June 2007 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

Test for Dennis
by Joel Harrison 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Dennis, Here's an ODV test. Joel

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[arrl-odv:15730] Re:Information
by Henry R. Leggette 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Director Day and Dr. Woolweaver: I have noticed the water in OK and Texas and it appears that some maybe close to Oklahoma City. I did get a report via the FAA in Oklahoma City things were ok at the FAA Academy. Dr. Woolweaver, how is the water situation in south Texas? Anyway, I am checking to see if you all are ok? I hope things are fine at both of you all QTH. 73, Henry - WD4Q

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[arrl-odv:15729] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

<<062706.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 30, No. 26 June 27, 2007 -- Covers the period June 17-23. Upcoming Meetings and Events Programs & Services Committee July 19 in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee July 19 in Newington, CT Second Board Meeting July 20-21, 2007 in Windsor, CT Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND Working with Ed Hare in the lab during the week, we identified numerous problems with the data that we have regarding repeaters involved in the Pave Paws radar problem. Some of these problems include: repeaters no longer on the air, operating under different callsigns, coordination data provided ARRL is either incomplete or wrong, no data on uncoordinated repeaters, and even several that are misidentified by wrong callsigns. We have reviewed the list and forwarded it to the repeater coordinator asking for help in trying to resolve as many of these problems as possible. Afterwards, we will be back in contact with each repeater owner to try and verify the information we have is as correct as possible (actual location, antenna gain, feedline loss, power, etc.) As of Friday June 22, we had received notice that 9 of the 15 New England repeater owners and 66 of the 105 California repeaters have voluntarily reduced power to meet the first step of the mitigation plan. Based on the current information in hand, the ARRL Lab has completed the first run of the Longley-Rice studies for the California repeaters. Because of the bad/missing information in the data we have in hand, there are numerous instances where valid L-R plots can not be made. We hope to correct as many of these as possible when we receive the new/update information we have requested above (or will be requesting). The first pass of the L-R calculations will be provided to the DoD during the week of June 25. With Field Day coming at the end of the week, there has been significant time spent with member contact on various FD related queries. The web applet for reporting individual FD summaries has been updated by volunteer Bruce Horn, WA7BNM and tested - it is ready to go. The Online Soapbox is also ready and available. Field Day Friday activities at ARRL Headquarters were a success - thanks to Dan Henderson, Harold Kramer, Mary Hobart, Lisa Kustosik. Joe Carcia, Allen Pitts, Katie Breen, Maty Weinberg, Penny Harts, Steve Ford, Jodi Morin, Frankie Perez and anyone else I missed for their work on what was a successful project in-house. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP As noted in this month's Public Relations Committee meeting, both the quantity and quality of the media coverage for Field Day has improved significantly this year. What used to be short blurbs between the yard sales and bingo notices have been replaced with real articles, pictures and much better copy thanks to the efforts of the PIOs. In addition, attempts were made to link two governors and 2-4 congressmen live on the air in the early part of FD. The unfortunate time of 2:30 EDT was due to Gov. Minner's schedule, and propagation was awful. But it was a start and something we intend to build on for next year with better timing, more politicians, and hopefully better conditions. I sadly note the sudden death of Duncan McArthur, GB1FVT, who was a great help on the Scot side of the Atlantic in the recent Hello campaign. He truly was one of the good guys. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH The Education & Technology Fund was boosted this week with a contribution of stock of more than $25,000 to support the continuing success of the Teachers Institute in Wireless Technology. That generous contribution brought support for the Teachers Institute to $110,000. Total members donations to the Education campaign brought the 2007 grand total to $182,514 from 944 donors. The Diamond Terrace is well underway with the new sections of sidewalk complete and laying of the pavers beginning June 26 with an estimated completion date for the bricks of June 29. The six granite benches are in house at the engravers and final inscriptions are being approved. A construction photo will appear in the August QST with a 1 page photo montage in the September issue. In addition, a story will appear on the ARRL website and the photo library will reside on the Diamond Terrace pages of the ARRL website. The Donor listing that appears in the 2006 Annual Report has been posted on the ARRL website in the Development Overview page and a presentation of that listing is in the ARRL front lobby. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE The August 2007 issue of QST and the 2006 DXCC Yearbook have been released to the printer. Joel Hallas has submitted the technical articles for the September issue of QST. Khrystyne Keane wrote and prepared the ARRL Letter, Vol. 26, No. 25, for Friday, June 22. It was distributed to 65,323 members, an increase of 157 over last week. Khrystyne also voiced and produced the June 22 edition of ARRL Audio News. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R General Class License Manuals began to ship last week and we have fulfilled all backorders. The front lobby Publication display was re-organized last week to clean up older publications and to re-arrange product lines into groups; Emergency Communications, Operations, Licensing, Antenna's, Technical and other books. Work on the apparel will be next with new items to be offered in the next few months. A survey regarding W1AW transmissions is being prepared through Zoomerang for Steve Ford. A 10,000 individual sample base will be used to gather the most responses possible. The survey is expected to go out by the end of this week. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch The International DX CW Contest Results, web version, was delivered to WSDD for posting. After much discussion about the upcoming EME contest, here's what will happen to get the word out about the changed rules: Ward Silver will spread the word using the Contest Rate Sheet. Joe Taylor, K1JT will alert interested parties with posts to the VHF and CQ contest reflectors. Joe has shared a mock up version of the summary sheet with me for the contest. The existing file will no longer work with the advent of the new rules. QSL Branch There is no delay in opening mail and a 1 day delay in slotting of cards. This week, 90 pounds of cards were received from members. W1AW Field Day! Whew! It was a lot of fun, despite the poor band conditions. We made 317 CW, 466 Phone and 21 Digital contacts, on 80 to 2 meters, for an overall claimed score of 2,284. The GOTA station (we used W1HQ) did quite well, too, with 169 contacts on 80, 40 and 15 meters. Much of the time was spent dealing with visitors to the station, as well as Elmering same. A number of ARRL staff were on hand, too. Thanks to them and to the visitors for operating W1AW. Thanks also to Greg Kwasowski, W1GJK for his making major repairs to the station's generator. Apparently, whatever caused the power failure on Saturday, June 16 also affected the generator's control circuits and solenoid used for the automatic transfer switch. He was able to purchase all the replacement parts from a Kohler supplier located in East Granby. Pictures of the replaced components can be seen on the Field Day blog located at: http://www.arrl.org/blog/Field%20Day%202007 Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He processed four Qualifying Run certificates and one endorsement. He made a quick repair to the 160-meter broadcast transmitter. Joe also handled all the Field Day bulletin transmissions during FD weekend. He also updated the Field Day blog with material. Joe also readied the station for the Field Day activities. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the later part of the month of June. He also assisted the DXCC department with checking database-inputted cards against DXCC applications. Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams continued to make printing preparations for the San Francisco Section Manager election. Headquarters has received a petition that nominates incumbent Rob Griffin, K6YR, for another term as Santa Barbara Section Manger. Jack Green, AD4LP, of Sale Creek, has been nominated to run for Tennessee Section Manager. Twenty five exhibit kits were ordered and shipped out this week. Chuck Skolaut reported a busy week for applications from amateurs wishing to join our ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch program. Four new members were added. An FCC monitoring request concerning 20 meters was received and forwarded to regional OOCs to pass on to their OOs. A report of unlicensed fishermen heard on 75 USB off the New England coast was forwarded to local OOs. Details of 5-letter CW coded groups that were heard on 3926 kHz and an unidentified carrier on 7272.47 kHz were forwarded to our Intruder Watch monitors for monitoring. The National Citizen Corps office sponsored its monthly teleconference with its affiliates, and Steve Ewald joined the call. Feedback on the previous week's in-person conference on preparedness was discussed. Citizen Corps representatives from across the country have been invited to join Amateur Radio clubs or groups for Field Day. Section Managers have been promoting Field Day through their news and announcements, and many SMs planned to visit multiple Field Day camps during the weekend. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ I developed some new registration pages for instructors and teachers in support of an article in August QST inviting instructors and teachers to refresh their registration with us. We engaged a new content writer, Jim McDonald, KB9LEI, for our Technician licensing video project. A number of issues with course or manual content and questions about CEU credits with on-line courses kept me busy tracking down answers. Ward Silver, N0AX delivered a course upgrade for the Digital and Analog Electronics courses, developing a Power Point tool-kit of circuit symbols students will find useful to complete assignments. Rose-Anne worked on updating the JOTA information on the website. She has been training with Jennie to learn how to take on the administrative duties to support the on-line continuing education program and provided support during Jennie's absence last week. Jennie has been managing the administrative support for the on-line courses for a month now and is doing a fine job scheduling classes and resolving the daily questions and problems that arise. Education & Technology Program The first Teachers Institute at the Parallax facility is complete. Mark reports that overall it was a positive experience again. Parallax is an excellent host for the TI and they are very supportive of the program. The participants of this TI were by far the most diverse group to date and included representation from student teachers, K through 12, college and vocational education teachers. Three participants took successfully their technician class license test as an extra curricular activity. A special thanks to Ken Hall, WO6J of the River City ARCS VE Team for supporting the examination session. ARISS Students from three area schools took part in the Suarlee, Belgium ARISS QSO. Media coverage included newspapers and three TV stations, both local and national. Rosalie took part with other ARISS Team members in an official NASA crew debriefing session with Expedition 14's Michael Lopez-Alegria. He related, among many other things, that he really enjoyed the school QSOs. The ARISS Team is working on the schedule of school contacts for the new Expedition 15 crew. They are adapting to their ISS outpost, and it is hoped they will participate in QSOs with schools and others. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 7/4 Holiday Leona Adams 6/29-7/3 Vacation Jon Bloom 7/9-7/27 Vacation `` 9/26-10/5 Vacation Katie Breen 6/29-7/1 Iowa State Convention `` 7/30-8/3 Vacation Hugh Brower 9/7-9/14 Vacation Joe Carcia 6/28-7/6 Vacation `` 7/13 Vacation `` 7/20 Vacation `` 7/27 Vacation `` 8/3-8/10 Vacation Jackie Cornell 7/2-6 Vacation `` 7/30-8/3 Vacation Steve Ford 7/2-7/3 Vacation `` 7/30-8/3 Vacation Perry Green 7/25-7/28 NCVEC Conference, Gettysburg, PA Ed Hare 7/8-7/13 EMC Society Symposium Committee Meeting, Honolulu, HI Dan Henderson 7/25-7/28 NCVEC Conference, Gettysburg, PA `` 8/16-8/28 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL/Vacation Mary Hobart 8/17-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 9/7-9/9 MFJ Anniversary/Starkville MS `` 9/14-9/16 W9DX Convention, Chicago, IL `` 9/28-9/29 TenTac, Pigeon Forge, TN Tom Hogerty 7/2-7/6 Vacation Amy Hurtado 7/2-7/4 Vacation `` 8/13-8/15 Vacation Gail Iannone 6/28-7/3 Vacation `` 8/17-8/31 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 7/16-7/20 Vacation Debra Johnson 7/2-7/11 Vacation Monique Levesque 7/5-7/10 Vacation `` 8/6-8/10 Vacation `` 8/30-9/4 Vacation Carol Michaud 7/11 Vacation Frank Perez 6/27-6/29 Vacation Allen Pitts 7/2-7/6 Vacation Barry Shelley 7/5-7/9 Vacation `` 8/10-8/24 Vacation Chuck Skolaut 7/5-7/10 Arizona State Convention, Williams, AZ/Vacation Maria Somma 7/13-7/22 Vacation `` 7/25-7/28 NCVEC Conference, Gettysburg, PA `` 8/16-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL Dave Sumner 6/29-7/3 Vacation `` 8/1-8/6 Vacation `` 8/15-8/19 GAREC/ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 9/8-9/15 IARU Reg. 2 Conference, Brasilia Maty Weinberg 7/2-7/20 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:15728] Board Meeting Notice
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

No. 2192-I June 27, 2007 NOTICE OF SECOND MEETING ALL DIRECTORS: In compliance with the requirements of the Articles of Association and the relevant provisions of the Bylaws, the 2007 Second Meeting of the Board of Directors of The American Radio Relay League, Incorporated, is hereby called for 8:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, July 20, 2007, at the Windsor/Hartford Airport Marriott, 28 Day Hill Rd., Windsor, Connecticut. Arrangements have been made for a group dinner on the Thursday evening preceding: attitude adjustment at 5:30 P.M. and dinner at 6:00 P.M. Other group meals are Friday and Saturday breakfast and lunch, and Friday dinner. We expect the meeting will conclude by dinnertime on Saturday. Note that there will be a cash bar, not an open bar, prior to the dinners. Purchases from the cash bar are not reimbursable. Honorary vice presidents, directors emeritus, past presidents, and past directors are invited to attend in observer status at personal expense. Vice directors are authorized to attend with expenses charged to the Board Meeting account. Cash advances are available upon request for those traveling at League expense. Transportation from and to Bradley International Airport will be provided by Marriott. There is a Marriott courtesy phone located in the baggage claim area. An accommodation form accompanies this Notice; please return the form or respond by email as soon as possible to Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ, at HQ: lkustosik(a)arrl.org. Accompanying spouses are invited to attend breakfast and dinner with the Board family. The tentative agenda for the meeting will be circulated separately by email. The Secretary has received no proposals for amendments to the Articles of Association and Bylaws for advance circulation. It is requested that insofar as possible, motions to be submitted at the meeting be prepared in advance in writing so that a copy can be handed to the Secretary at the time of presentation. It is important that the motion as handed to the Secretary be the same as that submitted for Board consideration. While we will have word-processing and duplicating capability at the meeting site, this should not replace advance preparation. If you wish to have a proposed motion circulated in advance, either send it to me as soon as possible or post it on the Board's electronic remailer. Please also note Standing Order 30: "Each Director offering a motion requiring the expenditure of funds for implementation shall include with the motion his [or her] estimate of the costs involved and the suggested method of funding those costs." Also note Minute 42 of the 2004 Annual Meeting: "Any motion to create or substantially modify a program or activity shall include documentation of the expected revenue and expense generated by the proposed program or activity." Sincerely, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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[arrl-odv:15727] FCC Grants Petition Withdrawal Requests
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

The FCC has granted our request to withdraw RM-11306 and at the same time granted the request of the "Communications Think Tank" to withdraw their petition, RM-11305. Both petitions were dismissed without prejudice, meaning that a petitioner may revisit the subject in the future. The Order was released today over the signature of Scot Stone, Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:15726] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act
by Henry R. Leggette 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Thanks! Good comments! 73, Henry R. Leggette, WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Weaver-2" <k8je(a)earthlink.net> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:26 PM Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:15722] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act Andy, et al, I will add just one thought to Henry's recommendation. This is that one of the best things we can do to assist Chwat is to alert them to problems they will face when they walk into a Congressman's office. Being alerted to erroneous beliefs (such as BPL is the coming wonder for people living in the boondocks) held by Congressmen or adverse attitudes (ham radio is nothing), is the best way Chwat can be properly armed to provide proper educational information. My sense is that it is equally as important that we provide Chwat with negative feedback we receive from Congress as it is that we write or make visits to local offices when we are requested to do this. Hang in there. 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: Henry R. Leggette [mailto:wd4q@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:18 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15722] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act Hi Andy, Don't give up on him, give him an education. It may take a period of time and he will come around. 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Oppel" <andy(a)andyoppel.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:59 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:15720] Re:RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act > Greetings, > > I wrote to my representative, Fortney (Pete) Stark (D, CA) last year > and got a very disappointing response (see attached). Basically he > believes that BPL has been studied, won't cause any interference, and > that the FCC would never do anything to harm amateur radio. I tried > to open up the issue at one of his town meetings, but he stonewalled > me. He's not a bad guy, but his background is banking, so he just > doesn't get technology. He's much more devoted to issues such as > health care and Social Security. And not being into teaching pigs > to fly, I have given up on him. I can't help but wonder how many > other representatives either don't understand the technology well > enough to take a side or inherently trust the FCC to do the right thing? > > -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO > > At 06:20 PM 6/25/2007, Joel Harrison wrote: >>Frank, >> >>Since January we have been working specific, key congressional >>representatives in support of HR462. This has resulted in several >>directors >>being contacted directly for letters from specific congressional districts >>which has occurred and has been very successful to date. >> >>My email of May 22 for each director and vice director to write a letter >>to >>their own representatives, as well as to have the grassroots program begin >>letters to their specific representative was for co-sponsors to HR462. >>While >>we do want to generate as many co-sponsors as possible, that will not >>ensure >>passage of the bill. Working key committee representatives, as we have >>been >>doing since January, will, just as we did and were successful with last >>year >>during the previous Congress when the House of Representatives passed our >>bill. >> >>If my previous email was not informative enough, I will gladly clarify it, >>however I have not heard from anyone along those lines, only responses >>from >>the directors who have acted on it so far. >> >>73 Joel W5ZN >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Frank Fallon [mailto:n2ff@optonline.net] >>Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:09 AM >>To: arrl-odv >>Cc: arrl-odv >>Subject: [arrl-odv:15687] Re: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> >>Joel and Dave, >> >>This is great news. Congratulations to the team! >> >>I hope that we will shortly have a web story up and a link to letters >>before >>Field Day. Many Directors and SM's will be meeting a lot of our members >>that >>weekend and it is good opportunity to push our members into action so that >>they will contact their congressional representatives and senators over >>the >>July 4th recess and get more cosponsors. >> >>Please remember that our grassroots program/network will not function as >>designed unless we keep those key members informed. By my count they have >>had only one message this year and that was Joel's May 22nd "Action Plan" >>message. >> >>We need a point person at HQ to push this effort! >> >>73 de Frank...N2FF..... >> >>Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote: >> > The number is S.1629. >> > Dave HB9/K1ZZ >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > *From:* Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] >> > *Sent:* Thu 6/14/2007 9:44 PM >> > *To:* arrl-odv >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > I'm very pleased to report to you that we now have a Senate version of >> > HR462! >> > >> > The bill number will be available shortly. >> > >> > Senator Mark Pryor (Arkansas) filed the bill today. This is successful >> > completion of an effort that has been ongoing for a little over two >> > months that has involved the activity of a variety of people. Another >> > important fact is that Entergy, the major utility in Arkansas and many >> > parts of the U.S. operates a BPL system to collect electric usage data >> > (no subscriber base) and has been very cooperative with radio amateurs >> > from the very beginning about preventing interference to amateur radio >> > stations and actually bought off and supports the language of the bill. >> > >> > More later. >> > >> > 73 Joel W5ZN >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* John Chwat [mailto:john.chwat@chwatco.com] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:18 PM >> > *To:* w5zn(a)arrl.org; 'Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ'; cimlay(a)arrl.org >> > *Cc:* 'Janet Worthington' >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > Congratulations to all-we now have a House AND Senate bill-we will get >> > a Senate bill number tomorrow to forward---we have offered to draft a >> > Dear Colleague for Sen.Pryor's staff. We will begin our networking >> > (Director's too) for Senate Cosponsors once we get a bill number and >> > get a Dear Colleague back.. >> > >> > John >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* Glaze, Terri (Pryor) [mailto:Terri_Glaze@pryor.senate.gov] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:55 PM >> > *To:* Janet Worthington >> > *Cc:* john.chwat(a)chwatco.com >> > *Subject:* Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > The bill was filed today! >> > > > Andy Oppel > andy(a)andyoppel.com > andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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[arrl-odv:15724] RE: [arrl-odv:15713] July QST
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

We also completely blew the headline on the Bletchley Park item that led "Up Front in QST" on page 20. I apologized to WA9AQN in person at Friedrichshafen. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:48 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY Subject: [arrl-odv:15713] July QST There are two errors in the July Issue of QST: >From Steve Ford: This is the story . . . As the July issue of QST was about to go to press, we realized that we would not have enough room to publish the entire resonance probe article without sacrificing other content in the issue. We made the decision to move the article to a later issue, but word of the change was not properly communicated to the Graphics department so that the cover could be changed accordingly. QST covers are sent separately from the main body of the magazine, so this error bypassed our usual checks. We have subsequently modified our process so that this should not happen again. A story about the error was published in the ARRL Letter. There was also a small error in my "Inside HQ" column. I stated that California has seven ARRL Sections. As some eagle-eyed readers have already pointed out, it actually has nine. I put a correction in the August column. These are unfortunate errors and I am sorry about them. Hopefully, we have learned from our mistakes and this has made us rethink and change some our quality control and editing processes to minimize these problems in the future. Harold

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RE: [arrl-odv:15722] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act
by Jim Weaver-2 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Andy, et al, I will add just one thought to Henry's recommendation. This is that one of the best things we can do to assist Chwat is to alert them to problems they will face when they walk into a Congressman's office. Being alerted to erroneous beliefs (such as BPL is the coming wonder for people living in the boondocks) held by Congressmen or adverse attitudes (ham radio is nothing), is the best way Chwat can be properly armed to provide proper educational information. My sense is that it is equally as important that we provide Chwat with negative feedback we receive from Congress as it is that we write or make visits to local offices when we are requested to do this. Hang in there. 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: Henry R. Leggette [mailto:wd4q@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:18 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15722] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act Hi Andy, Don't give up on him, give him an education. It may take a period of time and he will come around. 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Oppel" <andy(a)andyoppel.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:59 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:15720] Re:RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act > Greetings, > > I wrote to my representative, Fortney (Pete) Stark (D, CA) last year > and got a very disappointing response (see attached). Basically he > believes that BPL has been studied, won't cause any interference, and > that the FCC would never do anything to harm amateur radio. I tried > to open up the issue at one of his town meetings, but he stonewalled > me. He's not a bad guy, but his background is banking, so he just > doesn't get technology. He's much more devoted to issues such as > health care and Social Security. And not being into teaching pigs > to fly, I have given up on him. I can't help but wonder how many > other representatives either don't understand the technology well > enough to take a side or inherently trust the FCC to do the right thing? > > -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO > > At 06:20 PM 6/25/2007, Joel Harrison wrote: >>Frank, >> >>Since January we have been working specific, key congressional >>representatives in support of HR462. This has resulted in several >>directors >>being contacted directly for letters from specific congressional districts >>which has occurred and has been very successful to date. >> >>My email of May 22 for each director and vice director to write a letter >>to >>their own representatives, as well as to have the grassroots program begin >>letters to their specific representative was for co-sponsors to HR462. >>While >>we do want to generate as many co-sponsors as possible, that will not >>ensure >>passage of the bill. Working key committee representatives, as we have >>been >>doing since January, will, just as we did and were successful with last >>year >>during the previous Congress when the House of Representatives passed our >>bill. >> >>If my previous email was not informative enough, I will gladly clarify it, >>however I have not heard from anyone along those lines, only responses >>from >>the directors who have acted on it so far. >> >>73 Joel W5ZN >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Frank Fallon [mailto:n2ff@optonline.net] >>Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:09 AM >>To: arrl-odv >>Cc: arrl-odv >>Subject: [arrl-odv:15687] Re: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> >>Joel and Dave, >> >>This is great news. Congratulations to the team! >> >>I hope that we will shortly have a web story up and a link to letters >>before >>Field Day. Many Directors and SM's will be meeting a lot of our members >>that >>weekend and it is good opportunity to push our members into action so that >>they will contact their congressional representatives and senators over >>the >>July 4th recess and get more cosponsors. >> >>Please remember that our grassroots program/network will not function as >>designed unless we keep those key members informed. By my count they have >>had only one message this year and that was Joel's May 22nd "Action Plan" >>message. >> >>We need a point person at HQ to push this effort! >> >>73 de Frank...N2FF..... >> >>Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote: >> > The number is S.1629. >> > Dave HB9/K1ZZ >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > *From:* Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] >> > *Sent:* Thu 6/14/2007 9:44 PM >> > *To:* arrl-odv >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > I'm very pleased to report to you that we now have a Senate version of >> > HR462! >> > >> > The bill number will be available shortly. >> > >> > Senator Mark Pryor (Arkansas) filed the bill today. This is successful >> > completion of an effort that has been ongoing for a little over two >> > months that has involved the activity of a variety of people. Another >> > important fact is that Entergy, the major utility in Arkansas and many >> > parts of the U.S. operates a BPL system to collect electric usage data >> > (no subscriber base) and has been very cooperative with radio amateurs >> > from the very beginning about preventing interference to amateur radio >> > stations and actually bought off and supports the language of the bill. >> > >> > More later. >> > >> > 73 Joel W5ZN >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* John Chwat [mailto:john.chwat@chwatco.com] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:18 PM >> > *To:* w5zn(a)arrl.org; 'Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ'; cimlay(a)arrl.org >> > *Cc:* 'Janet Worthington' >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > Congratulations to all-we now have a House AND Senate bill-we will get >> > a Senate bill number tomorrow to forward---we have offered to draft a >> > Dear Colleague for Sen.Pryor's staff. We will begin our networking >> > (Director's too) for Senate Cosponsors once we get a bill number and >> > get a Dear Colleague back.. >> > >> > John >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* Glaze, Terri (Pryor) [mailto:Terri_Glaze@pryor.senate.gov] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:55 PM >> > *To:* Janet Worthington >> > *Cc:* john.chwat(a)chwatco.com >> > *Subject:* Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > The bill was filed today! >> > > > Andy Oppel > andy(a)andyoppel.com > andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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RE: [arrl-odv:15722] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act
by Joel Harrison 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Andy, As Henry says, don't give up on him. Send him another letter and keep going to those town meetings. Also, and this is EXTREMELY important, please keep Chwat & Co. in the loop. They love (more than you can imagine) to walk into a representatives office with a copy of a letter or a copy of an email with details of an in-person meeting and can keep the pressure on for you in Washington. I'll send you more details privately. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Henry R. Leggette [mailto:wd4q@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:18 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15722] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act Hi Andy, Don't give up on him, give him an education. It may take a period of time and he will come around. 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Oppel" <andy(a)andyoppel.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:59 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:15720] Re:RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act > Greetings, > > I wrote to my representative, Fortney (Pete) Stark (D, CA) last year > and got a very disappointing response (see attached). Basically he > believes that BPL has been studied, won't cause any interference, and > that the FCC would never do anything to harm amateur radio. I tried > to open up the issue at one of his town meetings, but he stonewalled > me. He's not a bad guy, but his background is banking, so he just > doesn't get technology. He's much more devoted to issues such as > health care and Social Security. And not being into teaching pigs > to fly, I have given up on him. I can't help but wonder how many > other representatives either don't understand the technology well > enough to take a side or inherently trust the FCC to do the right thing? > > -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO > > At 06:20 PM 6/25/2007, Joel Harrison wrote: >>Frank, >> >>Since January we have been working specific, key congressional >>representatives in support of HR462. This has resulted in several >>directors being contacted directly for letters from specific >>congressional districts which has occurred and has been very >>successful to date. >> >>My email of May 22 for each director and vice director to write a >>letter to their own representatives, as well as to have the grassroots >>program begin letters to their specific representative was for >>co-sponsors to HR462. >>While >>we do want to generate as many co-sponsors as possible, that will not >>ensure passage of the bill. Working key committee representatives, as >>we have been doing since January, will, just as we did and were >>successful with last year during the previous Congress when the House >>of Representatives passed our bill. >> >>If my previous email was not informative enough, I will gladly clarify >>it, however I have not heard from anyone along those lines, only >>responses from the directors who have acted on it so far. >> >>73 Joel W5ZN >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Frank Fallon [mailto:n2ff@optonline.net] >>Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:09 AM >>To: arrl-odv >>Cc: arrl-odv >>Subject: [arrl-odv:15687] Re: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference >>Act >> >>Joel and Dave, >> >>This is great news. Congratulations to the team! >> >>I hope that we will shortly have a web story up and a link to letters >>before Field Day. Many Directors and SM's will be meeting a lot of our >>members that weekend and it is good opportunity to push our members >>into action so that they will contact their congressional >>representatives and senators over the July 4th recess and get more >>cosponsors. >> >>Please remember that our grassroots program/network will not function >>as designed unless we keep those key members informed. By my count >>they have had only one message this year and that was Joel's May 22nd "Action Plan" >>message. >> >>We need a point person at HQ to push this effort! >> >>73 de Frank...N2FF..... >> >>Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote: >> > The number is S.1629. >> > Dave HB9/K1ZZ >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > --- >> > -- >> > *From:* Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] >> > *Sent:* Thu 6/14/2007 9:44 PM >> > *To:* arrl-odv >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > I'm very pleased to report to you that we now have a Senate version >> > of HR462! >> > >> > The bill number will be available shortly. >> > >> > Senator Mark Pryor (Arkansas) filed the bill today. This is >> > successful completion of an effort that has been ongoing for a >> > little over two months that has involved the activity of a variety >> > of people. Another important fact is that Entergy, the major >> > utility in Arkansas and many parts of the U.S. operates a BPL >> > system to collect electric usage data (no subscriber base) and has >> > been very cooperative with radio amateurs from the very beginning >> > about preventing interference to amateur radio stations and actually bought off and supports the language of the bill. >> > >> > More later. >> > >> > 73 Joel W5ZN >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > --- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* John Chwat [mailto:john.chwat@chwatco.com] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:18 PM >> > *To:* w5zn(a)arrl.org; 'Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ'; cimlay(a)arrl.org >> > *Cc:* 'Janet Worthington' >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > Congratulations to all-we now have a House AND Senate bill-we will >> > get a Senate bill number tomorrow to forward---we have offered to >> > draft a Dear Colleague for Sen.Pryor's staff. We will begin our >> > networking (Director's too) for Senate Cosponsors once we get a >> > bill number and get a Dear Colleague back.. >> > >> > John >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > --- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* Glaze, Terri (Pryor) [mailto:Terri_Glaze@pryor.senate.gov] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:55 PM >> > *To:* Janet Worthington >> > *Cc:* john.chwat(a)chwatco.com >> > *Subject:* Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > The bill was filed today! >> > > > Andy Oppel > andy(a)andyoppel.com > andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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[arrl-odv:15722] Re: RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act
by Henry R. Leggette 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Hi Andy, Don't give up on him, give him an education. It may take a period of time and he will come around. 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Oppel" <andy(a)andyoppel.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:59 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:15720] Re:RE: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act > Greetings, > > I wrote to my representative, Fortney (Pete) Stark (D, CA) last year > and got a very disappointing response (see attached). Basically he > believes that BPL has been studied, won't cause any interference, and > that the FCC would never do anything to harm amateur radio. I tried > to open up the issue at one of his town meetings, but he stonewalled > me. He's not a bad guy, but his background is banking, so he just > doesn't get technology. He's much more devoted to issues such as > health care and Social Security. And not being into teaching pigs > to fly, I have given up on him. I can't help but wonder how many > other representatives either don't understand the technology well > enough to take a side or inherently trust the FCC to do the right thing? > > -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO > > At 06:20 PM 6/25/2007, Joel Harrison wrote: >>Frank, >> >>Since January we have been working specific, key congressional >>representatives in support of HR462. This has resulted in several >>directors >>being contacted directly for letters from specific congressional districts >>which has occurred and has been very successful to date. >> >>My email of May 22 for each director and vice director to write a letter >>to >>their own representatives, as well as to have the grassroots program begin >>letters to their specific representative was for co-sponsors to HR462. >>While >>we do want to generate as many co-sponsors as possible, that will not >>ensure >>passage of the bill. Working key committee representatives, as we have >>been >>doing since January, will, just as we did and were successful with last >>year >>during the previous Congress when the House of Representatives passed our >>bill. >> >>If my previous email was not informative enough, I will gladly clarify it, >>however I have not heard from anyone along those lines, only responses >>from >>the directors who have acted on it so far. >> >>73 Joel W5ZN >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Frank Fallon [mailto:n2ff@optonline.net] >>Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:09 AM >>To: arrl-odv >>Cc: arrl-odv >>Subject: [arrl-odv:15687] Re: RE: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> >>Joel and Dave, >> >>This is great news. Congratulations to the team! >> >>I hope that we will shortly have a web story up and a link to letters >>before >>Field Day. Many Directors and SM's will be meeting a lot of our members >>that >>weekend and it is good opportunity to push our members into action so that >>they will contact their congressional representatives and senators over >>the >>July 4th recess and get more cosponsors. >> >>Please remember that our grassroots program/network will not function as >>designed unless we keep those key members informed. By my count they have >>had only one message this year and that was Joel's May 22nd "Action Plan" >>message. >> >>We need a point person at HQ to push this effort! >> >>73 de Frank...N2FF..... >> >>Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote: >> > The number is S.1629. >> > Dave HB9/K1ZZ >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > *From:* Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] >> > *Sent:* Thu 6/14/2007 9:44 PM >> > *To:* arrl-odv >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > I'm very pleased to report to you that we now have a Senate version of >> > HR462! >> > >> > The bill number will be available shortly. >> > >> > Senator Mark Pryor (Arkansas) filed the bill today. This is successful >> > completion of an effort that has been ongoing for a little over two >> > months that has involved the activity of a variety of people. Another >> > important fact is that Entergy, the major utility in Arkansas and many >> > parts of the U.S. operates a BPL system to collect electric usage data >> > (no subscriber base) and has been very cooperative with radio amateurs >> > from the very beginning about preventing interference to amateur radio >> > stations and actually bought off and supports the language of the bill. >> > >> > More later. >> > >> > 73 Joel W5ZN >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* John Chwat [mailto:john.chwat@chwatco.com] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:18 PM >> > *To:* w5zn(a)arrl.org; 'Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ'; cimlay(a)arrl.org >> > *Cc:* 'Janet Worthington' >> > *Subject:* FW: Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > Congratulations to all-we now have a House AND Senate bill-we will get >> > a Senate bill number tomorrow to forward---we have offered to draft a >> > Dear Colleague for Sen.Pryor's staff. We will begin our networking >> > (Director's too) for Senate Cosponsors once we get a bill number and >> > get a Dear Colleague back.. >> > >> > John >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- >> > >> > *From:* Glaze, Terri (Pryor) [mailto:Terri_Glaze@pryor.senate.gov] >> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:55 PM >> > *To:* Janet Worthington >> > *Cc:* john.chwat(a)chwatco.com >> > *Subject:* Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Act >> > >> > The bill was filed today! >> > > > Andy Oppel > andy(a)andyoppel.com > andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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