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It gives me great pleasure to announce that our ARRL Maryland/DC Section has a new manager, Chris Van Winkle AB3WG.  You will recognize Chris as an assistant Section Manager for MD/DC for some time.  Marty Pittinger, KB3MXM, our recent SM has been elevated to Vice Director of the Atlantic Division.  You likely heard about this from my friend Tom Abernethy, W3TOM, our recently retired Atlantic division director.  Tom and I both knew that Marty was right for Atlantic and that he would be a tough act to follow as an SM.  But Chris is up to that job, we are sure.

Ike and Abie, AB1F will be operating the ARRL VHF contest from the Club house from 2 to 4 PM on Saturday 1/21 and Sunday 1/22 afternoons.  They will be on  6, 2, 222, 440 and 1296 bands on SSB and CW using Ike's secondary call of K3ZQ.  Anyone who is interested should stop by and participate.

Ike is also planning to be at the Club house, as needed, to help members with their HF radios.  Just contact him at w3ike@yahoo.com to set up a time to meet.

The Service Academies Radio Group (SARG) was recently formed for alumni and amateur radio operators who are interested in the five U.S military academies.

William Curry, W5CQ, founder and net control operator for the SARG Net, said two months ago there was a new interest in forming a group and net. He noticed that only one military academy, West Point, W2KGY, was still operating a club station. At one time, every military academy had an operating club station.

Who's ready for the SECOND LARGEST annual gathering of radio amateurs in the world??

OrlandoHamCation kicks off officially in a month, February 10-12, at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park in Orlando, Florida.
Purchase your ticket now: https://tinyurl.com/4v5r5bph

We'd love to hear your HamCation stories of the past and if you plan on attending this year's convention!

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Morris "Ed" Edgar Brown Jr.
June 4, 1939- December 16, 2022 Upper Marlboro

Maj. MORRIS "Ed" EDGAR BROWN, JR (Age 83) U.S. Army (ret.) passed away at his home on Friday, December 16, 2022 in Upper Marlboro, MD, after a long battle with COPD. He was an officer and a gentleman. 

The work of many people contribute to the success of the Anne Arundel Radio Club. Those who have helped make 2022 a success are noted in the attachment. The colors are stickers to be added to their service badge.

Enclosed are the special event stations for January. The AARC sorts them first by theme, then date for those specializing in certain types of themes. Good luck in your QSL searches.

Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-6) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R.9670) on Thursday, December 22, 2022, to eliminate private land use restrictions that prohibit, restrict, or impair the ability of an Amateur Radio Operator from operating and installing amateur station antennas on property subject to the control of the Amateur Radio Operator.

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attention, urgent - due to COVID19 infections among the members of the Swedish team, the long-awaited SAQ transmission for December 24, 2022 at 08.00 UTC, will not be there ... we wish a good recovery and Happy Holidays to the whole team anyway.

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) will be conducting a research campaign/experiment on December 27, 2022, with transmissions between 1100 - 2300 UTC (0200 - 1400 AKST).

Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 9664) on December 21, 2022, to require that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) replace the current HF digital symbol rate limit with a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit.

After long last, the results for the 2022 Maryland DC QSO Party are now available for viewing.  Just click on the Maryland DC QSO Party logo to the left to view them.  We are sorry for the delay in posting the winners, but we have been updating the software we use to help score and

A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, January 12, 2023, and will run through Thursday, March 23.  There will be 11 sessions.  The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time.  Sessions will be recorded.  Those attending should hold (or be studying for) the General Class Amateur Radio License.  These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the National Electronics Museum.  Please publicize this with anyone that you think would be interested.  Those wishing to sign up should email

As Christmas approaches, many amateur radio clubs carry out an annual tradition of helping kids talk directly to Santa Claus while he is still at the North Pole before his big ride.

The Radio Amateur Operator
is…

CONSIDERATE
...He/[She] never knowingly operates in such a way as to lessen the pleasure of others.

LOYAL
...He/[She] offers loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs,
local clubs, the IARU Radio Society in his/[her] country, through which
Amateur Radio in his/[her] country is represented nationally and
internationally.

As noted in the December newsletter, the Annapolis Striders donated $2,500.00 to the club as a thank you for providing communications support for their events.

As a thank you to the Maryland Mobileers who helped with the events the AARC Board of Directors voted unanimously at their December 8 meeting to send $500.00 to the Mobileers.

The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators' (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) has released the 2023 - 2027 General Class FCC Element 3 Syllabus and Question Pool to the public. The new General Question Pool is effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027.

The FCC has approved an ARRL request to permit contacts to be made between amateur stations and military stations in commemoration of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on December 6 and 7. 

The Annual December Party will be on December 18, 2022.

The Location will be the Scout Building at the DFRC (Just down the Hill from Radio Clubhouse).

Time 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

We will be serving assorted Sub sandwiches, individual chips, and snack cakes. Drinks will also be provided.

All of the food will be individually wrapped.

Please RSVP at the link sent in the President's November 30 email and note if bringing children age 12 and below. In the comments section note whether they are a boy or a girl along with their ages.