January 2009 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:17513] Committee remailers
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

The EC, P&SC, A&F, and Ethics & Elections Committee remailers have been updated to reflect the changes in membership that were made at the Board meeting. Dave

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[arrl-odv:17512] Re: Trip Report to Seattle
by Marty Woll 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi, all. Jim, I'm sorry the trip was long and convoluted but glad that you and all the others made it home safely. My trip home was certainly uneventful compared with the inbound one, what with an unconscious passenger collapsed at my feet, cancelled connecting flight and a rare (for me) drive in the snow. Happily, my only decision on arriving home was which tee-shirt to wear with my shorts. It was wonderful to see you all, and I look forward to the next time. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: jfenster(a)pacifier.com To: arrl-odv Cc: arrl-odv Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 5:52 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:17511] Trip Report to Seattle Hi Gang, I'm glad most of you had a good trip home. I left the Mariott around 6AM in hopes of getting a earlier flight (my original flight was at 4:15 PM. Yep, one was available at 8:45 so I booked via Detroit then on to Seattle. The passengers were loaded only to hear about a mechanical problem. We left around two hours later and, when arriving in Detroit, found that our connection flight were gone. So, another re-booking...this time via Minneapolis then on to Seattle after a two hour delay. Thus, my trip started at 6 AM Sunday EST and I arrived home at midnight (EST), just a normal 18 hour journey. Oh, my luggage did not follow me but they did get it delivered at 2AM PST. It was not a good day at work today...I'm a bit tired. Glad to see everyone. I look forward to seeing many of you in Dayton and at the July meeting. 73 Jim K9JF

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[arrl-odv:17511] Trip Report to Seattle
by jfenster＠pacifier.com 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi Gang, I'm glad most of you had a good trip home. I left the Mariott around 6AM in hopes of getting a earlier flight (my original flight was at 4:15 PM. Yep, one was available at 8:45 so I booked via Detroit then on to Seattle. The passengers were loaded only to hear about a mechanical problem. We left around two hours later and, when arriving in Detroit, found that our connection flight were gone. So, another re-booking...this time via Minneapolis then on to Seattle after a two hour delay. Thus, my trip started at 6 AM Sunday EST and I arrived home at midnight (EST), just a normal 18 hour journey. Oh, my luggage did not follow me but they did get it delivered at 2AM PST. It was not a good day at work today...I'm a bit tired. Glad to see everyone. I look forward to seeing many of you in Dayton and at the July meeting. 73 Jim K9JF

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[arrl-odv:17510] BPL data
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

During the Board meeting, President Harrison reported that the FCC finally had released its yearend 2007 data on high-speed Internet access showing a decline in BPL utilization. We have just posted a brief item on the ARRL Web, including a link to the FCC report. See http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/01/19/10572/?nc=1 Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:17509] Re: thanks!
by Coy Day 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Mickey et al, Sure glad that you and Dave are on the board. It is always good to have those with experience in the Field Organizaiton. I too was glad that I had an early flight out. The bird had about 4 inches of ice and snow on it when we boarded but it came right off when they de-iced it. Chicago was clear and I made it home fine. I was amazed to see what happens when snow falls on the Great Lakes. It was pretty neat. Take care and I'm sure I'll see you down the road. Coy -- Coy Day, N5OK 20685 SW 29 Union City, OK 73090 405-483-5632 mcoxk5mc wrote: ARRL Board Members, I just wanted to thank everyone for the very warm welcome each one of you extended to David K5UZ and me last week. Both David and I found this new experience quite enjoyable and we're looking forward to serving on the Board for many years. Dave (K1ZZ), please pass along my appreciation to all the folks at HQ for their hospitality as well. 73, Mickey K5MC P.S. It is a pleasant 51 degrees in north LA at the moment!

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[arrl-odv:17508] Trip report
by Kay Craigie 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

The attached Word document is the report of my visit to the New York City - Long Island Section convention. The PDF is the event program flyer. My flight out of BDL left on time, give or take a few minutes for de-icing. Given the way it was snowing, I was glad I had chosen to fly early rather than snooze a little longer at the hotel. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:17507] RE: [arrl-odv:17506] thanks!
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Thanks, Mickey. It will be a pleasure to do so. I guess some of you were delayed getting out of BDL Sunday morning. I hope you were able to make your connections. We had more snow Sunday night but it's warmed up and is almost up to freezing now. By the way, staff is working on repopulating the committee remailers. We'll have them updated shortly. 73, Dave K1ZZ From: mcoxk5mc [mailto:mcoxk5mc@bellsouth.net] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:40 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17506] thanks! ARRL Board Members, I just wanted to thank everyone for the very warm welcome each one of you extended to David K5UZ and me last week. Both David and I found this new experience quite enjoyable and we're looking forward to serving on the Board for many years. Dave (K1ZZ), please pass along my appreciation to all the folks at HQ for their hospitality as well. 73, Mickey K5MC P.S. It is a pleasant 51 degrees in north LA at the moment!

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[arrl-odv:17506] thanks!
by mcoxk5mc 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

ARRL Board Members, I just wanted to thank everyone for the very warm welcome each one of you extended to David K5UZ and me last week. Both David and I found this new experience quite enjoyable and we're looking forward to serving on the Board for many years. Dave (K1ZZ), please pass along my appreciation to all the folks at HQ for their hospitality as well. 73, Mickey K5MC P.S. It is a pleasant 51 degrees in north LA at the moment!

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Corrected copy of Atlantic Division Board Report
by Bill Edgar 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Dave K1ZZ was kind enough to let me know that I misspelled someone's name. The corrected copy is attached. Thanks! - Bill N3LLR

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[arrl-odv:17504] Fwd: VUAC Dec 20, 2008 proposal
by Bruce Frahm 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

You will note that the VUAC report to the board is brief. The committee has been very active and done alot of work. Their recommendations were not included in the report itself. They desire that Joe, K1JT and staff produce an explanatory letter to the EME community explaining the rationale of Part 1 of their proposal below, prior to the proposed rules being made public. FYI at our Thursday meeting PSC accepted the VUAC report. Due largely to the absence of our VUAC liaison at this meeting we referred the proposal to the Awards Committee, with their action to be a report back to PSC. * VUAC Proposal, December 20, 2008 * * Part 1: EME Contest Rules * A) Adopt reformulated ARRL EME contest rules as documented in EME_v5.doc (attached). B) *Prior* to release of the updated EME contest rules that the VUAC work with the ARRL staff to establish a document that discusses the rational for the rule changes and that this document be placed on the ARRL's website for the purpose of improved communication with the EME contest community. * Part 2: Rover rules. Change the General VHF Contest Rules to read: * 2.3.8. Any rover making more than 30 contacts with any one other rover, or more than 50% of its total contacts with other rovers, will be placed in the Unlimited Rover category. 2.4. Limited Rover. Same as the "Rover" class above but participates with no more than the four lowest frequency bands that are defined for any given contest. Their output power is restricted to the same power levels as those defined for the Single Operator Low Power category (2.1.1) * Part 3: Minimum distance rule. Modify the General VHF Contest Rules to read: * 1.10 While no minimum distance is specified for contacts, equipment shall have been demonstrated to be capable of communications at a range of at least 1 km. * Part 4 : Add club competition to the August UHF Contest. Modify General Contestrule 8.1.9 by adding the following section: * 8.1.9 (August) UHF Contest. ---- end ---- ------------------------------ Listen to 350+ music, sports, & news radio stations FREE while you browse.Start Listening Now<http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000022>!

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