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The ARRL Letter

Published by the American Radio Relay League ********************************************

March 17, 2022

Editor <news@arrl.org>

ARRL Home Page <http://www.arrl.org/>ARRL Letter Archive <http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/>Audio News <http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/> IN THIS ISSUE

- Hamvention 2022 Announces Award Winners
- AMSAT Receives a Grant From ARDC
- Friedrichshafen HAM RADIO 2022 Will Welcome Worldwide Visitors
- RSGB Legacy Committee to Fund 50 MHz Meteor Scatter Beacon
- WRTC 2022 Special Event Station Award Begins New Cycle
- Nordic HF Conference 2022 to Be Held in Fårö, Sweden
- SOTA Activators Complete their Summit Sweep in Wales
- A Contesting Word to the Wise
- ARRL Podcasts Schedule
- The K7RA Solar Update
- In Brief
- Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions
- Just Ahead in Radiosport
- Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, Retires as ARRL News Editor

HAMVENTION 2022 ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS

Chairman of the Hamvention Awards Committee Michael Kalter, W8CI, has
announced the 2022 Dayton Hamvention® award winners.

Special Achievement Award

Kerry Banke, N6IZW, of La Mesa, California, received the Special
Achievement Award. Banke, first licensed in 1961 and now retired, spent
most of his career in the research and development of electronics
systems as a microwave RF electrical engineer. This included 14 years
as a Qualcomm engineer, developing innovative microwave wireless
technologies. Banke's electronic interests span dc to light, with
particular interest and expertise in microwaves. His ham radio
operations have included transmissions on 136 kHz up to laser.

Banke's support to human spaceflight amateur radio started in 1994 when
he served as a school technical mentor and certified ground station for
the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) program. When NASA
transitioned from SAREX to the International Space Station (ISS), Banke
became a member of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) hardware team. For 7 years, working from his home and
electronics lab garage, Banke led the circuit design, breadboarding,
flight circuit board layout, assembly, and testing of the
ARISS-developed multi-voltage power supply. This compact power supply innovation serves as the backbone of the ARISS next-generation on-orbit
radio system.

Banke's contributions to the recently launched ARISS hardware system
has significantly enhanced current ham operations on the ISS.
Additionally, they enable future amateur radio expansion and
experimentation that will permit new educational and operational
capabilities for youth and hams. Annually, hundreds of thousands of ISS
ham contacts are made via the voice repeater and APRS digipeater and
thousands of youth are inspired and engaged through ARISS ham radio
connections with astronauts aboard the ISS.

Technical Achievement Award

Adam Farson, VA7OJ/AB4OJ, of West Vancouver, B.C., received the
Technical Achievement Award for his dedicated professional work with RF
and telecommunications engineering issues and innovation. He has been a
ham since he was a teenager.

Best known to the amateur radio community for his development of
multiple sources of technical support for Icom radios, Farson started
an Icom technical support net on 20 meters in the 1980s. He and came to
know several senior Icom Japan engineers while living in, and traveling
around, Japan while working. With each week's net, Farson helped hams
solve challenging technical and logistical issues.

Farson has spent 3 decades creating an online resource for HF radios.
His website -- a repository for highly technical information on Icom
and other HF transceivers and amplifiers -- is now one of the most
widely cited internet resources.

He independently performs measurements on nearly all new radios,
including noise-power ratio, a measure he developed. His work includes producing the only data radio hobbyists have, which clearly delineates
how modern software-defined radios (SDRs) perform across the spectrum
of band noise levels. Farson has written multiple articles for
technical and amateur radio journals. Recently, he penned a multipart
series on modern HF solid-state amplifier design principles.

Amateur of the Year Award

Jim Simpson, KF8J, of Xenia, Ohio, was named the 2022 Amateur of the
Year. First licensed as a teen, Simpson built his first tower in 1966.
He worked 39 states, including Hawaii, while living at home with his
family. His first shack was in the corner of his dad's garage. Simpson
built all his equipment from Heathkit.

He upgraded to a General-class license in the late 1970s. He built two
towers at his current location in Xenia in 1980, a 100-foot guyed tower
for HF antennas and a 55-foot, free-standing tower for satellite communications. Simpson operates on 80 through 10 meters, mostly using
voice with some digital operations, as well as on 2 meters and 70
centimeters.

Simpson attended his first Dayton Hamvention in 1972. He was a member
of the Hamvention committee for several years and was the first to use computers for the annual event to streamline recording data.

In 1974, a tornado devastated the city of Xenia, Ohio. In 1975, Simpson
saw a way to serve the community, and as a young man, he founded The
Xenia Weather Radio Network. He remains active in the organization.

Simpson was appointed Second Assistant to the Hamvention General Chair
in 1983. In 1984 and 1985, he was appointed Assistant General Chair. He
was appointed the Hamvention Chairman on the DARA Board for the 1986
and 1987 Hamvention events. Simpson has served on the Hamvention
committee continuously since 1973. During that period, he introduced
several technical innovations to the event and remains a senior advisor
on the committee.

Over many years, he mentored many local hams and has been active in
many amateur radio projects in and around Xenia.

Club of the Year Award

The Highland Amateur Radio Association (HARA), K8HO, an ARRL Special
Service Club located in Hillsboro, Ohio, has been named the 2022 Club
of the Year. HARA was established in 1977 and serves a small rural
population in Highland County, Ohio. As a result of ongoing licensing
classes and mentoring sessions, the club reached an all-time high
membership in 2021 with 143 members. Since 2015, membership has grown
by 86 percent, and the membership is comprised of hams from 10
surrounding counties in southwest Ohio and two states. The club
maintains five repeaters within Highland County, of which two are
linked to provide a broader footprint. The club hosts a weekly 2-meter
and 10-meter net, with an average attendance of 28. There are
bi-monthly programs, as well as a monthly gathering called the "Brunch
Bunch."

The club has an excellent relationship with the local newspaper and
leverages that relationship to make the community aware of its events
and of the value and importance of amateur radio.

Hamvention 2022 is set for May 20 - 22 at the Greene County Fairgrounds
and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio. Xenia is about 16 miles east of Dayton,
Ohio. For more information, go to the Hamvention website at
www.hamvention.org <http://www.hamvention.org>.

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio <http://www.arrl.org/>®
is among the major exhibitors that participate in Hamvention each year.

AMSAT RECEIVES A GRANT FROM ARDC

AMSAT has received a generous grant from Amateur Radio Digital
Communications (ARDC) for the development of a 3U spaceframe with
deployable solar panels. This standardized 3U CubeSat spaceframe will
serve as the mechanical platform for AMSAT's Greater Orbit, Larger
Footprint (GOLF) series of satellites, as well as for a new generation
of low-Earth orbit (LEO) FM satellites.

Central to the development of the 3U spaceframe, AMSAT will build three flight-ready spaceframes for an upcoming series of satellites with
potentially enhanced flight control, payload, and communication
capabilities.

The need for a 3U spaceframe with deployable solar panels goes back to
the original design requirements for the GOLF satellites that would
return AMSAT to highly elliptical orbits (HEO). The benefit of this
program will provide satellites with wider coverage and longer access
times to the entire amateur radio satellite community worldwide. --
Thanks to Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP of Development

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN HAM RADIO 2022 WILL WELCOME WORLDWIDE VISITORS

With the recent relaxation of COVID-19 regulations, the Deutscher
Amateur Radio Club (DARC) and Messe Friedrichshafen, partners of the
HAM RADIO 2022 <https://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.com/> exhibition
in Germany, are optimistically looking forward toward holding the 45th
HAM RADIO from June 24 - 26 in Friedrichshafen, subject to the final
official approval by the local authorities.

Appropriate hygienic and distancing measures will be in place for the
safety of all visitors. These will have implications on the design of
the stands, the opening ceremony, the presentation rooms, and the flea
market area.

One of the largest amateur radio conventions in the world, alongside
Dayton Hamvention® in the US and the Japan Amateur Radio League Ham
Fair, HAM RADIO attracts exhibitors and visitors from more than 52
countries to Germany. ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio <http://www.arrl.org/>® will be among the participating International
Amateur Radio Union <https://www.iaru.org/> (IARU) member-societies
exhibiting at the convention. HAM RADIO organizers say they are
"looking forward to seeing you in Friedrichshafen!"

RSGB LEGACY COMMITTEE TO FUND 50 MHZ METEOR SCATTER BEACON

The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has announced <https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/rsgb-notices/2022/03/07/rsgb-legacy-funds-support-50mhz-beacon/>

that its Legacy Committee <https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/committees/legacy-committee/> has
agreed to fund a 50 MHz beacon specifically aimed at studying meteor
events above the UK. The RSGB website reports, "Unlike conventional
propagation beacons, this will beam vertically up using circular
polarization. The 50 MHz band is particularly suitable for observing
meteors by radio as they create an ionized trail strongly reflective to
radio at that frequency, while they burn up on entry to the Earth's
atmosphere. This is a collaborative project between the amateur radio
and radio astronomy communities, and will enable a range of radio-based
citizen science and STEM projects studying meteors. The beacon is to be
located at the Sherwood Observatory of the Mansfield and Sutton
Astronomical Society, a central location for UK coverage." -- Thanks to Southgate Amateur Radio News

WRTC 2022 SPECIAL EVENT STATION AWARD BEGINS NEW CYCLE

World Radiosport Team Championship 2022 (WRTC 2022
<http://www.wrtc2022.it/>) special event stations have been on the air
to call attention to the international competition, now set to take
place in July 2023. Stations that already worked toward the WRTC 2022
Award <https://www.wrtc2022.it/en/wrtc2022-award-19.asp> in January and February may be contacted again. Stations need 50 points for the award.
The point structure is 5 for CW contacts, 10 for SSB contacts, 12 for
RTTY contacts, and 17 for FT8 (or mixed). Points accumulate each month.
Your March score <https://www.wrtc2022.it/en/wrtc2022-award-19.asp>
will be added to your February and January scores. Register and log in
to https://hamaward.cloud and select "WRTC2022 Award" to access your
score page and logbook. The WRTC 2022 Award organizers are asking
participants not to send or email QSL cards. Further information will
show up on the hunters' website.

Special call signs are active during this event. More than 100 Italian
radio amateurs will activate special WRTC call signs, one for each
Italian call district, concluding on July 10, 2022. A first-time award <http://www.wrtc2022.it/award> promoting WRTC 2022 will be available.
Look for these call signs to be active during some contests, concluding
with the 2022 IARU HF World Championship <http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-world-championship>. Each participant's
contact totals and award-hunter scores will be displayed on a real-time leaderboard <http://www.wrtc2022.it/award>. Participants can download
the award in digital format. -- Thanks to The ARRL Contest Update

NORDIC HF CONFERENCE 2022 TO BE HELD IN FåRö, SWEDEN

The Nordic HF Conference <https://www.nordichf.org/> takes place every
3 years, and the next one is planned for August 15 - 17, 2022, reports
the Norwegian Radio Relay League (NRRL <https://nrrl-no.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US>), Norway's International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-society. NRRL
says the conference is a meeting place for industry and defense
research within HF, as well as for radio amateurs. The conference takes
place in a relaxed and informal environment on Fårö, an island north of
Gotland on the Swedish east coast. The event will include "many
exciting lectures," together with radios and antennas, held outdoors or
in an exhibition tent. The Nordic HF Conference
<https://www.nordichf.org/> website includes useful information about
the conference, a link to registration, and a look back at previous conferences. -- Thanks to the NRRL

SOTA ACTIVATORS COMPLETE THEIR SUMMIT SWEEP IN WALES

In May 2021, father-and-son Summits on the Air (SOTA
<http://www.sota.org.uk/>) activators Tom Read, M1EYP, and Jimmy Read,
M0HGY, (the SOTA Association Manager), completed activating every SOTA
summit in Wales -- or so they thought. Detailed surveying work later
that year, however, revealed the existence of a new "Marilyn" summit in
Wales -- Rhinog Fach. "Marilyn" is the nickname given to British and
Irish hills with a topographical prominence of 150 meters and is also
the qualification criteria for a summit to be included in SOTA in the
UK. The new entity was designated the SOTA reference GW/NW-078. Simon
Melhuish, G4TJC, was the first to operate from this particular Marilyn
in October 2021. The Reads set out to activate the summit on December
21, 2021. The walk was a long one and included a steep final ascent,
but the pair were able to complete most of the route in the short
daylight hours. Jimmy made 12 contacts, all on 2-meter FM, while Tom
completed 19, mainly on 20, 30, and 40 meters on CW. Jimmy and Tom Read
can once again claim to have activated every SOTA summit in England,
Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey.

A CONTESTING WORD TO THE WISE

When submitting contest logs, many contest sponsors will provide an
email confirmation of your entry. It's always advisable to check your confirmation email or the contest's Logs Received page to ensure that
your entry has been submitted and that your entry category, club name,
and location are correct. ARRL, CQ, and other contest sponsors allow
you to resubmit your log with any corrections before the log submission deadline. The most recent uploaded log will be used for scoring
purposes. After the deadline, some contest sponsors will release raw
scores that reflect the results before any log checking has been
completed. If, after the deadline, you notice an error in your log
submission, contact the contest sponsor to correct it before the
results are tabulated and made public. -- The ARRL Contest Update <http://www.arrl.org/the-arrl-contest-update>

ARRL PODCASTS SCHEDULE

The latest episode of the On the Air podcast (Episode 26) features an
audio tour of the 10-meter band.

The latest edition (Episode 55) of the Eclectic Tech podcast features a conversation with Dave Slotter, W3DJS, about HamPi -- a free suite of
amateur radio software for the Raspberry Pi microcomputer.

The On the Air and Eclectic Tech podcasts are sponsored by Icom. Both
podcasts are available on iTunes (iOS) and Stitcher (Android) as well
as on Blubrry -- On the Air <https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/> |
Eclectic Tech <https://blubrry.com/eclectictech/>.

THE K7RA SOLAR UPDATE

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, Washington reports: On March 11 at 0431
UTC, Australia's Space Forecast Centre issued a warning. "A slow
coronal mass ejection has been observed late on 10 March, and event
modeling suggests arrival at the Earth late on 13 March. Increased
geomagnetic activity is expected for 14 March 2022."

We observed an active sun this week. Geomagnetic indicators peaked on
Saturday, March 5, when Alaska's high-latitude college A index reached
42.

Again this week, sunspots covered the sun every day. Average daily
sunspot numbers rose from 44 to 87.4, and average daily solar flux went
from 98.5 to 115.5. Geomagnetic indicators were also higher. Average
daily planetary A index increased from 7.3 to 11.4.

The vernal equinox is in a little over a week, 1533 UTC on Sunday,
March 20, when Earth will be bathed in an equal amount of solar
radiation over both Southern and Northern Hemispheres, good for HF
propagation. It is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere,
and fall in the southern.

Predicted solar flux is 120 on March 11 - 12; 115 on March 13; 110 on
March 14 - 16; 105 on March 17; 100 on March 18 - 21; then 101 and 103
on March 22 - 23; 104 on March 24 - 27; then 110, 115, and 116 on March
28 - 30; 118 on March 31 through April 1; 120 on April 2; 116 on April
3 - 4; then 115 and 112 on April 5 - 6; 110 on April 7 - 9; then 108,
102, 98, and 99 on April 10 - 13; then 100 on April 14 - 17.

Predicted planetary A index is 12 on March 11; 5 on March 12 - 13; then
10, 18, 15, 5, and 8 on March 14 - 18; then 12 on March 19 - 20; 15 on
March 21; 7 on March 22 - 24; then 5, 10 and 8, on March 25 - 27; 5 on
March 28 - 29; then 10, 12, 25, 20, and 10 on March 30 through April 3;
5 on April 4 - 6; then 15, 20, and 12 on April 7 - 9; 5 on April 10 -
13; then 8 on April 14, and 10 on April 15 - 16.

Sunspot numbers for March 3 through 9, 2022 were 92, 77, 95, 82, 84,
93, and 89, with a mean of 87.4. 10.7-centimeter flux was 110.9, 113.1,
120.1, 115.7, 118.3, 115.3, and 114.8, with a mean of 115.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 10, 27, 18, 9, 6, and 5, with a mean of
11.4. Middle latitude A index was 3, 7, 19, 13, 7, 5, and 4, with a
mean of 8.3.

A comprehensive K7RA Solar Update is posted Fridays on the ARRL
website. For more information concerning radio propagation, visit <http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals> the ARRL Technical
Information Service, read
<http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere> "What the Numbers
Mean...," and check out <http://k9la.us/> the Propagation Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA.

A propagation bulletin archive <http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation> is available. For customizable propagation charts, visit the VOACAP Online for Ham Radio <https://www.voacap.com/hf/> website.

Share <k7ra@arrl.net> your reports and observations.

IN BRIEF

CQ to Limit Contest Participation by Stations in Russia, Belarus, and
Donbas. In a March 17 news release, CQ Communications, Inc. announced,
"It will not accept competitive entries in any of its sponsored
contests by amateur radio stations in Russia, Belarus, or the
separatist Donbas region of Ukraine (unofficial D1 prefix). Logs
submitted by these stations will be accepted only as check logs. In
addition, contacts with these stations by other participants will have
zero point value and will not count as multipliers." The policy will
take effect with the CQ WPX SSB Contest on March 26 and 27, 2022, and
future events will be considered on a case-by-case basis, depending on
the situation at that time.

Military Exercise Will Use 50 MHz Band. Belgium's communications
regulator BIPT has said 50.200 MHz and 51.075 MHz will be used from May
30 to June 18 during a military exercise. A translation of the post by Belgium's national amateur radio society UBA said, "BIPT informs us
that in the period from May 30 to June 18, 2022, a military exercise
will be held in Elsenborn in which two frequencies in the 6-meter band
will be used -- 50.200 MHz and 51.075 MHz. The amateur radio service
has a secondary status in this band; the military services a primary
status." Radio amateurs are called upon to pay particular attention to
this during this period, to avoid the use of these frequencies if
possible, and certainly to listen carefully to whether the frequency is
in use if they still wish to use the frequencies concerned. -- Thanks
to Southgate Amateur Radio News

American Legion Post Donates Ham Radio Repeater. American Legion Post
106 in Forks, Washington, has donated a new repeater system to the
Clallam County Amateur Radio Club, which co-owns and operates equipment
with Forks Community Hospital on Gunderson Mountain. Joe Wright,
KG7JWW, who is Vice President of the Clallam County Club and a officer
of Post 106, said Clallam County Club shares use of the equipment with
ARES® (Amateur Radio Emergency Service <http://www.arrl.org/ares>®). --
Thanks to American Legion and Southgate Amateur Radio News

UPCOMING SECTION, STATE, AND DIVISION CONVENTIONS

- March 19 -- ARRL Southern Florida Section Convention <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/47th-annual-martin-county-hamfest-arrl-southern-florida-section-convention>

(47th Annual Martin County Hamfest), Stuart, Florida

- March 19 -- ARRL West Texas Section Convention <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/66th-annual-st-patrick-s-day-hamest-arrl-west-texas-section-convention>

(66th Annual St. Patrick's Day Hamfest), Midland, Texas

- March 19 -- ARRL West Virginia Section Convention <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/charleston-area-hamfest-arrl-west-virginia-section-convention>

(Charleston Area Hamfest), Charleston, West Virginia

- March 27 -- ARRL Virginia Section Convention <https://viennawireless.net/wp/events/winterfest/> (Winterfest),
Annandale, Virginia

- April 1 - 2 -- ARRL Maine State Convention <http://w1npp.org/>,
Lewiston, Maine

- April 8 - 9 -- ARRL Oklahoma State Convention <http://www.greencountryhamfest.org/index.php> (Green Country Hamfest
2022), Claremore, Oklahoma

- April 16 -- ARRL Roanoke Division Convention
<https://www.rarsfest.org/> (Raleigh Hamfest), Raleigh, North Carolina

- April 23 -- ARRL Delaware State Convention <http://www.radioelectronicsexpo.com/> (Delmarva Amateur Radio and
Electronics Expo), Georgetown, Delaware

- May 1 -- ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Convention
<http://www.k3dn.org/hamfest/> (Warminster Amateur Radio Club Hamfest), Bristol, Pennsylvania

- May 7 -- ARRL Indiana State Convention <http://www.ncihamfest.com/>
(North Central Indiana Hamfest), Peru, Indiana

Search the ARRL Hamfest and Convention Database
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests> to find events in your area.

JUST AHEAD IN RADIOSPORT

- March 19 -- F9AA Cup SSB

- March 19 -- AGCW VHF/UHF Contest (CW)

- March 19 -- All Virginia QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)

- March 19 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital)

- March 19 -- Russian DX Contest (CW, phone)

- March 20 -- UBA Spring Contest, SSB

- March 20 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)

- March 21 -- OK1WC Memorial (MWC) (CW)

- March 21 -- Bucharest Digital Contest (digital)

- March 23 -- SKCC Sprint (CW)

- March 24 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship, SSB

RICK LINDQUIST, WW1ME, RETIRES AS ARRL NEWS EDITOR

Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, has retired as ARRL News Editor. The position
includes responsibilities like producing news content for the ARRL
website, the weekly ARRL Letter, and the "Happenings" column in QST, as
well as voicing the weekly ARRL Audio News.

Lindquist began his long association with ARRL in 1995. While on staff,
he served as Product Review Editor and then Senior News Editor. He
retired from ARRL in 2007 and then returned in 2013 to fulfill the News
Editor duties on a freelance basis while most recently working remotely
from home in Maine.

"I've logged a total of some 26 years as an ARRL staffer at HQ and as a contractor," Lindquist said. "As I approach 77, I've determined that
sitting in front of a screen was not quite the retirement dream I'd had
in mind and that it was simply time to get out of the chair and spend
more time with my girlfriend, my three lovely cats, and all the
household chores and community activities, such as choral singing, you
could possibly imagine. I do not countenance sitting (or standing) idly
by. Oh, and I may even do some casual CW contesting. I will miss gazing
out my office window to see the eagles, hawks, and sea birds along (or
on) the Union River."

Lindquist will continue in his freelance position as managing editor
for the National Contest Journal (NCJ).

ARRL staff are continuing to publish the ARRL Letter and ARRL News
while a new News Editor is sought. A position description and other
ARRL position and employment opportunities are listed at
www.arrl.org/careers <http://www.arrl.org/careers>.

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THANK YOU!

Special thanks to Dave Greer, N4KZ, of Frankfort, Kentucky, for his contribution to editing this edition of the ARRL Letter. Dave has been
an ARRL member for 52 years.

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