September 2008 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:17220] RE: [arrl-odv:17212] RE: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Actually the ARRL was responsible for her good fortune: the scheduling of this vacation was determined by the 10 GHz contest this coming weekend. Dave K1ZZ/1 in Maine ________________________________ From: K8JE [mailto:K8JE@arrl.org] Sent: Tue 9/16/2008 9:13 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:17212] RE: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere Dave, Considering Linda foresaw the need to be out of Houston at the right time, she must be a visionary! Maybe we should see if she will assume the task of leading the development of a revised 5-year plan. Seriously, it is pleasing to know she didn't need to ride out the storm. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> ; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! ________________________________ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:14 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17212] RE: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere Some of you know that my wife Linda, KA1ZD has been working in Houston since May (the result of a transfer from California, where she had been for the previous 17 months). Purely by luck, she had planned a week's vacation in New England beginning last Thursday night, so she managed to be here rather than in Houston when Ike hit. She's planning to go back on the 22nd, assuming the airport is open and the power is back on. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Sun 9/14/2008 5:57 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere 14 SEP 2008 - 1157 CDT By the time it finally stops raining in the Chicago area early tomorrow morning, I will have probably received 12" of rain in 48 hours. Yesterday, St. Charles, IL received 7.90" of rain and apparently was the largest number officially recorded in the Chicago area. We have a full basement with two finished rooms - one of them being my radio station and computer- central. So far, Judy and I are dry with both sump pumps in good working order. But I'm keeping a close eye on the situation as the remnants of Hurricane Ike pass over us today with 2 to 4" additional rain. What is usually the largest hamfest in Chicago area, the two-day CFMC Radio Expo, will be a financial wash-out when it closes in the next hour or so. I attended yesterday and the attendance was about 20 percent of normal and Vice Director Howard Huntington is attending today. With all this said, the WX could be far worse with wind and thunderstorms. Localized severe flooding appears to be the major problem in NE Illinois. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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RE: [arrl-odv:17212] RE: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere
by K8JE 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Dave, Considering Linda foresaw the need to be out of Houston at the right time, she must be a visionary! Maybe we should see if she will assume the task of leading the development of a revised 5-year plan. Seriously, it is pleasing to know she didn't need to ride out the storm. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:14 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17212] RE: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere Some of you know that my wife Linda, KA1ZD has been working in Houston since May (the result of a transfer from California, where she had been for the previous 17 months). Purely by luck, she had planned a week's vacation in New England beginning last Thursday night, so she managed to be here rather than in Houston when Ike hit. She's planning to go back on the 22nd, assuming the airport is open and the power is back on. Dave K1ZZ _____ From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Sun 9/14/2008 5:57 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere 14 SEP 2008 - 1157 CDT By the time it finally stops raining in the Chicago area early tomorrow morning, I will have probably received 12" of rain in 48 hours. Yesterday, St. Charles, IL received 7.90" of rain and apparently was the largest number officially recorded in the Chicago area. We have a full basement with two finished rooms - one of them being my radio station and computer- central. So far, Judy and I are dry with both sump pumps in good working order. But I'm keeping a close eye on the situation as the remnants of Hurricane Ike pass over us today with 2 to 4" additional rain. What is usually the largest hamfest in Chicago area, the two-day CFMC Radio Expo, will be a financial wash-out when it closes in the next hour or so. I attended yesterday and the attendance was about 20 percent of normal and Vice Director Howard Huntington is attending today. With all this said, the WX could be far worse with wind and thunderstorms. Localized severe flooding appears to be the major problem in NE Illinois. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:17218] The lights were down low
by K8JE 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

All, FWIW, our electrical power was restored about an hour ago after having gone "dark" at about 3:30 PM Sunday - thanks to the vestiges of Ike. Always wanting to better ourselves, we set a new high of 85 mph for fairly steady wind gusts with averages of about 60 or so over a 3-hour period. Nothing like what folk in the Houston, etc. areas experienced, but there were 6 million meters in the Duke Energy area around Greater Cincinnati without power. I'm unsure of the total situation around Dayton, but large areas of it (at least from the downtown south) were out as well (Dayton Power & Light Co.). The outage generally was from Dayton south through Cincinnati to about 25 mi. south of the Ohio River. We are among the lucky ones by having our power restored fairly early. Talk about backlogged e-mail! I hope everyone came through Ike OK. 73, 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:17217] Re: Mailings to Directors
by William Sawders 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Great to give away at tomorrows DX Club meeting. Might get a few new subscribers? Bill, K7ZM -------Original Message------- From: dick(a)pobox.com Date: 09/15/08 20:45:50 To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17216] Re:Mailings to Directors 15 SEP 2008 - 2245 CDT Hello Dick... Through Dave Patton and Amy Hurtado, I was able to find out why I received the same combination of NJC and QEX mailings last. As you can see from Amy's email to me, it appears all the directors received this combination. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ======================================================================== Subject: RE: FYI - Latest NCJ & QEX Delivery X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:20:35 -0400 References: <AD6F46BB3421B241903D155572BA86FE04CC3303(a)cartagia.ARRLHQ.ORG> From: "Hurtado, Amy KB1NXO" <ahurtado(a)arrl.org> To: <dick(a)pobox.com> Hi Dick The mail room did distribute the director list twice in error. I have tracked down how it happened and worked with the manager to make sure it does not happen again. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. 73s Amy Amy Hurtado, KB1NXO Circulation / Customer Service Manager ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main St, Newington CT 06111-1494 860-594-0257 ahurtado(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:17216] Re:Mailings to Directors
by dick＠pobox.com 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

15 SEP 2008 - 2245 CDT Hello Dick... Through Dave Patton and Amy Hurtado, I was able to find out why I received the same combination of NJC and QEX mailings last. As you can see from Amy's email to me, it appears all the directors received this combination. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ======================================================================== Subject: RE: FYI - Latest NCJ & QEX Delivery X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:20:35 -0400 References: <AD6F46BB3421B241903D155572BA86FE04CC3303(a)cartagia.ARRLHQ.ORG> From: "Hurtado, Amy KB1NXO" <ahurtado(a)arrl.org> To: <dick(a)pobox.com> Hi Dick The mail room did distribute the director list twice in error. I have tracked down how it happened and worked with the manager to make sure it does not happen again. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. 73s Amy Amy Hurtado, KB1NXO Circulation / Customer Service Manager ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main St, Newington CT 06111-1494 860-594-0257 ahurtado(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:17215] Mailings to Directors
by Richard J. Norton 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Returned from the Southwestern Division Convention in Phoenix to find three large envelopes from ARRL in my mailbox. All were sent by first class mail and all were postmarked from Newington on September 10. Envelope 1 had a copy of QEX, and used postage of $1.68. Envelope 2 had a copy of NCJ, and used postage of $1.68. Envelope 3 had both a copy of QEX and a copy of NCJ, and used postage of $2.36. I do not independently subscribe to either magazine, and assume all copies were sent because I am a director. Obviously $3.36 of postage plus two envelopes plus two magazines plus the staff effort to package, address, and mail envelopes 1 and 2 are unnecessary costs. I assume that this duplicate mailing was repeated to others. As a representative of those footing the bill, I'd like to suggest that some effort be made put together and manage an system where only the combined mailing takes place. As someone who ran his own business for many years, I may pay more attention to such details of costs than do others. I was similarly irked when a staff member sent some items I requested using overnight mail for $55, instead of first class mail, which would have been very adequate and would have cost one tenth as much. Even if this is only controlled for mailings to me, the ODV group might be spared from messages like this. 73, Dick, N6AA

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[arrl-odv:17214] Re: Heart Attack Slide Show - Worth 45 Seconds of Your LIFE...
by Andy Oppel 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Dick, I'm afraid you've been caught by another one of those Internet urban legends. http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/coughcpr.asp I've never figured out why people spend so much time creating these things when they could use the same time and energy for something productive. -- Andy, N6AJO At 11:31 AM 9/14/2008, dick(a)pobox.com wrote: >14 SEP 2008 - 1331 CDT > >How do you administer aid to yourself when you are having a heart attack >and you are alone? > >Please click on the attached Power Point file... > >- Dick Isely, W9GIG > > > > Andy Oppel andy.oppel(a)gmail.com andy(a)andyoppel.com

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[arrl-odv:17213] Re: FW: QST archive search
by Marty Woll 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

I have noticed that searching for the annual topical index yields only the first page, at least for the years I tried. Is there a way to fix that, or are we assuming members will use the Web search function and not use the printed incices? 73, Marty N6VI SWD

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[arrl-odv:17212] RE: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Some of you know that my wife Linda, KA1ZD has been working in Houston since May (the result of a transfer from California, where she had been for the previous 17 months). Purely by luck, she had planned a week's vacation in New England beginning last Thursday night, so she managed to be here rather than in Houston when Ike hit. She's planning to go back on the 22nd, assuming the airport is open and the power is back on. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Sun 9/14/2008 5:57 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17210] Water, Water Everywhere 14 SEP 2008 - 1157 CDT By the time it finally stops raining in the Chicago area early tomorrow morning, I will have probably received 12" of rain in 48 hours. Yesterday, St. Charles, IL received 7.90" of rain and apparently was the largest number officially recorded in the Chicago area. We have a full basement with two finished rooms - one of them being my radio station and computer- central. So far, Judy and I are dry with both sump pumps in good working order. But I'm keeping a close eye on the situation as the remnants of Hurricane Ike pass over us today with 2 to 4" additional rain. What is usually the largest hamfest in Chicago area, the two-day CFMC Radio Expo, will be a financial wash-out when it closes in the next hour or so. I attended yesterday and the attendance was about 20 percent of normal and Vice Director Howard Huntington is attending today. With all this said, the WX could be far worse with wind and thunderstorms. Localized severe flooding appears to be the major problem in NE Illinois. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:17211] Heart Attack Slide Show - Worth 45 Seconds of Your LIFE...
by dick＠pobox.com 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

14 SEP 2008 - 1331 CDT How do you administer aid to yourself when you are having a heart attack and you are alone? Please click on the attached Power Point file... - Dick Isely, W9GIG

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