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DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #43:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 08:17 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37809


This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
KK9A, VE3ZF, W1UE, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily
DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and
WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.


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Georgia Section Manager Changing on November 1:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:58 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37808


Georgia Section Manager Gene Clark, W4AYK, of Albany, has announced
that he's stepping down at the end of October, after serving since
October 2009. David Benoist, AG4ZR, of Senoia, has been appointed as
Georgia Section Manager, effective November 1, to complete the
current term of office, which extends until September 30, 2017.


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Just Ahead In Radiosport:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:58 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37807


Just Ahead In Radiosport:


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Regulatory Issues Top ARRL Executive Committee Agenda:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:57 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37806


FCC and regulatory matters will fill the lion's share of the agenda
when the ARRL Executive Committee (EC) meets on October 22 in Chicago.
Topping the list of action items is a review of enforcement strategies
-- a follow-on to discussions during the July 2015 meeting of the ARRL
Board of Directors. This would include "ongoing consideration of
revised plans and strategies for improved Amateur Radio enforcement,
and actions to implement these." It also would address revisions to the
ARRL Official Observer program.


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Bidding Kicks Off on October 21 In Annual ARRL On-Line Auction:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:57 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37805


Bidding in the 11th annual ARRL On-Line Auction begins on October 21 at
1400 UTC,
and the auction will continue through October 27. During the past week,
prospective participants have been able to view the nearly 300 items up
for bid. Those planning to take part must register. Participants in
past ARRL On-Line Auction events may use their previous log-in
information.


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MARS-Amateur Radio Interoperability Exercise to Test Very Bad Day Scenario:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:57 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37804


From October 30 through November 1, members of the Military Auxiliary
Radio System (MARS) will conduct a quarterly US Department of Defense
(DOD) Contingency Communications Exercise (COMMEX). The quarterly
exercise will offer training on the ability to provide communications
following a "very bad day" scenario, when traditional forms of
communications will likely be unavailable, Army MARS Program Manager
Paul English, WD8DBY, said. The exercise will involve interoperability
between MARS and Amateur Radio participants and is open to all members
of the amateur community.


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IARU Region 2 Emergency Communications Workshop Covers Wide Range of Topics

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:56 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37803


The second IARU Region 2 (IARU-R2) Emergency
Communications Workshop on
October 11 focused on international issues facing Amateur Radio in
emergencies and disasters.


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The Doctor Will See You Now!

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:56 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37802


"HF Mobile Antennas" is the topic of the latest (October 20) episode of
the "ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast.
Listen...and learn!


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National Parks On the Air Update:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:54 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37801


On October 19, the log from the 14,000th National Parks on the Air
(NPOTA) activation was uploaded to LoTW. It
also put the ARRL program just shy of 750,000 contacts made from NPS
units in 2016. With a little more than 2 months to go, the NPOTA
community is abuzz with the possibility of breaking the 1 million QSO
mark.


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IARU Honors Past ARRL President Rod Stafford, W6ROD:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:55 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37800


The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has
honored past ARRL President and outgoing IARU Secretary Rod Stafford,
W6ROD (ex-KB6ZV), with the Michael Owen, VK3KI, Memorial Award.
Presenting the award plaque on the opening day of the IARU Region 2
General Assembly in Viña del Mar, Chile, was IARU President Tim Ellam,
VE6SH/G4HUA. The award's namesake served as IARU Region 3 chair and as
President of the Wireless
Institute of Australia (WIA).


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Complete Sweepstakes Records Now Available, Operating Guide Updated:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:55 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37799


Complete sets of ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) records for both modes are
now available,
thanks to the efforts of Trey Garlough, N5KO, and SS Manager Larry
Hammel, K5OT. Records are sortable by category, ARRL Division, and ARRL
Section. A complete list of winners by category -- extending back to
the first Sweepstakes in 1930 -- also is provided. For statistics fans,
the number of logs submitted each year and a cross-reference of call
signs are also available.


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Time to File Your JOTA Station Report:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:54 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37798


Now that Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) 2016 is history, the
Boy Scouts are urging participants to file a JOTA Station Report in order
to determine how
things went.


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ARES/RACES Featured at Joint Tribal Emergency Management Conference:

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:54 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37797


For the third year in a row, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service and
the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (ARES/RACES) were a featured
component of the largest gathering of tribal disaster preparedness,
recovery, hazard mitigation, and homeland security professionals in the
US.


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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A, (SK):

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:53 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37796


Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), HS1A, died on October 13, after
a long period of declining health. Born in Massachusetts while his
physician father was at Harvard University, the king, whose name
translates as "strength of the land, incomparable power," was 88. Noted
DXer Fred Laun, K3ZO/HS0ZAR, said the king was never very active on the
air, and mostly operated using a handheld on 2-meter FM. The king also
enjoyed photography and jazz, and played the saxophone.


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Getting It Right!

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:53 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37795


The first sentence of the article "Current Rules Holding Hams Back from
Adopting State-of-the-Art Technology, ARRL Says," in the October 13,
2016, edition of The ARRL Letter, should have said: "In comments filed on
October 12 with the FCC, ARRL reiterated its case that the FCC
should change the Part 97 rules both to delete the symbol rate limits
in Section 97.307(f) and replace them with a maximum bandwidth for data
emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur frequencies below 29.7 MHz."


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In Brief...

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 07:52 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37794


Report -- Radio Amateurs in India Monitoring "Highly Suspicious" VHF
Communications: Authorities in India have asked radio amateurs along
the Bengal-Bangladesh border to monitor strange VHF radio transmissions
that one of them has called "highly suspicious."


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Electronics Notes Launched After Re-Branding:

Posted: 19 Oct 2016 05:38 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37793


The popular Electronics/Radio website that provides a
wealth of reference material on all aspects of electronics and
radio including ham radio, propagation and radio history has
been rebranded. Now appearing under the name Electronics
Notes it can be found at: