October 2015 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:24762] Fwd: [radio_pack] Amateur Radio - a 21st Century Hobby
by Bob Vallio 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

This was sent to me by someone in my Division. Quite a nice job. 73, Bob -- W6RGG https://youtu.be/8x6x_6mDVlQ[youtu.be] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_8x6x-5F6mDVlQ…>

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[arrl-odv:24759] 146.52 MHz
by James F. Boehner MD 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Agreed! 146.52 is rarely used/monitored anymore. Someone depending on 52 to summon aid is a little far-fetched in current times. Doug, thanks for a great response. I’ll tuck this away for any complaints on this matter that I receive (None yet). ’73 de JIM N2ZZ Director – Roanoke Division Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio™ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of G Widin Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 5:20 PM To: Doug Rehman Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24754] Re: FW: 146.52 MHz Doug, Good, well-reasoned argument. I will steal from it liberally if I receive the same question (though I have not). Tnx es 73, Greg, K0GW On Monday, October 26, 2015, Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> wrote: At least one other Director has been contacted by a member of their Division that is upset that the change to allow contest use of 146.52 MHz will destroy the ability of amateurs needing assistance to get it. Beyond the obviously contrived set of facts it would take for me to consider 52 to be a viable place to look for assistance in the 21st century, below is the response that I sent to the member in my Division that I believe is spearheading the Save 52 movement. What is particularly worth noting is the thread that he started on QRZ.com (link below) which backfired on him as the vast majority of responders think it is a good idea or don’t see a problem with it. I expect that many of you will receive communications either from the member in my Division (W4FM), or from someone carrying his flag. Doug K4AC Hi Rodger: Chris has forwarded your concerns to me about the recent decision to allow contest operation on 146.52 MHz. I understand and appreciate your concerns about keeping 146.52 MHz free from contesting, but I respectfully disagree. In my travels around the Division I usually monitor 52 and have announced that I am listening with very rare contacts. This experience is typical for everyone I know. Two or three decades ago there was much more activity on two meters and significantly more on 52. There are only a handful of ARRL VHF contests so the number of hours of potential usage of 52 is very limited. As someone that has participated in VHF/UHF/Microwave contesting, I believe that your concerns are misguided about someone needing assistance on 52 when a contest is going on. All of the VHF+ contesters I know would immediately suspend their contesting activity to render whatever assistance they could. With the exception of 6 meters when there is a good opening, VHF contests are not marked with beginning to end contacts; losing some time to assisting someone on .52 is not going affect a VHF+ contest operation. I’ve read the comments made to your posting on QRZ.com, https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/save-146-52-simplex-from-contester…, and see that the clear majority of the comments are in favor of contest use of 52. This is one change in a bigger revitalization attempt for V/U/M. We have been making changes and observing the effects in subsequent contests. The results of the decision concerning 52 will be observed so that we can see what effects it has. 73, Doug Doug Rehman, K4AC Director Southeastern Division ARRL—The National Association for Amateur Radio® doug(a)k4ac.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','doug(a)k4ac.com');> www.arrlse.org <http://www.arrlse.org/> www.facebook.com/arrlse

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[arrl-odv:24760] 146.52 MHz
by Dr. David Woolweaver 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

I just returned from attending the ARRL Oklahoma State Convention. No one mentioned 146.52 in the ARRL forum Q&A or at the booth. I hope all others will enjoy the same experience. Thanks to Doug for providing a sound response just in case. David

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[arrl-odv:24752] FW: 146.52 MHz
by Doug Rehman 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

At least one other Director has been contacted by a member of their Division that is upset that the change to allow contest use of 146.52 MHz will destroy the ability of amateurs needing assistance to get it. Beyond the obviously contrived set of facts it would take for me to consider 52 to be a viable place to look for assistance in the 21st century, below is the response that I sent to the member in my Division that I believe is spearheading the Save 52 movement. What is particularly worth noting is the thread that he started on QRZ.com (link below) which backfired on him as the vast majority of responders think it is a good idea or don't see a problem with it. I expect that many of you will receive communications either from the member in my Division (W4FM), or from someone carrying his flag. Doug K4AC Hi Rodger: Chris has forwarded your concerns to me about the recent decision to allow contest operation on 146.52 MHz. I understand and appreciate your concerns about keeping 146.52 MHz free from contesting, but I respectfully disagree. In my travels around the Division I usually monitor 52 and have announced that I am listening with very rare contacts. This experience is typical for everyone I know. Two or three decades ago there was much more activity on two meters and significantly more on 52. There are only a handful of ARRL VHF contests so the number of hours of potential usage of 52 is very limited. As someone that has participated in VHF/UHF/Microwave contesting, I believe that your concerns are misguided about someone needing assistance on 52 when a contest is going on. All of the VHF+ contesters I know would immediately suspend their contesting activity to render whatever assistance they could. With the exception of 6 meters when there is a good opening, VHF contests are not marked with beginning to end contacts; losing some time to assisting someone on .52 is not going affect a VHF+ contest operation. I've read the comments made to your posting on QRZ.com, https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/save-146-52-simplex-from-contesters -use.497734/, and see that the clear majority of the comments are in favor of contest use of 52. This is one change in a bigger revitalization attempt for V/U/M. We have been making changes and observing the effects in subsequent contests. The results of the decision concerning 52 will be observed so that we can see what effects it has. 73, Doug Doug Rehman, K4AC Director Southeastern Division ARRL-The National Association for Amateur RadioR <mailto:doug@k4ac.com> doug(a)k4ac.com <http://www.arrlse.org/> www.arrlse.org <http://www.facebook.com/arrlse> www.facebook.com/arrlse

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[arrl-odv:24755] Re: FW: 146.52 MHz
by nwdvd 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Don't forget to take into consideration the 'wilderness protocol' published in the ARES Field Resource Manual 73, Jim Sent from Jim's Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: Brian Mileshosky <n5zgt(a)swcp.com> Date:10/26/2015 2:19 PM (GMT-08:00) To: arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:24753] Re: FW: 146.52 MHz Good response, Doug. I too have traveled a ton via road and have always made a point to periodically announce my presence on 146.52, certainly when within a town or city. In the last 10 years I can count on (maybe half of?) a single hand the number of people who called me back, or random people I bumped into on .52 who were already in QSO with someone else. Numerous other hams who I've talked to have had similar experiences, which says something. That, coupled with just 5 weekends of relevant contests out of 52 weekends in a year, doesn't rise to the level of being a huge concern in my view, and the majority of posters on QRZ seem to have a similar take. That said, we (PSC) will rightfully work with staff to observe the implementation of .52's permitted use in these contests going forward and handle any issues that are brought forward. 73, Brian N5ZGT On 2015-10-26 14:54, Doug Rehman wrote: At least one other Director has been contacted by a member of their Division that is upset that the change to allow contest use of 146.52 MHz will destroy the ability of amateurs needing assistance to get it. Beyond the obviously contrived set of facts it would take for me to consider 52 to be a viable place to look for assistance in the 21st century, below is the response that I sent to the member in my Division that I believe is spearheading the Save 52 movement. What is particularly worth noting is the thread that he started on QRZ.com (link below) which backfired on him as the vast majority of responders think it is a good idea or don’t see a problem with it. I expect that many of you will receive communications either from the member in my Division (W4FM), or from someone carrying his flag. Doug K4AC Hi Rodger: Chris has forwarded your concerns to me about the recent decision to allow contest operation on 146.52 MHz. I understand and appreciate your concerns about keeping 146.52 MHz free from contesting, but I respectfully disagree. In my travels around the Division I usually monitor 52 and have announced that I am listening with very rare contacts. This experience is typical for everyone I know. Two or three decades ago there was much more activity on two meters and significantly more on 52. There are only a handful of ARRL VHF contests so the number of hours of potential usage of 52 is very limited. As someone that has participated in VHF/UHF/Microwave contesting, I believe that your concerns are misguided about someone needing assistance on 52 when a contest is going on. All of the VHF+ contesters I know would immediately suspend their contesting activity to render whatever assistance they could. With the exception of 6 meters when there is a good opening, VHF contests are not marked with beginning to end contacts; losing some time to assisting someone on .52 is not going affect a VHF+ contest operation. I’ve read the comments made to your posting on QRZ.com, https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/save-146-52-simplex-from-contester…, and see that the clear majority of the comments are in favor of contest use of 52. This is one change in a bigger revitalization attempt for V/U/M. We have been making changes and observing the effects in subsequent contests. The results of the decision concerning 52 will be observed so that we can see what effects it has. 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 _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:24756] Re: FW: 146.52 MHz
by nwdvd 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Good response Doug 73, Jim Sent from Jim's Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: G Widin <gpwidin(a)comcast.net> Date:10/26/2015 2:20 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:24754] Re: FW: 146.52 MHz Doug, Good, well-reasoned argument. I will steal from it liberally if I receive the same question (though I have not). Tnx es 73, Greg, K0GW On Monday, October 26, 2015, Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> wrote: At least one other Director has been contacted by a member of their Division that is upset that the change to allow contest use of 146.52 MHz will destroy the ability of amateurs needing assistance to get it. Beyond the obviously contrived set of facts it would take for me to consider 52 to be a viable place to look for assistance in the 21st century, below is the response that I sent to the member in my Division that I believe is spearheading the Save 52 movement. What is particularly worth noting is the thread that he started on QRZ.com (link below) which backfired on him as the vast majority of responders think it is a good idea or don’t see a problem with it. I expect that many of you will receive communications either from the member in my Division (W4FM), or from someone carrying his flag. Doug K4AC Hi Rodger: Chris has forwarded your concerns to me about the recent decision to allow contest operation on 146.52 MHz. I understand and appreciate your concerns about keeping 146.52 MHz free from contesting, but I respectfully disagree. In my travels around the Division I usually monitor 52 and have announced that I am listening with very rare contacts. This experience is typical for everyone I know. Two or three decades ago there was much more activity on two meters and significantly more on 52. There are only a handful of ARRL VHF contests so the number of hours of potential usage of 52 is very limited. As someone that has participated in VHF/UHF/Microwave contesting, I believe that your concerns are misguided about someone needing assistance on 52 when a contest is going on. All of the VHF+ contesters I know would immediately suspend their contesting activity to render whatever assistance they could. With the exception of 6 meters when there is a good opening, VHF contests are not marked with beginning to end contacts; losing some time to assisting someone on .52 is not going affect a VHF+ contest operation. I’ve read the comments made to your posting on QRZ.com, https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/save-146-52-simplex-from-contester…, and see that the clear majority of the comments are in favor of contest use of 52. This is one change in a bigger revitalization attempt for V/U/M. We have been making changes and observing the effects in subsequent contests. The results of the decision concerning 52 will be observed so that we can see what effects it has. 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

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[arrl-odv:24751] House districts and letters forwarded
by Kay Craigie 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Dan Henderson has provided the following information about Congressional offices to which we have not forwarded letters. Five of the listed Congressmen/women have become co-sponsors anyway, likely because of other constituent contacts such as phone calls, e-mails, and letters sent but not via ARRL HQ. I know that's true of Pierluisi, for example. ARRL members in Puerto Rico got the job done on their own. The people on this list who are already co-sponsors are Westerman, Denham, Brown, Harper, and Pierluisi. If one or more of these Representatives have districts in your Division, please reach out to members and ask them to write letters now, c/o ARRL HQ. Dan further reports Lisa is shipping out the next batch of 1770 letters - 416 House & 1356 Senate. This make a total of 5695 House and 7052 Senate for 12,747 total. Dan says he expects to receive about 1,000 more letters soon generated at recent events. 73, Kay N3KN Query1 Totals ST Dist First Last 0 AR 4 Bruce Westerman 0 CA 10 Jeff Denham 0 CA 16 Jim Costa 0 CA 20 Sam Farr 0 CA 21 David Valado 0 FL 5 Corrine Brown 0 GA 5 John Lewis 0 IL 4 Luis Gutierrez 0 MO 4 Vicky Hartzler 0 MS 3 Gregg Harper 0 NY 7 Nydia Velazquez 0 NY 13 Charles Rangel 0 NY 15 Jose Serrano 0 PR 0 Pedro Pierluisi 0 WI 7 Sean Duffy

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[arrl-odv:24750] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 37 October 21, 2015 - Covers the period October 11-17. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events LoTW Study Committee November 13 @ 9:00am - ARRL HQ Administration & Finance Committee November 14 @ 8:30am - ARRL HQ Director/Vice Director Elections November 20 @ 9:00am - ARRL HQ Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 10/16/2015 1,787 696 Yvette Vinci prepared the email notification for the November 2015 digital edition of QST, distributed to ARRL members on Friday, October 9. The distribution list included 121,686 members. Diane Petrilli reports that a Columbus Day themed membership e-mailing brought in 40 members. A Halloween themed e-mail will be sent October 26. Responses to the October membership mailing, which hit the street on the 14th, are just starting to come in. ARRL National Parks on the Air official merchandise is now available<http://www.arrl.org/shop/National-Parks-On-The-Air/> for order. All items will begin shipping late October/early November. Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 1 Week Logbook Processing Time 1 Business Day Number of Centennial applications processed: Centennial Challenge QSO 2720 W1AW/WAS 1918 W1AW During Jamboree-On-The Air (JOTA) W1AW hosted twelve cub scouts, as well as their parents and troop leaders from Cub Scout Pack 347 in Newington, CT. In addition to a well-received, hands-on demonstration of "Old Betsy," the scouts also spoke with a ham in Port Elizabeth South Africa, and a ham in North Carolina. Each scout got a chance to say his name, pack number and rank. As part of the tour through W1AW, the cub scouts were also shown the "Boe-Bot" used for MAREA experiments http://www.arrl.org/marea. One of the den mothers was so impressed with the concept that she requested if her Pack may return in early 2016 for a live demonstration of MAREA. Joe hosted Cub Scout Pack 347. He also updated the web code practice files and their archives. Joe created the W1AW and West Coast 2016 Qualifying Run schedules. He began culling together the new equipment received that will be used in the ARISS "Go-Kit." Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the week. He also processed some VUCC applications and certificates. Field Organization/Public Service Team David Kaltenborn, N8KBC, of Chula Vista, California, has been nominated to run for the office of San Diego Section Manager. Leona Adams reports that Patrick Bunsold, WA6MHZ, has already been nominated so there will be an election this winter in the ARRL San Diego Section. The receipt deadline for petitions for this particular Section Manager election cycle is Friday, December 4, and the new terms of office for this cycle start April 1, 2016. Nominations for the George Hart Distinguished Service Award have been arriving at ARRL HQ. Announcements that nominations are open for this award as well as for the ARRL International Humanitarian Award have been circulated through ARRL news venues and Section wide communications. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 11/26-11/27 Holiday All Staff 12/25 Holiday Lauren Clarke 11/25 PTO `` 12/24 PTO Mike Corey 11/13-11/15 HamJam, Alpharetta, GA Steve Ewald 11/30-12/8 PTO Steve Ford 10/23 PTO `` 10/30 PTO Dan Henderson 11/23-11/25 PTO Debra Johnson 11/16 PTO `` 11/25 PTO Dave Sumner 10/23pm PTO `` 10/27pm PTO `` 11/9-11/11 WRC-15 IARU, Geneva Yvette Vinci 11/2-11/6 PTO

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[arrl-odv:24747] #107
by Kay Craigie 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Rep. Curt Clawson, FL-19, is the latest addition to the cosponsor list. Doug, will you please ask the members in that district to send him their thanks by e-mail or phone call? 73, Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:24746] CEOSC October Report
by Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

All: Please find attached the CEOSC report to the Board, for the month of October, 2015. 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director

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