November 2007 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

30 Nov '07

Coy, Have you turned your other cheek, yet? Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: Coy Day [mailto:n5ok@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:13 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:16173] I note in the Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1581 - November 30, 2007 that Moseson's article is being quoted. It continues.... Tell a lie often enough and .... Coy -- Coy Day, N5OK 20685 SW 29 Union City, OK 73090 405-483-5632

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[arrl-odv:16174] Amateur Radio (ahem) Newsline Story
by Andy Oppel 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Bill Pasternak is apparently out fanning the flames. He ran this "story" today. Expect more flame-o-grams from members and non-members alike. REGULATION BY BANDWIDTH: CQ EDITORIAL SAYS "HERE WE GO AGAIN" CQ Magazine is again tackling the controversial subject of Regulation by Bandwidth. This time in an in-depth editorial in its just out December issue. An editorial that points out that the soon to be in place IARU Region 2 bandplan is really nothing more than the ARRL's abortive attempt at reaching the objective of Regulation by Bandwidth, but hidden under a fresh coat of paint. And according to editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, its not the idea of regulating by signal bandwidth that's worrisome. Rather it's the way that the ham radio political leaders are going about it through what amounts to a back door: -- Moseson: "I want to make it clear from the start that I have no objection to the concept of regulation by bandwidth. We think the concept is good. Its something that's needed. The problem comes up in execution." "When you are turning a concept into a workable plan, in this case you have to make sure that it is flexible not only to permit the development of new modes, which may yet be off over the horizon, but to continue to accommodate the modes that are currently legal and currently being used by some number of people." "Our biggest gripe is just the fact that this was not put out for public discussion. That it was done quietly at an IARU meeting and not put out for the members of the various societies that are part of Region 2 to discuss." -- According to W2VU, in early 2007, realizing that the tide of opinion in the U-S ham community was not yet ready to change to a bandwidth regulated service, the ARRL quietly met with FCC officials. At that time it submitted revisions that essentially gutted the original proposal. Then a couple of months later the League withdrew the petition altogether. At the time, the ARRL said it still felt that a shift to regulation by bandwidth was necessary and that it would revisit the issue in the future. And Moseson says that it not only appears to be revisiting the issue right now but that it appears to be continuing the pattern started earlier this year of doing so very quietly and with very little explanation.: -- Moseson: "The agenda of the meeting was not publicized beforehand. The specific proposal was not publicized beforehand. The only thing that was publicized was what was adopted and the encouragement to lobby your national regulatory agency to adopt the provisions of this bandplan as law" -- As previously reported, in mid-October, Region II of the IARU announced that it had adopted a new High Frequency band bandplan that it termed as a way to better organize the use of the bands more efficiently. The new band plan takes effect January 1, 2008, and guess what? It's broken down by bandwidths! Not only that, but it appears to do nearly everything that opponents of the original ARRL plan feared including limiting wide bandwidth legacy modes like AM to a pair of 25 kHz wide shared segments in the 75-meter band and to frequencies above 29 MHz. But that's not all. The plan also calls for the creation of segments for automatically controlled 2 point 7 kHz wide digital stations on all of the High Frequency bands except 160 and 30 meters. In several cases, these so called "robot" station segments are right at the bottom of the U.S. phone bands, where the best DX is often found. While the new bandplan is voluntary, as W2VU points out, its authors do urge hams all across Region 2 to lobby their respective governments to make it law. And the United States does take up a lot of real estate in Region 2. The entire editorial and the implications to Region 2 appears in the December issue of C-Q Magazine. Its title seems rather apropos. Rich Moseson calls it -- "Here we Go Again." (CQ, ARNewsline) ** Andy Oppel andy(a)andyoppel.com andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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[arrl-odv:16173]
by Coy Day 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I note in the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1581 - November 30, 2007 that Moseson's article is being quoted. It continues.... Tell a lie often enough and .... Coy -- Coy Day, N5OK 20685 SW 29 Union City, OK 73090 405-483-5632

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[arrl-odv:16172] Re:Letter to Red Cross
by Henry R. Leggette 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Joel, Thanks! That is a very nice letter. I have received comments from a couple members in the Delta Division concerning the American Red Cross SOU expiration. 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Harrison To: arrl-odv Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:28 PM Subject: Letter to Red Cross Greetings, In accordance with the instruction of the Executive Committee as recommended by the Ad-hoc Background Investigation Committee, the attached letter has been sent to the American Red Cross concerning our now expired SOU. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:16171] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

<<112807.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 30, No. 48 November 28, 2007 -- Covers the period November 18-24. Upcoming Meetings and Events Programs & Services Committee December 8 in Newington, CT Administration &Finance Committee January 17 in Houston, TX Programs & Services Committee January 17 in Houston, TX Annual Board Meeting January 18-19, 2008 in Houston, TX Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP Work continues on the Swiss Army Knife for PIO's 08 and requests for new material to be included have gone out. It needs to be in ASAP. Allen met with Harold's management group to coordinate activities coming up. An interview was done with Raleigh Adams of KAIJ Radio. There have been many small media hits about the coming Skywarn Appreciation Day and aid is being given daily to PIOs and editors asking for more material. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Returns from the fall Spectrum Defense Fund now total more than $168,000 from 3,541 donors. The Year to date totals for revenues for Spectrum Defense now stand at more than $323,000 from more than 4,400 donors. The fund still needs $135,000 to reach the 2007 goal of $457,000. The Year End Campaign for unrestricted funds will mail the week of November 26 to 75,000 members. Donors who have contributed since October 1, 2007 have been exempt from this campaign. The goal is to raise $52,500 by December 31. The latest shipment of 50 inscribed bricks for the Diamond Terrace are in house and awaiting the mason to put them in place. Requests for bricks from diamond Club donors that come in between now and spring will be held until April 2008 to be put in place. Overall Development revenues for 2007 now total more than $969,000 against a reforecast of $1,226,000. Efforts continue to close the gap and reach the targets for 2007. Holiday cards are being signed mailed to more than 600 donors who have supported various campaigns during the year. Each card will include a sheet of the new ARRL stickers, courtesy of the ARRL membership Department. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R A publication solicitation emailed to 52,000 members on Nov 20. The Winter 2008 Publication Catalog was released to press on Tuesday 11/20, with delivery expected January 1, 2008. The customer service team is busy processing membership applications and product orders following some email solicitations sent before the Thanksgiving holiday. Two large membership mailings have been released to print. The mailings will be sent to 60,000 leads, and test two very different appeals. One of the mailings includes some variable text, allowing a more targeted and personal appeal. Both mailings will drop on November 30. During the short week, the Warehouse crew fulfilled 434 packages for publication and product orders, shipped 211 free book membership premiums, and 2 December QST mailing supplements. We've taken delivery of the new 9th edition ARRL Operating Manual. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch We've received over 1100 logs for Sweepstakes Phone and just over 1000 logs for Sweepstakes CW. 2007 ARRL DX Contest plaques have been ordered. Results for the IARU contest and the ARRL 10GHz contest have been sent to the authors. Thanks to Dan Henderson, N1ND, for big amounts of help getting the IARU log data in order. ARRL September VHF contest results are still being adjudicated. Sean Kutzko, KX9X, will operate W1AW in this weekend's ARRL 160m Contest. QSL Branch There is no delay in opening mail and a 1day delay in slotting of cards. This week, 122 pounds of cards were received from members. W1AW Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He also readied a turnstile antenna and additional cabling for the scheduled Autumn antenna work. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the latter part of the month November and early December. Field Organization/Public Service Team Steve Ewald with the assistance of Gail Iannone, Leona Adams, and Chuck Skolaut counted ballots for the Alaska and Tennessee Section Manager elections this week. Jim Larsen, AL7FS received 180 votes and David Stevens, KL7EB received 54 volts in the Alaska section. Glen Clayton, W4BDB received 795 votes and Jack Green, AD4LP received 188 votes in the Tennessee election. Steve prepared the story for the web. Leona sent out a number of OO test packets and recorded various section appointments. Chuck reports this week, four amateurs successfully completed the exam to become Official Observers including one Section Manager. The Region 3 monthly Intruder Report was received; and after only a few days, the Chinese jammer on 18160 moved back out of the 17 meter band to 18180. The South American PUN beacon still appears to be off the air. Questions this week dealt with foreign amateurs operating in the US, license requirements, and auxiliary stations. Few reports of interference due to the contest last weekend were received. Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Reported by Maria Somma, AB1FM Our License Expiration Notification service, provided to members since 1997, has been expanded to Clubs. A license expiration notice is automatically mailed to the club once the club license is just outside the 90-day window for renewal. Included in the monthly mailing will be a letter, a 605-C club form and simple, straightforward instructions on club license renewal. Initial notifications were printed and mailed on November 8 to 506 Clubs. NON-Vanity club renewal applications must go through a Club Station Call Sign Administrator (CSCSA) of which the ARRL VEC is one. Club licenses with Vanity call signs must pay a FCC regulatory fee and may renew either via the FCC Universal Licensing System or through a Club Station Call Sign Administrator. The ARRL VEC will process club vanity license renewals for a modest fee (see "Processing Fee Schedule" below). ARRL VEC Club Processing Fee Schedule: Non-Vanity License Renewal or Change No charge Vanity License Change (address, name) No charge Vanity License Renewal $16.70 (includes the current $11.70 FCC regulatory fee and a $5 ARRL VEC processing fee) The below stats show our accomplishments so far this year. I included information from the same period last year for a comparison. In most sections of our program, we have seen a considerable increase in activity. ARRL VEC ACTIVITY Jan 1 to Oct 31, 2006 Jan 1 to Oct 31, 2007 Test Sessions Held 4,512 5,537 Candidates Served 22,650 39,457 Exam Elements Taken 27,707 47,021 New VEs Accredited 988 1,732 New and Upgrade License application forms transmitted to FCC 15,928 32,021 License Renewals and Changes transmitted to FCC 5,517 (1,278 were Vanity license renewals) 6,849 (862 were Vanity license renewals) Club License applications transmitted to FCC 915 (131 were Club Vanity license renewals)(334 new clubs) 1,142 (160 were Club Vanity license renewals) (441 new clubs) VE Newsletter Subscribers 4,875 5,783 Donations collected by VEC n/a 37 Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 12/24-12/25 Holiday Leona Adams 11/30 Vacation `` 12/7pm Vacation Katie Breen 11/30-12/2 Tampa Bay Hamfest/ARRL WCF Conv Steve Ewald 11/21-11/30 Vacation Steve Ford 12/11 Vacation `` 12/22-1/2 Vacation Scott Gee 11/29-11/30 Vacation `` 12/10-12/12 Vacation `` 12/26 Vacation Dan Henderson 12/20-1/4 Vacation Gail Iannone 12/19-1/4 Vacation Debra Johnson 12/7-12/10 Vacation Khrystyne Keane 11/28 Vacation Joel Kleinman 12/4-12/7 Vacation Lisa Kustosik 11/30-12/3 Vacation Bill Moore 11/26-11/30 Vacation `` 12/26-12/31 Vacation Dave Patton 12/26-12/28 Vacation Allen Pitts 12/16-12/22 FEMA PR Training, Emmitsburg, MD Dave Sumner 11/30-12/1 SE MI DX Assoc./Motor City RC, Detroit MI `` 12/3-12/5 Vacation `` 12/12 Vacation `` 12/15-12/19am Meeting w/Minister of Communications, Sarajevo

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[arrl-odv:16170] Preliminary Call for 2008 Annual Meeting
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

No. 2192-J November 29, 2007 ARRL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND VICE DIRECTORS: In accordance with Standing Order 19, you are hereby notified that the formal call for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors, January 18-19, 2008, will be mailed on or about December 14. Please note the provisions of Article 9 of the ARRL Articles of Association: These articles may be amended by a three-fourths vote of all Directors, or, provided due notice of the proposed amendment shall have been placed in the mail to each Director at least thirty days in advance, by a two-thirds vote of all Directors. The Board of Directors may from time to time adopt By-Laws not inconsistent with the Articles and applicable statutes. By-Laws may be amended by a three-fourths vote of all Directors, or, provided due notice of the proposed amendment shall be placed in the mail to each Director at least thirty days in advance, by a two-thirds vote of all Directors. Notices shall be sent by First-Class mail or electronic mail to the last known address of each Director. Our meeting will be held at the Houston Marriott North at Greenspoint, 255 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. East, Houston, TX. This is near Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Hobby Airport (HOU) is on the other side of town and is not convenient to the hotel. A group dinner is scheduled for Thursday evening, January 17. The Board meeting will begin at 9:00 AM Friday (this is a change from our recent practice of beginning the meeting at 8:30 AM) and is expected to be completed by dinnertime Saturday. Expenses related to Board Meeting attendance and travel will only be reimbursed for Thursday through Sunday. Should your membership on a committee require you to arrive earlier to attend a meeting of that committee, the additional expenses will be charged to the appropriate committee account. Revised Standing Order 04-1.39 reads: "The Board of Directors authorizes the attendance of Vice Directors at Board meetings. Expenses for attendance will be chargeable to the Board Meeting account." I look forward to seeing you and to our having a productive meeting in Houston. Sincere 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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RE: Letter to Red Cross
by Bill Edgar 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

This was just received at 2:14am on November 29th. Strange that it would take almost 11 hours from the time sent to the time received. - Bill N3LLR From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: Letter to Red Cross Greetings, In accordance with the instruction of the Executive Committee as recommended by the Ad-hoc Background Investigation Committee, the attached letter has been sent to the American Red Cross concerning our now expired SOU. 73 Joel W5ZN

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Getting the Word Out
by K8JE 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Joel, The thoughts in your reply to Jay continue to be fully consistent with the high-quality thinking we have come to expect from you. Just FWIW, I take no exception to what I understand you meant in it. My concern relates to how long it will take before we can expect any action from our intent "to do a better job of 'getting our message out'." May we have a report at the January meeting on progress toward developing our process for "getting our message out" and the type of issues it can be expected to address? And, yes, I understand you, the EC and Dave have had your plates full if not overflowing for quite some time. Even so, I suggest we are investing meaningful effort to develop our definition of this phrase, fairly promptly, so we can put it into a plan and take action through the plan. The principal thinking behind my position relates as much to nonmembers as it does to members. It relates to the fact that a higher percentage of new hams coming on board in this era have had limited or no meaningful exposure to the culture of Amateur Radio (including ARRL) than was true in earlier years. One result of this lack of on-boarding in our Service is that a higher percentage of newbies than before are likely to have little or no understanding of what ARRL is, why it is and its importance. The result of such lack of knowledge (ignorance in the true meaning of the word), regardless of the field, always provides a fertile field for spreading misinformation, distrust and even hate. In this situation, ARRL-bashers beget ARRL bashers simply for want of positive and true information about ARRL. We are the only anticipatable source of positive and true information about ARRL and we seem to be "hiding our light under a basket." >From my experience nationwide with physicians and medical specialists, I can testify that sharing legitimate information (not spin) with those who were unaware of the facts in a particular field or area, typically resulted in a high percentage of former doubters and antagonists becoming supporters in most instances or neutral at worst. In disseminating the truth, the guidelines are quite simple. Tell the truth, tell it in terms and details the intended audience can understand and use venues to distribute it where the intended audience frequents. Finally, avoid any effort to obtain revenge. I believe we already have the talent on the Board and at HQ to accomplish each one of these steps. OK, I've said enough on this topic. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:39 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:16149] Re:December CQ editorial Jay, I can accept that Dick and I just disagree with you on this matter. We are responding to Rich. I told you we were and nothing has changed. Dave and I are in rev 1 of the draft. This situation is different from the one in June in that while his editorial was intentionally worded negatively toward ARRL it really didn't contain any false statements other than he played up the Red Cross matter a little too much. His opinion and conclusions were all wrong, but that was his shortcoming, not the information he based it on. This editorial is different in that it contains a blatantly false conclusion based on false information and that is deserving of a correction and when that happens in the future I can assure you we will continue to set the record straight! It is extremely important, though, that we keep matters like this in the proper perspective. That was the basis for Dick's comments and I still agree. I agree distribution media is considerably different from 30 years ago, but the same principles still apply. Have we forgotten Wayne Green? Do some of you even know who he is (was)? 73 Magazine was a good magazine but its editorial was riddled each month by ranting from Wayne that gutted ARRL on everything imaginable. Wayne occasionally made some valid points, but 98% of the time it was based on nothing more than his flawed opinion concluded from rumors and hearsay. We could have dedicated a full time staff position to responding to Wayne each month, or utilized our existing media of the time to address his editorial. What would that have gained us? Nothing. What would it have gained Wayne Green? Recognition that he was THE person that knew all of the inner details of the 800 pound gorilla in Newington and would save us from their terrible attempts to destroy amateur radio. We remained focused on our mission then, we kept the general good of amateur radio at heart and moved forward. We are still here, Wayne Green and 73 aren't. Now, with that said can we do a better job of getting "our message out"? Sure. I've made that clear on numerous occasions but we have to first determine what that means. Right now at least one on the board believes we should sit a person in the amateur radio chat rooms to debate the distracters. Stop and think about the requirements in time and personality that would take for the benefit we would obtain from it. Sure, Rich is rattling his saber, but go back and look at the statistics I presented to you about CQ magazine and the number of subscribers they really have and you may get a sense of the real reason for saber rattling. Amateur Radio has gone through a boom time so far this year. We have taken the high road and have moved our organization and Amateur Radio to the next level and it has benefited us by now being a stronger organization. That hasn't happen at CQ and they know it. I'm not against CQ. Let me repeat that. I'm not against CQ. They provide a good service to Amateur Radio and promote some very good operating events to encourage people to get on the air. And they want the best for Amateur Radio. We need that. I have received a total of 18 emails regarding the Region 2 band plan issue. 12 of those were not ARRL members and hadn't been for five to ten years, one not since 1989 and one had never been a member. Of those 18, after I explained the matter all but 4 responded with "Oh, OK....tnx for the factual clarification". The other four just wanted to carry on a debate and refused to accept the facts, and they never will. If we had been able to resolve this issue to their satisfaction would they have become League supporters and members? Nope. Some of these guys sit in the chat rooms just waiting for a chance to take a swing at us. How do I know that? Because I've taken the time to look through some of these chat rooms on occasion and it is the same old group of about a dozen that just lie there and wait for a topic to pop up so they can start an anti-ARRL thread and they do it time after time after time. Let's be real.....we ain't gonna change those guys but I do agree, let me restate that...I do agree we should be diligent in assuring they don't win a few more over to the "dark side" even if they offer cookies! So, with that small number of complaints would we have gained anything by posting a big "here's our side of the story" on the web site? Reasonable people can disagree on conclusions, but mine is that we would have not and addressing the matter individually with these 18 was a better route and I'm convinced such a web post would not have stopped Rich's editorial at all. I believe he searches the internet chat rooms for smoke and then tries to start a fire. So, let's again keep this in perspective. When January 1 arrives and the new Region 2 Band Plan goes into effect, and the "sky is falling because of ARRL" radio amateurs in the U.S. realize it hasn't changed their operating style one bit, where is the issue? When they realize that when we said a band plan is a living thing that should continually change to recognize current operating neighborhoods and interests and we continue to accept input on these matters, where is the issue? Again, I agree we can always do a better job getting our message out. But honestly, there is no way in the world we could have predicted this very small group would have looked at one individual item from the Region 2 conference and come to the completely false conclusion that they did. I'll confess do you that I didn't nor could I, and I'll be as bold to say none of you could have. One thing our great communications capabilities do today is allow anyone with a half-baked conclusion or position to spam the world and I guarantee you it will get at least a dozen people to jump on your bandwagon, regardless of how ridiculous it is. Trying to be proactive to head this off is quite difficult. We are not a secret society, yes some people view us that way but if you do some historical research you will quickly learn that is nothing new whatsoever and has been out there for years. Once again, and I want to make this perfectly clear (no, not the Nixon way!) that I agree we should work to improve the way we communicate what we're doing and I'm very open to discussing it with each of you and even at the board meeting if we need to. I do, however, offer the following suggestions for the process: 1.Keep the complaints in perspective. Don't start a fire where there isn't smoke 2.Stay focused on our mission to promote and defend the Amateur Radio Service and on-the-air activity. 3. Make sure what we do serves the general good of amateur radio And remember, what our members really want is to be able to walk into their shack whenever they have time, turn on their radio and operate without restrictions or worries from outside governments or entities. As long as we keep that in mind and make that happen and continue to enhance that operating experience, we'll continue to move forward. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: John Bellows [mailto:jbellows@skypoint.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:50 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:16149] Re:December CQ editorial Joel: I couldn't disagree more. We followed the approach now proposed by Dick Norton last time. Some six months ago we faced a similar situation and did nothing. What was the result--the December CQ "Here We Go Again" editorial? Once again Rich Moseson reconstructs the facts in an effort to tar the ARRL Board as the "Secret Society." I haven't said anything thus far because you said Dave would be crafting a response this week; however Dave's most recent ODV suggests no response is in the offing. As noted in the attachment my thought last time was to attempt to clarify the issues in an effort to see if W2VU was interested in the facts or just "fanning the flames." We did nothing so W2VU felt free to play even faster and looser with the facts this time around. A lie unchallenged becomes truth. If you doubt me try asking John Kerry how not responding to the "Swift Boat" ads worked from him in 2004. With all due respect, not even having an explanation of what happened at Region 2 on the Web page was a flat out error. The ARRL Letter is hardly a substitute. If Moseson is wrong we ought to say so by accurately and respectfully pointing out his misstatements and mischaracterizations to our members on the Web and in QST. ARRL and its members deserve no less. 73, Jay, -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:42 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:16149] Re:December CQ editorial Hi Dick, With the exception of your last paragraph (which I have no current position on) I completely and wholeheartedly agree with everything you said. 73 Joel W5ZN p.s. Hope your contest effort from HR was successful -----Original Message----- From: Richard J. Norton [mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:26 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:16149] Re:December CQ editorial I'm of the belief that being involved in anything will occasionally result in misrepresentations or misquotes in media. It's part of the cost of doing business. I'm also of the belief that the CQ editorial will have no significant impact on the League, even if no response is forthcoming. If you read threads on QRZ.COM, you will see a handful of perennial anti-ARRL folks lobbing grenades at the ARRL-perpetrated injustice of the moment. Other than the the anti-ARRL crowd and a struggling publisher looking for attention, hardly anybody is activated by this stuff. I do not think the ARRL should directly respond or engage the CQ Magazine people. I wouldn't be upset if nothing at all was done. However, the concept of a "Rumor Control" section on the ARRL web-site might be a decent idea. It adds a certain amount of zing to an otherwise pretty unexciting page. I'd also suggest not identifying the source as CQ, but just stating the rumor and then the facts. I do strongly suggest a heading of "Rumor Control - [Bandplan]" or something. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA On Nov 24, 2007 7:43 AM, Joel Harrison <w5zn(a)arrl.org> wrote: > > > > For those of you that subscribe to CQ, you will see Rich Moseson's editorial > in the December issue. For those like me that don't, it is attached. > > > > It is unfortunate that Rich has chosen to fill his editorial with writing > based on blatantly false statements and rumors. > > > > Dave will be crafting a response next week. > > > > 73 Joel W5ZN > >

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[arrl-odv:16167] RE: Letter to Red Cross
by Andy Oppel 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

I think I've been getting them all. The one you missed had the red cross letter as an attachment. I have noticed that with some ISPs, e-mails that have attachments take considerably longer (measured in hours, not minutes) to reach their recipient(s). My best guess is that this is the result of scanning for viruses and malware and messages with attachments get put through a different scanning process (and thus a different queue) and the attachments just take that much longer to scan, resulting in a backlog. I don't seem to see this with my new hosting service, but I sure did with my old one. For example, Director Vallio once sent me a message and forgot the attachment (which we've all done) and within a minute he realized the omission and re-sent with the attachment. The one without the attachment arrived immediately, and the other one came in nearly 3 hours later. Yet, they were sent perhaps a minute apart. -- Andy At 03:05 PM 11/28/2007, Bill Edgar wrote: >Interesting. I still haven't seen that ODV message. > >Last ODV message I've seen is number 16161 from Bruce at 12:16PM today. > >Are we having problems with the reflector again? > >From: K8JE [mailto:K8JE@arrl.org] >Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:49 PM >To: arrl-odv >Subject: RE: Letter to Red Cross > >Joel, > >Excellent letter. > >I would like to restate one suggestion for any new SOU. This is >that it should contain a statement that RC encourages the pubic >information people involved in disaster/emergency operations to >acknowledge the assistance of Amateur Radio operators/clubs in news >releases and statements. This suggestion has nothing to do with an >ego trip. Instead, it stems from the belief that in addition to >good PR's positive effect on our image, recognition given by RC (or >any served agency will stimulate interest in the service (and bring >new members). > >As you commented concerning the mutual benefit of the ARRL-RC >association, RC publicity of our assistance to them would be >mutually beneficial. More new hams = new folks in the pool of >potential operators to help the RC. Taken to the extreme, no new >hams = no help. > >Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director >ARRL Great Lakes Division >5065 Bethany Rd. >Mason, OH 45040 >E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.org>k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 >ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! >Members - The Reason ARRL Is! > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] >Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:28 PM >To: arrl-odv >Subject: Letter to Red Cross > >Greetings, > >In accordance with the instruction of the Executive Committee as >recommended by the Ad-hoc Background Investigation Committee, the >attached letter has been sent to the American Red Cross concerning >our now expired SOU. > >73 Joel W5ZN > Andy Oppel andy(a)andyoppel.com andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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RE: December CQ editorial
by Kay Craigie 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

We can't expect Rich to accept uncritically whatever the ARRL tells him about each and every issue, but it isn't unreasonable to ask him to hold himself to a higher journalistic standard than he's been adhering to lately. Whether or not Dave's response will persuade Rich to re-think his depiction of the ARRL as a "secret society" depends on whether Rich actually believes what he wrote or is just throwing gasoline on any available fire to build more buzz for the magazine. If it's a case of misinformation and misunderstanding, then that's potentially curable through encouraging Rich to ask for ARRL's comment on League-related issues before making up his mind and writing an editorial. Rich did not just get off the bus yesterday. If he is willing to "get it," he can. On the other hand, nothing Dave says will cause a bit of difference in future editorials if CQ is simply stirring the pot like those attack-dog broadcasters who will take any position that keeps the audience tuned in, regardless of what the "personalities" know or believe as private individuals. I don't know what's going on with CQ and would rather not jump to conclusions, since jumping to conclusions is what we're annoyed with CQ about. I'm waiting to see how Rich will react to Dave's response. If it opens the door to constructive dialog, I'll be happy about that. If it's more riffs on the black helicopters theme, that will be too bad but not the end of the world as we know it. It doesn't take any aim to hit the biggest target in town, and that will always be the ARRL. 73 - Kay N3KN

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