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

[arrl-odv:16473] Re: Stormy WX in Mid-South
by Karl Bullock 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

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[arrl-odv:16472] Re: Stormy WX in Mid-South
by joelh＠centurytel.net 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

We are all fine here. The real bad killer tornadoes tracked just to the west and north of us. No lightning damage that I'm aware of either.....I'm currently staying with my dad for several days to care for him, but I believe things are OK at W5ZN. Joel Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Henry R. Leggette" <wd4q(a)bellsouth.net> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:33:22 To:"arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:16470] Re:Stormy WX in Mid-South Hi All, I have received some e-mails checking on my status and well being. My family and I are all well! We were not hit by a tornado. I will give a partial report near the Memphis area. It is my understanding in the Memphis area some 30 tornados were spotted. Of course, Jackson, TN is further East and Union University was torn up badly. In Southaven, MS there was a warehouse hit. This is right across the stateline of Tennessee. I have a report a tornado touch down near Little Rock area. The shopping mall where Irma and I walk every morning was hit hard and is closed today. That is West of me, within Memphis City Limits about 6 or 7 miles from here. I talked to Karl last night before the last part of the storm came over and they are ok. It is very hard to get a telephone circuit going out of the Memphis area late last night or this morning. I have not heard anything from Joel and family or Rick Roderick and family. The Skywarn and ARES amateur radio operators performed an excellent job here last night. 73, Henry R. Leggette, WD4Q Director, Delta Division ARRL

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[arrl-odv:16471] Spectrum Test Bed Concept adopted by FCC and NTIA
by w3kd＠aol.com 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Greetings. Attached is an FCC public notice announcing that it, and NTIA, have adopted their proposal from June of 2006 and established a "spectrum test bed", essentially for development of new, adaptive technologies that can share with incumbents. We have been wary of this plan since it was announced, because it was not clear what bands would be proposed or set aside for this concept. We could easily see the use of Amateur spectrum, since we utilize adaptive spectrum sharing?techniques already. ? The good news is that we have dodged a bullet here. The FCC has decided that the band 470-512 (known affectionately in the land mobile industry as the "T-Band" because it is used in most markets for television broadcasting, but in?in some for land mobile radio. The NTIA has said that it will use the 410-420 MHz band. So, 420-450 MHz is safe from this concept, but that is not likely because we are in there. It is, of course, because government radiolocation is in there. No matter, the Spectrum Test Bed concept is not in Amateur bands for now. We had filed comments in both the NTIA and FCC Proceedings on this subject on July 10, 2006. The orders in FCC Docket 06-89, and the NTIA docket 060602142-6142-01 (an interesting docket?number!) will be released in a few days. 73, Chris W3KD ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

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[arrl-odv:16470] Re:Stormy WX in Mid-South
by Henry R. Leggette 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Hi All, I have received some e-mails checking on my status and well being. My family and I are all well! We were not hit by a tornado. I will give a partial report near the Memphis area. It is my understanding in the Memphis area some 30 tornados were spotted. Of course, Jackson, TN is further East and Union University was torn up badly. In Southaven, MS there was a warehouse hit. This is right across the stateline of Tennessee. I have a report a tornado touch down near Little Rock area. The shopping mall where Irma and I walk every morning was hit hard and is closed today. That is West of me, within Memphis City Limits about 6 or 7 miles from here. I talked to Karl last night before the last part of the storm came over and they are ok. It is very hard to get a telephone circuit going out of the Memphis area late last night or this morning. I have not heard anything from Joel and family or Rick Roderick and family. The Skywarn and ARES amateur radio operators performed an excellent job here last night. 73, Henry R. Leggette, WD4Q Director, Delta Division ARRL

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RE: [arrl-odv:16463] BPL stats
by Kay Craigie 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

And ... I Don't Know's on third! 73 - Kay N3KN I contacted In-Stat first. Here is their reply: From: Bogen, Norm (RBI-US In-Stat) [ <mailto:nbogen@reedbusiness.com> mailto:nbogen@reedbusiness.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:58 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: RE: NTIA Broadband Report Hi Dave, The 200,000 number for BPL subs did not come from In-Stat. In our US broadband forecast, we estimate about 231,000 broadband subscribers in the "other" category besides DSL, cable, satellite. Other includes BPL, but is not solely BPL. Hope this helps. Regards, Norm I then contacted Wilkofsky Gruen Associates. Here is their reply: From: arthur [ <mailto:arthur@wilkofskygruen.com> mailto:arthur@wilkofskygruen.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:11 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: RE: NTIA Broadband Report Our source for the BPL figures was In-Stat.

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[arrl-odv:16468] Re: BPL stats
by jfenster＠pacifier.com 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

I'm getting dizzy, turning my head rapidly from side to side as the denials are repeated between these folks. Reminds me of the manufacturing coat of arms..."Arms crossed on front of the body with index fingers pointed outward with the motto, "It's His Fault!" written in the hot air. Have fun Dave!!! 73 Jim K9JF

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[arrl-odv:16467] Re: BPL stats
by Andy Oppel 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Obviously TIA has studied the publication "How to lie with statistics". -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 01:21 PM 2/5/2008, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote: >Some days this job is a lot of fun. > >On Friday I managed to reach Ian Martinez, Communications Manager at >the Telecommunications Industry Association, and asked him for the >source of the 200,000 figure cited in the NTIA Broadband Report. He >mentioned two research firms that TIA had relied on: In-Stat and >Wilkofsky Gruen Associates. > >I contacted In-Stat first. Here is their reply: >From: Bogen, Norm (RBI-US In-Stat) >[<mailto:nbogen@reedbusiness.com>mailto:nbogen@reedbusiness.com] >Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:58 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ >Subject: RE: NTIA Broadband Report Hi Dave, The 200,000 number for >BPL subs did not come from In-Stat. In our US broadband forecast, we >estimate about 231,000 broadband subscribers in the "other" category >besides DSL, cable, satellite. Other includes BPL, but is not solely >BPL. Hope this helps. Regards, Norm > >I then contacted Wilkofsky Gruen Associates. Here is their reply: >From: arthur >[<mailto:arthur@wilkofskygruen.com>mailto:arthur@wilkofskygruen.com] >Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:11 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ >Subject: RE: NTIA Broadband Report Our source for the BPL figures was In-Stat. > >I have asked Ian Martinez for a comment from TIA, for the record. > >Dave K1ZZ Andy Oppel andy(a)andyoppel.com andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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[arrl-odv:16466] FW: Please Forward
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

________________________________ From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:59 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: Please Forward Dave, Can you pass this along to ODV and cc Bob. I can't access them from here at home for some reason. Tnx, HK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- I asked Bob to respond to this issue with the Visa Card Mailing. Here is his thoughtful response. Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington , CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org <http://www.arrl.org/> ________________________________ From: Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R Sent: Tue 2/5/2008 1:04 PM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Subject: ARRL Visa Card emailing Harold, Last night's ARRL Visa email promotion was sent to members that had opted-into receiving Special Offers from us by email. As has always been our policy, there are "opt-out" instructions at the end of the email--but very few subscribers ever do. A similar solicitation for the credit card was sent a couple times in 2006 and 2007. The ARRL Visa Card is a source of pride among ARRL member card-holders, and generates additional revenue for our organization. Since the program began in May 2005, there have been 2,570 total accounts opened. In 2007 alone, US Bank issued payments that totaled $40,500 to ARRL. Nearly 25% of this was associated with ARRL-sourced new cards. We earn about $40.82/new card. Our own email solicitations are highly successful, and the primary contributor of ARRL-sourced new cards. US Bank uses these same campaigns with its other affinity partners: alumni associations, police athletic leagues, other non-profit organizations, etc. Katie and I follow the din closely, and we haven't heard from any other members with complaints about the e-mailing. I'm also in regular contact with our representative at US Bank. Bob Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington , CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org <http://www.arrl.org/>

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Re: [arrl-odv:16463] BPL stats
by w3kd＠aol.com 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

To quote my former partner, the late?Julian P. Freret, who in turn?loved quoting other people: "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." W3KD -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 4:21 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:16463] BPL stats Some days this job is a lot of fun. On Friday I managed to reach Ian Martinez, Communications Manager at the Telecommunications Industry Association, and asked him for the source of the 200,000 figure cited in the NTIA Broadband Report. He mentioned two research firms that TIA had relied on: In-Stat and Wilkofsky Gruen Associates. I contacted In-Stat first. Here is their reply: From: Bogen, Norm (RBI-US In-Stat) [mailto:nbogen@reedbusiness.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:58 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: RE: NTIA Broadband Report Hi Dave, The 200,000 number for BPL subs did not come from In-Stat. In our US broadband forecast, we estimate about 231,000 broadband subscribers in the "other" category besides DSL, cable, satellite. Other includes BPL, but is not solely BPL. Hope this helps. Regards, Norm I then contacted Wilkofsky Gruen Associates. Here is their reply: From: arthur [mailto:arthur@wilkofskygruen.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:11 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: RE: NTIA Broadband Report Our source for the BPL figures was In-Stat. I have asked Ian Martinez for a comment from TIA, for the record. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

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[arrl-odv:16464] Re: BPL stats
by Karl Bullock 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

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