January 2005 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:11788] Re: Snow far, snow good
by Andy Oppel 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Bob Vallio and I won't land in California until 11:30 p.m. and therefore won't be home until early Tuesday morning. I bet we're in that final heat for last place. (Heat -- yes, that would be good). At 07:35 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >Kay, > >You should have come back to the Marriott. There are about 20 of us here >waiting to get out later today !!! > >73 Joel W5ZN > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:04 AM >To: arrl-odv >Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11785] Snow far, snow good > > >Who will win the prize (a stale pretzel and some flat soda pop) for being >the last to get home from the Board meeting on account of the blizzard? The >Philly airport closed before my Saturday afternoon flight could take off >from BDL, and between the closure there and the all-day closure at BDL on >Sunday ... Well, I toasted the Eagles victory over Atlanta in a hotel bar >near the airport. Wearing an Eagles t-shirt into a bar full of Patriots fans >is a character-building experience! > >I'm writing this at my gate at BDL Monday morning about 9 AM, and we are >assured the 9:25 AM flight to Philly *will* go, albeit somewhat late. > >Here's hoping everybody either is home already or will be there soon. >Safely. > >73 - Kay N3KN/1

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[ARRL-ODV:11787] Re: Snow far, snow good
by John Bellows 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Kay: You definitely drew the short straw. Twila and I lucked out. It appears we caught the last flight(or one of the last flights) out of BDL on Saturday. We cleared at 6:30 pm and made it home by 8:00 pm CST. Even so I spent part of Sunday clearing the 10 inches of snow that fell between Thursday and Saturday. Safe travel to all!!! Jay -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:04 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11785] Snow far, snow good Who will win the prize (a stale pretzel and some flat soda pop) for being the last to get home from the Board meeting on account of the blizzard? The Philly airport closed before my Saturday afternoon flight could take off from BDL, and between the closure there and the all-day closure at BDL on Sunday ... Well, I toasted the Eagles victory over Atlanta in a hotel bar near the airport. Wearing an Eagles t-shirt into a bar full of Patriots fans is a character-building experience! I'm writing this at my gate at BDL Monday morning about 9 AM, and we are assured the 9:25 AM flight to Philly *will* go, albeit somewhat late. Here's hoping everybody either is home already or will be there soon. Safely. 73 - Kay N3KN/1

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[ARRL-ODV:11786] Re: Snow far, snow good
by Joel Harrison 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Kay, You should have come back to the Marriott. There are about 20 of us here waiting to get out later today !!! 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:04 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11785] Snow far, snow good Who will win the prize (a stale pretzel and some flat soda pop) for being the last to get home from the Board meeting on account of the blizzard? The Philly airport closed before my Saturday afternoon flight could take off from BDL, and between the closure there and the all-day closure at BDL on Sunday ... Well, I toasted the Eagles victory over Atlanta in a hotel bar near the airport. Wearing an Eagles t-shirt into a bar full of Patriots fans is a character-building experience! I'm writing this at my gate at BDL Monday morning about 9 AM, and we are assured the 9:25 AM flight to Philly *will* go, albeit somewhat late. Here's hoping everybody either is home already or will be there soon. Safely. 73 - Kay N3KN/1

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[ARRL-ODV:11785] Snow far, snow good
by Kay Craigie 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Who will win the prize (a stale pretzel and some flat soda pop) for being the last to get home from the Board meeting on account of the blizzard? The Philly airport closed before my Saturday afternoon flight could take off from BDL, and between the closure there and the all-day closure at BDL on Sunday ... Well, I toasted the Eagles victory over Atlanta in a hotel bar near the airport. Wearing an Eagles t-shirt into a bar full of Patriots fans is a character-building experience! I'm writing this at my gate at BDL Monday morning about 9 AM, and we are assured the 9:25 AM flight to Philly *will* go, albeit somewhat late. Here's hoping everybody either is home already or will be there soon. Safely. 73 - Kay N3KN/1

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[ARRL-ODV:11784] Hope you all get home okay
by Frank Fallon - N2FF 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

I arrived home about 2:15 PM at the old antenna farm. Started to run into snow at about 12:30. Here is a picture of the Fallon antenna farm taken from a second floor window. It looks as if we have 15 plus inches here and it is still snowing now and then. Good luck getting home. 73 de Frank...N2FF....

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[ARRL-ODV:11783] Hope you all get home okay
by Frank Fallon - N2FF 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

I arrived home about 2:15 PM at the old antenna farm. Started to run into snow at about 12:30. Here is a picture of the Fallon antenna farm taken from a second floor window. It looks as if we have 15 plush inches here and it is still snowing now and then. Good luck getting home. 73 de Frank...N2FF....

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[ARRL-ODV:11782] Doc 5
by W5JBP＠aol.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

See you in Newington! Jim

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[ARRL-ODV:11781] DOC. #23 TTF
by Huntington Howard-CADV02 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

DOC. #23 and DOC. #23A, the Report of the Technology Task Force is attached. Howie, K9KM <<DOC 23 TTF.doc>> <<DOC 23A HSMM Jan 2005.doc>>

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[ARRL-ODV:11780] Re: membership
by Henry R. Leggette 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Hi Dave, I have to say great words about Allen as well. I started my working with him about 5 minutes after I was appointed the Board Liaison for the PRC in December. In my direct contact with him, he has proven to be promoting amateur radio to non-hams in a big way. A good person to have on staff! See you Thursday! 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:29 AM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11772] Re: membership A couple of points. First, I appreciate the nice words about Allen Pitts. He has been doing a fine job since he joined the staff in September. I know those of you who have not yet met him, and will have the opportunity at HQ before the Board meeting, will enjoy doing so. I hired Allen, he reports directly to me, and he will continue to do so after Harold Kramer comes on board. Second, Allen's main focus is promoting amateur radio to non-hams, both to build awareness for recruiting and to build a positive environment for amateur radio. His focus is not so much on promoting ARRL membership, which is the job of Sales & Marketing. However, as a relatively recent licensee (about 5 years) Allen has both the insights and the talent to provide advice and counsel. While Joe Speroni's Web site (www.ah0a.org) would lead you to think there were 21,000 new licensees in 2004, Joe acknowledges that the number is overstated. We looked very carefully at the 2004 FCC files just last week and concluded that the best number we can come up with, because of ambiguous coding, is 17,330. We signed up 9,040 new members in 2004, not all of whom were brand-new licensees -- but this figure includes 1,394 who returned the form contained in the "New Ham Companion" mailing to new licensees, and many more new licensees who signed up via the Web site (and via other channels) after receiving the mailing. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Fuller, Bernie (Dir, Atlantic) Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:57 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11771] Re: membership Jim - Yup! CU Wednesday. 73, Bernie-N3EFN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim K8JE" <K8JE(a)arrl.org> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11770] Re: membership > Nope. I didn't say this. What I did was to express a couple of > personal opinions as to some activities that would seem to be (in my > mind) critical to the survival of Amateur Radio. I also expressed the > opinion that Allen is a person who can get the job done. I will frankly > admit that I had no faith in the ability of the previous PR head or two > to have been able to handle these jobs. > > Fair 'nuf? > > 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! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernard E. Fuller [mailto:bfuller@gremlan.org] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:16 AM > To: arrl-odv > Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11769] Re: membership > > Jim (Weaver) > > Are you telling me that you feel that the Board should be directing one > of > the staff, and by-passing his bosses, the COO and CEO? > > 73, Bernie-N3EFN > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim K8JE" <K8JE(a)arrl.org> > To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 6:09 PM > Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11768] Re: membership > > > > Jim, > > > > With Allen on board directing our PR effort, I hope he can be assigned > > two particularly tasks. These would be: 1. To sell the value of ARRL > > to current hams and 2. To sell Amateur Radio to the "unpreached." > From > > what I've seen so far, he is doing a great job and is quite capable of > > developing and heading these projects. > > > > CU, > > > > > > 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! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: W5JBP(a)aol.com [mailto:W5JBP@aol.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:44 PM > > To: arrl-odv > > Cc: Stacyofc(a)aol.com > > Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11766] Re: membership > > > > Attached is a membership graph that I think you need. I will be > talking > > about membership in my supplemental oral remarks when we get to Doc > #5. > > I also want you to know that while there were 21,000+ new licenses > > issued in 2004, our recruitment was less than a thousand. I want you > to > > begin thinking about that prior to the annual meeting. > > > > CU in Newington > > > > Jim Haynie, W5JBP > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/05 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/05 > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/05

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[ARRL-ODV:11779] Another Stupid Federal Security Directive?
by dick＠pobox.com 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

18 JAN, 2005 - 1515 CST It appears our federal government is about to place across-the-board restrictions on who can receive satellite orbital data (Keplerian Elements). I really don't believe this will enhance homeland (or any other kind of) security because the U.S. is not the sole possessor of such data. I also doubt if Islamic terrorists would want to take down a satellite because it would probably bring quick retaliation against satellites they use, for example, Al Jahzeera - or at least a public denial of service. Should we argue against this pending action? 73 - Dick, W9GIG ========================================================================= Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from www3.qth.com (www.qth.com [216.229.20.12]) by gold.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24615E149 for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:13:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=www3.qth.com) by www3.qth.com with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cqki8-0004uh-PN; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:11:21 -0600 Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.202.56]) by www3.qth.com with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cqki5-0004u1-Rf for SMC(a)w9smc.com; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:11:18 -0600 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (pcp05893295pcs.cstltn01.in.comcast.net[68.58.8.6]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <200501180410590120013uqle>; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 04:10:59 +0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.300 [265.6.13]); Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:11:09 -0500 Message-ID: <002801c4fd13$bd8ee100$6501a8c0@davidsserver> From: "David Spoelstra" <davids(a)mediamachine.com> To: <SMC(a)w9smc.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:11:09 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Subject: [SMC] Satellite TLEs At the end of March, the only way to get satellite TLEs will be through a US Government site that you must register to get access to. In addition, it will be illegal to give the data you get off that site to anyone else. That means that most of the ways that you currently get the data will be turned off: emails from ARRL or AMSAT, packet cluster, program auto-updates, T.S. Kelso's emails and awesome Celestrak website, etc. It will also be illegal to download the data for a friend or post it on a packet cluster. At http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/notice.asp there is information about the change and a form to log your comments to the US Congress and Air Force Space Command about the change. -David, N9KT

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