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The ARRL Letter

August 4, 2016
Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME

 *  Good-Bye, Hara Arena! Dayton Hamvention Headed for Xenia in 2017
 *  FCC Proposes Rule Changes in Response to ARRL's "Symbol Rate" Petition,
    Seeks Comment
 *  The Doctor Will See You Now!
 *  National Parks on the Air Update
 *  FCC Levies Fines on Radio Amateurs for Deliberate Interference
 *  ARRL Expresses Support for All Activities that Strengthen Emergency
    Communications Infrastructure
 *  FCC Seeks Comments on Waiver Request from Expert Linears
 *  MARS Sets Interoperability Communications Exercise for August 15
 *  Skyler Fennell, KD0WHB, is 2016 Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Memorial Young
    Ham of the Year
 *  Danish Ham-Cyclist Soon to be in Europe and Heading Home
 *  ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Extends Call for Papers
 *  Fox-1B (RadFxSat) Nears Completion
 *  Chatham Marconi Maritime Center Acquires "Creed Machine" from Georgia
    Radio Amateur
 *  The K7RA Solar Update
 *  Just Ahead in Radiosport
 *  Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions



Good-Bye, Hara Arena! Dayton Hamvention Headed for Xenia in 2017

"X" marks the spot! After 52 years at Hara Arena and its entire 64-year
history in the Greater Dayton area, Hamvention(R) announced on August 1 that
it would relocate to the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio. The new
venue is about 16 miles east of downtown Dayton off US Route 35 and north of
Xenia. On June 29, the Amateur Radio community was stunned to learn that Hara
Arena would shut down at the end of August, leaving Hamvention homeless -- at
least until this week's big reveal.

"We appreciate and value all the time and effort the many partners, in
particular the Greene County Agricultural Society, the Greene County Board of
Commissioners, and the Greene County Convention & Visitors Bureau, have put
into helping Hamvention find the right venue to continue our long history here
in the Miami Valley," Hamvention General Chair Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, said on
August 1. "We look forward to a long and mutually prosperous relationship."

Cramer has said that Hamvention spent "many hours over the last few years
evaluating possible [new] locations," and he has assured visitors that their
"current accommodations and outside events already planned for Hamvention 2017
should not be affected."

Hamvention chief spokesman and board member Mike Kalter, W8CI, made clear that
the move to Xenia was not done in desperation. "Montgomery County didn't have
anything for us," he told ARRL. "We looked exhaustively."

"The key thing is that we plan to have a 5-star event," he said of Hamvention
2017. "We'll put a lot of time and energy into it."

The move to Xenia could prove to be a huge economic bonanza for the city and
for Greene County. Hamvention attracts some 25,000 visitors each May. Its
annual economic impact has been estimated at between $15 and $17 million to
the Dayton/Montgomery County area, and some -- if not most -- of that benefit
now could migrate eastward down US 35.

Kalter conceded that the new venue in Greene County is a slightly longer drive
from downtown Dayton -- where some Hamvention-related events traditionally
occur -- than it was to Hara Arena, but he believes it will be worth the trip.
James M. Cox International Airport in Dayton remains the closest for anyone
flying in for the event, although the drive from the airport will be about
twice as long for those deciding to stay in Xenia.

"We expect next year to be a big year," Kalter said. "We expect a lot of
people to come to see what it's like." Read more. Also see this story. On his
website, KE9V has offered some first-hand information regarding the new venue.



FCC Proposes Rule Changes in Response to ARRL's "Symbol Rate" Petition, Seeks
Comment

The FCC has proposed to revise the Amateur Service Part 97 rules in response
to the ARRL's so-called "Symbol Rate" Petition for Rule Making (RM-11708),
filed in late 2013, and it has invited comments on its recommended changes.
The Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in WT Docket 16-239, released on
July 28, had been making the rounds at the FCC since May. ARRL had asked the
FCC to change the Part 97 rules to delete the symbol rate limit in ?97.307(f)
and replace it with a maximum bandwidth for data emissions of 2.8 kHz on
amateur frequencies below 29.7 MHz.

"[W]e believe that the public interest may be served by revising the Amateur
Service rules to eliminate the current baud rate limitations for data
emissions, consistent with ARRL's Petition, to allow Amateur Service licensees
to use modern digital emissions, thereby furthering the purposes of the
Amateur Service and enhancing the usefulness of the service," the FCC said in
its NPRM. "We do not, however, propose a bandwidth limitation for data
emissions in the MF and HF bands to replace the baud rate limitations, because
the rules' current approach for limiting bandwidth use by amateur stations
using one of the specified digital codes to encode the signal being
transmitted appears sufficient to ensure that general access to the band by
licensees in the Amateur Service does not become unduly impaired."

While tentatively concluding that a specific bandwidth limitation for RTTY and
data was not necessary, the FCC nonetheless invited comments on whether it
should set emission bandwidth standards for Amateur Service MF/HF RTTY and
data emissions.

Under the current rules, "specified digital codes" in Part 97 may be used with
a symbol rate that does not exceed 300 baud for frequencies below 28 MHz, with
the exception of 60 meters, and 1200 baud in the 10 meter band. The baud rate
limits were adopted in 1980, when the FCC amended Part 97 to specify ASCII as
a permissible digital code.

Comments in the proceeding will be due 60 days after the date that the NPRM
appears in the Federal Register.



The Doctor Will See You Now!

"Magnetic Loop Antennas" is the topic of the current 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.
Coming up next: "SWR."



National Parks on the Air Update

The ARRL National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) program now is in its 8th month,
and more than 440 of the 484 eligible NPS units have been activated, with over
540,000 QSOs confirmed in Logbook of The World. Despite a rough summer for
propagation, plenty of Activators have been on the air, and it's not too late
for you to become a new Activator or Chaser.

The 100th birthday of the National Park System is August 25, and several parks
will be active during the Centennial week. See the NPOTA Facebook group for a
list of stations active during the actual Centennial week, or to register your
own activation.

There are 31 activations scheduled for August 4-10, including two of the
rarest units: President's Park in Washington, DC, and Touro Synagogue in Rhode
Island. Do not miss out!

Details about these and other upcoming activations can be found on the NPOTA
Activations calendar.

Keep up with the latest NPOTA news on Facebook. Follow NPOTA on Twitter
(@ARRL_NPOTA).



FCC Levies Fines on Radio Amateurs for Deliberate Interference

The FCC has imposed fines on radio amateurs in California and Georgia after
concluding they broke FCC rules and the Communications Act. The FCC
Enforcement Bureau imposed a $25,000 penalty on William F. Crowell, W6WBJ
(ex-N6AYJ), of Diamond Spring, California, for intentionally interfering with
the transmissions of other radio amateurs and transmitting prohibited
communications, including music. The forfeiture represents the full amount
proposed in a December 2015 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL),
and, the FCC said in a lengthy August 2 Forfeiture Order (FO), "is based on
the full base forfeiture amount as well as an upward adjustment reflecting Mr
Crowell's decision to continue his misconduct after being warned..."

"Mr Crowell does not deny that he made the transmissions that prompted the NAL
in this proceeding, but argues, in large part, that those transmissions were
protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution," the Forfeiture Order
said. In mutiple responses to the NAL, Crowell not only argued that the
enforcement action was directed at the content of his transmissions, which
were protected by the Constitution, but were justified on the basis of other
operators' actions. "Alternatively, Mr Crowell maintains that someone else
caused the interference or transmitted the prohibited communications at issue
in this proceeding," the FCC said.

"It is well-established that regulation of radio in general does not violate
the First Amendment or [the Communications Act]," the Commission's Forfeiture
Order said, "and courts have made clear that this conclusion applies to the
Amateur Service as well."

Prompting the December 2015 NAL were complaints by members of the Western
Amateur Radio Friendship Association (WARFA), which conducts nets three times
a week on 75 meters. Crowell had argued that the WARFA Net monopolized the
frequency and refused to let him check in.

The Enforcement Bureau recounted that its agents and the High Frequency
Direction Finding Capability Center (HFDFC) monitored Crowell's transmissions
on August 25 and 27, 2015, during the WARFA Net on 3908 kHz. They observed
Crowell's Amateur Radio station "intentionally interfering with other amateur
licensees by transmitting on top of other amateurs, and repeatedly
interrupting amateurs using noises," the Forfeiture Order said.

The Enforcement Bureau concluded that Crowell "willfully and repeatedly"
violated the Communications Act and FCC rules "by intentionally causing
interference to other Amateur Radio operators and transmitting prohibited
communications, including music." The Bureau said that after reviewing
Crowell's arguments, it found no reason to cancel, withdraw, or reduce the
penalty it had proposed last December.


In a Forfeiture Order released on July 29, the FCC fined David J. Tolassi,
W4BHV, of Ringgold, Georgia, $1000 for failing to properly identify. The FCC
had proposed the fine 1 year ago in a Notice of Apparent Liability for
Forfeiture (NAL), noting that Tolassi had been warned the previous summer
about not following Part 97 ID rules. The FCC said at the time that Tolassi's
"deliberate disregard" of the earlier warning warranted the proposed penalty
that it reaffirmed this month.

The FCC said Tolassi did not deny transmitting on 14.313 MHz on the date in
question, but he argued that his comments were within the 10-minute window
mandated by the rules. The FCC disagreed, however, noting that Tolassi never
identified during 15 minutes of transmissions that agents had monitored.

Tolassi had requested the FCC cancel the NAL and substitute a Warning Letter,
asserting that the FCC has issued multiple warnings before imposing fines in
similar cases. Tolassi was not being treated any differently than other
licensees have been, the FCC countered.



ARRL Expresses Support for All Activities that Strengthen Emergency
Communications Infrastructure

At its July 2016 meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors approved revisions
concerning the management and governance of its National Traffic System(TM)
(NTS) program. In response, some NTS(TM) participants have proposed to form a
new organization with the stated purpose of engaging in current NTS activity,
independent of ARRL. This action, in part, was a reaction to ARRL's
announcement regarding the creation of an enhanced emergency communications
plan, scheduled for implementation later this year. The ARRL plan will address
the role of programs such as NTS, which can provide important capabilities to
ARRL partner agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), the American Red Cross, and The Salvation Army.

In a statement issued August 3 by ARRL, the League said it believes that the
existing ARRL NTS program will rise to meet these new, demanding requirements;
NTS resources are already well-established networks and have a long history of
reliable operation.

"We encourage all NTS participants to be involved in current National Traffic
System activities by continuing their existing assignments and duties," the
statement said. "However, if NTS members wish to explore alternative programs
like the one recently proposed, we do not wish to discourage that exploration."

The statement went on to say that it is ARRL's mission to support all
activities that advance the art, science, and enjoyment of Amateur Radio. The
League "encourages any activity that strengthens the national emergency
communications infrastructure, provides network redundancy, and refines and
maintains the critical skills of radio amateurs who daily serve their
communities with communication training activities and responses to local and
regional emergencies," the statement concluded.



FCC Seeks Comments on Waiver Request from Expert Linears

The FCC is inviting comments on a June 11 request from Expert Linears America
LLC to waive ?97.317(a)(2) of the Amateur Service rules to permit it to
import, market, and use its model 1.3K FA amplifier in the US. The Texas
company is seeking the waiver pending resolution of its earlier Petition for
Rule Making (RM-11767), which called on the Commission to eliminate the 15 dB
gain limitation on Amateur Radio amplifiers altogether. Expert said the
version of the model 1.3K FA amplifier it now imports has been modified to
comply with current rules.

"Expert seeks a waiver in order to be able to import the unmodified version of
the Model 1.3K FA, which is capable of considerably more than 15 dB
amplification," the FCC explained in a July 29 Public Notice. "Expert argues
that the public interest would be served by permitting use of a higher-powered
amplifier, because it would improve the communications capabilities of
amateurs using portable, low-power transmitters by enabling them to approach
the maximum legal power output." Expert assured the FCC that its model 1.3K FA
has proprietary software to prevent it from transmitting in the 26-28 MHz
band, so it cannot be used in the Citizens Radio Service.

On May 26, ARRL told the FCC that it "strongly supports" Expert's petition
seeking to eliminate the Amateur Service rule, spelled out in ?97.317(a)(2),
that amateur amplifiers not be able to boost the RF input signal by more than
15 dB.

Comments on Expert's waiver request are due by August 29, reply comments by
September 13.



MARS Sets Interoperability Communications Exercise for August 15

US Department of Defense (DOD) Military Auxiliary Radio Service (MARS)
operators in the US, Germany, and Japan, will take part in an interoperability
communications exercise on Monday, August 15, from 1200 UTC to 2359 UTC. The
focus of the exercise is "to train during a simulated communicat
ons-constrained environment using radio-only communication capabilities," MARS
said.

Throughout the exercise, MARS operators will reach out to and attempt connect
with Amateur Radio operators at the local and regional levels using HF, VHF,
and UHF. For the purposes of this exercise, the use of the 60 meter
interoperability channels -- dial frequencies 5330.5 and 5346.5 kHz -- are
authorized and encouraged. Other bands will be coordinated by MARS members at
the local/regional level with their ARES/RACES/club counterparts.

The exercise is tied in with a larger DOD exercise, which will include
participation by active duty forces. -- Thanks to Army MARS Program Manager
Paul English, WD8DBY



Skyler Fennell, KD0WHB, is 2016 Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Memorial Young Ham of
the Year

Amateur Radio Newsline has announced that 17-year-old Skyler Fennell, KD0WHB,
an ARRL member from Denver, Colorado, is the 2016 Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF,
Memorial Young Ham of the Year (YHOTY). The recent Denver School of the Arts
honors graduate and Amateur Extra licensee was introduced to Amateur Radio
when he was a high school freshman, but his interest in electronics began in
4th grade.

"After starting an Amateur Radio club at my high school, we all wanted to be
part of a high-altitude balloon launch," he explained on his QRZ.com profile.
"After fundraising, and a number of designs, we finally launched with the Edge
of Space Sciences (EOSS)." He worked with the EOSS Amateur Radio-equipped
balloon launches of the AB0BX STEM School Amateur Radio Club in nearby
Littleton.

Skyler's interest in satellite communication resulted in a revival of the
Colorado Amateur Satellite Net; he became a net control operator and created a
website for the net. He also has gained extensive experience designing and
working on repeater systems, and introduced the AllStar Link system for one of
the Rocky Mountain Radio League's repeaters.

He became project manager for its 440 MHz repeater and helped put together an
AllStar and EchoLink repeater for students. He was also involved in proposing
and assisting in the construction of a VHF/UHF repeater at a remote
mountaintop site and added an AllStar link to the system.

An Eagle Scout at 13, Skyler has combined his interests in cycling and Amateur
Radio, assembling a bicycle mobile setup with VHF and UHF radios. He will be
formally recognized as YHOTY during the Huntsville Hamfest on August 20. Read
more. -- Thanks to CQ Communications



Danish Ham-Cyclist Soon to be in Europe and Heading Home

Danish Ham-Cyclist Thomas Andersen, OZ1AA, now is in North Africa and soon
expects to be in Europe on the last leg of his "Cycling the Globe" bicycle
journey. He anticipates being back home in Denmark within a few months.

"I'm currently in Morocco and ready to cross over to Spain," he told ARRL on
August 2. "From there I will cycle through Spain, France, and Germany back to
Denmark. It will take 2 months."

Andersen said that, while he had hoped to, he did not do much hamming while in
Africa, but he did visit the ET3AA radio club in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa. "That
was a great experience," he said. "It was a great time there, meeting the
students and making a few QSOs."

Andersen typically can cover 60 miles in a day, but he's done as many as 100
miles. He began his cycling adventure in Copenhagen 6 years ago. While he does
carry a VHF/UHF FM handheld, Andersen said he really has not used it that
much. He told ARRL that he hopes to be on the air "from somewhere on my way up
through Europe."

Andersen, who was in the US a year ago, said he purchased a new mountain bike
"with fat tires" for the trip through Africa. "It was a good choice, since
there have been a lot of rough dirt roads here," he told ARRL. "This bike is
the third I've used on my trip around the world."



ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Extends Call for Papers

Technical Papers are invited until August 12 for presentation at the 35th
Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), to be held September
16-18 in St Petersburg, Florida. Papers will be published in the Conference
Proceedings, and authors do not need to attend the conference to have their
papers included.

The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum for
technically minded radio amateurs to meet and present new ideas and
techniques. Paper/presentation topic areas include -- but are not limited to
-- software defined radio (SDR), digital voice, digital satellite
communication, digital signal processing (DSP), HF digital modes, adapting
IEEE 802.11 systems for Amateur Radio, Global Positioning System (GPS),
Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS), Linux in Amateur Radio, AX.25
updates and Internet operability with Amateur Radio networks.

Submit papers to via e-mail or via post to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL, 225
Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Papers will be published exactly as submitted,
and authors will retain all rights.



Fox-1B (RadFxSat) Nears Completion

AMSAT-NA Vice President-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, reports that the
Fox-1B CubeSat (RadFxSat -- Radiation Effects Satellite) flight unit has been
assembled and now is undergoing various stages of testing before it is put
through environmental (shock, vibration, thermal) testing in August for
completion by early September. Launch is scheduled for January 20.

Fox 1B is a joint mission by AMSAT and the Institute for Space and Defense
Electronics at Vanderbilt University. It hosts a technology experiment by
Vanderbilt University as well as an analog FM Amateur Radio payload.

During a recent test stop in Fox Labs, most of the testing was streamed live
on YouTube (archived) to give enthusiasts an opportunity to look over Buxton's
shoulder as he conducted tests on the flight unit along with other Fox
Engineering Team members.

Fox-1B (RadFxSat) is expected to be back in Fox Labs around August 11 for
another round of tests, and live streaming will be available during those
tests as well.



Chatham Marconi Maritime Center Acquires "Creed Machine" from Georgia Radio
Amateur

ARRL member Gene Greneker, K4MOG, of Powder Springs, Georgia, recently
fulfilled a dream for the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center museum -- formerly
WCC on Cape Cod -- to add an important artifact to its collection. Greneker
spotted a brief item in QST last year seeking a so-called "Creed machine" for
the museum. While most ship-to-shore station traffic was conducted by skilled
Morse operators at their keys, the Creed machine -- or keyer -- read a punched
tape prepared in advance that generated one-way Morse code broadcasts to ships
at sea.

"We have searched continuously for roughly 10 years for this artifact,
following leads with historians, other museums, archivists, ham radio
operators, collectors, and any other possible leads," said Chatham Marconi
Maritime Center Operations Manager Dorothy Bassett. The mention in QST,
resulting from a visit to the museum by ARRL Lab staffer Mike Gruber, W1MG,
did the trick. Greneker spotted it and let Bassett know he had what she was
seeking.

"Our members and supporters raised the funds, and we were able to purchase the
Creed machine, a custom table, and an entire exhibit to showcase this item and
how it worked with our Kleinschmidt machine," Bassett recounted. The
Kleinschmidt machine -- or "Klein" -- refers to the equipment used to create
the punched "Wheatstone" tape, the narrow ribbon of heavy, perforated paper
read by the Creed keyer.

Bassett said that once the exhibit is complete, the museum plans to install a
button that visitors can push to start the machine, "so guests will get to
hear the Creed working, see the tape move, and watch the pins and mechanics in
action."

Greneker said the Creed machine is a rare find for a collector, and he
obtained his when he and Fred Dorsey, WA4TDC, bought an entire lot of
equipment that had been installed at WOE in Lantana, Florida. "Most of these
stations only had one keyer to broadcast the traffic lists on the hour, and
these were cut with the Wheatstone perforator," Greneker told Bassett. "Given
that there were not that many shore-to-ship stations, not many Creed keyers
were ever manufactured." Greneker said the machines were assembled by hand and
expensive to purchase. He speculated that the Creed machine he donated may
once have been at WCC.

"RCA was famous for taking old equipment from the flagship station (WCC) and
sending it to the smaller stations when they needed some item. The flagship
station then got the new replacement equipment," he explained. Greneker
explained that when shore station operators such as RCA closed those
facilities, "the entire station was loaded up and carried to the dump, making
the keyers almost impossible to find today."

"This piece is very special to us," Basset said, "and I can't thank the ARRL
enough for running the ad that secured procurement."



The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Average daily sunspot numbers dropped from
19.3 last week to 10.7 for the current July 28-August 3 reporting week.
Average daily solar flux declined from 82.5 to 72.1. Geomagnetic indices were
more active this week, with average daily planetary A index increasing from
8.7 to 13, and mid-latitude A index rising from 8.9 to 11.9.

Sunspot numbers were low all week, and on Wednesday, August 3, the sunspot
number dropped to zero.

The predicted solar flux is 75 on August 4; 80 on August 5-6; 85 on August 7;
90 on August 8-9; 95 on August 10-15; 90 on August 16-17; 85 and 80 on August
18-19; 75 on August 20-22; 70 on August 23-27; 72 on August 28-30; 75 on
August 31; 85 on September 1; 90 on September 2-3, and 95 on September 4-11.

Predicted planetary A index is 15 on August 4-5; 10 on August 6-7; 20, 8, 12,
10, and 8 on August 8-12; 5 on August 13-14; 12 on August 15-16; 5 on August
17; 8 on August 18-19; 5 on August 20-23; 15 on August 24-25; 5 on August
26-27; 8 on August 28; 20 on August 29-30; 15 on August 31; 12 on September 1;
10 on September 2-3; 8 and 5 on September 4-5; 12 on September 6-7; 8 on
September 8, and 5 on September 9-10.

Sunspot numbers for July 28 through August 3 were 13, 13, 13, 12, 13, 11, and
0, with a mean of 10.7. The 10.7 centimeter flux was 70.3, 70.5, 71, 71.5,
71.9, 74.9, and 74.8, with a mean of 72.1. Estimated planetary A indices were
15, 14, 6, 3, 3, 17, and 33, with a mean of 13. Estimated mid-latitude A
indices were 13, 16, 7, 2, 4, 17, and 24 with a mean of 11.9.

Send me your reports and observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

 *  August 6 -- European HF Championship (CW, phone)
 *  August 6 -- WAB 144 MHz Low Power Phone
 *  August 6 -- TARA Grid Dip Shindig (digital)
 *  August 6-7 -- 10-10 International Summer Contest (SSB)
 *  August 6-7 -- North American QSO Party (CW)
 *  August 6-7 -- August UHF Contest (CW, phone, digital
 *  August 7 -- SARL HF Phone Contest
 *  August 10 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)
 *  August 10 -- RSGB 80 Meter Club Sprint (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

 *  August 5-6 -- Texas State Convention, Austin, Texas
 *  August 5-7 -- Pacific Northwest DX Convention, Portland, Oregon
 *  August 12-14 -- New Mexico State Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 *  August 19-21 -- West Virginia State Convention, Weston, West Virginia
 *  August 20-21 -- Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, Alabama
 *  August 21 -- Kansas State Convention, Salina, Kansas
 *  September 3-4 -- North Carolina State Convention, Shelby, North Carolina
 *  September 9-11 -- New England Division Convention, Boxborough,
    Massachusetts
 *  September 10 -- Kentucky State Convention, Shepherdsville, Kentucky
 *  September 10 -- Virginia Section Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia
 *  September 16-17 -- W9DXCC Convention, Schaumburg, Illinois
 *  September 16-18 -- ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, St
    Petersburg, Florida
 *  September 17-18 -- Illinois State Convention, Peoria, Illinois
 *  September 23-24 -- W4DXCC Convention, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
 *  September 24 -- San Joaquin Valley Section Convention, Modesto,
    California
 *  September 24 -- North Dakota State Convention, West Fargo, North Dakota
 *  September 24 -- Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley, Washington

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