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Wyoming and Kentucky will be getting new ARRL Section Managers on
April 1, while incumbents in several other sections have been re
elected for new terms. Ballots in contested elections in the winter
Section Manager election cycle were counted on February 24 at ARRL
Headquarters.  Some candidates ran unopposed.  In Wyoming,
challenger Jack Mitchell, N7MJ, of Cheyenne, will be the new Section
Manager. He received 125 votes to 108 votes for incumbent Wyoming SM
Garth Crowe, WY7GC, of Gillette. Crowe has served as SM since
January 2009.  A ham since 1973, Mitchell is an active ARRL
Volunteer Examiner who enjoys exploring and operating new modes,
attending hamfests, making new friends, contesting casually, and
chasing DX. He currently serves as secretary of ShyWY Amateur Radio
Club.  The Kentucky Section also will have a new Section Manager
starting in April. Alan Morgan, KY1O, of Paris was the only nominee
for the position. An ARRL Life Member for more than 30 years, Morgan
has held several leadership posts, including District Emergency
Coordinator, Emergency Coordinator and net manager and has served as
an ARRL affiliated club president. Outgoing SM Jim Brooks, KY4Z,
decided not to run for another term of office after being at the
helm in Kentucky since 2007.  In contested races two incumbent SMs
prevailed over their challengers. In Arizona, Robert Spencer, KE8DM,
of Yuma, outpolled Steven Wood, W1SR, of Tucson, 775 to 464. In Iowa
Section Manager Bob McCaffrey, K0CY, of Boone also was re elected,
defeating challenger Scott Kirstein, N0OOD, of Ankey 402 to 127.
Spencer and McCaffrey both have served since 2013 and will be
starting their second terms in April.  Several other incumbent
Section Managers faced no opposition in this election cycle and have
been declared re elected. They are Dale Temple, W5RXU, Arkansas,
Malcolm Keown, W5XX, Mississippi, George Forsyth, AA7GS, Montana,
Chris Brewer, N5GMJ, North Texas, and Carl Gardenias, WU6D, Orange.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service web page.  A detailed explanation of
the numbers used in this bulletin is also available on this site.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is also available.  Monthly
propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas
locations can be found on the W1AW web site.  Find more good
information and tutorials on propagation on the k9la web site.  The
multiple websites mentioned in this bulletin can be found in
teleprinter, packet and Internet versions of 2015 Propagation
Forecast Bulletin ARLP008.  Sunspot numbers were 50, 59, 49, 45, 44,
40, and 95, with a mean of 54.6. 10.7 cm flux was 127.6, 124.9,
120.4, 119.6, 118.1, 118.5, and 121, with a mean of 121.4. Estimated
planetary A indices were 5, 3, 3, 6, 5, 22, and 19, with a mean of
9. Estimated mid latitude A indices were 3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 18, and 15,
with a mean of 7.


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