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[arrl-odv:17880] Re: RE: Baker FCC nomination
by Chris Imlay 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Another point is that the nomination has just been made. The Senate has to confirm the nomination. We have in the past planted questions in confirmation hearings for FCC nominees to enable issues to be aired out. It normally makes a nominee somewhat careful in the future.... Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 11:47 am Subject: [arrl-odv:17877] Re:RE: Baker FCC nomination Marty, having 200,000 to 400,000 BPL customers in 2007 as a citable statistic in a federal report is not a moot issue. We raised it when the report was issued, but that was the previous administration and there wasn’t much chance of getting them to admit error. Now we have another shot. The interesting thing is that the NTIA didn’t accept the FCC’s well documented figure. In other words, the FCC was right and NTIA was wrong. But now, having been in charge at NTIA when NTIA was wrong, she’s been nominated to the FCC by the new administration. Is she going to bring the practices of the previous administration with her to the FCC? It’s a legitimate question to raise. I don’t think any interest group would pass up the opportunity to raise it. Dave From: Marty Wo ll [mailto:n6vi@socal.rr.com] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:19 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17876] Re: Baker FCC nomination Since "bad" BPL seems to be fizzling out of its own accord, would this be a case of winning the battle but losing the war? Is trying to extract an admission of wrongdoing on what may now be a moot issue worth the cost of "doing business" going forward before a commissioner whose personal ethics you have publicly challenged? If we think we have a basis for preventing her appointment and a reasonable chance to do so, that's another matter, but that's not what I was hearing. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ To: arrl-odv Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:20 AM Subject: [arrl-odv:17873] Baker FCC nomination With the announcement of President Obama’s intent to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to the FCC we may have some leverage to address the seriously flawed NTIA report that was issued on her watch as Acting Administrator of the NTIA, and that has never been corrected. After consulting with President Harrison I have drafted the following statement and am accompanying it with the supporting documentation. Dave K1ZZ We have serious concerns regarding the nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker as an FCC Commissioner. While Ms. Baker was Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA),20the NTIA released a deeply flawed report entitled Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007. The report seriously and inexcusably overstated the extent of deployment of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) as a means of delivering broadband services to consumers. Documented FCC figures showed there to be about 5,000 BPL customers nationwide, yet the NTIA dismissed this number out of hand and went on a fishing expedition for higher figures that it could quote in the range of 200,000 to 400,000 – utterly specious numbers without a shred of factual foundation. The ARRL proved that these figures were taken out of thin air and twice called upon Acting Administrator Baker to issue a correction. Not only has the NTIA failed to do so to this day, our well documented complaints were not even acknowledged. If her FCC nomination is to go forward, we believe that Ms. Baker first must acknowledge and correct this egregious error that occurred while she was in charge at NTIA. David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer, ARRL <<Baker NTIA.doc>> <<Networked Nation critique Rev 1.doc>> <<Baker NTIA1.doc>> <<NTIA Source Disavows Figure.doc>> <<qs0804.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:17879] ARRL Annual Report Now Available
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

The 2008 ARRL Annual Report is now available at http://www.arrl.org/announce/annualreport/2008/2008-Annual-Report.pdf Dave K1ZZ

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RE: [arrl-odv:17875] Re:RE: Baker FCC nomination
by Bill Edgar 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Ok. Thanks! > -----Original Message----- > From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:55 AM > To: arrl-odv > Subject: [arrl-odv:17875] Re:RE: Baker FCC nomination > > There will be some reference to it in the Web and ARRL Letter stories > about the Baker nomination. As for who we take it to in DC, we'll have > to think carefully about that. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: n3llr(a)earthlink.net [mailto:n3llr@earthlink.net] > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:44 AM > To: arrl-odv > Subject: [arrl-odv:17874] Re: Baker FCC nomination > > Dave, > > Good idea. Who are you sending this information to? > > Thanks. > > - Bill N3LLR > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner(a)arrl.org> > Subj: [arrl-odv:17873] Baker FCC nomination > Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:30 am > Size: 4K > To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> > > Baker FCC nomination > With the announcement of President Obama's intent to nominate > Meredith Attwell Baker to the FCC we may have some leverage to address > the seriously flawed NTIA report that was issued on her watch as Acting > Administrator of the NTIA, and that has never been corrected. > After consulting with President Harrison I have drafted the following > statement and am accompanying it with the supporting documentation. > Dave K1ZZ > > > > We have serious concerns regarding the nomination of Meredith Attwell > Baker as an FCC Commissioner. > While Ms. Baker was Acting Administrator of the National > Telecommunications and Information (NTIA), the NTIA released a deeply > flawed report entitled Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007. The > report seriously and inexcusably overstated the extent of deployment of > Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) as a means of delivering broadband > services to consumers. Documented FCC figures showed there to be about > 5,000 BPL customers nationwide, yet the NTIA dismissed this number out > of hand and went on a fishing expedition for higher figures that it > could quote in the range of 200,000 to 400,000 - utterly specious > numbers without a shred of factual foundation. > The ARRL proved that these figures were taken out of thin air and > twice called upon Acting Administrator Baker to issue a correction. Not > only has the NTIA failed to do so to this day, our well documented > complaints were not even acknowledged. > If her FCC nomination is to go forward, we believe that Ms. Baker > first must acknowledge and correct this egregious error that occurred > while she was in charge at NTIA. > David Sumner, K1ZZ > Chief Executive Officer, ARRL > <<Baker NTIA.doc>> <<Networked Nation critique Rev 1.doc>> <<Baker > NTIA1.doc>> <<NTIA Source Disavows Figure.doc>> <<qs0804.pdf>> > >

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[arrl-odv:17877] Re:RE: Baker FCC nomination
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Marty, having 200,000 to 400,000 BPL customers in 2007 as a citable statistic in a federal report is not a moot issue. We raised it when the report was issued, but that was the previous administration and there wasn't much chance of getting them to admit error. Now we have another shot. The interesting thing is that the NTIA didn't accept the FCC's well documented figure. In other words, the FCC was right and NTIA was wrong. But now, having been in charge at NTIA when NTIA was wrong, she's been nominated to the FCC by the new administration. Is she going to bring the practices of the previous administration with her to the FCC? It's a legitimate question to raise. I don't think any interest group would pass up the opportunity to raise it. Dave From: Marty Woll [mailto:n6vi@socal.rr.com] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:19 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17876] Re: Baker FCC nomination Since "bad" BPL seems to be fizzling out of its own accord, would this be a case of winning the battle but losing the war? Is trying to extract an admission of wrongdoing on what may now be a moot issue worth the cost of "doing business" going forward before a commissioner whose personal ethics you have publicly challenged? If we think we have a basis for preventing her appointment and a reasonable chance to do so, that's another matter, but that's not what I was hearing. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <mailto:dsumner@arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:20 AM Subject: [arrl-odv:17873] Baker FCC nomination With the announcement of President Obama's intent to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to the FCC we may have some leverage to address the seriously flawed NTIA report that was issued on her watch as Acting Administrator of the NTIA, and that has never been corrected. After consulting with President Harrison I have drafted the following statement and am accompanying it with the supporting documentation. Dave K1ZZ We have serious concerns regarding the nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker as an FCC Commissioner. While Ms. Baker was Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA), the NTIA released a deeply flawed report entitled Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007. The report seriously and inexcusably overstated the extent of deployment of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) as a means of delivering broadband services to consumers. Documented FCC figures showed there to be about 5,000 BPL customers nationwide, yet the NTIA dismissed this number out of hand and went on a fishing expedition for higher figures that it could quote in the range of 200,000 to 400,000 - utterly specious numbers without a shred of factual foundation. The ARRL proved that these figures were taken out of thin air and twice called upon Acting Administrator Baker to issue a correction. Not only has the NTIA failed to do so to this day, our well documented complaints were not even acknowledged. If her FCC nomination is to go forward, we believe that Ms. Baker first must acknowledge and correct this egregious error that occurred while she was in charge at NTIA. David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer, ARRL <<Baker NTIA.doc>> <<Networked Nation critique Rev 1.doc>> <<Baker NTIA1.doc>> <<NTIA Source Disavows Figure.doc>> <<qs0804.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:17876] Re: Baker FCC nomination
by Marty Woll 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Baker FCC nominationSince "bad" BPL seems to be fizzling out of its own accord, would this be a case of winning the battle but losing the war? Is trying to extract an admission of wrongdoing on what may now be a moot issue worth the cost of "doing business" going forward before a commissioner whose personal ethics you have publicly challenged? If we think we have a basis for preventing her appointment and a reasonable chance to do so, that's another matter, but that's not what I was hearing. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ To: arrl-odv Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:20 AM Subject: [arrl-odv:17873] Baker FCC nomination With the announcement of President Obama's intent to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to the FCC we may have some leverage to address the seriously flawed NTIA report that was issued on her watch as Acting Administrator of the NTIA, and that has never been corrected. After consulting with President Harrison I have drafted the following statement and am accompanying it with the supporting documentation. Dave K1ZZ We have serious concerns regarding the nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker as an FCC Commissioner. While Ms. Baker was Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA), the NTIA released a deeply flawed report entitled Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007. The report seriously and inexcusably overstated the extent of deployment of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) as a means of delivering broadband services to consumers. Documented FCC figures showed there to be about 5,000 BPL customers nationwide, yet the NTIA dismissed this number out of hand and went on a fishing expedition for higher figures that it could quote in the range of 200,000 to 400,000 - utterly specious numbers without a shred of factual foundation. The ARRL proved that these figures were taken out of thin air and twice called upon Acting Administrator Baker to issue a correction. Not only has the NTIA failed to do so to this day, our well documented complaints were not even acknowledged. If her FCC nomination is to go forward, we believe that Ms. Baker first must acknowledge and correct this egregious error that occurred while she was in charge at NTIA. David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer, ARRL <<Baker NTIA.doc>> <<Networked Nation critique Rev 1.doc>> <<Baker NTIA1.doc>> <<NTIA Source Disavows Figure.doc>> <<qs0804.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:17875] Re:RE: Baker FCC nomination
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

There will be some reference to it in the Web and ARRL Letter stories about the Baker nomination. As for who we take it to in DC, we'll have to think carefully about that. Dave -----Original Message----- From: n3llr(a)earthlink.net [mailto:n3llr@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:44 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17874] Re: Baker FCC nomination Dave, Good idea. Who are you sending this information to? Thanks. - Bill N3LLR -----Original Message----- From: "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner(a)arrl.org> Subj: [arrl-odv:17873] Baker FCC nomination Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:30 am Size: 4K To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Baker FCC nomination With the announcement of President Obama's intent to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to the FCC we may have some leverage to address the seriously flawed NTIA report that was issued on her watch as Acting Administrator of the NTIA, and that has never been corrected. After consulting with President Harrison I have drafted the following statement and am accompanying it with the supporting documentation. Dave K1ZZ We have serious concerns regarding the nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker as an FCC Commissioner. While Ms. Baker was Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA), the NTIA released a deeply flawed report entitled Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007. The report seriously and inexcusably overstated the extent of deployment of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) as a means of delivering broadband services to consumers. Documented FCC figures showed there to be about 5,000 BPL customers nationwide, yet the NTIA dismissed this number out of hand and went on a fishing expedition for higher figures that it could quote in the range of 200,000 to 400,000 - utterly specious numbers without a shred of factual foundation. The ARRL proved that these figures were taken out of thin air and twice called upon Acting Administrator Baker to issue a correction. Not only has the NTIA failed to do so to this day, our well documented complaints were not even acknowledged. If her FCC nomination is to go forward, we believe that Ms. Baker first must acknowledge and correct this egregious error that occurred while she was in charge at NTIA. David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer, ARRL <<Baker NTIA.doc>> <<Networked Nation critique Rev 1.doc>> <<Baker NTIA1.doc>> <<NTIA Source Disavows Figure.doc>> <<qs0804.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:17874] Re: Baker FCC nomination
by n3llr＠earthlink.net 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Dave, Good idea. Who are you sending this information to? Thanks. - Bill N3LLR -----Original Message----- From: "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner(a)arrl.org> Subj: [arrl-odv:17873] Baker FCC nomination Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:30 am Size: 4K To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Baker FCC nomination With the announcement of President Obamas intent to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to the FCC we may have some leverage to address the seriously flawed NTIA report that was issued on her watch as Acting Administrator of the NTIA, and that has never been corrected. After consulting with President Harrison I have drafted the following statement and am accompanying it with the supporting documentation. Dave K1ZZ We have serious concerns regarding the nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker as an FCC Commissioner. While Ms. Baker was Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA), the NTIA released a deeply flawed report entitled Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007. The report seriously and inexcusably overstated the extent of deployment of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) as a means of delivering broadband services to consumers. Documented FCC figures showed there to be about 5,000 BPL customers nationwide, yet the NTIA dismissed this number out of hand and went on a fishing expedition for higher figures that it could quote in the range of 200,000 to 400,000 utterly specious numbers without a shred of factual foundation. The ARRL proved that these figures were taken out of thin air and twice called upon Acting Administrator Baker to issue a correction. Not only has the NTIA failed to do so to this day, our well documented complaints were not even acknowledged. If her FCC nomination is to go forward, we believe that Ms. Baker first must acknowledge and correct this egregious error that occurred while she was in charge at NTIA. David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer, ARRL <<Baker NTIA.doc>> <<Networked Nation critique Rev 1.doc>> <<Baker NTIA1.doc>> <<NTIA Source Disavows Figure.doc>> <<qs0804.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:17873] Baker FCC nomination
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

With the announcement of President Obama's intent to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to the FCC we may have some leverage to address the seriously flawed NTIA report that was issued on her watch as Acting Administrator of the NTIA, and that has never been corrected. After consulting with President Harrison I have drafted the following statement and am accompanying it with the supporting documentation. Dave K1ZZ We have serious concerns regarding the nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker as an FCC Commissioner. While Ms. Baker was Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA), the NTIA released a deeply flawed report entitled Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007. The report seriously and inexcusably overstated the extent of deployment of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) as a means of delivering broadband services to consumers. Documented FCC figures showed there to be about 5,000 BPL customers nationwide, yet the NTIA dismissed this number out of hand and went on a fishing expedition for higher figures that it could quote in the range of 200,000 to 400,000 - utterly specious numbers without a shred of factual foundation. The ARRL proved that these figures were taken out of thin air and twice called upon Acting Administrator Baker to issue a correction. Not only has the NTIA failed to do so to this day, our well documented complaints were not even acknowledged. If her FCC nomination is to go forward, we believe that Ms. Baker first must acknowledge and correct this egregious error that occurred while she was in charge at NTIA. David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer, ARRL <<Baker NTIA.doc>> <<Networked Nation critique Rev 1.doc>> <<Baker NTIA1.doc>> <<NTIA Source Disavows Figure.doc>> <<qs0804.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:17872] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

<<062409.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 32, No. 25 June 24, 2009 -- Covers the period June 14-20. Upcoming Meetings and Events Administration &Finance Committee July 16 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee July 16 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Second Board Meeting July 17-18, 2009 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND As of June 19, Chwat & Co had received 728 letters to 268 different members of Congress supporting HR 2160. This does not include any letters sent directly to members of Congress instead of to Chwat & Co. Some minor changes to the draft text of the proposed CEPT public notice for US Amateur Extra, Advanced and General class licensees prepared by ARRL Technical Relations Manager Brennan Price, N4QX were forwarded for consideration. The proposed revisions to the Palmdale, CA zoning ordinance have been obtained. In spite of the ongoing Zubarau court case, the city has proposed changes to the ordinance that continue to be incompatible with the PRB-1 rulings as well as RFI jurisdictional matters set down by Public Law 97-259. Working with ARRL officials and VCs in the area, we will continue to monitor this situation. Several ongoing situations have been addressed by the RIB, both working in cooperation with Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG's OO program and with Laura Smith at the FCC. One involves a member from southern California who has been denied repeater coordination on the two-meter band by TASMA, the local repeater coordinating group. We have explained that by agreement with the NFCC the ARRL does not become involved with these type issues - the same answer he has received from several ARRL officials in his area. After some rather unkind comments about the ARRL and staff/officials, he has escalated his complaint to the FCC. The FCC has made a determination not in his favor, and he has indicated he will exercise his right to appeal. We also provided him with the correct contact on whom to contact if he wished to pursue his additional complaint against ARRL staff and officials. The second case has involved an individual from the Philadelphia area who is claiming that several amateur radio neighbors are trying to cause her and her family intentional harm with "their radio waves" and asking the ARRL's help in "getting justice on these people." After several phone calls, emails and one US mail letter from her to several ARRL staffers, she was politely but firmly informed that the ARRL could not assist her in this situation and that if she felt there was a real threat against her and/or her family that she really needed to be speaking with the police department. Unfortunately, we receive several of this type complaint each year. We try to handle them as politely as possible but sometimes the complainant simply cannot distinguish fiction from reality. Hitting the home stretch for ARRL Field Day, much time was spent during the week answering email and phone queries related to Field Day. There are now 1,426 clubs and sites listed on the Field Day site locator representing all 50 states. There are also sites listed for eight Canadian provinces/territories, as well as Puerto Rico. The annual Field Day message was written and sent to W1AW. We are working with Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, the W1AW Station Manager, for the station's annual participation in the event. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP Copies of state Field Day proclamations have been received from DE, CT, TX, NH, OH, NM, NC, WA, NE, MS, MI, TN, FL and ND. The ARRL release sent out via PR Newswire has produced good results and the release, or versions of it, have appeared in dozens of major publications and Web sites. The linked contact information has also resulted in emails and phone calls from media. We have secured the pictures of the FD logo and caption being displayed on the Times Square and Las Vegas Reuters billboards. Inquiries with the Radio and TV News Director Association have resulted in a positive dialog which we hope will end with special presentations to media leaders about Amateur Radio at their 2010 national convention. The new www.serve.gov <http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTUwN DA3NiZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC01MDQwNzYmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xM jE1NTA1NDAzJmVtYWlsaWQ9ZGR1cmFAYXJybC5vcmcmdXNlcmlkPWRkdXJhQGFycmwub3JnJ mV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.serve.gov/> being promoted by the President has been frustrating. Despite notifying the PIOs about it, our own attempts to list the ARRL itself as a national organization on their database have been stymied by the form they force you to use - obviously meant for small, local groups only. Repeated attempts failed to give correct information, such as we are "Not family-friendly," no matter what options were clicked on in the forms. Email requests for aid in this have been sent to their webmasters, but until we can be assured of having correct information there, we feel it is better to have nothing at all. A similar Web page, www.ready.gov <www.ready.gov%20> , had the same type of problems in previous years. But it too just came up again for 2009 and wants updated information. But this year they were ready for us (we swamped them last year) and they have made accommodations for us as a national organization with local branches. We made a friend out of Susan Moeller, director of the University of Maryland's International Center for Media and the Public Agenda, after she made an unfortunate statement in a CNN interview, did several interviews for regional newspapers and two TV reporters, and continue to aid PIOs in their local, last minute FD work. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Development staff are processing contributions to the Education & Technology Fund. More than $42,000 has come in from the mail campaign. Receipts for the Fund Year-to-date total $142,000. The Diamond Club has raised more than $110,000 in gross revenues so far in 2009. The average contribution is a healthy $165. New bricks have been installed in the Diamond Terrace. The total number of bricks is now nearly 550. As soon as the 2008 Annual Report comes in from the printer, copies will be mailed to donors whose single or combined gifts in 2009 total $1000 or more. The next effort will be a July solicitation to lapsed Diamond Club donors. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE The August 2009 issue of QST was released to the printer June 23. In addition, a second printing of Basic Radio: Understanding the Key Building Blocks, has been released to the printer. On June 20, Khrystyne Keane attended a workshop in Lowell, Massachusetts on narrative writing led by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tom Hallman Jr. It seems that Hallman briefly held a Novice license about 35 years ago. He said he had always been fascinated with the idea of talking to others in foreign countries. "I know we can do that with the Internet, e-mail, Twitter and all that stuff, but there is such magic about actually talking to someone, not just seeing words on a screen....I want to get back in and see what I've been missing, I always looked forward to getting QST every month," he told her. Khrystyne is sending him a Technician License Manual. Khrystyne also wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter, Vol. 28, No. 24, for June 19, 2009. She also produced and voiced ARRL Audio News for June 19. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R A summer-themed email solicitation was sent out Friday morning. The email featured the new second edition of VoIP: Internet Linking for Radio Amateurs, as well as other ARRL publications with digital mode content. A follow-up email will be sent out Thursday, encouraging last chance orders before the special offers end. An online survey is being prepared for new licensees. A survey invitation and incentive will be included in new ham mailings. Diane Petrilli and Bob Inderbitzen participated in a webinar with our affinity benefits provider. We were introduced to a medical insurance benefit and Medicare Supplement Plans. A membership survey is planned to help measure interest in such a membership benefit. A training session was held for the newest class of ARRL tour guide volunteers. Many thanks go to Bob Allison for touring the new guides around the building, and setting the 'standard' for a high quality HQ visit. The Warehouse crew fulfilled 1,219 packages for publication and product orders, and shipped 354 free book membership premiums and QST mailing supplements. ARRL Conventions Date Name Division City State ARRL HQ Rep. Jun 26-28 HAM RADIO 2009 Int'l Friedrichshafen Germany Inderbitzen/Patton Jul 4 E. Pennsylvania Section AT Bressler PA Jul 17-18 Arizona State SW Williams AZ Bob Allison Jul 17-19 Montana State NW Essex MT Jul 18 W0 DXCC/Contest Central DK Rochester MN Jul 23-25 Central States VHF CL Elk Grove Village IL Jul 24-25 Oklahoma Section WG Oklahoma City OK Chuck Skolaut Aug 7-8 Texas State WG Austin TX Aug 7-9 Pacific Northwest DX NW Spokane WA Sean Kutzko Aug 14-15 New Mexico State RM Albuquerque NM Allen Pitts Aug 15-16 Alabama Section SE Huntsville AL Aug 15 SW Division SW Santa Barbara CA Aug 16 Kansas State MW Salina KS Aug 22-23 West Virginia State RK Weston WV Aug 23 W. Pennsylvania Section AT New Kensington PA Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch We have received 694 logs for the June VHF QSO Party, with 21 days remaining before the deadline. Given the stellar conditions on 6 Meters during the contest, there is a good chance we will top last year's 1,075 submissions. This is good news; VHF contesting needs more participation. Larry "Tree" Tyree, N6TR, has agreed to adjudicate the 2009 IARU HF World Championships. Tree takes over from Larry Weaver, N6TW, who stepped down. Field Organization/Public Service Team The staff members of the Membership and Volunteer Programs Department as well as other HQ departments and the ARRL Field Organization were saddened to learn that Ohio Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE, became a Silent Key on June 20. Joe had been Section Manager since October 1998. Leona Adams completed the production work on the Section Manager Election ballots and candidate statements for both the South Texas and Los Angeles elections. These have been sent to the printer. At the invitation of Citizen Corps, Steve Ewald and Dennis Dura joined a teleconference with the National Citizen Corps office and representatives of the four pilot NET Guard programs to discuss how Amateur Radio is getting involved already or how it could be involved more effectively. Official Observer documentation was received regarding an operation on 28.360 MHz, and this was forwarded to the FCC. A report was received from West Virginia about unlicensed operation on 2 meters. OOs are gathering information. Chuck Skolaut fielded questions this past week on operating overseas, imported VHF radios, auxiliary stations, D-Star repeater identification, researching an old license and reports of obscene language observed on 75 meters. Official Observers are investigating possible repeater interference between machines in New Jersey and New York. ARRL Volunteer Monitoring stations are investigating an unidentified signal on 14.025 MHz. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List Leona Adams 6/29-7/2 Vacation `` 7/31 Vacation Kathy Allison 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 7/16-7/21 Vacation `` 9/25-9/28 Vacation Bob Allison 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 7/16-7/21 ARCA/William AZ Hamfest `` 9/25-9/29 Vacation Shelly Bloom 6/29-7/6 Vacation Joe Carcia 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 7/17 Vacation `` 7/24 Vacation `` 7/31 Vacation `` 8/7 Vacation `` 8/14 Vacation Jackie Cornell 7/6 Vacation `` 8/6-8/10 Vacation Steve Ewald 6/25 Vacation Steve Ford 6/27-7/5 Vacation Scott Gee 7/2 Vacation `` 7/30 Vacation Mike Gruber 6/22-6/26 Vacation `` 8/24-8/28 Vacation Dan Henderson 7/2-7/7 Vacation `` 7/22-7/25 NCVEC Conference, Gettysburg, PA `` 7/27-8/10 Vacation Mary Hobart 7/16-7/18 Committee Meeting/Board Meeting `` t 8/12-8/14 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 6/23-6/28 Ham Radio 2009, Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 6/28-7/2 Vacation `` 7/27-7/31 Vacation Debra Johnson 7/27-7/31 Vacation Joel Kleinman 7/6-7/7 Vacation Harold Kramer 7/16-7/18 Committee Meeting/Board Meeting Lisa Kustosik 7/8-7/10 Vacation `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting Zack Lau 6/26-6/30 Vacation Dave Patton 6/23-6/30 Ham Radio 2009, Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 7/16-7/18 Committee Meeting/Board Meeting Brennan Price 6/26 Vacation `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting `` 7/20-7/24 Vacation `` 7/27-7/29 Vacation Steve Sant Andrea 7/6-7/7 Vacation Barry Shelley 7/16-7/18 Committee Meeting/Board Meeting Dave Sumner 7/16-7/18 Committee Meeting/Board Meeting Sharon Taratula 6/26 Vacation Maty Weinberg 7/6-7/17 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:17871] Re: RE: Comments from VR2BG
by Mickey Cox 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Dave, Thanks for that tidbit! Earlier I looked up VR2BG and saw that Brett (as VR2BG) is not a League member. I will pass along the fact to N5FG/K4JRB that KB7G is an ARRL member and that Brett should be encouraged to contact Jim Fenstermaker if he wants to pursue this matter further. 73, K5MC ----- Original Message ----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ To: arrl-odv Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:17870] Re:RE: Comments from VR2BG Brett is actually a constituent of Jim Fenstermaker's (family member as KB7G) although he doesn't live in the US. Dave K1ZZ From: Mickey Cox [mailto:mcoxk5mc@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:06 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Price, Brennan, N4QX Subject: [arrl-odv:17869] Re: Comments from VR2BG Chris, Thanks very much for your quick response. As far as I know, none of my constituents at this time have simply accepted the accuracy of VR2BG's statements. I did forward Brennan's comments to N5FG/K4JRB and told them to use their own discretion in forwarding Brennan's comments back to VR2BG. Perhaps VR2BG will have some additional comments to make on this matter. If I receive further information from VR2BG via my "constituents" (actually, K4JRB lives in the Southeastern Division), I will probably pass them along here on the ODV reflector. 73, K5MC ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Imlay To: arrl-odv Cc: bprice(a)arrl.org Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:48 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:17868] Re: Comments from VR2BG Mickey, I took the liberty of asking Brennan Price what he knows about this, since VR2BG's statements struck me as a bit questionable (as well as overly strident and vitriolic), and because this is right up Brennan's alley. Brennan offered the following in response: "I would note that by the plain terms of Circular 159, only administrations have standing to submit reports into the ITU procedure. In fact, given the information requested by the ITU, I would suspect most amateur monitoring stations aren't well equipped enough. At any rate, during my tenure in F&ES, the FCC and State preferred to handle these situations bilaterally. In this instance, I am prepared to defer to their approach. I find the suggestion that the R2 bulletins lack ARRL input funny considering that the tabulated observations come from ARRL." So, there may be very good reason to look a bit deeper into Brett's statements, rather than for your constituents to simply accept their accuracy. Always good to get the views of the staff with expertise on an issue before accepting an indictment, right? 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: Mickey Cox <mcoxk5mc(a)bellsouth.net> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 1:13 am Subject: [arrl-odv:17867] Comments from VR2BG ODV, FYI. VR2BG's comments below were apparently sent to Dave K4JRB in GA who, in turn, forwarded them to Floyd N5FG in MS. Floyd forwarded VR2BG's comments to me at Dave's request. 73, K5MC ----- Original Message ----- From: Floyd Gerald To: Mickey Cox-K5MC Cc: David Thompson-K4JRB Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: Fw: Request to send info to Mickey Cox Mickey Dave K4JRB, asked me to pass this on to you GL 73 Floyd ----- Original Message ----- From: David Thompson To: Floyd Gerald Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Request to send info to Mickey Cox Comments from VR2BG Brett in Hong Kong ----------------------------------------------- ARRL's intruder watch program is run from ARRL HQ. By ARRL's own admission, reports received are only sent to FCC: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/intruder.html FCC is the telecom authority for USA territory, but is perfectly capable of raising matters of intruders or harmful interference from outside its patch. The mechanism is in the ITU Radio Regulations. Is a bit too much work this early in the morning to dig them up for you, but after over a decade as our national society's president & dealing with our telecom authority, I'm rather familiar with them (familiar enough that when pushed, our TA has been told by the ITU that how they tried to interpret them was wrong & what we said they meant was right). For the past three years, I have compiled the IARU Region 3 Monitoring System report with VU2UR. During that time, ARRL has not shared any reports on intruders & appears to have not taken up with the FCC anything we've found with a connection to USA. I've been to two Regional conventions as a delegate, ARRL raised no intruder matters at them. In the decade that I was president of our IARU member-society, I can't recall anything being brought up or the sort of post-problem-solved PR that would be expected if ARRL had actually brought a case to the attention of anyone on the other side. And definitely nothing during the past three years that I've been very much involved with IARU R3 MS. Closer to home, for such a large country with so many hams who one might expect to be inclined to complain about intruders & harmful interference, there's no sign of ARRL involvement in published IARU Region 2 Monitoring System reports & very little involvement from amateurs in USA: http://www.iaru-r2.org/counter/getfile.php?id=21#pdf http://www.iaru-r2.org/counter/getfile.php?id=22#pdf http://www.iaru-r2.org/counter/getfile.php?id=23#pdf http://www.iaru-r2.org/counter/getfile.php?id=26#pdf And USA makes no contribution to the ITU Monitoring System, which does have the ability to pursue reported cases, which would be where something reported by ARRL would be pursued before would be raised directly state-to-state: http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/monitoring/ Ineffective is being polite. I reckon ARRL isn't doing squat. Heck, on that IW page they don't even correctly list which allocations are exclusive amateur & which are not. They talk the talk, but don't walk the walk. What they do seem to be good at is making folks think they're doing something. I know better. And we deserve better. 73, Brett/p. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Save energy, paper and money -- get the Green Toolbar.

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