May 2003 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:8813] 5 MHz, LF and 2400 MHz Report and Order, Docket 02-98
by W3KD＠aol.com 22 May '03

22 May '03

Greetings. Memo attached regarding my meeting with OET staff this past Tuesday. Please keep this Board confidential, as it provides details concerning negotiations with FCC staff. 73, Chris W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:8812] Congratulations!
by Coy Day 22 May '03

22 May '03

Way to go Stacy! ........... Coy Day, N5OK, ARRL West Gulf Division Director RR 1 Box 254, Union City, OK 73090-9726 Home: (405) 483-5632, Cell: (405) 740-8990 n5ok(a)arrl.org Web: http://home.att.net/~n5ok.ok/

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[ARRL-ODV:8810] Re: HamCom Flyers
by Dennis Bodson 22 May '03

22 May '03

Jim: Please convey my congratulations to her. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: W5JBP(a)aol.com [mailto:W5JBP@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:50 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8805] HamCom Flyers Greetings everyone! Tonight I put a HamCom flyer in the mail to all of the directors/officers. If you do not receive it in the next few days, please let me know and I will send you out another. Thanks! Stacy, KD5WRV ;o)

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[ARRL-ODV:8809] Re: HamCom Flyers
by Tuck Miller NZ6T 22 May '03

22 May '03

Congrats Stacy on your new call!! 73, Tuck W5JBP(a)aol.com wrote: >Greetings everyone! Tonight I put a HamCom flyer in the mail to all of the directors/officers. If you do not receive it in the next few days, please let me know and I will send you out another. > >Thanks! >Stacy, KD5WRV > >;o) > > > > > -- ************************************************ ARRL The national association for Amateur Radio Remember, Helping Others....Always Worthwhile!! Southwestern Division Vice Director Are you a member yet? If not, please join! Check out the Convention web site at: http://www.hamcon.org/ Personal Web Page: http://www.qsl.net/nz6t

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[ARRL-ODV:8808] Re: Congratulations
by Tuck Miller NZ6T 22 May '03

22 May '03

Congratulations Stacy, according to the FCC date base, it just became effective TODAY!!! Dr. David Woolweaver wrote: > Did you happen to notice that Stacy Rogers is now a ham, KD5WRV. > Check out the signature line of the HamCom Brochure E-Mail that she > placed on the ODV. Congratulations, Stacy! > > David, K5RAV > > > > -- ************************************************ ARRL The national association for Amateur Radio Remember, Helping Others....Always Worthwhile!! Southwestern Division Vice Director Are you a member yet? If not, please join! Check out the Convention web site at: http://www.hamcon.org/ Personal Web Page: http://www.qsl.net/nz6t

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[ARRL-ODV:8807] Voodoo Economics - ICOM Style
by Frank M. Butler, Jr. 22 May '03

22 May '03

One of the first League memberships generated by the new Manufacturer Membership Program (ICOM) was turned in to the ARRL booth at the Dayton Hamvention while I was there [See ARRL-ODV:8791]. Actually, the would-be member showed it to Larry Price, W4RA, who asked me what it was and what to do with it. Since neither of us knew what it was, we got it into the hands of one of the ARRL Sales staff across the aisle. I did take the time to read the certificate/application; it is a little misleading. I suggest each of you (at least the Directors) get a copy from HQ to see for yourself. The certificate is marked in two corners with the figure 15 preceded by a dollar sign, so it must have a face value of $15, as Rod Stafford says in his message. All around the edges of the certificate are the words--A GIFT FROM ICOM--repeated 20 times! This implied to me, and I think it would to most people, that the applicant for membership is getting a $15 donation to ARRL from ICOM to supplement his own $24, as a reward for his spending $200+ on ICOM equipment at his local dealer. This is the way President Haynie thought it was going to work, when I queried him later in the day. When I talked to Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, our Sales and Marketing Manager later, he said that was not quite correct. As you saw from Rod's e-mail, if you read the fine print, ICOM is not paying a dime in cash to the ARRL to redeem these certificates. On paper only, ICOM will give ARRL $15, but ARRL will return this same amount to ICOM as a Finders Fee (?). This is justified as being just like the $15 Finders Fee we give to ARRL affiliated clubs today. This reasoning fails to take into consideration that when a new member joins through a club, he pays the full amount of $39, out of which we can well afford to let the club keep $15. In the case of the ICOM promotion, the new member is only paying $24. What can you call it but voodoo economics! 73, Frank Butler, W4RH

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[ARRL-ODV:8806] Congratulations
by Dr. David Woolweaver 22 May '03

22 May '03

Did you happen to notice that Stacy Rogers is now a ham, KD5WRV. Check out the signature line of the HamCom Brochure E-Mail that she placed on the ODV. Congratulations, Stacy! David, K5RAV

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[ARRL-ODV:8805] HamCom Flyers
by W5JBP＠aol.com 22 May '03

22 May '03

Greetings everyone! Tonight I put a HamCom flyer in the mail to all of the directors/officers. If you do not receive it in the next few days, please let me know and I will send you out another. Thanks! Stacy, KD5WRV ;o)

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[ARRL-ODV:8804] National Convention
by W5JBP＠aol.com 21 May '03

21 May '03

Good afternoon. Plans for the ARRL National convention in Arlington continue to evolve. So much so, that Coy and I thought it best to bring you up to date. Several directors have not yet confirmed their attendance and perhaps this information will encourage you do so. Additionally, we have stalled the hotel confirmations, so if you want to attend this years National, this is your last opportunity to confirm your intentions. As the old saying goes, everything is big in Texas and this years ARRL National is no different. Through the efforts of Vice Director Woolweaver and many others, we have an 90% chance of securing Deputy Secretary Michael Brown, from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the ARRL/HamCom Keynote speaker. Secretary Brown, the number two guy at Homeland in charge of the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response. Obviously, we are very excited about his potential attendance. While it was anticipated that his office would confirm out his schedule today, the heightened security alert issued yesterday has caused them to ask for a delay in confirmation. However, there are several things that are in our favor to his eventual participation. As you might recall from my March DC report to the Board, I noted that I met with Liz Digregorio, the primary representative of the Citizens Corp. group that organizes the volunteer efforts under the umbrella of the DHS. Those discussions resulted in the production of one of the first (if not the first) MOU between the DHS and a volunteer response group. This MOU has now been drawn and is filtering its way through its "final draft" now. As you know, the drafting of an MOU can take forever, but given the importance that both the ARRL and the DHS put on it -- we have accelerated the pace. We hope to have this MOU finished out as Deputy Brown is the signer for the DHS. The National convention is the most logical place for this historic event to take place. I'll keep you posted on this effort and the MOU status. The Citizens Corps group has also asked that they be given the opportunity to meet with all available Board of Directors that are attending National. This is in addition to the time that they have requested for a public forum. In the final schedule that will be provided to you prior to your arrival, we will set a time on Saturday afternoon for the available Board members to gather informally to meet with Ms. Digregorio and her team. This is your opportunity to ask any questions of DHS that aren't addressed in their formal presentation to forum. Ms. Digregorio, an avid support of amateur efforts in emergency response, is also a personal friend of Deputy Brown's so she is trying hard to make all of this happen. We have not yet confirmed these details out to the HamCom Steering Committee but are waiting until we have all of the details worked out. So please hold this information in confidence for the time being. In the event of any major emergency, everything is subject to change given the very nature of what department we are coordinating with. With that in mind, the unpublished expectations for these items are as follows: Citizens Corps Forum - approximately 30 minutes - public forum Dep. Sec. Michael Brown - approximately 20 minutes - public forum MOU signing - approximately 10 minutes - pending approval - public forum Informal gathering with Board - 30 minutes - PRIVATE As you know, our members have been biting at the bit to find out what the ARRL has been doing in the Homeland Security effort. Perhaps now, we will be better able to answer the question -- and it appears that the horses mouth is going to help us! How much better can life get? When more details are confirmed we will let you know. But again, if you hadn't planned to attend -- and wish to do so, please contact Gail Iannone immediately as the hotel reservations have to be confirmed this week. Jim

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[ARRL-ODV:8803] Re: More problems for us at 5 GHz
by W3KD＠aol.com 21 May '03

21 May '03

In a message dated 5/20/2003 2:37:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, frenaye(a)pcnet.com writes: > > This was posted in the FCC Daily Digest last Thursday. Hadn't seen > anything about it here or on the ARRL web. Looks like we get unlicensed > wireless networks on the lower 75 Mhz of "our" band, as expected. The full > NPRM text is apparently not available yet. > > Yes, Rinaldo and I had noted that this was on the agenda for the May 15 open meeting, along with the secondary markets Report and Order, which has some potential concern. However, The 5650-5725 MHz band is the subject of one of the Minute 56 motions, which would directly affect the means by which we respond to this. The 255 MHz in the NPRM (and in the Boxer bill, which Derek Riker reports yesterday is not moving, because FCC is instead, which is satisfactory to the Hill) includes the amateur allocation below 5725 MHz. The NPRM is of course the result of the WECA petition. This is also slightly premature (as was the WECA petition) because a mobile allocation in the 5.4-5.7 GHz band is on the table at WRC-03. Not to give away the farm, but one of the Minute 56 study authors' proposals is not to oppose this, with a few caveats. I should have the draft motions to the executive committee today or tomorrow for consideration prior to sending the Minute 56 study to the entire Board, with the draft motions. 73, Chris W3KD

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