‰ Now 18 WPM transition file follows ‰

In the only contested Section Manager race this summer, Bill
Hillendahl, KH6GJV, was re elected as the ARRL San Francisco Section
Manager. He received 237 votes and his opponent, Warren TR Reese,
WB6TMY, received 134 votes. Election ballots were counted Tuesday,
August 21, 2007 at ARRL Headquarters.  Hillendahl, of Santa Rosa,
California, begins his third two year term of office on October 1,
2007.  The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face
opposition and were declared elected for their next terms of office
beginning October 1, 2007. Jeff Ryan, K0RM, Colorado, Mark Tharp,
KB7HDX, Eastern Washington, Susan Swiderski, AF4FO, Georgia, Phineas
Icenbice, W6BF, Los Angeles, Ray Taylor, N5NAV, South Texas, and Ann
Rinehart, KA8ZGY, West Virginia.  Jim Pace, K7CEX, of Centralia,
Washington, will become the Western Washington Section Manager on
October 1. Pace will take over the reins from Ed Bruette, N7NVP, who
decided not to run for a third term of office. Pace has moved up
through the section leadership ranks by previously serving as
District Emergency Coordinator, Section Emergency Coordinator and
presently as an Assistant Section Manager.  Ron Murdock, W6KJ, who
already had been declared elected as the new Sacramento Valley
Section Manager as of October 1, began his term a little early on
July 2. Murdock was appointed to fill in for Casey McPartland, W7IB,
who stepped down because of a planned upcoming move out of the
section.  Were on the road this week, and post this bulletin from
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.  Solar activity continues low.
The sun is currently spotless, but sunspots may return around August
20.  This weeks average daily sunspot numbers were down about a
point from last weeks, from 12R4 to 11R3.  Expect quiet geomagnetic
conditions over the next week, according to a forecast from the US
Air Force, which predicts a planetary A index for August 17 to 23 of
8, 5, 10, 5, 5, 10 and 8.  But Geophysical Institute Prague has
quite a different prediction for August 18.  They predict quiet
conditions for August 17, unsettled to active on August 18,
unsettled August 19, quiet August 20 and 21, unsettled August 22,
and quiet to unsettled August 23.  Jerry Reimer, KK5CA of Spring,
Texas, sent in some interesting comments about NVIS, Near Vertical
Incidence Skywave, propagation and antennas, and ionospheric data
available on the internet.  An automated ionospheric sounder, or
isosonde, beams energy straight up while sweeping the signal up in
frequency, thereby determining the MUF or Maximum Usable Frequency
of that area by measuring the reflected signal.  Sunspot numbers
were 14, 14, 13, 11, 13, 14 and 0 with a mean of 11R3.  10R7 cm flux
was 67R4, 67R5, 67R6, 68R1, 67R7, 68R5, and 67R6, with a mean of
67R8.  Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 13, 12, 6, 3, 6 and 8
with a mean of 7R4.  Estimated mid latitude A indices were 2, 10, 7,
5, 2, 3 and 6, with a mean of 5‚

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