Subj : 2 The ARRL Letter for February 22, 2018 To : all From : mark lewis Date : Fri Feb 23 2018 11:19:52 Sunspot numbers for February 15-21 were 15, 12, 12, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 5.6. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 72.5, 71.5, 69, 70.3, 69.1, 70.5, and 67.6, with a mean of 70.1. Estimated planetary A indices were 11, 7, 12, 14, 17, 5, and 4, with a mean of 10. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 6, 7, 10, 14, 11, 3, and 3, with a mean of 7.7. Send me your reports or observations. ____________________________________________________________________________ Just Ahead in Radiosport * February 24-25 -- North American QSO Party (RTTY) * February 24-25 -- REF Contest (SSB) * February 24-25 -- UBA DX Contest (CW) * February 24-25 -- South Carolina QSO Party (CW, phone, digital) * February 25 -- High-Speed Club CW Contest * February 25 -- SARL Digital Contest * February 25-26 -- North Carolina QSO Party (CW, phone, digital) * February 28 -- SKCC Sprint CW * February 28 -- 3.5 UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (CW) 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 e-mail preferences. ____________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions * February 24 -- TECHCON Conference, Winter Haven, Florida * February 24 -- New Mexico TechFest, Albuquerque, New Mexico * February 24 -- Vermont State Convention, S. Burlington, Vermont * March 2-3 -- Alabama State Convention, Irondale, Alabama * March 3 -- Arkansas State Convention, Russellville, Arkansas * March 9-10 -- Louisiana State Convention, Rayne, Louisiana * March 9-10 -- North Carolina Section Convention, Concord, North Carolina * March 10 -- Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska * March 16-17 -- South Texas Section Convention, Rosenberg, Texas * March 17 -- Southern Florida Section Convention, Stuart, Florida * March 17 -- West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas * March 24 -- Utah Digital Communications Conference, Sandy, Utah * March 24 -- MicroHAMS Digital Conference, Redmond, Washington * March 24 -- West Virginia Section Convention, Charleston, West Virginia * March 30-31 -- Maine State Convention, Lewiston, Maine * March 31 -- North Carolina State Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina Find conventions and hamfests in your area. ____________________________________________________________________________ ARRL -- Your One-Stop Resource for Amateur Radio News and Information. * Join or Renew Today! ARRL membership includes QST, Amateur Radio's most popular and informative journal, delivered to your mailbox each month. * Listen to ARRL Audio News, available every Friday. Subscribe to... * NCJ -- National Contest Journal. Published bimonthly, features articles by top contesters, letters, hints, statistics, scores, NA Sprint, and QSO Parties. * QEX -- A Forum for Communications Experimenters. Published bimonthly, features technical articles, construction projects, columns, and other items of interest to radio amateurs and communications professionals. Free of charge to ARRL members... * Subscribe to the ARES E-Letter (monthly public service and emergency communications news), the ARRL Contest Update (bi-weekly contest newsletter), Division and Section news alerts -- and much more! Find ARRL on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter, Snapchat @ARRLHQ, and Instagram! ____________________________________________________________________________ The ARRL Letter is published Thursdays, 48 times each year. ARRL members may subscribe at no cost or unsubscribe by editing their Member Data Page as described at http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/. Copyright (C) 2018 American Radio Relay League, Incorporated. Use and distribution of this publication, or any portion thereof, is permitted for non-commercial or educational purposes, with attribution. All other purposes require written permission. www.arrl.org )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong... .... Such companies give a bad name to the penis enhancement business. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .