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[arrl-odv:18054] RE: [arrl-odv:18053] RE: [arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny
by Joyce Birmingham 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Thank you, Harold. Yes, we are all still learning everyday...I know I am.... 73, Joyce KA2ANF -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:41 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Subject: [arrl-odv:18053] RE: [arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny Joyce, Dennis is doing just that this morning. We wanted to send it to the SMs first. We are still learning. Next time, we will probably send both groups at once. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org From: Joyce Birmingham [mailto:joyce@sabbi-us.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:39 AM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; arrl-odv Cc: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny Thank you Harold and Dennis for the 'heads-up'. One question, though....why not send to the SEC's in the affected areas and copy the SM's? In my mind the SEC's are the ones who are most involved with Emergency Communications for their Sections. The SEC's are the ones with the plans in place, at least that's how I see it here in NNJ. Joyce KA2ANF -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:24 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Subject: [arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny Importance: High FYI This went to SMs that are listed below. Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org From: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:08 PM To: Woodhead, William (SM, ME); Shuman,Al, (SM,NH); Michael P. Neilsen, W1MPN, EMA SM (Elect); Emco,Ed (SM,WMA); Beaudet,Robert(SMRI); Gayet, Paul SM VT; Doane, Betsey, K1EIC (SM, CT); Lisenco, Mike (SM,NLI); Cecere, Pete SM ENY; Richard Krohn; George Strayline; Filipkowski, Frank ( SM, DE); Cross, Jim, (SM, MDC); Clements, Carl (SM,VA); Slay, Tim, (SM,NC) Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Patton, David NN1N; Ewald, Steve, WV1X Subject: Tropical Storm Danny Importance: High Section Managers: With the formation this morning of Tropical Storm Danny, which is forecast to become a Hurricane, many of you could be impacted by this coming weekend. While this storm is not expected to strengthen beyond possibly a Category 2 at this time, depending on the track-consequences, it could be severe in some areas. Rainfall may be the greatest impact from this event. In addition to the preparedness steps each of your Sections will be taking, we also wanted to advise you of Headquarters steps that are in process. I have begun to participate in the NWS Conference calls of Forecast Offices and coordination with the various federal level and NVOAD groups that would have a role in the response. Specifically for each of your Sections, our expectation is that local responses will follow existing plans. In order for ARRL HQ to support any response, an Incident Management Team will be assembled here to coordinate any multi-Section/regional efforts. Section Managers and the Section Emergency Coordinators would be concentrating on the in-section efforts, while resource requests, support from unaffected sections and coordination with served agencies at the national and federal level would be handled by the IMT. I will lead the IMT along with specific HQ staff who will be assigned to handle Logistics, Media and Public Relations, Administration, Interference and others as the missions dictate. Additionally, if needed, we can use/activate W1AW for communications purposes. To coordinate these activities, if necessary, we will hold conference calls with those Sections that are impacted by the Storm. At this point, we are not planning any calls or coordination efforts beyond those described above. This will change as the track of Danny becomes better defined. We do ask that if any Section is elevating its readiness status, to report this and the steps taken me at k2dcd(a)arrl.org Ongoing updates will help us with developing the situation awareness we need to react to any requests. Please look for further direct messages from me and other HQ staffers as the situation develops. Thank you for your ongoing support, cooperation and for the your work and the work of all the volunteers. 73 Dennis Dennis C. Dura, CBRM K2DCD, NCS310 Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Response ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT

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[arrl-odv:18052] RE: [arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny
by Joyce Birmingham 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Thank you Harold and Dennis for the 'heads-up'. One question, though....why not send to the SEC's in the affected areas and copy the SM's? In my mind the SEC's are the ones who are most involved with Emergency Communications for their Sections. The SEC's are the ones with the plans in place, at least that's how I see it here in NNJ. Joyce KA2ANF -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:24 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Subject: [arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny Importance: High FYI This went to SMs that are listed below. Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org From: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:08 PM To: Woodhead, William (SM, ME); Shuman,Al, (SM,NH); Michael P. Neilsen, W1MPN, EMA SM (Elect); Emco,Ed (SM,WMA); Beaudet,Robert(SMRI); Gayet, Paul SM VT; Doane, Betsey, K1EIC (SM, CT); Lisenco, Mike (SM,NLI); Cecere, Pete SM ENY; Richard Krohn; George Strayline; Filipkowski, Frank ( SM, DE); Cross, Jim, (SM, MDC); Clements, Carl (SM,VA); Slay, Tim, (SM,NC) Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Patton, David NN1N; Ewald, Steve, WV1X Subject: Tropical Storm Danny Importance: High Section Managers: With the formation this morning of Tropical Storm Danny, which is forecast to become a Hurricane, many of you could be impacted by this coming weekend. While this storm is not expected to strengthen beyond possibly a Category 2 at this time, depending on the track-consequences, it could be severe in some areas. Rainfall may be the greatest impact from this event. In addition to the preparedness steps each of your Sections will be taking, we also wanted to advise you of Headquarters steps that are in process. I have begun to participate in the NWS Conference calls of Forecast Offices and coordination with the various federal level and NVOAD groups that would have a role in the response. Specifically for each of your Sections, our expectation is that local responses will follow existing plans. In order for ARRL HQ to support any response, an Incident Management Team will be assembled here to coordinate any multi-Section/regional efforts. Section Managers and the Section Emergency Coordinators would be concentrating on the in-section efforts, while resource requests, support from unaffected sections and coordination with served agencies at the national and federal level would be handled by the IMT. I will lead the IMT along with specific HQ staff who will be assigned to handle Logistics, Media and Public Relations, Administration, Interference and others as the missions dictate. Additionally, if needed, we can use/activate W1AW for communications purposes. To coordinate these activities, if necessary, we will hold conference calls with those Sections that are impacted by the Storm. At this point, we are not planning any calls or coordination efforts beyond those described above. This will change as the track of Danny becomes better defined. We do ask that if any Section is elevating its readiness status, to report this and the steps taken me at k2dcd(a)arrl.org Ongoing updates will help us with developing the situation awareness we need to react to any requests. Please look for further direct messages from me and other HQ staffers as the situation develops. Thank you for your ongoing support, cooperation and for the your work and the work of all the volunteers. 73 Dennis Dennis C. Dura, CBRM K2DCD, NCS310 Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Response ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT

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[arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 26 Aug '09

26 Aug '09

FYI This went to SMs that are listed below. Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org From: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:08 PM To: Woodhead, William (SM, ME); Shuman,Al, (SM,NH); Michael P. Neilsen, W1MPN, EMA SM (Elect); Emco,Ed (SM,WMA); Beaudet,Robert(SMRI); Gayet, Paul SM VT; Doane, Betsey, K1EIC (SM, CT); Lisenco, Mike (SM,NLI); Cecere, Pete SM ENY; Richard Krohn; George Strayline; Filipkowski, Frank ( SM, DE); Cross, Jim, (SM, MDC); Clements, Carl (SM,VA); Slay, Tim, (SM,NC) Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Patton, David NN1N; Ewald, Steve, WV1X Subject: Tropical Storm Danny Importance: High Section Managers: With the formation this morning of Tropical Storm Danny, which is forecast to become a Hurricane, many of you could be impacted by this coming weekend. While this storm is not expected to strengthen beyond possibly a Category 2 at this time, depending on the track-consequences, it could be severe in some areas. Rainfall may be the greatest impact from this event. In addition to the preparedness steps each of your Sections will be taking, we also wanted to advise you of Headquarters steps that are in process. I have begun to participate in the NWS Conference calls of Forecast Offices and coordination with the various federal level and NVOAD groups that would have a role in the response. Specifically for each of your Sections, our expectation is that local responses will follow existing plans. In order for ARRL HQ to support any response, an Incident Management Team will be assembled here to coordinate any multi-Section/regional efforts. Section Managers and the Section Emergency Coordinators would be concentrating on the in-section efforts, while resource requests, support from unaffected sections and coordination with served agencies at the national and federal level would be handled by the IMT. I will lead the IMT along with specific HQ staff who will be assigned to handle Logistics, Media and Public Relations, Administration, Interference and others as the missions dictate. Additionally, if needed, we can use/activate W1AW for communications purposes. To coordinate these activities, if necessary, we will hold conference calls with those Sections that are impacted by the Storm. At this point, we are not planning any calls or coordination efforts beyond those described above. This will change as the track of Danny becomes better defined. We do ask that if any Section is elevating its readiness status, to report this and the steps taken me at k2dcd(a)arrl.org <mailto:k2dcd@arrl.org> Ongoing updates will help us with developing the situation awareness we need to react to any requests. Please look for further direct messages from me and other HQ staffers as the situation develops. Thank you for your ongoing support, cooperation and for the your work and the work of all the volunteers. 73 Dennis Dennis C. Dura, CBRM K2DCD, NCS310 Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Response ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm)

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[arrl-odv:18050] K9JF Alert
by K8JE 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

I want to warn people in the relevant territories of a K9JF "sighting." He and his entourage were southbound on I-75 south of St. Mary's, OH earlier today. This alert is particularly directed to Greg Sarratt into whose turf the group is headed. The vagabond band will be setting up a new home for one son so lock up your valuable possessions! Hi! 73, Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radi9

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[arrl-odv:18048] RE: [arrl-odv:18046] Candidates for Director and Vice Director
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

The Ethics and Elections Committee has completed its review and has found all candidates to be eligible. The unopposed candidates have been declared elected. Ballots for Vice Director in the Central and Roanoke Divisions will be prepared. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary ________________________________ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Mon 8/24/2009 10:29 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18046] Candidates for Director and Vice Director Here are the candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director in the 2009 elections. Each candidate has been sent this list. Director Central Division: George R. Isely, W9GIG Hudson Division: Frank Fallon, N2FF New England Division: Tom Frenaye, K1KI Northwestern Division: Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF Roanoke Division: Dennis Bodson, W4PWF Vice Director Central Division: Kermit Carlson, W9XA Howard S. Huntington, K9KM Hudson Division: Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF New England Division: Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF Northwestern Division: No candidate Roanoke Division: James F. Boehner, N2ZZ Hal Turley, W8HC The Ethics and Elections Committee is currently reviewing the last of the petitions and eligibility questionnaires. In the Northwestern Division there will be a vacancy in the position of Vice Director as of noon on January 1. The ARRL President is empowered to fill this vacancy by appointment. David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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[arrl-odv:18046] Candidates for Director and Vice Director
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

Here are the candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director in the 2009 elections. Each candidate has been sent this list. Director Central Division: George R. Isely, W9GIG Hudson Division: Frank Fallon, N2FF New England Division: Tom Frenaye, K1KI Northwestern Division: Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF Roanoke Division: Dennis Bodson, W4PWF Vice Director Central Division: Kermit Carlson, W9XA Howard S. Huntington, K9KM Hudson Division: Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF New England Division: Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF Northwestern Division: No candidate Roanoke Division: James F. Boehner, N2ZZ Hal Turley, W8HC The Ethics and Elections Committee is currently reviewing the last of the petitions and eligibility questionnaires. In the Northwestern Division there will be a vacancy in the position of Vice Director as of noon on January 1. The ARRL President is empowered to fill this vacancy by appointment. David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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[arrl-odv:18045] State legislative report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

At this time of year there is not much activity in state legislatures, but the latest state legislative report is posted for Board members at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/ODV/docs/Legislative/2009/. Dave K1ZZ

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RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement
by K8JE 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Tnx, Sean. 73, have a good weekend, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio _____ From: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X [mailto:kx9x@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 6:01 PM To: K8JE Cc: arrl-odv; Johnston, Gary (Vice Dir,GL); Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Jim- This was human error that occurred independent of the Cabrillo logs. This person is no longer adjudicating ARRL contests. 73, Sean Kutzko KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 USA (860) 594-0232 email: kx9x(a)arrl.org -----Original Message----- From: K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Fri 8/21/2009 5:17 PM To: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Cc: arrl-odv; Johnston, Gary (Vice Dir,GL); Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Sean, Tnx for your note; however, I apparently did not state my question very well. I' trying again. As background, I've been familiar with N4XM's misguided crusade since I met him after I first became a director. I've been equally unsuccessful in dissuading him from pursuing his claims. Telling him "Cabrillo didn't do it" is the ultimate backup position available to me at this moment, but I expect that saying this to him will be just as unconvincing as everything you, others at HQ, the GLD CAC representative, fellow contesters and I have said before. What I'd like to do is to tell him just what it was that caused the error. For example, it was human error, or an error in the non-Cabrillo contest program, or what? What caused the problem or, alternately, where in the processing of submitted logs did the problem occur? I'm not looking for an individual's name. Admittedly, telling Paul what caused the problem is unlikely to cause him to see the light, but it most likely will prove useful in blunting his effort to recruit others into his anti-Cabrillo position. Providing logical, accurate information in response to his widely distributed misinformation appears to be useful in preventing him from building a following. This has proven effective, previously. Tnx, 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio -----Original Message----- From: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X [mailto:kx9x@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:51 PM To: Weaver, Jim K8JE (DIR, GL); Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; arrl-odv Cc: Johnston, Gary (Vice Dir,GL) Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Hi Jim- Cabrillo is merely a text format (i.e. - arrangement of text on each line) that determines how contest QSO data is laid out. Contrary to N4XM's belief, Cabrillo itself does not do any scoring of a log whatsoever; the adjudication process is handled completely by human log-checkers and their own programming of sophisticated software (not available off-the-shelf). Whether a file is in Cabrillo format or not has nothing to do with how the QSOs are checked. Numerous people over several years have attempted to explain this to N4XM, and he simply refuses to accept this explanation. 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860-594-0232 skutzko(a)arrl.org -----Original Message----- From: K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:44 PM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; arrl-odv Cc: Johnston, Gary (Vice Dir,GL); Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Harold, Tnx for the heads up. I'd like to ask you or Sean (other?) a question concerning this and a long-standing complaint by a GLD member. The situation as you may know is that Paul Schrader, N4XM has repeatedly complained over inaccuracies he perceives in the Cabrillo system. His complain has included inaccurate scoring which, in turn, he claims is partly related to improper disallowing Qs. My question is simply how I can (or can I) explain to Paul when he approaches me that this scoring error was not the result of mishandling of log submissions by Cabrillo? I feel certain I'll soon receive a lengthy diatribe that will proclaim, "I told you so." In other words -- HELP! Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:18 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Subject: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Hi, As a head's up to everyone. This is from Sean and is self explanatory. We all feel bad about this but, as Sean has explained, we are taking preventive actions to prevent a recurrence of the situation. It is also being distributed to: The CQ-Contest email Reflector Sean's Contesting Blog on our Website The Next Edition of Ward Silver's ARRL Contest Update. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:14 PM Subject: IARU 2008 Announcement Corrections to the 2008 IARU HF World Championships Aug 21, 2009 15:01 ET Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X Since the 2008 IARU results were published, I recently received a report from a contester that some numbers didn't add up in their Log-Checking Report. After considerable review, it was determined that many calls were universally counted as "incorrect" during the log-checking process when in fact they were good calls. As a result of this discovery, we decided the best course of action was to re-score the 2008 IARU HF World Championships. The impact of this re-adjudication is relatively minor. Scores went up slightly across the board. There were no changes to the order of finish in the Top Five of any entry category except two: World Single Operator Phone Only High Power and W/VE Phone Only High Power. Some Top Ten standings have been affected, as have a select few listings in the Continental Results and W/VE Region Box. A complete listing of corrected results can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ We sincerely apologize. We have a volunteer team of some of the finest contesters in the world that adjudicate our events. They and the ARRL strive to have the most accurate results in every contest we administer. However, we are human, and sometimes make mistakes, despite our best computer programs and eye for detail. We never like to see errors in our results, but we feel it is far better to acknowledge those mistakes and correct them as quickly as possible, rather than to not acknowledge the errors at all. To minimize the chances of this occurring again, we have made significant adjustments to the process by which a call is determined to be "bad." We are also adding more data checks to our quality control review. New awards certificates, where warranted, will be printed and mailed by September 1. We again apologize for the errors in the 2008 IARU results. 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860-594-0232 skutzko(a)arrl.org

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RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement
by K8JE 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Sean, Tnx for your note; however, I apparently did not state my question very well. I' trying again. As background, I've been familiar with N4XM's misguided crusade since I met him after I first became a director. I've been equally unsuccessful in dissuading him from pursuing his claims. Telling him "Cabrillo didn't do it" is the ultimate backup position available to me at this moment, but I expect that saying this to him will be just as unconvincing as everything you, others at HQ, the GLD CAC representative, fellow contesters and I have said before. What I'd like to do is to tell him just what it was that caused the error. For example, it was human error, or an error in the non-Cabrillo contest program, or what? What caused the problem or, alternately, where in the processing of submitted logs did the problem occur? I'm not looking for an individual's name. Admittedly, telling Paul what caused the problem is unlikely to cause him to see the light, but it most likely will prove useful in blunting his effort to recruit others into his anti-Cabrillo position. Providing logical, accurate information in response to his widely distributed misinformation appears to be useful in preventing him from building a following. This has proven effective, previously. Tnx, 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio -----Original Message----- From: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X [mailto:kx9x@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:51 PM To: Weaver, Jim K8JE (DIR, GL); Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; arrl-odv Cc: Johnston, Gary (Vice Dir,GL) Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Hi Jim- Cabrillo is merely a text format (i.e. - arrangement of text on each line) that determines how contest QSO data is laid out. Contrary to N4XM's belief, Cabrillo itself does not do any scoring of a log whatsoever; the adjudication process is handled completely by human log-checkers and their own programming of sophisticated software (not available off-the-shelf). Whether a file is in Cabrillo format or not has nothing to do with how the QSOs are checked. Numerous people over several years have attempted to explain this to N4XM, and he simply refuses to accept this explanation. 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860-594-0232 skutzko(a)arrl.org -----Original Message----- From: K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:44 PM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; arrl-odv Cc: Johnston, Gary (Vice Dir,GL); Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Harold, Tnx for the heads up. I'd like to ask you or Sean (other?) a question concerning this and a long-standing complaint by a GLD member. The situation as you may know is that Paul Schrader, N4XM has repeatedly complained over inaccuracies he perceives in the Cabrillo system. His complain has included inaccurate scoring which, in turn, he claims is partly related to improper disallowing Qs. My question is simply how I can (or can I) explain to Paul when he approaches me that this scoring error was not the result of mishandling of log submissions by Cabrillo? I feel certain I'll soon receive a lengthy diatribe that will proclaim, "I told you so." In other words -- HELP! Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:18 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Subject: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Hi, As a head's up to everyone. This is from Sean and is self explanatory. We all feel bad about this but, as Sean has explained, we are taking preventive actions to prevent a recurrence of the situation. It is also being distributed to: The CQ-Contest email Reflector Sean's Contesting Blog on our Website The Next Edition of Ward Silver's ARRL Contest Update. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:14 PM Subject: IARU 2008 Announcement Corrections to the 2008 IARU HF World Championships Aug 21, 2009 15:01 ET Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X Since the 2008 IARU results were published, I recently received a report from a contester that some numbers didn't add up in their Log-Checking Report. After considerable review, it was determined that many calls were universally counted as "incorrect" during the log-checking process when in fact they were good calls. As a result of this discovery, we decided the best course of action was to re-score the 2008 IARU HF World Championships. The impact of this re-adjudication is relatively minor. Scores went up slightly across the board. There were no changes to the order of finish in the Top Five of any entry category except two: World Single Operator Phone Only High Power and W/VE Phone Only High Power. Some Top Ten standings have been affected, as have a select few listings in the Continental Results and W/VE Region Box. A complete listing of corrected results can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ We sincerely apologize. We have a volunteer team of some of the finest contesters in the world that adjudicate our events. They and the ARRL strive to have the most accurate results in every contest we administer. However, we are human, and sometimes make mistakes, despite our best computer programs and eye for detail. We never like to see errors in our results, but we feel it is far better to acknowledge those mistakes and correct them as quickly as possible, rather than to not acknowledge the errors at all. To minimize the chances of this occurring again, we have made significant adjustments to the process by which a call is determined to be "bad." We are also adding more data checks to our quality control review. New awards certificates, where warranted, will be printed and mailed by September 1. We again apologize for the errors in the 2008 IARU results. 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860-594-0232 skutzko(a)arrl.org

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RE: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement
by K8JE 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Harold, Tnx for the heads up. I'd like to ask you or Sean (other?) a question concerning this and a long-standing complaint by a GLD member. The situation as you may know is that Paul Schrader, N4XM has repeatedly complained over inaccuracies he perceives in the Cabrillo system. His complain has included inaccurate scoring which, in turn, he claims is partly related to improper disallowing Qs. My question is simply how I can (or can I) explain to Paul when he approaches me that this scoring error was not the result of mishandling of log submissions by Cabrillo? I feel certain I'll soon receive a lengthy diatribe that will proclaim, "I told you so." In other words -- HELP! Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:18 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Subject: [arrl-odv:18039] IARU 2008 Announcement Hi, As a head's up to everyone. This is from Sean and is self explanatory. We all feel bad about this but, as Sean has explained, we are taking preventive actions to prevent a recurrence of the situation. It is also being distributed to: The CQ-Contest email Reflector Sean's Contesting Blog on our Website The Next Edition of Ward Silver's ARRL Contest Update. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:14 PM Subject: IARU 2008 Announcement Corrections to the 2008 IARU HF World Championships Aug 21, 2009 15:01 ET Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X Since the 2008 IARU results were published, I recently received a report from a contester that some numbers didn't add up in their Log-Checking Report. After considerable review, it was determined that many calls were universally counted as "incorrect" during the log-checking process when in fact they were good calls. As a result of this discovery, we decided the best course of action was to re-score the 2008 IARU HF World Championships. The impact of this re-adjudication is relatively minor. Scores went up slightly across the board. There were no changes to the order of finish in the Top Five of any entry category except two: World Single Operator Phone Only High Power and W/VE Phone Only High Power. Some Top Ten standings have been affected, as have a select few listings in the Continental Results and W/VE Region Box. A complete listing of corrected results can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ We sincerely apologize. We have a volunteer team of some of the finest contesters in the world that adjudicate our events. They and the ARRL strive to have the most accurate results in every contest we administer. However, we are human, and sometimes make mistakes, despite our best computer programs and eye for detail. We never like to see errors in our results, but we feel it is far better to acknowledge those mistakes and correct them as quickly as possible, rather than to not acknowledge the errors at all. To minimize the chances of this occurring again, we have made significant adjustments to the process by which a call is determined to be "bad." We are also adding more data checks to our quality control review. New awards certificates, where warranted, will be printed and mailed by September 1. We again apologize for the errors in the 2008 IARU results. 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860-594-0232 skutzko(a)arrl.org

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