May 2012 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:20797] Re: ARRL website
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 21 May '12

21 May '12

Further information: Yes, there was an issue last night that Michael Keane was able to correct. The website resides at Rackspace. He will be talking to them about how to avoid a recurrence. Dave From: arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:37 AM To: Birmingham, Joyce ( Dir HU) Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:20796] Re: ARRL website Hi Joyce, I was in transit back from Dayton last night. No ideas other than the usual one: The Internet is too complex to be consistently reliable. Dave ________________________________ From: Joyce Birmingham [mailto:joyce@sabbi-us.com] Sent: Mon 5/21/2012 12:11 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Cc: arrl-odv Subject: ARRL website Hi Dave, The ARRL web site seems a bit sluggish today. Any ideas? Joyce KA2ANF Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 ka2anf(a)arrl.net

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[arrl-odv:20792] ARRL website
by Joyce Birmingham 21 May '12

21 May '12

Hi Dave, The ARRL web site seems a bit sluggish today. Any ideas? Joyce KA2ANF Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 ka2anf(a)arrl.net

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[arrl-odv:20795] arrl.org seems to be up and running
by Bob Vallio 21 May '12

21 May '12

Just getting ready to go upstairs and call it a day. I thought i should check the website, and see what's up. Well, I don't know why, but both the Website Search, and the Call Sign / Name Search returned results very quickly. To whomever fixed it, thanks! It's now 0530Z. Bob -- W6RGG

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[arrl-odv:20794] arrl.org slow response
by Bob Vallio 21 May '12

21 May '12

I read the two posts from Joyce and David around 0030Z, and found that I could get to the website with no problem. However, if I tried a call sign/name search, there was no response. Similar results were obtained from a keyword search, as well. It is now around 0300Z, and things do not seem to have changed. Maybe when some staff folks get home from Dayton, things will get looked into? I'm going to cc Mike Keane with this mail, but as it's nearly 11 PM in Newington I do not expect him to see it until tomorrow. Surprisingly, I've received no mail about this issue from any of my members. Bob -- W6RGG

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[arrl-odv:20793] ARRL web site
by Dr. David Woolweaver 20 May '12

20 May '12

I am unable to access www.arrl.org at 1826 today. David

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[arrl-odv:20787] LOTW Outages & Other Things
by Bob Vallio 18 May '12

18 May '12

"One of these days the ARRL will get on board with customer notification... they started to adopt this during the slowness of performance after major DX contests, but only after much harranging. Its a shame they dont realize a simple note on the main league page stating the system is down due to problems/maintenance would make a huge impact in customer service and reduced support inquiries... oh well.." Above is a quote from a mailing list to which I belong. I believe this is from yesterday, but it nevertheless raises a valid point. Why don't we do the simple, small things which express to our members that we care about their problems and concerns enough to keep them advised of things like LOTW status? 73, Bob -- W6RGG

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[arrl-odv:20789] Icom and 2013 National Scout Jamboree
by Brian Mileshosky 18 May '12

18 May '12

FYI, Icom America has engaged in a sponsorship agreement with the Boy Scouts of America for the organization's 2014 National Scout Jamboree. The press release is available at http://www.k2bsa.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/PR-ICOM-Jamboree-V4.pdf IMHO this is another good step towards establishing a solid bond between Scouting and ham radio, especially given how crucial the K2BSA operations are at Jamboree. 73, Brian N5ZGT

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[arrl-odv:20786] Many To Blame In LightSquared Mess
by dick＠pobox.com 16 May '12

16 May '12

15 MAY 2012 - 1330 CDT The attached PDF is the third time that Aviation Week & Space Technology (AWST) has published an article on the LightSquared Debacle. I know this is not a direct concern for the ARRL. But the clash of RF technologies, the growing demands on the RF spectrum, and particularly how the FCC has failed to do its job should be of interest to all of us on this reflector. I also see FCC political similarities between this mess and our long running struggle with FCC PRB-1 limitations, the BPL fight, and the total failure of the FCC to enforce power line RF interference problems. It doesn't make any difference which political party controls the federal executive branch. Both sides kowtow to corporate money at the expense of the individual RF spectrum users and the voters. For those of you going to Dayton this year, have a boring trip both ways and I look forward to see you there. - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:20781] Re: FCC Docket 12-91; FCC Study of Amateur Radio Emergency Communications and Impediments to the Same
by Chris 16 May '12

16 May '12

Marty, sad to say it really is too late. I am way out of position now for miscellaneous edits. Are these major concerns? 73, Chris W3KD Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone Marty Woll <n6vi(a)socal.rr.com> wrote: >Chris and all involved: > >Thank you for your efforts in producing such a comprehensive and detail-filled response to the FCC inquiry. If you are open to edits at this late stage, let me know and I'll forward them separately. If not, I understand. > >73, > >Marty N6VI

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[arrl-odv:20779] FCC Docket 12-91; FCC Study of Amateur Radio Emergency Communications and Impediments to the Same
by Chris Imlay 15 May '12

15 May '12

Greetings. Please embargo any distribution of this document until tomorrow afternoon late. Attached are the ARRL's comments which will be filed tomorrow electronically in this docket proceeding. ARRL is responding to FCC's public notice released April 2 which asked for comment on the value of Amateur Radio emergency communications; possible enhancements to Amateur emergency communications; and impediments (e.g. CC&Rs) that limit Amateur Radio emergency communiciations capabilities. Because of the very short fuse for preparation of these comments; the heavy burden of proof that is on us to prepare for a "round two" in Congress with respect to CC&R preemption; and the sheer volume of information we felt we needed to present to the Commission in order to meet that burden, we used a different method of preparing comments for filing than we usually do. First, Kay Craigie, Dave Sumner and I collaborated on a strategy for these comments. Because it would be impossible to quantify the number of Amateurs subject to CC&Rs and the inability to avoid them, we had to use two different methods of making our case. The first was to come up with some statistics that show that CC&Rs are pervasive and increasing nationwide. They really are, as our comments note in Section IV. The second, and this was Kay's idea (and a darn good one), would be to share a large volume of anecdotal "horror stories" about hams subject to CC&Rs. We discussed this strategy at length with the Executive Committee at our March in-person meeting and, with some refinements in the plan, they agreed. The next step was to corral a drafting team, which turned out to be a very, very good and hardworking one. Dan Henderson and Alan Pitts developed and implemented several short-fuse surveys of hams. The first one asked about participation in emcomm activities. The second asked for experiences of hams with CC&Rs. With those stories, we asked for text of CC&Rs that the ham was saddled with and other information such as "could you have found other property not subject to CC&Rs?" We struck a nerve on the latter survey. Hams responded in droves. And they told good stories, as Kay predicted they would. The bad news is that the pervasiveness of CC&Rs reflected in the survey results surprised even us. It is terrible, as your review of Exhibits C and D will reveal to you. So, this filing was the product of a good team of drafters and a really good team of reviewers. Dan Henderson probably worked the hardest on this filing. He organized and shepherded the surveys and wrote sections II and III of the narrative and Exhibit B. Allen Pitts collaborated on the surveys and masterminded Exhibit C, which I think is the most compelling part of this filing by a long shot. Brennan Price contributed to Section III of the narrative and Exhibit B with technical informatoin that is very useful. I wrote Sections I, IV and V of the narrative and prepared from the survey results about half of the horror stories in Exhibit D. The rest were assembled by Allen, Brennan and Dan. Finally but not least in the preparation, a lot of good work on Exhibits A and C was done by Lisa Kustosik, Gail Iannone and Ken Bailey. The Executive Committee, and especially Dave Sumner, Cliff Ahrens, Kay Craigie, Dick Isely and Jim Fenstermaker helped edit this and made it a lot better than it was when they got it. There is no reply comment period in this case, which is a good thing because the Community Associations Institute (CAI), our arch-enemy on CC&Rs, is aware of this and has exhorted its members to file comments. They can't really hurt us on the initial filing but they could if given a chance to reply. As it is, they don't get to, at least not officially. We haven't seen many comments yet from HOAs. There are over 100 comments filed so far, principally from individuals. We will be networking this with our friends at DHS' Office of Emergency Communications and in the FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, and with the WTB also, once filed. Let me know any questions you have. Thanks to the Executive Committee, which strategized this with Kay and Dave and me, provided good edits to a huge document, and approved this filing. I won't speak for any of them, but I think we made a pretty compelling case for some preemption relief from CC&Rs. You make the call.... 73, Chris W3KD P.S. A good Dayton to all. 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

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