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   The ARRL Letter                                                         
   October 17, 2019                                                        
                                                                           
     * ARRL to Launch New On the Air Magazine                               
     * ARRL Online Auction Bidding is Now Open                              
     * Report Causes Concern and Confusion in California's Amateur Radio    
       Ranks                                                                
     * NASA Spacecraft Launches on Mission to Explore Frontier of Space     
     * So Now What? Podcast                                                
     * Next School Club Roundup Set for October 21 - 25                    
     * The K7RA Solar Update                                               
     * Just Ahead in Radiosport                                            
     * PACTOR Developer SCS Announces Monitoring Software                  
     * AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"                        
     * Homebrew Heroes Award for 2019 in Amateur Radio Announced           
     * In Brief...                                                         
     * Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions              
                                                                           
   ARRL to Launch New On the Air Magazine                                  
                                                                           
   ARRL is launching a new magazine, On the Air, in January 2020. To be    
   published on a bimonthly basis, On the Air will offer new and           
   beginner-to-intermediate-level radio amateurs a fresh approach to       
   exploring radio communication. Each issue will include advice and       
   insights on topics from the variety of Amateur Radio interests and      
   activities: radio technology, operating, equipment, project building,   
   and emergency communication. The goal of this new magazine is to be a   
   vital resource in helping new and newer radio amateurs get active and   
   involved in radio communications.                                       
                                                                           
   "On the Air responds to the brand-new and not-so-brand-new radio        
   amateur seeking ideas and answers," said QST Managing Editor Becky      
   Schoenfeld, W1BXY. Schoenfeld is part of the ARRL staff team that       
   developed the new magazine. The planning included an extensive          
   national-level study of new Amateur Radio licensees, identifying their  
   motivations for getting licensed and their experiences of getting       
   started. A focus group responded positively to a trial sample edition   
   of the magazine.                                                        
                                                                           
   "Too many new licensees never take the next step," says Schoenfeld.     
   "We're excited to introduce a new Amateur Radio magazine for this       
   audience, aimed at getting them active, getting them involved, and      
   getting them on the air."                                               
                                                                           
   The first issue of On the Air will be published in January 2020         
   (January/February issue) and will be introduced as a new ARRL           
   membership benefit. Effective November 1, when eligible US radio        
   amateurs join ARRL or renew their memberships, they will be prompted to 
   select the print magazine of their choice -- On the Air or QST. Current 
   members receiving the print edition of QST, upon renewal, may choose to 
   continue receiving the print edition of QST (monthly) or the print      
   edition of On the Air (bimonthly).                                      
                                                                           
   All ARRL members, including international members, will be able to      
   access digital editions of both QST and On the Air. Members who already 
   access QST on the web or from the mobile app will be able to access QST 
   and On the Air starting in January.                                     
   ARRL Online Auction Bidding is Now Open                                 
                                                                           
   Bidding began today, October 17, on more than 230 items on the block in 
   the 14th annual ARRL Online Auction. Bidding got under way at 10 AM EST 
   (1400 UTC), and the auction will continue through Thursday, October 24, 
   closing at 10 PM EST (Friday, October 25, at 0200 UTC).                 
                                                                           
   The 2019 auction includes lab-tested QST "Product Review" gear, vintage 
   books, used equipment, and one-of-a-kind items. Some premier "Product   
   Review" items up for bid include the Elecraft KPA1500 legal-limit HF    
   and 6-meter linear amplifier, the Icom IC-7610 HF and 6-meter           
   transceiver, the Palstar LA-1K 160 - 6 meter amplifier, the FlexRadio   
   Systems FLEX-6400M HF and 6-meter SDR transceiver, and the Kenwood      
   TS-890 HF and 6-meter transceiver.                                      
                                                                           
   Among book offerings in the auction are the "sold out" 2019 Handbook    
   Boxed Set, a special defense edition of The Radio Amateur's Handbook    
   from 1942, and a 1949 ARRL Antenna Book.                                
                                                                           
   Proceeds from the annual Online Auction benefit ARRL education          
   programs. Bidders must register (your arrl.org user ID and password     
   will not work on the auction site). If you have registered for a        
   previous ARRL Online Auction, you may use the same login information    
   this year.                                                              
                                                                         
   Report Causes Concern and Confusion in California's Amateur Radio Ranks 
                                                                           
   By all credible and reliable accounts, the State of California has not  
   turned its back on Amateur Radio as an emergency communication          
   resource, nor have established repeater owners been asked to remove     
   their equipment from state-owned sites unless they pay sizable fees.    
   The California controversy, inflamed by a viral YouTube video, stemmed  
   from a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) 
   communication telling a repeater owner or group that Amateur Radio      
   equipment would have to be removed from a state-owned site or "vault"   
   if the owner(s) determined the cost was too great to proceed with a     
   formal application to keep it there.                                    
                                                                           
   "I do understand and appreciate all of the service you have provided in 
   the past," CAL FIRE's Lorina Pisi, told the unknown repeater owner(s)   
   or group(s) last month. "However, with constantly changing              
   technological advances, there is no longer the same benefit to State as 
   previously provided. Therefore, the Department no longer financially    
   supports HAM operators [sic] radios or tenancy. If you desire to enter  
   into a formal agreement to operate and maintain said equipment, you     
   must complete and submit attached collocation application along with    
   fee as outlined on page one of application. There is cost associated    
   with getting an agreement in place."                                    
                                                                           
   It's not clear to whom Pisi's memo was addressed, because any name or   
   names were redacted from the version of the memo that is being          
   circulated. ARRL reached out to Pisi but has not heard back.            
                                                                           
   ARRL officials who have also looked into the situation agree that it's  
   been blown out of proportion by parties with their own agendas.         
                                                                           
   "The State of California has not made any determination we can find     
   'that Ham Radio [is] no longer a benefit,'" Pacific Division Director   
   Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, is quoted on the Sacramento Valley Section         
   website. "What happened is that CAL FIRE has transferred responsibility 
   for its communications sites to its property management department.     
   That department has the task of evaluating each site, its condition,    
   use, and tenants. If a repeater not known to be associated with the     
   emergency management function of a local jurisdiction is found in a CAL 
   FIRE vault, the default action is to move it out or subject it to       
   commercial rental rates."                                               
                                                                           
   ARRL Southwestern Division Director Dick Norton, N6AA, has been         
   responding to inquiries with the same message. Read more.               
   NASA Spacecraft Launches on Mission to Explore Frontier of Space        
                                                                           
   NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) spacecraft is in orbit    
   for a first-of-its-kind mission to study a region of space where        
   changes can disrupt communications and satellite orbits, and even       
   increase radiation risks to astronauts. ICON was launched on October 11 
   after a Stargazer L-1011 aircraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 
   in Florida carried it to about 39,000 feet. Then, a Pegasus rocket      
   fired the roughly refrigerator-sized ICON into space.                   
                                                                           
   +----------------------------------+                                    
   |An artist's rendering of NASA's   |                                    
   |ICON spacecraft, which was        |                                    
   |launched into space last week at  |                                    
   |39,000 feet from a L-1011         |                                    
   |Stargazer aircraft. [NASA image]  |                                    
   +----------------------------------+                                    
                                                                           
   The spacecraft's solar panels successfully deployed, indicating it has  
   power with all systems operating, NASA reported. ICON will start        
   sending back its first science data in November.                        
                                                                           
   ICON will study changes in the ionosphere, where, in addition to        
   affecting radio signal propagation, space weather can prematurely decay 
   spacecraft orbits and expose astronauts to radiation-borne health       
   risks. "Historically, this critical region of near-Earth space has been 
   difficult to observe," NASA explained. "Spacecraft can't travel through 
   the low parts of the ionosphere and balloons can't travel high enough." 
   ICON's orbit around Earth places it at a 27ø inclination at an altitude 
   of about 360 miles, from which it can observe the ionosphere around the 
   equator.                                                                
                                                                           
   Nicola Fox, Director for Heliophysics at NASA Headquarters in           
   Washington, said that ICON will be the first mission to simultaneously  
   track what's happening in Earth's upper atmosphere and in space to see  
   how the two interact, causing the kinds of changes that can disrupt     
   radio communication. ICON will employ four instruments to explore the   
   connections between the neutral atmosphere and the electrically charged 
   ionosphere. Three of these rely on the phenomenon called airglow, which 
   is created by a process similar to that which causes aurora -- gas is   
   excited by radiation from the sun and emits light. By way of airglow,   
   ICON can observe how particles throughout the upper atmosphere are      
   moving. ICON's fourth instrument provides direct measurements of the    
   ionosphere around it.                                                   
                                                                           
   Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) veteran Will   
   Marchant, KW4WZ (ex-KC6ROL), is part of the ICON team.                  
                                                                         
   So Now What? Podcast                                                    
                                                                           
   "Ham Lingo" will be the focus of the new (October 17) episode of the So 
   Now What? podcast for Amateur Radio newcomers.                          
                                                                           
   If you're a newly licensed Amateur Radio operator, chances are you have 
   lots of questions. This biweekly podcast has answers! So Now What?      
   offers 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.                          
   Next School Club Roundup Set for October 21 - 25                        
                                                                           
   ARRL's twice-yearly School Club Roundup (SCR) gets under way on Monday, 
   October 21, at 1300 UTC, and runs through Friday, October 25, at 2359   
   UTC. Stations may operate for up to 24 hours during the entire contest  
   and for 6 hours during any single 24-hour period. Any mode -- SSB, CW,  
   or digital -- is allowed for the event.                                 
                                                                           
   Stations will participate in five categories: Elementary/Primary,       
   Middle/Intermediate/Junior High School, Senior High School,             
   College/University Club, and Non-School Club. There is also a category  
   for Individuals to participate.                                         
                                                                           
   The most popular time for younger students to be on the air is during   
   after-school hours, but older students may be on the air at any time.   
   Groups are limited to one transmitter on the air at any given time.     
   Stations exchange signal report, category (School, Club, or             
   Individual), and state, province, or DXCC entity. Stations can be       
   worked once per band and mode. Participants will now be able to make up 
   to three contacts with a station on each band using CW, voice, and      
   digital modes.                                                          
                                                                           
   The School Club Roundup is co-sponsored by ARRL and the Long Island     
   Mobile Amateur Radio Club (LIMARC), and results appear in QST as well   
   as online. The top three entries in each category -- Elementary,        
   Middle/Intermediate/Junior High School, Senior High School              
   College/University -- will receive an award certificate. Non-school     
   clubs or multioperator groups and individuals are also eligible for     
   certificates.                                                           
                                                                           
   Submit scores and logs via the SCR score entry website. Scores and logs 
   may be entered from the time the contest begins through the log         
   submission deadline. Paper logs are acceptable as well. Logs for the    
   October SCR are due by November 9.                                      
                                                                         
   The K7RA Solar Update                                                   
                                                                           
   Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity remains very low. At   
   the bottom of the sunspot cycle, any sunspot activity is fleeting.      
   Another week has passed with no sunspots at all. Spaceweather.com       
   reports no sunspots for the past 2 weeks, and the total number of       
   spotless days this year is now 213, or 73%, which matches the           
   percentage of spotless days in 2008 -- 11 years ago.                    
                                                                           
   Average daily solar flux during the week of October 10 - 16 was 67.3,   
   down insignificantly from 67.6 during the previous week.                
                                                                           
   The average daily planetary A index was 6.4, down from 14.4 over the    
   previous week, and the average daily mid-latitude A index declined from 
   11 to 5.1.                                                              
                                                                           
   The predicted solar flux for the next 45 days is 68, through the end of 
   November.                                                               
                                                                           
   Predicted planetary A index is 5 on October 17 - 20; 12, 8, 5, 18, 25,  
   12, 10, and 8 on October 21 - 28; 5 on October 29 - November 9; 8 on    
   November 10 - 11; 5 on November 12 - 16; 15 on November 17; 5 on        
   November 18 - 19; 15, 20, 10 and 8, on November 20 - 23, and 5 on       
   November 24 - 30.                                                       
                                                                           
   Rick Tucker, W0RT, of Parsons, Kansas, was listening for HZ1TT (Saudi   
   Arabia) on October 14 on 21.023 MHz at 1045 UTC. The band sounded dead, 
   but at 1115 UTC he copied several European stations calling and working 
   the Saudi station. Tucker said he never heard HZ1TT, but HZ1TT was      
   spotted by a station in New Brunswick, Canada.                          
                                                                           
   Sunspot numbers for October 10 - 16 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with  
   a mean of 3.1. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 67.5, 68.5, 68.3, 67.2,     
   66.2, 67.2, and 66.3, with a mean of 67.3. Estimated planetary A        
   indices were 13, 8, 5, 2, 6, 5, and 6, with a mean of 6.4. Middle       
   latitude A index was 10, 6, 4, 1, 5, 5, and 5, with a mean of 5.1.      
                                                                           
   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.                                    
                                                                           
     -------------------------------------------------------------------   
                                                                           
   Just Ahead in Radiosport                                                
     * October 18 -- Zombie Shuffle (CW)                                   
     * October 19 -- Feld Hell Sprint                                      
     * October 19 -- Argentina National 7 MHz Contest (Phone)              
     * October 19 - 20 -- Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest (CW, phone)     
     * October 19 - 20 -- ARRL EME Contest (CW, phone, digital)            
     * October 19 - 20 -- JARTS WW RTTY Contest                            
     * October 19 - 20 -- 10-10 International Fall Contest (CW)            
     * October 19 - 20 -- All New York QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)      
     * October 19 - 20 -- Worked All Germany Contest (CW, phone)           
     * October 19 - 20 -- Stew Perry Topband Challenge (CW)                
     * October 20 -- Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint (CW)                         
     * October 20 -- UBA ON Contest, 2 Meters (CW, phone)                  
     * October 20 - 21 -- Illinois QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)          
     * October 20 -- RSGB RoLo CW                                          
     * October 21 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)                    
     * October 21 - 25 -- ARRL School Club Roundup (CW, phone, digital)    
     * October 21 - 22 -- Telephone Pioneers QSO Party (CW, phone,         
       digital)                                                            
     * October 23 -- SKCC Sprint (CW)                                      
     * October 23 -- RSGB 80-Meter Autumn Series (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.                  
                                                                         
   PACTOR Developer SCS Announces Monitoring Software                      
                                                                           
   SCS, the company that created PACTOR, has unveiled software that offers 
   the ability to monitor the content of PACTOR 1, 2, and 3 transmissions  
   over the air. The free PMON software runs under the Linux operating     
   system. A software version to monitor PACTOR 4 is scheduled to become   
   available next year. PMON will offer "thorough observation and          
   documentation of all presently available PACTOR 1, 2, and 3             
   transmissions," SCS said.                                               
                                                                           
   "PMON covers all PACTOR levels with the appropriate speed levels and    
   packet variations," SCS said. "PMON will read in parallel PACTOR 2 and  
   PACTOR 1. The very wide receiving range (frequency offset ñ200 Hz), as  
   well as automatic sideband recognition, ease routine operation of PMON  
   with PACTOR 2 and PACTOR 3 considerably."                               
                                                                           
   According to SCS, only minimal hardware is required to use PMON. The    
   equipment complement includes a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ (minimum)       
   computer and a USB sound device. SCS noted in an October 11 news        
   release that all SCS PACTOR hardware modems include a command to allow  
   PACTOR monitoring on the fly. The German company says PMON now makes    
   this possible without a modem and adds the ability to decode            
   B2F/LZHUF-compressed messages -- Winlink email and others.              
                                                                           
   "This exciting new software development for Raspberry Pi complements    
   and surpasses previously released SCS software that leveraged PACTOR    
   modems' ability to monitor PACTOR to read Winlink for meaning," SCS     
   said. The company also said the new software permits modem-less         
   monitoring of all kinds, something that would be useful for monitoring  
   Winlink email traffic.                                                  
                                                                           
   The Winlink Development Team called the new software a "welcome         
   contribution to the Amateur Radio community."                           
                                                                           
   The issue of message encryption arose in recent months with respect to  
   renewed attention to ARRL's so-called "symbol rate" petition for        
   rulemaking (RM-11708) and the accommodation of automatically controlled 
   digital stations (ACDS) -- many of which employ Winlink. Some           
   commenters on ARRL's petition have asserted incorrectly that PACTOR     
   facilitates de facto message encryption, which would violate FCC        
   Amateur Service rules.                                                  
                                                                           
   AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"                            
                                                                           
   AMSAT wants to see Amateur Radio in every CubeSat, and it's partnering  
   with non-Amateur Radio partners to make that happen. In the "Apogee     
   View" editorial for the September/October issue of The AMSAT Journal,   
   Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, wrote, "[W]e continue to  
   support a stream of LEO satellites. RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is ready for      
   launch no earlier than December 1, 2019, on the ELaNa XX mission. The   
   linear transponder and telemetry system carried aboard Fox-1E was       
   designed for use in different CubeSats by merely adding an interface    
   adapter for connection to the host bus."                                
                                                                           
                                           +-----------------------------+ 
                                           |AMSAT Executive Vice         | 
                                           |President Paul Stoetzer,     | 
                                           |N8HM.                        | 
                                           +-----------------------------+ 
                                                                           
   Stoetzer said CubeSat programs interested in launching an Amateur Radio 
   payload may partner with AMSAT to carry a Fox-1E module on their        
   spacecraft. "By providing Amateur Radio capability, the CubeSat program 
   gets a worldwide ground station network to receive their telemetry and  
   experiment data while the Amateur Radio community gets a transponder to 
   use in orbit," he pointed out.                                          
                                                                           
   Stoetzer said the first such partnership will be with the Husky         
   Satellite Lab at the University of Washington. Its 3U CubeSat --        
   HuskySat-1 -- is set to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops    
   Island, Virginia, no sooner than November 2. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus  
   spacecraft will carry HuskySat-1 to the International Space Station,    
   and after completing its mission there, Cygnus will continue to an      
   orbit of approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) to deploy HuskySat-1. 
                                                                           
   "After a 30-day mission to complete tests of its experimental payloads  
   -- a pulsed plasma thruster, and a K-band (24 GHz) communications       
   system -- the satellite will be turned over to AMSAT, and the linear    
   transponder will be made available to the Amateur Radio community,"     
   Stoetzer said.                                                          
                                                                           
   AMSAT will celebrate its 50th anniversary at its 2019 Board of          
   Directors meeting and AMSAT Space Symposium October 18 - 20 in          
   Arlington, Virginia. -- Thanks to AMSAT News Service                    
   Homebrew Heroes Award for 2019 in Amateur Radio Announced               
                                                                           
   The Homebrew Heroes Award Program has announced its first annual        
   recipient. He is Hans Summers, G0UPL, of East Sussex in the UK. The     
   annual award recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations who help  
   define the frontiers of Amateur Radio technology through the            
   long-standing tradition of constructing their own equipment.            
                                                                           
                                         +-------------------------------+ 
                                         |Homebrew Hero Hans Summers,    | 
                                         |G0UPL.                         | 
                                         +-------------------------------+ 
                                                                           
   "Our Steering Committee sought the advice of an anonymous selection     
   committee that surveyed the landscape of known homebrew designers in    
   Amateur Radio," Steering Committee member Frank Howell, K4FMH, said in  
   an October 13th news release. "There are indeed many very deserving     
   ones! But only one can be chosen each year." Other Steering Committee   
   members are Martin Butler, M1MRB, and Colin Butler, M6BOY -- all        
   affiliated with the ICQ Podcast.                                        
                                                                           
   For his part, Summers said he was humbled and "just blown away by it    
   all" to be the first recognized with the Homebrew Heroes Award. Summers 
   said he's been sharing his homebrew work and that of his company QRP    
   Labs through his website for years. "To have these efforts publicly     
   recognized in this way is so personally gratifying," Summers said.      
                                                                           
   Martin Butler said that Summers "has continually demonstrated to all    
   with at least one eye open that the traditional homebrew craft and      
   science is alive and well."                                             
                                                                           
   "I've watched Hans Summers continue to innovate in his design of        
   terrific homebrew kits and products that have made a fantastic impact   
   on the Amateur Radio marketplace," Colin Butler added. "As publisher of 
   the ICQ Podcast, I am delighted for us to serve as the official         
   promotional partner of this awards program." Read more.                 
   In Brief...                                                             
                                                                           
   Scouting's Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) takes place this weekend. The     
   largest Scouting event in the world, with an estimated half-million     
   participants, JOTA links Scouts and hams across the nation and around   
   the world via Amateur Radio. Typical exchanges may include name,        
   location, Scout rank, age, and hobbies. JOTA officially starts Friday   
   evening during the "JOTA Jump Start" and runs through Sunday evening.   
   The event will be competing for band spectrum with the popular Worked   
   All Germany (WAG) contest. JOTA participants seeking contacts with      
   stations in Europe should note that the WAG rules define contest-free   
   segments, so the two events can operate at the same time with minimal   
   problems. -- Thanks to Boy Scouts of America and Geert Jan de Groot,    
   PE1HZG                                                                  
                                                                           
   The legendary Radio Corporation of America (RCA) incorporated on this   
   date, October 17, in 1919. RCA negotiated patent cross-licensing        
   agreements with other industry leaders, paving the way for the          
   explosive development of American radio in the early 1920s. In 1921,    
   WCC in Chatham, Massachusetts, became the first RCA coastal station     
   equipped with tube sets offering 2 kW on 600 and 2200 meters. The WCC   
   Amateur Radio Association (WCCARA) continues its year-long celebration  
   of the RCA centennial as WA1WCC/100RCA. -- Thanks to Ed Moxon, K1GGI,   
   trustee, WCC commemorative station WA1WCC                               
                                                                           
   Two separate groups took advantage of the Amateur Radio Emergency Data  
   Network (AREDN) to monitor wildfires in California. The Mariposa Area   
   Amateur Radio Organization (MAARO) used the Amateur Radio mesh to       
   stream -- via microwave -- video from the Briceburg Fire near Yosemite  
   National Park. The Pleasant Valley Amateur Radio Club (PVARC) employed  
   the AREDN mesh to stream video from the Saddle Ridge Fire near Los      
   Angeles from a repeater site overlooking San Fernando Valley. The       
   Briceburg and Saddle Ridge fires are now under control, but archived    
   streams are still available. This is the same network that was used to  
   stream video from the Thomas and Woolsey fires in 2017 and 2018,        
   respectively. -- Thanks to Ben Kuo, AI6YR                               
                                                                           
   A mail delivery problem has affected delivery of West Gulf Division     
   Board election ballots. Recent flooding has affected some US Postal     
   Service distribution centers in the Houston area, damaging some sorting 
   machines. This is delaying delivery to many members in that area. They  
   are processing mail, but there are delays in processing bulk mail,      
   which include the ballots. If you still do not receive your ballot by   
   Monday, October 21, 2019, please send a request for a new ballot. ARRL  
   Headquarters will process replacement requests on Tuesday, October 22,  
   2019, via first-class mail and daily as later requests come in. Read    
   more.                                                                   
                                                                           
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       Rapids, Wisconsin                                                   
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