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The ARRL Letter

February 22, 2018
Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME

 *  Amateur Radio Emergency Service Transitioning to New Online Reporting
    System
 *  ARRL Announces 2018 Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Sessions
 *  Louisiana Elects New Section Manager
 *  The Doctor Will See You Now!
 *  "Improving Hurricane Preparedness" is National Hurricane Conference
    Theme
 *  Postponed DXpedition to Disputed Spratlys Reset for March
 *  3Y0I Bouvet Island DXpedition to Extend Beyond Amateur Radio
 *  Paul Danzer, N1II, is 2017 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award
    Winner
 *  Ham Radio "a Special Hobby," Young ARRL Member Tells College Publication
 *  In Brief...
 *  The K7RA Solar Update
 *  Just Ahead in Radiosport
 *  Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

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Amateur Radio Emergency Service Transitioning to New Online Reporting System

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will phase out the traditional ARES
report forms later this year in favor of an online system called ARES Connect,
a volunteer management, communications, and reporting system. The new system
will allow information to be logged by ARES members and managed through the
Field Organization. The advent of ARES Connect is one of the key elements
highlighted in "The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) 2017 Annual Report," 
released this week.

"ARES Connect is a volunteer management system that covers event signup,
reporting, and roster management," ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike
Corey, KI1U, said. "It does not change how ARES operates when serving a partner 
entity; it is simply a system that will make managing volunteers and events
easier." Beta testing of ARES Connect will begin in March. ARES made changes to 
its report forms last year to make it easier to process information at ARRL
Headquarters and to standardize the format for all forms. ARES Monthly Reports
have been posted to the ARRL website, providing regular information on Amateur
Radio public service communication activity, the report noted.

According to the 2017 report, ARES membership stands at 31,332, up by nearly
13% from 2016. The number of emergency operations events reported was up by 665 
from the previous year, with 1,913 reported in 2017. The top three states in
terms of ARES membership in 2017 were California (2,265), Texas (1,930), and
Ohio (1,858).

Reported ARES events amounted to 51,673 in 2017 -- a 4% increase -- accounting
for 718,930 volunteer hours at a calculated value of more than $17.3 million.

"There was a noticeable increase in reported activity during August through
November," the ARES 2017 Annual Report said. "During this period there was
Amateur Radio response activity for hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria;
wildfires in the western states, and the total solar eclipse that occurred on
August 21."

According to the report, 26 states gained ARES members, while 13 lost members.

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ARRL Announces 2018 Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Sessions

As part of its educational outreach through the Education & Technology Program
(ETP), ARRL will offer three sessions of the Teachers Institute on Wireless
Technology this July. The week-long workshops will be held at ARRL Headquarters 
in Newington, Connecticut, and in Dayton, Ohio -- hosted by the Dayton Amateur
Radio Association (DARA). The Teachers Institute (TI) is an expenses-paid,
professional development seminar that provides teachers at all grade levels
with tools and strategies to introduce basic electronics, radio science, space
technology, and satellite communication, as well as weather science,
introduction to microcontrollers, and basic robotics in their classrooms.

The Teachers Institute curriculum is designed for motivated teachers and other
school staff who want to learn more about wireless technology and bring that
knowledge to their students. The goal of the TI program is to equip educators
with necessary foundational knowledge and -- through hands-on learning --
generate the inspiration for teachers to continue exploring wireless technology 
and adapt what they learn to their classroom curricula.

Interested educators can apply online. The $100 enrollment fee is refunded for
applicants who are not selected. A qualified applicant must be an active
teacher at an elementary, middle, high school, or community college/university, 
or in a leadership or enrichment instruction role in an after-school program.

Summer 2018 Teachers Institute Schedule

Session  Location                       Dates              Instructor
=======  =============================  =================  ====================
TI - 2   Newington, Connecticut (ARRL)  July 9 - July 12   Matt Severin, N8MS TI
- 1   Dayton, Ohio                   July 16 - July 20  Larry Kendall, K6NDL TI
- 1   Newington, Connecticut (ARRL)  July 23 - July 27  Tommy Gober, N5DUX

Topics covered in the TI-1 "Introduction to Wireless Technology" workshop
include basic electronics, radio science, microcontroller programming, and
basic robotics. Among other activities, participants will learn how to solder
and practice by building a small project. They'll also learn basic circuit
concepts and learn how to use basic test equipment. In addition, TI-1 attendees 
will learn about Amateur Radio, take part in a hidden transmitter hunt, see
demonstrations of Amateur Radio satellite communication, and build and program
their own simple robots.

The TI-2 "Remote Sensing and Data Gathering" workshop will concentrate on
analog-to-digital conversion and data sampling. Participants will receive
telemetry from Amateur Radio satellites and apply it to math and science
topics. TI-2 participants will also construct a marine research buoy equipped
with environmental sensors, build a microcontroller to sample the data,
configure it for Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) transmission, and
receive and upload data to a spreadsheet for analysis.

An Amateur Radio license is not required for the "Introduction to Wireless
Technology" workshop (TI-1), but one is required by those planning to attend
the advanced "Remote Sensing and Data Gathering" workshop (TI-2), and
applicants to the advanced workshop must have completed TI-1.

The grant to attend a TI covers transportation, hotel, and a modest per diem
allowance to cover meals, instructional resources, and a resource library of
relevant ARRL publications.

Graduate credit is available through Fresno Pacific University, which may be
applied to satisfy professional growth requirements to maintain teaching
credentials. The class is self-contained, and participants are expected to be
able to complete all requirements during the class time. Graduate credit forms
may be requested at the end of the Teachers Institute.

For more information, contact Ally Riedel at ARRL Headquarters.

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Louisiana Elects New Section Manager

ARRL members in Louisiana have elected John Mark Robertson, K5JMR, as Section
Manager (SM) for the next 2-year term of office that starts on April 1.
Robertson, of Bossier City, outpolled incumbent Section Manager Scott Wren,
KD5DFL, 341 to 148 votes. Wren, of Pineville, has served as SM since April
2016. Ballots were counted and verified at ARRL Headquarters on Tuesday,
February 20. This was the only contested Section Manager election this winter.

An ARRL Life Member and radio amateur since 2008, Robertson currently serves as 
Louisiana Section Emergency Coordinator. He is a past president and board
member of the Shreveport Amateur Radio Association and the current secretary of 
the Amateur Radio Club of Shreveport. He is also a director of the Louisiana
Council of Amateur Radio Clubs (Frequency Coordination), an active member of
the Shreveport Digital Team, and a charter member of the Minden Amateur D-STAR.

The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were
declared elected for new terms of office beginning on April 1: John Fritze,
Jr., K2QY (Eastern New York); Karl Bowman, W4CHX (North Carolina); Joe Speroni, 
AH0A (Pacific); David Kaltenborn, N8KBC (San Diego); Chris Stallkamp, KI0D
(South Dakota), and Joseph Palsa, K3WRY (Virginia).

Because no Section Manager nominations were received from Eastern Pennsylvania
by the December 8, 2017, deadline, nominations are being resolicited for an
18-month term of office beginning on October 1, 2018. Petitions of nomination
are due at Headquarters on June 8. The April and May issues of QST will include 
details. More information is on the ARRL website.

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The Doctor Will See You Now!

"Vacuum Tubes" is the topic of the current (February 8) 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: "Adding an Amplifier to Your Station."

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"Improving Hurricane Preparedness" is National Hurricane Conference Theme

The theme for the annual National Hurricane Conference, set for March 26 - 29,
in Orlando, Florida, will be "Improving Hurricane Preparedness." The conference 
will include an Amateur Radio forum. Registration is now open. Some 1,500
attendees are expected.

The Amateur Radio session will take place on Tuesday, March 27, at 1:30 PM.
Presenters will address various aspects of the Amateur Radio response to
hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, will discuss ARRL's
unprecedented mission to Puerto Rico to support the American Red Cross in the
wake of hurricane Maria, considered to be the worst natural disaster of all
time for Dominica and Puerto Rico.

A National Hurricane Center representative will discuss the importance of
Amateur Radio surface reports to the hurricane forecasting process.

Other presentation topics will cover the operations of several groups during
the 2017 hurricane season, including WX4NHC, the National Hurricane Center
Amateur Radio station; the Hurricane Watch Net; the VoIP Hurricane Net; the
Canadian Hurricane Centre; the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network
(SATERN), and best practices in SKYWARN activations.

The Amateur Radio session is typically open to hams free of charge. -- Thanks
to The ARES E-Letter

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Postponed DXpedition to Disputed Spratlys Reset for March

An international Amateur Radio team that postponed a December 2017 DXpedition
to the disputed Spratly Islands now plans, according to its website, to be on
the air in early March from Layang Layang Island -- also known as Swallow Reef
-- under Malaysian call sign 9M0W, with CW, SSB, and digital operation on 160
through 6 meters. The team, headed by Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD, had to change its 
plans because the resort on Layang Layang Island, from which the DXpedition
will operate, was closed from December until February. In addition to its call
sign, the 9M0W team has a landing permit from the Malaysian government. While
the Royal Malaysian Navy maintains a presence on the reef, ownership of the
Spratlys has been asserted by the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan,
Vietnam, and the Philippines -- in addition to Malaysia. The Spratlys are #56
on Club Log's DXCC Most-Wanted List.

A group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, cays,
etc.) of economic and strategic importance, the Spratlys are just part of
ongoing territorial disputes throughout the South China Sea, characterized by
diplomatic stalemate and the employment of military pressure -- including the
occupation of disputed territory -- to advance territorial claims. The Spratlys 
and Scarborough Reef, another rare DXCC entity, have caught the attention of
news media in recent years, owing to the PRC's increasingly vocal objection to
the presence of fishing vessels as well as that of American naval vessels
transiting the area's busy trade routes in order to assert the right to freedom 
of navigation within what the US considers international waters.

The most recent DXpedition from the Spratlys took place in 2015, when the DX0P
DXpedition operated in the spring of that year from Pag-asa Island, using a
license issued by the Philippines.

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3Y0I Bouvet Island DXpedition to Extend Beyond Amateur Radio

Members of the 3Y0I DXpedition to Bouvet Island will be doing more than handing 
out contacts to the world's community of DXers. According to the 3Y01 Bouvet
Island DXpedition, this will mark the first-ever Polish-led expedition to
Bouvet, and it will include geographical exploration of the island, a trek to
the top of the island's glacier, Olavtoppen, at 760 meters (nearly 2,500 feet)
above sea level, and photo and video documentation of the team's voyage to
Bouvet and stay on the island, both for sponsors and the Norwegian Polar
Institute. The DXpedition also will place what the 3Y0I is describing as a
"time capsule" on Olavtoppen. A dependency of Norway, Bouvet is considered to
be among the most remote places on the planet.

"Such gigantic geographical isolation, combined with severe weather conditions, 
and a lack of communication channels in this region of the world, Bouvet Island 
is one of the least-visited places on Earth," the 3Y0I website describes.
"Fewer people have put their feet on [Bouvet] than on the surface of the moon.
Our expedition is really an expedition into the unknown."

Bouvet is #2 on the DXCC Most-Wanted List, right behind North Korea, from which 
3Y0I DXpedition leader Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, operated briefly in December 2015.
"Over 1 million hams from all continents are waiting for a contact [with
Bouvet]. No wonder. The last time Bouvet Island was heard on the amateur bands
was 10 years ago," the team's website said.

The DXpedition's members face a voyage of up to 3 weeks on often-stormy South
Atlantic waters. Grzyb has raised the possibility of live online video feeds
from the trip, as well as social media exposure. The contingent of DXers will
set sail from South Africa on a seagoing yacht adapted for extreme weather.

No dates for the 3Y0I DXpedition have been announced, but it will take place
during the subantarctic summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Paul Danzer, N1II, is 2017 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award Winner

Acting on a recommendation of the QST editorial staff, the ARRL Foundation
Board of Directors has selected Paul Danzer, N1II, of Norwalk, Connecticut, as
the winner of the 2017 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award for his
article, "The ABCs of a Digital Multimeter," which appeared in the October 2017 
issue of QST (p. 37). The Foundation Board announced the award recipient on
February 7.

"I am surprised and delighted to receive this award," Danzer reacted. "I became 
a ham at the age of 13, and that led to a career as an electronic engineer and
later as a college professor. The ham
community has been a constant companion through these years, and it is a
pleasure writing for my fellow hams in QST."

This is the second time around for Danzer, a former ARRL Headquarters staffer
(1994-1998), book editor, and author, who also won the Bill Orr Award in 2004.
The award recognizes the recipient's ability to explain technical topics in a
manner that is easy for relatively non-technical people to understand.

Danzer is the author of Your Ham Antenna Companion and other ham radio titles
and magazine articles, and he wrote one of the first children's books on
computers in 1981, A Young Person's Guide to Computers. He holds bachelor's and 
master's degrees in electrical engineering and is a Life Senior Member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Danzer holds several
patents, and he served as a professor of computer science at Housatonic
Community College in Connecticut (1998-2016).

Bill Orr, W6SAI -- the award's namesake -- is best known for his voluminous
publications for radio amateurs, including such reference gems as The Radio
Handbook, The Beam Antenna Handbook, The Quad Antenna Handbook, The VHF-UHF
Manual, and The W6SAI HF Antenna Handbook, some written in collaboration with
Stu Cowan, W2LX. From the 1940s through the 1980s, Orr was a frequent
contributor to QST, and he constructed some of the amplifiers once used at ARRL 
Maxim Memorial Station W1AW. He died in 2001.

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Ham Radio "a Special Hobby," Young ARRL Member Tells College Publication

A rising star in the Amateur Radio world -- 19-year-old Ruth Willet, KM4LAO, of 
Lawrenceville, Georgia -- has caught the eye of her school, Kettering
University in Michigan, where she is majoring in mechanical engineering and
engineering physics. Willet already has attracted attention through her ham
radio activities. Last spring, she was the keynote speaker at the 32nd annual
DX Dinner(R) held in conjunction with Hamvention(R), where her topic was
"Experiencing the Hobby of a Lifetime." The previous summer, she was a member
of the 2016 Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure (YDXA), which operated from 
the island of Saba that year. Last year, she won a QST Cover Plaque Award for
the article she wrote about her YDXA experience. At the 30th Hamvention Youth
Forum in 2017, Willet spoke on "Plugging into Your Valuable Club Resources."
She is the recipient of the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Scholarship.

Kettering University News took notice of Willet in a February 12 article,
"Kettering University Student Brings Ham Radio Hobby, Expertise to Campus," by
Sarah Schuch. The article explains how an early fascination with Morse code led 
Willet into ham radio and inspired her to obtain her license in 2015. She now
holds an Amateur Extra-class license.

"I would encourage people to consider exploring Amateur Radio, because it's a
hobby that allows you to explore anything from technical electronics to
international friendships," Willet is quoted as saying in the article. "It's
such a special hobby because there's so many people that want to get to know
you and want to help you learn and grow. It really has enabled me to mature
into who I am today."

Set to graduate in 2021, Willet said her ham radio experiences have taught her
a lot, some of which she is able to apply to her studies, and vice versa. She
hopes to start an Amateur Radio club on campus this spring to get more students 
interested. In the article, Willet also pointed to Amateur Radio's public
service role, citing the devastating 2017 hurricanes, where ham radio sometimes 
was the only available communication resource.

Ruth Willet and her mom Sharon, KM4TVU, participated in ARRL's highly
successful National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) event in 2016, which also was
mentioned in the Kettering article.

"It's a stress relief for me," Willet said of ham radio. "I really enjoy
sharing this hobby with other students."

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In Brief...

Why Puerto Rico contesters sent zero (or zeroes) for their ARRL International
DX Contest (CW) exchange. The idea was to raise overall awareness that
significant portions of the island are still without commercial electrical
power, even now, and that recovery operations continue in the aftermath of
hurricanes Irma and Maria last September. During the ARRL DX on February 17 -
18, Puerto Rico contesters usually used the cut-number "T" (or a series of
them) in that part of the exchange where DX stations would indicate their
output power. This led to confusion for some operators regarding how to log the 
exchange, as well as what it signified. -- Thanks to ARRL Contest Update


The 2018 Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure (YDXA) destination this summer 
will be the PJ2T contest site in Curacao. During the week of July 19 - 24,
three young radio amateurs between 12 and 17, accompanied by a parent or legal
guardian (no license required), will make the trip. All travelers must have a
valid passport and reside in the US. "We are excited to announce that, through
the generosity of Geoff Howard, W0CG, and the Caribbean Contesting Consortium,
the 2018 trip is returning to the super contest station PJ2T in Curacao, for
the purpose of operating DX and learning the finer points of handling pileups,
working grayline propagation, and antennas." The window to accept applications
for the Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure is now open; the complement of
YDXA travelers may be expanded beyond six people, if fundraising permits. The
application deadline is March 17. -- Thanks to YDXA Team Leader Jim Storms,
AB8YK, and Ron Doyle, N8VAR


Just in case you missed Z60A, more Z6 operations are just ahead. Z68M, a
one-person DXpedition by Mome Dimovski, Z32ZM, will be on the air February 22
to March 6, on 160 - 10 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, and JT65. Also in March,
Gab Barison, HB9TSW, who is in the Swiss Air Force will be in Pristina, Kosovo, 
from March 29 to April 19 as part of a NATO mission, will be active as Z68BG in 
his spare time, as especially evenings and Sunday. He'll be running 100 W to a
ground plane, CW on 80 - 17. Later this year, Z68AA and Z68RBJ, helmed by
Croatian Flora Fauna Radio Club members 9A6AA, 9A2MF, and 9A5RBJ (ON3RBJ), will 
take place in mid-May from Peja, 100 W, on 80 - 10 meters, wire antennas, SSB,
CW, and FT8. QSL Z68AA via 9A6AA, and Z68RBJ via 9A5RBJ. The hugely popular
Z60A celebratory operation from Pristina culminated on February 18, Kosovo's
10th anniversary of independence. The Z60A operating sites were left intact for 
a return over the weekend of the ARRL International DX Contest, March 3 - 5.
The initial activation of Kosovo as a DXCC entity resulted in 81,478 contacts.
-- Thanks to The Daily DX, OPDX, and Martti Laine, OH2BH

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The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The average daily sunspot number dropped from 
24 during the previous 7 days, to 5.6 in this reporting week, February 15-21.
That average is as low as it is because no sunspots have been seen since
February 17, and no new sunspot regions have been observed since February 4.
Average daily solar flux dropped to 70.1 in the current period from 77.4 in the 
previous week.

Based on the latest 45-day prediction for solar flux, I expect sunspots to
reappear by March 1 or 2, when solar flux is expected to increase suddenly.

Predicted solar flux is 69 on February 22-28; 70 on March 1; 76 on March 2-12;
74 on March 13-14; 72 on March 15; 70 on March 16-25; 72 and 74 on March 26-27, 
and 76 on March 28-April 7.

The predicted planetary A index is 8 on February 22-27; 5 on February 28-March
3; 8 on March 4; 5 on March 5-13; 10, 8, 12, 16, 14, and 12 on March 14-19; 8
on March 20-22; 5 on March 23-30; 8 on March 31, and 5 on April 1-7.

Sunspot numbers for February 15-21 were 15, 12, 12, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean 
of 5.6. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 72.5, 71.5, 69, 70.3, 69.1, 70.5, and
67.6, with a mean of 70.1. Estimated planetary A indices were 11, 7, 12, 14,
17, 5, and 4, with a mean of 10. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 6, 7,
10, 14, 11, 3, and 3, with a mean of 7.7.

Send me your reports or observations.

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Just Ahead in Radiosport

 *  February 24-25 -- North American QSO Party (RTTY)
 *  February 24-25 -- REF Contest (SSB)
 *  February 24-25 -- UBA DX Contest (CW)
 *  February 24-25 -- South Carolina QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
 *  February 25 -- High-Speed Club CW Contest
 *  February 25 -- SARL Digital Contest
 *  February 25-26 -- North Carolina QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
 *  February 28 -- SKCC Sprint CW
 *  February 28 -- 3.5 UKEICC 80-Meter 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.

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Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

 *  February 24 -- TECHCON Conference, Winter Haven, Florida
 *  February 24 -- New Mexico TechFest, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 *  February 24 -- Vermont State Convention, S. Burlington, Vermont
 *  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

Find conventions and hamfests in your area.

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