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Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L, is "Amateur of the Year," as Hamvention
Announces Award Winners
3Y0Z Bouvet Island Team: We'll Be Back
The Doctor Will See You Now!
ARRL Repurposes AM Broadcast Transmitter for Ham Radio Use
Amateur Radio CubeSats Among NASA Ninth-Round CubeSat Launch
Initiative Picks
History-Related Events Will Operate from Rare Grid in Cape Cod
National Seashore
Expanded ARRL Presence at HamCation Provides Room to Meet and Greet
Volunteers
Swedish Telecoms Regulator Considering Charging Hams a Fee to Run More
Than 200 W
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L, is "Amateur of the Year," as Hamvention
Announces Award Winners
Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L, of Crescent City, Illinois, is the 2018
Hamvention® "Amateur of the Year." The Hamvention Awards Committee --
chaired by Michael Kalter, W8CI, and Frank Beafore, WS8B -- this week
announced its 2018 award recipients for Club of the Year, Technical
Achievement, and Special Achievement.
Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L. [Don Kerouac, K9NR, photo]
"I am extremely honored to even be nominated for Amateur of the Year,
let alone to win this award," Hotzfeld told ARRL. "I would like to
thank the Hamvention Awards Committee. Their decision must have been a
tough one, as I am certain the other nominees have done an outstanding
job representing this hobby too. I would also like to thank those who
mentored me throughout my different learning phases of this hobby. Not
only has Amateur Radio been a life-changing experience for me, there
are so many helpful hams in this hobby that it just feels natural to
give back."
First licensed in 2006, Hotzfeld has been very active in local Amateur
Radio clubs and in ARES. Once she "discovered" HF, she became obsessed
with DXing and contesting. In the past few years, she has enjoyed
inviting new hams to her station to DX or contest. She has been the
pilot or lead pilot for four major DXpeditions. Hotzfeld also is a
co-host of the Ham Nation webcast and has created how-to videos on
YouTube for the ham radio community.
In 2017, Hotzfeld became engaged in public service, first traveling to
Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey to help rescue small animals.
She subsequently was deployed to Puerto Rico with the American Red
Cross for 3 weeks as part of an Amateur Radio volunteer contingent,
facilitating critical communications after Hurricane Maria.
Club of the Year
The Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS) of Ravenna, Ohio, is
Hamvention's 2018 Club of the Year. PCARS was established in November
2005, and it is an ARRL-Affiliated Special Service Club. PCARS members
average more than 40 hours of club activities each month, including
special interest groups, license training, contesting run from the
club site (K8BF), and club social events.
"Our members cover a wide range of interests that allow us to support
public safety organizations, student outreach programs, and activities
focused on growing our hobby," the club told the Hamvention Awards
Committee. "We love to share our experiences and have a requirement
that our events be filled with a lot of fun. Members have joined PCARS
because of all the activities and fun we have."
The club donated more than $6,000 in time and money to the community
last year. It has created its own contests and events, including the
annual Freeze Your Acorns Off in February and Ohio State Parks on the
Air, which was used as a model for ARRL's year-long National Parks on
the Air event in 2016.
PCARS sponsors several "Build Days" each year, with projects including
home-built transceivers, antennas, and digital equipment to allow
members to expand their horizons into new areas of Amateur Radio. A
monthly "Get on the Air Day" lets members and non-members use club
site equipment to learn about HF and new operating modes. "It is all
about building our hobby, helping our community, building our skills,
and, most of all, having fun," PCARS said.
Technical Achievement Award
Chip Cohen, W1YW, of Belmont, Massachusetts, has received the
Hamvention 2018 Technical Achievement Award. Licensed for 52 years and
bitten by the antenna bug, Cohen became a radio astronomer and
astrophysicist, working at Arecibo, the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory (NRAO), the Very Large Array (VLA), and others. While a
professor at Boston University, Cohen connected fractal geometry with
antennas, pioneering a paradigm shift in the design of fractal
antennas and what they make possible. The holder of 41 US patents,
Cohen is known for inventing the invisibility cloak using fractal
antenna techniques.
Starting 30 years ago with simple flea market treasures, W1YW
bootstrapped fractal antennas with modest gear and employed ham radio
to report on the success of his new technology. He started Fractal
Antenna Systems, Inc. with WA1ZWT (SK) in 1995, and is presently its
CEO.
Cohen is a DXCC Top of the Honor Roll DXer and a strong advocate for
technical "innovation culture" through Amateur Radio. He is a Life
Member of ARRL and a Fellow of the Radio Club of America, where he has
served as vice president and director.
Special Achievement Award
Heriberto Perez, KK4DCX; Victor Torres, WP4SD, and Emilio Ortiz Jr.,
WP4KEY, are Hamvention's 2018 Special Achievement Award winners. In
the wake of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico last
September, Perez mobilized his radio equipment to Radio Sol in San
Germßn, the local public broadcasting station, accompanied by Torres
and Ortiz. The team handled health-and-welfare traffic to thousands of
families across the continental US. Thanks to the support of more than
45 radio amateurs across the US, more than 4,000 messages were
delivered via telephone to anxious families.
"We would like to thank everyone who nominated a candidate," the
committee said in announcing the award recipients. "The process is
always difficult." A formal awards presentation will take place this
May at Hamvention 2018 in Xenia, Ohio.
3Y0Z Bouvet Island Team: We'll Be Back
Now safely home in the wake of their ill-fated DXpedition attempt to
Bouvet Island, the members of the 3Y0Z Bouvet Island team hope to try
again to mount an operation from what's been described as the most
remote place on Earth. The subantarctic Bouvet -- a Norwegian
dependency -- stands as the second most-wanted DXCC entity.
3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition co-leader Ralph Fedor, K0IR, looks out
at Bouvet Island from the vessel Betanzos.
"[W]e are not the kind of people to give up," DXpedition co-leader Bob
Allphin, K4UEE, said in a statement released last weekend. "The same
thing happened when we were trying to activate Peter I Island in 2005.
We came back the following year and...we got it done." The 2006 3Y0X
operation subsequently was judged the "DXpedition of the Decade."
All told, the 3Y0Z team spent a month aboard MV Betanzos, the vessel
that transported them from Chile to less than a mile off Bouvet to
Cape Town, South Africa. Now back home for about 2 weeks, the team has
had a little time to reflect.
"We have been to Bouvet Island, and as a result, we have a better
appreciation for the challenges we face," Allphin said. "It is a dark,
dismal, and dangerous place. Yet, when the sun shines, it is
magnificent."
The most difficult memory for the team, Allphin recounted, is the
team's final day off the coast of Bouvet, "when we saw the island,
crystal clear in calm winds, less than a mile away. The conditions
were perfect for our first reconnaissance flight and possible landing
of men and camp infrastructure. But, during the violent night before,
the captain had made the decision to abort. In retrospect, his call
was clairvoyant. The mechanical propulsion failure on the ship that
occurred would have brought disaster if it resulted in some of our men
being stranded ashore."
Allphin said the 3Y0Z Bouvet team is optimistic that it will get at
least some of its money back from DAP, the Chilean company that owns
the vessel. "That money [with] what we still have in the bank will
allow us to begin making plans to try again," he said. "We have begun
the difficult task of looking for a suitable vessel, and would hope to
go back to Bouvet in the next year or two." Read more.
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"ding an Amplifier to your Station" is the topic of the current (March
1) episode of the "ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast. Listen...and learn!
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.
Just ahead: "Mailbag."
ARRL Repurposes AM Broadcast Transmitter for Ham Radio Use
Thanks to a joint effort by ARRL and the Vintage Radio and
Communications Museum of Connecticut (VRCMCT), a classic Gates BC-1T
AM broadcast transmitter will enjoy a second life on the Amateur Radio
bands for occasional use under W1AW or under the ARRL Headquarters
Operators Club call sign, W1INF.
Tim "Timtron" Smith, WA1HLR, digs into the Gates BC-1T broadcast
transmitter.
Spearheaded by broadcast engineer Dan Thomas, NC1J, VRCMCT volunteers
restored the1 kW transmitter to operating condition, after obtaining
it from the National Capital Radio and Television Museum in Bowie,
Maryland. The VRCMCT will retain ownership of the transmitter, while
the League houses and maintains it on loan. The transmitter will be
located in the ARRL Lab, and Assistant Lab Manager Bob Allison,
WB1GCM, said the transmitter could be on the air as W1AW during such
operating events as the AM Rally and the Heavy Metal Rally.
ARRL turned to AM guru and veteran broadcast engineer Tim "Timtron"
Smith, WA1HLR, of Skowhegan, Maine, to handle shifting the BC-1T from
1,340 kHz to the ham bands. Timtron not only has been an AM mainstay
on 75 and 40 meters over the years, he's engineered all manner of AM,
FM, and HF broadcast transmitters in his extensive career. This
combination of familiarity and experience made him a logical choice to
handle the conversion to amateur use of the Gates BC-1T.
Various stipulations added a level of complexity to the endeavor.
First, the transmitter had to be modified as little as possible,
retaining original components. The 833 final amplifier tubes (left),
better suited for broadcast-band use, would be retained as would the
inductance-heavy tuning circuits. Another requirement -- this one set
by Smith -- ambitiously called for the transmitter to function on 75
as well as on 160 meters.
Each RF stage was converted, starting with the Colpitts oscillator --
which offered two octal tube sockets to hold broadcast crystals, and a
selector switch. More complicated was changing out feedback and
loading capacitors in the oscillator stage, along with the buffer tank
circuit. The driver tank circuit was next. Removing one-half of the
windings on the multiple tank, changing some connections, shortening
long leads on RF bypass capacitors, and modifying the neutralization
circuit were necessary.
Assistant ARRL Lab Manager Bob Allison, WB1GCM, at the helm of W1INF
at ARRL Headquarters. The BC-1T is on the right.
The output tuning circuit proved to be the easiest to convert;
parallel capacitors that enabled broadcast-band operation were rewired
in series to resonate on the amateur bands. A spare inductor, not
required for higher frequencies, was repurposed in place as a dc
safety shunt. The modulator just needed only minor changes. All was
documented.
Initial tests at 250 W on February 22 demonstrated the success of the
modifications and marked completion of the first phase of a new lease
on life for the BC-1T as ARRL's flagship AM amateur band transmitter.
"It took many volunteers and their resources to make this project come
together," said Allison, who calls the BC-1T "The Ambassador."
"It's an ambassador for the AM mode, reaching out a friendly hand to
radio amateurs old and new," he said.
The project began in ARRL Lab on February 18 with the presentation to
"Timtron" of an official ARRL Lab coat. As if stepping from the pages
of a 1960s ARRL Handbook, he looked the part and was ready to begin
the operation. -- Thanks to Clark Burgard, N1BCG, and Bob Allison,
WB1GCM
Amateur Radio CubeSats Among NASA Ninth-Round CubeSat Launch
Initiative Picks
AMSAT reports that two of its "GOLF" (Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint)
series CubeSats are among 21 missions recommended for NASA's CubeSat
Launch Initiative (CSLI) -- GOLF-TEE (Technology Evaluation
Environment) and GOLF-1, were among the 21 missions recommended for
selection. AMSAT now must negotiate and execute a Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement with NASA for each project, in order to
finalize selection.
"The GOLF-TEE project tees off the next phase of our CubeSat program,"
AMSAT Vice President-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, quipped.
According to AMSAT, NASA anticipates a sufficient number of launch
opportunities but does not guarantee that all recommended payloads
will be launched. GOLF-TEE will also carry a Fox-1E design V/u linear
transponder and radiation effects experiment for Vanderbilt
University.
GOLF-TEE will serve as a rapidly deployable low-Earth-orbit (LEO)
testbed for technologies necessary for a successful CubeSat mission to
a wide variety of orbits, AMSAT said. GOLF-TEE is aimed at providing
AMSAT with the hardware and knowledge for attitude determination and
control capability, and the opportunity to develop a 3U spaceframe
with deployable solar panels suitable for LEO or high-Earth-orbit
(HEO) missions, two of the major systems required in future GOLF and
HEO missions.
AMSAT Vice President-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY (left), introduces
the GOLF project last October at AMSAT's Symposium and Annual Meeting.
GOLF-TEE and the GOLF program will provide for the development of
"five-and-dime" field-programmable gate array software-defined radio
(FPGA SDR) transponders for use on a variety of missions and orbits.
The target GOLF-TEE launch date is in the final quarter of 2019.
GOLF-1 will serve as a follow-on mission; AMSAT has not yet specified
its Amateur Radio payload. Launch is targeted for 2020 - 2021. The
GOLF-1 CubeSat will require a de-orbiting plan that complies with NASA
requirements for limiting orbital debris, due to the high altitude
that AMSAT has requested.
AMSAT-NA unveiled the GOLF program its annual meeting last October as
a crucial step toward fulfilling AMSAT's strategic goals involving
high-altitude, wide-access satellite missions. -- Thanks to AMSAT News
Service via Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
History-Related Events Will Operate from Rare Grid in Cape Cod
National Seashore
It is mere coincidence that the Titanic disaster in 1912 -- one of the
worst maritime disasters in history -- and the birth of Guglielmo
Marconi in 1874 -- the developer of the wireless gear equipping the
ill-fated ship -- both occurred in April. Marconi Wireless Company
radio operators aboard the Titanic transmitted the distress signal
after the gigantic vessel struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on
its maiden voyage. Co-located Amateur Radio special events in April
will commemorate both events, which will take place from FN51, a rare
grid square that's mostly water. ARRL International Grid Chase 2018
(IGC) enthusiasts take note! Both events will be held at the Nauset
Coast Guard Station in Eastham, Massachusetts.
A mock-up of the Titanic radio room was on display at the 2018 Orlando
HamCation. [Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, photo]
The Titanic/Marconi Memorial Radio Association of Cape Cod operation
will use W1MGY, in recognition of the Titanic's MGY call sign.
Operation will begin on Saturday, April 12, at 9 AM ET and continue
until April 15 at 1:27 AM ET (0527 UTC) -- the time when the Virginian
heard Titanic's last radio message 106 years ago. The Titanic disaster
claimed some 1,500 lives. W1MGY trustee Barry Hutchinson, KB1TLR, said
plans call for coverage on all bands, mostly within the General-class
subbands, on CW and SSB. Two stations are planned.
Marconi's wireless station in Wellfleet on Cape Cod -- now on the
National Register of Historic Places -- played a role in the rescue of
740 survivors from the Titanic. Marconi's wireless operator onboard
the rescue ship Carpathia contacted the Titanic that fateful night to
inform the wireless operator that the Cape Cod station was
transmitting messages to the ill-fated ship. The Titanic's Marconi
wireless operator promptly replied, "Come at once. We have struck a
berg," initiating the rescue of survivors.
Grid square FN51 is mostly water.
The Saturday, April 21, International Marconi Day (IMD) operation by
the Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club will use the call sign KM1CC, which
recognizes the former WCC shore station on Cape Cod. Operation will be
on CW, SSB, and digital modes.
KM1CC will be among many stations participating in IMD activities on
April 21. The 24-hour event is typically held on the Saturday closest
to Marconi's birth date. During IMD, Amateur Radio enthusiasts around
the world will attempt to make contact with various historic Marconi
sites using communication techniques similar to those that Marconi
used. Registered stations must operate from a site with some
connection to Marconi.
Stations may register for International Marconi Day 2018 via e-mail.
The list of stations already signed up for the 2018 IMD, along with
their operating sites, is posted on the Cornish Radio Amateur Club
website.
Expanded ARRL Presence at HamCation Provides Room to Meet and Greet
Volunteers
ARRL's expanded presence at Orlando HamCation® February 9 - 11 -- the
2018 ARRL Florida State Convention -- enabled a suitably sized
gathering place for attendees to meet and greet volunteers from the
ARRL Southeastern Division, including ARRL Director Greg Sarratt,
W4OZK, and Vice Director Joey Tiritilli, N4ZUW, as well as Section
Managers and ARRL Field Organization volunteers. ARRL President Rick
Roderick, K5UR, also greeted visitors to the second-largest US
hamfest.
New ARRL member Sarah Day, KN4JYI (right), of Apopka, Florida, passed
her Amateur Radio license exam at HamCation. She is seen here with
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR.
Many attendees took advantage of the huge ARRL book store, made
possible this year by HamCation's generous support for ARRL.
Convention goers picked up copies of popular new and flagship ARRL
publications. ARRL Circulation Manager Yvette Vinci, KC1AIM;
Membership Manager Diane Petrilli, KB1RNF; Marketing Manager Bob
Inderbitzen, NQ1R, and volunteers Holly Roderick and Sherry Mahafza,
KM4VSW, all contributed to the store's operation.
A standing-room-only crowd attended the ARRL membership forum,
moderated by Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK.
President Roderick addressed the gathering to highlight ARRL
initiatives and answer questions. Sarratt recognized ham radio
operators from throughout the Division and country who helped provide
public service and emergency communications throughout the 2017
hurricane season and its devastating impact on the southeast US,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
(L-R) ARRL Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK; Puerto
Rico Section Manager Oscar Resto, KP4RF; US Virgin Islands Section
Manager Fred Kleber, K9VV, and ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR.
Sarratt also invited ARRL Puerto Rico Section Manager Oscar Resto,
KP4RF, and US Virgin Islands Section Manager Fred Kleber, K9VV,
forward to accept the 2018 ARRL International Humanitarian Award on
behalf of radio amateurs in their Sections who aided in hurricane
relief and recovery. Southern Florida Section Manager Jeff Beals,
WA4AW, awarded Mo Dake, K9EE, a Certificate of Merit for his 12 years
of service as Palm Beach County SKYWARN® Coordinator.
A display featuring the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative
(CARI) included college pennants contributed by a handful of
university radio clubs. Disney systems engineer Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR,
a recent University of Florida doctoral program graduate, led a
college Amateur Radio forum. He introduced many opportunities to help
foster interest in ham radio among college students and campus radio
clubs. Topics Milluzzi and other participants covered included ARRL
scholarships, sources of funding for campus radio clubs, and
networking students with alumni and professionals.
Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR, leads a forum for the ARRL Collegiate Amateur
Radio Initiative (CARI) at Orlando HamCation.
Inderbitzen also addressed the forum. "There is a renaissance going on
right now with renewing Amateur Radio among our nation's colleges and
universities," he observed. Inderbitzen described ARRL's support for
college radio clubs by providing opportunities for students, faculty
advisors, and other supporters to network via the ARRL CARI Facebook
Group and at hamfest forums and exhibits held throughout the country.
A video of the forum is available on YouTube, produced by Tony
Milluzzi, KD8RTT, an Ohio University graduate research assistant who
also participated in the forum.
A booth and forum for the ARRL CARI program will also be organized for
Hamvention® in Xenia, Ohio, May 19-21. "Bring your school colors to
hang in the ARRL exhibit area!" Andy Milluzzi urged.
Inderbitzen has posted HamCation photos to the ARRL Facebook page.
HamCation is held each year at the Central Florida Fairgrounds. The
Orlando Amateur Radio Club (OARC) sponsors the event, with support
from volunteers and clubs throughout the region. -- Thanks to Bob
Inderbitzen, NQ1R, for information and photos. Read more.
Swedish Telecoms Regulator Considering Charging Hams a Fee to Run More
Than 200 W
Sweden's Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) is considering lowering the
maximum transmitter output power for general Amateur Radio stations to
200 W PEP. Under a set of wide-ranging proposed regulatory changes
affecting many radio services, radio amateurs wishing to run higher
power would have to apply for a license and pay an annual fee of about
$33.
Amateur Radio licenses were eliminated in Sweden in 2004, and Amateur
Radio in Sweden is "permission free," but prospective radio amateurs
still must pass an examination, typically arranged by Sweden's
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-society in Sweden,
SSA. A certificate and a call sign, valid for life, are issued without
any future fees. The maximum permitted power on most HF bands is 1 kW;
that power level would not necessarily be guaranteed under an Amateur
Radio license, and conditions could apply.
The PTS's rationale is that requiring a license for radio amateurs who
want to run more than 200 W will make it easier to trace any
interference that those transmitters may cause.
"The matter is widely discussed in Sweden," Henryk Kotowski, SM0JHF,
told ARRL, "since there are quite a few opponents to permission-free
operation, resulting -- in their eyes -- in degradation of quality and
discipline on the air."
SSA is planning to comment on the proposal by the March 30 deadline.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Only March 2 showed any sunspot
activity over the past week, with a daily sunspot number of 11, so
average daily sunspot activity declined from 6 to 1.6. Average daily
solar flux went from 68.3 to 67.6. Geomagnetic indicators were quiet,
with average planetary A index dropping from 10.4 to 5.1, and
mid-latitude A index from 7.4 to 4.6.
Predicted solar flux is 68 on March 8-15; 70 on March 16; 72 on March
17-29; 70 on March 30; 68 on March 31-April 11; 70 on April 12, and 72
on April 13-21.
Predicted planetary A index is 5, 8, 12, and 10 on March 8-11; 5 on
March 12-15; 12, 15, and 18 on March 16-18; 5 on March 19-20; 12, 18,
10, 5, 8, and 20 on March 21-26; 5 on March 27-29; 8 on March 30-31; 5
on April 1-3; 8 on April 4-5; 5 on April 6-9; 10, 12, 12, 15, and 18
on April 10-14; 5 on April 15-16, and 12, 18, 10, 8, and 5 on April
17-21.
Sunspot numbers for March 1 through 7, 2018 were 0, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0,
and 0, with a mean of 1.6. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 67.2, 67.8,
67.8, 67.5, 67.6, 67.6, and 67.8, with a mean of 67.6. Estimated
planetary A indices were 6, 4, 6, 6, 5, 5, and 4, with a mean of 5.1.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 3, 5, 7, 5, 4, and 3, with a
mean of 4.6.
Send me your reports or observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
March 10 -- QRP ARCI Spring Thaw SSB Sprint
March 10 -- AGCW QRP Contest (CW)
March 10-11 -- RSGB Commonwealth Contest (CW)
March 10-11 -- SARL VHF/UHF Analogue/Digital Contest
March 10-11 -- F9AA Cup, SSB
March 10-11 -- South America 10-Meter Contest (CW, phone)
March 10-11 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)
March 10-11 -- Stew Perry Topband Challenge
March 10-11 -- Oklahoma QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
March 10-11 -- EA PSK63 Contest Dig RSQ
March 10-11 -- Tesla Memorial HF CW Contest
March 10-11 -- QCWA QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
March 10-11 -- Idaho QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
March 11 -- North American Sprint, RTTY
March 11 -- UBA Spring Contest, 2 Meters (CW, phone)
March 11 -- WAB 3.5 MHz Phone
March 11 -- Wisconsin QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
March 12 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone)
March 13 -- CLARA Chatter Party (CW, phone)
March 14 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship, 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 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
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