February 2013 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:21547] Jim Millsap, WB4NWS
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Georgia Section Manager, Gene Clark, W4AYK reports that Vice Director Jim Millsap, WB4NWS was hospitalized for chest pains Thursday and underwent heart surgery the following day. Gene did not identify the hospital where Jim is currently recovering. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21546] LoTW
by Brian Mileshosky 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

LoTW is crunching away at last weekend's contest uploads, and appears not to be breaking a sweat. Nice burn-in for the new hardware. 73, Brian N5ZGT Sent from iPhone

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[arrl-odv:21545] ARRLF info
by Tom Frenaye 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

I've attached two documents with the Terms of Reference for the Foundation scholarship and grant funds, after adding those recently approved. Thought it would be useful for you to have an up to date copy of both. Note that the document with TOR's for Funds is marked confidential. Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org President, ARRL Foundation http://www.arrl.org/arrlf/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444

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[arrl-odv:21534] Web ads are back up
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

I can't improve on Deb Jahnke's explanation, so here it is. 73, Dave K1ZZ Folks, The ARRL Web ads are back up and running. You may see an occasional red X in some of the secondary pages as some of the house ads continue to be populated and we continue to work on that now. However, all paid ads are up and running and ARRL ads continue to be added as I write this. I would like to thank Janet Rocco who was able to retrieve all data from the other Open-X source and get them input into the new blank resident system in record time. And of course to Mike Keane who provided the solution and guidance to get us back so quickly. 73, Deb Jahnke, K1DAJ Sales Manager, Advertising and Business Services ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 225 Main Street Newington CT 06111-1494 Telephone: 860-594-0329 email:djahnke@arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:21538] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

<<021313.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 36, No. 7 February 13, 2013 -- Covers the period February 3-9. Upcoming Meetings and Events Executive Committee: March 9 @ 8:30am - Irving, TX Administration & Finance Committee April 13 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND The past several weeks have been spent with a wide variety of routine tasks. Once the January Board of Director's minutes were approved, the Legislative agenda and associated pages on the website were updated. Several other updates were made to various pages on the website. A problem in updating VC/VCE information was discovered and resolved by the IT Staff. The 2013 ARRL Field Day information packet was proofed, finalized and posted to the ARRL Web on January 31st. Since posting the file, we have started to receive a regular stream of questions from members and groups. Special thanks to Angel Santana, WP3GW, for the Spanish translation of the rules. The 2013 Field Day shirt design has been approved and should be available by April 1st. The Straight Key Night write-up for QST was also drafted and sent to the Contest Branch for handling. We have worked with General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, on trying to clarify a series questions related to the Myles Landstein antenna case. At the request of Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, we reviewed a piece of mobile electronics legislation that was introduced into the Hawaii legislature. As written, the bill should not impact Amateur Radio mobile operation. The issue of whether the ROS mode is legal for HF in the US was again raised by a member. Seems the developer (a Spaniard) continues to blame the ARRL for it not being allowed on HF bands in the US. ROS is Spread Spectrum modulation and is therefore not permitted in the US on bands below 222 MHz by Part 97. Development Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD Acceptance for scholarship applications through the ARRL Foundation closed on February 1. 212 submissions were received for 80 scholarship awards. The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Committee, headed by Director Dick Isely, W9GIG, will begin review of applications shortly, and recipients will be announced in May. The ARRL Foundation Board of Directors held the annual meeting via conference call on Tuesday, February 5. Along with standard reports, the Board also elected officers for 2013. Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM, was accepted to the Foundation Board of Directors. Motions included approving the 2012 Bill Orr W6SAI Technical Writing Award, awarding two grant proposals, and approving the Terms of Reference for two new memorial scholarships. Other Development activities include preparation for leadership giving, Legacy and Second Century Campaign donor listing for the annual report and preparation for expanding the SCC solicitation beyond the initial phase. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Bob Inderbitzen and Harold Kramer attended Orlando HamCation, the ARRL Southeastern Division Convention. Along with Director Greg Sarratt, they supported the busy ARRL booth throughout the 3-day event. Over 230 membership applications were collected, totaling 500 membership years, plus one initial Life Member payment. Monies collected at the event (largely dues) will approach $18,000. A breakdown of "new" memberships vs. "renewals" will be reported as soon as the applications are all processed. An emailing sent by Diane Petrilli to all Southeastern Division members and lapsed-members just 2 days before the convention contributed to the excellent membership results. 23 ARRL Award applications were also returned (mostly DXCC). As we've found at many recent events, there continues to be significant interest in the digital edition of QST-which was demonstrated on an iPad. Bob kept a photo blog throughout the event, posted on the ARRL Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151313711237408.472830.20069 212407&type=1&l=1b87c67b48. The photos generated lots of positive interest from members around the world. Bob has assembled a list of ARRL-sponsored presentations for Dayton Hamvention. We hope to have these committed to the slate of Hamvention forums very soon. Jackie Ferreira is working with Sue Fagan to produce a couple of ads for QST, promoting new publications. She's also wrapping-up planning for this year's line-up of ARRL Field Day gear; T-shirts, hats, pins, mugs, etc. Diane Petrilli reports that a large membership campaign is scheduled for mailing on February 21. The mailing list includes lapsed and "never" members. Prospective members and prospective hams can now sample a complete issue of the digital edition of QST. A prominent invitation to the sample issue is featured on the ARRL home page. Users must share their name, call sign, and email address (required) to receive a link to the sample edition. We're hopeful the effort will help grow our list of prospective member email addresses. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity (reported by Steve Capodicasa): Week of Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 2/4/2013* 714 355 * Early closure on Friday, February 8 due to the blizzard. Most carriers canceled package pick-ups. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 6 Weeks W1AW Joe began the process of getting quotes from various contractors to perform electrical and mortar work at W1AW. The plans call for the station's brick exterior to be completely repointed. Also new lights and ceiling fans will be installed in the upstairs conference room. Joe processed one Qualifying Run certificate and one endorsement. He updated the web code practice files. Joe created the texts for the February W1AW Qualifying Runs. He also tracked down an issue with hum on the digital transmissions. Field Organization/Public Service Team Late in the week on Friday, February 8th, when a large blizzard/winter storm approached and hit the Northeast, ARRL Field Organization members, ARES and SKYWARN participants were among the radio amateurs who were activated or were placed on stand-by status to support their local served agencies. Some of after-action reports are beginning to be submitted to ARRL Headquarters. The deadline is Friday, February 15, for receipt of the Montana Section Manager election ballots. The Field Organization Team here at Headquarters is preparing to count the ballots on Tuesday, February 19. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All staff 2/18 Holiday Dan Henderson 2/14-2/18 AZ State Convention, Yuma, AZ Bob Inderbitzen 3/20-3/21 MAKE Media, Sebastopol, CA `` 3/22-3/24 RadioFest, Monterey, CA `` 3/25-3/26 PTO `` 4/4-4/6 AES Superfest, Milwaukee, WI Zack Lau 3/7-3/12 PTO Diane Petrilli 3/9-3/13 ASAE Conference, Colorado Springs, CO Barry Shelley 2/20-2/25 PTO

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[arrl-odv:21537] Fwd: PSC Minutes - January 2013.docx
by David Norris 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sending you the minutes to the January PSC meeting. 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director Delta Division Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Norris, David" <David.Norris(a)arkansashighways.com> > Date: February 15, 2013 11:05:28 AM CST > To: <k5uz(a)suddenlink.net> > Subject: PSC Minutes - January 2013.docx > >

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[arrl-odv:21536] FW: Australian Radio Amateurs May Lose the 2300 - 2302 MHz Band
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2013/20130214-1/index.php You are likely to hear about this from amateur microwavers. Amateurs in the United States are in no immediate danger of losing 2300-2305 MHz because the use of the 2300-2400 MHz band by various radio services in this country is quite different from most of the world. Unfortunately, our colleagues in many other countries are facing the same challenge as in Australia as the pressure grows for commercial mobile broadband services. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21530] Update on Newington status
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Just to close the loop on my Monday morning status report, life is back to normal in central Connecticut after last weekend's blizzard. As I mentioned, our web advertising was disrupted by a sudden and expected termination of a service by OpenX but that staff was investigating alternatives. The best alternative appeared to be to run a version of the OpenX software on a server under our control at Rackspace. We have downloaded and tested it, and have been able to retrieve our data from OpenX. If all goes well we should have our web advertising functioning again by the end of the week. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21531] Re: Update on Newington status
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

When I said "sudden and expected" of course I meant "sudden and unexpected." Sorry for any confusion. Dave From: arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:15 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:21530] Update on Newington status Just to close the loop on my Monday morning status report, life is back to normal in central Connecticut after last weekend's blizzard. As I mentioned, our web advertising was disrupted by a sudden and expected termination of a service by OpenX but that staff was investigating alternatives. The best alternative appeared to be to run a version of the OpenX software on a server under our control at Rackspace. We have downloaded and tested it, and have been able to retrieve our data from OpenX. If all goes well we should have our web advertising functioning again by the end of the week. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21526] Getting the message
by Kay Craigie 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Some of you know that former SE Division Vice Director Andrea Hartlage KG4IUM is engaged to be married. I just learned that when her fiance', who is not a ham (yet!), proposed to her, he pressed a button on his phone and it sounded a message in Morse code: "Will you marry me?" All together now: "Awwwwwww." 73 - Kay N3KN

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