April 2003 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:8611] Re: Fwd: Suggested New FD Classifications
by Joel Harrison 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Actually, Dick, I believe you could remove "April Fool's Field Day" from this. It's pretty darn factual and these classes could be activated immediately!!! I liked it. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:23 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: n7ng(a)arrl.org; N1ND(a)arrl.org Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8609] Fwd: Suggested New FD Classifications April Fool's Field Day Newington, CT April 1, 2003 Following the ARRL's introduction of this year's "F" class for EOC stations, other classes have been proposed for future runnings of Amateur Radio's most popular on-the-air event. Given that most veteran operators have participated in one or more Field Days that fit these qualifications exactly, it may be that there will be more classes in next year's report. The proposed new classes are: Class J - an entry in this class indicates that all equipment used during Field Day was complete JUNK. 100 bonus points are available if any of the equipment actually catches fire or damages another piece of equipment. Class M - if your group MEANT to get on and had the best intentions of being active, but just couldn't get it together, send in a summary sheet for this class. No logs or dupe sheet are required. 200 bonus points if you forget to send in the summary, but meant to. Class T - also known as the "Little Red Hen" class, entries in Class T must show that 5% or less of the available operators actually did all the work while the rest stood around TALKING. Multiply score by 1.5 if less than 2% of the operators did all the work. Class Z(zzz) - Recognizing the trend as average operator age increases, this class is available to groups where everybody falls asleep after dinner on Saturday evening. Along with the new classes, additional Bonus Point awards are under evaluation: 25 points if any member can actually find an ARRL Radiogram form 5 points for each QSO using funny phonetics that actually make the responding operator laugh so hard that beverage squirts out his or her nose. Double points if they weren't drinking a beverage at the time. Double the QSO points for each contact made on an antenna that has fallen down without anybody noticing. Field Day brings out more operators every year. Recognition of the "real-world" situations can only serve to increase participation and reporting accuracy. 73 de KE9MA

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[ARRL-ODV:8610] Re: Shock and Awe
by Jim Weaver 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Art, aren't you being a bit sacrilegious? HI! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division k8je(a)arrl.org - Tel. 513-459-0142 ARRL -- The reason Amateur Radio is! GREAT LAKES DIVISION CONVENTION, September 6-7, 2003: See http://greatlakes.arrl.org

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[ARRL-ODV:8609] Fwd: Suggested New FD Classifications
by dick＠pobox.com 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

April Fool's Field Day Newington, CT April 1, 2003 Following the ARRL's introduction of this year's "F" class for EOC stations, other classes have been proposed for future runnings of Amateur Radio's most popular on-the-air event. Given that most veteran operators have participated in one or more Field Days that fit these qualifications exactly, it may be that there will be more classes in next year's report. The proposed new classes are: Class J - an entry in this class indicates that all equipment used during Field Day was complete JUNK. 100 bonus points are available if any of the equipment actually catches fire or damages another piece of equipment. Class M - if your group MEANT to get on and had the best intentions of being active, but just couldn't get it together, send in a summary sheet for this class. No logs or dupe sheet are required. 200 bonus points if you forget to send in the summary, but meant to. Class T - also known as the "Little Red Hen" class, entries in Class T must show that 5% or less of the available operators actually did all the work while the rest stood around TALKING. Multiply score by 1.5 if less than 2% of the operators did all the work. Class Z(zzz) - Recognizing the trend as average operator age increases, this class is available to groups where everybody falls asleep after dinner on Saturday evening. Along with the new classes, additional Bonus Point awards are under evaluation: 25 points if any member can actually find an ARRL Radiogram form 5 points for each QSO using funny phonetics that actually make the responding operator laugh so hard that beverage squirts out his or her nose. Double points if they weren't drinking a beverage at the time. Double the QSO points for each contact made on an antenna that has fallen down without anybody noticing. Field Day brings out more operators every year. Recognition of the "real-world" situations can only serve to increase participation and reporting accuracy. 73 de KE9MA

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[ARRL-ODV:8608] Shock and Awe
by Art Goddard 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

ARRL Banners: $7 per sq ft Collapsible Canopy: $165 Exclamation of Shock and Awe by Headquarters procurement agents: Priceless 73, dARTh

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[ARRL-ODV:8607] Re: D.C. Meeting
by K5ur＠aol.com 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Dave: I'm concerned that we're over 2 months down the road from the January Board meeting at which time 40 mtrs was such a priority, and yet the U.S. Government is still not on board. Further, it appears that we are not getting any real indictaion that they are leaning to our side either. 73, Rick - K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:8606] Re: D.C. Meeting
by Joel Harrison 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Thanks Dave. Joel

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[ARRL-ODV:8605] Re: D.C. Meeting
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

This was the second meeting of the Working Party of the US WRC-03 delegation dealing with HF issues. It was chaired by Don Messer of IBB. There were about a dozen people present, with Paul and me the only ones from outside the federal government. Although this was styled as a delegation meeting, the delegation has not yet been named (the administration is late in doing this). Everyone present except me expects to be on the delegation. The meeting was divided into two parts: a "public" part in which non-controversial items were covered and a "government only" part in which options on Agenda Item 1.23 would be explored. We were invited to participate in the first part and then to make our pitch on AI 1.23, but we were not invited to stay for the discussion of options. Paul and I made our pitch, emphasizing that the 40-meter band is the only amateur allocation between 4 and 10 MHz and the only primary allocation between 4 and 14 MHz. The problem we needed solved was the large number of "interference hours" resulting from the overlap with Region 1 and 3 broadcasters. I said that the US had supported the 300-kHz worldwide amateur requirement at WARC-79 and WARC-92 and had proposed a downward shift in the amateur band at those conferences; we were prepared to accept such a shift this time as well, since a shift by both amateurs and broadcasters meant the two services would share the pain, but that idea had been dropped after fixed and mobile services representatives said their allocations just below 7000 kHz were more critical than above 7350 kHz. I wanted the fixed/mobile people, who were the majority in the room, to understand that we had already made an accommodation on their behalf. I said there were about 450,000 US amateurs licensed to use the band and that this number would likely reach 700,000 immediately upon the Morse requirement being dropped. I said we knew of 36 countries that are supporting one of the three CPM Methods that we prefer, A, D, and B. We were asked several questions, including whether we could share with fixed and mobile. (The answer is "it depends." If fixed and mobile are in Regions 1 and 3, as in Method B at 7200-7300 kHz, this is clearly better for US amateurs than trying to coexist with broadcasters in those regions. However, the introduction of fixed and mobile into the band in Region 2 could be a problem, depending on the nature of those operations.) Don Messer once again floated the idea of having the amateurs move up and the broadcasters move down, which we (to his annoyance) had managed to keep out the CPM Report; I said we regarded 7000-7100 kHz, which was kept almost entirely clear of out-of-band broadcasting, as the cornerstone of the allocation and we couldn't see giving it up for spectrum in which out-of-band broadcasting was already rampant. After the Q&A session we were asked to leave, so of course we withdrew with thanks to the group for hearing us out. As we understand the state of play, as a result of the various pressures we have brought to bear the NTIA position has moved from "no proposal" to "there will probably be a proposal but we're still working on what it will be." We have seen and have been given the opportunity to comment on one internal draft proposal, which is based on the European Common Proposal (Method B) but with a stronger bias toward fixed/mobile. We provided a comprehensive analysis including some suggestions for improvement. We don't know whether we will have additional opportunities to offer comment, but the DoD in particular is very supportive of keeping us in the loop. Whether the US broadcasters are willing to go along with a 7 MHz proposal will depend on whether they get allocations proposals elsewhere in the 4-10 MHz range under Agenda Item 1.36. Conversely, the willingness of fixed/mobile interests to go along with realignment at 7 MHz will depend on how threatened they feel elsewhere in the 4-10 MHz range. There is another meeting of the group on Thursday of this week to which we have not been invited. Of course, we'll do our best to find out what happens so we can decide what to do next. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Harrison, Joel (1st Vice President) Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:41 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8604] D.C. Meeting Dave, Any report from the meeting you & Paul attended last Thursday in D.C.?? Joel

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[ARRL-ODV:8604] D.C. Meeting
by Joel Harrison 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Dave, Any report from the meeting you & Paul attended last Thursday in D.C.?? Joel

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[ARRL-ODV:8603] Re: Central Division Website Cost
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

To answer Dick's question, Great Lakes is the only division being hosted by Interbridge. As I recall, the only reason for that arrangement was the need to come up with a quick fix following George Race's resignation last July. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Isely, Dick (Dir, Central) Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 5:53 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8599] Central Division Website Cost 28 MAR, 2003 - 1645 CST For the record, the messages below illustrate how the cost of setting up the Central Division Website was determined. Dave Sumner is probably correct. What I wanted was probably down in the noise level for Interbridge Communications. FWIW, my web host has been very reliable and it's business is growing, one step at a time. So now I wonder how many division and section websites are hosted by ARRL's vendor when they could be hosted, with the same reliability, at considerably lesser cost? 73 - Dick, W9GIG ====================================================================== From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:32 PM To: Jon Bloom KE3Z; Don Durand Cc: dsumner(a)arrl.org; nt1n(a)arrl.org; k9km(a)arrl.org Subject: Central Division Web Site 21 AUG, 2002 - 1115 CDT Jon Bloom, KE3Z ARRL IT Services Hello Jon... It has been my plan to develop an interactive Central Division web site ever since I took office over eighteen months ago. After a series of stops and starts, it looks like I will be able to get it started in the very near future. (I have a third party doing the programming, and I decided to wait until after the just completed SM election cycle in this division.) What are the technical parameters for such a web page hosted by the ARRL. For reference, I have looked at the Great Lakes Division page and will use links to other related ARRL pages and non-ARRL sites of interest to Central Division members. Also, is there a fee for this service that is charged against my director's budget? Thanks & 73 - Dick, W9GIG ====================================================================== Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from mail.ARRL.ORG (unknown [209.140.206.215]) by cali-2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBEF93E6D2 for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:56:43 -0400 (EDT) content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: Central Division Web Site MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:54:42 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Message-ID: <721D3436A7C2B344A301FD4A413C71A90A1DE5(a)kosh.ARRLHQ.ORG> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Central Division Web Site Thread-Index: AcJJL1Cmv408pLjCReyjrKramUG2ZwAFUltA From: "Durand, Don" <ddurand(a)arrl.org> To: <dick(a)pobox.com> Dick, I arranged for Gary to host his site with our network services vendor, Interbridge Communications. The cost is $300/year, charged against your budget. If you are interested, I will put you directly in touch with them and you can work out the necessary details. Please let me know how you want to proceed. Don ====================================================================== Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from mailhost.chi1.ameritech.net (mailhost1-chcgil.chcgil.ameritech.net [206.141.192.67]) by dolly1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E05B2BFC4 for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:25:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from maintower ([65.43.253.134]) by mailhost.chi1.ameritech.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with ESMTP id <20020822022519.QXNS18992.mailhost.chi1.ameritech.net@maintower>; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:25:19 -0500 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20020821212402.03254380(a)mailhost.chi.ameritech.net> X-Sender: grisely(a)mailhost.chi.ameritech.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:28:43 -0500 To: Scott Neader KA9FOX <ka9fox(a)QTH.com> From: dick(a)pobox.com Subject: Re: Possible Additional Business For You Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 21 AUG, 2002 - 2120 CDT Hello Scott... When you send me a quote for hosting the ARRL Central Div. web site, please give me your annual rate (still $120 plus domain name registration fee of $20?) and a rate that would provide service until 31 DEC, 2003. This would then match the expiration of my current term in office and all annual renewals would match the calendar. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ====================================================================== Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from mail.centurytel.com (corphost1.centurytel.com [63.172.100.22]) by cali-1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A1A3E63C for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 00:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from C00031026.QTH.com ([10.0.249.252]) by mail.centurytel.com (Switch-2.0.1/Switch-2.0.6) with ESMTP id g7M4b4D01593 for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:37:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20020821231546.03fb3cc8(a)mail.qth.com> X-Sender: ka9fox(a)mail.qth.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:20:35 -0500 To: dick(a)pobox.com From: Scott Neader KA9FOX <ka9fox(a)QTH.com> Subject: Re: Possible Additional Business For You In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020821104427.030a2210(a)mailhost.chi.ameritech.ne t> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi Dick! The info below would be used by your other party to develop a web site quote for you. As far as hosting, there is nothing but the basics listed below, so certainly any of my web hosting packages would foot the bill. Certainly the $10 per month plan would take good care of your needs. You may need to come up with some type of domain name... or I suppose the arrl could point a sub-domain to one of my IPs. Like http://central.arrl.org ? Not sure if they'd do that, or what you think about that. If you want to register something new, like arrl-central.org or whatever, that would run an extra $19.95/year. If you use http://something.arrl.org then there would not be the $19.95 charge... but you would have to get cooperation from the league to set up an "A" record in their DNS server (not hard). So..... to answer your question... $10 per month, for as long as you want to sign up for... no set up fee... optional domain name registration fee of $19.95/yr. Any other questions, just yell! Thanks for thinking of me! - Scott ====================================================================== Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from mail.ARRL.ORG (unknown [209.140.206.215]) by wormwood.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C3972638 for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:32:28 -0400 (EDT) content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: Central Division Web Site MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:30:24 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Message-ID: <721D3436A7C2B344A301FD4A413C71A90A1DF0(a)kosh.ARRLHQ.ORG> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Central Division Web Site Thread-Index: AcJJ/ysTWw1wc7omSx29q5fJA9sGDAAAuUPg From: "Durand, Don" <ddurand(a)arrl.org> To: <dick(a)pobox.com> Dick, You'll need to verify with Jon Bloom, but I believe that linking to a given division site from arrl.org is not a problem. He would be the one to talk to on that. Don -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:20 PM To: Don Durand Subject: Re: Central Division Web Site 22 AUG, 2002 - 1205 CDT Hello Don... I have located an alternative (QTH.COM) service provider owned by a ham who will do the same things for me for $120 a year plus $20 for domain name registration. I have experience with this outfit as they provide hosting services for the Illinois Repeater Association (ILRA.NET) the Society of Midwest Contesters, and I am subscribed to a couple of reflectors that they host. I know that Interbridge Communications does a great job, but I'm not certain I can justify spending a bit more than double for what appears to be the same level of service - with the possible exception of server redundancy. This leads to another question; does current policy allow a link to a Central Division web site (controlled by the director) on the ARRL site? 73 - Dick, W9GIG ====================================================================== Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from p1k.arrl.org (p1k.arrl.org [209.140.206.201]) by dolly1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CBB52C04E for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:39:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (hq-135 [10.1.120.135]) by p1k.arrl.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA28776; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:39:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:40:44 -0400 From: "Bloom, Jon, KE3Z" <jbloom(a)arrl.org> To: <dick(a)pobox.com> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Central Division Web Site Message-Id: <20020822144044.670dce8f.jbloom(a)arrl.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020822133654.030a4730(a)mailhost.chi.ameritech.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20020822133654.030a4730(a)mailhost.chi.ameritech.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dick, Yes, we provide links to the division Web sites. They appear at: http://www.arrl.org/divisions/ http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/org/smlist.html and on the section pages at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/ Just let me know once your division site is up and running and we'll add the links for the Central Division. 73, Jon ======================================================================

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