August 2013 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:21951] Trip report: West Virginia State Convention
by Kay Craigie 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

The attached documents are my trip report and the convention program. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:21950] Annual Report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

A low-resolution version of the 2012 Annual Report is now posted at www.arrl.org/annual-reports. A higher resolution version will be available a little later. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21949] Approval of Board minutes
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

For the record, the Directors have voted unanimously by email to approve the minutes of the July 2013 Board of Directors meeting. David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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[arrl-odv:21948] 9A/K1ZZ
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Tomorrow Linda and I are leaving for 2-1/2 weeks of vacation in Europe. We plan to spend a few days in Germany with family, visit ham friends in Slovenia and Serbia, and finish with a week on the island of Murter on the coast of Croatia. We fly home on Sunday, September 8 and I expect to be back in the office on the 9th. My email access will be intermittent. For anything truly urgent it should be possible to reach me by telephone or (preferably) text message at +41 79 732 0131. That's a prepaid Swiss GSM phone. >From September 1 to 6 you should also be able to find me on CW as 9A/K1ZZ. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21946] Reflector email
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

The IT Department advises that we are having some problems with email addressed to, for example, arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org. Email appears to be more reliable if simply addressed to, for example, arrl-odv(a)arrl.org. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21945] Re: Candidates
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

The Ethics and Elections Committee has completed its review and has found all candidates to be eligible. This means that congratulations can now also be extended to Vice Director Stratton, N5AUS, who has been declared re-elected. 73, Dave K1ZZ From: arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:46 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:21943] Candidates The following candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director have been nominated for the term beginning at noon January 1, 2014 and expiring at noon on January 1, 2017: PACIFIC DIVISION For Director: Bob Vallio, W6RGG For Vice Director: Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION For Director: Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT For Vice Director: Dwayne Allen, WY7FD SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION For Director: Doug Rehman, K4AC and Greg Sarratt, W4OZK For Vice Director: George Hawrysko, K4AWA and Jim Millsap, WB4NWS SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION For Director: Dick Norton, N6AA For Vice Director: Marty Woll, N6VI WEST GULF DIVISION For Director: David Woolweaver, K5RAV For Vice Director: John Robert Stratton, N5AUS The Ethics and Elections Committee has certified the eligibility of Messrs. Vallio, Tiemstra, Mileshosky, Allen, Hawrysko, Norton, Woll, and Dr. Woolweaver. Eligibility review of Messrs. Rehman, Sarratt, Millsap and Stratton is in process. With no other candidates having been nominated for their offices, the following are declared re-elected for the 2014-2016 term: Pacific Division Director Vallio and Vice Director Tiemstra Rocky Mountain Division Director Mileshosky and Vice Director Allen Southwestern Division Director Norton and Vice Director Woll West Gulf Division Director Woolweaver Congratulations to all. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary, ARRL

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[arrl-odv:21944] Delta Division Vice Director Appointed
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

President Craigie has appointed Ed Hudgens, WB4RHQ of Nashville, TN to fill the vacancy created by Glen Clayton's resignation as Delta Division Vice Director. Ed's appointment is for the balance of the term that expires January 1, 2015. He recently retired after a career in electrical engineering. Ed's arrl.org account and access to arrl-odv will be activated shortly. In the meantime he can be reached at wb4rhq(a)arrl.net. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21943] Candidates
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

The following candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director have been nominated for the term beginning at noon January 1, 2014 and expiring at noon on January 1, 2017: PACIFIC DIVISION For Director: Bob Vallio, W6RGG For Vice Director: Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION For Director: Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT For Vice Director: Dwayne Allen, WY7FD SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION For Director: Doug Rehman, K4AC and Greg Sarratt, W4OZK For Vice Director: George Hawrysko, K4AWA and Jim Millsap, WB4NWS SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION For Director: Dick Norton, N6AA For Vice Director: Marty Woll, N6VI WEST GULF DIVISION For Director: David Woolweaver, K5RAV For Vice Director: John Robert Stratton, N5AUS The Ethics and Elections Committee has certified the eligibility of Messrs. Vallio, Tiemstra, Mileshosky, Allen, Hawrysko, Norton, Woll, and Dr. Woolweaver. Eligibility review of Messrs. Rehman, Sarratt, Millsap and Stratton is in process. With no other candidates having been nominated for their offices, the following are declared re-elected for the 2014-2016 term: Pacific Division Director Vallio and Vice Director Tiemstra Rocky Mountain Division Director Mileshosky and Vice Director Allen Southwestern Division Director Norton and Vice Director Woll West Gulf Division Director Woolweaver Congratulations to all. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary, ARRL

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[arrl-odv:21942] 9A/K1ZZ
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

As noted in the IN Newsletter that was just distributed, I will be taking a vacation (PTO) day tomorrow (Friday) and will be heading to Cape Cod with Linda to activate KA1ZD in the 10 GHz contest over the weekend. Next week I will be In the office Monday and Tuesday. After that Linda and I will be in transit to and through Germany, Slovenia and Serbia, arriving in Croatia on August 31 for a week's vacation on the Adriatic coast. I expect to be on the air signing 9A/K1ZZ but sorry, no IOTA credit - the island we'll be on (Murter) is too close to the mainland. Email access will be very limited from August 21 through September 8. I expect to have quite a pile to work through when I get back to the office September 9. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:21941] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

<<081413.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 36, No. 34 August 14, 2013 -- Covers the period August 4-10. Upcoming Meetings and Events Executive Committee: October 5 @ 8:30am - Denver, CO Director/Vice Director Elections November 15 LoTW Study Committee November 15 @ 9:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee November 16 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Media & Public Relations Reported by Sean Kutzko, KX9X I discovered the city of West Carthage, NY has a tower ordinance planning meeting scheduled for August 19. ARRL Regulatory Information Manager Dan Henderson and Northern New York Section Manager Thomas Dick, KF2GC were informed. The PR Committee approved the idea of petitioning Google for an ARRL "Google Doodle" related to the ARRL's Centennial Convention. A Google Doodle is a special drawing on Google's search engine page. I drafted a letter asking for the Google Doodle, which the PR Committee approved. Plans are to ask those subscribed to the ARRL PR reflector to use the document as part of an email campaign for the Doodle. I met with Education Manager Debra Johnson about the lack of ARRL publicity during ARISS QSOs. I am working on ideas, including asking PIOs to be present during an ARISS QSO to explain Amateur Radio's role. Allen Pitts continued work with on the Centennial Video project and the "I AM The ARRL" video project. I distributed 2 packets of materials for Amateur radio presentations made in California and Maryland. Development Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD Development offers two new benefits to members at the Platinum and Director levels of the Diamond Club ($2,500 and higher): specially designed personalized QSL cards and a complimentary personalized 2014 ARRL Centennial Edition of the Handbook. Emails were sent out this week to current Diamond Club members at this level. To view the new Diamond Club QSL card, go to: http://www.arrl.org/the-arrl-diamond-club. Members of the Maxim Society are also eligible to receive personalized QSL cards. To view the new Maxim Society QSL card, go to: http://www.arrl.org/maxim-society. Special thanks to Di Szlachetka, Dave Patton and Marketing for helping to provide these benefits to our most generous donors. A solicitation mailing to 75,000 ARRL members for the Education and Technology Fund is planned for early September. Results from the Spectrum Defense solicitation mailing in July continue to be strong, and a reminder e-blast is planned for later this week. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI Product Review Bob Allison completed testing of a dual band, VHF/UHF FM mobile transceiver. This particular make and model was the second unit tested by the Lab; the first unit was not quite compliant with FCC emission standards and it had a functioning scrambler. These issues were communicated to the distributor and the distributor contacted the manufacturer. The manufacturer made improvements to the harmonic filters and disabled the scrambler. All transceivers of this make and model now have these improvements. The transceiver tested has been passed along to the reviewer and the test data passed along to the distributor to share with the manufacturer. Bob Allison completed testing of a VHF Handheld Transceiver for Product Review. Bob Allison attempted to load software that runs a software defined HF transceiver, only to determine the Lab's screen room utility computer was too outdated to run the software. Thanks to the IT department and Andy Sheffrin, a new Windows 7 PC has been ordered. Bob Allison has signed up to review another transceiver kit; an 80 meter 5 Watt SSB/CW transceiver, which will be built at his home this fall on the dining room table (thanks , Kathy). May, 2013 QST featured a transceiver kit that Bob built, tested and reviewed that received positive feedback from our members. RFI Mike Gruber completed a report for the two engineering representatives from the Eaton Company. They will be here on the afternoon of August 14. The purpose of this meeting will be to show and discuss immunity problems with the Eaton AFCI Circuit breakers. Mike Gruber conducted an on-site RFI investigation with the assistance of Bob Meneguzzo, K1YO in Agawam, MA. The primary source that we located was a consumer device in an overhead apartment unit. We were not able to gain access or cooperation from the upstairs renter so unable to pinpoint the device. Power line noise was also a secondary source. Mike discovered that Bob has expertise with medical devices-he agreed to help us with our Medical Devices RFI page. With the assistance of Lori Kosier, Mike Gruber purchased a non-consumer fluorescent light ballast from a nearby Home Depot. Ms. Kosier made it clear that the device was to be used in a residential environment at the time of purchase. Mike then generated a report and forwarded to Ed Hare concerning the circumstances of this report. Electronic Publications Zack Lau has been fielding questions on Travelplus GPS-the biggest issue seems to be finding the Extras icon on GPS receivers. Users have to learn how to use the scroll button to find it. Web Mike Gruber made some updates and revisions to the RFI Web pages. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 1 Week Logbook Processing Time 3-5 Business Days Field Organization/Public Service Team Chuck Skolaut compiled and forwarded the monthly ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch report to the IARU Region 2 Monitoring Coordinator. The FCC was updated on a situation regarding a General Class licensee who continues to operate outside of his band privileges. Several reports of an unidentified RTTY signal on 14.290 MHz were received and are being checked out. Chuck filled in at W1AW for vacationing staff. He conducted the morning code practice runs this past week and hosted a number of guest operators. Leona Adams received nominating petitions for Tennessee Section Manager Ketih Miller, N9DGK, and for Alabama Section Manager David Drummond, W4MD. Both are running for new terms of office for their respective sections that begin on January 1, 2014. Petitions for this Section Manager election cycle are due at Headquarters by September 6. Field Organization reports for July activities have begun to flow into Headquarters, and editorial preparations for this column of QST are underway for the October issue. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 9/2 Holiday Allison Barbieri 8/19-8/23 PTO Joe Carcia 8/16 PTO `` 8/23 PTO `` 8/30 PTO Steve Ford 8/26-8/30 PTO `` 9/5 PTO Mike Gruber 8/26-8/30 PTO `` 9/30-10/4 PTO Gail Iannone 8/22-8/30 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 8/12-8/14 PTO `` 8/16-8/19 Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 8/30-9/2 North Carolina Section Convention, Shelby, NC Debra Johnson 8/12-8/16 PTO `` 8/30 PTO Harold Kramer 8/16-8/18 Alabama State Convention, Huntsville AL `` 8/23-8/27 PTO Monique Levesque 8/12-8/16 PTO Diane Petrilli 9/20-9/30 PTO Barry Shelley 8/12-8/26 PTO Chuck Skolaut 8/17-8/26 Kansas State Convention, Salina, KS/PTO Dave Sumner 8/16 PTO `` 8/21-9/8 PTO `` 9/20-9/28 IARU Region 2 Conference, Cancun, Mexico

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