December 2005 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

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by Bob Vallio 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

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Lyris up and running
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Barry Shelley reports that Lyris is up and mail is flowing, albeit slowly with the backlog of messages. An automatic update of the Microsoft operating software was the culprit, not the Lyris software or the hardware. The automatic update changed the password on the SQL database (with no warning) and the Lyris software couldn't start up when it couldn't access the SQL database. Restoring the password allowed us to restart the Lyris services and it was off and running. Barry says, "Thank you Bill Gates!" We are going to investigate whether we can house the Lyris list server at a remote location where we can get 24x7 monitoring and services. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:13423] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

IN-Newsletter Vol. 28, No. 50 December 14, 2005 -- Covers the period December 4-10. Upcoming Meetings and Events Annual Board Meeting January 20-21, 2006 in Windsor, CT Development The 2006 Spectrum Defense Fund has now topped $121,000 from more than 2300 members. A new offer is being designed staring in January to recruit members for the Diamond Club, thanks to help from Bob Inderbitzen and Kathy Capodicasa. An informational insert is being printed to promote planned giving and the ARRL Legacy Circle. Development represented ARRL at the National Conference for Individuals with Disabilities in Washington. In addition to learning more about the goals and needs of this audience, the conference offered ARRL an opportunity to exhibit brochures about Emergency Communications and Youth Activities as well as providing opportunities to promote Amateur Radio in forums on disaster preparedness. Several funding possibilities emerged which will be carefully researched. Media & Public Relations 14 entries for the Leonard Award were digitally duplicated and sent to all members of the PR committee. For Hello!, the logo is done, Italy shot video in front of the coliseum with past President Cossiga and is sending it in. The Swiss Army Knife for PIOs cover is done and the files are done except for last (post BOD meet) additions. Media Hits column was chosen from many good choices. The Toy Drive progresses well. 150 electronic learning lab kids and many bicycles have been purchased with donations. We have needed to go to a 3rd truck, and may well need a 4th. A media event is planned for the 15th at 2pm when the trucks leave. Every TV, radio and newspaper media outlet in the region has been contacted twice about it. Another media event, run by TSA, is at 1:30pm the following day when they arrive at Jackson which is the regional HQ. The toys will continue south to the coastal areas. Several local hams are planning to join in the actual distribution process. I will be gone Wednesday afternoon through the end of the week to go to Memphis. Among the VIP's expected at Memphis are: Bill Feist - SE Regional Disaster Coordinator for TSA; Mark Jones - Regional PR Manager TSA; Tonya Meeks - special assistant to Congressman Ford; Rep from Sen L. Alexander; Mayor Wharton. Production/Editorial Rick Lindquist reports The ARRL Letter, Vol. 24, No. 48, distributed to 65,879 members on Dec 9. Rick compiled "Happenings" in for Feb 2006 QST and updated written procedures for producing ARRL Audio News and submitted them to Joel Kleinman for review. This was done so that Allen Pitts can handle AAN while Rick's out of town the first week in January. Rick also prepared/edited stories on: Guilty verdict (6 counts) in Gerritsen radio jamming case; ARISS school group contacts in Massachusetts and Canada, Holiday Toy Drive donation deadline, Bob Schetgen-SK, the "QRP Community" column and several news briefs and announcements. Rick voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for Dec 9. Sales & Marketing Returns from November's membership mailing to 20,000 lapsed members (General, Adv, and Extra) continue to come in-and is quickly approaching a 2% return. Holiday cards and gifts have been sent to advertisers, dealers and other sales and marketing clients. The Repeater Directory flyer was mailed last week. A solicitation which includes the Repeater Directory flyer PDF will be sent to ARRL clubs that operate repeaters. The Advertising Matters 2006 newsletter is nearly ready to be printed. Work is well underway on February 2006 QST advertising. HamPROS will be alternating ads with QST and CQ for 2006. KU4AB.com, a CQ advertiser, has committed to a 3 month ad campaign. As soon as a decision is made on the possibility of stocking our third "Dummies" title - Electronics for Dummies, an announcement of our new 25% discount on "Dummies" titles will be sent to the dealers. New ham information was mailed to 5 prospects this week. Product sales returns were brisk this past weekend, largely the result of an e-mail solicitation sent to nearly 48,000 members on Thursday and Friday. The campaign was built around a 4-day free shipping incentive for orders of $25 or more. Gross Sales (excluding tax and shipping) exceeded $37,000 [685 orders; average order amount $55.09]. A survey was conducted of current Repeater Directory owners. The survey was hosted using a trial subscription to an online survey provider. Tabulated responses began to accumulate within minutes of sending the invitation to complete the survey. The results will help our publications feedline team-an intradepartmental staff team that evaluates product opportunities. The majority of survey responses indicated a high degree of satisfaction with the current Repeater Directory product. Some additional results provided suggestions for new features and other related products. The 2006 ARRL Amateur Radio Calendars are a hit! We'll likely exhaust the supply before mid-January, far-exceeding expectations for sales and distribution. Thanks goes to Debra Johnson for her leadership in seeing this project through production, and to Sue Fagan for her consummate design. A solicitation for QEX and NCJ generated a handful of subscriptions during the past week. The solicitation included an incentive for multi-year subscriptions. In the week following the e-mailing, 279 QEX and 60 NCJ subscriptions were received, with a considerable number of multi-year subscribers. Online Courses Classes that opened on Dec 2 contained 122 students. November stipends to mentors have been mailed. ON-LINE COURSES Registrations During this week Graduations Antenna Modeling (EC-004) 2 4 HF Digital (EC-005) 0 0 RFI (EC-006) 0 2 VHF/UHF (EC-008) 0 0 Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009) 0 0 Technician Licensing (EC-010) 1 1 Propagation (EC-011) 1 0 Analog Electronics (EC-012) 0 1 Digital Electronics (EC-013) 0 0 Emergency Comm. Level 1 (EC-001) 7 60 Emergency Comm. Level 2 (EC-002) 8 8 Emergency Comm. Level 3 (EC-003) 9 14 Membership Services Awards Branch WAS Certificates (500 QSLs F/C) 10 WAS Certificates (350 QSLs ES/C) 7 Long-Term Member Inquiries 1 DXCC Plaque Charges 35 DXCC Plaques Shipped 2 A-1 Operator Nominations 8 VUCC Initial Applications 6 Grids 924 VUCC Endorsement Applications 1 Grids 6 In addition, compiled, proofed and submitted the latest VUCC award listing for February QST. Processing Status: Current or up to three weeks. For the coming week-Complete the report for January BOD meeting, Extra Class certificates, mail out the processed awards from the last two weeks, proof 80 DXCC engraved plates, and work with DXCC staff to ship the 80 plaques. Contest Branch Proofing of the 2005 IARU Web results article began and the results should be available on the web the week of December 12. Data entry for the November Sweepstakes continues. Parts of the EME database had to be re-written to incorporate the new categories added, after which data entry was begun for the 2005 Competition. The branch report for the 2006 January Board meeting was written and sent to the MSD assistant. Data entry on Sweepstakes cups/pins orders continued. N1ND also provided W1AW station coverage and conducted a tour on Thursday. DXCC Branch For the Week of: December 11, 2005 Beginning Credits 45,033 Credits Received 11,362 Credits Processed 2,830 Ending Credits 53,672 Applications Pending 401 Processing time 6.6 Weeks Year-to-date (2005) Credits Received 569,654 Credits Returned 598,244 DXCC is currently entering credits received on November 8, 2005. DXCC is currently mailing applications received on October 26, 2005. Logbook of the World QSO records entered into the system 85,627,512 QSL records have resulted 4,289,039 Logs Processed 166,912 Active Certificates 16,700 Users registered in the system 11,067 Hybrids Pending Mail 94 QSL Branch There is a 5 day processing time delay. This week, 83 pounds of cards were received from members. 27,125 cards were shipped this past week. W1AW Joe updated the web code practice files. He created the texts for the December W1AW Qualifying Runs. He also processed four (4) Qualifying Run endorsements and one new certificate. Joe processed regular W1AW QSL card requests. On Wednesday, he presented "HQ Staff access to the donated Kenwood TS-480SAT" during a "Brownbag Seminar" to HQ staff. Joe and other staff continue testing with the new 1.2 GHz D-Star repeater system. Joe also worked the late afternoon/night shift on Thursday for a vacationing Scott Gee. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the month of December. He also handled some evening phone sales calls in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots. Scott is also assisting the DXCC department by proof-reading applications that have been inputted into the DXCC system, but require a check of the work. Field & Educational Services Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams received and handled several Section Manager petitions as the deadline for nominations arrived for terms beginning in April, 2006. Those nominated include Pete Cecere, N2YJZ (Eastern New York), Mickey Cox, K5MC (Louisiana), Tuck Miller, NZ6T (San Diego), Rich Beebe, N0PV (South Dakota), and Timothy Slay, N4IB (North Carolina). There will be an election in the Virginia section this winter. Chuck Skolaut received an FCC monitoring request for assistance from our Official Observers about a 2-meter frequency and one on 75 meters. Documentation has been received concerning problems observed on another 75-meter frequency as well as responses to an earlier FCC request on this same band. The ARRL Monitoring System has added a new member from South Carolina. Chuck is also kept track of several intruder reports on 75, 17 and 15 meters that have now been identified. Steve Ewald participated in a meeting with Alabama SM Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, and Vice President Kay Craigie and several other HQ Staff Leaders to discuss ARRL response to the hurricane emergencies. We heard from our National Weather Service co-sponsors of SKYWARN Recognition Day (held December 3). Early response indicates another successful and enjoyable event despite some poor band conditions. Steve is also working on February QST. ARISS PR: Ralph McCall School, Alberta, saw an audience at their ARISS QSO of 920 students, plus 140 from Chestermere School. Visiting dignitaries included Parliament Member Myron Thompson, the superintendent and associate superintendent of schools, school board trustee, 4 city councilors, mayor of Airdrie, and several area high school principals. Media reps were from: CBC TV & radio (www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/12/02/astronauts-school051202.ht ml), Reuters, Newsworld, CTV news, City TV, Global TV, Calgary Sun, Calgary Herald, and 3 local newspapers. Seven New Hampshire media reps ran stories (see one at: www.thecommunityjournal.com/news/2005/1202/Townsend/034.html) on Hawthorne Brook Middle School's ARISS QSO where 100 people, including the district superintendent watching. ARISS News update: Rosalie conferred with MSD and F&ES on Bill McArthur's hopes to earn 2-meter and 70-cm WAC and DXCC from space! Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria was assigned KE5GTK. ARISS' affect on schools/students: A New York 6th grader who didn't ask a question of Bill McArthur, but watched others interviewing him said, "I'll remember this for the rest of my life." Rosalie is working on whether an astronaut can record a greeting for HandiHams Camp. She assisted an ARISS school with how it can pay for an astronaut to visit and take part in local events. She aided an ARISS school that left the queue, rekindled their ham activity, and is now back in the queue. International Aspects: Rosalie drafted an agenda, took notes, and wrote the minutes for the ARISS-International School Selection and Educational Outreach Committee. She sent a list to the international mentors of all the schools that have not yet submitted NASA evaluations in the past two months. Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori, IZ6ERU, attended an education conference in Casale Monferrato and met with students from a school that won the European Space Agency's ARISS school competition. Field Education Team This week Norm Fusaro helped a ham with ALS find some help to set up his station. He worked with Diane Szlachetka to design a new Elmer Award. This was sent to the printer. Norm also worked with Gordon, AB3AX, in getting his ham classes started and helped Margo McKendree, Emergency Volunteer Coordinator in Nebraska coordinate with ARRL Affiliated Clubs for inclusion in EC planning. Norm sent out a batch of ARRISS QSL cards and fielded several calls concerning ISS contacts. Gail Iannone wrote 29 hamfest announcements and 4 convention announcements for the February issue of QST and sent to the Managing Editor. She also sent 6 hamfest approval letters and 1 convention approval letter to the sponsoring committees confirming the Division Directors' approval of their events as "ARRL-sanctioned" and processed 13 handout and door prize material orders for upcoming events. She sent 1 SSC approval letter and certificate to the president of a club seeking SSC status. Rosanne Lawrence ordered videos from Allied Vaugh Company. She also assisted a student and aviation teacher with extra material for exhibit to promote ham radio and start a club. Club Updates--21 Instructor Reg--4 Jota--1 Exhibit--1 Premade--12 kits Phone Orders--2 SSCs--10 to ACCs for approvals Amateur Radio Education & Technology Program-Mark Spencer The Ohm's Law Exploration Board prototype was completed this week. The board has been used in a ham class setting and it works as anticipated. This board development completes the next increment of boards that will be offered to Project schools early next year. A proposal for ARRL supplied volunteer instructor support resources has been drafted for presentation to the education committee during next week's meeting. I have been working with a Reno school that is scheduled for a January ARISS contact. My efforts have focused on getting their rotor system and tracking interface operational for the contact. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 12/26 Holiday `` 1/2 Holiday John Hennessee 12/16-12/26 Vacation Scott Gee 12/22-12/23 Vacation Steve Ford 12/16 Vacation `` 12/24-1/3 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 12/27-12/30 Vacation Zoe Belliveau 12/27-12/30 Vacation Diane Szlachetka 12/27-12/30 Vacation Rick Lindquist 12/27-1/6 Vacation Joel Kleinman 12/29-12/30 Vacation Perry Williams 12/23-1/3 Vacation Mary Hobart 12/22-12/23 Vacation Steve Capodicasa 12/27 Vacation Dennis Motschenbacher 12/27-12/30 Vacation Allen Pitts 12/24-1/2 Vacation Dan Henderson 12/22-1/4 Vacation Gail Iannone 12/19-12/30 Vacation Norman Fusaro 12/23-1/2 Vacation Joe Carcia 12/14pm Vacation `` 12/15pm Vacation Greg Kwasowski 12/19-12/31 Vacation MaryAnn Macdonald 12/27-12/30 Vacation AnnMarie Pinto 12/19 Vacation `` 12/23pm Vacation `` 12/27 Vacation Debra Johnson 12/16-12/19 Vacation Mary Hobart 12/22-12/30 Vacation Lisa Taedette 12/27-12/30 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:13422] EmComm software standards?
by Tom Frenaye 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Any ARRL participation in this? Any contacts with those that participated? http://rfdesign.com/military_defense_electronics/news/standards_proven_inte… Seems like something we ought to be connected to in some way - and something we ought to communicate to our volunteers about. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444

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[arrl-odv:13421] Re: 2005 contributions
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Just as a further reminder, there's about two weeks left in 2005 to fulfill pledges and make contributions to meet Mary's 100% participation objective. Especially for Life Members, the Diamond Club is a great option. Go to www.arrl.org/diamondclub/ for details and a signup form. And thanks to all of you who have already participated. I promise this is the last time you will hear from me this year on the subject! 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:11 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13277] 2005 contributions To the Board Family: Each of you devotes many hours of volunteer time to the ARRL. Internally we recognize this as a priceless contribution for which the ARRL is forever in your debt. As Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart has mentioned in the past, one of the standard questions she encounters from potential donors and grantors is whether the ARRL Board is fully supportive of the development program. For a non-profit organization that seeks voluntary contributions, the norm for Board participation is 100% --- that is, each Board member is expected to contribute. We met that last year, but are a few contributions short for 2005. As we enter the holiday season and the final weeks of the year, if you have not already done so please consider which ARRL development fund you would like to support. Everyone's capacity for giving is different, but even a few dollars means the difference between Mary's being able to say the Board is 100% supportive vs. having to hem and haw when the question comes up -- and that could make an enormous difference to a donor. Thanks for all you do for Amateur Radio through the ARRL. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:13420] DC trip report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Trip Report Washington, DC - December 8, 2005 On Thursday, December 8 I flew to Washington for a series of meetings. Chris Imlay accompanied me on the first two, at the FCC. The first was an 11 AM meeting with Michael Wilhelm and Bill Cross of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on license restructuring (WT Docket No. 05-235). I arrived at the FCC more than an hour early, intending to hang out near a WiFi hot spot until Chris was scheduled to arrive at 10:15 and we could go over our game plan. However, when I checked in the security desk telephoned upstairs so I had to go up to the 3rd floor and let Bill meet me in the elevator lobby. I apologized for being so early, but he asked me to come back to his office for a few minutes. He showed me the day's Communications Daily item about BPL (the gist of which was that "analysts" were predicting little if any BPL growth in 2006 despite what the "industry" was saying) and shared his thoughts about BPL strategy, the gist of which was that we needed more vocal allies from other services and that, despite our technical arguments, the Commissioners were unlikely to pick winners and losers from among the competing BPL technologies. I went back downstairs to meet Chris as planned, and we went back up to the 3rd floor. When the four of us met I said that I knew they had met previously with ARRL representatives to hear our restructuring views and would not repeat that discussion. I would let our comments in the proceeding speak for themselves, but wanted to emphasize two points. First, while we did not press our "automatic upgrade" proposal in the comments, there is no point in maintaining the distinction in privileges between Technicians who had passed a code test and those who had not. If the code test is not going to be required any longer, it only makes sense for all Technicians to have HF privileges. Second, it is important that the proceeding not languish. We plan to promote Amateur Radio more actively in 2006 through the "Hello" campaign, to present Amateur Radio as friendly and welcoming and to make present licensees feel better about being hams, but to do that we need to know what the licensing requirements and privileges will be. Michael Wilhelm acknowledged the legitimacy of our marketing concern, but could make no commitment as to when the Report and Order would be released. They have four big boxes of comments to go through (I saw them printed out in Bill Cross's office) and they claim to have no control over when the higher-ups will act on the draft once it's ready. Until a draft is prepared there is no point in our going higher in the FCC hierarchy to encourage quick action. However, we should stay in regular contact with Bill Cross both to encourage him to work on the draft and to know when it is ready for circulation. Chris then brought up the Florida radio interference statute. Wilhelm was clearly familiar with the issue, was sympathetic to our position, and said that our petition for a declaratory ruling from the FCC invalidating the statute was well done. Chris reported a recent prosecution of the owner of a radio tower for "enabling" a pirate broadcaster by leasing tower space. The tower owner had plea-bargained a fine and community service, to which Wilhelm commented that he hadn't had a very good lawyer. Wilhelm was not pleased to hear that the FCC district office apparently had aided in the prosecution; Chris promised to provide him with more details. Our concern, of course, is not with this particular prosecution but with the fact that an amateur might be subject to prosecution in the event of an interference complaint brought under the statute. While on the 3rd floor I picked up a signal that some edits are flowing on the draft Report and Order in the Part 97 Omnibus proceeding, WT Docket No. 04-140. Chris has an action item to contact the Chairman's office to encourage them to nudge this out the door. Chris and I then went up to the 8th floor to meet with Barry Ohlson, Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner Adelstein. The purpose of the 20-minute meeting was to discuss our petition for further rulemaking on BPL. Chris did most of the talking this time. We reminded Ohlson of Commissioner Adelstein's comments on October 14, 2004 when the BPL Report and Order was adopted. He had said: "It is clear that some Access BPL systems can co-exist very well with existing licensees in the HF and VHF bands.... Other Access BPL systems, though, have not fared so well, and these systems should not deployed on a commercial basis if they will continue to result in harmful interference [emphasis added]." We said that the experience of the past 14 months had proved Commissioner Adelstein right. We now knew where the line between permissible and impermissible BPL systems should be drawn, and were proposing that in our petition for further rulemaking. Chris did a good job of presenting our position as a good compromise that would work to everyone's benefit, but - as has become the norm in meetings with FCC personnel - we got very little feedback from Ohlson. After lunch Chris went to his office and I met with someone who had solicited our legislative relations business. I had agreed to the meeting because I was going to be in town and had some free time, but he clearly does not have the capacity to cover our needs. My final meeting of the day, and the one that may have been the most productive, was with Jeff Pulver, WA2BOT. Jeff is an ARRL Life Member from Long Island who was in town for the FCBA Chairman's Dinner. He had a few minutes between Commissioner Abernathy's going-away party and the dinner, and asked me to meet him at the Hilton where the dinner was being held. (He invited me to the dinner, but this was all at the last minute and I needed to fly home that evening, so I had to decline.) Jeff is a leading VoIP guru (see for example <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2003/tc2003041_4912_tc107…>) and is perhaps best known for the FCC's "pulver.com" decision in 2004 (<http://pulver.com/reports/pulver-decision.pdf>) which established that VoIP would be free of most FCC regulation. Jeff generally credits his early experiences in Amateur Radio as the source of most of his ideas and success. He was accompanied by his General Counsel, Jonathan Askin, who I think qualifies as a colorful individual (his business card reads "Wartime Consigliere" - not a bad mindset for a General Counsel). Jeff had emailed me in September (when I was in Zurich) in the aftermath of Katrina, raising the possibility of achieving some synergy by bringing together radio amateurs (who have decades of experience with disaster recovery communications) and the WiFi community (which has the ability to deploy broadband access quickly in an affected area). I had told him at the time that that sounded well worth exploring. Pulvermedia (one of his companies) sponsors VoIP trade shows, in the fall in Boston and in the spring in San Jose. During our meeting Jeff suggested putting together a panel discussion on disaster recovery, with ARRL participation, during the March 14-17, 2006 show in San Jose and said he would donate free booth space to the ARRL if we want to exhibit. He said 5-10% of his conference attendees are hams, although many are not currently active. I told him this sounded very interesting and that we would like to pursue it. A travel note: I was able to get a $158 fare on US Airways to National Airport (DCA). While such fares are unlikely to be regularly available it will be worth checking for them in the future, since flying to National is a whole lot more convenient than taking Southwest to Baltimore (it's a short $1.35 Metro ride from DCA to anywhere you might want to go in DC). David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer

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[arrl-odv:13419] 2006 Mileage Reimbursement
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

The Internal Revenue Service has recently announced the optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business purposes. Beginning on January 1, 2006, the rate will be 44.5 cents per mile for business miles driven. According to our policy, the ARRL will reimburse mileage using this rate. This is comparable to the rate used in the first 8 months of 2005 of 40.5 cents/mile and the rate of 48.5 cents per mile used for the last 4 months of 2005 due to the sharp increase in gasoline prices as a result of the hurricanes in the Gulf region. Also, the IRS has set the reimburement for miles driven in service to a charitable organization at 14 cents/mile for 2006. Enclosed is a revised expense reimbursement form in Excel format to be used beginning January 1, 2006. 73, Barry, N1VXY <<2006 Travel Expense Form.xls>>

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[arrl-odv:13418] W9GIG Monday Morning Email Outage
by dick＠pobox.com 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

12 DEC, 2005 - 1200 Noon My ISP, Speakeasy.Net located in Seattle, had some sort of a large-scale computer problem from about 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM CST this morning. This is the first unplanned service interruption they have had since I became a customer several years ago. By the end of the day, all customers will probably receive a message from Speakeasy's CEO explaining what happened. If any of you received a bounce message on emails you sent directly to me this morning, please resend them. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:13417] January QST
by n5ok.ok＠att.net 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

Harold, I received my QST yesterday and enjoyed it very much. In particular I liked the purple side bars with the tabs that read Public Service, Advocacy, Education, and Membership. When I got to page 14, Guide to ARRL Member Services, there they were with pictures! Nice touch. Pass along our thanks to the folks that came up with these inovations. Coy Coy -- ARRL West Gulf Division Director Coy Day, N5OK 20685 SW 29th St Union City, OK 73090 n5ok(a)arrl.org 405-483-5632

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[arrl-odv:13416] Re: [arrl_acc] Idea for QST
by Jim Weaver,K8JE 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Id like to add my 2-cents to the great job, folks comments about the new QST. Id also like to express my disappointment in being unable to find a single item about a League member service/program or benefit about which many members are probably unaware. I have been told we are running a series of educational and self-promoting house propaganda articles designed to sell, continually, members and non-members of the reasons for joining and supporting ARRL. Of course, I may have overlooked the article. Id not really noticed such a series in previous months, either. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: John Bellows [mailto:jbellows@skypoint.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:27 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13384] Re: [arrl_acc] Idea for QST Bob: At the time the change was made in QST one of the new features was supposed to be a periodic article about Clubs with particularly successful activities including ways of attracting new members and increasing member participation. I wonder what happened to that idea. Looks like a good time to raise the question. 73, Jay, KØQB -----Original Message----- From: Bob Vallio [mailto:rbvallio@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 6:23 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: Fwd: [arrl_acc] Idea for QST This was sent to me by former SM, WB6W. Inasmuch as we seem to be finding it difficult to recruit new members, perhaps a quarterly or biennial column in QST which points out what our affiliated clubs can do for folks in need, might just be worthwhile. The reference to brief descriptions, with a URL to visit for the whole story, may make it doable. It is something worth considering. This assumes that non-members do read QST, and that clubs would start reporting their good deeds to a central collection point. Bob Vallio -- W6RGG ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: glennt(a)charter.net <glennt(a)charter.net <mailto:glennt@charter.net> > Date: Dec 5, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [arrl_acc] Idea for QST To: arrl_acc(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: w6rgg(a)arrl.org Hi all! I agree Dan. The idea of a column in QST to trumpet the good stuff done by clubs is a wonderful idea. It wasn't very many years ago that this kind of reportage, including "ink" for participants, was the main grist for the Section News column(s) that every section manager wrote every month. That kind of info is *still* good stuff for your SMs section news web page. I trust you keep your SM up to date on these kinds of things. The idea of a column, perhaps a page or two long, devoted to the kind of things you suggest is something that might be done. It's certrainly less paper than the old section news was and might be concentrated on the good stuff. Of course, it means that ACCs (and possibly SMs as well) will have one more thing to report every month to somebody. Since it was the directors that killed off the old section news in QST, I'm copying my director on this as he will have more pull in Newington than any of us to get this done. 73 de Glenn WB6W ACC/NV > > From: "Dan Vanevenhoven" <dvaneven(a)dataex.com> > Date: 2005/12/05 Mon PM 03:27:17 PST > To: arrl_acc(a)yahoogroups.com > Subject: [arrl_acc] Idea for QST > > Mostly this is for Norm but would like to get input on this from the > group as well. Is it possible to put a Club Corner in QST. I sent > out my new monthly Wisconsin ARRL Club newsletter to all the ARRL > Clubs here in Wisconsin and got a great responce infact one > gentalmen made the comment why doesn't ARRL do this. I'm not sure if > its feezable or not but he had a good piont. Most people like to see > some ink on themselves. > > In this months newletter I commented on how a hearing impaired > gentleman who worked with a VE team to pass the code test. By using > a bright LED and a laptop to type on to get his general after 10 > years of being a tech. Latest word is he has almost 100 contacts on > PSK31 alone. Also had a club up north help a older ham in a > retirment home get setup with a antenna for HF (A few dipoles setup > in the trees near by, They even had a few of the local ladies > decarate them for the local bird population) and with a FT-817 and a > antenna tuner. He is finally back on HF after 2 yrs. > > I remember a few years back helping a ham that moved into a trailer > park. He was told in writing that antennas where ok. Well after he > moved in we put up the antenna and to our surprise the Park > managment said he couldn't put up the antenna up because it was now > under new managmet and would not be allowed. Well two weeks later we > went back and put up 40 foot flagpole :) (feed with RG-8 of coarse > and shunt feed for 80-10). Well we where agian approached by park > management and told no! "you can't do that". He just smiled and > told the Park Manager "I'm a retired US Marine and your telling me a > veteran of three wars he can't put up the American flag at his own > house. Needless to say the Park manager backed down real quick. > > Just a idea. I know space is tight in QST but it might be nice for > clubs to get recognized nation wide and might give some people some > ideas on how to help other club members. > > Long story short it would be nice to see stuff on what local clubs > are doing in QST. Most of QST is covering the big event and thats > great. This would be nothing major just a few words on each of them. > Clubs helping the local hams who need it. Even something like so and > so did this or that and you can read more at www.dahdah.org. With > all the negitive going on around the world it might be nice to see > some positive every now and agian. > > Just a idea. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrl_acc/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > arrl_acc-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

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