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QST Cover Plaque Award

What's the top article in QST this month? Let us know! Your vote will determine which author(s) receive the QST Cover Plaque Award.

Articles written by ARRL Headquarters staff are not eligible and will not be listed.

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Voting for the September 2026 QST Cover Plaque Award will close on September 30, 2026

Vote for your favorite article in the September 2026 issue of QST. *

A CW Speaker System by Adrian Van Der Byl, VK2WFWater-Cooling Power Amplifiers by Guenther Knebel, DK6ETMeet the CubeSatSim by Mark Samis, KD2XS4-H Ham Radio Club Youth "Learn By Doing", by Nic Wall, KY4OPMaking Ham Radio Go Viral on TikTok by Scott Wallett, W1SBWA SET Created by an Emergency Management Agency by J.K. "Hoop" Hooper, K9QJS

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Voting for the October 2026 QST Cover Plaque Award will close on October 31, 2026

Vote for your favorite article in the October 2026 issue of QST. *

The BrandMeister DMR Network by Artem Prilutskii, DL5ABMComparijng Three FT8 Decoders Under Noise and Narrowband Interference by Bob Fontana, AK3YQuit the Business Meeting -- Keep the Club by Paul J. Wilkinson, K6IGA Day at Dwingeloo by Michelle Thompson, W5NYVLong-Range Mesh Networking with Meshtastic by Chris Bertsch, KE5YIM

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