November 2003 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:9687] USATODAY.com - It takes all kinds to run a marathon
by Steve Mendelsohn 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2003-10-30-behind-scen… Thought you might like to see USA Today's treatment of the 12,000 volunteers who run the New York City Marathon....so others can run in it. -73- Steve, W2ML [DEFAULT] BASEURL=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2003-10-30-beh… [InternetShortcut] URL=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2003-10-30-behind-… Modified=E04BE29958A3C30165

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[ARRL-ODV:9686] Travel Channel Segment
by K5ur＠aol.com 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Nice segment on ham radio on the Travel Channel now (0530 gmt). Has a group of Rockwell Collins hams and them using signal strengths to find Emilia Earheart. Nice clips of their radios, etc. Good interviews with them, too. One call was NY0V. Had nice segment while he's operating at his station. Another call was WB9OMY I think. Wade may know about them. 73, K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:9685] Re: Rabble Rousing
by Jim 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Dick, Tnx. I thought it would be interesting to see who among the group would respond one way or the other. I had you pegged to be on the "modernize our operations" side. If we get any more favorable response, I'll likely get together with you and the others to see if we ought to develop a proposal for the January meeting. Sorry I won't see you at Ft. Wayne. I expect the very earliest I can get away from Hazard, KY, is 11 AM Saturday which should leave me with a 5-6 hour drive. Incidentally, I went to the Michigan convention in Holland and then the Benton Harbor 'fest over the weekend. I came back to US 30 (via US 31 in Michigan) and on to I-75 near Lima, OH. This, of course, took me around Ft. Wayne. It is not a bad drive, at all, using 30. I'm likely to take I-75 north from Kentucky to US 30 on to Ft. Wayne in 2 weeks. Tnx, 73, Jim AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org

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[ARRL-ODV:9684] Re: Rabble Rousing
by dick＠pobox.com 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

3 NOV, 2003 - 1800 CDT Hello Jim... It should come as no surprise, that am very much in favor of what you propose. Whoever takes Steve Mansfield's place is going to have a lot more on his/her plate than he ever did. However, I'm sure your DGL idea it will need tweaking to meet the political sensibilities in some divisions. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:9683] Comments Filed Today, ET Docket 00-258; 2390-2400 MHz
by W3KD＠aol.com 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Greetings. Today, per the approval of the Executive Committee, we filed comments in response to the 4th Notice of Proposed Rule Making in the above docket proceeding. The as-filed comments are attached. The FCC, needing to reaccommodate displaced Federal uses from the 1710-1835 MHz band where FCC put 3rd Generation Advanced Wireless Services, proposes to put them in the bottom 5 MHz of 2390-2400 MHz. We have anticipated this for some time, and there is precious little to be done about it. Nor can we assert that there is any substantial incompatibility between Federal uses, in this case aeronautical mobile, and amateur radio, since we brag about sharing in this range successfully all the time. FCC proposes to leave us co-primary with mobile at 2390-2395 MHz, and to leave us alone at 2395-2400 MHz. This is workable, and better we make accommodation here than at 2300-2305 MHz, where we need to protect substantial amateur operations. You will see a conciliatory tone in these comments, unusual for us. That is a conscious strategic decision. The problem is that the Aeronautical Flight Test Telemetry Radio Coordination Council (AFTRCC) has bitten the hand that fed them. Their comments are distinctly uncharitable toward Amateur operations at 2390-2395 MHz. But they are unlikely to be successful in this instance, due to the FCC's statutory oblgations under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. 73, Chris W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:9682] PowerPoint presentation on digital technology in the amateur service
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

There is a seminar on new technologies being held later this month in conjunction with the meeting of ITU-R Working Party 8A in Geneva. Paul Rinaldo was asked to provide a status report on digital technology in the amateur service. He has prepared a PowerPoint presentation that nicely captures and summarizes a lot of information that you undoubtedly are aware of but may not have gathered in one place. Officers, directors, and vice directors can download the PowerPoint file (it's 1.2 MB so I'm not distributing it as an attachment) from <http://www.arrl.org/members-only/ODV/docs/Presentations/Digital-Communicati…> Dave K1ZZ

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