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[ARRL-ODV:10704] Central Div. Meritorious Service Award (large attachment)
by dick＠pobox.com 10 Jun '04

10 Jun '04

9 JUN, 2004 - 2230 CDT I thought you all might be interested in seeing the first Central Division Meritorious Service Award that I awarded to the Starved Rock Radio Club this past Sunday, June 6th at their hamfest. With the able assistance of the Illinois SEC, Pat Ryan, KC6VVT, the local area press was present. The message appended below provides the URLs for the SRRC's website and the News Tribune web site. It's my intention that this award only be given out for true disaster communications service. The tornado that wrecked the center of Utica, Illinois and killed 8 people on April 20, 2004 was the first qualifying event. I have also attached a PDF file of the award certificate before it was matted and framed. It's about 1.4 Mb in size and will take a few minutes to download if you do not have a high-speed Internet connection. FYI, the total cost of the award and the 50 plus individual letters/postage was less than $50. If any other director wants to do this, I will set you up with the certificate stock specification, (available at most office supply stores in packages of 25), the ARRL diamond shadow JPG file, and award text file (so you will have the font styling and sizing). 73 - Dick, W9GIG ======================================================================== To: w9gig(a)arrl.org Cc: n9sh@arrl.org,kc6vvt@juno.com Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:50:27 -0500 Subject: SEC/IL Fw: News Tip and the missed Starved Rock Radio Club members MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=--__JNP_000_0d72.3cfa.4d3e X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 9-6,7-8,11-12,16-19,21-22,25-26,29-39,41,43-55,59-60,66-67,72-74,82-83,93-94,101-102,108-109,121-122,126,128,130,132-134,141-150,151-32767 From: "R. Patrick Ryan" <kc6vvt(a)juno.com> Return-Path: kc6vvt(a)juno.com Dick W9GIG, Thanks for the ARRL award and all your hard work! All comments seem to indicate that all humbled and very much gratified for ARRL award and letter. Regarding the later interview at the hamfest with our local news folks from the News Tribune, thought you ought to see the below tip sent to NT in advance, and the resulting newspaper article is posted on the SRRC web page now. See http://www.qsl.net/w9mks For a printable version on the News Tribune web page, see <http://www.newstrib.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=13462&SectionID=1&SubSe…>http://www.newstrib.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=13462&SectionID=1&SubSe… The ARRL Meritorious Service award was posted inside on the SRRC clubhouse walls at Leonore, IL for members, participants and visitors alike to view before the monthly meeting this Monday. <SNIP> Thanks again for your grand effort, keep up the fine business. vy 73 de Pat Ryan KC6VVT ARRL Illinois Section Emergency Coordinator

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[ARRL-ODV:10703] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 09 Jun '04

09 Jun '04

IN-Newsletter Vol. 27, No.23 June 9, 2004 Upcoming Meetings July 15th in Newington, CT at 8:30am Programs & Services Committee July 15th in Newington, CT at 8:30am A & F Committee July 16-17, 2004 in Windsor, CT Board Meeting Development The W1AW Endowment Fund has reached $151,130 in revenue with a strong average contribution of $81.65. With a cost of $48,000, the net to the Endowment is $103,130. Returns are falling off dramatically so the fund will not realize the budgeted results. A campaign will need to be mounted in FY 2005 to continue building this important fund. The spring 2004 Spectrum Defense campaign is seeing strong returns from the follow up mailing. The full file campaign has reached $185,663 in donations from 3,447 members. The average contribution is nearly $54 -- $10 higher than previous Defense Fund average gifts. However, this campaign is falling well below budgeted goals. Development has been notified this week of a $50,000 estate commitment. This brings the total number of planned gift commitments close to 40. The Education & Technology Program is mailing to 55,000 targeted members, with a follow up to 10,000 members -- major donors, prior Education donors, donors to other campaigns and a segment of other active members. This campaign is designed to raise funds to assist with the pilot Teachers Institute in August 2004 and to fund project kits to schools. The goal is to fully fund the Teachers Institute at $50,000 to educate 16 teachers in wireless technology. Half of that $50,000 budget is committed and the balance will come from two sources -- the current campaign and another generous donor. A letter was emailed to 1600 affiliated clubs explaining Memorial and tribute contributions that could be made around Memorial Day and Fathers Day. The second annual report for the three-year United Technologies grant is in preparation. It will detail the progress to June 1, 2004, including data from the public service database and progress toward the goal of training 3000 hams in ARECC courses before the end of the grant period - December 31, 2005. Preparations have begun to submit the renewal request for year three of the CNCS Emcomm grant. Dan Miller is preparing preliminary thoughts which will be translated into formal measurable work plans on which our success will be based through year three. With assistance from CFO Shelley, a letter has been submitted to the federal OMB appealing rejection of ARRL's participation in the 2004 campaign. The rejection was based on fundraising and administrative costs as a percentage of the overall organization budget that exceeded acceptable limits. This program for federal employee contributions attracted more than $10,000 in 2003. Media Relations Thanks go to Ed Hare, who fielded a call from a reporter with The Seattle Times when Jen was out of the office. The reporter was working on a BPL story, and Ed shared a lot of good information with him. Jen later followed up, and lent additional assistance. We're told that the story is "in the queue," and will run soon. The Patriot News (Harrisburg, VA) BPL piece - reported here last week - is also expected to appear in print soon. It did not run on June 5, as expected. ARRL antenna guru Dean Straw agreed to be interviewed for a New York Times piece about monopole antenna technology. The reporter was focusing the story on the work of Rob Vincent, K1DFT, and his success in the development of monopole antennas. Jen answered more member questions about Field Day publicity efforts. The May clip reports have been mailed to the Board and members of the Public Relations Committee. Production/Editorial Bob Schetgen was at HQ Friday to pick up some material for QST and QEX. Bob reports that he's making good progress in his recovery. The July/August issue of NCJ has been released to the printer. Rick Lindquist reports The ARRL Letter, Vol 23, No 23, distributed to 66,522 members on June 4. Rick prepared stories on the BPL business in Manassas, VA, and Potomac, MD; ARES activations in Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky; a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station QSO with a NY school group; Oldest US ham, Tex Burdick, W5BQU, SK; Kentucky's youngest ham; MA ARES drill; K6KPH to transmit W1AW FD message for West Coast, and some Web announcements. With voiceover assistance from Jennifer Hagy, Rick voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for June 4. Joel Hallas submitted August QST New Product announcements and a technical article that he prepared for publication in the August issue. Stu Cohen submitted technical material for August QST. Sales and Marketing May publication sales topped $300,000, narrowly missing the budget target by $9,600. The small variance was easily covered by $25,000 of advance Repeater Directory sales in April. These sales were booked one month earlier than had been planned. Publication sales is running ahead year-to-date by $45,500. Sluggish sales of the 2004 edition ARRL Handbook have been offset by stronger than planned sales of Now You're Talking! and other ARRL titles. The July/Aug issue of QEX will include a promotion for all of the ARRL C-CE online courses. A handful of new ARRL web banners have been produced. Some of these ads can be seen in the banner rotations on the ARRL web site, QTH.com and buck.com. Bob collaborated with Norm Fusaro on a Field Day announcement emailed to clubs. Earlier in the week, members of the Sales & Marketing team met with Norm to discuss ways that might help lead to improvements on a variety of fronts. Ideas were discussed for garnering greater club involvement in new membership recruitment. Headquarter visitors are now greeted by a large birthday banner celebrating the organization's 90th anniversary. It's the same banner that provided a backdrop to the ARRL exhibit at Dayton Hamvention. Thanks to Greg Kwasowski--it now hangs proudly from the front portico for all to enjoy. ARRL advertising welcomes RADIUS Radio Network Technology and Martek Radio LLC, and returning advertisers Kuhne electronic, Barker & Williamson, Boxboro and CSI with advertising insertions in the QST July 2004. After a one-year absence, Miracle Antenna will be resuming advertising with an ad campaign slated to begin in QST August 2004. Lisa Tardette is working with Diane Szlachetka on a Dealer Newsline to promote a variety of titles. Membership Services Awards Branch WAS QSL Cards Checked 200 WAS Certs. (1000 QSLs F/C) 20 WAS Certs. (800 QSLs ES/C) 16 WAS/90th Awards 15 Extra Class Certs. 11 A-1 Op. Noms. 2 LTMA Inquiries 8 VUCC Backfill Apps. 3 Grids 270 Awards Mailed 82 Processing Status: Current or up to three weeks. For the coming week-VUCC awards processing/mailing, U.S. WAC awards, compile the latest VUCC award recipient list for August "QST", work on report for BOD including YTD statistics, gather various LTMA data, and mail out all awards processed this week. DXCC Branch For the week of: June 6, 2004 Beginning Cards 61,426 Cards Received 8,322 Cards Processed 8,497 Ending Cards 61,251 Applications Pending 486 Processing Time 3 Weeks Year-to-date (2004) Cards Received 211,042 Cards Returned 274,586 DXCC is currently mailing applications received on May 17, 2004. DXCC is currently entering cards received on May 17, 2004. Logbook of the World QSO records entered into the system 44,483,713 QSL records have resulted 1,449,946 Logs Processed 53,017 Active Certificates 9,981 Users registered in the system 7,009 Pending Applications 109 (57 hybrid) Contest Branch Rules announcement for the 10 GHz and Up contest were finalized for the web and QST. The January VHF Sweepstakes article draft was received from the author and is being prepared for production. Data entry for 2004 DX pins was finalized and we are waiting for the pins in order to ship. Solicitation letters for the June 2004 VHF QSO Party plaques were prepared and mailed. Plaques for the 2003 November Sweepstakes were ordered. QSL Bureau QSL Service Status: There is a delay of 4 days. This week 93 pounds of cards were received from members. Approximately 110 pounds of cards are waiting to be processed. Cards mailed as of 06/06/04: 523,775. No cards were mailed this week. W1AW Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the month of June. He worked the early afternoon shifts (in addition to his regular night shifts) on Tuesday through Friday for a vacationing Joe Carcia and also handled some evening phone sales calls in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots. Field & Educational Services Thanks goes to Rick Lindquist for his Web story about astronaut Mike Fincke's QSO with Walton Central High School in New York. Rosalie pinch-hit for Steve while he was on vacation, to assist some SMs. She and Norm worked on ideas for better communication with clubs. She aided Gail in learning certification production for a new batch of newly affiliated ARRL clubs. Linda Mullally updated records for 111 affiliated clubs, with 4 reactivations. She registered 2 new Volunteer Instructors. She checked membership rosters for 3 clubs, and also answered questions from club officers regarding the new NEAM service (it gives clubs access to information on new hams for clubs' recruitment purposes). She handled 7 SSC renewals (including their certificates), 3 label requests and 2 club vanity email requests. She sent 28 Exhibit Kits and 4 Scouting Kits as well as 1045 assorted brochures. Gail Iannone sent 8 hamfest and 4 convention approval letters to the sponsoring committees confirming the Division Director's approval of events as ARRL-sanctioned, processed 12 hamfest/convention material orders for handouts and door prizes for upcoming events, and coordinated travel for Ed Hare to be the HQ rep at the Arizona State Convention on July 1-4 in Williams, and for Mike Tracy to be the HQ rep at the Pacific Division Convention on October 15-17 in San Ramon, CA. She sent 10 affiliation certificates to the club officials or ARRL officials whom she queried about wishing to present these to the new ARRL-affiliated clubs. Field Organization/Public Service Chuck Skolaut sent to the FCC a tape documenting questionable 75-meter AM phone operation, and forwarded a specific report of unlicensed 10-meter operation. He received information concerning repeater problems in IL, MO, CA, and NNJ. A Tennessee Official Observer received a thank you as the result of a Good Op Report and an advisory he had sent recently. Leona Adams received two SM nomination petitions for the term beginning October 1: Elizabeth Doane, Connecticut, and Doug Rich, W7VDR, Idaho. Leona sent first signer and acknowledgement letters to nominators. She made preparations to send out monthly Field Organization Appointment Reports. She also entered expense information into Section budgets, and appointment and cancellation data. Regulatory Information John Hennessee continues to work at updating The FCC Rule Book for the next edition. The Part 97 revisions effective June 1 should be on the ARRL Web by the time you read this. He also made various other regulatory Web page changes. Antenna zoning problems seem to be on the decline this week. CCE Jean Wolfgang was able to immediately apply to her daily duties a few short cuts she learned during her Access classes. She's seen a few more emails this week asking about the online Technician license course. Jean processed 81 mentor stipends for May and a total of 23 graduation records for this week. EmComm Grants Dan Miller and SM John Thomason of Oklahoma collaborated with disaster workers from all over the U.S. and many foreign countries at the NVOAD Conference in Louisville, KY. Dan and John made contact with many non-ham officials and brought additional Amateur Radio awareness to them. Following that, Dan's seminar at EmComm West in Reno, NV, was well received. Amateur Radio Education & Technology Program The purchase of the radio station equipment for the latest round of approved schools has been sent out for bid to dealers by Mark Spencer. He hopes to make the order by 22 June. The survey of the Sections, asking which SMs have Assistant SMs for education or youth, has been completed. Mark has thought about some ways to improve educational support to them, and these will be discussed in F&ES. As of early June, we have 2292 registrations and 1348 graduates in the CNCS-sponsored emcomm courses and 284 registrations and 157 graduates in the UTC-sponsored courses. Mentor/Club Program Norm Fusaro met with the marketing folks to put together a Field Day mailing to clubs. He also sent information to clubs about the New Amateur search tool on the ARRL Web site. In the first 4 days since introducing the Web search tool, it had over 300 uses. Norm wrote a Web item featuring the Plano Amateur Radio Klub in Texas and the success they have had with new hams. He began work on a PowerPoint presentation for clubs on welcoming committees. He handled several customer service issues; one was a new ham having trouble initiating an HF QSO and not getting help from his local club. 73, Sincerely, Mark Wilson, K1RO Chief Operating Officer MW:lk Staff Absentee List All Staff 7/5 Holiday Dave Sumner 6/18-6/21 NW Division Convention, Seaside, OR Barry Shelley 6/28-7/2 Vacation Dennis Motschenbacher 6/19-6/20 HamCom, Dallas, TX `` 7/23-7/25 Central States VHF, Toronto, Canada `` 8/20-8/21 Convention, Albuquerque, NM `` 8/27-8/29 SW Division Convention, Phoenix, AZ Rick Lindquist 7/2-7/9 Vacation Robert Inderbitzen 7/19-7/30 Vacation Fatima Lorusso 6/14 Vacation `` 7/6-7/9 Vacation Janet Rocco 6/29 Jury duty `` 7/26-7/30 Vacation Cathy Stepina 6/3-6/13 Vacation Zoe Belliveau 6/21-6/25 Vacation Jon Bloom 6/14-7/2 Vacation Chuck Skolaut 6/11-6/12 Iowa State Convention Mark Spencer 6/18-6/20 HamCom, Dallas, TX `` 6/23-7/4 Vacation Wayne Mills 6/18 Hamcom, Dallas, TX 6/23 - 6/28 Convention, Friedrichshafen, Germany Debra Jahnke 7/5-7/9 Vacation Joel Kleinman 6/15 Vacation Stu Cohen 6/11-6/14 Vacation Zack Lau 6/28-7/2 Vacation Ed Hare 6/30-7/14 AZ State Convention/Vacation Dan Miller 6/17-6/20 NW Division Convention, Seaside, OR Rosalie White 6/25 Vacation Scott Gee 6/15-6/16 Vacation

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[ARRL-ODV:10702] Re: Our Flag
by K5ur＠aol.com 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Great site, Dick. I've forwarded it to a couple of buddies myself. Tnx. 73, Rick - K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:10699] WW 2 Memorial
by Jim K8JE 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Considering we are not being swamped with detailed Board material at this time and in consideration of the 60th anniversary of D-Day, I submit the following thought: 1. Envision standing in front of the new WW 2 Memorial in DC. 2. Imagine looking at all its grandeur from a short distance. 3. Imagine, too, a discrete-but-readily-noticeable sign a respectable distance from the memorial. 4. The sign reads: "In memory of the thousands of people whose sacrifices made it possible for the French not to have to speak German." Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL ARRL, The reason Amateur Radio Is!

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[ARRL-ODV:10701] Re: CC&R Solution?
by Huntington Howard-CADV02 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Jim, Thanks for the additonal info. We should know what is new and different that Rob Vincent has to offer. Perhaps you, Tom or Mike can update us after August 14. Two and one half hours though?? Maybe you can take turns or pick up a handout. The media likes this stuff and municipalities probably like it even more. If some YCCC guys like it, that is the real test. Howie, K9KM -----Original Message----- From: James McCobb [mailto:w1llu@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:05 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10700] Re: CC&R Solution? Hi Howie, The boxboro convention people called me a few weeks ago asking if I would put him on as a presenter at Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC) meeting at the convention on August 14th. I declined because we already had in place someone to speak on antennas plus he wanted 2 1/2 hours (which would have absorbed almost all speaker time) to present his invention. But the convention people are setting him up with time he wanted and thus he will be a major presenter at Boxboro. So you will probably be hearing more about his antenna. 73, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Huntington Howard-CADV02 <mailto:Howard.Huntington@motorola.com> To: arrl-odv <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:54 PM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10698] Re: CC&R Solution? There is not enough engineering content in this writing by a news reporter to suspect there is some new technology. If a US patent is issued there may be reason for some concern. I am skeptical and I am not one to overlook new technology. I did a brief Google search and did not find much that would correlate in a professional way but it looks like he is a member and K1DFT. There was a series of excellent articles years ago in QST by Jerry Sevick, W2FMI on short vertical antennas and yes there are tradeoffs in efficiency and pattern compared to a quarter wave or longer vertical. Also the necessary distance to maintain compliance to Minimum Permissible Exposure requirements is increased considerably. Howie, K9KM -----Original Message----- From: Mike Raisbeck [mailto:k1twf@arrl.net] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 7:43 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10691] Re: CC&R Solution? And if it doesn't prove true, this article could haunt us for a very long time ;-) After all, it could be used to prove: 1 - hams don't need big antennas 2 - if they claim otherwise, it's because they aren't up on the latest technology How would you counter this at an appeals board hearing? Mike - K1TWF ----------------------------------- Law Office of Michael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 Fax: (978) 250-0432 Web: www.mraisbeck.com Email: k1twf(a)arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply email and delete this message. _____ From: R. B. Vallio [mailto:w6rgg@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:01 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10690] CC&R Solution? If this proves to be true, we need only worry about BPL! Bob -- W6RGG Check this out: <http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=2659> http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=2659

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[ARRL-ODV:10700] Re: CC&R Solution?
by James McCobb 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Hi Howie, The boxboro convention people called me a few weeks ago asking if I would put him on as a presenter at Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC) meeting at the convention on August 14th. I declined because we already had in place someone to speak on antennas plus he wanted 2 1/2 hours (which would have absorbed almost all speaker time) to present his invention. But the convention people are setting him up with time he wanted and thus he will be a major presenter at Boxboro. So you will probably be hearing more about his antenna. 73, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Huntington Howard-CADV02 To: arrl-odv Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:54 PM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10698] Re: CC&R Solution? There is not enough engineering content in this writing by a news reporter to suspect there is some new technology. If a US patent is issued there may be reason for some concern. I am skeptical and I am not one to overlook new technology. I did a brief Google search and did not find much that would correlate in a professional way but it looks like he is a member and K1DFT. There was a series of excellent articles years ago in QST by Jerry Sevick, W2FMI on short vertical antennas and yes there are tradeoffs in efficiency and pattern compared to a quarter wave or longer vertical. Also the necessary distance to maintain compliance to Minimum Permissible Exposure requirements is increased considerably. Howie, K9KM -----Original Message----- From: Mike Raisbeck [mailto:k1twf@arrl.net] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 7:43 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10691] Re: CC&R Solution? And if it doesn't prove true, this article could haunt us for a very long time ;-) After all, it could be used to prove: 1 - hams don't need big antennas 2 - if they claim otherwise, it's because they aren't up on the latest technology How would you counter this at an appeals board hearing? Mike - K1TWF ----------------------------------- Law Office of Michael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 Fax: (978) 250-0432 Web: www.mraisbeck.com Email: k1twf(a)arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply email and delete this message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: R. B. Vallio [mailto:w6rgg@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:01 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10690] CC&R Solution? If this proves to be true, we need only worry about BPL! Bob -- W6RGG Check this out: http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=2659

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[ARRL-ODV:10698] Re: CC&R Solution?
by Huntington Howard-CADV02 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

There is not enough engineering content in this writing by a news reporter to suspect there is some new technology. If a US patent is issued there may be reason for some concern. I am skeptical and I am not one to overlook new technology. I did a brief Google search and did not find much that would correlate in a professional way but it looks like he is a member and K1DFT. There was a series of excellent articles years ago in QST by Jerry Sevick, W2FMI on short vertical antennas and yes there are tradeoffs in efficiency and pattern compared to a quarter wave or longer vertical. Also the necessary distance to maintain compliance to Minimum Permissible Exposure requirements is increased considerably. Howie, K9KM -----Original Message----- From: Mike Raisbeck [mailto:k1twf@arrl.net] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 7:43 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10691] Re: CC&R Solution? And if it doesn't prove true, this article could haunt us for a very long time ;-) After all, it could be used to prove: 1 - hams don't need big antennas 2 - if they claim otherwise, it's because they aren't up on the latest technology How would you counter this at an appeals board hearing? Mike - K1TWF ----------------------------------- Law Office of Michael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 Fax: (978) 250-0432 Web: www.mraisbeck.com Email: k1twf(a)arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply email and delete this message. _____ From: R. B. Vallio [mailto:w6rgg@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:01 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10690] CC&R Solution? If this proves to be true, we need only worry about BPL! Bob -- W6RGG Check this out: <http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=2659> http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=2659

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[ARRL-ODV:10697] Re: Our Flag
by dick＠pobox.com 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

8 JUN, 2004 - 1145 CDT I don't know how long this web site will stay up before its user exhausts his bandwidth consumption limit again. But it's there right now. http://www.kerman94.net/MyFlag 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:10696] BPL Struggle Continues
by dick＠pobox.com 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

8 JUN, 2004 - 1120 CDT Fellow ARRL Board Members... Below is the message exchange between the Indiana SM, Jim Sellers, and an Indiana State official who made an inquiry about BPL. Obviously we have no way of knowing how the BPL struggle will play out in Indiana. But it's nice to be able to get the word to government officials before the problems start. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ========================================================================= Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from colander (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kelvin.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 221F31757EB for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:20:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from out002.verizon.net (out002pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.141]) by kelvin.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:19:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from k9zbm ([67.200.62.217]) by out002.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040608013559.HDIF9273.out002.verizon.net@k9zbm>; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 20:35:59 -0500 Message-ID: <000c01c44cf8$f301d340$d93ec843@k9zbm> From: "James S. Sellers" <k9zbm(a)verizon.net> To: "Keen, Ronald" <rkeen(a)oucc.IN.gov> Cc: "Dick Isely" <dick(a)pobox.com>, "Ewald, Steve, WV1X" <wv1x(a)arrl.org> References: <A3230F6062EB1B4F82AC35B51CA37A866EF686(a)exchmail03.shared.state.in.us> Subject: Re: Broadband Over Powerlines Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 20:35:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01C44CCF.07E1DB40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Dear Mr. Keen, Regarding Broadband over Power Lines, this technology is bad technology. Its proposed implimentation is of great concern to me and all Indiana Amateur Radio Operators. This technology affects not only amateur radio operators, but all users of the High Frequency and Low VHF radio spectrum. Quite simply, the commercial power lines were designed and built to transmit 60 Hertz(Hz) electricity to private consumers and commercial businesses. These power lines were never designed or constructed to transmit digital signals in the 2 Megahertz to 60 Megahertz region. Essentially, these digital signals are radio frequency signals. The basic physics of electricity has proven that these signals will radiate from single conductor wires very much in the same manner as a radio antenna. I have attached a .pdf file describing the concerns of amateur radio operators here in Indiana and throughout the U.S. This document was produced by the American Radio Relay League(ARRL), and is publicly available. Please take the time to open and read its contents carefully. Thank you for writing me regarding this BPL issue that is of great concern to me and all Indiana Radio Amateurs. Feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or comments. Sincerely, James S. Sellers K9ZBM Indiana ARRL Section Manager 54676 County Rd. 8 Middlebury, IN 46540-8710 (574) 825-5425 <mailto:k9zbm@arrl.org>k9zbm(a)arrl.org cc/Dick Isely W9GIG, Central Div. Director Steve Ewald WV1X, ARRL Hq. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:rkeen@oucc.IN.gov>Keen, Ronald To: <mailto:k9zbm@arrl.org>k9zbm(a)arrl.org Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 07:24 AM Subject: Broadband Over Powerlines Mr. Sellers -- The debate on Broadband Over Powerlines (BPL) has become more focused in Indiana with the recent announcement by Cinergy of an intent to potentially deploy BPL in Indiana. I've also heard some arguments against such a deployment from the amateur radio operators. While I'm familiar with the BPL technology, I'm not up to speed on the interference issues. Can you help? Thanks. Regards, Ronald L. Keen Director, Telecommunications Division Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor 100 N. Senate Avenue, Room N501 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 PH: 317-232-2751 FAX: 317-232-5923 RKeen(a)oucc.state.in.us <file://d:\eudora\attach\BPL-leave-behind2.pdf> 18c8b5.jpg <file://d:\eudora\attach\BPL-leave-behind2.pdf> BPL-leave-behind2.pdf

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[ARRL-ODV:10695] Re: CC&R Solution?
by W3KD＠aol.com 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

In a message dated 6/7/2004 8:46:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, k1twf(a)arrl.net writes: > And if it doesn't prove true, this article could haunt us for a very long > time ;-) After all, it could be used to prove: > > 1 - hams don't need big antennas > 2 - if they claim otherwise, it's because they aren't up on the latest > technology > > How would you counter this at an appeals board hearing? > > Mike - K1TWF > Mike has a good point, of course; the only counterargument is that it is unproven technology, but that is a stopgap argument. There is a parallel in the broadcast industry; the so-called "Paran" antenna and an experimental design from Egypt are used on an experimental basis for broadcast stations, and they are relatively small. The broadcast tower case in New Hampshire that Hopengarten worked on and in which SBE filed an amicus brief involved allegations by the municipality that small antennas were feasible and that therefore, the 45-foot antenna height limit in all zones in the town did not preclude radio broadcasting throughout the town. We had to address the fact that such antennas were not approved for permanent broadcast use by FCC. Such an argument would not be available to hams. Chris

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