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   The ARRL Letter                                                       
   May 9, 2019                                                           
                                                                         
     * Mobile Event App will Help Dayton Hamvention Visitors to Navigate    
       the Show                                                             
     * Dayton Hamvention to Provide Information Radio Station on 1620 AM    
     * High-Altitude Celebration at SAQ                                     
     * The Doctor Will See You Now!                                         
     * ARRL Field Day Site Locator is Live, Promotional Material and FD  
       Gear Now Available                                                
     * May 14 FT4 Mock Contest Session Canceled, New WSJT-X Beta Version 
       Pending                                                           
     * The K7RA Solar Update                                             
     * Just Ahead in Radiosport                                          
     * Spectrum: FCC Adopts Order on Use of Bands above 24 GHz for       
       Next-Gen Wireless                                                 
     * Hams Help Trace "Mystery" Signal Disrupting Keyless Entry Devices 
       in Ohio                                                           
     * Former ARRL Headquarters Staffer Ellen White, W1YL, is Krenkel    
       Medalist                                                          
     * DX Voice from Mount Athos Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, SK                 
     * "Put Howard to Work" Event Canceled                               
     * In Brief...                                                       
     * Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions            
   Mobile Event App will Help Dayton Hamvention Visitors to Navigate the 
   Show                                                                  
                                                                         
   Dayton Hamvention^A(R) 2019, host of the ARRL National Convention,    
   will mark the debut of a free mobile event app to help attendees      
   navigate the extensive Hamvention program, activities, and exhibits   
   using their smartphones or tablets. Hamvention is May 17 - 19 at the  
   Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio.             
                                                                         
   A collaborative effort between ARRL and Dayton Hamvention, the app    
   was developed by TripBuilder Media^ƒ*›. ARRL Convention and Event     
   Coordinator Eric Casey, KC2ERC, has been readying the app, with       
   content contributions from Dayton Hamvention Committee members, and   
   he has introduced it in a new ARRL YouTube video.                     
                                                                         
   "Our goal is to have all of the printed program content mirrored in   
   the app, organized so that you can schedule the forums you're         
   planning to attend, and find the exhibitors you want to visit," Casey 
   said. In addition to including exhibits and forums, the app will      
   highlight schedules and details for affiliated events, such as        
   dinners and other special gatherings, and a feature to allow          
   attendees to follow the hourly prize drawings from wherever they are. 
                                                                         
   "Use the app so you don't miss a winning ticket!" Casey suggested.    
   The Dayton Hamvention Prize Committee will populate the app as        
   winners are drawn.                                                    
                                                                         
   Attendees are also encouraged to tap on the "MyProfile" icon to       
   optionally include their name and call sign, email address, and any   
   other information they'd like to share with other attendees. "One of  
   the neat features of this app is connecting with other Dayton         
   Hamvention guests who choose to share their contact info," says       
   Casey. "The icon labeled 'Scan Badge' will allow users to scan a QR   
   Code displayed on a second device using the 'MyBadge' icon --         
   instantly connecting your shared contact information with another     
   ham. After all, Dayton Hamvention and the ARRL National Convention is 
   where you meet with other members and friends from this great big     
   world of Amateur Radio."                                              
                                                                         
   [IMG]The free 2019 Dayton Hamvention event app is available for both  
   Apple and Android smart devices. A web-browser version is also        
   available, which is optimized for nearly any browser or other mobile  
   device type. Visit your app store to download the Apple and Android   
   versions (search "Hamvention") or find links on the ARRL National     
   Convention web page. If you are reading this article on a mobile      
   device, click here to be automatically redirected to the appropriate  
   app store to download the app, or to be redirected to the web browser 
   version. Email with any questions about the app.                      
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
   Dayton Hamvention to Provide Information Radio Station on 1620 AM     
                                                                         
   Dayton Hamvention^A(R) again will provide an Information Radio        
   Station at 1620 kHz on the AM band to help ease the trip for inbound  
   attendees. Hamvention will host ARRL's 2019 National Convention.      
                                                                         
   The low-power station will offer traffic, weather, parking, and event 
   information to motorists as they approach Xenia, which is bracing to  
   handle an influx of nearly 30,000 visitors -- roughly doubling the    
   city's population for the weekend.                                    
                                                                         
   Due to the web of two-lane roads that serves the Greene County        
   Fairgrounds and Expo Center, a sophisticated shuttle-bus operation    
   will be in place to alleviate traffic congestion. The 1620 AM signal  
   will blanket Xenia and be audible in surrounding Greene and           
   Montgomery counties, directing approaching attendees to special       
   parking facilities.                                                   
                                                                         
   The service is being provided to Dayton Hamvention by Information     
   Station Specialists of Zeeland, Michigan, which this year will        
   utilize a newly designed, high-efficiency/high-capacity antenna. The  
   transmitter and antenna system will be on display during Dayton       
   Hamvention at Booth 6503.                                             
   High-Altitude Celebration at SAQ                                      
                                                                         
   On May 1, the Day of Industrial Culture in Europe sponsored "WORK it  
   OUT," during which workers all over the continent displayed their     
   skills in choreographed dance. The occasion involved thousands of     
   dancers in a "massive Pan-European dance event" at 1500 UTC.          
   Participants included a dozen women and men at SAQ in Sweden -- the   
   VLF Alexanderson alternator transmitter and UNESCO World Heritage     
   Site -- all apparently unafraid of heights.                           
                                                                         
   [IMG]Video, likely shot by a drone and posted on YouTube, shows       
   appropriately equipped workers arrayed across the T-bar support of    
   one of SAQ's tall antenna support towers, dancing to "WORK it OUT," a 
   techno-style theme based largely on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." They    
   joined other worker groups -- displaying various levels of dancing    
   prowess -- who took part in the May Day event at 41 industrial        
   monuments in 12 European countries.                                   
                                                                         
   SAQ maintains a 1920s-vintage electromechanical radio transmitter     
   once used for transatlantic telecommunication in that pre-high-power  
   transmitting tube era. The nearly century-old Alexanderson Alternator 
   at SAQ transmits on CW at 17.2 kHz on special occasions from          
   Grimeton, Sweden. Read more about SAQ in the July 2019 issue of QST.  
                                                                       
   The Doctor Will See You Now!                                          
                                                                         
   "It's About Time!" is the topic of the new (May 9) 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 email 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.          
   ARRL Field Day Site Locator is Live, Promotional Material and FD Gear 
   Now Available                                                         
                                                                         
   Amateur Radio's most popular operating event, ARRL Field Day is June  
   22 - 23. See the May issue of QST, page 85, for the official Field    
   Day announcement. The complete 2019 ARRL Field Day packet is online.  
                                                                         
   The Field Day site locator is now up and running, and by mid-week,    
   475 sites already were in the database. To find a Field Day site near 
   you, enter your town and state in the "Location or Call Sign" box at  
   the upper left. Listings also are available by state or Canadian      
   province. To add a site, visit the Add Field Day Station page.        
   Information on promoting Field Day is available. Also, visit the      
   Field Day social media page for information on promoting your Field   
   Day operation via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and         
   YouTube.                                                              
                                                                         
   The ARRL Public Relations Committee will host a series of live        
   video/audio conference calls every Thursday starting on May 9 to help 
   ARRL PIOs with their Field Day publicity efforts. Field Day public    
   service announcements (PSAs) are set to be posted to the ARRL Field   
   Day web page this week.                                               
                                                                         
   Official FD 2019 Gear!                                                
                                                                         
   Official Field Day gear and supplies available from ARRL including    
   pocket T-shirts, hats, pins, patches, stickers, and coffee mugs are a 
   great way to acknowledge -- and commemorate -- your participation in  
   this most popular on-the-air operating event in Amateur Radio.        
                                                                         
   Encourage club members, family, friends, and prospective hams to take 
   part using ARRL Field Day with recruitment posters and attractive     
   "Get on the Air" (GOTA) pins for those newcomers.                     
                                                                         
   ARRL's new Radio Communications vinyl banner is perfect for showing   
   off Amateur Radio at ARRL Field Day, any public exhibit or            
   recruitment display. It's good for indoor and outdoor use and         
   reusable for years to come.                                           
                                                                         
   Clubs are encouraged to order early. Place a group order and pay just 
   $12.50 shipping for all orders over $50 (while supplies last). Get    
   your 2019 ARRL Field Day supplies from the ARRL online store or by    
   calling (888) 277-5289 in the US, Monday through Friday, from 8 AM to 
   5 PM Eastern Time. Outside the US, call (860) 594-0355.               
                                                                         
   The complete 2019 ARRL Field Day packet is online. ARRL encourages    
   participants to register their Field Day operations using the FD Site 
   Locator.                                                              
   May 14 FT4 Mock Contest Session Canceled, New WSJT-X Beta Version     
   Pending                                                               
                                                                         
   A second hour-long FT4 "practice contest" set for May 14 UTC has been 
   cancelled, following the success of an initial mock contest held on   
   May 9 UTC (the evening of Wednesday, May 8, in continental US time    
   zones). The event followed ARRL RTTY Roundup rules, with everyone     
   working everyone. WSJT-X program suite developer Joe Taylor, K1JT,    
   was among those jumping into the fray. He called the exercise "very   
   useful" and has drawn some preliminary conclusions as to how the FT4  
   protocol functions in a contest setting.                              
                                                                         
   "FT4 works well, but -- as implemented WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc5 -- it has     
   some rough spots and performance issues," Taylor said in a post to    
   the Yahoo WSJT Meteor Scatter and Weak Signal Group. "Many of these   
   have been fixed already during this beta-testing period, and more     
   improvements are still to come."                                      
                                                                         
   Taylor said a second mock contest session using the current -rc5      
   "release candidate" (beta version) would not be helpful, and it's not 
   convenient for the developers to build and distribute -rc6 in time    
   for a session early next week, a few days before the Dayton           
   Hamvention. "Instead, we are aiming now to release WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc6   
   about 2 weeks later -- probably in the last week of May or the first  
   week of June," Taylor said. "Another mock contest practice session    
   will be scheduled soon after that release." The current -rc5 beta     
   version will expire automatically on June 7.                          
                                                                         
   Post observations and comments to the Yahoo WSJT Group reflector or   
   to the WSJT Development Group Mailing List. Read more.                
                                                                       
   The K7RA Solar Update                                                 
                                                                         
   Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: We saw zero sunspots April 21 - May 
   2, but on May 3 sunspots returned. The average daily sunspot number   
   rose to 16.1 this week, and the average daily solar flux increased as 
   well, from 67.5 to 73.5. Both the average middle latitude and         
   planetary A index this week were 6.6, and last week those numbers     
   were 4.7 and 5.9, respectively.                                       
                                                                         
   Predicted solar flux is 75 on May 9 - 11; 73 on May 12 - 15; 74 and   
   76 on May 16 - 17; 72 on May 18 - 20; 68 on May 21 - 22; 67 on May 23 
   - 26; 69, 68, 69, 70, and 72 on May 27 - 31; 75 on June 1; 76 on June 
   2 - 13; 72 on June 14 - 16; 68 on June 17 - 18, and 67 on June 19 -   
   22.                                                                   
                                                                         
   Predicted planetary A index is 5 on May 9 - 10; 14 and 12 on May 11 - 
   12; 5 on May 13 - 19; 8 on May 20; 5 on May 21 - 27; 10, 12, 8, and   
   10 on May 28 - 31; 5, 12, and 14 on June 1 - 3; 8 on June 4 - 6; 5 on 
   June 7 - 15; 8 on June 16, and 5 on June 17 - 22.                     
                                                                         
   Sunspot numbers for May 2 - 8 were 0, 11, 12, 14, 25, 27, and 24,     
   with a mean of 16.1. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 69.2, 69.8, 72.3,   
   73.5, 76, 78.7, and 75.3, with a mean of 73.5. Estimated planetary A  
   indices were 12, 7, 10, 4, 5, 5, and 3, with a mean of 6.6. Middle    
   latitude A index was 13, 8, 9, 4, 5, 5, and 2, with a mean of 6.6.    
                                                                         
   A comprehensive K7RA Solar Update is posted Fridays on the ARRL       
   website. For more information concerning radio propagation, visit the 
   ARRL Technical Information Service, read "What the Numbers Mean...,"  
   and check out K9LA's Propagation Page.                                
                                                                         
   A propagation bulletin archive is available. Monthly charts offer     
   propagation projections between the US and a dozen DX locations.      
                                                                         
   Share your reports and observations.                                  
                                                                         
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   Just Ahead in Radiosport                                              
     * May 11 -- FISTS Spring Unlimited Sprint (CW)                      
     * May 11 - 12 -- CQ - M International DX Contest (CW, phone)        
     * May 11 - 12 -- VOLTA WW RTTY Contest                              
     * May 11 - 12 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)                      
     * May 11 - 12 -- Arkansas QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)            
     * May 11 - 12 -- 50 MHz Spring Sprint (CW, phone)                   
     * May 12 -- WAB 7 MHz Phone/CW                                      
     * May 13 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone)     
     * May 13 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (SSB)                   
     * May 16 -- NAQCC CW Sprint                                         
                                                                         
   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 email preferences.                
   Spectrum: FCC Adopts Order on Use of Bands above 24 GHz for Next-Gen  
   Wireless                                                              
                                                                         
   The FCC on April 12 adopted a Report and Order (GN Docket 14-177)     
   aimed at making available millimeter wave (mmW) spectrum at or above  
   24 GHz for fifth-generation (5G) wireless, Internet of Things, and    
   other advanced spectrum-based services, including satellite broadband 
   services. The FCC first adopted rules to allow Fixed-Satellite        
   Service (FSS) Earth stations to be individually licensed to transmit  
   in the 50.4 - 51.4 GHz band using criteria identical to those         
   applicable in the 24.75 - 25.25 GHz band.                             
                                                                         
   "This action will allow FSS operators to provide faster, more         
   advanced services to their customers," the FCC said in announcing the 
   action.                                                               
                                                                         
   The Commission also established a coordination process to accommodate 
   the military's potential need for additional sites in the upper 37    
   GHz band (37.6 - 38.6 GHz band) in limited circumstances, while       
   protecting the interests of non-federal licensees in this band.       
                                                                         
   "The[se] steps are an integral step toward the auction of the Upper   
   37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz spectrum bands slated to begin later this  
   year," the FCC said.                                                  
                                                                       
   Hams Help Trace "Mystery" Signal Disrupting Keyless Entry Devices in  
   Ohio                                                                  
                                                                         
   A recent article in The New York Times reported that many garage door 
   openers and keyless vehicle entry fobs in an Ohio town near Cleveland 
   mysteriously stopped working. While the article invoked The X-Files   
   and hinted initially that a NASA research center might be involved,   
   the cause was not so much mystifying as arcane.                       
                                                                         
   "Garage door repair people, local ham radio enthusiasts, and other    
   volunteer investigators descended on the neighborhood with various    
   meters," the May 4 article by Heather Murphy recounted. "Everyone     
   agreed that something powerful was interfering with the radio         
   frequency that many fobs rely on, but no one could identify the       
   source."                                                              
                                                                         
   More than a dozen residents reported intermittent issues getting      
   their key fobs and garage door openers to operate, and most lived     
   within a few blocks of each other. At one point, the local power      
   utility started shutting off power to areas where the strongest RF    
   signal was detected, but the signal persisted. Dan Dalessandro,       
   WB8ZQH, a TV repairer, was among several hams who investigated. He    
   initially picked up "little blips" on a signal detector, but finally, 
   on one block and at a particular house, the signal was quite loud.    
                                                                         
   "The source of the problem was a homebrew, battery-operated device    
   designed by a local resident to alert him if someone was upstairs     
   when he was working in his basement," the Times reported. "It did so  
   by turning off a light." The inventor, not identified for privacy     
   concerns, had no malicious intent nor any no inkling that his device  
   was wreaking havoc on the neighborhood until a North Olmstead City    
   Council member and a volunteer knocked on his door. The device        
   operated on 315 MHz, the frequency many keyless-entry devices use     
   under FCC Part 15 rules. The device's battery was removed, the signal 
   stopped, and all who were involved breathed sighs of relief.          
   Former ARRL Headquarters Staffer Ellen White, W1YL, is Krenkel        
   Medalist                                                              
                                                                         
   ARRL Headquarters staff alumna and Life Member Ellen White, W1YL, has 
   been awarded the Russian E.T. Krenkel Medal, a prestigious award      
   granted to individuals and organizations for outstanding global       
   contributions to Amateur Radio.                                       
                                                                         
   First licensed in 1946, White had already learned Morse code in high  
   school, and even today, she only rarely operates any other mode. She  
   served for more than 25 years (1952 - 1978) on the Headquarters       
   staff, at one point heading up ARRL contesting activities. She        
   retired as Deputy Communications Manager and became QST "How's DX?"   
   editor. On her own time, she recorded QST on tape for the vision      
   impaired through the US Library of Congress talking book program.     
                                                                         
                                    Ellen White, W1YL [Photo courtesy of 
                                    MABUHAY DXstitch]                    
                                                                         
   Her husband Bob White, W1CW (SK), was ARRL DXCC manager. Their son    
   Jim White, K4OJ (SK), also once served on the ARRL HQ staff and was   
   president of the Florida Contest Group, which now holds his call      
   sign.                                                                 
                                                                         
   For several years now, Ellen White has been operating via the W7RN    
   remote contest station in Nevada to stay active on CW as W1YL/7,      
   usually on 40 meters at around 1000 UTC. She is on the roster of the  
   A-1 Operators Club and has served as a West Central Florida Assistant 
   Section Manager. The article "A Conversation with Ellen White, W1YL," 
   by Rosalie White, K1STO (no relation), appeared in the May/June 2015  
   edition of NCJ.                                                       
                                                                         
   "It has been quite a ride and one I could not have made without ham   
   radio," White told ARRL. "I am proud and delighted to be a chosen     
   recipient of 'The Krenkel.""                                          
                                                                         
   QST was awarded a Krenkel Medal in 2018.                              
                                                                         
   The award's namesake, Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel, was a radio amateur  
   who, over the years, used the call signs RAEM, U3AA, and UA3AA.       
   Krenkel's image appears on postage stamps from the USSR and Russia,   
   and he authored a biography entitled My Callsign is RAEM. Read more.  
   -- Thanks to George Wagner, K5KG                                      
   DX Voice from Mount Athos Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, SK                     
                                                                         
   Mount Athos' best-known radio amateur, Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, died on   
   May 5 after complications resulting from cancer. He was 64. Monk      
   Apollo was essentially the lone DX voice from Mount Athos, the 20th   
   most-wanted DXCC entity, where he operated from his Orthodox          
   Monastery of Docheiariou. Born into a large family in western Greece, 
   he became a monk in 1973, eventually joining the ascetic monastery on 
   Mount Athos in 1980.                                                  
                                                                         
   When the need for reliable communication from the monastery surfaced  
   in the 1980s, Monk Apollo followed a recommendation to become a radio 
   amateur, which he did in 1988. He had to wait for permission from the 
   Holy Council to operate, however, before he was able to get on the    
   air for the first time in 1990. He celebrated his 10th anniversary on 
   the air with the special call sign SY2A.                              
                                                                         
   Monk Iakovos, SV2RSG, who lives at Koutloumousiou Holy Monastery on   
   Mount Athos, was licensed in 2015 and has been active on the air. He  
   is a member of DX Plus Hellenic Radio Amateur Team.                   
                                                                         
   Peter Vekinis, KH6VP, has visited Mount Athos a few times recently to 
   help Monk Iakovos, and an article on his experiences there will       
   appear in an upcoming issue of QST. Read more.                        
                                                                       
   "Put Howard to Work" Event Canceled                                   
                                                                         
   In late April, ARRL had announced that ARRL CEO Howard Michel,        
   WB2ITX, would be on the air at W1AW on Monday, May 13, giving ARRL    
   members a chance to chat with the CEO and get to know him better as a 
   ham. An issue was raised, however, that this event may be a potential 
   FCC rule violation.                                                   
                                                                         
   The particular rule is AS:97.113: "A station is also not allowed to   
   transmit communication in which the station licensee or control       
   operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf 
   of an employer." Given that ARRL is Michel's employer and that an     
   effort was made to publicize an event at which members of the         
   organization could chat with the CEO, such an event could be          
   perceived as a benefit to the organization. So, out of an abundance   
   of caution and to avoid any potential violation of FCC rules, or even 
   the appearance of a violation, Michel decided to cancel plans for the 
   "Put Howard to Work" event.                                           
                                                                         
   "I've operated W1AW before and will continue to do so in the future," 
   Michel said. "I hope to meet many of you on the air, but only as part 
   of my regular ham radio activities and not as part of an              
   ARRL-promoted event."                                                 
                                                                         
   The "Put Howard to Work!" event was conceived by the ICQ Amateur/Ham  
   Radio Podcast, on which Michel was a guest on March 31. "We are       
   disappointed, of course, at this turn of events, but fully understand 
   and endorse ARRL's decision," said ICQ Podcast Presenter Frank        
   Howell, K4FMH.                                                        
   In Brief...                                                           
                                                                         
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   May 12. If you're looking for the perfect gift, shop at AmazonSmile   
   and choose American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL) as your charity   
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   make a contribution to ARRL. This helps the League to extend its      
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   National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting will expand its      
   hours during Dayton Hamvention^A(R). The museum, located at the site  
   of the former Voice of America Bethany Relay Station in West Chester, 
   Ohio (between Dayton and Cincinnati, off the I-75 Tylersville Road    
   exit), will be open Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17, 4 - 9 PM;     
   Saturday, May 18, ^ 1 - 9 PM, and Sunday, May 19, 1 - 5 PM during     
   Dayton Hamvention 2019 weekend. The WC8VOA station also will be open. 
   The museum includes a comprehensive collection of Drake Amateur Radio 
   gear. More information is on the VOA Museum website.                  
                                                                         
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