Taylor Medal in 2011, the WIA's
highest honor, for his service to the WIA Centenary Committee and
contributions to Amateur Radio over many years. Linton was involved in
WIA's communications, marketing, and publications efforts, and he
served as the news editor for Amateur Radio magazine. He was a past
president of Amateur Radio Victoria, and was its public relations
officer.
A veteran radio enthusiast, Linton joined the WIA as a teenager and
shortwave listener. IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, called Linton
"a tireless worker for the common good."
In Brief...
Z60A will participate in the ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) March
3 - 4 (UTC). Pertti Turunen, OG2M; Martti Laine, OH2BH, and Henri
Olander, OH3JR, have reactivated Z60A from Kosovo, the newest DXCC
entity. In the prior Z60A activation, high noise levels hampered
reception on the low bands. Several local radio amateurs have been
working to pin down noise sources, and, while 80 and 40 meters are
"relatively clean," 160 meters "is still a challenge." The operators
plan to set out Beverage antennas as far as possible from noise
sources. The Finnish visitors will carry two complete stations for
Kosovo's IARU Member-Society SHRAK, which local operators will put on
the air. -- Thanks to Martti Laine, OH2BH
The patch design for the US Jamboree on the Air 2018 (JOTA) has been
selected by the National Radio Scouting Committee. Boy Scouts of
America Supply expects to have patches available this summer. National
JOTA Coordinator Jim Wilson, K5ND, said it's never too early to begin
planning for JOTA, and quite a bit of information to help in planning
is available, including JOTA Countdown, JOTA Station Planning, and
JOTA Event Tips. A podcast on JOTA-JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet)
operations from Scouting Stuff You Should Know may also be useful. "It
provides a Canadian perspective, but it's sound advice for any
location," Wilson said. The National Radio Scouting Committee has
developed a draft Troop Meeting Plan for Radio.
For the third year, the North Country DX Association will field
RST-suffix stations for the entire month of March. The operation will
include stations in Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories,
Nunavut, and Greenland. Listen for VY1RST/VY0 and VE8RST/VY0 from
Ellesmere Island, as well as KL7RST, VY1RST, VE8RST, VY0RST, and
OX7RST in Greenland. Exchange signal report and state/province. (NCDXA
RST stations will send town or city.) QSL to K7ICE. NCDXA said the
activity is aimed at further promoting Amateur Radio in northern North
America. Shortwave listeners are welcome to participate. More
information is on the NCDXA Facebook page.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Earth is exiting a solar wind stream
that produced brief G1-class geomagnetic storms. We've seen many days
with no sunspots over the past year, especially recently. Periods of
more than 3 days of a blank sun occurred in 8 months of 2017 plus
December 28, 2017, through January 3, 2018; January 20-29, and
February 18-25. Sunspots have been visible every day since February
26. For the February 22-28 reporting week, the average daily sunspot
number was 6, up slightly from 5.6 over the previous 7 days. Average
daily solar flux declined from 70.1 to 68.3.
Average planetary A index -- a geomagnetic indicator calculated from
values measured at multiple magnetometers around the world -- rose
marginally from 10 to 10.4, and mid-latitude A index, measured by a
single magnetometer on Wallops Island, Virginia, dipped from 7.7 to
7.4. All of these values are moderate, or quiet. The most active day
was February 27, when planetary A index was 19, and the mid-latitude A
index was 14.
NOAA's 45-day forecast for February 28 predicted a planetary A index
of 5 on March 1-3; 8 on March 4; 5 on March 5-13; 10, 8, 12, 15, and
18 on March 14-18; 5 on March 19-20; 12, 15, 10, 8, 24, and 12 on
March 21-26; 5 on March 27-April 9, and 10, 8, 12, 15, and 18 on April
10-14.
Predicted solar flux from the same 45-day forecast is 69, 68, 70, and
71 on March 1-4; 72 on March 5-8; 78 on March 9-12; 75, 72, and 70 on
March 13-15; 68 on March 16-26; 70 and 75 on March 27-28; 78 on March
29-April 8; 75, 72, and 70 on April 9-11, and 68 on April 12-14.
Sunspot numbers for February 22-28, 2018 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 15, and
11, with a mean of 6. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 68.4, 67.6, 68.2,
67.2, 69.8, 67.9, and 68.8, with a mean of 68.3. Estimated planetary A
indices were 11, 16, 9, 4, 7, 19, and 7, with a mean of 10.4.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 9, 11, 6, 2, 6, 14, and 4, with
a mean of 7.4.
Send me your reports and observations.
Getting it Right
In the article "'Improving Hurricane Preparedness' is National
Hurricane Conference Theme," in the February 22 edition of The ARRL
Letter, the time of the Amateur Radio Session is incorrect. The
Amateur Radio Session will take place Tuesday, March 27, at 10:30 AM.
The article "Postponed DXpedition to Disputed Spratlys Reset for
March," in the February 22 edition of The ARRL Letter overlooked a
two-person DXpedition from the Spratlys in 2016. James Brooks, 9V1YC,
and Chris Burger, ZS6EZ, operated from Layang Layang Island for 6 days
in May, making nearly 11,000 contacts. -- Thanks to Chris Berger,
ZS6EZ
Just Ahead in Radiosport
March 3-4 -- ARRL International DX Contest, SSB
March 3-10 -- Novice Rig Roundup (CW)
March 3 -- Wake-Up! QRP Sprint (CW)
March 3-4 -- Open Ukraine RTTY Championship
March 4 -- UBA Spring Contest (CW)
March 4 -- NSARA Contest (CW)
March 5 -- 3.5 RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship, Data
March 6 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)
March 6 -- AGCW YL-CW Party
March 7 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)
March 7 -- UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (Phone)
March 7-11 -- AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest (CW)
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information. For in-depth
reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest
Update via your ARRL member profile e-mail preferences.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
March 2-3 -- Alabama State Convention, Irondale, Alabama
March 3 -- Arkansas State Convention, Russellville, Arkansas
March 9-10 -- Louisiana State Convention, Rayne, Louisiana
March 9-10 -- North Carolina Section Convention, Concord, North
Carolina
March 10 -- Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska
March 16-17 -- South Texas Section Convention, Rosenberg, Texas
March 17 -- Southern Florida Section Convention, Stuart, Florida
March 17 -- West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas
March 24 -- Utah Digital Communications Conference, Sandy, Utah
March 24 -- MicroHAMS Digital Conference, Redmond, Washington
March 24 -- West Virginia Section Convention, Charleston, West
Virginia
March 30-31 -- Maine State Convention, Lewiston, Maine
March 31 -- North Carolina State Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina
April 6-7 -- OzarkCon QRP Conference, Branson, Missouri
April 13-14 -- Oklahoma State Convention, Claremore, Oklahoma
April 14-15 -- Communications Academy, Seattle, Washington
April 21 -- Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, Delaware
April 21 -- Aurora '18 Conference, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
April 28 -- Mentorfest Convention, Garland, Texas
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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