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Ärende: Weekly ARRL Letter
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   The ARRL Letter                                                       
   May 16, 2019                                                          
                                                                         
     * ARRL Invites Applications for Volunteer Monitor Positions            
     * FCC is Not Reinstating a Vanity Call Sign Fee                        
     * Radio Amateurs to Demonstrate Emergency Messaging Capabilities       
       for Red Cross, FEMA                                                  
     * FCC Chairman Proposes Call Blocking By Default to Combat             
       Robocalls                                                         
     * So Now What? Podcast                                              
     * The K7RA Solar Update                                             
     * Just Ahead in Radiosport                                          
     * Arizona Homeowners Association and Hams Agree on Outdoor Antenna  
       Guidelines                                                        
     * First Ham Satellite -- OSCAR 1 -- will Join AMSAT's 50th          
       Anniversary Celebration at Dayton                                 
     * ITU Working Party 5A1 Completes Draft New Report on WRC-19 Agenda 
       Item 1.1                                                          
     * Dayton Hamvention and ARISS Working Together Again this Year      
     * In Brief...                                                       
     * Getting It Right!                                                 
     * Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions            
   ARRL Invites Applications for Volunteer Monitor Positions             
                                                                         
   ARRL is now accepting applications from individuals interested in     
   becoming part of the new Volunteer Monitor program, a joint           
   undertaking of the FCC and ARRL. The program seeks volunteers who --  
   working under the direction of ARRL -- will monitor and survey the    
   Amateur Radio bands both to detect improper activity and to recognize 
   exemplary on-the-air behavior.                                        
                                                                         
   Prospective Volunteer Monitors must be ARRL members. They will        
   undergo a training and certification program administered by ARRL,    
   and will be vetted by ARRL through at least one oral interview and a  
   preliminary evaluation by ARRL staff. Such requirements will continue 
   for Volunteer Monitors once they are selected.                        
                                                                         
   Volunteer Monitors will serve 3-year terms at the pleasure of ARRL,   
   and ARRL will reserve the right to terminate the participation of any 
   Volunteer Monitor for any reason.                                     
                                                                         
   Volunteer Monitors must be able to utilize state-of-the-art receiving 
   equipment and to access no-cost remote receive sites, if requested.   
   Applicants must possess strong writing and communication skills and   
   an understanding of the importance of thorough documentation. They    
   must have basic word processing and data entry skills and be able to  
   send such information, including recordings, to ARRL electronically.  
                                                                         
   Applicants must have no history of warning letters or other           
   enforcement-related action from the FCC, must hold a Technician or    
   higher class license, and must have been licensed for at least 3      
   years.                                                                
                                                                         
   Applicants should send applications to volunteer-monitor@arrl.org for 
   processing.                                                           
                                                                         
   In February, Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, was named to oversee the     
   development and implementation phases of the Volunteer Monitor        
   program, which will replace the Official Observer (OO) program.       
   Hollingsworth once handled Amateur Radio enforcement for the FCC.     
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
   FCC is Not Reinstating a Vanity Call Sign Fee                         
                                                                         
   An erroneous report this week suggested that the FCC planned to again 
   impose an Amateur Radio vanity call sign application (regulatory) fee 
   of $70 for the 10-year term. This incorrect conclusion resulted from  
   an incomplete reading of the May 7 FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking  
   (NPRM) in the matter of the assessment and collection of regulatory   
   fees for fiscal year 2019.                                            
                                                                         
   Although the Schedule of Regulatory Fees does show a $7 annual fee    
   for Amateur Radio vanity call signs, a boldface heading in that       
   section of the NPRM states, "REGULATORY FEES. This section is no      
   longer in effect as it has been amended by RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018..." 
   Section 9(e)(2) of RAY BAUM'S Act gives the Commission discretion to  
   exempt a party from paying regulatory fees when the FCC determines    
   that the cost of collection exceeds the amount collected. A new       
   section 9(e)(1) incorporated the Amateur Radio vanity fee exemption   
   from FCC rules into the statute.                                      
                                                                         
   The NPRM makes clear in several other places that regulatory fees no  
   longer apply to Amateur Radio licenses. The FCC eliminated the        
   regulatory fee for Amateur Radio vanity call signs in 2015.           
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
                                                                       
   Radio Amateurs to Demonstrate Emergency Messaging Capabilities for    
   Red Cross, FEMA                                                       
                                                                         
   Just days ahead of the 2019 hurricane season, dozens of hams along    
   the US East Coast will demonstrate Amateur Radio's ability to deliver 
   messages without commercial power, infrastructure, or permanently     
   established stations for officials of the American Red Cross and the  
   Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Thursday, May 23,     
   event will take place in coordination with ARRL, during a joint       
   meeting with Red Cross and FEMA officials in Baltimore. The           
   demonstration will be a mock response to a simulated disaster         
   scenario -- a major hurricane with mass casualties striking the east  
   coast. Amateur Radio operators at portable stations from New England  
   to the Carolinas will deliver messages to W1AW, which will then       
   coordinate and deliver the information to officials attending the     
   joint FEMA-Red Cross meeting in Baltimore.                            
                                                                         
   Messaging will be handled using digital modes, which can allow for    
   the transmission of images as well as text, as a showcase for the     
   full range of modern Amateur Radio technology. The American Red Cross 
   will also have a NexGen Emergency Response Vehicle parked at W1AW in  
   Connecticut as part of the training exercise, which will take place   
   from 1330 to 1530 UTC.                                                
                                                                         
   ARRL and its members have a long history of working with emergency    
   response agencies, such as the American Red Cross and FEMA, to        
   provide or support communication in times of disaster for served      
   agencies and partners. A principal served agency, the Red Cross       
   shelters, feeds, and provides emotional support to victims of         
   disasters.                                                            
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
   FCC Chairman Proposes Call Blocking By Default to Combat Robocalls    
                                                                         
   FCC Chair Ajit Pai is proposing action to help consumers block        
   unwanted robocalls. He has circulated a declaratory ruling that, if   
   adopted, would allow phone companies to block unwanted calls to their 
   customers by default. In addition, companies could allow consumers to 
   block calls not on their own contacts lists. A draft Further Notice   
   of Proposed Rulemaking would propose a safe harbor for providers that 
   implement network-wide blocking of calls that fail caller             
   authentication under the SHAKEN/STIR framework, once it is            
   implemented.                                                          
                                                                         
   FCC Chair Ajit Pai.                                                   
                                                                         
   "Allowing call blocking by default could be a big benefit for         
   consumers who are sick and tired of robocalls," Pai said. "By making  
   it clear that such call blocking is allowed, the FCC will give voice  
   service providers the legal certainty they need to block unwanted     
   calls from the outset." Pai encouraged carriers to start providing    
   these services free of charge and by default to current and future    
   customers.                                                            
                                                                         
   According to an FCC news release, many voice providers have held off  
   developing and deploying call-blocking tools by default because of    
   uncertainty about whether these tools are legal. "Allowing default    
   call blocking by voice providers could significantly increase         
   development and consumer adoption of such tools," the FCC said. "This 
   blocking could be based on analytics and consumer 'white lists.'      
   Similar analytics are currently used by third-party developers in     
   call-blocking apps." The FCC said consumer white lists could be based 
   on a customer's own contacts list.                                    
                                                                         
   Pai also proposed seeking public comment on how caller ID             
   authentication standards, known as SHAKEN/STIR, can inform call       
   blocking. He has demanded that carriers adopt these standards to      
   combat malicious spoofing. This system of signing calls as legitimate 
   as they pass through the phone networks may be useful for             
   call-blocking tools, the FCC said.                                    
                                                                         
   The May 15 action would mark the first by the FCC to directly combat  
   robocalls that spoof legitimate, in-service numbers. This follows     
   adoption of new rules in 2017, which allowed blocking of calls before 
   they reach consumers when they are highly likely to be illegitimate.  
   "These calls might appear to come from nonexistent area codes or from 
   numbers on the Do Not Originate list that do not make outbound calls  
   -- like the FCC's own consumer help line, which was added to the list 
   following scam calls that spoofed the agency's 888-CALL-FCC number,"  
   the Commission said.                                                  
                                                                         
   The FCC will consider these measures at its June 6 open meeting.      
                                                                       
   So Now What? Podcast                                                  
                                                                         
   Due to the ARRL National Convention at Dayton Hamvention^(R)          
   beginning on Thursday, May 16, there will be no new episode this week 
   of the So Now What? podcast for Amateur Radio newcomers. At           
   Hamvention, the podcast team will doing some special guest interviews 
   for an upcoming episode of the podcast. In addition, keep an eye on   
   ARRL's social media feeds -- Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and       
   Twitter -- for photos and video from Hamvention.                      
                                                                         
   If you're a newly licensed Amateur Radio operator, chances are you    
   have lots of questions. The biweekly So Now What? podcast has         
   answers, offering insights from those who've been just where you are  
   now. New episodes will be posted every other Thursday, alternating    
   new-episode weeks with the ARRL The Doctor is In podcast.             
                                                                         
   So Now What? is sponsored by LDG Electronics, a family owned and      
   operated business with laboratories in southern Maryland that offers  
   a wide array of antenna tuners and other Amateur Radio products.      
                                                                         
   ARRL Communications Content Producer Michelle Patnode, W3MVP, and     
   ARRL Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, co-host the podcast. Presented 
   as a lively conversation, with Patnode representing newer hams and    
   Carcia the veteran operators, the podcast will explore questions that 
   newer hams may have and the issues that keep participants from        
   staying active in the hobby. Some episodes will feature guests to     
   answer questions on specific topic areas.                             
                                                                         
   Listeners can find So Now What? on Apple iTunes, Blubrry, Stitcher    
   (free registration required, or browse the site as a guest) and       
   through the free Stitcher app for iOS, Kindle, or Android devices.    
   Episodes will be archived on the ARRL website.                        
   The K7RA Solar Update                                                 
                                                                         
   Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspot activity continues, and     
   this reporting week, the average daily sunspot number rose from 16.1  
   to 22.7, while average daily solar flux went from 73.5 to 75.7. The   
   two sunspot groups that appeared on May 3 and May 6 are fading fast   
   and rotating off the visible solar disc. Two geomagnetically active   
   days occurred on May 11 and 14, when the planetary A index reached 25 
   and 36.                                                               
                                                                         
   Predicted solar flux is 72 on May 16 - 18; 70 on May 19; 68 on May 20 
   - 22; 67 on May 23 - 29; 70, 72, 74, and 76 on May 30 - June 2; 77 on 
   June 3 - 11; 75 on June 12; 72 on June 13 - 14; 70 on June 15; 69 on  
   June 16 - 17; 68 on June 18; 67 on June 19 - 25, and 70, 72, 74, and  
   76 on June 26 - 29.                                                   
                                                                         
   Predicted planetary A index is 28, 20, and 8 on May 16 - 18; 5 on May 
   19 - 27; 10, 12, 8, and 10 on May 28 - 31; 5 on June 1 - 15; 8 on     
   June 16; 5 on June 17 - 23; 10, 12, 8, and 10 on June 24 - 27, and 5  
   on June 28 - 29.                                                      
                                                                         
   On May 10, Jeff, N8II, in West Virginia reported a sporadic-E opening 
   on 10 meters. Also on May 10, Jon, N0JK, reported 6-meter sporadic-E  
   openings from Kansas.                                                 
                                                                         
   Sunspot numbers for May 9 - 15 were 25, 24, 26, 24, 23, 24, and 13,   
   with a mean of 22.7. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 76.2, 76.3, 78, 76, 
   74.7, 74.4, and 74, with a mean of 75.7. Estimated planetary A        
   indices were 7, 7, 25, 4, 6, 36, and 6, with a mean of 13. Middle     
   latitude A index was 8, 7, 19, 5, 5, 23, and 8, with a mean of 10.7.  
                                                                         
   A comprehensive K7RA Solar Update is posted Fridays on the ARRL       
   website. For more information concerning radio propagation, visit the 
   ARRL Technical Information Service web page, 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.                                  
                                                                       
   Just Ahead in Radiosport                                              
     * May 17 - 19 -- Portuguese Navy Day Contest (CW, phone, digital)   
     * May 18 -- Feld Hell Sprint                                        
     * May 18 -- UN DX Contest (DX, phone)                               
     * May 18 - 19 -- NZART Sangster Shield Contest (CW)                 
     * May 18 - 19 -- His Majesty the King of Spain Contest, CW          
     * May 18 - 19 -- EU PSK DX Contest                                  
     * May 18 - 19 -- Aegean RTTY Contest                                
     * May 18 - 19 -- Baltic Contest (CW, phone)                         
     * May 20 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)                      
     * May 22 -- SKCC Sprint (CW)                                        
     * May 22 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (Digital)               
                                                                         
   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.                
   Arizona Homeowners Association and Hams Agree on Outdoor Antenna      
   Guidelines                                                            
                                                                         
   The Board of Directors of an antenna-restricted community in Arizona  
   voted overwhelmingly in April to allow radio amateurs to erect        
   certain outdoor antennas on their properties. Some 75 hams live in    
   the 10,000-home Sun City Grand, a self-contained residential          
   community for older adults in Surprise, Arizona. An article in the    
   Grand Ham Newsletter by Gordon Bousman, NW7D, called it "a big win"   
   and said the Sun City Grand community homeowners association (HOA) is 
   believed to be the largest in the US to permit Amateur Radio          
   antennas. The HOA board includes one radio amateur. The new antenna   
   guidelines went into effect on May 9.                                 
                                                                         
   "The road to success took nearly a year of meetings, negotiations,    
   and occasional setbacks driven by a team of dedicated amateurs who    
   were persistent in reaching our goals," Bousman said in his article.  
   "While our initial discussion points focused on the possibility of    
   passage of the [Amateur Radio] Parity Act, we later shifted our focus 
   to the value that Amateur Radio operators can bring to the community  
   in the event of an emergency or crisis."                              
                                                                         
   Bousman told ARRL the group "somewhat" modeled its antenna proposal   
   after that of the Sun City Texas Ham Radio group in Georgetown,       
   Texas, which permitted outdoor antennas several years ago.            
                                                                         
                                        Gordon Bousman, NW7D.            
                                                                         
   The types of antennas permitted are modest. The list includes         
   flagpole antennas that do not exceed 16 feet, verticals that do not   
   rise more than 5 feet above the peak of a home, and wire antennas no  
   higher than 5 feet above the roof peak. No traps in wire antennas are 
   allowed and towers of any type remain prohibited.                     
                                                                         
   "[These] antennas should provide amateurs very adequate capabilities  
   to work long distances on the HF bands and to be able to adequately   
   communicate across our community on the VHF/UHF bands -- as well as   
   being able to reach most repeaters in the Phoenix area valley,        
   including several emergency repeaters," the newsletter article        
   stated.                                                               
                                                                         
   Radio amateurs will need to apply to the HOA's Architectural Review   
   Committee Standards Office to obtain approval and may only erect two  
   outdoor antennas.                                                     
                                                                         
   Bousman said more than a dozen antenna applications were submitted in 
   the first week and other hams are working on designs. Read more.      
                                                                       
   First Ham Satellite -- OSCAR 1 -- will Join AMSAT's 50th Anniversary  
   Celebration at Dayton                                                 
                                                                         
   A working prototype of OSCAR 1, Amateur Radio's first satellite, will 
   be on display at AMSAT's Dayton Hamvention^(R) booth. AMSAT's exhibit 
   will be in Building 1 (Maxim Hall) at the Greene County Fairgrounds   
   and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio. OSCAR 1 (Orbiting Satellite Carrying  
   Amateur Radio) was launched into orbit in 1961, at the dawn of the    
   Space Age. Built by a group of California-based radio amateurs for    
   about $60, OSCAR 1 was the first nongovernmental satellite. It        
   transmitted a simple "HI" in CW for nearly 20 days and was heard in   
   28 different countries. W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q,        
   recently had to troubleshoot a problem with ARRL's OSCAR 1 in         
   preparation for its Dayton appearance in a special "OSCAR Park"       
   display commemorating AMSAT's 50th anniversary. He said it was a      
   "rather humbling" experience.                                         
                                                                         
   "Apparently, OSCAR 1 was not transmitting properly," Carcia said.     
   "So, I took it back into the shop, changed the power cable, and       
   checked the transmitter. I had to tweak it just a bit." Carcia said   
   the satellite now functions.                                          
                                                                         
   Only three OSCAR 1 satellites were made. One was launched into orbit, 
   of course, while the Smithsonian Institution houses the other.        
   "Assuming it doesn't get bounced around too much en route, it will be 
   transmitting a chirpy 'HI' on 145.224 MHz," Carcia said. "The load is 
   a 50 W resistor, so you can copy it about 50 feet or so away from the 
   source."                                                              
                                                                         
   AMSAT will present Amateur Radio satellite operation demonstrations   
   outside the main entrance of Maxim Hall, 8 AM - 4:30 PM, on all three 
   days of Hamvention. "AMSAT will be demonstrating actual contacts with 
   the operational amateur satellites," AMSAT said in its weekly AMSAT   
   News Service newsletter. "We especially want to invite youth to make  
   a contact via an amateur satellite. All are invited to observe,       
   participate, and ask questions."                                      
                                                                         
   AMSAT will hold its forum in Room 2 on Saturday, May 18, starting at  
   12:10 PM EDT. AMSAT Vice President of User Services Robert Bankston,  
   KE4AL, will moderate the session.                                     
   ITU Working Party 5A1 Completes Draft New Report on WRC-19 Agenda     
   Item 1.1                                                              
                                                                         
   Working Group 1 of ITU-R Working Party 5A completed work on the       
   sharing and compatibility studies required for World                  
   Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) Agenda Item 1.1 during    
   the meeting of WP 5A that concluded on May 9. The report, which began 
   as a nine-page document in 2016, grew to 158 pages developed from 60  
   input contributions over a 3-year period. Working Group 5A1,          
   responsible for amateur matters, is chaired by Dale Hughes, VK1DSH.   
                                                                         
   Agenda item 1.1 calls on the ITU to study Amateur Service spectrum    
   needs in Region 1 in the 50 - 54 MHz band, taking into account the    
   results of sharing studies between the Amateur Service and other      
   services using the band to ensure protection of these services.       
                                                                         
   The report describes work undertaken to prepare for Agenda Item 1.1   
   of WRC-19 and the associated Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM),    
   which addressed the technical background for WRC. National            
   administrations will use the Draft New Report and the CPM Report to   
   prepare proposals for WRC-19 later this year. Region 1 Regional       
   Telecommunications Organizations (RTOs) will hold preparatory         
   meetings this summer to develop common multi-country proposals.       
   WRC-19 will only consider proposals actually offered by               
   administrations or RTOs.                                              
                                                                         
   No impact on Amateur Radio allocations in Regions 2 and 3 is          
   anticipated. WRC-19 takes place October 28 - November 22 in Sharm     
   el-Sheikh, Egypt.                                                     
                                                                         
   Dayton Hamvention and ARISS Working Together Again this Year          
                                                                         
   Dayton Hamvention^(R) will support the Amateur Radio on the           
   International Space Station (ARISS) program this year by including    
   the first-ever ARISS Forum, on Friday, May 17, from 1:15 - 2:15 PM in 
   Room 3. Speakers will present current and future lifelong learning    
   activities for hams and students via ARISS SSTV, APRS, voice          
   repeaters, radio experiments, and robots.                             
                                                                         
   Attendees will also learn about the next-gen on-orbit hardware        
   systems, updates on school activities, the ARISS initiative to fly    
   ham radio on the human spaceflight lunar Gateway, how to maximize     
   hams' opportunities to make ARISS connections and listen to the ISS   
   crew in home stations, and meet special guests.                       
                                                                         
   Hamvention will boost ARISS by once again featuring a special         
   ticket-drawing right before the Sunday bonus prize drawing. The       
   winner will receive an ARISS Challenge Coin display. A challenge coin 
   is the premium received by donors who give $100 or more to ARISS. The 
   ARISS exhibit in Building 1 will display equipment that will replace  
   and upgrade the ham station gear now on board. Hamvention visitors    
   donating $10 will receive a new ARISS lapel pin and a chance to win   
   an ARISS Challenge Coin, with the winning ticket to be drawn at the   
   ARISS booth on Sunday morning. Online donations are also invited.     
   In Brief...                                                           
                                                                         
   An Amateur Radio weather warning alerted residents of an Ohio town to 
   a possible tornado. A handful of Ohio SKYWARN weather spotters on     
   April 14 forwarded reports to National Weather Service (NWS)          
   Cleveland of a possible tornado near Shelby. As a result, NWS         
   Cleveland was able to issue a tornado warning before the storm struck 
   the town. No lives were lost, but six were injured. The tornado was   
   rated as an EF-2 storm, but it was on the ground for 17 miles and     
   covered a swath of 1/2 mile. Immediately after receiving word of the  
   strike, coordinating through the county emergency management agency   
   (EMA), District Emergency Coordinator Danny Baily, W8DLB, and others  
   headed immediately to Shelby, where they met with law enforcement.    
   Because all of District 6 was activated, it was decided to activate   
   two counties to the north and three counties to the south of          
   Richland. DMR Ohio Talk Group 3139 was used to coordinate resources.  
   While no telecommunications were knocked out of service, hams were    
   assigned to walk the perimeter to keep an eye open for any problems.  
   -- Thanks to Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL, 
   in DELARA News                                                        
                                                                         
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   The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) has reissued a  
   call for papers for its 2019 event. Technical papers are invited for  
   presentation at the Conference, set for September 20 - 22 at the      
   Marriott Detroit Metro Airport Hotel. Papers will also be published   
   in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not need to attend the      
   conference to have their papers included in the Proceedings. The      
   submission deadline is August 5. Submit papers via email or mail to   
   Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111.       
   Papers will be published exactly as submitted, and authors will       
   retain all rights.                                                    
                                                                         
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   The 2019 GNU Radio Conference (GRCon19), September 16 - 20 in         
   Huntsville, Alabama, is seeking papers and presentations. Submissions 
   are due by July 1. The GNU Radio Conference highlights the            
   substantial and remarkable progress of the world's premier            
   open-source digital signal processing framework for software-defined  
   radios. In addition to presenting GNU Radio's theoretical and         
   practical presence in academia, industry, the military, and among     
   radio amateurs and hobbyists, GNU Radio Conference 2019 will have a   
   special focus on the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission,    
   which landed the first humans on the moon -- hence, the selection of  
   "The Rocket City," home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, as    
   the venue. Papers for inclusion in the Technical Proceedings are      
   welcome, but submitters do not need to submit papers to the           
   Proceedings in order to present at GRCon19. For more information,     
   visit the GRCon19 website.                                            
                                                                         
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   Amateur Radio Roundtable will Livestream 50 Hours of Dayton           
   Hamvention^(R). Amateur Radio Roundtable and host Tom Medlin, W5KUB,  
   will be back at Dayton Hamvention to livestream the activity and      
   action before, during, and after the May 17 - 19 event. Amateur Radio 
   Roundtable's show coverage will go live on Thursday, May 16, and      
   continue through the weekend. "This is a big event and we have        
   viewers in about 150 countries," Medlin said. "Astronaut Doug         
   Wheelock, KF5BOC, will join us again for the 7th year as cohost. Join 
   in the live chat room." More information is on the W5KUB Facebook     
   group.                                                                
                                                                         
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   Selected Sessions of the 2019 Contest University (CTU) will be        
   Livestreamed, Compliments of Icom America. Streaming on the CTU       
   website will begin on May 16 at 1200 UTC. Topics include Radiosport   
   Contesting with Integrity; 2BSIQ & SO3R: Riding the Edge of Human     
   Capabilities, and No-Compromise Remote Contesting.                    
                                                                         
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   Getting It Right!                                                     
                                                                         
   In "High-Altitude Celebration at SAQ," which appeared in the May 9    
   edition of The ARRL Letter, we identified the wrong "B" composer.     
   Ludwig van Beethoven composed "Ode to Joy."                           
                                                                         
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   Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions                
     * May 17 - 19 -- Dayton Hamvention -- ARRL National Convention,     
       Xenia, Ohio                                                       
     * May 31 - June 1 -- Arizona State Convention, Prescott, Arizona    
     * May 31 - June 2 -- Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside,     
       Oregon                                                            
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     * June 1 - 2 -- Western Pennsylvania Section Convention, Prospect,  
       Pennsylvania                                                      
     * June 7 - 8 -- West Gulf Division Convention (Ham-Com), Plano,     
       Texas                                                             
     * June 15 -- W8DXCC DX Convention, Owensville, Ohio                 
     * July 19 - 21 -- Nevada State Convention, Reno, Nevada             
     * July 25 - 27 -- Central States VHF Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska  
     * July 26 - 27 -- Ham Holiday, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma              
                                                                         
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