June 2006 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:14152] Welcome
by Joel Harrison 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Let me take this opportunity to welcome our new Delta Division Vice Director. Karl, it is great to have you with us and looking forward to having you at our meeting in July. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:14151] Update
by Joel Harrison 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Recently questions have arisen as to where we are and where we are headed regarding our original H.Res.230, and whether it is appropriate to continue to ask members to write their representative seeking support for it, or whether we should be seeking member support for Ross' amendment that was included in the House telecom bill. Members should still support the H.Res.230 language, and contacting their representative to do so does not hurt one bit. The board's original policy, mission and goal that eventually became H.Res. 230 has not changed, nor has our effort. What has changed is that for the first time in a very long time we are having real success on Capitol Hill and we're continuing to move forward to the next level based on that success. The concept of what eventually became H.Res 230 dates back to the 2004 Second Meeting in Document #36 where Sumner wrote a confidential memo to the board suggesting that we seek Congressional action to delay the implementation of the BPL rules. It was a long shot at that time because the 108th Congress was winding down, but we did adopt it as one of our "additional BPL strategies" at the meeting. That is what ultimately morphed into H.Res.230, but after the FCC issued their Report & Order on BPL. The H.Res. draft language was prepared and a meeting was held with Ross' staff on February 3, 2005. After some negotiating, Ross agreed to introduce the proposal. After a period of time Ross' staff called Chwat's office and said the Congressman was having second thoughts about sponsoring this for us. Chwat telephoned me and we were able to immediately place some key Arkansas phone calls to Ross, who two days later advised Chwat he would introduce the H.Res. language, and did so on April 21, 2005. Since that time, as everyone knows, it has been difficult to obtain co-sponsors. When the Telecom Bill came up on the radar screen a couple of months ago, Chwat recommended we attempt to get H.Res.230 language into the bill and Dave and I gave him the green light to do so. This was reported to the board. Getting this language into HR 5252 (the Telecom Bill) is actually closer to what was envisioned than is H.Res.230. This effort was an additional effort to which if we were not successful would not impact H.Res.230. On April 27, in arrl-odv 14022, I reported to the board that we were successful in having H.Res.230 language placed in the Telecom bill that was unanimously adopted by the House Commerce Committee. I mentioned at the end that there is still work to be done. Having the Telecom Bill come from the committee with our language in it does not guarantee that it will remain in the final bill. It still has to be voted on by the full House, but it will also have to be reconciled with the Senate's telecom bill. That is why it is now important that we have H.Res.230 language inserted into the Senate's bill. The Senate Commerce Committee is working on their version now and that is why we are working with the 22 Senators that are on that committee, as Dave reported to the board in arrl-odv 14050. So where does that leave us with H.Res.230? Again, as Dave pointed out in arrl-odv-14094, it doesn't hurt one bit if a member writes a Congressman seeking support for H.Res.230. In fact, today we are up to 8 co-sponsors. If H.Res.230 were passed it would only offer a "sense" of the House. What we have been able to do is greatly exceed that in getting the language into the Telecom Bill that was unanimously adopted by committee because language in the bill doesn't just provide a "sense" of the Congress, it mandates something to be done! We have great momentum going forward. That same momentum is now moving on the Senate side and we have had a big boost with the support we recently received from Sen. McCain. We still have work to do and have not won the war, but for the first time in a very long time we have now moved a piece of amateur radio legislation forward. Here is where we are today and what our future plans are: 1. Chwat & Co. is working on the Senate Commerce Committee to continue to get the Ross HR 5252 language into the Senate version of the telecom bill. That committee is meeting this week. The support voiced by Senator McCain's office has been previously reported to you. 2. HR 5252, the House Telecom Bill, now goes to the "Rules Committee". The Rules Committee accepts amendments to the bill from House members. The Rules Committee is meeting today. We anticipate an amendment concerning our language. Chwat has assigned Eric's priority to stay in close contact with this committee and follow the amendments and review them closely. We may call out for support/letters to specific, key legislatures should this actually occur. 3. Once the House version comes from the Rules Committee, it will then go to the "Conference Committee" which takes the House version of the bill and the Senate's version of the bill and reconciles them. The reconciled bill will then be voted on by the full Senate and the full House. We currently have specific focus on the Rules Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee. We have previously notified Directors who have one or more of the 22 Senators on the Senate Commerce Committee in their division, just as we did with the House to concentrate specifically on those members. As things develop in the Rules Committee, there may be a need to focus on specific Representatives. If so, we will advise. 73 Joel W5ZN

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Re: Fwd: Tuck Miller's Surgery Appears Successful!
by wd4q＠bellsouth.net 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Dick, Thanks for the more news report. Make us aware whenever he goes home. Our prayers are he and family. 73, Henry - WD4Q > From: "Richard J. Norton" <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2006/06/06 Tue PM 08:18:22 EDT > To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> > Subject: Fwd: Tuck Miller's Surgery Appears Successful! > > More news - > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Harry Hodges <w6yoo(a)cox.net> > Date: Jun 6, 2006 4:46 PM > Subject: Tuck Miller's Surgery Appears Successful! > > > Here's the latest update from Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ: > > Good news!!! Tuck has survived the surgery of 2 stints and unclogging a > valve, and is resting comfortably in room 620 at La Jolla Scripps. I am on > my way over to see him as he is awake and can accept visitors. So the > Hospital did a great job and he should be able to go home shortly. but will > sure have to take it easy now. Will report more when available. 73 WA6MHZ > > Thanks Pat for the update. > > 73, Harry > > _ > > __,_._,___ > >

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RE: NZ6T in the Hospital!!!!
by Joel Harrison 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Dick, Thank you for the info and updates on Tuck. Please continue to advise us of his condition. 73 Joel W5ZN _____ From: Richard J. Norton [mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:15 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: Fwd: NZ6T in the Hospital!!!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: wa6mhz_1 <wa6mhz_1(a)yahoo.com> Date: Jun 6, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: [sddxcnews] NZ6T in the Hospital!!!! Tuck Miller NZ6T, our San Diego Section Manager, went into the Hospital today after suffering a very serious Heart Attack! He is at Kaiser Zion but is being transferred as I write to Scripps Memorial where they have better facilities to do an Angioplasty. I am in constant communication with his wife N6EVE and will be traveling over there ASAP, though I don't know how long the surgery will take. Will report on how he is doing as soon as I know more.

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Fwd: Tuck Miller's Surgery Appears Successful!
by Richard J. Norton 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

More news - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Harry Hodges <w6yoo(a)cox.net> Date: Jun 6, 2006 4:46 PM Subject: Tuck Miller's Surgery Appears Successful! Here's the latest update from Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ: Good news!!! Tuck has survived the surgery of 2 stints and unclogging a valve, and is resting comfortably in room 620 at La Jolla Scripps. I am on my way over to see him as he is awake and can accept visitors. So the Hospital did a great job and he should be able to go home shortly. but will sure have to take it easy now. Will report more when available. 73 WA6MHZ Thanks Pat for the update. 73, Harry _ __,_._,___

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Fwd: NZ6T in the Hospital!!!!
by Richard J. Norton 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: wa6mhz_1 <wa6mhz_1(a)yahoo.com> Date: Jun 6, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: [sddxcnews] NZ6T in the Hospital!!!! Tuck Miller NZ6T, our San Diego Section Manager, went into the Hospital today after suffering a very serious Heart Attack! He is at Kaiser Zion but is being transferred as I write to Scripps Memorial where they have better facilities to do an Angioplasty. I am in constant communication with his wife N6EVE and will be traveling over there ASAP, though I don't know how long the surgery will take. Will report on how he is doing as soon as I know more.

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[arrl-odv:14146] Re: Four Pillar PowerPoint Presentation
by Jim Weaver, K8JE 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Harold, Tnx for the PP presentation. I've saved it and will like use all or part of it. Its always nice to have such quality presentations in one's nip pocket. 73, Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division Chairman, Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 K8JE(a)arrl.org; Tel., 513-459-0142; FAX, same ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:22 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14145] Four Pillar PowerPoint Presentation Hi, I have prepared a generic version of the PowerPoint presentation that I am using at Hamfests and Conventions. The presentation is about "The Four Pillars" of ARRL strategy. I thought that you might find it helpful for some of your presentations. There is no formal script to go along with it. I generally change my exact remarks depending on the place, audience and circumstances. In order to run the "Hello" radio and television commercials, separate files audio video files need to be added to the presentation's file directory. I did not include them because of their size, but let me know if you want copies. Feel free to cut, paste, or edit various components of the presentation or modify a version for your own use. As long as two of us don't use the exact same presentation at the same conference, we should be fine! 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/ <http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:14145] Four Pillar PowerPoint Presentation
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi, I have prepared a generic version of the PowerPoint presentation that I am using at Hamfests and Conventions. The presentation is about "The Four Pillars" of ARRL strategy. I thought that you might find it helpful for some of your presentations. There is no formal script to go along with it. I generally change my exact remarks depending on the place, audience and circumstances. In order to run the "Hello" radio and television commercials, separate files audio video files need to be added to the presentation's file directory. I did not include them because of their size, but let me know if you want copies. Feel free to cut, paste, or edit various components of the presentation or modify a version for your own use. As long as two of us don't use the exact same presentation at the same conference, we should be fine! 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:14144] Test
by Joel Harrison 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Test - pse ignore

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RE: [arrl-odv:14140] Re: Six meter spots from Japan
by Joel Harrison 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Gee, you're awful edging about that! I just work 'em, and let the spots fall where they may. Too bad he's not in the callbook. I'd buy someone a beer for a spot like that. Anywho, yea, that was the best JA opening I've seen on six meters since November 1987. Nice. Didn't work any new ones, but nice. Joel _____ From: K5ur(a)aol.com [mailto:K5ur@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 12:15 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14140] Re: Six meter spots from Japan Ha! Oh, geez, Dave! But, hey, JL1OXX is not even listed in the callbook, never even had a post on that call on the DX cluster, so somebody was pulling a fast one. (hi) BTW, it was a nice JA opening on 6 meters. I ran JA's right at 2 hours nonstop. 73, "Kilowatt 5 Unlimited Radiation" The loudest and most powerful station in America! In a message dated 6/5/2006 8:01:28 PM Central Standard Time, dsumner(a)arrl.org writes: These two spots from this evening's six meter activity speak for themselves... Dave JM1DTF 50099.0 K5UR loud!! 0042 06 Jun JL1OXX 50095.0 W5ZN Louder than K5UR!!!!! 0046 06 Jun

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