January 2004 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:10037] Fw: ARRL
by Andy Oppel 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

This one is too funny not to pass along. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO >Return-path: <W5ihv(a)aol.com> >From: W5ihv(a)aol.com >Full-name: W5ihv >Message-ID: <78.4f0085fe.2d427dc4(a)aol.com> >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:38:12 EST >Subject: ARRL >To: w4lix(a)juno.com >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; >boundary="part2_1d1.1847699a.2d427dc4_boundary" >X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6800 > >When I see the mess that the ARRL is trying to create with its new "user >friendly" ham ticket licensing, it just makes my Real American Blood >boil! Those creeps are going to give access to our Sacred Bands to just >anybody whose check clears the bank, regardless of whether they >know.......or even care.....anything about Amateur Radio. We'll end up >with a bunch of gum flappin', quiche-eatin' foreigners clogging the bands >and we won't have any place left for us to hang out and discuss the Good >Ole Days on 75 meter AM phone. > >Why, when I think back to what I had to do to pass my Novice exam in the >early '60s, it just shows how far we've sunk as a nation. I HAD TO WORK >MY BUTT OFF in order to win my ticket, but I'm much better because of it >than these new pukes with their Pep Boys licenses. Just look at the >hurdles I needed to clear, and you'll see what I mean. For my Novice exam >I had to: > >1. Copy by ear 75 wpm Baudot (RTTY) news press code for five minutes, >with zero errors. > >2. Fabricate an LM-555 IC starting from beach sand, using only hand tools > >3. For the theory part, derive Maxwell's Equations starting from Newton's >Laws of Motion, >stating any assumptions and approximations and proving all intermediate >theorems. > >4. Design and construct a 100 kW, Class C, high level plated-modulated, >80 meter AM transmitter using only military surplus metal-envelope 6L6s, >and then run a successful Voice of America-approved "proof of performance" >checkout of the new station. > >5. Build a six element 20 meter Yagi out of tinsel, and feed it with Zip >cord transmission line, all >the while keeping the SWR under 1.000003:1. Also build the SWR bridge and >calibrate it against the National Bureau of Standards! > >6. Design and build a 432 Mc/sec crystal-controlled frequency converter, >with a measured noise figure of 0.05 dB, a third-order intercept point of >+79 dBm, and a frequency stability of 0.00000094%, using only factory >production line test-reject CK722 transistors. > >7. Collect and present 40 QSL cards exclusively from developing Third >World countries for two-way cw contacts made entirely by spark gap >transmitters > >8. Demonstrate a successful two-way earth-sun-earth "sun-bounce" contact >on the 10 Gc/sec band. > >9. Invent the fiber-optic digital transmission system. > >Well, the General Class exam I took later was much tougher, but I think I >kinda made my point anyway. We just gotta keep these lids from gettin' on >our bands! Down with the ARRL and their brainless dupes. May Real (hairy >chested) Ham Radio RULE FOREVER! > >-----Original Andy Oppel andy(a)andyoppel.com

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[ARRL-ODV:10036] Inflight Airline Security
by dick＠pobox.com 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

23 JAN, 2004 - 1055 CST Since we all use airline transportation in carrying out some of ARRL duties, I thought you might find this item to be humorous. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ------------------------------------------- A man is sitting in an airliner, which is about to takeoff when another man with a Labrador Retriever occupies the 2 empty seats beside him. The Lab is situated in the middle, and the first man is looking quizzically at the dog when the second man explains that they work for the airline. The airline rep said, "Don't mind Sniffer; he's a sniffing dog, the best there is; I'll show you once we get airborne when I put him to work." The plane takes off and levels out when the handler says to the first man,"Watch this." He tells the dog, "Sniffer, search." Sniffer jumps down, walks along the aisle, and sits next to a woman for a few seconds. It then returns to its seat and puts one paw on the handler's arm. He says, "Good boy." The airline rep turns to the first man and says, "That woman is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of this and her seat number for the police who will apprehend her on arrival. "Fantastic!" replies the first man. Once again he sends Sniffer to search the aisles. The Lab sniffs about, sits down beside a man for a few seconds, returns to its seat, and places two paws on the handler's arm. The airline rep says, "That man is carrying cocaine, so again I'm making a note of this and the seat number." "I like it!" says the first man. A third time the rep sends Sniffer to search the aisles. Sniffer goes up and down the plane and after a while sits down next to someone. He then comes racing back, jumps up onto his seat, and poops all over the aisle and the seat. The first man is really grossed out by this behavior from a supposedly well-trained sniffing dog and asks, "What the hell is going on with this stupid dog? The handler nervously replies, "He just found a bomb!"

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[ARRL-ODV:10035] Re: Draft Petition for Rule Making, Article 25, and Appendix.
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

Just to bring you all up to date: Chris has taken on board the edits that had been suggested as of yesterday afternoon. Our present plan is to file the petition on Monday, after he gets back from Tucson. So if you spot anything further in the draft over the weekend, please let at least the two of us know by Monday morning. Thanks. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:10034] TWF and BJ's IOTA photos
by Bruce Frahm K0BJ 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/results/2003/iota2003sbpics.shtml RSGB's IOTA webpage now has photos from 2003 contest DXpeditions -- actually, some from our N1DX operation from Block Island RI and a single photo from another group. I was surprised to see anything up yet, as webmaster G3XTT is busily preparing for their upcoming 3B9 DXpedition. Maybe they'll add more expeditions, and captions, later..... This was last July, a week after the BoD meeting. The lower left photo shows (sorta) how W0NO and his XYL hauled 50' of Rohn 25 and all the gear for a decent Multi-2 station in their van from Beloit KS. We captured 1st place Multi in NA, thanks to alot of 15-point Qs with other island stations. A VP2M group had many more QSOs but most were with 3-point inland stations. One station we had multiple QSOs with was 3D2BT -- Mike and Jan to whom we just gave the ARRL International Humanitarian award. K1TWF's grin is from celebrating his birthday with us. The Zeros were glad to have a native assisting in dealing with 38 layers of EU calling..... we normally just hear the first 13 from the Black Hole. K0BJ & K1TWF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bruce Frahm KØBJ http://www.carrollsweb.com/bfrahm/

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[ARRL-ODV:10033] Congratulations, Rick
by R. B. Vallio 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

Yesterday the American Radio Relay League's DXCC Desk released the latest DXCC Challenge standings. The award is issued to those working and confirming 1,000 band countries (entities) on the 6 through 160 meter bands. As of September 30, 2003 some 1,337 DXers have attained the 1,000 country level. Currently there are 335 DXCC Entities. So with 10 bands that makes 3,350 possibilities. The top ten DXers are as follows: 1 W4DR Bob Eshleman 3083 2 W1NG Ken Bolin 3076 3 OZ1LO Leif Ottosen 3051 4 K5UR Rick Roderick 3049 5 SP5EWY Rys Tymkiewicz 3045 6 W9ZR Randy Schaaf 3042 7 N4WW Austin Regal 3037 8 I4EAT Fausto Minardi 3035 9 W1JR Joe Reisert 3021 10 K8MFO Don Karvonen 3018

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[ARRL-ODV:10032] Re: Fwd: Membership application
by Rod Stafford W6ROD 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

And here's another interesting idea. "Interesting" as in "you have got to be kidding!" 73, Rod W6ROD >Subject: RE: Membership application >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:49:48 -0600 >From: "Mike Reynolds" <MREYNOLDS(a)expl.com> >To: <w6rod(a)ix.netcom.com> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jan 2004 20:46:14.0218 (UTC) >FILETIME=[9C1D32A0:01C3E05F] > >Indian sovereign nations with well defined territorial boundaries >established and recognized by treaties with the United States, a member of >the United Nations. These sovereign nation territorial treaties have >consistently been upheld by the U.S. Congress and the United State Supreme >Court. These nations have their own government, court systems, jails, >police forces, even car and truck license tags recognized as valid by all >fifty states. > >Michael Reynolds W0KIE > >-----Original Message----- >From: w6rod(a)ix.netcom.com [mailto:w6rod@ix.netcom.com] >Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:53 PM >To: Mike Reynolds >Subject: Re: Membership application > > >What territory within Region 2 is currently not represented by an IARU >Member Society? >73, Rod W6ROD > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Reynolds <MREYNOLDS(a)expl.com> >Sent: Jan 21, 2004 7:30 AM >To: w6rod(a)arrl.org >Subject: Membership application > >Where can I get a IARU membership application for a region 2 territory >society? > >Michael R Reynolds W0KIE

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[ARRL-ODV:10031] Re: Draft Petition for Rule Making, Article 25, and Appendix.
by Dennis Bodson 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

Dave and Chris: I have reviewed both documents, and have no changes to submit. Thanks Dennis _____ From: W3KD(a)aol.com [mailto:W3KD@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:24 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: prinaldo(a)arrl.org; w9jj(a)arrl.org Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10006] Draft Petition for Rule Making, Article 25, and Appendix. Greetings. Here is the draft Petition for Rule Making that we would propose to file at FCC upon Board approval. I would like to file it quickly. This draft has been vetted to President Haynie, Vice President Harrison, EVP Sumner, and we drew heavily on the expertise of Bart Jahnke, without whose assistance this never would have been done right. Any surviving errors are not Bart's or Dave's or Jim's or Joel's. All helped edit this draft, but I made the final edits they provided. Frankly, I think this is pretty good. I attempted to address all of Director Goddard's anticipatory questions, all of which were incisive and shows that he has way too much time to devote to Part 97 rules analysis. Please check this out. I must leave for Tucson, AZ for a weekend meeting starting early Friday morning. If possible, it would be good to file this Thursday afternoon. Otherwise, we could hold it until Monday, should any Director require additional time. Your comments and critiques are welcome. Please, also, use the Frenaye/Goddard technique on Paul's and my Minute 64 draft petition and let us have the benefit of your wisdom on that, but not until after this Article 25 petition is put to bed. 73 to all, Chris Imlay, W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:10030] Re: RE Committee Renaming Proposal
by R. B. Vallio 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

W6RGG concurs with Mr. Sunmner's suggestion that the word "Member" be dropped from Bylaw 38. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ To: arrl-odv Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:37 AM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10021] Re: RE Committee Renaming Proposal The intent on Thursday afternoon was that the committee be named Programs and Member Services. The word "Member" was inserted during the discussion and that is how it appears in the newly adopted Bylaw 38. Ordinarily I'm a stickler for not making "corrections" to Articles and Bylaws once they're adopted. That would mean, unless there was a Special Meeting of the Board called to deal with this weighty issue, that Bylaw 38 would remain as amended until July. However, there is an inconsistency between Bylaw 38 and Bylaw 40, where the word "Member" was NOT inserted. Since the proposed amendments were not read out orally to the assembly at the time they were proposed, it is quite possible that a Board member, looking at Bylaw 40, might not have been aware of the proposed wording of Bylaw 38. Therefore, and because the Minutes have not yet been published, as Secretary I am amenable to resolving the inconsistency either way. I would suggest dropping the word "Member" from Bylaw 38. Not all of the services listed in Bylaw 40 are limited to members. If any Board member objects to this, please let me know ASAP. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Bellows, John (Dir, Dakota) Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:07 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10019] RE Committee Renaming Proposal Joel is correct, In the discussion on Thursday evening I suggested that the committee name change shouldn't suggest any decreased attention to Member Services. If the Board is of a mind that P&MS or another version without the ampersand will bother some members, let's change the name. Perhaps we ought remind ourselves that the Field and Educational Services Department abbreviation when spoken is phonetically "Effen E Ess." Say that fast 3 times. Is this really worth all the email traffic? If so, let's just change the name and move on. Jay -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:02 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10018] Re: Committee Renaming Proposal The original name was "Programs & Services". When President Haynie assigned Director Bellows on behalf of A&F, and me on behalf of the Executive Committee to work out a compromise Thursday evening, Jay wanted to add "Member" to the name. So, that was added to the motion that was presented to the board. I have no personal feeling either way. The committee will still do what the board has assigned regardless of what we call it..... P&S Committee or P&MS Committee. Programs & Services works fine for me. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Wade Walstrom [mailto:walstrom@mchsi.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:29 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10015] Re: Committee Renaming Proposal "Programs and Services" works for me. 73, Wade W0EJ K5ur(a)aol.com wrote: > Wade: > > The original EC proposal called it "Programs and Services" and according to > the info Dave sent out in the notice of Bylaw changes back on December 19, > 2003, the A & F proposal also called it "Programs and Services." However, looking > at the Board motion that was passed out at the meeting, the Combined Committee > Proposal, it is called "Programs and Member Services." > > Hum...... somehow that word "Member" got in there along the way. > > Wade does bring up a good point about calling it "Member Services and > Programs." Not a bad idea perhaps, or maybe we should go back to "Programs and > Services." I could go with either. > > 73, > Rick - K5UR > >

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[ARRL-ODV:10029] Re: Fwd: LISCENE??????????????????????????/
by Kay Craigie 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Waste is a terrible thing to have for a mind! 73 - Kay N3KN

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[ARRL-ODV:10028] Re: Fwd: LISCENE??????????????????????????/
by Sandy Donahue 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

A mind is a terrible thing to waste. 73 Sandy, W4RU ----- Original Message ----- From: dick(a)pobox.com To: arrl-odv Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:15 PM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10026] Fwd: LISCENE??????????????????????????/ 21 JAN, 2004 - 1200 CST The email appended below ended up on Rick Lindquist's desk. He made a nice generic response. I thought you all should know the Central Division does have its share of "extreme believers". I left in the original formatting so you could receive the "full flavor" of this message. I have also appended this person's ARRL membership records. However, I suggest you do not call him unless you have fire proof ears. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ======================================================================= Subject: RE: LISCENE??????????????????????????/ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:34:53 -0500 Message-ID: <721D3436A7C2B344A301FD4A413C71A902568265(a)kosh.arrlhq.org> From: "Lindquist, Rick, N1RL" <n1rl(a)arrl.org> To: <k9huh(a)icss.net> Cc: "Isely, Dick (Dir, Central)" <grisely(a)speakeasy.net> Return-Path: n1rl(a)arrl.org Thanks for writing to share your unique perspective with us, Ted. In any case, we do appreciate your membership in ARRL. 73 Rick N1RL ======================================================================= From: TED & JOYCE [mailto:k9huh@icss.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:24 PM To: awextra Subject: LISCENE??????????????????????????/ This board is to represent the amatuer comunity or so I thought??????????when is the radio industry gonna finish buying these guys off just like a politiciian????????makes ya wanna puke........What a DUMMING DOWN just like soceity gimee gimee gimee.........when will the average american and a ham in this case say enough is enough.....Probably when licsences are packed i with that new $2000.00 radio and someone like Hitler appears again to show us all what fools we are.....(OPPPS HE IS ALREADY HERE AND SOME DO'T REALIZE THAT COMMIES HAVE TAKEN OVER)............ K9HUH "huh" ======================================================================= Ted E Wilhelm, K9HUH (E) 2845 Mulligan Ln Belleville, IL 62220-5011 USA Phone: (618) 233-1313 (D), (618) 235-6152 (N) DOB: 1946-08-23 Div: Central Sect: Illinois (IL) Membership: Status=A Type=Full Regular (F0) Expires=2005-02-28 (Active member) Data from Members Only Web site (record last updated 20-Jan-2004): username: K9HUH email: k9huh(a)icss.net (k9huh(a)arrl.net is an alias) Member is signed up for Division/Section email bulletins. Related records: Joyce A Wilhelm, N9STL (0001674849) [Active]

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