February 2008 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:16565] Re: RE: FCC/Morse
by Karl Bullock 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

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[arrl-odv:16564] RE: [arrl-odv:16563] FCC/Morse
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Karl, the 3900 figure refers to the number of comments filed in the original proceeding, not on the two petitions for reconsideration. Dave ________________________________ From: Karl Bullock [mailto:karl@bullock.org] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:59 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:16563] FCC/Morse In the report of the recent FCC decisions denying the petitions to bring back Morse in testing, the ARRL story indicates there some 3900 comments filed on behalf of these petitions. Does anyone know the ratio of support/oppose in those comments? Might be handy information to have on hand when it inevitably comes up. Thanks! 73, Karl, WA5TMC -- -------------------------------------- "Of, By, and For..." - Not just words! Karl Bullock, WA5TMC ARRL Vice Director - Delta Division 321 CR 458 Ripley, MS 38663 662 512-8053

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[arrl-odv:16563] FCC/Morse
by Karl Bullock 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

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[arrl-odv:16562] Buckmaster ann0uncement
by K8JE 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Ladies and Gents, Some or you may already be aware of the following announcement by Buckmaster Publishing (I use their Ham Call service so get occasional news releases from them). I don't recall having seen any previous note about them putting CQ Magazine online, but they've obviously been working on the project for a while. It will be interesting to see how near "currency" they will come with this effort. "We've been working a long time on scanning CQ magazine and making it available on the Internet. As of now we are complete from the first issue in January 1945 up through 2003, 58 years worth! See it all at http://hamcall.net/cq." For any who do not receive these announcements, this was one of three services (and a commercial) they announced. The other two regarded posting of the number of sunspots and of calls of new hams on their web site. 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!

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[arrl-odv:16561] Re: New Mountain Dew Commercial
by Karl Bullock, WA5TMC 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

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[arrl-odv:16560] Re: Rocky Mountain Division website
by Karl Bullock, WA5TMC 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

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[arrl-odv:16559] Rocky Mountain Division website
by Brian Mileshosky 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

All -- Just a heads up, we have a new domain name for our division website: www.RockyMountainDivision.org Please update your bookmarks if necessary. Thanks and 73, Brian, N5ZGT ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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[arrl-odv:16558] Re: New Mountain Dew Commercial
by Karl Bullock 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

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[arrl-odv:16557] RE: [arrl-odv:16555] New Mountain Dew Commercial
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Looks like a Gonset Communicator and companion amplifier. The amplifier ran a pair of 826s and put out about 50 watts. They're at least 50 years old -- the producer must have raided somebody's classic radio collection. The amplifier is probably rather rare. The ad shows that despite the occasional comments you hear that "nobody's heard of ham radio," it's part of popular culture. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: Andy Oppel [mailto:andy@andyoppel.com] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:56 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:16555] New Mountain Dew Commercial For those of you who have not seen the new commercial that has a woman "playing with her ham radio" in the rain, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MieEfkwICB8 73, Andy Oppel, N6AJO Vice Director, Pacific Division American Radio Relay League (ARRL) The National Association for Amateur Radio n6ajo(a)arrl.org home: (510) 864-2299 cell: (510) 912-0985

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[arrl-odv:16556] FW: Summary of February SM Teleconference
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

FYI, as requested, here are the notes from Steve Ewald's latest teleconference. 73, Harold From: Ewald, Steve, WV1X Sent: Thu 2/28/2008 3:50 PM To: Patton, David NN1N; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Subject: Summary of February SM Teleconference Hello, Dave and Harold. Here is summary of discussion topics at Tuesday evening's SM teleconference. I'll share this summary with the participants, Director Edgar and Vice Director Abernethy. Then, I'll also send it around on the SM Reflector. 73, Steve ====== Summary of Highlights from the February 2008 Teleconference with Section Managers On Tuesday evening, February 25, the Membership and Volunteer Programs Office hosted an ARRL telebridge teleconference with the Section Managers of the Atlantic Division. We welcomed Scott Bauer, W2LC (Western New York) and Frank Filipkowski, AD3M (Delaware) to the call. Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, and Steve Ewald, WV1X, from the HQ staff, also attended. Chuck reported that Official Observers and Official Observer Coordinators are trying to initiate their own unofficial e-mail list so that they may discuss general topics related to the Amateur Auxiliary program. This may include FCC rules, techniques, protocols and common problems. The guidelines clearly state that this forum will not discuss or disclose information or details of any monitoring cases. Such confidential communication will continue to be handled by private e-mail and or other types of private correspondence. Section Managers are invited to join the e-mail list. More information can be found at http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/oo_list Steve introduced the topic of mentoring new Amateur Radio operators by talking about the recent activities at Headquarters surrounding the newly-refurbished Headquarters operators' club station, W1HQ. Please check this article: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/02/27/100/?nc=1. Volunteer Examiner Test sessions continue to provide a prime opportunity to introduce new licensees to active radio clubs, individuals and groups in their area in both Delaware and New York. Radio clubs have offered to get new licensees on the air through club stations or individual stations with a several successes. Field Day is always one of the highlights of the year. As everyone prepares for Field Day 2008, consider incorporating mentoring activities. Teleconference participants agreed that the new Assistant DEC and Assistant SEC positions are worthwhile additions to the official list of Field Organization appointments. Steve mentioned that the on-line Public Service Communications Manual <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/> has added a new segment to Section II: National Traffic System (NTS), Chapter Three on NTS Policies. 3.16 -- Volume Routine Traffic <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch3.html#16> now enables "NTS Area Staff Chairs, in consultation with their respective staffs, to establish guidelines for volume traffic in order to maintain the over-all health of the system." 73, Steve Ewald, WV1X Supervisor, Field Organization Team ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 860-594-0265 sewald(a)arrl.org

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