August 2010 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:19265] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400
by Marty Woll 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi, Chris. I understand from some knowledgable SoCal Contest Club members that most commercial crank-ups are designed with the top section as the weakest link, a "mechanical fuse", if you will, so that failure results in a restricted damage zone. I haven't confirmed this with any manufacturers but, if it is true, it would be a good counter-argument in case the issue is raised. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Imlay To: arrl-odv Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 6:03 AM Subject: [arrl-odv:19253] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400 This makes me nervous, because a cornerstone of our argument about setbacks in antenna cases and ordinance negotiations are that towers typically fall within a narrow radius around the base of the tower; a small percentage of their height. These towers most certainly did not do that, but that may be due to the fact that it was a three-tower DA. Not sure. And the towers were "windmill" type, too. Not a design that one would think would collapse near the base and fall laterally. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:19264] Larry Wolfgang recouping
by Brian Mileshosky 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi Everyone -- Before any more time passes now that I'm back around a reliable internet connection following Jamboree, I wanted to give a heads up that Larry Wolfgang WR1B, ARRL's staff liasion to the National Scout Jamboree that recently concluded, was hospitalized in Virginia. He started out with flu-like symptoms which later turned into some sort of infection. I'm calling him tomorrow (Tues) to see what's the latest, but he did have to leave the Jamboree while it was in progress. Something, I'm sure, he hated doing given all the good things that were happening at K2BSA. Though I understand his spirits are high, keep him in your thoughts and prayers, and perhaps drop him a note via email to read upon his return to work. In the coming week or so I'll have details from the Jamboree and specifically K2BSA to share with everyone. 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division On the web at www.RockyMountainDivision.org

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[arrl-odv:19263] Re:Some news on government interoperability efforts
by Marty Woll 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Thanks, Jim. On the same page there's a link to a video in which a local fire department tested several digital and analog handhelds under a variety of conditions (no noise, next to a running pump, chest-held using SCBA, etc.). It's interesting to see the differences in performance. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: James F. Boehner MD To: arrl-odv Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 7:11 AM Subject: Some news on government interoperability efforts Interesting reading regarding the government's P25 digital efforts for interoperability, and some discussion on proprietary/narrowband equipment. http://blog.tcomeng.com/index.php/2010/fcc-chairman-reports-on-the-failed-p… '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioT

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Some news on government interoperability efforts
by James F. Boehner MD 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Interesting reading regarding the government's P25 digital efforts for interoperability, and some discussion on proprietary/narrowband equipment. http://blog.tcomeng.com/index.php/2010/fcc-chairman-reports-on-the-failed-p2 5-digital-radio-effort/ '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioT

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RE: [arrl-odv:19260] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400
by Jim Weaver K8JE 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Tom and all, This link goes to several additional photos of the fallen towers -- <http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=119921&article=74399 86> http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=119921&article=743998 6. The most interesting view to me is aerial. If I didn't say it previously, I'm told the towers were erected in the late '30s. This certainly pre-dated any 1950 and later ANSI standards. Would winds estimated at over 70 mph near the surface and over 100 mph at the top of the 400-ft towers be sufficiently strong to bring towers of this type with continued structural integrity down? Would a fall-pattern seen from above suggest a domino-effect? it doesn't look to me as though they fell against each other. Interesting. Back to "important" stuff. 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 _____ From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 10:47 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19260] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400 To follow up on Jim's comments, K3LR tells me those towers were built pre-1950 ANSI standards. Tom/7 MT Sent from my iPad -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE(a)ARRL.org> To: 'Chris Imlay' <w3kd(a)aol.com>; 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 4:56 pm Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:19253] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400 Chris, Excellent point for concern. I didn't include a comment that these towers were around 70 years old. Properly designed, built and maintained, this fact should have little if any difference in keeping them standing. Conversely, inadequately maintained could have resulted in them being weakened by corrosion. Incidentally, the WLW radio tower that handled the station's 500 kW transmissions and that was built in the 1030's still stand gloriously about 1 1/2 miles from my QTH. This tower literally rocks on a ball-to-ball pivot at its base and is held erect by several large guy wires. It truly is properly maintained. _____ From: Chris Imlay [ <mailto:w3kd@aol.com?> mailto:w3kd@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:04 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19253] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400 This makes me nervous, because a cornerstone of our argument about setbacks in antenna cases and ordinance negotiations are that towers typically fall within a narrow radius around the base of the tower; a small percentage of their height. These towers most certainly did not do that, but that may be due to the fact that it was a three-tower DA. Not sure. And the towers were "windmill" type, too. Not a design that one would think would collapse near the base and fall laterally. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3055 - Release Date: 08/06/10 14:35:00

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[arrl-odv:19260] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400
by Tom Frenaye 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

To follow up on Jim's comments, K3LR tells me those towers were built pre-1950 ANSI standards. Tom/7 MT Sent from my iPad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE(a)ARRL.org> > To: 'Chris Imlay' <w3kd(a)aol.com>; 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> > Sent: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 4:56 pm > Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:19253] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400 > > Chris, > > Excellent point for concern. I didn't include a comment that these towers were around 70 years old. Properly designed, built and maintained, this fact should have little if any difference in keeping them standing. Conversely, inadequately maintained could have resulted in them being weakened by corrosion. Incidentally, the WLW radio tower that handled the station's 500 kW transmissions and that was built in the 1030's still stand gloriously about 1 1/2 miles from my QTH. This tower literally rocks on a ball-to-ball pivot at its base and is held erect by several large guy wires. It truly is properly maintained. > > > > > From: Chris Imlay [mailto:w3kd@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:04 AM > To: arrl-odv > Subject: [arrl-odv:19253] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400 > > This makes me nervous, because a cornerstone of our argument about setbacks in antenna cases and ordinance negotiations are that towers typically fall within a narrow radius around the base of the tower; a small percentage of their height. These towers most certainly did not do that, but that may be due to the fact that it was a three-tower DA. Not sure. > > And the towers were "windmill" type, too. Not a design that one would think would collapse near the base and fall laterally. > >

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RE: [arrl-odv:19253] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400
by Jim Weaver K8JE 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Chris, Excellent point for concern. I didn't include a comment that these towers were around 70 years old. Properly designed, built and maintained, this fact should have little if any difference in keeping them standing. Conversely, inadequately maintained could have resulted in them being weakened by corrosion. Incidentally, the WLW radio tower that handled the station's 500 kW transmissions and that was built in the 1030's still stand gloriously about 1 1/2 miles from my QTH. This tower literally rocks on a ball-to-ball pivot at its base and is held erect by several large guy wires. It truly is properly maintained. 73, 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 _____ From: Chris Imlay [mailto:w3kd@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:04 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19253] Re: Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:18 -0400 This makes me nervous, because a cornerstone of our argument about setbacks in antenna cases and ordinance negotiations are that towers typically fall within a narrow radius around the base of the tower; a small percentage of their height. These towers most certainly did not do that, but that may be due to the fact that it was a three-tower DA. Not sure. And the towers were "windmill" type, too. Not a design that one would think would collapse near the base and fall laterally. 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: Gary Johnston KI4LA <ki4la(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 9:46 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19251] Re: Oh my. Incredible. Sent from Gary's iPhone 4. On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:45 PM, "Jim Weaver K8JE" <K8JE(a)ARRL.org> wrote: In case you would like to see several very ugly pictures (from the perspective of anyone involved in radio) go to <http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/gallery/display.html?album_id=244870> http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/gallery/display.html?album_id=244870 From, the station;s call sign and the residence of the Ohio member who sent this to me, I believe the station is located in Wheeling, WV -- Director Bodson's territory. The winds seemed to have been straight-line, but might as well have been a tornado. Incidentally, the URL is good, but I had to cut and paste to make it work. The link appears to be broken. 73, 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3053 - Release Date: 08/05/10 14:23:00

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[arrl-odv:19257] Re: Arcade Fire
by Gary Johnston KI4LA 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Nice! Sent from Gary's iPhone 4. On Aug 6, 2010, at 12:18 PM, "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner(a)arrl.org> wrote: > An interesting confluence of the worlds of music and Amateur Radio came to light this week. > > Old Timers will remember guitarist Alvino Rey, W6UK, who died in February 2004 at the age of 95. He was a popular band leader in the 1940s and performed at a number of ARRL Southwestern Division Conventions in later years. > > Alvino Rey’s grandsons Win and William Butler are members of the Montreal-based indie rock group Arcade Fire. The group is currently touring (they are performing in Columbia, Maryland tonight) to promote their latest album, “The Suburbs.” One track, “We Used to Wait,” relates to when communication was primarily by letter and postcard as contrasted to today’s rapidly changing world. On stage their performance of the song is illustrated by, among other images, QSL cards from their grandfather’s collection. > > > Among the graphics the group is using is a variation of the ARRL diamond with the letters “ARRL” replaced by “A” and “F” in two corners and the same letters repeated upside down in the other two. Chris Imlay’s law partner Cary Tepper is a trademark law expert and advises that even if we wanted to, it would be difficult to make a case that this constitutes trademark infringement. To me, the upside potential of acquainting indie rock fans with Amateur Radio seems more promising. > > Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:19256] Updated Keystaff List
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

<<KEYSTAFF.doc>> Sincerely, Lisa Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO / Meeting Planner ARRL--The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Tel: 860-594-0245 --- Fax: 860-594-0259 email: lkustosik(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:19255] RE: [arrl-odv:19252] Customer (Member) relations
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Jim, Harold is on vacation this week. When he returns I will ask him to respond. 73, Dave K1ZZ From: Jim Weaver K8JE [mailto:K8JE@ARRL.org] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:29 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19252] Customer (Member) relations In reviewing the 2009 strategic Plan the Board developed, I noted we selected the following Value Disciplines to achieve. Although our self-selected task was to achieve only one of the following four items, I suggest that item No 1 (my numbering would likely be an inherent result of accomplishing either of the items I've numbered 2-4 while practicing good "customer relations." with our members, the customers. The entry in the Strategic Plan is largely on p. 7 and reads: ARRL can have a reputation and image for providing excellence in one of the following four identities of excellence: 1. Membership focus and attention (I feel like I am their only member). 2. Strong representation and advocacy for Amateur Radio (the voice of Amateur Radio). 3. Leading edge products, programs and services. 4. Operational effectiveness and efficiency. I suggest that especially in the case of the new web site, we have often lost sight of the need to practice good customer relations in dealing with either the issues members have politely or sometimes impolitely brought to the attention of staff. The problem a few GLD members have reported to me is that upon reporting issues in the proper manner to HQ (including often using the "having trouble or problems" form) they receive no acknowledgment of their their report. Although I suspect this is not always true, I also know some of the persons who have made these statements (of no acknowledgment) to me and accept they are being truthful. To me, it is difficult to understand why sending a quick response to a member who is trying to be helpful is so difficult. The acknowledgement does not need to be extensive and could be canned such as "I received your report and have passed it to the person in charge of the area. Thanks for your help.." Without a response, a message is still sent back to the member. Unfortunately, the implied message back is that ARRL doesn't giver a hoot if he is a member. Far from believing he/she is a valued member I suspect the belief is that it is only his dues money (and maybe donation money) that counts. The message he construes can also be likely to be that ARRL would be most happy if the member had not bugged it and had let it alone. This certainly not a message that says the member is about as far as one can get from our objective of giving members the believe they are the "only" member. I don't know about other directors, but my policy is to acknowledge every message I receive up to the moment at which any string may become rude. Is there a reason HQ staff should not have the same policy? . I would like to learn how others feel about this? 73, 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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