August 2003 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:9340] Re: CORRECTION!
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

Because Rod is in the Netherlands travelling privately and will be out of communication until he arrives in Amsterdam next Friday for the Administrative Council meeting, let me elaborate slightly on Jim's message about the nominations for IARU president and vice president. You may recall that at the July Board meeting, Rod reported that the Administrative Council had agreed last November that, assuming a qualified candidate could be found, the next IARU Vice President should be from Region 1. In July the Region 1 Executive Committee was still in the process of confirming the availability of a candidate. That process was completed and Region 1 put forward the name of Wojciech Nietyksza, SP5FM. Wojciech is exceptionally well qualified; you may have heard me say during my WRC-03 report that he is the individual most responsible for the strong support that we enjoyed from Europe on the 7-MHz issue. As the IARU International Secretariat, the ARRL gets to choose the nominees for IARU President and Vice President from the list of qualified candidates prepared by the Administrative Council. It is Rod's and my recommendation to Jim that Wojciech be the nominee for Vice President. I will be leaving for Amsterdam myself on Thursday. Between now and then I will happy to answer any questions any of you may have. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:9339] FISTS on Morse code
by Kay Craigie 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

The FISTS organization says they have filed a petition regarding the Morse code and various aspects of Amateur Radio license privileges and examinations. The document is posted at http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/FIST_FCC_Petition_8-30-303.pdf It's quite a wide-ranging document. Among other things, they ask the FCC to raise the code requirement for Extra to 12 wpm. I couldn't find anything said about whether or how this would affect existing Extra class licensees who upgraded after 5 wpm became the rule. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[ARRL-ODV:9338] Know Anybody Who Needs A Green Card?
by dick＠pobox.com 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

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[ARRL-ODV:9337] BPL Counter Proposal
by Wade Walstrom 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

A good friend of mine has suggested counter proposals to the FCC for BPL --- BWP ---> Broadband on the Water Pipe" and "BSP" ---> Broadband on the Sewer Pipe. Like BPL, both of these take advantage of existing infrastructures, but with the important advantage that the delivery modes are all buried, reducing interference levels above ground! When considering the recent problems with worms, viri, spam, etc. connecting to the internet via BSP seems, somehow, appropriate. Do you think the FCC will go for this? 73, Wade W0EJ

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[ARRL-ODV:9336] CORRECTION!
by W5JBP＠aol.com 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

> For the office of IARU Vice President, the Region 1 Executive Committee has > > submitted Wojciech Nietyksza SP5FM. When I was reading Rod's messages, I screwed up in that I put the wrong name in for Vice President. My sincerest apologies. Jim Haynie, W5JBP

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[ARRL-ODV:9335] IARU elections
by W5JBP＠aol.com 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

Members of the board. I received the following message from International affairs Vice President Rod Stafford, W6ROD. The League will be casting it's vote for the listed candidate in region II (Tim Ellam) as well as for the office of president of the IARU. Jim Haynie, W5JBP ====================================== For President of IARU: Pursuant to our discussions and agreement at the 2002 AC meeting in San Marino, the only candidate for President of IARU is Larry Price W4RA. For Vice President of IARU: For the office of IARU Vice President, the Region 1 Executive Committee has submitted Wojciech Nietyksza SP5FM. Two member societies from Region 1, RSGB and DARC, have requested Bob Whelan G3PJT be considered for the position of IARU Vice President. The Region 2 Executive Committee has submitted Tim Ellam VE6SH for consideration for IARU Vice President. I believe each of these individuals is well known to the members of the IARU Administrative Council. At this point, I would like to get consensus among the members of the Administrative Council as to whether these candidates are suitably qualified to serve as officers of the IARU. I suppose the easiest way to approach the subject is if you feel any of the candidates ARE NOT suitably qualified to serve as officers of the IARU, could you please share that with the other members of the AC at your earliest opportunity. 73, Rod Stafford W6ROD On behalf of the International Secretariat

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[ARRL-ODV:9334] Re: RAC
by K5ur＠aol.com 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

In a message dated 8/31/03 11:03:02 AM Central Daylight Time, W5JBP(a)aol.com writes: << Did you all see that in the poll that RAC took, 63% of their members voted to retain CW as a testing element? >> Jim and all: Three days ago, my name got on a couple of club reflectors by a guy saying write your Director, etc. Consequently, my email is going wild this weekend. The past three days I have not had one single letter from anyone saying do away with CW. It is all saying keep what we got and if we have to bend, raise the CW requirement for Extra. Clearly, the number one position of my core member is: 1, We've dumbed down enough. 2. We tried dumbing down once before with incentive license and that didn't help. 3. Keep what we have now.... enough already. 73, Rick - K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:9333] RAC
by W5JBP＠aol.com 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

Did you all see that in the poll that RAC took, 63% of their members voted to retain CW as a testing element? Jim Haynie

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[ARRL-ODV:9332] Re: BPL 2003 Campaign Reports
by Bernard E. Fuller 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

In your dreams. 73, Bernie-N3EFN -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver [mailto:K8JE@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:02 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9330] Re: BPL 2003 Campaign Reports Sure, Mary, we in the GLD know the real reason you deleted the $25K donation from our totals on the “per division” listing. Its simply that my colleagues, N2FF, N1FI and N3EFN, couldn’t take the blow to their East Coast pride! HI! 73, 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, 2003: See http://greatlakes.arrl.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.514 / Virus Database: 312 - Release Date: 8/28/03

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[ARRL-ODV:9331] Really Pushing Public Hamfest Promotion
by dick＠pobox.com 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

28 AUG, 2003 - 1620 CDT Here's an example of a club that's really trying to promote its hamfest to the general public. I have no idea who or what their connection to the media is, or what they are spending to get on their local CATV system - perhaps its not very much. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ========================================================================= Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from bitwisesystems.com (mail1.bitwisesystems.com [198.88.216.10]) by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5190328385 for <peoriaarc(a)mailman.qth.net>; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:22:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [204.42.17.133] (HELO computer) by bitwisesystems.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with SMTP id 132346780 for peoriaarc(a)mailman.qth.net; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:17:56 -0500 Message-ID: <030501c36d0a$9b4e3400$8f142acc@computer> From: "John Coker" <n9fam(a)bwsys.net> To: <peoriaarc(a)mailman.qth.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [PeoriaARC] Superfest Announcements Sender: peoriaarc-admin(a)mailman.qth.net Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:17:56 -0500 <<< HAM RADIO PLAYS IN PEORIA >>> Start watching for Peoria Superfest announcements on CNN Headline News (ch. 29 on Peoria and E Peoria cable) beginning this Sunday. "Golden Voice" Ron Morgan (KB9NW) will be on several of the "Headline Nws--Local Edition" interview slots that occur about every 90 minutes. Ads will start running about September 10 for Superfest on CNN, TBS, the Discovery Channel, FoxNews, and possibly other channels. Please let me know which channels and times you see them, if you happen to think of it. We're trying to find out if we have picked channels viewed by people who might be attracted to our fest, and types of goods available. Thanks! John Coker, N9FAM Peoria Superfest Co-Chair

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