October 2005 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

January Meeting
by n3llr＠earthlink.net 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

I'd rather see it in the Newington area. If we went somewhere else we have to pay for travel & motel for HQ staff that probably would equal/exceed the $5k figure. - Bill N3LLR -----Original Message----- From: w5jbp(a)aol.com Subj: [arrl-odv:13138] January Meeting Date: Wed Oct 5, 2005 9:11 am Size: 1K To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> It is time to consider the location of the January board meeting. For the last two years we have not been fortunate from the weather standpoint. Last January 21 of us were stranded for an extra day due to the airport being closed. I have not discussed this with Barry Shelley, but a guess would be that the cost was in the area of an extra 5K. I know that many of you like to harass the staff, but another location that is not so prone to snow and cold weather (Dallas) might be something you want to consider. What are your thoughts? Jim Haynie, W5JBP

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[arrl-odv:13138] January Meeting
by w5jbp＠aol.com 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

It is time to consider the location of the January board meeting. For the last two years we have not been fortunate from the weather standpoint. Last January 21 of us were stranded for an extra day due to the airport being closed. I have not discussed this with Barry Shelley, but a guess would be that the cost was in the area of an extra 5K. I know that many of you like to harass the staff, but another location that is not so prone to snow and cold weather (Dallas) might be something you want to consider. What are your thoughts? Jim Haynie, W5JBP

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[arrl-odv:13137] Re: My Testimony or Streaming Video
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

It was never mentioned at the hearing, but he is K9MX. Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 860 594 0220 -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:36 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13125] Re: My Testimony or Streaming Video Thanks for the link. Did it come out at the hearing that one of the other testifiers, David G. Boyd, Director of SAFECOM Program Office, Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security, may be K9MX, an ARRL Life Member? 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:13136] Re: My Testimony or Streaming Video
by Jim K8JE 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Mike, Do you think Harold would qualify for the Clarence Darrow Silver Tongue Award? 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: Mike Raisbeck [mailto:k1twf@arrl.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:00 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13135] Re: My Testimony or Streaming Video Nice work Harold!!! 73, 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: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:13 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13122] My Testimony or Streaming Video Hi, If you would like to see my testimony at the House of Representatives hearing on Public Safety Communications as related to Hurricane Katrina, here is the link to CSPAN streaming video site: http://www.cspan.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1 <http://www.cspan.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&Basi cQueryText=kramer> &ResultCount=10&BasicQueryText=kramer If you click the red arrow, it will stream the video. You must have a Real Player www.real.com <http://www.real.com/> on your pc for this to work correctly. My testimony is located at: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 40 seconds into the hearing. Just drag the slider on the player to that time and it should work. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:13135] Re: My Testimony or Streaming Video
by Mike Raisbeck 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Nice work Harold!!! 73, 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: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:13 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13122] My Testimony or Streaming Video Hi, If you would like to see my testimony at the House of Representatives hearing on Public Safety Communications as related to Hurricane Katrina, here is the link to CSPAN streaming video site: http://www.cspan.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1 <http://www.cspan.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&BasicQue ryText=kramer> &ResultCount=10&BasicQueryText=kramer If you click the red arrow, it will stream the video. You must have a Real Player www.real.com <http://www.real.com/> on your pc for this to work correctly. My testimony is located at: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 40 seconds into the hearing. Just drag the slider on the player to that time and it should work. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:13133] Another article about the PPL decision
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15323715&BRD=2185&PAG=…

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[arrl-odv:13130] FW: BPL News
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Here's a better article. Dave ________________________________ From: D Bokan [mailto:dbokan@verizon.net] Sent: Tue 10/4/2005 1:18 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: BPL News This article was in today's paper. (Allentown, PA - The Morning Call). David Bokan K3DLB <http://www.mcall.com/> http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5pploct04,0,5838445.story?coll=all-n… >From The Morning Call PPL ending trial of 'broadband over power lines' Internet access method it helped pioneer proved unprofitable. By Sam Kennedy Of The Morning Call October 4, 2005 PPL Corp. is abandoning the futuristic technology that provides high-speed Internet access, or broadband, through electrical wires and power outlets. The Allentown power company announced Monday it is terminating its ''broadband over power lines'' trial because the technology proved unprofitable. Its subsidiary, PPL Broadband, will cut Internet access to 300 residential customers in the Lehigh Valley at the end of the month, the company said. The decision is a rejection of a potentially market-shifting technology by one of the companies that has pioneered its use. The head of the Federal Communications Commission said in 2002 that broadband over power lines could compete with other sources of high-speed Internet access - the cable modem and the digital subscriber line, DSL. The technology promised to bring high-speed Internet access to many computer users for the first time, particularly those in rural locations, and spur competition with cable and telephone companies, leading to cheaper prices and better service for all consumers. Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell described broadband over power lines as ''within striking distance of becoming the third major broadband pipe into the home.'' That's exactly what seemed to be happening last year, as PPL progressed from technological to marketing trials. The company, which first offered its service in Whitehall Township and Emmaus, expanded to parts of Bethlehem, Upper Macungie Township and Hanover Township, Northampton County. It launched an advertising campaign, mailing postcards that offered high-speed Internet access for about $40. One of the methods PPL has used allows customers to connect to the Internet anywhere in their homes by plugging a portable modem into a power outlet. The other works like the wireless hot spots common in airports, hotels and cafes: The Internet signal - sent from a transmitter attached to a medium-voltage power line outside - is carried to the computer on radio waves. Customers, including homeowners and apartment dwellers, have given the services mostly good marks. For many, it was the only high-speed Internet access at their disposal; cable modem and DSL service are unavailable in some areas. About half of Lehigh Valley Internet users rely on a dial-up connection, according to a survey by Scarborough Research. But in the end, PPL decided broadband over power lines was not viable, company spokesman Jim Santanasto said. He gave two reasons. First, PPL couldn't charge a high enough price in the face of stiff competition from cable and telephone companies. Second, its pool of potential customers - 1.3 million Pennsylvania electricity customers - was too small. ''The economies of scale wouldn't work,'' Santanasto said. Other power companies have not yet come to the same conclusion. More than a dozen electric utilities nationwide are experimenting with the technology. But PPL's experience in Emmaus serves as a cautionary tale. When PPL first launched the technology in Emmaus, the borough was an untapped high-speed Internet market - virtually passed over by the cable and telephone companies. That opening, however, proved short-lived. Today, Service Electric is stringing new fiber-optic and coaxial cable, which will provide high-speed Internet access throughout the borough, and Verizon Communications has launched its own ''fixed wireless'' broadband. PPL said terminating its broadband over power lines trial will have no material financial impact on the company. Only a handful of PPL employees worked for PPL Broadband, and they will continue to be employed by the company. Most of the work, from installations to customer service, was done by contractors. PPL said it will give customers a $50 credit to ease the transition to a new Internet service provider. sam.kennedy(a)mcall.com <mailto:sam.kennedy@mcall.com> 610-820-6517

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[arrl-odv:13129] PPL pulls the plug on BPL
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

I believe Mr. Kelly's statement could be paraphrased as "it costs too much and there are too few customers." Dave K1ZZ http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051003/phm041.html?.v=18 PPL Corporation Will End Its Residential Broadband Over Power Lines Market Trial October 3, 2005 - Yahoo Company to provide credit to current residential market trial customers ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PPL Corporation will end its Lehigh Valley Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) market trial for residential customers on October 31, 2005, the company announced Monday (10/03). The locations affected by this decision are Emmaus, Whitehall, Upper Macungie, Hanover Township and north Bethlehem. PPL will fulfill its contractual commitments with institutional customers in south Bethlehem and center city Allentown. "While our market trials indicate that BPL technology is promising, the combination of a competitive marketplace and the need for significant scale has led us to the decision not to proceed as a retail communications service provider," said David Kelley, president - PPL Telcom. PPL has notified residential market trial customers in those areas of its decision. The company will give those customers a $50 credit to ease the transition to another Internet service provider. "PPL Telcom will continue with its telecommunications transport business, offering fiber optic capacity to other telecommunications companies and businesses in Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic region," Kelley said. PPL Telcom's fiber optic network extends throughout the northeast corridor from New York City to Washington, D.C., to Baltimore and to Philadelphia, as well as into the Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Lancaster and York areas. The ending of the trial does not result in any material financial accounting impacts on PPL Corporation. PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL - News), headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls more than 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to nearly 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America. More information is available at http://www.pplweb.com.

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[arrl-odv:13128] Re: Audio News podcasting
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

More publicity wouldn't hurt although it's been mentioned a few times, for example: http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2005/08/12/1/ The level of awareness of podcasting in general among our members was pretty low back in May when we asked a related question on the Web survey. No doubt that's improved a bit since then. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Mon 10/3/2005 4:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13124] Audio News podcasting Just when I was going to suggest that the ARRL Audio News might be podcasted, over the weekend I discovered that it already is. Cool! Have we publicized that option very much? I don't know how many hams would want to get the bulletins as a podcast, if they knew they could, but the mere availability shows us to be up-to-date with the trends and that should earn us some PR points. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:13127] Re: My Testimony or Streaming Video
by Brian Mileshosky 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Excellent Job, Harold! 73, Brian, N5ZGT

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