March 2013 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:21612] State legislative report for end of February
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Here is the latest state legislative report from Chwat & Co. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21611] Re: Second Century Campaign goal
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

The resolution has been approved with 14 "aye" votes and one abstention. Director Norton has advised me that he wishes to abstain but that the resolution can be reported as having been adopted with no negative votes. David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:52 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:21595] Re: Second Century Campaign goal Yesterday in [arrl-odv:21592] President Craigie provided the background on the following resolution that is being offered by the Executive Committee to the Directors for mail vote: "Resolved, that upon the recommendation of the Second Century Campaign Committee, the goal of the ARRL Second Century Campaign is $10,000,000. Further resolved, that the campaign will end on December 31, 2014, the last day of the ARRL's centennial year." Directors, please respond to the Secretary with your vote. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:21609] FCC Chair
by Tom Frenaye 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

An article about FCC Chairman Genachowski's presentation at MIT this week. http://www.informationweek.com/government/mobile/fcc-chairman-outlines-plan… I didn't realize his term was up in June, any rumors on whether he will be reappointed? -- 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:21608] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

<<030613.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 36, No. 10 March 6, 2013 -- Covers the period February 24-March 2. Upcoming Meetings and Events Executive Committee: March 9 @ 8:30am - Irving, TX Administration & Finance Committee April 13 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Development Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD Congratulations to the Development Office staff Margie KB1DCO and Mary K1MMH on capturing the Novice and Intermediate trophies during the FM Sprint last week at HQ! Loyalty congratulatory letters over K1ZZ's signature, certificates and pins were sent to 267 International ARRL members receiving their 40-, 50- and 60-year membership milestones. The balance of the Loyalty mailing will be sent out by the end of March. Save the Date notices have been sent to donors and board members for the Annual Donor Reception in Dayton on May 16, 2013. April QSTs were sent to Maxim Society members. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI Product Review Bob Allison continues to test antenna tuners for Product Review. Bob was presenter in two produced Product Review Videos, working with Steve Ford. Radio Frequency Interference Mike Gruber is putting together a fixture to measure arc-fault circuit interrupters. These are required by code in some locations-we have reports of them being tripped by ham radio signals. QST Bob Allison wrote the May Vintage Radio Column. Web Zack Lau uploaded the March 2013 Propagation Forecasts. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Diane Petrilli reports that February ended with 160,728 members-growth of 74 members over January. 71% of February 2013 expirees paid on time (vs. 74% last February). President's Day and Valentines themed messages brought in over 100 members. Field recruitment was up this month, bolstered by our attendance at the ARRL-sanctioned conventions in Puerto Rico and Orlando, Florida. Jackie Ferreira reports that February product sales were $219,510-short of the sales forecast of $234,814. Direct sales were $121,701; dealer sales were $97,809. A Presidents' Day sales event generated $8,950 in sales; a Valentine's Day themed email generated sales of $4,118, and an emailing for Super Bowl weekend contributed sales of $3,494. "Happy Birthday" postcards sent to members generated $13,836 in sales throughout the month. Last month's postcard mailing promoting the 2012 ARRL Periodicals DVD has contributed total sales of $7,363. The response rate to this mailing has exceeded 4%. A shipment of materials is being prepared to support the volunteers representing ARRL and Amateur Radio at the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in April, in Las Vegas, Nevada. On Friday, an email was sent to domestic members who are subscribed to receive the digital QST announcement each month, inviting them to consider opting out of the print edition of QST. Over the weekend, another 800 members have made the designation to go digital-only. Now shipping: Ham Radio for Arduino and PICAXE, edited by Leigh Klotz, Jr, WA5ZNU. This new ARRL book is filled with microcontroller projects for ham radio applications designed by Leigh and many other contributors. It also includes an introduction from Dale Dougherty, the editor and publisher of MAKE magazine. Summary of Sales and Marketing Department telephone group (reported by Amy Hurtado): Week of Phone calls Per hour Average wait Complete without transfer 2/25/2013 1,046 23.2 41 seconds 76% Call Summary By Month Month Total Calls December 2012 4,344 January 2013 4,373 February 2013 3,915 Member Service Representatives processed 2,944 orders in February 2013 (3,089 in Feb. 2012). Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity (reported by Steve Capodicasa): Week of Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 2/25/2013 875 498 Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC DXCC Branch Credits Applications 2012 Carryover 90,316 1,026 2013 Received 192,133 2,000 Cumulative Total 282,449 3,026 2013 Processed 209,777 2,228 Remaining 72,672 798 Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 5 Weeks Logbook of the World Category February 2013 QSO Records Entered Into System 484,536,022 QSL Record Matches 68,186,143 Logs Processed 4,043,465 Active Certificates 83,998 Registered Users in System 55,851 Logbook Inquiries February 2013 Emails 858 Phone Calls 67 Total 925 Field Organization/Public Service Team As the March 8th deadline for nominating petitions approaches. Leona Adams received and handled the following petitions for those wishing to run for Section Manager in their respective sections for new terms of office beginning on July 1: New York City-Long Island Section Manager Jim Mezey, W2KFV; Nevada Section Manager Joe Giraudo, N7JEH; West Texas Section Manager Bill Roberts, W5NPR. Utah Section Manager Mel Parkes, N7JEH, has been nominated, and there will be an election in Utah. Matt Anderson, KAØBOJ, has been nominated to run for the SM's position in Nebraska, and there will also be an election there this spring. Jim Lasley, N0JL, of Iowa, has been nominated and elected as the new Chair of the Central Area Staff of the National Traffic System. A few new net managers for the NTS Central and Eastern Areas have also been elected this past week. Steve Ewald has started to receive nominations and inquiries about the various ARRL educational, technical and service awards after new announcements were distributed. Two radio amateurs from Indiana and one from Ohio completed requirements to become Official Observers this past week. A radio amateur from North Texas was approved to become a member of the ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch. Chuck Skolaut received a number of complaints regarding language used on a 75 meter frequency, and this is being investigated. Jamming was reported on a New Hampshire repeater, and this, too, was being followed up on. Information was received regarding FCC action taken on interference occurring on 14.312 MHz. Chuck also filled in as the morning code practice operator at W1AW. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ ARISS NASA has re-instated a full-time position to provide operation support for the ARISS program. They have also committed to designating and training a back-up. The recent loss of support in this position while a new contract was being put in place contributed to some havoc we experienced during February while at the same time we were dealing with equipment failures of the Kenwood D700 ISS station located in the Service Module. The failure of that station required a cut over to the newly re-installed Ericcson station in the Columbus module. As a result, there were a few failed and compromised school contacts while the international team of ARISS volunteers stepped up to work through the host of challenges presented by the situation. In spite of the confusion, a number of successful contacts were completed. Lessons learned will be addressed over the next few months. Reasons for the failure of the D700 station in the ISS service module are as yet unknown. In the US, a successful contact between students at Soleado Elementary School in Rancho Palos Verde, CA and Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG occurred on February 25. Click here <http://www.pvnews.com/news/article_83a6da70-7fae-11e2-bada-001a4bcf887a.html> to read a local news story. On February 28, Talcott Mountain Science Center, in Avon, CT hosted the first ARISS contact in the state of CT. Several local media outlets covered the story. The staff from ARRL was pleased to be able to witness the event which was supported by members of the Bloomfield Amateur Radio Club. Successful contacts were also held with schools in Israel, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada and Greece during February. Education & Technology Program Dayton Amateur Radio Association has confirmed that they will provide funding for the advanced TI-2 on Remote Sensing and Data Gathering. The website has been updated with the final schedule and application forms are posted. Ham Radio Outlet won the bid to provide equipment for the grants awarded under the ETP grant program. Equipment has been shipped and received by the schools. One of the schools, Mill Springs Academy, reports that they have recently licensed students who are ready to get on the air. They've also asked for a class in Morse code. Mark Spencer WA8SME and Matt Severin N8MS will be representing Education Services at Dayton Hamvention this year. They will each provide a presentation as part of DARA's forum schedule and are also developing several presentations that they will offer in a small forum area located at the Education booth within ARRL Expo. The theme will be Amateur Radio: Gateway to Discovery. License Instruction Nathan McCray K9CPO is tackling a very large project that involves developing new lessons and updating and revising lesson content that supports instruction of basic electronics and radio science concepts. This lesson library can be utilized by classroom teachers, scout and youth group leaders as well as license instructors. He is also leading a Morse code class for ARRL staff. Continuing Education Program Plans are underway with CTDLC, our Moodle host and our internal IT department staff to begin beta testing a more current release of the Moodle online learning platform, since support for the version we currently use will be ending. We plan to migrate the Introduction to Emergency Communication (EC-001) course to the new platform by the end of April. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All staff 3/29 Holiday Leona Adams 3/14-3/15 PTO Steve Ewald 3/28-4/5 PTO Mike Gruber 5/3 PTO Dan Henderson 3/28-3/30 NC State Convention, Raleigh, NC `` 4/5 PTO Amy Hurtado 5/15-5/19 Hamvention, Dayton, OH 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 Bob Inderbitzen 5/15-5/19 Hamvention, Dayton, OH Debra Johnson 3/7-3/11 PTO Harold Kramer 5/15-5/19 Hamvention, Dayton, OH Sean Kutzko 3/4-3/12 PTO Zack Lau 3/7-3/12 PTO `` 3/22 PTO Kim McNeill 5/15-5/19 Hamvention, Dayton, OH Diane Petrilli 3/9-3/13 ASAE Conference, Colorado Springs, CO `` 5/15-5/19 Hamvention, Dayton, OH Michael Scharr 5/15-5/19 Hamvention, Dayton, OH Chuck Skolaut 3/7-3/14 Oklahoma Section Convention, Claremore, OK / PTO Dave Sumner 3/8 Executive Committee Meeting, Irving, TX `` 3/21 Washington, DC

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[arrl-odv:21607] Digital QST -- Linux Download
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Hi, Here's an update on Digital QST downloads for Linux. Digital QST could always be viewed in a web browser on the Linux operating system, however, since we launched Digital QST in June, there have been questions from Linux users about downloading Digital QST to their Linux device. Dr. Martin Ewing, AA6E, who assists us in the ARRL Lab as a volunteer, is a Linux expert and he came up with a solution to this problem. Magdalena Owczarska has posted this on the Digital QST FAQ page on our website located here: http://www.arrl.org/digital-qst-faq I have also pasted the FAQ into this email for your reference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- How can I view digital QST using Linux?- <http://www.arrl.org/digital-qst-faq> The following procedure has been tested on Ubuntu 12.10 32 bit (current) with Firefox (v16.0). Other Linux versions using Google Chrome may work as well, but are not guaranteed: * If you do not have Flash installed using Linux: Go to Ubuntu Software Center, search for "Flash" and select " Adobe Flash Plugin." You may need to click "more info" and "multiverse" to start. After installation, quit and restart system, and view digital QST while online. * To save and view digital QST offline using Linux: * Install Adobe Air on Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2012/08/how-to-install-adobe-air-on-ubuntu-12 04.html> * View QST <http://www.arrl.org/qst> on your browser * On the toolbar, select "Save to your desktop" * On the installation page, select "Download & install your offline publication" * Choose the option to "open with Adobe Air Application Installer" (Each issue of QST is installed as a software app.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- Thank you, Martin, for helping us out with this one. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL -the national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594 -0220 www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:21606] Re: Second Century Campaign Goal
by dick＠pobox.com 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

6 MAR 2013 - 2344 CST I vote AYE on the resolution approving the Second Century Campaign goal. - George Isely, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:21592] Second Century Campaign goal
by Kay Craigie 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

The EC has voted to authorize an e-mail vote of the Board to approve the Second Century Campaign's goal. Dave will post the formal call for that vote soon. The following is background information for you. The Second Century Campaign committee, chaired by David Brandenburg K5RQ, met by conference call earlier this year and decided upon a campaign goal of $10 million. To date, the campaign's silent phase has produced over $4 million in cash and commitments. After hearing from K5RQ (see the attached letter from him), I asked the A&F Committee to review the recommendation. Their conclusion was that while the goal is ambitious, it is within the realm of reason. Chairman Tom Frenaye wrote, "The Administration and Finance Committee has had a good discussion regarding the proposed fund raising goal of $10m recommended by the Second Century Committee. We're very encouraged by the progress made to date and excited by the prospect of realizing a $10m goal. The comments from A&F members all suggested they believe the goal is reasonable but represents a stretch that will require effort from everyone involved." In the public phase the committee will continue to seek donations from major donors, but all members' contributions of any amount will be sought and welcomed. The publicity will explain the purpose and importance of the campaign. The next step is for the Board to bless the campaign goal. Members will want to know that the campaign is indeed an ARRL official activity. If you have specific questions about the campaign, please contact Mary Hobart. I know that most members of the Board have made a pledge to the campaign and thank you sincerely for that, with particular appreciation to Rick Roderick for leading the outreach to Board members. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:21596] Second Century Campaign goal
by Dr. David Woolweaver 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

I vote aye. David, K5RAV

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[arrl-odv:21594] E-mail Block
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Beginning yesterday, e-mail services under the Microsoft umbrella (including msn.com, hotmail.com, Live.com and Outlook.com) began blocking e-mail being forwarded through the arrl.net servers at Edge Network Systems, our service provider. In addition, mail received at arrl.org addresses which are forwarded out to other addresses is being similarly affected if the end address is one of the Microsoft family. We are currently working with Edge to try and get this resolved with Microsoft but, as you might suspect, they (Microsoft) don't make it easy to contact them. We will be posting a story on the ARRL web site this afternoon to notify the membership. We will let you know when the situation changes. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc. The National Association for Amateur Radio (860) 594-0212 www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:21593] Report of the General Counsel to the Executive Committee
by Chris Imlay 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Greetings. As I am obligated to do, I attach hereto for your consideration an extensive memo on legal, regulatory and legislative matters which are on the draft agenda for consideration at this weekend's Executive Committee meeting in Dallas, Texas. The memo is keyed to that agenda which I believe has been distributed to you by CEO Sumner a few days ago. I will be happy to address any questions any Board member may have about this memo. As was the case with my memo to the Board in January, please note the exceptionally sensitive and confidential information contained in this memo. Any disclosure of its contents could have serious adverse consequences for our advocacy efforts, so thank you for keeping this confidential and not circulating it outside the Board Official Family. 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

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