July 2005 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:12701] Trip to W1AW during lunch, Saturday?
by Brian Mileshosky 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Hi Everyone -- A question from the newbie. What are the odds of being able to get a ride to W1AW to make literally one quick QSO during our lunch break on Saturday? The reason why I ask is because a bunch of Hams back in Albuquerque, the Sandia National Laboratories ARC, and myself here in Atlanta are organizing a special event station that will be on the air for only a short while on Saturday. This special event station is commemorating the 60th Anniversary of our world's first atomic bomb detonation at Trinity Site, located in the middle of what has become White Sands Missile Range. Special permission has been secured from the US Army at White Sands to operate on HF from "ground zero" for the occasion (no, the ops won't walk away growing a thrid ear or anything...). Trinity is closed to the public except for two days a year. Based on a similar special event from the 50th anniversary, we are anticipating 500-600 QSL requests from 10 hours of operating. Several organizers have expressed interest in shooting for a W1AW contact, if possible. Of course, my #1 priority this weekend is the Board meeting, which is why I'm wondering if it's realistic to squeeze a trip in during the lunch break. If so, I'd need to bum a ride -- I wash dishes and might even show a little ankle. The only other chance would be during the picnic at the League, but that depends on when we wrap up the meeting and arrive at ARRL, and if W1AW is open then. Thoughts? Possible? Anyone with wheels want to see my ankle? 73, Brian, N5ZGT

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[arrl-odv:12700] Re: ARRL Picnic
by Hobart, Mary K1MMH 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Thanks, Lisa. Is there anything else you need me to do? Do you need me for airport transport on Wed at all? Mary -----Original Message----- From: Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:50 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12699] ARRL Picnic In the attachment, you will find the info on the picnic. We are hoping for pleasant weather for Saturday. Remember to pack comfortable shoes, sneakers, etc. We are having some fun activities like volleyball, bingo, etc. planned. Hope to see you all there. 73, Lisa <<Picnic05.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:12699] ARRL Picnic
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

In the attachment, you will find the info on the picnic. We are hoping for pleasant weather for Saturday. Remember to pack comfortable shoes, sneakers, etc. We are having some fun activities like volleyball, bingo, etc. planned. Hope to see you all there. 73, Lisa <<Picnic05.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:12698] Re: Delivery Status Notification (Delay)
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Bob: The issue you presented below has nothing to do with the new e-mail server or the separate server used to run the reflectors. Your ISP, G-mail, sent you a message telling you that, for some reason they were unable to make a connection with arrl.org (our e-mail server) and that delivery of the message would be delayed. I don't know G-mail's protocol for retrying to send the message, the intervals between trys or how many times it actually tries before failing to deliver it. However, very early this morning (EDT), G-mail was able to establish a connection and the message was delivered. It was then passed to the list server and delivered out to ODV recipients. I received my copy at around 2:30 am here in CT. There is nothing in our logs on either the e-mail server or the list server that indicated an power outage or disruption in the services. Without going into a lengthy dialog with G-mail, if they would even talk to us, we will never know why they couldn't make a connection or, possibly, who they really couldn't connect with in the delivery chain between there and here. 73, Barry, N1VXY P.s. We are following up on the other issue regarding the message from Chris. Early indications are that the attached .zip file, the sheer size of the attachment, and possibly the way AOL processed the message out, caused the problems. Unlike basically every other message going through the ODV list (as well as all our other lists) this one specific message had a delivery success rate of only 11%. That means that 89% of the messages were rejected by the receiving ISPs for some, undetermined reason. Many .zip files have been known to carry virus payloads and, as such, ISPs tend to frown on their delivery or go about processing them differently. We do know that, because of the type of failure messages received back from the ISPs, our list server tried as many as 6 times in some cases to deliver the message. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Vallio [mailto:rbvallio@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 2:08 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Delay) For those of you who have hoped to see the DXAC Report posted by me, here is what I received when I did, indeed, post it. This will probably not be delivered, either, but I feel better having sent it to our new, improved, mail server. -- Bob Vallio -- W6RGG Pacific Division Director, ARRL The national association for AMATEUR RADIO ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon(a)gmail.com> Date: Jul 10, 2005 2:20 AM Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Delay) To: rbvallio(a)gmail.com This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE. Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed: arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org Message will be retried for 2 more day(s) Technical details of temporary failure: TEMP_FAILURE: Could not initiate SMTP conversation with any hosts: [reflector.arrl.org (1): Connection timed out] ----- Message header follows ----- Received: by 10.54.25.33 with SMTP id 33mr2263844wry; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:50:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.65.19 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 23:50:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <c87206b205070823501779e9cb(a)mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 23:50:55 -0700 From: Bob Vallio <rbvallio(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: Bob Vallio <rbvallio(a)gmail.com> To: arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: Fwd: DXAC June 2005 Report In-Reply-To: <42CEE330.7010101(a)arrl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_3966_3041787.1120891855305" References: <42CEE330.7010101(a)arrl.net> ------=_Part_3966_3041787.1120891855305 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline The June, 2005 DXAC semi-annual report is attached. 73, Bob --=20 Bob Vallio -- W6RGG Pacific Division Director, ARRL The national association for AMATEUR RADIO ------=_Part_3966_3041787.1120891855305 Content-Type: application/msword; name=DXAC05Junebod.doc Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="DXAC05Junebod.doc" ----- Message body suppressed -----

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[arrl-odv:12697] GAREC-2005, Tampere
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Rod Stafford's IAVP report refers to output documents from GAREC-2005 in Tampere, which he attended on behalf of IARU Region 2 and the ARRL. Here they are, along with a summary report prepared by Hans Zimmermann, HB9AQS. Additional information is available at www.iaru.org/emergency/. As IARU Secretary I have submitted the "Tampere Statement" for consideration at the upcoming preparatory meeting ("PrepCom 3") for the UN World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:12696] Board Meeting reports
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

As they come in, we are posting the Board meeting reports to http://www.arrl.org/members-only/ODV/docs/Board%20Meeting%20Reports/2005/Ju… Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:12695] Re: IBM and BPL...
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Here's a good letter that's already been sent to the reporter. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Ames Jr. [mailto:joe.ames@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:18 AM To: tom.fowler(a)chron.com Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: Re: Double duty for power lines Tom, I noticed your article on IBM, Center Point Energy, and BPL thanks to Drudge's hyperlink. I am a principal consultant for one of this venture partner's Communications/Utilities financial management practice. I am also a federally licensed Amateur Radio Service operator, better known as a "ham" radio operator, involved in emergency and disaster response. Your article did not mention that the very high failure rate of similar attempts by several other large electric distribution companies. In trial after trial, the results were the same: BPL was withdrawn because the interference it creates destroys high-frequency (HF) radio communications along the length of the power lines. Despite numerous attempts to "notch" or "filter" the high-bandwidth radio signal of the Internet provider, AC distribution lines simply act like giant antennas at radio frequencies. They are designed for 60Hz -- not 60MHz! Why is this important? Because the HF spectrum uniquely supports global communications without benefit of satellites or wires. Almost 700,000 US amateur radio operators are joined by military, commercial, and government users who depend on that spectrum every day. Amateur radio in particular, which is supported not with corporate or government budgets but by the individual ham himself, uses low-power levels easily destroyed by BPL's incessant hash and noise. Yet these very radio services are integral to emergency response efforts even now underway in areas where standard communications have failed -- as in the Gulf Coast and its many hurricanes. What a shame to destroy this capability--and the significant investment in time and training made by generations of hams -- to offer a service practically and technologically inferior to DSL, cable, Wi-Fi, and other techniques in development, none of which destroy the HF spectrum. Tom, I consult to the CFO's office of numerous utilities. I understand why they want to "get in on the action" and increase their profit margins beyond their regulated rates of return. But this is not the way. I hope you will investigate the other side of the BPL value proposition, the side that imposes a severe cost on 3/4 of a million Americans, conveniently ignored by BPL suppliers' press releases. I am copying this to the president of our national organization, the American Radio Relay League, who may be able to provide you with valuable data and study results. Also, please visit the below link for several presentations on BPL and HF compatibility. http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/presentations.html. Very best regards, Joseph A. Ames Jr., MBA, MS Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Station W3JY Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Delaware County, Pennsylvania www.delcoares.org -----Original Message----- From: Mileshosky, Brian N5ZGT (Vice Dir, RM) Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:28 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12694] IBM and BPL... Hi Everyone -- Found this one on Drudge... http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/tech/news/3259278 73, Brian, N5ZGT ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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[arrl-odv:12694] IBM and BPL...
by Brian Mileshosky 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Hi Everyone -- Found this one on Drudge... http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/tech/news/3259278 73, Brian, N5ZGT ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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[arrl-odv:12693] Re: Frank Butler & Hurricane Dennis?
by W3KD＠aol.com 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

In a message dated 7/10/2005 6:52:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, n5zgt(a)swcp.com writes: > See everyone next week -- school notes in tow... > > 73, > Brian, N5ZGT > Hang in there, Brian, almost done!!!!! 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:12692] Re: Dennis!
by Henry R. Leggette 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Hi ALL, It started raining very light this morning around 1:00 a.m. here in the Memphis area. Initially, the eye was suppose to arrive around 1:00 p.m. Dennis was down graded to a tropical depression sometimes earlier this morning. I beleive it broke down faster than earlier forecasted. We have received less than 0.75 inches of rain here in Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee. I am sure more will come as the storm moves further North. Reports from the Mississippi Gulf Coast has indicated a lot of power outages. There are a lot of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents here in the Memphis' motels. Hope to see everyone on Thursday. 73, Henry - WD4Q

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