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Ärende: Weekly ARRL Letter
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   The ARRL Letter                                                       
   June 6, 2019                                                          
                                                                         
     * Emergency Messaging Demonstration for Red Cross, FEMA is a           
       Success                                                              
     * Ohio ARES Activates in Wake of Tornadoes that Badly Damaged Hara     
       Arena                                                                
     * Hurricane Michael Investigation Digs into Factors that Hindered      
       Wireless Services Recovery                                        
     * The Doctor Will See You Now!                                      
     * New FT4 Beta Release "Leaps and Bounds" Better than Earlier       
       Iterations                                                        
     * China Set to Launch New Amateur Satellite with "Sail Ball"        
       Stabilization                                                     
     * Mexican Amateur Radio Volunteers Provide Communication in         
       Wildfire Response                                                 
     * The K7RA Solar Update                                             
     * Just Ahead in Radiosport                                          
     * AMSAT, ARISS Veteran Keith D. Pugh, W5IU, SK                      
     * Yasme Foundation Designates Supporting Grant, Excellence Award    
       Recipients                                                        
     * In Brief...                                                       
     * Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions            
   Emergency Messaging Demonstration for Red Cross, FEMA is a Success    
                                                                         
   On May 23, with Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency     
   (FEMA) officials monitoring, dozens of radio amateurs along the US    
   east coast demonstrated Amateur Radio's ability to deliver messages   
   without commercial power, infrastructure, or permanently established  
   stations. The event took place in coordination with ARRL, as a mock   
   response to a simulated disaster scenario -- a major hurricane with   
   mass casualties. During the event, radio amateurs at portable         
   stations from New England to the Carolinas delivered message traffic  
   to W1AW, which coordinated and delivered the information to officials 
   attending a joint Red Cross-FEMA meeting in Baltimore.                
                                                                         
   W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia,                                      
   NJ1Q (front), and ARRL Emergency                                      
   Preparedness Assistant Manager Ken                                    
   Bailey, K1FUG, working the mics                                       
   while Red Cross volunteer Rosty                                       
   Slabicky, W2ROS, looks on. [Michelle                                  
   Patnode, W3MVP, photo]                                                
                                                                         
   "About a dozen stations participated in the demonstration, including  
   operators in Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, northern   
   New Jersey, western Pennsylvania, Delaware, and South Carolina," ARRL 
   Communications Manager Dave Isgur, N1RSN, said. "Red Cross officials  
   were on-site at W1AW and at the receiving station in Baltimore. At    
   both sites, they indicated that were impressed with Amateur Radio's   
   ability to deliver messages digitally so that could be displayed on a 
   computer screen and in a format that matched the format for messages  
   that the Red Cross uses." Isgur said ABC, CBS, and Fox TV affiliates  
   sent reporting teams to W1AW.                                         
                                                                         
   A few stations, including W1AW and stations in Baltimore, generated   
   local media coverage of their participation, much of it tied into the 
   notion of "Amateur Radio operators and the partner agencies they      
   serve are getting ready for the 2018 hurricane season," which begins  
   on June 1 and continues through November 30.                          
                                                                         
   W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, said the exercise went well    
   overall. "Conditions were a bit tepid at best, but we were able to    
   establish voice contact first, and then proceed with the digital      
   traffic (MT63-1KS) during the roll call," Carcia said. "Digital       
   signals were good. I needed just one retransmit. We used fldigi with  
   flmsg. This made life so much easier."                                
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
   Ohio ARES Activates in Wake of Tornadoes that Badly Damaged Hara      
   Arena                                                                 
                                                                         
   Hara Arena, in Trotwood, Ohio, which served as the home for Dayton    
   Hamvention^(R) for more than 6 decades, was among the structures      
   extensively damaged when tornadoes swept through the Dayton area on   
   Memorial Day. WHIO-TV drone video showed that the roof and side of    
   the structure had been blown off in several places by the EF3         
   (severe-scale damage) event. Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan  
   Broadway, N8BHL, said ARES counties and districts activated after     
   nearly 40 tornado warnings were issued across the state. He said Ohio 
   ARES was in the process of announcing a partnership with the Ohio     
   Emergency Management Agency Watch Desk, in which some 2,000 Ohio      
   radio amateurs will feed situation awareness to the state.            
                                                                         
   "Our plan was to use the Ohio DMR statewide talk group along with our 
   normal HF 80-meter voice and digital nets -- depending on storm       
   noise," Broadway said. "We got to launch that system under pressure   
   [on] Memorial Day." Broadway said information received from radio     
   amateurs during the all-night effort was fed directly into the        
   state's WebEOC software to help the Watch Desk determine the need to  
   assist county EMA directors requests for aid. The Ohio AuxComm's      
   W8SGT was on the air continuously, receiving reports from county ARES 
   groups, he added.                                                     
                                                                         
   The severe weather struck after dark, causing widespread damage in    
   and around Dayton and elsewhere in the Miami Valley. Multiple         
   injuries and one fatality have been reported. It appears that at      
   least two tornadoes were responsible for most of the devastation,     
   which was called "catastrophic." The NWS office in Wilmington, Ohio,  
   estimated that at one point, storms and tornadoes left some 5 million 
   people without electrical power.                                      
                                                                         
   Snow plows were repurposed to remove debris from Interstate Route 75, 
   and the American Red Cross set up shelters to accommodate displaced   
   residents.                                                            
                                                                         
   "First-tier communications remained solid in most of the affected     
   areas," Broadway recounted, "but amateur operators were able to       
   provide situational awareness that enhanced the response." Most ARES  
   activities in Ohio wrapped up on May 29.                              
                                                                         
   WHIO-TV reported on June 5 that structural engineers were still       
   assessing the damage at Hara Arena, but Michael Heitz, the Kentucky   
   developer who now owns the building and the surrounding 120 acres,    
   has expressed confidence that the main arena can be saved, although   
   an attached section will have to be demolished.                       
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
                                                                       
   Hurricane Michael Investigation Digs into Factors that Hindered       
   Wireless Services Recovery                                            
                                                                         
   On May 9, the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau        
   released a report on its investigation into communications providers' 
   preparation for and response to Hurricane Michael last October. An    
   array of Amateur Radio public service assets was active as Hurricane  
   Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach on the Florida Panhandle,     
   boasting devastating 155 MPH winds. The storm was the first Category  
   4 or stronger hurricane to hit the Florida Panhandle since 1992.      
                                                                         
   The FCC investigation found that three key factors -- insufficiently  
   resilient backhaul connectivity, inadequate reciprocal roaming        
   arrangements, and a lack of coordination between wireless service     
   providers, power crews, and municipalities -- were the predominant    
   causes behind what the FCC called "the unacceptably slow restoration  
   of wireless service in the Florida Panhandle" in the storm's wake.    
   According to the FCC, its investigation even found that recovery      
   efforts themselves often led to communication outages.                
                                                                         
   "There were numerous cases in which a wireless provider had restored  
   service to customers only to have that service brought down as        
   third-party crews damaged communications assets while clearing trash  
   or restoring power lines and utility poles," the FCC recounted in a   
   news release.                                                         
                                                                         
   To improve recovery efforts from future storms, the report            
   recommended, among other things, that wireless providers use diverse  
   backhaul options, such as microwave links and satellite links in      
   hurricane-prone areas, and that communication providers participate   
   in training to improve coordination of restoration efforts.           
                                                                         
   The Hurricane Michael Report is available at on the FCC website. --   
   FCC News Release                                                      
                                                                         
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   The Doctor Will See You Now!                                          
                                                                         
   "Stringing Up Wire Antennas" is the topic of the new (June 6) 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.          
                                                                       
   New FT4 Beta Release "Leaps and Bounds" Better than Earlier           
   Iterations                                                            
                                                                         
   The WSJT-X Development Group released yet another new beta version of 
   the FT4 protocol this week, and WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc7 is now available for 
   testing. Developers point out that the FT4 included in this "release  
   candidate 7" version is not compatible with any previous releases. A  
   short mock contest session to wring out the contesting features of    
   FT4 took place on June 4.                                             
                                                                         
   "Thanks to all who participated in yesterday's FT4 mock-contest       
   practice session -- and especially to those who provided useful       
   feedback. It is much appreciated!" said developer Joe Taylor, K1JT.   
   "Everyone likes the 7.5-second T/R sequences, which provide operators 
   with significantly more human interaction time than in previous       
   revisions of FT4. Users also appreciated the sensitivity improvements 
   and a larger range of acceptable time offsets (DT)." DT represents    
   the combined clock difference for the transmitting and receiving      
   computers, he explained.                                              
                                                                         
   Based on data compiled by Steve Franke, K9AN, Taylor said that it     
   appears developers have the WSJT-X timing behavior under good control 
   on all supported platforms, and the range of measured signal-to-noise 
   values extended down to -21 dB.                                       
                                                                         
   "I operated for about 3 hours using 100 W and a dipole," Taylor       
   recounted. "I copied transmissions from 263 unique call signs and     
   made 143 QSOs in 29 states, 5 Canadian provinces, and 15 DXCCs."      
                                                                         
   Taylor said the developers anticipate addressing all remaining issues 
   they're aware of. "I believe we are on a good path toward a General   
   Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X 2.1.0 by mid-July," he said.      
                                                                         
                        Steve Franke, K9AN, of the WSJT-X Development    
                        Group spent most of his time observing during    
                        the mock contest on June 4, decoding some 25,300 
                        FT4 transmissions. This chart represents         
                        signal-to-noise ratios reported.                 
                                                                         
   "This new version of FT4 is leaps and bounds better than before,"     
   said Mike Black, W9MDB, in a June 4 post to the Yahoo WSJT Meteor     
   Scatter and Weak Signal Group. "I worked almost everybody I could see 
   without any repeats. Seems like we have a winner here."               
                                                                         
   Changes, improvements, and bug fixes that have been made since WSJT-X 
   2.1.0-rc5 include:                                                    
     * T/R sequence length increased from 6.0 to 7.5 seconds.            
     * Signal bandwidth decreased from 90 Hz to 80 Hz.                   
     * Improved sensitivity: Threshold S/N is now -17.5 dB.              
                                                                         
   Release candidate WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc7 will be available for beta-testing 
   through July 21, and it will permanently cease to function after that 
   date. It will not be usable during the ARRL June VHF Contest or       
   during ARRL Field Day. Taylor advised using WSJT-X 2.0.1 and FT8 for  
   these events.                                                         
                                                                         
   Downloadable installation packages for WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc7 under         
   Windows, Linux, and macOS are available on the WSJT-X web page.       
   China Set to Launch New Amateur Satellite with "Sail Ball"            
   Stabilization                                                         
                                                                         
   Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) has announced the impending  
   launch of the CAS-7B satellite, also designated as BP-1B, a           
   short-lived spacecraft that will carry an Amateur Radio payload. An   
   unusual feature of the spacecraft is its "sail ball" passive          
   stabilization system. The 1.5 U CubeSat is attached to a              
   500-millimeter flexible film ball -- or sail -- that will offer       
   passive "pneumatic resistance" stabilization, the announcement said.  
   CAS-7B is expected to remain in orbit for up to 1 month.              
                                                                         
   The spacecraft will carry an Amateur Radio transponder and            
   educational mission. CAMSAT is working with the Beijing Institute of  
   Technology (BIT), a top aerospace school, which is providing launch   
   support. BIT faculty and students are participating in the            
   development and testing of the satellite, and, with CAMSAT's help,    
   the university has established an Amateur Radio club (BI1LG). CAMSAT  
   said many students are now members, "learning Amateur Radio satellite 
   communication and [experiencing] endless fun."                        
                                                                         
   The VHF and UHF antennas are quarter-wave monopoles. CAS-7B will      
   transmit a CW telemetry beacon on 435.715 MHz. The V/U FM voice       
   transponder downlink will be 435.690 MHz, and the transponder uplink  
   will be 145.900 MHz (16 kHz passband).                                
                                                                         
                                    CAS-7B during testing. [CAMSAT       
                                    photo]                               
                                                                         
   The 3-kilogram satellite will have an apogee of 300 kilometers.       
                                                                         
   "Because of the orbital apogee and the size and mass of the           
   satellite, the orbital life is expected to be only 1 week, up to a    
   maximum of 1 month, which will also provide an opportunity for hams   
   to track and monitor satellite entering the atmosphere," CAMSAT said  
   in announcing the new satellite, scheduled for launch late this       
   month.                                                                
                                                                         
   "The launch will use a new launch vehicle from a small commercial     
   rocket company," CAMSAT explained. "This is the first launch of this  
   launch vehicle, and there is a large possibility of failure; if the   
   launch fails, we will have another launch later this year." -- Thanks 
   to Alan Kung, BA1DU/CAMSAT                                            
                                                                       
   Mexican Amateur Radio Volunteers Provide Communication in Wildfire    
   Response                                                              
                                                                         
   Mexican radio amateurs provided communication support in late May     
   from a fire scene in a remote area to civil protection authorities in 
   Monterrey, Mexico. Two-member teams of volunteers were flown in via   
   helicopter since May 20, the first day of radio support, when the     
   fire had already been burning for a couple of days. The fire in       
   Pajonal -- about 20 kilometers south of Monterrey -- covered more     
   than 200 acres in rough terrain. Temperatures topped 100 øF.          
                                                                         
   Fueled by hot and dry conditions, Mexico's 2019 fire season has been  
   intense, leading to poor air quality. By mid-May, more than 100       
   wildfires were active in 17 Mexican states.                           
                                                                         
   Teams had been using Winlink but added the weak-signal software Vara  
   HF, after José Alberto Nieto, EA5HVK, provided a Vara license on      
   short notice. Tom Whiteside, N5TW, in Georgetown, Texas, supported    
   the effort from across the border, aiming his 40- and 20-meter arrays 
   in the direction of the fire in Nuevo Leon. Alfonso Tamez, XE2O,      
   president of Mexico's IARU member-society Federaci¢n Mexicana de      
   Radioexperimentadores (FMRE), was been among the volunteers.          
                                                                         
   In addition to HF digital traffic, the volunteer teams took advantage 
   of VHF repeaters. HF antennas consisted of a 40-meter dipole for 40   
   and a steerable portable dipole. A generator is providing electrical  
   power.                                                                
   The K7RA Solar Update                                                 
                                                                         
   Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: According to Spaceweather.com, as   
   of June 5 there have been no sunspots for 17 days in a row. Average   
   daily solar flux went to 69.5 for the May 30 - June 5 reporting week  
   from 67.4 in the previous 7 days. The average daily planetary A index 
   declined from 7.3 to 5.6, while the mid-latitude A index dipped from  
   8.1 to 5.                                                             
                                                                         
   Last week I suggested that sunspots should return soon, based on the  
   predicted solar flux, but those projections have softened. On June 5  
   the 45-day predicted solar flux was 70 on June 6 - 13; 72 on June 14  
   - 16; 71 on June 17; 70 on June 18 - 29; 71 on June 30; 72 on July 1  
   - 13; 71 on July 14, and 70 on July 15 - 20.                          
                                                                         
   Predicted planetary A index is 5, 8, 10, and 8 on June 6 - 9; 5 on    
   June 10 - 22; 8, 10, 12, and 8 on June 23 - 26; 5 on June 27 - 29; 8  
   on June 30 - July 2; 5 on July 3 - 4; 8 on July 5 - 6; 5 on July 7 -  
   19, and 8 on July 20.                                                 
                                                                         
   Spaceweather.com reported on June 5 that Northern Hemisphere radars   
   were "pinging with activity" from a strong daytime meteor shower.     
                                                                         
   In Friday's bulletin, read about recent openings on 10 and 6 meters.  
                                                                         
   Sunspot numbers for May - June 5, 2019 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0,  
   with a mean of 0. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 68.7, 68.7, 69.7,      
   69.9, 69.8, 70, and 69.8, with a mean of 69.5. Estimated planetary A  
   indices were 8, 5, 4, 4, 5, 8, and 5, with a mean of 5.6. Middle      
   latitude A index was 8, 5, 3, 4, 4, 7, and 4, with a mean of 5.       
                                                                         
   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                                              
                                                                         
   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.                
     * June 7 -- HA3NS Sprint Memorial Contest (CW)                      
     * June 8 -- Asia-Pacific Sprint, SSB                                
     * June 8 - 9 DRCG WW RTTY Contest                                   
     * June 8 - 9 -- VK Shires Contest (CW, phone)                       
     * June 8 - 9 -- Portugal Day Contest (CW, phone)                    
     * June 8 - 9 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)                       
     * June 8 - 9 -- GACW WWSA CW DX Contest                             
     * June 8 - 9 -- REF DDFM 6-Meter Contest (CW, phone)                
     * June 8 - 10 -- ARRL June VHF Contest (CW, phone, digital)         
     * June 9 -- All Cookie Crumble QRP Contest (CW, phone, digital)     
     * June 10 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone)    
     * June 10 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (Digital)              
     * June 12 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)                                   
                                                                         
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   AMSAT, ARISS Veteran Keith D. Pugh, W5IU, SK                          
                                                                         
   AMSAT and ARISS engineering veteran, Keith Pugh, W5IU, of Fort Worth, 
   Texas, died on May 24. An ARRL Life Member, he was 80.                
                                                                         
   Born and raised in Dodge City, Kansas, Pugh was licensed in 1953.     
   Amateur Radio strongly influenced his decision to pursue a career in  
   electrical engineering, and he earned a Bachelor of Science in        
   electrical engineering at Kansas State University in 1961. He moved   
   to Texas to work for Convair (later General Dynamics and Lockheed     
   Martin), and, after upgrading to an Amateur Extra-class license, he   
   became W5IU. Pugh retired from Lockheed Martin in 2004 after a career 
   in RADAR and Navigation Systems Engineering.                          
                                                                         
   At Dayton Hamvention^(R), Pugh                                        
   volunteered in the AMSAT Booth for                                    
   many years and frequently headed up                                   
   the Dayton Hamvention Satellite                                       
   Demonstration Station.                                                
                                                                         
   In the early 1980s, he became interested in ham radio satellites,     
   making contacts on AO-08 and AO-10. He went on to become an AMSAT     
   Area Coordinator and, later served as AMSAT Vice President for        
   Operations.                                                           
                                                                         
   Pugh jump-started his passion for Amateur Radio on human spaceflight  
   missions in 1991, when the Soviet space station Mir was in orbit.     
   Pugh joined the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station      
   (ARISS) team in 2004, where he has provided support as an operations  
   leader, mentoring numerous schools and ARISS contact organizations    
   and attending ARISS International meetings.                           
                                                                         
   ARISS ARRL Representative Rosalie White, K1STO, said Pugh made a      
   difference in his role as an ARISS Technical Mentor for many schools. 
   "ARISS contacts are always exciting and sometimes produce tense       
   moments," White said. "He touched hundreds of thousands of youth      
   along with all ages of people who had curiosity about ham radio,      
   space, and satellites."                                               
   Yasme Foundation Designates Supporting Grant, Excellence Award        
   Recipients                                                            
                                                                         
   The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation has awarded $5,000     
   each to the Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) and ARRL scholarship   
   programs for 2019, and $5,000 in general support to World Radiosport  
   Team Championship 2022 (WRTC 2022) in Italy and a second grant to     
   sponsor the so-called "Widow's Ball" during WRTC 2022.                
                                                                         
   The Yasme Foundation Board also announced recipients of the Yasme     
   Excellence Award. They are:                                           
     * Angel Vazquez, WP3R, for his work in disaster relief, and as an   
       outstanding ambassador for Amateur Radio.                         
     * Nikola Percin, 9A5W,  for his outstanding work in advancing       
       Amateur Radio in Croatia and the surrounding region. He is a      
       cofounder of 9A1A. Percin initiated efforts to recruit young      
       amateurs and established youth programs in coordination with      
       local universities.                                               
                                                                         
   The Yasme Excellence Award recognizes individuals and groups who,     
   through their own service, creativity, effort, and dedication, have   
   made significant contributions to Amateur Radio. These may be in      
   recognition of technical, operating, or organizational achievement,   
   as all three are necessary for the growth of Amateur Radio. The Yasme 
   Excellence Award is in the form of a cash grant and an individually   
   engraved crystal globe.                                               
   In Brief...                                                           
                                                                         
   The next Kids Day is Saturday, June 15. That's the day to get         
   youngsters on the air to share in the joy and fun that Amateur Radio  
   has to offer. Kids Day gets under way at 1800 UTC and concludes at    
   2359 UTC. Sponsored by the Boring (Oregon) Amateur Radio Club, this   
   event has a simple exchange, suitable for younger operators: first    
   name, age, location, and favorite color. After that, the contact can  
   be as long or as short as each participant prefers. Look for activity 
   on these frequencies: 10 meters: 28.350 - 28.400 MHz; 12 meters:      
   24.960 - 24.980 MHz; 15 meters: 21.360 - 21.400 MHz; 17 meters:       
   18.140 - 18.145 MHz; 20 meters: 14.270 - 14.300 MHz; 40 meters: 7.270 
   - 7.290 MHz, and 80 meters: 3.740 - 3.940 MHz. Repeater contacts are  
   okay with permission of the repeater owner. As with any on-the-air    
   activity that includes unlicensed individuals, control operators must 
   observe third-party traffic restrictions when making DX contacts.     
   Additional details are on the ARRL website.                           
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
                                                                         
   LoTW is now accepting FT4 contacts. The latest TQSL update            
   (Config.xml version 11.8), released on May 22, includes FT4 as a      
   submode of MFSK. It also adds AISAT-1 and PO-101 in the satellite     
   category. As of June 5, more 1 billion contact records have been      
   entered into the system, resulting in 201,492,514 contact             
   confirmations. LoTW has 118,729 users worldwide.                      
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
                                                                         
   Adafruit Industries Founder Limor Fried, AC2SN, was one of two 2019   
   Women in Open Source Award winners. Sponsored by open-source solution 
   provider Red Hat, the awards honor women who make important           
   contributions to open-source projects and communities, or those       
   making innovative use of open-source methodology. Nominations for     
   this year's awards were accepted for two categories: "Academic" for   
   those currently enrolled in a college or university, and "Community"  
   for those working on or volunteering with projects related to open    
   source. A panel of judges determined finalists based on nomination    
   criteria, and the public voted to determine the award winners. Fried  
   was recognized in the community category. She is the founder and lead 
   engineer at Adafruit Industries, an open-source hardware company      
   designed to provide a place for people to learn about and purchase    
   open tools, equipment, and electronics online.                        
                                                                         
   +++                                                                   
                                                                         
   Tom Roscoe, K8CX, has posted 361 photos in his Ham Gallery of various 
   Dayton Hamvention^(R) 2019 events. Hamvention 2019 hosted the ARRL    
   National Convention. This is Roscoe's 23rd year of documenting the    
   event, bringing the total to 6,053 Hamvention photos, including this  
   one of ARRL Washington Counsel David Siddall, K3ZJ. Search the entire 
   photo database by entering a call sign. Roscoe also invites photos    
   via email, but at least one ham not already listed on his page must   
   be in the photo, and all hams shown must be identified by call sign.  
   He also accepts Dayton Hamvention photos from past years that meet    
   the same requirements, as well as any "interesting stories or fun     
   moments" from Dayton Hamvention 2019 or forum reviews for his blog.   
                                                                         
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   Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions                
     * June 7 - 8 -- West Gulf Division Convention (Ham-Com), Plano,     
       Texas                                                             
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       Washington                                                        
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       Huntsville, Alabama                                               
     * August 23 - 25 -- West Virginia State Convention, Weston, West    
       Virginia                                                          
                                                                         
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