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[arrl-odv:18979] Re: RE: Updated Web Punch List
by Tom Frenaye 13 May '10

13 May '10

At 08:16 PM 5/12/2010, Kramer, Harold, WJ1B wrote: >I understand that some of you cannot open the attachment with the punch list file. I am not sure what happened. It is a Word 2007 document and I have sent them many times before. Many people probably do not have Word 2007. There is a free converter for Word 2003 from Microsoft that will let the user ready Word 2007 documents (*.docx), but don't assume everyone has it. You may just want to save documents in Word 2003 format before sending them out to a wide non-HQ audience. It's easy to save in Word 2003 format - it's one of the File Save options. Updating to Word 2007 is not that cheap, and most people hardly even use the features of Word 2003 (or earlier)... -- 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:18977] Updated Web Punch List
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 13 May '10

13 May '10

Hi, As requested, I am attaching the current Web punch list/updates document. I am also sending a shorter version, mostly with the status of the SM part of the site, to the SM List for their information. I am leaving for Dayton tomorrow morning. I hope to see many of you there. 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:18976] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 12 May '10

12 May '10

<<051210.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 33, No. 19 May 12, 2010 -- Covers the period May 2-8. Upcoming Meetings and Events Dayton Hamvention: May 14-16, 2010 in Dayton, OH Second Board Meeting: July 16-17, 2010 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP Final arrangements made and materials for Dayton were collected. Confirmation done for appearances in 3 forums and other activities while there. Re-pointed hello-radio.org and emergency-radio.org to pages on main ARRL website until Fathom is able to bring these campaign sites under ARRL hosting as planned. There's only 2.5 weeks left for nominations for the McGan Award. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Plans are complete for the annual Donor Reception at the Meadowbrook Country Club in Dayton on May 13. This event promises to be the largest reception since it was first held in 2002 with more than 130- attendees. Thanks to Maryann Macdonald for making all the arrangements for this special evening for ARRL and our major donors. The Diamond Club has reached net revenues of $104, 810 through April 30. The W1AW Endowment campaign has reached $59,559 from 986 donors toward the campaign goal of $65,000. Development has received $3000 as proceeds from the estate of David Maier, W1BAT. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter for May 6, 2010. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI RFI The 3rd Edition of the new RFI Book is now available. The EMC Chapter for the 2011 Handbook should be completed next week. Based on the increasing number of Pacific Gas & Electric power line noise complaints, Garry Shapiro, NI6T, has offered to collect a list of complainants. Preliminary estimates on the number of complainants range 10 to 25. Laura Smith at the FCC has agreed to a telephone conference with Garry, Ed Hare and me to discuss these cases. Jeff Butler, a former VP at PG&E, personally handled most power line noise complaints until he left about a year or two ago. Now that Mr. Butler is gone, the number of unresolved power line noise complaints has been increasing. Product Review Testing Bob Allison prepared product review equipment for Steve Ford's monthly photography shoot. Steve Ford and Bob Allison produced the monthly "What's New in Product Review" video clip for June's QST. This month, this video clip appears on both You-Tube AND on our own Multi-media page on our website. Travel Bob Allison has signed up to represent the ARRL at the Knoxville Tennessee Hamfest. Bob will be representing the ARRL, meeting, greeting and assisting with membership enrollment/renewal. He will also be holding a forum on the Product Review Process. D Star Repeater We will be getting a D-Star repeater at HQ. A meeting was held last Wednesday with Bill Unghire, N1CNV, who will be assisting us to get the repeater up and running. We have all the equipment except for the antennas and transmission line. The repeater will be an active display that will show visitors and staff members how this relatively new technology works. The antennas a transmission line will be ordered soon. A big job was accomplished Thursday by the removal of all old catalogs and redundant data books from the shelves in the Lab. Two of the three shelving units were moved to the shop for storage, the third moved to the corner of the Lab near the front entrance. This freed up space for moving the display cabinet to where the catalogs were once stored. The move of the display cabinet took place Friday. With the cabinet in its new location a repeater rack was rolled into the cabinet's old position. Ed Hare, Mike Gruber and Bob Allison removed one workbench, shuffled a couple others around and created an open space as you walk into the Lab. This work was done in preparation for the installation of a brand new D-Star Repeater. Work is progressing quickly; antennas and coax will be purchased by the time this In-News is published. Greg Kwasowski, as always, was a big help with moving the very heavy display cabinet. He'll be playing an instrumental role with running the feedline from the roof to the Lab, as well as providing the necessary electricity and phone connections. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Bob Inderbitzen met with a MetLife representative to review upcoming plans to help promote the group auto insurance affinity benefit. This planning includes a mailing to members in June, a new MetLife Web landing page for ARRL members, and ARRL-generated email promoting the benefit. During the last week, the warehouse crew fulfilled 963 packages for publication and product orders, 261 membership premiums, and QST mailing supplements. All systems are GO for Dayton Hamvention, May 14-16. The ARRL "Dayton Team" includes 26 staff and another 100+ volunteers including many ARRL officials. Khrystyne Keane has kept this planning in the top of the news-with Dayton-themed postings made throughout the weeks leading-up to the event. Additional information can be found at www.arrl.org/expo, including a timely blog to be posted throughout the event by QST Columnist Ward Silver, N0AX. Now Shipping! Storm Spotting and Amateur Radio by Michael Corey, W5MPC and Victor Morris, AH6WX; ARRL's PIC Programming for Beginners by Mark Spencer, WA8SME; TravelPlus for Repeaters 2010-2011 on CD-ROM. Diane Petrilli reports that, following 3 months of testing, a new renewal notice has outperformed the previous design. The changes are subtle, but help simplify the application. The new renewal application will be adopted very soon. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N W1AW Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He also made a few minor changes to other W1AW web pages. Joe readied a UPS (universal power supply) and installed it on the PC used for the EchoLink client that connects to the EchoLink conference server. He also cobbled together a PC to be used with the D-Star controller that will eventually be installed in the ARRL Lab. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the mid-part of the month of May. He also assisted the DXCC department with the editing of applications. Field Organization/Public Service Team One radio amateur from Santa Barbara completed certification to join the ranks of the Official Observers this pat week. Intruder Watch reports this week included a "growling" type signal on 3975 kHz in the Denver area and a constant carrier on 21051.8 kHz reported from an Ohio station which are being followed up on. Chuck Skolaut fielded several questions from members who were looking for items and information on our new web site. Clarifying a club donation, researching a repeater system, the upcoming Field Day webinar, HR2160 were also questions asked. A report of an invalid call sign that was spotted on APRS in Texas was resolved when further checking revealed a bad setting on a node. Steve Ewald prepared and edited the Public Service column and the 2009 Simulated Emergency Test results article for July QST. For July QST, Leona Adams contributed the "Happenings" column that announces the nomination notice for Section Managers for terms of office beginning in January, 2011. The Illinois Section Manager election ballots are due at Headquarters by Friday, May 14. These ballots will be counted on Tuesday, May 18. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ Education & Technology Program Teachers Institute applications are coming in at a rapid pace. The NM and SC sections are filled, as is the TI-2s on Space in the Classroom. Application deadline is May 15 for the remaining seats. We still have openings in the California session planned for Parallax, and for the TI-2 on Basic Electronics. Jennifer is managing the hotel reservations and resource ordering for the upcoming sessions, along with the host of questions generated from enrolled teachers. Mark Spencer WA8SME attended a stimulating conference on the CubeSat program hosted by California Polytechnic April 21-23. He will be formulating some suggestions for AMSAT to integrate educational objectives on the K-12 level to position potential CubeSat projects with an educational continuum at all grade levels, integrating those ideas with planning for the ETP curriculum. Nathan McCray K9CPO gives an enthusiastic report on the CubeSat simulator and Mars Rover used for Space Week exposition at his school, West Elementary in Zion, IL. Students used the CubeSat simulator as part of their mission control. One exercise was graphing battery power when the CubeSat was taken out of sunlight. The Mars Rover was renamed the "Lunar Rover" as students used it to replicate how a lunar rover would be used by the astronauts on a mission. The only visuals the student could use were with the attached camera that was linked to an LCD projector in the lunar capsule. The Space Week program was really well received by parents and district administration, and generated numerous questions about the robotics program and the CubeSat technology. Two employees from Abbott Laboratories in the audience were very interested - which might bear fruit for some funding for the school's science and space program. Nathan is writing an article about the program developed for Space Week, including curriculum to share with other teachers and photos to bring the story to life. Miguel Enriquez KD7RPP made three CubeSat and TI presentations to parent /teacher groups in April. These groups are from other Tucson Unified School District schools interested in creating similar programs for their school. A major concern at this time is the limited resources available because of the tremendous cuts to education in Arizona. Miguel promised to share Pueblo ARC resources to get the groups started, and to teach ham radio classes for Tech licenses for students, teachers and parents. He offered to assist them in acquiring used radios for their schools and the assistance of the Pueblo ARC to build the antennas. The high school club is also assisting members of the Green Valley ARC as they build an ATV system for an elementary school in the Continental School District south of Tucson. Some of Pueblo's portable ATV units are on loan to them until they can purchase their own equipment. Miguel continues to work with Jefferson Park Elementary School group that just recently completed Teachers Institute training to help them plan for next year's activities. Presently ETP resources are supporting activities of 27 Pueblo ARC kids, 133 Jefferson Park Elementary School kids, 37 Continental School District kids and 119 Tucson Unified School District kids. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 5/31 Holiday Bob Allison 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/19pm-5/21 Vacation `` 5/28 Vacation `` 6/11-6/13 Tennessee State Convention, Knoxville, TN Jon Bloom 5/10-5/17 Vacation Margie Bourgoin 5/31-6/8 Vacation Steve Capodicasa 5/10-5/14 Vacation Joe Carcia 5/21pm Vacation `` 5/28 Vacation `` 6/18 Vacation `` 7/2-7/9 Vacation `` 7/16 Vacation `` 7/23 Vacation `` 7/30 Vacation `` 8/9 Vacation Jackie Cornell 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/3-6/14 Vacation Steve Ewald 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Norm Fusaro 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Scott Gee 5/13-5/14 Vacation `` 8/30-8/31 Vacation Katie Glass 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Mike Gruber 5/25-5/28 Vacation `` 6/1-6/4 Vacation `` 8/23-8/27 Vacation Joel Hallas 5/11-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH/Vacation Ed Hare 6/4-6/6 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Dan Henderson 6/22-7/5 Friedrichshafen/Vacation Mary Hobart 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton OH `` 5/21 Vacation `` 6/10-6/13 HamCom, Dallas, TX Amy Hurtado 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Bob Inderbitzen 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/9-6/12 West Gulf Division Convention, Plano TX `` 6/22-6/30 Friedrichshafen, Germany / Vacation Debra Johnson 5/12-5/18 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Khrystyne Keane 5/13-5/16 Contest University/Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Joel Kleinman 5/25-5/28 Vacation Harold Kramer 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Lisa Kustosik 5/17 Vacation Sean Kutzko 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/28-5/30 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Casper, WY Rose-Ann Lawrence 5/12 Vacation Zac Lau 5/19 Vacation Amy Leary 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/17 Vacation Maryann Macdonald 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Bill Moore 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Dave Patton 8/6-8/7 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Diane Petrilli 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/21 Vacation `` 5/27-6/4 Vacation Kim Piatek 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Allen Pitts 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/24-5/28 Vacation Brennan Price 5/8-5/21 ITU-R Working Party 5A&5B, Geneva Chuck Skolaut 5/12-5/18 Vacation Dave Sumner 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/23-6/28 Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 6/29-7/13 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:18975] Legislative Action Appointees
by Jim Weaver K8JE 12 May '10

12 May '10

Can anyone tell me how to find the list of appointees in the Legislative Action Program on the new web site. I don't find it by searching or on the Regulatory/Advocacy pages. Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for AMATEUR RADIO

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[arrl-odv:18974] List of active FCC proceedings
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 11 May '10

11 May '10

Yesterday I tried to send, in time for Dayton, an updated version of the list of active FCC proceedings that I sent out on April 9. The attachment was a Word document that may have gotten garbled on the way. I'm trying again with the attached PDF. The main changes are the addition of ET Docket No. 10-98 (5 MHz) and comment deadlines for WP Docket No. 10-72. Dave K1ZZ <<100510 Status of Active FCC Rule Making Proceedings Related to Amateur Radio.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:18973] Updated List of FCC Proceedings
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 10 May '10

10 May '10

Attached, in time for Dayton, is an updated version of the list of active FCC proceedings that I sent out on April 9. The main changes are the addition of ET Docket No. 10-98 (5 MHz) and comment deadlines for WP Docket No. 10-72. Dave K1ZZ <<100510 Status of Active FCC Rule Making Proceedings Related to Amateur Radio.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:18972] 2010 Donor Reception Guest List
by Hobart, Mary K1MMH 10 May '10

10 May '10

Good morning, This year's Donor Reception at Meadowbrook Country Club on Thursday, May 13 is the largest we've had since we began holding these parties in 2002. I am attaching the guest lists for your information. 73, Mary K1MMH Mary M. Hobart, K1MMH Chief Development Officer ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) Telephone: 860-594-0397 Fax: 860-594-0259 email: mhobart(a)arrl.org <<Dayton Guest List 2010 (7).xls>>

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[arrl-odv:18971] HF/VUCC CARD CHECKERS
by Jim Weaver K8JE 09 May '10

09 May '10

I'm looking for a listing of HF and VUCC card checkers on our new web site. I know how to access the DXCC card checker list but can't find similar lists for the HF and VUCC awards. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Do these lists exist? I am not referring to the "search for nearest checker" feature. Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for AMATEUR RADIO

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[arrl-odv:18970] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 07 May '10

07 May '10

<<050510.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 33, No. 18 May 5, 2010 -- Covers the period April 25-May 1. Upcoming Meetings and Events Administration &Finance Committee: May 5, 2010 @ 8:30am - ARRL HQ Second Board Meeting: July 16-17, 2010 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT COO: Working with Fathom and our IT Department, we continue to make progress in fixing Web site problems and bugs. This week we switched to the Google search engine that has allowed faster and more accurate search capabilities to the Web site. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva of the European Union recently posted on her blog at http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/georgieva/the-wave-heroes/ the role of Amateur Radio in providing information during the first hours and days of a disaster remains critical to the efficient deployment of other response assets. The text of her statement will be most helpful in July when I present Amateur Radio in the Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF) in D.C. Thankfully, the media surrounding the arrest of Joseph S McVey of Coshocton, OH has settled out and, except for the continuing comments from his home Amateur Radio club, the media connections of his being a ham and the arrest were brief. Unfortunately another arrest, this time KJ6CEY in CA, happened shortly afterward. At this writing, the media is just starting to pick up the story. Charged with transmitting threats over the police frequencies, if the story makes it to national outlets then the potentially bad image from this second arrest may be more difficult to deflect from the amateur community. May CONTACT! is published and more materials were added to the /field-day-pr page for promotions. By allowing better listings and ease of use and download, there have been several broadcast radio stations that are now seeing how many and the variety of audio PSA's we have available and using many of them, not just the Field Day one. Most recent is the use of the PSA's by Omni, a broadcast radio reading service mainly for the visually impaired and the disabled that also has "specific" web casts (including Golden Hours Radio). They claim to have an average of 1500 or more per hour listeners and also do work for Handi-Hams. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Revenues for the Diamond Club net of membership dues have reached $101,422 year-to-date through the end of April. The total number of Diamond club participants has increased by 121 participants including new donors at the Director ($5000), Platinum ($2500) and Brass ($250) and Basic levels. 75 new bricks have been installed in the Diamond Terrace which has been leveled, weeded and re-sanded. The W1AW Endowment campaign has reached $56,432 from 872 donors toward the goal of $65,000. With the help of Amy Hurtado the expenses for this campaign were under plan by $5000. The next campaign will be for the Spectrum Defense Fund. Plans for Dayton are nearly complete. Response to the annual Donor Reception has been strong with 100 attendees so far. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter for April 29, 2010. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R April ended with 156,461 members - a loss of 314 members over March. 72% of April expirees paid on time, the same percentage as April 2009. April product sales were $262,764, short of the sales forecast of $302,785. Direct sales were $130,809; dealer sales were $131,955. During the last week, the warehouse crew fulfilled 1,008 packages for publication and product orders, 476 membership premiums, and QST mailing supplements. Amy Hurtado participated in an online webinar on State of the Art Digital Magazines. The presentation was made by 3 corporate representatives who had each launched a digital publication within the last 5 years. They shared their ideas on success and failure and their outlook for the future. A Q&A session followed, focusing on advertising's roll in digital editions. The information will contribute to our growing understanding of digital publishing and multimedia marketing. The US Postal Service has taken the steps to enact a 5 day delivery week. This change, if approved, could take effect as soon as March 2011. Postal increases as high as 10% are proposed for January 2011. We enjoyed a status update and demonstration for a new software product in development with a third-party (a licensing training product). ARRL has completed an agreement with Garmin to license a derivative product of TravelPlus for Repeaters supporting Garmin mobile GPS devices. The product will be demonstrated in the ARRL exhibit area at Dayton. We hope to introduce the product for sale during this 2nd quarter. Dayton Hamvention Update: Posters and banners have all been received. Our big shipment to Dayton left by truck on May 5th-10 pallets. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI TIS Bob Allison has noticed a considerable increase of technical questions coming into the Lab via TIS and directly to me. Members sure get a bang for their buck. RFI Mike Gruber went with EMC Committee member Jerry Ramie to investigate an alleged U-Verse complaint. They met up with WTIC Chief Engineer Jeff Huggabone, who also had concerns about interference to broadcast reception. The site of the complaint was the Spoonville Road area of East Granby / Tarriffville. We found several sources of power line noise as the source of the interference. During the course of the investigation, we demonstrated the disruptive effects the noise had on WTIC. We also demonstrated to Mr. Huggabone our power line noise locating equipment and located a source for him. Mr. Huggabone would now like to be a part of the Working Group we are forming to develop a recommended practice for the resolution of power line noise. Mike Gruber continued work on EMC Chapter for 2011 Handbook *Received TV section from Ron Hranac *Received new sidebar from Bob Allison *Discussed Automotive Section with Mark Steffka & Jeremy Campbell *Met with editor Ward Silver to discuss chapter Product Review Testing Bob Allison installed a very narrow roofing filter in a high performance transceiver which will be reviewed for an upcoming product review. Key measurements were made. Data tables for two high performance transceivers were finalized. All Product Review pages were updated for June on our web site. Travel Bob Allison packed up the kits, tools and instruction materials for the kit building exhibition at the ARRL Expo at Dayton. I have been in communication with staff and volunteers who are helping out and they are all very excited about being mentors. Bob Allison has signed up to represent the ARRL at the Knoxville Tennessee Hamfest. Zack Lau attended a 4-hour professional development workshop run by Carl Selinger, "Stuff you don't learn in engineering school", sponsored by ASME New Haven and IEEE Connecticut. It was well worth attending-lots of ideas on how to work more efficiently in the workplace. D Star Repeater We will be getting a D-Star repeater at HQ. A meeting was held last Wednesday with Bill Unghire, N1CNV, who will be assisting us to get the repeater up and running. We have all the equipment except for the antennas and transmission line. The repeater will be an active display that will show visitors and staff members how this relatively new technology works. The antennas a transmission line will be ordered soon. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Branch Credits Applications 2009 Carryover 167,346 1,259 2010 Received 249,948 2,051 Cumulative Total 417,294 3,310 2010 Processed 373,352 2,998 Remaining 43,942 312 Processing Time 3 Weeks Logbook of the World Category April 2010 % Change Jan - Apr 2010 QSO Records Entered In System 280,799,850 7% QSL Record Matches 29,823,169 11% Logs Processed 1,455,793 13% Active Certificates 50,761 6% Registered Users in System 33,550 7% Logbook (Email Only) Inquiries April 2010 Maintenance 864 Initial Setup Inquiries 822 Award Related Concerns 344 Customer Usage Issues 798 Phone Calls 134 Total 2,962 W1AW Thanks to members of the Candlewood ARA (CARA) for operating W1AW in the 2010 New England QSO Party. Despite an issue or two with the contest logging program, they made 278 SSB QSOs on 20 meters for an initial claimed score of 10,008. A meeting was held at W1AW on Thursday, April 29 to discuss the future home of the W1AW D-Star equipment. The plan is to have the D-Star repeater in operation at ARRL HQ with the callsign W1HQ, and initially be active on 2 meters. In attendance were Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, Bob Allison, WB1GCM, Jon Bloom, KE3Z, Mike Corey, W5MPC and Bill Unghire, N1CNV. Bill is a member of the Newington ARL (NARL) and has offered to assist with the software side of the installation. Joe created the texts for the May W1AW Qualifying Runs. He updated the W1AW FMT web page with result data links and audio files that were recorded of the various FMT-participating stations. Joe also updated all the PCs with the latest versions of N1MMLogger in anticipation of both the US Power Squadron and Field Day operations that will take place next month. Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the early part of the month of May. Field Organization/Public Service Team Steve Ewald represented ARRL Headquarters on the National Citizen Corps' quarterly teleconference for its affiliated organizations and for its regional offices. Plans are underway to sponsor the annual National Preparedness Month once again in September and to hold a national partner's meeting sometime during the fall season. Leona Adams received a petition from Ed Stuckey, AI7H, the incumbent Section Manager of Idaho, to run for a new term of office that is scheduled to begin in October. Leona and Steve have been assisting some Section Managers and other Field Organization Section Leaders with regard to details on where to find various resources and information on the new ARRL Web site. Chuck Skolaut returned from a successful convention in Monroe, Louisiana. Radio amateurs from Western Washington and West Virginia completed certification to become Official Observers this past week. Official Observer reports continue to come in regarding boot-legging of the NL7R call sign. Questions handled this week dealt with operating overseas, proper identification by beacons, and how to become an Official Observer. Carla Ackley KD7JGJ, the Arizona OOC, held a dinner meeting for her section Official Observers to discuss various OO matters and to update them. Chuck also conducted a tour for an Amateur Radio operator couple from Italy who were visiting relatives in the state. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ Continuing Education Program /Other Activities Jennifer Knapp and I have been handling a heavy volume of calls and emails during recent weeks because of the simultaneous launch of the new website and the launch of the new emcomm course, Public Service and Emergency Communications Management for Radio Amateurs. Most of the volume has been concerned with functionality of the CCE database through the new website, problems with license class listings and access to the new online course and questions about requirements for enrollment. Also as a result of the website launch we are revising all routine communications we issue to support education programs to include new website references. The release of the new edition of the Ham Radio License Manual is generating additional questions about the new Technician question pool and the last session of the online Ham Radio License course. With release of the new management emcomm course we also are receiving questions and feedback about course content that we will be addressing with edits where necessary. We are receiving applications and the extensive documentation for enrollment requirements from candidates for the final assessment. No one has yet been released to take the final assessment pending execution of approved edits. Jenny Hawran has been focusing on developing the resource support page to support the 2nd edition of the Ham Radio License Manual while improving and updating content throughout the Instructor Resource and Amateur Radio in the Classroom sections of the website. I attended the Arkansas Hamfest on April 24 and learned the concerns of members and leadership about positioning of ARRL's ARES organization with government-led emergency response agencies and philosophical questions about the role of our emcomm training, fielded questions about the new emcomm management course as well as questions about approaching schools to do educational outreach. Miguel Enriquez KD7RPP and I will attend Hamvention this year to support the Kit Building booth organized by Bob Allison WB1GCM, which will offer two kits developed and supplied by Mark Spencer WA8SME. We will also support the Amateur Radio in Education booth with Allen Pitts W1AGP. Miguel will showcase the CubeSat Simulator and other ETP resources, talking about the classroom activities he has pioneered with these resources in the Tucson Unified School District. Allen Pitts and I will provide information on conducting effective outreach to local schools, featuring the new resources recently developed to support clubs that want to undertake this effort. ARISS During the past few weeks, ARISS contacts have been conducted with two schools in Texas along with several international contacts. Students at Walnut Creek Elementary School in Azle, Texas, made an ARISS QSO on March 29. Prior to the contact they researched and created models of space objects, giving classroom presentations on their work. The school recently formed an Amateur Radio club, and students have been learning what ham radios can do. Retired Lockheed employees and members of local radio clubs have given ham radio demonstrations to the students, showing them all about QSOs and satellite communications. Tri-County Radio Club led the yearlong preparations for this contact. Jessup Elementary School in Houston, Texas, had an ARISS contact on April 19 as the finale after incorporating ARISS activities into the school curriculum. Teachers specifically focused on science, math, and language arts instruction across kindergarten to fourth grade levels. One teacher wrote: "The contact was an exciting, immediately-relevant, hands-on educational experience." This was Astronaut Tracy Caldwell's first ARISS event. Rosalie White K1STO reports that the April 5th launch of space shuttle mission 131 (STS-131), resulted in two "firsts." For the first time in history, four women astronauts are in space all at the same time. Topping that - all four women are Amateur Radio operators!! The women are: ISS Expedition 23 crew member Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF, and STS-131 crewmembers Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, KE5DAT; Stephanie Wilson, KD5DZE; and Naoko Yamazaki, KE5DAS. The ARISS Team is also preparing for the Dayton Hamvention. Gould Smith, WA4SXM, AMSAT Project Manager for ARISSat-1, will give a presentation at the AMSAT Forum titled, "Getting ARISSat-1 Ready to Fly." The AMSAT ARISSat Team will have a prototype of the satellite at the AMSAT Booth, and will do some demos out in the flea market area. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 5/31 Holiday Bob Allison 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/11-6/13 Tennessee State Convention, Knoxville, TN Jon Bloom 5/10-5/17 Vacation Margie Bourgoin 5/31-6/8 Vacation Steve Capodicasa 5/10-5/14 Vacation Joe Carcia 5/28 Vacation `` 6/18 Vacation `` 7/2-7/9 Vacation `` 7/16 Vacation `` 7/23 Vacation `` 7/30 Vacation `` 8/9 Vacation Mike Corey 6/5-6/6 Georgia Section Convention, Marietta, GA Jackie Cornell 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Ewald 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Norm Fusaro 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Scott Gee 5/13-5/14 Vacation `` 8/30-8/31 Vacation Katie Glass 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Mike Gruber 5/25-5/28 Vacation `` 6/1-6/4 Vacation `` 8/23-8/27 Vacation Joel Hallas 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Ed Hare 6/4-6/6 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Dan Henderson 4/30-5/5 SC Section Convention, Spartanburg, SC/Vacation `` 6/22-7/5 Friedrichshafen/Vacation Mary Hobart 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton OH `` 5/21 Vacation `` 6/10-6/13 HamCom, Dallas, TX Amy Hurtado 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Bob Inderbitzen 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/9-6/12 West Gulf Division Convention, Plano TX Debra Johnson 5/12-5/18 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Khrystyne Keane 5/13-5/16 Contest University/Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Harold Kramer 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Lisa Kustosik 5/17 Vacation Sean Kutzko 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/28-5/30 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Casper, WY Rose-Ann Lawrence 5/12 Vacation Zac Lau 5/19 Vacation Amy Leary 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/17 Vacation Maryann Macdonald 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Bill Moore 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Dave Patton 8/6-8/7 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Diane Petrilli 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Kim Piatek 5/12-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Allen Pitts 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/24-5/28 Vacation Brennan Price 5/8-5/21 ITU-R Working Party 5A&5B, Geneva Chuck Skolaut 5/12-5/18 Vacation Dave Sumner 5/13-5/16 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/23-6/28 Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 6/29-7/13 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:18969] FCC Releases 5 MHz NPRM
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 07 May '10

07 May '10

AMENDMENT OF PARTS 2 AND 97 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO FACILITATE USE BY THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE OF THE ALLOCATION AT 5 MHZ. Proposed to amend Parts 2 and 97 of its rules relating to the Amateur Radio Service. (Dkt No. 10-98 RM-11353 ). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 05/04/2010 by NPRM. (FCC No. 10-76). OET http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-76A1.doc <http://mymail.arrl.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/e…> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-76A1.pdf <http://mymail.arrl.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/e…> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-76A1.txt <http://mymail.arrl.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/e…>

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