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[ARRL-ODV:11670] Plug for LoTW
by Jim K8JE 28 Dec '04

28 Dec '04

Hello, all, This idea may be far from unique to me, but Ive decided to share it FWIW with everyone. The objective Im att5empting to achieve is to support Dave Sumners comment at the last A&F meeting that the League is ready to promote, actively, the use of LoTW. The more rapidly LoTW can become a successful, source of income, and because the more rapidly QSLing expenses can be reduced through increased utilization of LoTW worldwide, the better off the League and individual amateurs will be. To kick in my puny effort toward getting much more use of LoTW, Ive begun to put a small label on each QSL I mail. The label I use is a ½x1 ¾ Avery No. 18167. These come 80/sheet. Label format No. 8167 is used for the printing. My labels, at this moment, read Use LoTW to QSL. See http://www.arrl.org/lotw Obviously, this thought plus 50 cents will buy one a cup of coffee in a cheap diner. 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is!

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[ARRL-ODV:11670] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 28 Dec '04

28 Dec '04

IN-Newsletter Vol. 27, No. 52 December 28, 2004 Upcoming Meetings Board Meeting January 21-22, 2005 in Windsor, CT Media & Public Relations We've set up a special website to share updated and critical info regarding the Bay of Bengal earthquake and tsunami. There is an excellent video on the Toy Drive at http://www.newflorida.org/video.html . BPL related letters were published in Business Week and other locations. Production/Editorial John Ceccherelli, N2XE, who does some freelance editing for us, visited HQ Thursday. Rick Lindquist reports The ARRL Letter, Vol. 23, No. 50 was distributed to 65,720 members on Thursday, December 23, a day early because of holiday schedules. Rick prepared/edited the "QRP Community" column for December, plus stories on ARRL's second request to FCC to shut down the Briarcliff Manor, NY, BPL field trial, changes pending in Morse requirements and Part 97 rules, an ARISS contact with a school in Ireland, the wrap-up of the ARRL holiday toy drive (thanks to Allen Pitts, W1AGP), Dayton Hamvention 2005 awards and the devastation caused by the tsunami in South Asia. Rick voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for December 24. Because of the New Year's holiday, there will be no ARRL Letter or ARRL Audio News until January 7. Sales and Marketing Display materials were produced for an ARRL exhibit at the United States Power Squadron's annual expo, coming up in January. Dennis will represent ARRL and Amateur Radio throughout the show. The mission of the USPS is "safe boating through education." The show will attract many sail and power boating enthusiasts. A mailing to ARRL publication dealers has been prepared, including another installment of the ARRL Dealer Newsline. The newsletter introduces a handful of new ARRL product offerings, including Hints & Kinks, Emergency Communications Handbook and others. Z Antenna Systems, a company that last placed 1/24th ads in QST March and April 2004, resumed advertising with a three-ad campaign for February, March, and April 2005 QST. A new 1/8th-page ad - developed by advertising staff and designed by ARRL Graphics Specialist Di Szlachetka debuts on page 146 of February 2005 QST. Richard Hef of GAP Antenna Products contacted advertising during the week of December 12 solely to express his pleasure with the published look of Diane's redesign of his ad material. Gap had not planned to advertise in January or February QST but our unsolicited makeover proposal changed their minds. After suggestions from Advertising staff, Saratoga Amateur Radio Products/Hamstop.com revised the new increased-size ad material that first appeared in January QST so that it better describes the featured products. Saratoga is evaluating the effectiveness of these new larger ads, and appreciated the suggested changes, intended to help maximize response. Jun's Electronics, after several years of consistently placing 1/2-page four-color ads in each issue, has unfortunately scaled back its advertising beginning in QST February 2005. We also were saddened to learn that Communications Headquarters, Wilmington, NC has closed up. Occasional and returning advertisers that placed advertising in this issue include Heil Sound and microHAM. Hamfest ads for the Dayton Hamvention/ARRL EXPO 2005, the Richmond Frostfest and the Greater Baltimore Hamfest and Computer Show also appeared in this issue. Staff prepared our six-month progress report for the Board of Directors. A follow-up email advertising solicitation for the 2005-2006 Repeater Directory went out during the week. We are currently taking insertions. Membership Services Awards Branch WAS QSL Cards Checked 450 WAC Certs. (126 QSLs ES/C) 21 5BWAC Certs. (90 QSLs ES/C) 3 WAS in the 90th Awards 48 A-1 Op. Noms. 3 A-1 Op. Certs. 17 LTMA Inquiries 2 VUCC Initial Apps. 4 Grids 288 VUCC End. Apps. 5 Grids 130 Awards Mailed 47 Processing Status: Current or up to three weeks. For the coming week- More WAS in the 90th award processing, VUCC processing/mailing, order 5BWAS plates, mail out all awards processed this week., and work on some LTMA projects. Logbook of the World QSO records entered into the system 59,051,863 QSL records have resulted 2,308,906 Logs Processed 88,049 Active Certificates 12,508 Users registered in the system 8,521 Current Applications 50 Ready Applications 0 Applications Awaiting Mail 50 QSL Bureau Processing time is 5 days. This week 102 pounds of cards were received from members. Cards mailed as of 12/26/04: 1,019,860. No cards were mailed this week. The final mailing for 2004 will be on 12/30. W1AW Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the beginning of the month of January. He also handled some evening phone sales calls in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots. Joe updated the web code practice files. He also updated LoTW files and processed regular W1AW/90 QSL card requests. Joe continues inputting 2004 FMT entries. To date, there are 120 entries. Although the FMT postmark date was December 17, there are still entries being received. Field & Educational Services Rosalie critiqued Bill Barrett's audio tracks for the new CD-ROM prepared for the Community Education Program. She finished the department Board Report with inputs from staff. She took part in a P-SC telecon and an ARISS-Intl telecon, and sent to ARISS delegates, the draft text for a reprinting of the ARISS QSL card. Club/Mentors/Volunteer Instructors Margie Bourgoin proofread SM candidate statements with Leona Adams. Margie handled some of Gail's emails and phone messages during her vacation. She sent paperwork for one new club to the Division Director for approval and responded to inquiries from other clubs in the affiliation process, and to inquiries from a few hamfest applicants. Margie sent CNCS and UTC reimbursement checks and certificates to graduates. She notes a renewed interest in our Elmer Certificate, after a recent Web story about it, and fulfilled eight requests. Community Education Program Bill Barrett put the new projector through its paces. Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams completed the composition of the North Texas and Arkansas SM election candidate statements and ballots. They are being printed, and work is progressing toward a mailing by January 3. Steve Ewald is organizing the many stories and information received about ham radio's response to this past hurricane season for an article in an upcoming QST. The following incumbent SMs were nominated for new terms beginning April 1, and ran unopposed: Jim Lasley, N0JL, Iowa; John Meyers, NB4K, Kentucky; Malcolm Keown, W5XX, Mississippi; Carl Gardenias, WU6D, Orange. Tom Fagan, WB7NXH, was the only nominee for Arizona SM and takes over for Cliff Hauser in April. April QST will resolicit for SM nominees in Montana, Wyoming and Puerto Rico. Chuck Skolaut received several unique-sounding intruder reports on 3700 kHz. A repeated voice message sounds like the cartoon character Yosemite Sam saying, "Varmint, I'm gonna blow you to smithereens." With the aid of the FCC direction-finding capabilities, local Official Observers near Albuquerque, NM, have been asked to assist in locating the source. Chuck also prepared ARRL's contribution to the monthly IARU Monitoring, and provided back-up to John Hennessee who is on vacation. CCE Jean Wolfgang reports that she has learned beta-testing is nearly complete on our new course -- Analog Electronics, written by Ward Silver, and it should be ready for debut some time in January. A second new course -- Digital Electronics, also by Silver -- will be next. Jean reassigned three students to new mentors due to a mentor emergency. She processed two technical class sections and two Level 2 emcomm sections, and set up 15 field test sections, which provided for 31 graduates. Sincerely, Dave Patton, NN1N Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer DCP: lk Staff Absentee List All Staff 12/31 Holiday Dave Sumner 12/27-12/28 Vacation Lisa Kustosik 12/29-12/30 Vacation Mark Dzamba 12/27-12/30 Vacation Pam Dzamba 12/27-12/30 Vacation Gail Iannone 12/20-12/31 Vacation Di Szlachetka 12/27-12/30 Vacation John Hennessee 12/18-12/28 Vacation Wayne Mills 12/20-12/30 Vacation Dan Henderson 12/21-12/30 Vacation Maryann Macdonald 12/27-12/31 Vacation Steve Ford 12/27-1/2 Vacation Rick Lindquist 12/27-12/30 Vacation Fatima Lorusso 12/27-12/30 Vacation Greg Kwasowski 12/21-1/3 Vacation Dan Miller 12/20-12/30 Vacation Deb Jahnke 12/27-12/30 Vacation Bob Schetgen 12/21-12/28 Vacation Dave Patton 12/30 Vacation Debra Johnson 12/27-12/29 ½ Vacation days Mary Hobart 12/27-12/29 ½ Vacation days

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[ARRL-ODV:11669] Re: Fw: [DX-NEWS] Dec 29 Special Event
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

I don't think this is particularly unusual, although the pre-event publicity may be a bit more than normal. They're coming up to operate during normal hours. If anyone else shows up at the same time I'm sure the W1AW operator on duty can handle it. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Vallio, Bob (Dir, Pacific) Sent: Mon 12/27/2004 8:45 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11667] Fw: [DX-NEWS] Dec 29 Special Event Please find below an item listed on the NJDXA [DX-NEWS] reflector, which is read in many parts of the world. I'm curious why these people are accorded this privilege, and what, if any, cost the League incurs in providing what is made to appear to be an exclusive use of the W1AW facility? Are League members who may visit the station during these hours precluded from operating because of this event? Can more than five operators be accommodated simultaneously? The text in the reflector item lists N2IFB as the fourth operator, but my abacus comes up with a total of five operators. Two are Life Members, and one is a full member. The database listing for N2IFB shows "Nothing in database for n2ifb", and the database listing for W2MW shows: "Membership: Status=A Type=Full Regular (F0) Expires=2004-03-31 (Not an active member)" Bob -- W6RGG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve-KF2TI" <kf2ti(a)mindspring.com> To: <dx-news(a)njdxa.org> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] Dec 29 Special Event > Just a last minute reminder that the 3 Steve's ( Steve-KF2TI, Steve- > N2IFA, Steve-KB2ENF and Kurt-W2MW, aka Steve) will be guest op'ing at > the ARRL station, W1AW, Wednesday December 29, from 1700 - 2045 UTC. > > This is our 8th annual WAS DX-pedition to Newington and we will be > operating the following bands: > > 30M CW (Kurt aka Steve aka THUD) > 15, 20 and 40M SSB (Steve, Steve and Steve) > > Depending on condx, we will hope to try 10M SSB and possibly PSK3. > > A 4th operator Andrew-N2IFB will try his hand on 6M SSB. > > If you work any 3 operators, we will send you a beautiful, full color > WAS (Worked All Steve's) certificate (suitable for framing). No QSL > is needed, as we will have copies of the log and send out a > certificate to all those who qualify. > > This is not an officially sanctioned ARRL event. It is run for fun > by the 3 Steve's and a Kurt Amateur Radio Association (all rights > reserved) and we are responsible for the printing and sending of the > 3 Steve's and a Kurt Worked All Steve's certificate (suitable for > framing) > > We would like to thank the ARRL for allowing us to play with their > great toys and putting up with us each year. > > Hope to work you then. > > 73, > > Steve-KF2TI > Co-founder 3S&KARA > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org > THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. > Please visit our website: > http://www.njdxa.org/index.php > scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options > ----------------------------------------------------------

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[ARRL-ODV:11668] Fw: [DX-NEWS] Special event addendum
by R. B. Vallio 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

Here's an addendum to the previously forwarded NJDXA reflector message. Bob -- W6RGG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve-KF2TI" <kf2ti(a)mindspring.com> To: <dx-news(a)njdxa.org> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:58 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] Special event addendum > I neglected to add, that if you want to QSL for working W1AW, then > your qsl cards should go to the ARRL for confirmation as we will be > using the W1AW callsign > > The WAS (worked all steve's) award is something we are doing on our > own and is separate, so if you are looking for a W1AW QSL, go to the > league. If you are looking for a 3 STeve's award, we will take care > of it for you > > Sorry for any confusion > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org > THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. > Please visit our website: > http://www.njdxa.org/index.php > scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options > ----------------------------------------------------------

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[ARRL-ODV:11667] Fw: [DX-NEWS] Dec 29 Special Event
by R. B. Vallio 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

Please find below an item listed on the NJDXA [DX-NEWS] reflector, which is read in many parts of the world. I'm curious why these people are accorded this privilege, and what, if any, cost the League incurs in providing what is made to appear to be an exclusive use of the W1AW facility? Are League members who may visit the station during these hours precluded from operating because of this event? Can more than five operators be accommodated simultaneously? The text in the reflector item lists N2IFB as the fourth operator, but my abacus comes up with a total of five operators. Two are Life Members, and one is a full member. The database listing for N2IFB shows "Nothing in database for n2ifb", and the database listing for W2MW shows: "Membership: Status=A Type=Full Regular (F0) Expires=2004-03-31 (Not an active member)" Bob -- W6RGG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve-KF2TI" <kf2ti(a)mindspring.com> To: <dx-news(a)njdxa.org> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] Dec 29 Special Event > Just a last minute reminder that the 3 Steve's ( Steve-KF2TI, Steve- > N2IFA, Steve-KB2ENF and Kurt-W2MW, aka Steve) will be guest op'ing at > the ARRL station, W1AW, Wednesday December 29, from 1700 - 2045 UTC. > > This is our 8th annual WAS DX-pedition to Newington and we will be > operating the following bands: > > 30M CW (Kurt aka Steve aka THUD) > 15, 20 and 40M SSB (Steve, Steve and Steve) > > Depending on condx, we will hope to try 10M SSB and possibly PSK3. > > A 4th operator Andrew-N2IFB will try his hand on 6M SSB. > > If you work any 3 operators, we will send you a beautiful, full color > WAS (Worked All Steve's) certificate (suitable for framing). No QSL > is needed, as we will have copies of the log and send out a > certificate to all those who qualify. > > This is not an officially sanctioned ARRL event. It is run for fun > by the 3 Steve's and a Kurt Amateur Radio Association (all rights > reserved) and we are responsible for the printing and sending of the > 3 Steve's and a Kurt Worked All Steve's certificate (suitable for > framing) > > We would like to thank the ARRL for allowing us to play with their > great toys and putting up with us each year. > > Hope to work you then. > > 73, > > Steve-KF2TI > Co-founder 3S&KARA > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org > THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. > Please visit our website: > http://www.njdxa.org/index.php > scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options > ----------------------------------------------------------

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[ARRL-ODV:11666] Re: Full Moon Today?
by W5JBP＠aol.com 24 Dec '04

24 Dec '04

X-GANYMEDE-MailScanner-SpamScos X-MailScanner-From: w5jbp(a)aol.com Return-Path: W5JBP(a)aol.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Dec 2004 12:48:41.0179 (UTC) FILETIME=[E531EAB0:01C4E9B6] Like Dave, I only got one. It was old news as we did touch on it at a EC meeting last year. Jim

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[ARRL-ODV:11665] Re: Full Moon Today?
by Andy Oppel 24 Dec '04

24 Dec '04

If we are talking about the same e-mail (the one will allegations about one of our Section Managers), I did a little research. The author's e-mail address does not show up on any of the search sites I use. However, there are some interesting clues in the e-mail. The author urges the reader to "check out my web pages", which are: <http://us.geocities.com/scranarchist/pd.html>http://us.geocities.com/scranarchist/pd.html http://www.geocities.com/scranarchist/disclaimer.html http://us.geocities.com/scranarchist/85-5557.pdf We've seen all the information on them before, but notice that the high-level path to each is the same: http://us.geocities.com/scranarchist Geocities was a hosting service for web sites. It was bought by Yahoo some years ago. "scranarchist" would be the user name of the person who bought the web service from Geocities. No hits on e-mail address scanarchist(a)yahoo.com either, but there is a link to it on the web sites root page (http://us.geocities.com/scranarchist) labeled as "Email Webmaster". Taking a look at page http://us.geocities.com/scranarchist, it's all about the legal dispute over the Sonoma County repeater, 146.73. And the editorial comments tell you the author is on the other side of the table from SCRA (Sonoma County Repeater Association), a group of which the SF Section Manager was once a member. All of a sudden, the user ID scranarchist starts to have meaning: SCRA Anarchist. The obvious conclusion is that the motive of the e-mail author is character assassination, probably in hopes of gaining ground in (or seeking revenge from) the apparently on-going repeater dispute. 73, Andy Oppel, N6AJO Pacific Division Vice Director At 07:49 PM 12/22/2004, you wrote: >I did not think we were in the midst of a full moon, but must be with >the receipt of 3 libelous unsigned e-mails today! And all from Yahoo, >as well! > >I sent a complaint to Yahoo abuse on each one >(http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/abuse/cgi_abuse) With all the grief we >took from them about our redirector several months ago, I take some >satisfaction in sending some complaints their way. > >Have a Merry Christmas everyone! > >73, > >Wade W0EJ

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[ARRL-ODV:11663] Re: Full Moon Today?
by Joel Harrison 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

Don't feel left out....feel lucky. I received all three and you didn't miss anything!! ZN -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:41 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11661] Re: Full Moon Today? I feel left out -- I only received one. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Walstrom, Wade, W0EJ (DIR MW) Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:50 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11659] Full Moon Today? I did not think we were in the midst of a full moon, but must be with the receipt of 3 libelous unsigned e-mails today! And all from Yahoo, as well! I sent a complaint to Yahoo abuse on each one (http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/abuse/cgi_abuse) With all the grief we took from them about our redirector several months ago, I take some satisfaction in sending some complaints their way. Have a Merry Christmas everyone! 73, Wade W0EJ

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[ARRL-ODV:11664] Re: Full Moon Today?
by K5ur＠aol.com 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

Full moon? I immediately thought of "Bomba's" on Tortola, British Virgin Islands..... oh yeah. Funny and wild things happen there at full moon. 73, K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:11661] Re: Full Moon Today?
by Joel Harrison 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

I thought the exact same thing, Wade, as I was hitting the delete key three times. Someone may fault me for that, but my position has always been if a guy doesn't have the gonadinal fortitude to put his name where his mouth is it just doesn't weight much with me. Merry Christmas. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Wade Walstrom [mailto:walstrom@mchsi.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:50 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11659] Full Moon Today? I did not think we were in the midst of a full moon, but must be with the receipt of 3 libelous unsigned e-mails today! And all from Yahoo, as well! I sent a complaint to Yahoo abuse on each one (http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/abuse/cgi_abuse) With all the grief we took from them about our redirector several months ago, I take some satisfaction in sending some complaints their way. Have a Merry Christmas everyone! 73, Wade W0EJ

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