March 2014 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:22555] FW: Reminder: Due March 30: ARRL Team registration for Dayton Hamvention: http://www.arrl.org/Dayton-Hamvention-ARRL-Team-Registration
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

I am forwarding this on behalf of Bob Inderbitzen. 73, Harold From: Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:54 PM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Subject: Reminder: Due March 30: ARRL Team registration for Dayton Hamvention: http://www.arrl.org/Dayton-Hamvention-ARRL-Team-Registration To: ARRL Officers, Directors and Vice Directors attending Dayton Hamvention, May 16-18, 2014 We are beginning to plan ARRL's large exhibit area, ARRL EXPO, for this year's Dayton Hamvention. This event makes the most of many staff and ARRL Field Organization volunteers to be successful. ARRL Board officials may volunteer as part of the big ARRL Dayton Team. Volunteers will each receive an ARRL exhibitor's badge (in lieu of purchasing a Hamvention ticket), lunch on Friday and Saturday, and ARRL team shirts. If you're interested in volunteering, please complete and submit this online registration form by March 30: http://www.arrl.org/Dayton-Hamvention-ARRL-Team-Registration. The online registration form will help us organize room reservations, badges, apparel and staffing for the event. Even if your plans are not entirely committed, please complete the form with your tentative information so we can develop counts for hotel bookings. The registration form should not be shared with anyone else. If you have a spouse, partner, or other family member accompanying you-and they're interested in volunteering with you-please have them complete a registration form, too (be sure they mention your participation, so we can associate their registration with your own). This year's hotel rooming block is again at the Courtyard Marriott Dayton, near the University of Dayton, 2006 Edwin C Moses Boulevard * Dayton, Ohio 45417. You must provide a credit card for booking: Single (King) - $129, Double - $134; plus taxes (currently ~ 13.25%). Includes 1 breakfast per room and Guest Room Wireless Internet. Please note: Travel expenses for this event are not reimbursable (with the exception of the local Director and Vice Director). Exhibit and Program Organizers: Radiosport/DXCC - David Patton, NN1N Public Service - Mike Corey, KI1U Youth Activities - Megan McClellan, K5MEM VEC - Amanda Grimaldi, KB1VUV ARRL News & Publications - Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY Education - Mark Spencer, WA8SME Lab - Bob Allison, WB1GCM Sales & Membership - Yvette Vinci, KC1AIM TravelPlus - Al Ambrose, N8DHF Development and Foundation - Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD Second Century Campaign - Mary Hobart, K1MMH ARRL @ Dayton Hamvention Coordinator - Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Thank you for your cooperation. Please contact me if you have any questions. 73, Margie, KB1DCO mbourgoin(a)arrl.org<mailto:mbourgoin@arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:22554] Systems Back Up
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

The maintenance has been completed and all systems are back up and running. 73, Barry, N1VXY Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

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[arrl-odv:22552] Maintenance outage announcement is now posted on arrl.org
by Bob Vallio 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

Thank you, Barry.

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[arrl-odv:22550] Systems Maintenance Tonight
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

During routine maintenance of the ARRL's virtual server environment by our outside hardware vendor today a condition that requires immediate attention was identified. As such we will be taking the virtual server environment at Headquarters down from 7 pm to 10 pm EDT tonight. Systems that will be affected include general e-mail, reflectors, the bulk mail system, LoTW, On-line DXCC and the Centennial QSO Party web site. E-mail will be queued during the downtime. I will send another message once everything is back up later tonight. 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:22549] FCC Chairman Wheeler's budget testimony
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

Note in particular the paragraph on page 2 that begins with "These cost reductions had real consequences" and deals with enforcement. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:22545] FW: [dxlab] Warning: Crimea
by Doug Rehman 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

The response was predictable. Remind me again, this is a hobby, right? Doug K4AC -----Original Message----- From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:w4tv@subich.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:32 PM To: k4ac Subject: Re: [dxlab] Warning: Crimea Doug, Pardon my bluntness but that's bullshit! It essentially says a station signing UF6V in Abkhazia can be worked for Russia even though Abkhazi is sovereign Georgian territory (in rebellion) - the same for Crimea. Similarly, if the Turkish government were to issue, for the sake of argument, TA0 calls in Northern Cyprus (since there is not enough separation from the mainland to consider it a separate DXCC Entity) and those stations said "Cyprus Province" of Turkey instead of "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" *they* would count for Turkey. The answer is *CRAP* and treats Crimea (as well as potentially Abkhazia and S. Ossetia) differently than Kosovo and TRNC. It would also recognize Moroccan claims in Western Sahara - again a case in which Crimea is being treated differently. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/25/2014 9:46 PM, Doug Rehman wrote: > Joe: > > Below is the response. > > 73, > Doug > K4AC > > > Upon request of the CEO, Awards committee evaluated the situation at present in Crimea against the DXCC rules. As the interpreter of the rules, the following is the Awards Committee’s decision on how to “count” QSOs with stations operating from Crimea. > > Crimea is not a DXCC entity. Neither Russia nor Ukraine is a rare entity and the vast majority of confirmations used for DXCC credit for either entity do not involve Crimea. > > DXCC Rule 4 reads: > "4. Confirmation data for two-way communications must include the call signs of both stations, the entity name as shown in the DXCC List, mode, date, time and band. Except as permitted in Rule 1, cross-mode contacts are not permitted for DXCC credits. Confirmations not containing all required information may be rejected." > > A QSL with a call sign issued by the administration of Ukraine and showing the entity name as Ukraine counts as Ukraine. > > A QSL with a call sign issued by the administration of Russia and showing the entity name as Russia counts as Russia. > > A QSL that satisfies neither condition does not count for either entity. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:w4tv@subich.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:00 AM > To: k4ac > Subject: Fwd: [dxlab] Warning: Crimea > > > Doug, > > Any reply from NC1L? It's been more than a week since Russia annexed Crimea and plenty of time to announce that the rules will be followed. > > If they're not going to announce that the rules will be followed, when are they going to add Kosovo, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Abkhazia (UF6V) and S. Ossetia all of which are similar "disputed territory" to the DXCC list? > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Fwd: [dxlab] Warning: Crimea > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:25:42 -0400 > From: Joe Subich, W4TV <lists(a)subich.com> > To: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> > > > > Doug, > > When is the ARRL DXCC Desk going to follow the rules and announce that stations in Crimea no longer count for DXCC? > > Rues are rules - failure to enforce them to the letter returns the DXCC program to the "bad old days" of Baldwin's reef, etc. > > 73, > ... Joe, W4TV > > ===================================================================== > > Consistent with the rules of DXCC, effective with the annexation of Crimea by Russia today [Tuesday], Crimea in occupied territory or an area "in rebellion" against the lawful government. As is the case in other disputed areas like the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Kosovo, Russian enclaves (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) in Georgia, etc., contacts with stations in those areas should not count for DXCC. > > Pending official word from the DXCC desk, Ukrainian callsigns with 'J' as the first letter of the suffix will be removed from the next version of the DXCC database used by DXLab Suite. The call signs effected begin with UR#J through UZ#J, EM#J through EO#J, and U5J. > > When announced by Russia, the block(s) of Russian callsigns assigned to the "Crimea Oblast" will also be removed from the Russian entries in the DXCC database used by DXLab Suite. > > LotW will need to cancel certificates for any calls in the effected blocks and eQSL.cc will need to apply end dates to any accounts for the same calls. > > ====================================================================== > > >

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[arrl-odv:22544] FCC Chairman Wheeler and spectrum sharing
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Yesterday FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler delivered a speech in which he laid out his philosophy of spectrum sharing. It's on page 3 of the attachment. While the 3.5 GHz band is not an amateur allocation, we probably should expect to see the philosophy reflected in Commission proposals for other parts of the microwave spectrum. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:22542] FW: [dxlab] Warning: Crimea
by Doug Rehman 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Dave: Can you give me an "official" statement about how Crimea is being handled please—I'm certain whatever I send to him will wind up plastered around the Internet. Thanks & 73, Doug Doug Rehman, K4AC Director Southeastern Division ARRL—The National Association for Amateur Radio® doug(a)k4ac.com www.arrlse.org www.facebook.com/arrlse -----Original Message----- From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:w4tv@subich.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:00 AM To: k4ac Subject: Fwd: [dxlab] Warning: Crimea Doug, Any reply from NC1L? It's been more than a week since Russia annexed Crimea and plenty of time to announce that the rules will be followed. If they're not going to announce that the rules will be followed, when are they going to add Kosovo, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Abkhazia (UF6V) and S. Ossetia all of which are similar "disputed territory" to the DXCC list? 73, ... Joe, W4TV -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: [dxlab] Warning: Crimea Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:25:42 -0400 From: Joe Subich, W4TV <lists(a)subich.com> To: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Doug, When is the ARRL DXCC Desk going to follow the rules and announce that stations in Crimea no longer count for DXCC? Rues are rules - failure to enforce them to the letter returns the DXCC program to the "bad old days" of Baldwin's reef, etc. 73, ... Joe, W4TV ===================================================================== Consistent with the rules of DXCC, effective with the annexation of Crimea by Russia today [Tuesday], Crimea in occupied territory or an area "in rebellion" against the lawful government. As is the case in other disputed areas like the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Kosovo, Russian enclaves (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) in Georgia, etc., contacts with stations in those areas should not count for DXCC. Pending official word from the DXCC desk, Ukrainian callsigns with 'J' as the first letter of the suffix will be removed from the next version of the DXCC database used by DXLab Suite. The call signs effected begin with UR#J through UZ#J, EM#J through EO#J, and U5J. When announced by Russia, the block(s) of Russian callsigns assigned to the "Crimea Oblast" will also be removed from the Russian entries in the DXCC database used by DXLab Suite. LotW will need to cancel certificates for any calls in the effected blocks and eQSL.cc will need to apply end dates to any accounts for the same calls. ======================================================================

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[arrl-odv:22525] Look at that...
by Tom Frenaye 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

New Triple Play WAS Award winners: Carter Craigie, N3AO #1055 2014-03-20 Kay Craigie, N3KN #1054 2014-03-20 Congrats! -- 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:22539] NC Section Convention trip report
by Kay Craigie 23 Mar '14

23 Mar '14

The subject line is self-explanatory. 73 - Kay N3KN

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