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[arrl-odv:15367] IN-News modified
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

There is a corrected piece in the Development section. <<040407.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:15366] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

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Regulatory Information An error was reported in the Report and Order on 04-140 that inadvertently imposed a 200-watt limit for Technician class operators on all bands. This error was verified and was reported to Bill Cross at the FCC. He has verified that it is in error the 200 Watt limit for Technicians should only apply to the Novice HF bands. It was also discovered during the course of this that an entire page of changes resulting from the 05-235 R&O was omitted from the changes submitted to the Federal Register. The FCC will be making these corrections in an upcoming Report and Order. The furor over the error in the RM-11306 ex parte letter has significantly died down and things are back to normal on that front. The Arkansas State Senate bills SB-6 and SB-7 have been successfully changed to specifically pertain to sell phones only. The Arkansas House bill HB-1589 on BPL has passed the House and is headed towards the Arkansas State Senate where Arkansas SM David Norris, K5UZ and SGL KD5LBE continue to work for its defeat. A technical error made by the Clatsop County, OR Commissioners on the Larkin tower situation has caused the Commissioners to withdraw their approval and require an additional appearance by the Larkins. While they should prevail, this case continues to be drawn out for a variety of reasons. Dan had a lengthy conversation with the legislative assistant to the Chairman of the AZ State Senates Government Rules committee that is considering the PRB-1 Bill approved by the AZ State House. They discussed some basic antenna height issues and why different kinds of communications needs require different types of antenna set-ups. He was provided with the Dean Straw and Gerald Hall white paper. They also discussed the issue of balancing interests and reasonable accommodation principles. On Friday a meeting was held with CTO Paul Rinaldo, CEO Dave Sumner, Lab Manager Ed Hare, Mike Gruber and Dan Henderson to discuss what assistance we might be able to make available to provide to the Massachusetts and California 70cm repeater owners that are facing possible shut down because interference with the military PAVEPAWS radar systems at Otis and Beale Air Force bases. This will remain a high priority item for the next weeks. Media & Public Relations Application being made to FEMA/DHS advanced PIO school 4 days of classes in Emmitsburg, MD. Annual report in progress with target of all parts in by April 17, (including financials). A new 30 sec video PSA emphasizing EmComm operations is being worked on and should be ready soon as well as explorations into an identifying sound branding the ARRL in future PSAs and audio work. CONTACT! published for April plus the fulfillment of many requests for materials and information. Development As March came to a close, Development took the opportunity to look at progress through the first three months of the year. This year, the financial results for March 2007 put Development revenues for each fund raising program ahead of results for March 2006 and ahead of plan. For Spectrum Defense, the carryover from the fall campaign in 2006 reached $44,807 from 258 donors. For the same period in 2007 the carryover has reached $127,002 from more than 670 donors -- a 183% increase in revenues. For the Education & Technology program, funding received through March 2006 totaled $ 119,000, while results for the same period in 2007 total $124,867 -- a 5% increase. Included in the 2007 results are contributions dedicated to the summer Teachers Institute in Wireless Technology totaling $65,000 so far with another $25,000 pledged. The most dramatic results have been in the ARRL Diamond Club where total revenues for March 2007 total $39,701, compared to March 2006 results of $16,749 -- an 81% increase in gross revenue. Other significant number show an increase in the total number of March contributions at 215 - a 12% increase over March 2006; an increase in net dollars from new Diamond Club members at $31,297 compared to $13,444 in March 2006 - a 132% increase; and revenue from Diamond Club renewals totaling $26,073 compared to $10,560 for March 2006 - a 146% increase. An average of contributions from all categories of Diamond Club members are up by $30 - $40 per gift. The Diamond Club now stands at @100 donors -- 101 more than at the start of 2007, and 86 more than at the end of March 2006. Total revenue for the Diamond Club through the end of March 2007 has reached nearly $89,000 -- 19% more than 2006 for the same period. The growth of the Diamond Club is due in part to the launch of the Diamond Terrace project, which now has nearly 100 bricks requested. Three granite garden benches have been requested -- two for contributions of $10,000 each, with one upgrade gift of $5000. The Terrace will continue to be promoted through 200, at Dayton, at hamfests and conventions and with membership and Diamond Club renewal letters. A decision will be made shortly on the landscaper to prepare the Diamond Terrace site and lay the blank bricks. Personalized bricks and the replicas will be ordered within the next month and should be in place by the end of June at the latest. Production/Editorial Rick Lindquist reports The ARRL Letter, Vol. 26, No. 13, distributed to 65,409 members on Mar 30. That's up by 861 from March 2. Since HQ is closed Friday, the April 6 editions of The ARRL Letter and ARRL Audio News will distribute on Thurs, April 5, and Rick will be at HQ that day and will work off site Tues and Wed this week. Rick prepared/edited news items on ham radio response to tornadoes in NM, ARISS school contacts in Japan and Belgium, South African Hamnet on standby for strike duty, Iraqi ham radio shutdown update, Maine ham radio EmComm volunteer credentialing bill dead, European Parliament ham radio exhibition, Colvin Award grants to DXpeditions, plans by ISS crew member Suni Williams, KD5PLB, to "run" Boston Marathon in space, ARRL to be represented at NAB convention and several news briefs/announcements. Rick voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for Mar 30. Sales and Marketing Katie Breen offers, we are very pleased to report closing March with 150,653 members. Of those members, 1,391 are new members nearly twice as many than typical. March publication and product sales are still being tallied, but topped $280,000significantly exceeding plan. Bob Inderbitzen attended Superfest at Amateur Electronic Supply (AES) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 30-31. He organized ARRLs exhibit for the in-store show. Also attending was President Joel Harrison, Central Division Director Dick Isely and Wisconsin Section Manager Don Michalski. Joel offered an ARRL presentation to a couple hundred Superfest attendees. The local examining team administered tests to 100+ candidates. We also signed a record number of memberships at the eventover 120. AES manager Ray Grenier, K9KHW, was pleased with the crowd size at this 13th annual eventover 1,000 attendees. Bob made a presentation to approximately 60 members of the Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club on the evening before Superfest. The Spring/Summer 2007 publications catalog is being assembled. Display items for our exhibits at Dayton Hamvention and Huntsville are being prepared. May QST is mailing on schedule (this week). Aprils Technician online course begins on Friday with 63 students enrolled. An Emergency Communication Level 1 course begins on Friday with 95 students enrolled. These are exceptionally high enrollments for both courses. The warehouse crew processed 1,399 packages of fulfillment orders in this last week of March. In addition, 350 free books membership premiums were processed. Many new titles were received in the last two shipping days of the month, including the 2007/2008 ARRL Repeater Directory (pocket-sized and desktop editions). Pre-orders were quickly fulfilled. Some notable news from the US Postal Service: The Forever Stamp featuring the Liberty Bell image and the word forever, goes on sale at retail outlets on April 12 at 41¢. When they say forever, they mean forever. The stamp will be good for mailing 1-ounce First-Class Mail letters anytime in the futureregardless of price changes. Business Services Business Services has completed work on the ARRL Dayton Expo Passport we have achieved our goal of selling enough advertising space to pay for the printing of the booklets (and then some). Working in concert with Bob Inderbitzen, some very nice prizes have been donated by manufacturers, ensuring that the ARRL Expo prize drawing will be successful. Solicitations sent during the month to both our mainstream and traditional publications dealers contributed to the higher than usual Dealer segment (50.8%) of total gross publication sales for March. Repeater Directory sales were a factor but our mainstream clients focused heavily on ARRL Handbooks. Staff is beginning work on advertising calls for June 2007 QST and Ham Express 411. Lab Ed Hare reports that he has been busy since his last write-up for the In News, being out of the office just about as much as he has been here. Zack Lau has been training Antony Nesta in TIS reprint, phone, and email procedures in Eds absence. Eds multi-state saga started on February 23 at the ARRL Vermont Section convention. BPL isnt much of an issue in Vermont, so Ed did presentations on antenna-related topics. He reports that he noticed a lot of real kids at the event, just after the new rules changes. From there, Ed hopped on a plane to Denver, CO. Ed was an invited speaker to the 2007 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, held February 26-28 at the NTIA facility in Boulder. The event sponsors asked Ed to provide an update on BPL. His presentation described the problems that have been seen with BPL systems operating using the limits in the FCC rules, but also outlined the ways that some BPL manufacturers and operators are designing and implementing systems that avoid interference by using designs that sufficiently filter emissions in the Amateur bands. Ed also participated in a lunchtime panel discussion on BPL. The panel consisted of Ed; Alakanda Paul, the NTIA engineer who provided the technical leadership for the NTIA Phase I BPL study; Jim Mollenkopf of Current Technologies and Dale Hatfield, former FCC OET Chief. Ed did a quick hop to the IEEE P1775 BPL EMC committee meeting in Las Vegas, NV the next day. The standard covers test methods for measuring BPL emissions and describes test methods and levels for the immunity of BPL systems to radiated signals, conducted noise and electrostatic discharge. The working group is nearing the end of its work, although Ed reports that the IEEE EMC Society, a co-sponsor of the standard, may have some serious concerns about some of the provisions of the standard. After a few days back in the office, Ed drove to Red Bank, NJ for a meeting of the IEEE EMC Societys Standards Development Committee (SDCom). (SDCom is essentially the EMC Societys standards board.). Ed serves as the elected SDCom Secretary. The discussion on the P1775 BPL standard was lively, and Ed reports that EMCS will be providing considerable guidance back to P1775 on needed changes to the standard. As co-sponsor, EMCS appoints the Vice Chairman of P1775, subject to their vote of approval. At this meeting, SDCom voted to put Ed forward as the new Vice Chair of P1775. This should not be publicized until confirmed, but it will be a major feather in ARRLs cap to serve in a leadership role on this standards effort. Certainly this will help undermine any position taken by the BPL industry that ARRL is unilaterally opposed to BPL. Ed recently attended the ANSI accredited C63 EMC-committee meetings, hosted this time at the IEEE headquarters in Piscataway, NJ. This is the consensus committee developing American standards on EMC. The FCC relies heavily on these standards, incorporating many of them by reference in FCC regulations. Ed serves as the Chairman of C63s Subcommittee 5, Immunity. At this time, thanks in part to ARRLs decades of participation, there are no major C63 actions that could adversely affect Amateur Radio. While in Piscatway, Ed paid a call on Oleg Loginov, the President of Arkados Systems, also located in Piscatway. Oleg serves on the HomePlug Board of Directors. He is the HomePlug liaison to ARRL. Although the visit was mostly social, Oleg broached the possibility of ARRL and HomePlug working out a formal Memorandum of Understanding, focused on the value of HomePlug. Mike Tracy also traveled to NJ, to visit Ulrich Rohde of Rohde & Schwarz and update the software on the very high end XK2100 transceiver. Ulrich also shipped us two line impedance stabilization networks, or LISNs. These networks have allowed Mike Gruber to test AC powered devices for conducted emissions. Mike Gruber has tested a rodent repeller, as well as the energy saving CFLs or compact florescent lamps. The tested devices have more than met the FCC standards for conducted emissions, and neither type of device is likely to cause widespread interference problems for Amateur Radio. Mike Gruber is working on arranging a June 12/13 EMC Committee Meeting and a power-line RFI workshop with Mike Martin later this year. The RFI book that Mike Gruber put together is now availablecomments have been favorable. Membership & Volunteer Programs Contest Branch November Sweepstakes cups and pins should be arriving in a week or two. The contest results columns for Sweeps Phone and 160 Meters are off to Production. The June VHF plaque order is in the works. Were waiting on a plate sample with the M2 logo before we place the full order. Logbook of the World QSO records entered into the system125,377,517QSL records have resulted 8,161,436Logs Processed351,125Active Certificates23,583Users registered in the system15,588Hybrids Pending Mail237 QSL Branch There is no delay in opening mail and a 6 day delay in slotting of cards. This week, 173 pounds of cards were received from members. This past week, we mailed 139,200 QSL cards which brings the year-to-date shipped total to 264,900. W1AW Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He also created the texts for the April W1AW Qualifying Runs. Joe processed one Qualifying Run certificate. He also replaced the aging Ten-Tec Omni VI transceiver that was being used for the 20-meter broadcast transmitter with an Icom IC-756ProII transceiver. (The Omni VI was handed over to headquarters station W1HQ for use there.) Joe also fielded what can be considered an inordinate number of inquiries from members not receiving W1AW bulletins through either the W1AW ListServer or Members Only. All the inquiries came from COMCAST.NET users. It appears Comcast installed new filter software thats preventing some W1AW bulletins (and other automated email from ARRL) from reaching Comcast.net users. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the early part of the month of April. He hosted a number of scouts on Saturday who visited the station to learn about radio and communications. Scott also assisted the DXCC department with checking 299 (database-inputted) cards against DXCC applications. Field Organization/Public Service Team Thanks to the Mailroom Staff, the New Hampshire Section Manager ballots were mailed from HQ ahead of the April 2 mailing deadline. New Hampshire ARRL members will have until May 18 to return their filled-out ballots. Jim Brooks, KY4Z, started his term as Kentucky Section Manager on April 1, and Roberto Jimenez, KP4AC, also begin his term as the new Puerto Rico Section Manager on that day. Outgoing Puerto Rico SM Victor Madera, KP4PQ, announced the transition this past week. Leona Adams has been in touch with these new Section Managers, and has also processed 20 new Field Appointments. Chuck Skolaut compiled and forwarded the monthly ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch report to the IARU Region 2 Coordinator. This report contained numerous notes on the South American PUN beacon which has been checked on by the FCCs Direction Finding station. We learned that the FCC has taken action on several long-standing problems that OOs have assisted with. They are actively continuing an investigation on two other cases, and the OOs continue to provide valuable assistance. Citizen Corps hosted a Web-based seminar/teleconference that introduced plans for the 2007 National Preparedness Month in September. ARRL will sign up as coalition member organization once again. We kept in touch with New Mexico radio amateurs following the rash of tornadoes that struck that state. Steve Ewald prepared to attend the Amateur Radio Session at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans on April 3 along with other ARRL Section and Field Leaders. ARISS PR: Rosalie compiled 13 items for a new ARISS Web site that we hope will be developed under NASAs sponsorship. Thanks goes to Rick for his story about funding needed for the Columbus ISS module antennas; the fund raising for the first half of what is due for the antennas has really picked up. For ARRL Members: The Houston ARISS Team trained ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA, on how to make QSOs with the Kenwood and the Ericcson radios. Nespoli is slated to fly on space shuttle mission STS-120, which will deliver the Harmony module to the ISS. ARISS News Update: Boulder Hill Elementary School Radio Club received over 40 emails of congratulations, including a letter from a nearby town's mayor, after their ARISS QSO. The club sponsor said: "We seem to have really touched a lot of people from outside the school." ARISS Effect on Students: Rosalie assisted a scoutmaster who wanted ARISS-related lesson plans so as to teach his troop about ARISS and ham radio during an Amateur Radio demo. The ARISS Team is working with the Russian schedulers and with Space Adventures to ensure four schools get good passes and good hours for their QSOs with Space Civilian Charles Simonyi. International Aspects: Due to a change in the crews sleep schedule, we will have good passes next week over Australia to schedule a number of Australian schools waiting in the queue. At the Tatsuno Juvenile Space Club in Japan, media reps included 4 from newspapers and 2 from TV stations. Rosalie networked with the Hungarian hams to get their plans settled for their school QSO with Simonyi. Amateur Radio Education & Technology ProgramMark Spencer There are two slots at the Spokane teachers institute left to fill. I will be asking participants to start coordinating transportation to their assigned TI. There will be some changes as schedules shift and replacements will come from a building waiting list. Text materials and robotics kits have been ordered and being delivered to my depots on both coasts. The report is early this week because I will be traveling to SoCal to participate in the M^2 BBQ and meeting with some satellite enthusiasts over the weekend. Web/Software Development Work continues on Web credit-card processing and membership applications. A development version of the membership application system has been made available for in-house testing and review. A test version of our on-line catalog check-out script that includes customer selection (US only, at present) of specific FedEx shipping options, with pricing, has also been made available for in-house testing. Hugh Brower identified some virus-laden fake e-mails that purport to be from the "arrl.net user support team." He provided information to Rick Lindquist so that a warning could be posted on the ARRL Web site. At present, Micah Murray is handling most of the Web site update and addition requests. This frees up Jon Bloom to work on Logbook of the World (LoTW), with the immediate goal of getting LoTW running on the new hardware purchased for it. Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Test session activity and Exam fee revenue remain brisk. We have already received and processed over 725 sessions in March (normally we conduct about 450 sessions a month). March exam fee revenue is approximately $119,000 and the year to date total is over $200,000. Rick Palm, K1CE has completed the rewrite of the VE Training Manual. I am very excited about having the VE training manual to the caliber of other ARRL training books and material. This new manual will be much thinner and more concise than its predecessor. We are hoping for a late May or early June release. The below stats show our accomplishments so far this year. I included information from the same period last year for a comparison. ARRL VEC Stats January 1 through March 31, 2007 1,838Test Sessions Held (Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2006 = 1,342) 16,552 Candidates Served (Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2006 = 7,392) 19,071 Exam Elements Taken (Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2006 = 9,007) 613 New VEs Accredited (Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2006 = 284) 12,161 New and Upgrade License apps. forms transmitted to FCC (Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2006 = 5,083) 2,152 License Renewals & Changes transmitted to FCC (271 were Vanity license renewals) 364 Club License apps. transmitted to FCC (78 were Club Vanity license renewals) (133 new clubs) 5,375VE Newsletter Subscribers 9Donations collected by VEC Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 4/6 Holiday Leona Adams 4/18-4/20 Vacation John Bloom 4/16-4/20 Vacation LouAnn Campanello 4/16-4/20 Vacation Steve Capodicasa 5/7-5/11 Vacation Joe Carcia 5/25 Vacation `` 6/28-7/6 Vacation Steve Ewald 4/2-4/10 Hurricane Conference, New Orleans, LA/Vacation Steve Ford 4/16-4/18 Vacation Scott Gee 4/9 Vacation `` 4/20 Vacation `` 5/17-5/18 Vacation Mike Gruber 4/23-4/27 Vacation `` 6/4-6/8 Vacation Ed Hare 5/2-5/3 Vacation `` 5/16-5/20 Dayton Hamvention `` 5/21-5/22 National Spectrum Managers Association, Arlington, VA `` 7/8-7/13 EMC Society Symposium Committee Meeting, Honolulu, HI Dan Henderson 5/3-5/7 South Carolina Section Convention, Spartanburg, SC `` 5/17-5/20 Dayton Hamvention `` 8/16-8/27 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL/Vacation Mary Hobart 4/16 Citizen Corps event, Washington DC. `` 4/19-4/20 Vacation Tom Hogerty 4/2-4/6 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 4/16-4/20 Vacation Zak Lau 6/21-6/22 Vacation Rick Lindquist 4/9 Vacation Maryann MacDonald 4/9 Vacation Jodi Morin 4/5-4/6 Vacation Micah Murray 4/9-4/13 Vacation Allen Pitts 4/23-4/27 Vacation Dave Sumner 4/11-4/23 IARU Reg.1 EC Meeting, Cavtat, Croatia/IRTS 75th, Cork, Ireland Mike Tracy 5/23-5/30 Vacation Janice Wytas 4/9-4/13 Vacation "TUVWab # $ % NQâãçšºýþÿvúòëàëÕòÍÈÀµÍ°šÕzumbWh²&h²&CJaJh²&h.êCJaJh²&h²&5 h²&5h|vCJaJh²&h|vCJaJh.êCJaJh'?CJaJh.êh.êCJaJh.êh.ê5 h.ê5h]ähÈ ïCJaJh]ähÈ ï5 hÈ ï5hÈ ïCJaJh.êhQ!CJaJhQ!5CJ\aJhQ!5\hQ!CJaJ hQ!5! !"TUVWbc $ % hiMNABýþÿ÷òòòòòòòòòííííòòòèèèèèèèòòògd.êgdÈ ïgdQ!$a$gdQ!»býþÿ VWéêwxyÜÝ!!!%!&!Ì!Í!úõõúììììììììììúççççççúââââgd@zgd]ä 7$8$H$gd/gd²&gdQ!vxÒÔ€þÿ#$¬abqríîwxyŠµº»ÂÃñòETYiÛÝÐ Ñ ò !!øíøíøßíÔÉÁÉ¹É¹É¹É¹É¹É¹É®Š}}}}}}h]äCJaJh âh]ä6CJ]aJh âh]äCJaJhDh]ä5h@zCJaJh@zh/CJaJh/CJaJh/h/5h/h/CJaJh]äh²&CJaJh²&h²&6CJ]aJh²&h²&CJaJh²&CJaJ/!!!%!1!2!|!}!Ë!Ì!;"<"©"ª"Ý"Þ"\#]#š#©#é#ê#/$0$z$|$ $¡$%%\%]%Ž%µ%º%œ%0&1&&&Â&Ã&"'#'c'd'((&('(Ô(Õ(ÿ()v)w)y))I*J*Ž+õíåÚÒÚÒÚËÚËÚÒÚÒÚÒÚÒÚÒÚÒÚ¿ÚÒÚËÚËÚËÚ³ÚÒÚÒÚËÚÒÚÒÚÒÚËÚÒÚÒÚËÚ« hA0CJaJhA0hA0CJaJhA0hA05h@zh@z6CJaJh@zh@zCJH*aJh@zh@zh@zCJaJh@zh@zCJaJh@zh@z5h]äCJaJh/h]äCJaJ<Í!<"="%%]%^%µ%¶%â%ã%Ã&Ä&'(((w)x)y)))ë*ì*,,p,q,r,úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúõõììììììììõ 7$8$H$gdA0gdQ!gd@zŽ+µ+p,q,r,v,..;.>.116272ü2ý266©6ª6è7é788-9.9;;;;==#=$=È=è=é=ø=>>?>>>À>Á>?øíâ×Ï×Ç×»×Ç×Ç×Ç×³×³×³×³×³×³×³×³×³×®£zzh.êCJaJh]äCJaJh.êh.êCJaJh.êh.ê56CJaJh.êh|vCJaJ h.ê5hdtCJaJh*Qh*Q6CJaJh*QCJaJh*Qh*Q5h*Qh*QCJaJh*QhA0CJaJhA0hA0CJaJhA0CJaJ,r,v,w,l-m-|.}.Õ1Ö1É3Ê37799::ã<ä<k=l=Æ=Ç=È=è=é=ðððððððððððððððððððððëëâë 7$8$H$gd.êgdQ! 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by Henry R. Leggette 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Hi Harold, That is great! Thanks for sharing! 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B To: arrl-odv Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 4:13 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:15364] Trip Report Communications Academy http://www.commacademy.org/ Seattle, Washington March 31 - April 1 2007 Harold Kramer It may have been April First, but the attendees at the Communications Academy held at Seattle-Pacific University in Seattle were no fools. They were smart, engaged, and enthusiastic about amateur radio emergency communications. WWA SM Ed Bruette, N7NVP and Director Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF invited me to the conference. The conference stopped taking registrations last week when it reached its capacity of 400 attendees. I was told that this was double the number of attendees compared to last year. The registration limitation was based on the size of the facility. Along with Ed and Jim, Doug Rich, W7DVR, Idaho SM was also there. Many field leaders and appointees from the Pacific Northwest attended the conference. ARRL badges were abundant! The attendees were a mixture of experienced EmComm ops and newer ops. It was especially rewarding to talk to the many new licensees who were there. We do need to update our publication on ARRL member benefits. I'll look into that one. We also need a simple publication on how to obtain your amateur radio license. We may have been preaching to the proverbial choir, but one of the most rewarding aspects about this conference were the positive comments about the ARRL that I received. There were no negative comments about the Bandwidth Petition or the No-Code. There were, as always, many suggestions and comments that I duly recorded and will follow up on. Although it was not our focus, Ed, Jim and I signed up about 15 new members and 25 renewals, including a Life Membership. The Academy itself consisted of two days of workshops and sessions on Emergency Communications. There was no flea market and no vendors. We had a small table along with a handful of other local agencies that also had small displays. Icom had a small table because they were local. The Keynote speakers began each day's session. Saturday's keynoter was John Cline, W5USN, former San Diego SM and Idaho SM. John's professional background is Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security. He gave an energetic and insightful presentation. I was the keynote speaker on Sunday morning. I spoke about what the ARRL is currently doing and what we will be doing in the EmComm area, particularly with respect to the NERPC Committee recommendations and increased EmComm activities at HQ. I would estimate that about 250 - 300 people attended each keynote session. I had lots of positive response and comments after my presentation. Although we took quite different approaches, John and I both emphasized the changing role of amateur radio in emergency communications. We both stressed that leadership, flexibility, training, and preparation will be requirements for amateur radio emergency communications operators in the future. After my presentation, folks told me that they did not realize that HQ was doing so much for the EmComm community. I have attached a copy of my PowerPoint presentation for your information. Please feel free to use it completely or in part, as needed. I would like to extend a special thanks to Kay who did the original work on the NERPC Committee presentation that she delivered to the Board in January. My presentation was based on much of her and the Committee's work. Ed Bruette, a member of the NERPC Committee, also gave a comprehensive presentation on NERPC at one of the workshops. Ed and I coordinated our presentations in advance so that our message was consistent. After the keynotes, The Academy ran four concurrent workshops in the morning and afternoon sessions on both days. The workshops were all packed. Topics were oriented towards emergency communications, particularly in Washington State. These sessions covered topics such as "Interoperability Efforts in Washington State" and "Disaster Recovery in Puget Sound." However, many of the sessions had broader appeal. These included Ward Silver's standing room only workshop on Antennas 101 and seminars on Airmail, APRS, "Telephones, Cell Phones and Sat Phones' and generator safety and usage. A surprisingly popular seminar was "Intro to Radio Communications" which was a well done mini-course covering radio fundamentals such as frequency and wavelength. The course mix between EmComm specific topics and more general topics was about 50/50. This was a well thought out and balanced curriculum by the organizers. This was an excellent conference. It was the second one of this type that I have attended that focused solely education and training. The other was in Estes Park, Colorado. One commonality that I have observed is that active amateurs are life long learners. Although there should be some of the latest and greatest topics, a workshop on fundamentals, presented in an engaging and informative manner will also attract and interest attendees. Based on my experience, this conference-only type of hamfest that is well planned, actively promoted, and well organized will always be successful. Again, special thanks to Ed Bruette and Jim Fenstermaker for inviting me and for their hospitality while I was there. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org web: www.arrl.org/

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by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Trip Report Communications Academy http://www.commacademy.org/ Seattle, Washington March 31 - April 1 2007 Harold Kramer It may have been April First, but the attendees at the Communications Academy held at Seattle-Pacific University in Seattle were no fools. They were smart, engaged, and enthusiastic about amateur radio emergency communications. WWA SM Ed Bruette, N7NVP and Director Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF invited me to the conference. The conference stopped taking registrations last week when it reached its capacity of 400 attendees. I was told that this was double the number of attendees compared to last year. The registration limitation was based on the size of the facility. Along with Ed and Jim, Doug Rich, W7DVR, Idaho SM was also there. Many field leaders and appointees from the Pacific Northwest attended the conference. ARRL badges were abundant! The attendees were a mixture of experienced EmComm ops and newer ops. It was especially rewarding to talk to the many new licensees who were there. We do need to update our publication on ARRL member benefits. I'll look into that one. We also need a simple publication on how to obtain your amateur radio license. We may have been preaching to the proverbial choir, but one of the most rewarding aspects about this conference were the positive comments about the ARRL that I received. There were no negative comments about the Bandwidth Petition or the No-Code. There were, as always, many suggestions and comments that I duly recorded and will follow up on. Although it was not our focus, Ed, Jim and I signed up about 15 new members and 25 renewals, including a Life Membership. The Academy itself consisted of two days of workshops and sessions on Emergency Communications. There was no flea market and no vendors. We had a small table along with a handful of other local agencies that also had small displays. Icom had a small table because they were local. The Keynote speakers began each day's session. Saturday's keynoter was John Cline, W5USN, former San Diego SM and Idaho SM. John's professional background is Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security. He gave an energetic and insightful presentation. I was the keynote speaker on Sunday morning. I spoke about what the ARRL is currently doing and what we will be doing in the EmComm area, particularly with respect to the NERPC Committee recommendations and increased EmComm activities at HQ. I would estimate that about 250 - 300 people attended each keynote session. I had lots of positive response and comments after my presentation. Although we took quite different approaches, John and I both emphasized the changing role of amateur radio in emergency communications. We both stressed that leadership, flexibility, training, and preparation will be requirements for amateur radio emergency communications operators in the future. After my presentation, folks told me that they did not realize that HQ was doing so much for the EmComm community. I have attached a copy of my PowerPoint presentation for your information. Please feel free to use it completely or in part, as needed. I would like to extend a special thanks to Kay who did the original work on the NERPC Committee presentation that she delivered to the Board in January. My presentation was based on much of her and the Committee's work. Ed Bruette, a member of the NERPC Committee, also gave a comprehensive presentation on NERPC at one of the workshops. Ed and I coordinated our presentations in advance so that our message was consistent. After the keynotes, The Academy ran four concurrent workshops in the morning and afternoon sessions on both days. The workshops were all packed. Topics were oriented towards emergency communications, particularly in Washington State. These sessions covered topics such as "Interoperability Efforts in Washington State" and "Disaster Recovery in Puget Sound." However, many of the sessions had broader appeal. These included Ward Silver's standing room only workshop on Antennas 101 and seminars on Airmail, APRS, "Telephones, Cell Phones and Sat Phones' and generator safety and usage. A surprisingly popular seminar was "Intro to Radio Communications" which was a well done mini-course covering radio fundamentals such as frequency and wavelength. The course mix between EmComm specific topics and more general topics was about 50/50. This was a well thought out and balanced curriculum by the organizers. This was an excellent conference. It was the second one of this type that I have attended that focused solely education and training. The other was in Estes Park, Colorado. One commonality that I have observed is that active amateurs are life long learners. Although there should be some of the latest and greatest topics, a workshop on fundamentals, presented in an engaging and informative manner will also attract and interest attendees. Based on my experience, this conference-only type of hamfest that is well planned, actively promoted, and well organized will always be successful. Again, special thanks to Ed Bruette and Jim Fenstermaker for inviting me and for their hospitality while I was there. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org web: www.arrl.org/ <http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:15363] New staff at Chwat & Co.
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Eric Heis has left Chwat & Company. Starting next Monday, April 9 there will be a new Director of Government Relations at the firm, Janet Worthington, who will be handling the ARRL's issues. Janet has four years of experience on the Hill as a legislative staffer with two Representatives. She is a graduate of UCLA and has handled a wide variety of issues, including telecommunications. John Chwat says, "I think Janet will be an excellent addition to our staff and will continue the high level of service that I expect for implementing ARRL legislative objectives." In the interim John is directly monitoring and implementing our legislative priorities, and will continue this involvement after Janet joins his staff. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:15362] Re:May QST Editorial
by dick＠pobox.com 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

3 APR 2007 - 1315 CDT My director's copy of the May 2007 QST arrived here via snail mail yesterday. Dave, your editorial, "Most Effective Use", is timely and right on target. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:15361] May QST editorial
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

The May QST editorial, hot off the presses, deals with the subject of HF interference -- that it is a fact of life in crowded bands, avoided to the extent possible out of mutual courtesy but seldom rising to the level of FCC concern. Riley Hollingsworth supports my exposition -- in fact, he has asked us to supply copies that he can use as handouts at his forum in Dayton. It does NOT deal specifically with semi-automatic control and was not inspired by that controversy. Dave K1ZZ <<qs0705.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:15360] Re:[ODjr] Welcome to the ODjr E-Mail Reflector
by w3kd＠aol.com 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

The following is confidential and attorney-client privileged, limited to officers, directors and vice-directors only. Please excuse this unsolicited comment. It is neither my intention nor my place to attempt to tell Directors how to conduct their affairs, but it is my obligation to the Board to minimize possible liability to the organization, and therefore to express concern when an issue of potential liability exposure comes to my attention. Recently, the Federal Rules of Evidence, upon which many state evidentiary rules are based, were amended to deal with the advent of electronic messaging. The new rules are extremely broad with respect to what information is "discoverable" if someone, or some entity, is sued. The new rules include all information contained in servers, as well as in individual computer databases. And that is just the start of it. Two items have recently come up which, I believe, necessitate some caution. The first is the discussions about the E&E decision and the appeal of it by one of the candidates for the North Texas Section Manager position. It is inadvisable in my view to conduct electronic mail communication about this matter in particular, and an alternative means for Directors to converse about this should be sought. There are two reasons for this. One is that, based upon personal knowledge of and experience with one of the two parties, that party is extremely litigious. The second is that communications have been received from an attorney for one of the parties, which triggers concerns that litigation may follow, depending on the outcome of the Board's review of the matter and the decision reached. I fully agree that the Board must have an opportunity to debate matters properly before it, but the means by which this is done should reflect the potential for exposure to litigation and the best methods of protecting the organization, which is the fiduciary duty of all Directors anyway. The second item is this auxiliary database that Dick has created, referenced below. The policies and practicalities of G-mail and its use with the current ARRL server I will leave to those who know better than I do about such matters. However, Dick's message, below, indicates that the server is run by a private individual not associated with or employed by ARRL. I am sure Dick is correct, the sponsor is trustworthy. But information that finds its way to the server is discoverable if the organization is sued, and ARRL is apparently not in control of the handling of messages through this system. I would suggest, therefore, caution in using it for that reason. Specifically, I do not believe that it is advisable to route ARRL electronic communications through servers in addtion to that controlled by ARRL. I hope there is an alternative in the offing that accommodates all Directors so that they can conduct routine electronic communications within the ARRL server. 73, Chris W3KD -----Original Message----- From: richardjnorton(a)gmail.com To: ODjr(a)kkn.net Sent: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 4:14 PM Subject: [ODjr] Welcome to the ODjr E-Mail Reflector Welcome to the ODjr E-mail reflector, an ad hoc system set up by N6AA for the purpose of permitting those of us using G-Mail and similar ISPs to communicate with the rest of the ARRL-OD family without the content of our messages being overwhelmed by the results of incompatible settings apparently present on the ARRL's Lyris E-Mail server. The ARRL-OD reflector has been garbling G-Mail messages for nearly three months. It has been suggested that a new version of the Lyris software needed to solve the problem will be installed next week, but next week never seems to come. Although OD members now have the option of using this reflector to communicate, there is no requirement to use it. In fact, if you are not one of the affected G-Mail users, your messages will be received by all in presentable format using the existing OD and ODV reflectors. Lyris-impacted OD subscribers can send replies via ODjr by forwarding OD messages to ODjr(a)kkn.net, and then adding their comments. Note that if messages are received through ODjr, hitting "reply" will send the reply through ODjr. Since the system is not managed by ARRL, users might be cautious about using it for extremely sensitive issues. ODjr is hosted at no cost to the ARRL on a server that also assists the League with a number of services, and is run by an individual who is a loyal and trustworthy friend of the ARRL. Messages will not be archived. The existence of ODjr is not made available anywhere, not even on the summation of kkn.net lists. Members can verify the membership of the list only by using their passwords. The list-owner of ODjr, N6AA, does not intend to use ODjr for communication if next week ever arrives, and the ARRL OD reflector functions properly. However, the ODjr system will be kept active as a backup in the event that the OD reflector becomes inoperative. _______________________________________________ ODjr mailing list ODjr(a)kkn.net http://www.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/odjr ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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[arrl-odv:15359] Re: What are you hearing
by w6rod＠comcast.net 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

That's okay. No offense taken. Rod W6ROD -------------- Original message -------------- From: Karl Bullock <karl(a)bullock.org> > I was at the Hanging Judge (Fort Smith, AR) Hamfest this week.

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RE: [arrl-odv:15349] QCWA Journal
by Joel Harrison 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Frank, I have not seen the article as I dropped my QCWA membership ten years ago, after one year of membership, because there was absolutely no membership benefit for me in the organization. I did hear, though, that the April article does not speak very highly of ARRL and our CEO, and that the President of QCWA personally offered an apology for the article to a Director this past weekend at a hamfest. Any "bad stuff" in the article? Joel _____ From: frank butler [mailto:fbutler@bsc.net] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 10:34 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15349] QCWA Journal Has anyone been following the articles in the QCWA Journal by George Hart, W1NJM? The latest, in the April issue, is one I could relate to. It covers his experiences over his last 12 years working at HQ, ending in 1978. I was an SCM during all that time, working for George. (The Commnications Dept Manager was more than just a facilitator in those days; he ran the Field Organization!) 73, Frank, W4RH

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