March 2010 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:18788] Re: Trip Report
by Gary Johnston KI4LA 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

I have been showing Harold's Inside HQ customized for the Great Lakes Division for about a year now. It's always a hit. Sent from Gary's 3GS iPhone On Mar 29, 2010, at 3:09 PM, gpwidin <gpwidin(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Kay, > In your trip report you said: > > I attended Dave K1ZZ’s presentation “Inside ARRL HQ,” which had > been developed by Harold Kramer WJ1B. > > This kind of presentation has been needed for a long time. It shows > members what goes on at HQ and what Staff members look like. Putting > human faces with names printed in QST and web pages helps League > members envision the Staff as people and hams not so different from > themselves. For members who don’t have the opportunity to visit HQ o > r walk around the ARRL EXPO at Dayton , this presentation really hel > ps. > > I've been trying to get something like this for some time. At one > point, Katie Breen (Allen) had made up such a presentation, but I > guess it needed editing before it could safely be released into the > hands of Directors. Anyhow, I agree with your assessment that such a > "presentation really helps." I know I felt I gained a much deeper > appreciation of what the League does for its members after I had my > first visit to Newington. > > So, I hope that this presentation can be shared for ODV to use when > we are asked to speak at hamfests or club meetings. We might even > convince a few fence-sitters to become members! > -- > 73, > Greg, KØGW > Director, Dakota Division > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kay Craigie" <n3kn(a)verizon.net> > To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:35:00 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [arrl-odv:18780] Trip Report > > The attached document is the report on my trip to Washington, DC, > for the > Red Cross MOU signing and on to the Baltimore area for the Maryland > State > Convention. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:18787] Re: PowerPoint Presentation
by G.P. Widin 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Harold, Thank you! I know I will find it valuable, and it sounds like other Directors would, too. Can't wait to see it! -- 73, Greg, KØGW Director, Dakota Division ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Kramer, WJ1B" <wj1b(a)arrl.org> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Cc: "Katie Glass" <kglass(a)arrl.org> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 2:52:56 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [arrl-odv:18784] PowerPoint Presentation Hi, I would be happy to share my PowerPoint presentation about “Inside HQ” with all of you. I, however, cannot email it since it is too large (almost 15MB) to go through most mail clients. I will have it posted on the ODV page of the new Website by tomorrow. You should all be able to access it there, and, if you cannot, we need to know that anyway. Feel free to modify it as required for your individual presentation. I just added some new pictures and update it constantly as I visit various hamfests. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio ™ 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org web: www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:18786] RE: [arrl-odv:18784] PowerPoint Presentation
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

The version that Kay saw is somewhat shorter than Harold's original but frankly is still a bit too long for the typical hour-long slot on a hamfest or convention program. I barely got through it in an hour and didn't have the time I had intended for questions at the end. I didn't digress too much but did take the time to emphasize that the ARRL is primarily a volunteer organization and that one of HQ's principal functions is the support of volunteers. I also tried to point out that even the staff members with 1st call area call signs often come from other parts of the country. Dave K1ZZ From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 3:53 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Glass, Katie Subject: [arrl-odv:18784] PowerPoint Presentation Hi, I would be happy to share my PowerPoint presentation about "Inside HQ" with all of you. I, however, cannot email it since it is too large (almost 15MB) to go through most mail clients. I will have it posted on the ODV page of the new Website by tomorrow. You should all be able to access it there, and, if you cannot, we need to know that anyway. Feel free to modify it as required for your individual presentation. I just added some new pictures and update it constantly as I visit various hamfests. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org <mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> web: www.arrl.org/ <http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:18784] PowerPoint Presentation
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Hi, I would be happy to share my PowerPoint presentation about "Inside HQ" with all of you. I, however, cannot email it since it is too large (almost 15MB) to go through most mail clients. I will have it posted on the ODV page of the new Website by tomorrow. You should all be able to access it there, and, if you cannot, we need to know that anyway. Feel free to modify it as required for your individual presentation. I just added some new pictures and update it constantly as I visit various hamfests. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org <mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> web: www.arrl.org/ <http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:18783] Inside ARRL HQ
by David Woolweaver 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Along with the esteemed Director from the Dakota Division, I would like to also encourage staff to post "Inside ARRL HQ" as the presentation would be a valuable tool for all of the Directors. David, K5RAV

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[arrl-odv:18782] Re: Trip Report
by gpwidin 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Kay, In your trip report you said: I attended Dave K1ZZ’s presentation “Inside ARRL HQ,” which had been developed by Harold Kramer WJ1B. This kind of presentation has been needed for a long time. It shows members what goes on at HQ and what Staff members look like. Putting human faces with names printed in QST and web pages helps League members envision the Staff as people and hams not so different from themselves. For members who don’t have the opportunity to visit HQ or walk around the ARRL EXPO at Dayton , this presentation really helps. I've been trying to get something like this for some time. At one point, Katie Breen (Allen) had made up such a presentation, but I guess it needed editing before it could safely be released into the hands of Directors. Anyhow, I agree with your assessment that such a "presentation really helps." I know I felt I gained a much deeper appreciation of what the League does for its members after I had my first visit to Newington. So, I hope that this presentation can be shared for ODV to use when we are asked to speak at hamfests or club meetings. We might even convince a few fence-sitters to become members! -- 73, Greg, KØGW Director, Dakota Division ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Craigie" <n3kn(a)verizon.net> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:35:00 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [arrl-odv:18780] Trip Report The attached document is the report on my trip to Washington, DC, for the Red Cross MOU signing and on to the Baltimore area for the Maryland State Convention. 73 - Kay N3KN

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RE: Group communications with Division cabinets/advisory councils
by Kay Craigie 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

According to Barry, there are no Division cabinet reflectors and we have not, historically, managed e-mail lists through the Lyris system for individual Directors. List management does require some effort and Barry says we don't have the IT staff in-house to manage another 15 or more lists. List management requires not only maintaining the list and dealing with the changing e-mail addresses of its members, but also responding to issues about messages that don't reach their intended destinations and any other issues that arise for the individual list members. Finally, Barry says that with regard to Cliff's security question, there's nothing inherent in the Lyris software that make it any more secure than a Yahoo Group or a list maintained in your own e-mail software. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:18780] Trip Report
by Kay Craigie 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

The attached document is the report on my trip to Washington, DC, for the Red Cross MOU signing and on to the Baltimore area for the Maryland State Convention. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:18779] Re: Returning CW Nets and Digital Modes to 3600 - 3750 kHz
by raisbeck＠comcast.net 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Is it really true that the ham community isn't ready? I'm sure a few aren't, but the rest of the world seems to do just fine without having band and mode limitations etched into regulation. Isn't it time for the League to take a progressive stand on this? Let's encourage the FCC to get rid of the mode regulations, and use voluntary band plans instead. We shouldn't allow ourselves to be held hostage by the expectation of a couple of shrill voices cursing our name. Mike K1TWF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Imlay" <w3kd(a)aol.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:26:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [arrl-odv:18762] Re: Returning CW Nets and Digital Modes to 3600 - 3750 kHz It strikes me that Tom is correct (unfortunately). We certainly were not happy about the decisions that the FCC made in Docket 04-140 concerning 80 meters, and in fact we filed a reconsideration petition (which was denied in Docket 05-235 in December of 2006). Joel Harrison complained about that to then (Acting) FCC Chairman Michael Copps about it. Of course, nothing happened, but all this is relatively recent (in FCC time) and the chances of getting a change now, this soon after the 05-235 Report and Order are questionable. While one might think that there is no harm in asking, if FCC was to deny a petition based on the fact that 05-235 was sufficiently recent that a further change petition is untimely (i.e. repetitive) would set the effort back a good ways. We will do whatever the Board wishes, of course, but the price of failure here in terms of time lost before we could ask again is potentially high, as Tom says. 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: Tom Frenaye <frenaye(a)pcnet.com> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 10:20 am Subject: [arrl-odv:18755] Re: Returning CW Nets and Digital Modes to 3600 - 3750 kHz At 10:08 AM 3/25/2010, Mickey Cox wrote: >The ham community is not ready to make wholesale changes in our regulations regarding modes/subbands, etc., but we might be successful in convincing enough folks to support opening up 100 or 150 kHz on 80, perhaps at least on a trial basis of two or three years. Mickey - I don't think the holdup would be the ham community, it would be the FCC. It would be very unusual for them to re-examine an issue they decided less than five years ago, and especially unusual for them to reverse themselves, even though I agree that they made a bad mistake. I also think you'll find most Board members agree that it was badly handled by the FCC. So the question is really when do we go back and raise the question again - and for that I'd defer to Chris/Kay/Dave for their expertise. If we go too early, it will just push the time for possible change out another five or more years... Plus, as we learned even in the "simple" spread spectrum NPRM that just came out, we can ask for something that seems reasonable and the FCC will screw us... (I think K5UR trademarked that phrase. ) I wouldn't stir the pot in the amateur community unless we really think there is a path to success. Nothing worse than raising expectations and then looking impotent - which we are sometimes. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444

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[arrl-odv:18778] Busted Linkon new site
by Marty Woll 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Clicking on "This Month in QST" yields a "page not found" message. Marty

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