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The ARRL Letter
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Richard Moseson, W2VU, Editor | October 8, 2026
In this Issue:
- Gulf Coast Prepares for Isaias
- WRTC 2022 Results Re-Scored; New Winner Announced
- Radio Scouting Beyond JOTA
- Discovering Ham Radio Via Moonbounce
- 2026 ARRL Online Auction
- Amateur Radio in the News
- ARRL Live Events and Podcasts
- Announcements
- In Brief...
- The ARRL Solar Report
- Just Ahead in Radiosport
- Upcoming ARRL Conventions and Major Events
Gulf Coast Prepares for Isaias
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Hurricane Isaias - the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season - is
headed for the Florida panhandle and up into Alabama, Mississippi, and
Tennessee. The National Hurricane Center says landfall is anticipated late
Friday night into Saturday morning, bringing areas of heavy rainfall to the
central US Gulf coast and much of the Southeast Friday into the weekend.
Flash and urban flooding, along with isolated river flooding, will be
possible.
ARRL North Florida Section Emergency Coordinator Arc Thames, W4CPD, asks all
amateurs to please give priority to any nets or emergency traffic related to
this storm. HF frequencies planned for net use include 3750 or 3985 kHz LSB
on 75 meters; 7240 or 7290 kHz LSB on 40 meters, as well as 14300, 18160 and
21360 kHz USB if needed. In addition, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN)
currently plans to activate at 1230 UTC Friday, operating on both 14325 kHz
and 7268 kHz, due to poor propagation on 20 meters. Also follow the VoIP
Hurricane Net and WX4NHC, the amateur radio station at the National
Hurricane Center, which will be activated and monitoring the nets. See ARRL
News for updates.
The predicted path for Hurricane Isaias as of October 8, 2026. [Image
courtesy National Hurricane Center]
WRTC 2022 Results Re-Scored; New Winner Announced
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The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) Sanctioning Committee has
announced that the original winner of the 2022 competition (actually held in
2023 due to Covid restrictions) has been disqualified in an expanded
investigation into cheating. When a pattern of cheating by certain stations
in the 2026 WRTC was discovered and analyzed in depth by the Judging
Committee (see ARRL Letter 9/3/2026), it was determined that a similar
cheating pattern appeared to have taken place in 2023 as well. A further
analysis of the 2023 logs confirmed this, according to the Sanctioning
Committee, which announced that original winner I44W (operators UW7LL and
VE3DZ) and 9th place finisher I43Z (ops RW7K and RA9P) had been disqualified
as a result. In the revised results, the new winner is I43C (ops DJ5MW and
DL1IAO), with I49D (ops 9A7DX and 9A3LG) in 2nd place and I47M (ops F8DBF
and F1AKK) in 3rd.
The judges determined that the operators of the two disqualified teams had
their identities deliberately revealed through pre-contest frequency
handoffs, violating a rule intended to prevent competitors from being
identified to outside stations. The committee also found that outside
stations used 21 pirated call signs to make fraudulent multiplier-enhancing
contacts, with the activity disproportionately benefiting I44W and I43Z.
Contacts with the pirated call signs were removed from all WRTC logs without
penalty. It was noted by Sanctioning Committee Chair Tine Brajnik, S50A,
that "(t)he 2023 Judging Committee adjudicated the logs with the tools and
time available to it and could not have seen this pattern. It became visible
only when the 2026 Judging Committee developed methods to find the same
scheme in 2026 and then applied them to the 2023 logs." Complete details and
full revised scores are posted on the WRTC website.
Radio Scouting Beyond JOTA
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Radio scouting activity is perking up with this year's Jamboree on the Air
(JOTA) just over a week away, on October 17 and 18. But in some areas, radio
scouting is an ongoing activity. The Dan Beard Council Radio Scouting
Committee, which works with Scout troops in greater Cincinnati, Ohio, and
northern Kentucky, reports that it held a Morse code challenge in May for
scouts heading to the National Jamboree, and that members of the Northern
Kentucky Amateur Radio Club - an ARRL Special Service Club - put a station
on the air from one of the council's summer camps for five consecutive
Wednesday nights, with 87 Scouts operating and making contacts. In addition,
says coordinator Shawn Grubbs, KE8BBC, the West Chester Amateur Radio
Association, WC8VOA - an ARRL Affiliated Club - will host scouts during JOTA
at its station at the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting.
Finally, one local troop is planning a JOTA campout as the capstone of a
three-session Radio Merit Badge program for 30 scouts.
A montage of radio scouting activities from
the Dan Beard Council, serving parts of Ohio
and Kentucky. [Photo courtesy of Shawn Grubb, KE8BBC]
On the west coast, Oregon's Portland Amateur Radio Club and Hoodview Amateur
Radio Club - both ARRL Affiliated Clubs - joined forces over the summer to
introduce amateur radio to hundreds of scouts and adult leaders attending
the Cascade Pacific Council's Camp Meriwether. They used a converted TV news
van with a telescoping 50-foot pneumatic mast, equipped with multiple radios
and antennas, which spent every Wednesday over the summer parked on the
camp's main trail. According to coordinator Jim Hill, K7KEY, more than 550
visitors were introduced to amateur radio and the volunteers helped 115
Scouts complete the requirements for Radio Merit Badge.
The converted TV news van used by the Portland Amateur Radio Club and
Hoodview Amateur Radio Club at Scouting USA's Camp Meriwether on the Oregon
coast, with its 50-foot mast raised and ready for operating. [Photo courtesy
Jim Hill, K7KEY]
Discovering Ham Radio Via Moonbounce
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Ham radio demonstrations typically focus on the value of amateur radio in
emergency communications or the fun of talking around the world without
relying on wired infrastructure. But Paul Sobon, NO抖, takes a different
approach, introducing the public to amateur radio through one of its most
esoteric modes, moonbounce. Paul is also an amateur astronomer and president
of the Deep Space Exploration Society, which is hosting its 11th annual open
house this Sunday, October 11, 2026, at its 60-foot radiotelescope located
outside Haswell, Colorado. "Visitors," says the club's announcement, "can
hear their own voice bounced off the surface of the moon via
Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) contacts on 1296 MHz." The announcement adds that the
society's club station, K抉RT, will be on the air on HF and VHF, and that
optical telescopes will also be available.
"EME is a great way to introduce young kids to ham radio since it is so
unique from how they communicate today," Sobon tells The ARRL Letter. "It
combines science, outer space and communications for a totally different
experience. After hearing their own voice come back from space, they look at
the moon very differently now."
This week says, Sobon, two dozen homeschoolers are visiting the society's
classroom "to learn more about our solar system and what lies beyond,"
adding, "This is the only place in southeastern Colorado that these students
get to see firsthand science at work. It's pretty cool." Sobon notes that
the group's community outreach over the past few years has resulted in
growing interest in amateur radio and that a VE team has been lined up to
start offering license exams next year.
Details on the open house are available at dses.science.
The Deep Space Exploration Society's 60-foot
dish at the Plishner Radio Telescope Site
outside of Haswell, Colorado. [Photo courtesy
Deep Space Exploration Society]
2026 ARRL Online Auction
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The 21st annual ARRL Online Auction returns October 16 through October 22,
with more than 200 items up for bid. The auction preview opens October 13.
This year's selection includes gear from QST "Product Review" articles,
vintage books, pre-owned equipment, signed original sketches by Salty Walt
Hudson, K4OGO, from Salty Walt's Portable Antenna Sketchbook, and four
popular mystery boxes contributed by the ARRL Lab team. Featured equipment
includes the Icom IC-PW2 solid-state amplifier, Alinco DR-CS10HT 2-meter FM
transceiver, and Elecraft KH1 QRP transceiver with the Edgewood package,
along with many other items.
Proceeds from the annual auction benefit ARRL education programs, including
efforts to license new hams, provide continuing technical and operating
education, and develop instructional materials.
All bidders must register on the auction website at
arrl.auctionanything.com. Your ARRL account username and password will not
work on the auction site. If you have participated in a previous ARRL Online
Auction, you may use your existing auction login information. If you have
forgotten your auction User ID or password, click the Help tab for
instructions. Before bidding, be sure your mailing address and other account
information are up to date.
Amateur Radio in the News
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"Feed Me, Seymour! 'Little Shop,' Ham Radios And More Take Over CSM This
October" / Baynet (California, MD), October 3, 2026 -- Charles County
Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL Affiliated Club
"Ham Fest brings amateur radio enthusiasts together in Lima" / WLIO-TV
(Lima, OH), October 3, 2026 -- Northwest Ohio Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL
Affiliated Club
"Local nine-year-old earns her Ham Radio license" / Cleveland.com
(Cleveland, OH), October 1, 2026
"In a cellular world, amateur radio finds a niche in Fauquier" / Fauquier
Now (Warrenton, VA), September 29, 2026 -- Fauquier County ARES
ARRL Live Events and Podcasts
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On the Air LIVE
Contesting for the Beginning Radio Amateur
Join Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, ARRL Director of Education and Learning, for the
October episode of On the Air Live on Tuesday, October 27, at 8 PM Eastern.
Wayne will introduce the fun and benefits of amateur radio contesting, with
a special focus on how newly licensed hams can get started.
Contesting is more than chasing points and making contacts. It's a great way
to improve your operating skills, gain confidence on the air, learn about
propagation, and become a more effective operator-all while having a lot of
fun. Whether you're interested in casual operating, awards, emergency
communications, DXing, or eventually competing in major contests, contesting
can help sharpen skills that carry across the hobby. The livestream will air
on the ARRL's Learning Center, learn.arrl.org. Preregistration is required
and can be accomplished through the Learning Center.
-- Date: October 27, 2026
-- Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific
-- Register Now | ? Previously Recorded Sessions
ARRL Audio News
Listen to ARRL Audio News, available every Friday. ARRL Audio News is a
summary of the week's top news stories in the world of amateur radio and
ARRL, along with interviews and other features. More info | Listen on
Blubrry | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts.
On the Air
Sponsored by Icom
Get Ready for Contest Season
ARRL Director of Education and Learning and host of On the Air LIVE, Wayne
Greene, KB4DSF, joins the podcast to talk about what goes into an on-air
contest, and what you, as a new ham, can get out of participating in one.
More info | Listen on Blubrry | Also available on iTunes and Apple Podcasts.
The ARRL Letter
Announcements
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The following America250 W1AW Portable Activations begin 0000z on
Wednesdays, and end 2359z on Tuesdays (7 days total for each activation).
See the complete schedule at www.arrl.org/america250-was. Review your award
progress and order your certificate and endorsements at america250.arrl.org.
10/07/2026 New Mexico W1AW/5 (host KA8JMW)
10/07/2026 South Dakota W1AW/� (host K截BC)
10/07/2026 Connecticut W1AW/1 (host W8ZY)
10/14/2026 California W1AW/6 (host NZ6Q)
10/14/2026 Georgia W1AW/4 (host AF4DN)
10/14/2026 Missouri W1AW/� (host N戡X)
10/21/2026 Arkansas W1AW/5 (host K5DB)
10/21/2026 Alaska W1AW/KL7 (host KT抔)
10/21/2026 Wisconsin W1AW/9 (host W9XT)
The 2030 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC-2030) will be held in
Croatia. The "Daily DX" reports that the WRTC Sanctioning Committee
announced at the WRTC-2026 awards ceremony in the United Kingdom that it had
accepted the bid by Croatia's national ham association, HRS, to host the
next competition in July, 2030.
This is National Fire Prevention Week (October 4-10), and a dozen special
event stations are heating up the ham bands to bring attention to it. Now in
its 14th year, the "Hamfire" event features special call signs N戳, N1F,
N2F, N3F, N4F, N5F, N6F, N7F, N8F, and N9F, plus "wildcard" stations KF2IRE
and VE3FIRE. QSL cards and certificates are available. Started in 2013 by
the Siemens Fire Safety USA Amateur Radio Club, KF2IRE, the program is
currently administered by Bob Lightner, W4GJ. For more information, visit
hamfire.com.
If your RTTY keyboard isn't worn out from last month's CQ World Wide RTTY DX
Contest (the raw scores are online, by the way), get ready for the Japan
Amateur Radio League's JARL World Wide RTTY Contest on October 17th and
18th. The "Daily DX" reports that JARL has assumed administration for what
had been the JARTS (Japanese Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society) Worldwide
RTTY Contest, now in its 35th year.
NI6BB will be activated by the Battleship Iowa Amateur Radio Association for
the US Navy's 251st birthday from 1700 to 2400 UTC on October 13, 2026. Mode
will be at the option of the operator. Frequencies and other details can be
found at https://biara.org. Full color photo QSLs will be available per the
instructions on the website and on QRZ.com. No LOTW, eQSL or QRZ logs are
used. Visit the ARRL Special Events Stations database to find similar
commemorative events and activations at www.arrl.org/special-event-stations.
In Brief...
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One of the "captains" of YACHT - the Young Amateurs Communication Ham Team
-became a Silent Key on September 24, 2026. Edward "Ed" Engleman, KG8CX, of
Menominee, Michigan, was a co-founder of the group. He was honored by the
Dayton Hamventionｩ with its Amateur of the Year award in 2024 and with the
YASME Excellence Award in 2025. A retired educator, Engleman helped start
YACHT in an effort to bring more young people into amateur radio and to keep
them active. "His major objective," according to his Hamvention bio, was "to
help create and develop enjoyment and skill in communications/technology via
ham radio activity . and to encourage friendships with other youth hams."
Engleman, an ARRL member, was 87.
Former ARRL North Texas Section Emergency Coordinator Harris W. "Bill" Swan,
K5MWC, became a Silent Key on September 29, 2026, at age 83. Licensed since
1957, Swan spent his career as an engineer for Collins Radio/Rockwell
Collins, including overseeing program development for several major HF
communications systems for the military and commercial users. In ham radio,
Bill helped establish Collin County (Texas) ARESｩ in 1973 and served as the
county's Emergency Coordinator for more than 25 years. He was also a
founding member of the Plano Amateur Radio Klub and was past president of
the Collins Amateur Radio Club, both of which are ARRL Affiliated Clubs.
Bill was an ARRL Life Member and served as ARRL North Texas Section
Emergency Coordinator from 2000-2010.
Carlos "Keko" Diez, TI5KD, past president of the Radio Club of Costa Rica
(RCCR), has passed away. The Daily DX reports that Diez was first licensed
in 1979, and quickly became active in DXing, contesting, and DXpeditioning.
According to a post on the RCCR Facebook page, "Keko was an integral part of
the history of our institution and of Costa Rican amateur radio. His
dedication, friendship, and spirit of service leave a lasting mark on those
of us who had the privilege of sharing this great passion for radio with him."
Open Positions at ARRL
Come join the headquarters staff of ARRL The National Association for
Amateur Radioｩ! We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the
following positions:
Technical Editor
RFI Lab Engineer
Public Relations and Outreach Manager
Membership Marketing Analyst
Instructional Specialist
Full details may be found on the ARRL HR web page at www.arrl.org/careers.
ARRL is an equal opportunity employer.
The ARRL Solar Report
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NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G2 (moderate)
Geomagnetic Storm Watch for tomorrow, October 9. It is associated with a
coronal mass ejection (CME) that left the sun on October 6. It says the
effects should be minor, with mainly manageable effects to some
technological infrastructure. The aurora may become visible over some
northern and upper Midwest states from New York to Idaho. Additional M-class
(minor-moderate) solar flares are expected through October 9, otherwise
solar activity is expected to remain at low levels.
The declining sunspot cycle will keep 10 and 12 meters pretty quiet for DX,
except for north-south openings and occasional sporadic-E. DX opportunities
should be better on 17 and 15 meters in the coming week, with the solar flux
above 100 for the entire period (see daily predictions below). Twenty meters
will continue being the workhorse DX band, while 30, 40, 60, and 80 meters
will be at their best during hours of darkness. Many stations in remote
locations will be starting to tune up their equipment for the CQ World Wide
SSB DX Contest on October 24-25, so listen for exotic call signs and
unanticipated band openings as they test and tweak their setups.
Predicted 10.7-centimeter solar flux: Oct 15-18, 105; Oct 19, 110; Oct
20-21, 105; Oct 22, 100. (Source: NOAA SWPC)
Send your tips, questions, or comments to w2vu@xxxx.xxx.
For more information concerning radio propagation, visit the ARRL Technical
Information Service, read "What the Numbers Mean...," and check out the
Propagation Page of Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA.
A propagation bulletin archive is available. For customizable propagation
charts, visit the VOACAP Online for Ham Radio website.
Share your reports and observations.
Solar image on October 8, 2026
[Photo courtesy NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center]
Just Ahead in Radiosport
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October 8 -- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest NA (digital)
October 10 -- QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (CW)
October 10 -- 10-10 Int'l 10-10 Day Sprint (CW, phone, digital)
October 10 - 11 -- Makrothen RTTY Contest (digital)
October 10 - 11 -- Oceania DX Contest, CW (CW)
October 10 - 11 -- Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB (phone)
October 10 - 11 -- SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (CW)
October 10 - 11 -- Arizona QSO Party (CW, phone)
October 10 - 11 -- Pennsylvania QSO Party (CW, phone)
October 10 - 11 -- South Dakota QSO Party (CW, phone)
October 10 - 11 -- PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint (digital)
October 11 -- UBA ON Contest, CW (CW)
October 12 -- 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (CW, phone)
October 14 -- NAQCC CW Sprint (CW)
October 15 -- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest NA (digital)
October 15 - 16 -- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)
October 17 -- 902 MHz and Up Sprint (CW, phone, digital)
October 17 -- Feld Hell Sprint (digital)
October 17 -- Argentina National 7 MHz Contest (phone)
October 17 - 18 -- JARL WW RTTY Contest (digital)
October 17 - 18 -- New York QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
October 17 - 18 -- Worked All Germany Contest (CW, phone)
October 17 - 18 --Stew Perry Topband Challenge (CW)
October 18 - 19 -- Illinois QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
October 18 - 19 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest (CW)
October 19 - 23 -- ARRL School Club Roundup (CW, phone, digital)
Remember to visit the ARRL Contest Calendar for more events and information.
Upcoming ARRL Conventions and Major Events
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ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions (next 60 days)
Search the ARRL Hamfest and Convention Database at www.arrl.org/hamfests to
find events in your area.
October 9 - 10 | SPARK-CON 2026, hosting the ARRL Midwest Division
Convention, Sedalia, Missouri
October 10 | North Star Radio Convention, hosting the ARRL Dakota Division
Convention, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
October 11 | Nutmeg Hamfest, hosting the ARRL Connecticut State Convention,
Meriden, Connecticut
October 11 | HamFest, hosting the ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Convention, Mullica Hill, New Jersey
October 16 - 18 | Pacificon, hosting the ARRL Pacific Division Convention,
San Ramon, California
October 24 | ARRL Day in the Park, hosting the ARRL Mississippi Section
Convention, Ridgeland, Mississippi.
October 30 - 31 | Stone Mountain Hamfest, hosting the ARRL Georgia State
Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia.
November 7 | Superstition ARC Superfest, hosting the ARRL Arizona State
Convention, Mesa, Arizona
November 14 | Montgomery Hamfest, hosting the ARRL Alabama State Convention,
Montgomery, Alabama
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-- Richard Moseson, W2VU, ARRL News Editor
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