May 2015 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:24274] Simplification
by Dwayne Allen 18 May '15

18 May '15

As many of you know, traveling about the country people often ask if Katie is with me. The conversation usually goes like this... "Hey Dwayne. How are you?" (then, without even allowing time for a reply) "Is Katie here?" (they ALWAYS wait for that answer). So it has become apparent to me that this problem is not confined solely to the BOD family. During Dayton, this problem reached its apex. To simplify things, the Sign Man Of Baton Rouge came to my rescue. For the BOD family members that did not see me at Dayton this year, I am sending this missive. At future events, I will be wearing one of the two badges that are pictured in the attached photo. 73, WY7FD, Dwayne

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[arrl-odv:24277] 35 Years ago
by Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX 18 May '15

18 May '15

Here in the NW we have had a few memorable events. Enjoy: http://webitnw.com/w7w/ 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director

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[arrl-odv:24273] FCC wishes to move
by Dr. David Woolweaver 14 May '15

14 May '15

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/fcc-seeks-51-million-headq…

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[arrl-odv:24272] HR 1301 cosponsor count now at 55
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 13 May '15

13 May '15

With the House back in session, five more names have been added to the list of HR 1301 cosponsors: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15] Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:24271] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 12 May '15

12 May '15

IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 16 May 13, 2015 - Covers the period May 3-9. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events LoTW Study Committee July 15 @ 9:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee July 16 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee July 16 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Second Board Meeting July 17-18 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY The commemorative booklet about the W1AW portable operations is at the printer. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R A digital photo album<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153014309012408.1073741873.2006…> has been posted to the ARRL Facebook page, to share our photos from ARRL EXPO at Dayton Hamvention(r). The album is linked from the ARRL website homepage. Jackie Ferreira reports that an email featuring ARRL EXPO at Dayton Hamvention(r) is being prepared for distribution this week-promoting membership, new publications, and more. Yvette Vinci prepared the email notification for the June 2015 digital edition of QST, distributed to ARRL members on Friday, May 8. The distribution list included 120,271 members. Diane Petrilli is preparing materials for our exhibit at SEA-PAC, the ARRL Northwestern Division Convention which will be held June 5-7 in Seaside, Oregon. Materials have also been supplied to help promote membership at Ham-Com, the West Gulf Division Convention June 12-13. Ham-Com has relocated its annual convention from Plano to Irving, Texas at the larger Irving Convention Center. New editions of The ARRL General Class License Manual and ARRL's General Q&A are now available as e-books from Amazon's Kindle store. Now shipping: Propagation and Radio Science<http://www.arrl.org/shop/Propagation-and-Radio-Science/>, by Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ and published by ARRL. In addition to the print edition, a Kindle e-book version will be introduced this week. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 5/8/2015 923 326 5/1/2015 1,086 471 4/24/2015 1,146 974 4/17/2015 1,104 1,061 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 4 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 2-4 Business Days Number of Centennial applications processed: Centennial Challenge QSO 1768 W1AW/WAS 1263 W1AW On Friday, May 8, Mat Strelow, KC1XX, and Andrew Toth both of XX Towers Inc. were on hand to perform the Spring W1AW/W1HQ antenna and tower inspections. W1AW needed a few antennas to be reoriented and a few pine tree branches pruned away from the South tower. W1HQ required a turnbuckle on the 2-meter Satellite antenna's truss system to be replaced. Repairs were made to the connections for the D-STAR antennas as well. Overall, inspections to both stations revealed nothing of any significance. In addition to preparing for the antenna inspections, Joe also updated the regular CW practice QST source page and processed a few regular QSL card requests. Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the week. Field Organization/Public Service Team Nancy McCain, K5NLM, of Fort Worth, Texas, has been appointed the North Texas Section Manager as of May 1. Dave Patton, NN1N, made the appointment after Chris Brewer, N5GMJ, announced his resignation because of the work and family commitments. Dave reviewed Chris Brewer's recommendation and consulted with West Gulf Division Director Dr David Woolweaver before making the appointment official. Brewer, of Saginaw, has been the North Texas Section Manager since April 30, 2013. Nancy McCain will complete the current term of office as North Texas Section Manager that continues nearly two full years until March 31, 2017. Leona Adams report that Georgia Section Manager Gene Clark, W4AYK, has been nominated and South Texas Section Manager Lee Cooper, W5LHC, has also been nominated to run for a new terms of office in their respective sections. Nominating petitions are due by June 5 for this election cycle and the new terms will begin October 1. Chuck Skolaut compiled and forwarded the monthly ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch report to the IARU Region 2 Monitoring Coordinator. An update was received on 6 meter interference in Oregon and the Connecticut OOC is gathering equipment to direction find reported interference on 6 meters in Burlington, Connecticut. Several reports were received of Over the Horizon Radars being heard on 10 meters. An Illinois station reported that what he first thought were just carriers on 7000.7 kHz and 7000.87 kHz were actually QRSS "squarer" beacons running approximately 200 milliwatts. One is in Oklahoma, and the other one is in New Mexico. QRSS beacons use very slow CW to enable copying below the audible noise floor. QRP is often heard over great distances! Questions fielded involved reciprocal licenses, antenna zoning, amateur frequencies and operating overseas. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 5/25 Holiday All Staff 7/3 Holiday Leona Adams 5/22 PTO Bob Allison 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Joe Carcia 5/22 PTO Lauren Clarke 5/15-5/19 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH/PTO `` 5/26-5/27 PTO Mike Corey 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Ewald 5/14-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Trish Feeney 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Jacqueline Ferreira 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Ford 5/14-5/19 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH/PTO Norm Fusaro 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Scott Gee 5/14-5/15 PTO Amanda Grimaldi 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Mike Gruber 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/1-6/5 PTO `` 7/20-7/24 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/28-10/2 PTO Ed Hare 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Dan Henderson 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/26-5/29 PTO `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Ian Humphreys 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Bob Inderbitzen 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 8/7-8/9 South Texas Section convention, Austin, TX Karen Isakson 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Debra Johnson 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Harold Kramer 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR `` 6/19-6/26 PTO `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Sean Kutzko 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/22 PTO Kim McNeill 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Cassandra Parkman 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Dave Patton 7/24-7/26 Oklahoma Section Convention, Oklahoma City, OK Diane Petrilli 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Brennan Price 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Michael Scharr 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Becky Schoenfeld 5/22 PTO Barry Shelley 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Dave Sumner 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/26-6/5 PTO `` 6/11-6/14 West Gulf Division Convention, Irving, TX `` 6/23-6/29 Friedrichshafen Convention, Germany `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Yvette Vinci 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Matt Wilhelm 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH

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[arrl-odv:24270] Centennial awards issue
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 12 May '15

12 May '15

The purpose of this message is to apprise the Board of an issue related to credit card charges for a substantial number of applications submitted for Centennial awards. When the window to apply for Centennial awards was opened on March 25, applications and credit card charges flowed smoothly. However, beginning on April 4 an error resulted in credit cards not being charged. The error was caught in the end-of-month reconciliation of accounts on May 4. While no credit cards were charged for applications received during this period, most of the applications were fulfilled. The total amount at issue was approximately $18,000. Despite not retaining credit card information, we were able to identify those individuals with customer profiles already in our system and apply the appropriate charges accordingly. This accounted for approximately $7,000. Of the remaining 517 applications, 375 have been fulfilled without payment, representing approximately $8,000, and 143 have yet to be fulfilled. We are in the process of reaching out to these individuals directly via e-mail, explaining the situation, apologizing for the inconvenience, and asking them to resubmit their applications including payment information. The e-mails are scheduled to be sent tomorrow (Tuesday). For verification purposes the e-mails will include a specific name and phone number for people to contact. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:24269] HT Testing Help
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 11 May '15

11 May '15

Hi, We are looking for a few volunteers to assist the Lab with its HT testing program at Dayton. Due to some last minute cancellations, we need some help during 5 - 4 hour shifts. The job is administrative, that is, meet and greet, and help with running the printer. The Lab guys will do the actual testing. Please let me know if you are interested in helping. Regards/73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B ARRL Chief Operating Officer 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:24258] April 14 PSC meeting minutes
by Brian Mileshosky 11 May '15

11 May '15

Colleagues – For your situational awareness, please find attached UNAPPROVED minutes from PSC's April 14 meeting, prepared by Dan Henderson. They will be approved at our next (TBD) meeting. Something to bring to your attention. At our meeting in January, the full Board approved a rule to impose a transmitter and receiver co-location limitation intended to disallow (by honest people, anyway) the use of remote receivers if they were further than 500 meters away from the transmitter. The approved rule read as such: "9. All stations must be contacted from the same DXCC entity. The location of any station shall be defined as the location of the transmitter. For the purpose of DXCC credit, all transmitters and receivers must be located within a 500-meter diameter circle, excluding antennas. QSOs made with legally licensed, remotely controlled stations are allowed to be used for DXCC credit." Staff and PSC has received questions and feedback from DXers concerned that the third sentence of Rule 9 (that beginning with "For the purpose..."), if read literally, disallows DXCC credit for any QSOs made from anywhere outside of a 500 meter circle, whether using remote control, or from previous or additional QTHs. Obviously that was not the intention of the rule at all. During its April meeting, PSC decided to tweak/clarify Rule 9 to remove any further unintended abiguity/confusion/angst. The revised language is found in the meeting minutes, which leads me to this question: PSC does not believe the intended fit, form, or function of Rule 9 was altered by its tweak. Would anyone object to giving staff a green light to apply this clarification to the official rules as-is, as opposed to waiting until July to approve it as a full Board? Thanks and 73, Brian N5ZGT

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[arrl-odv:24266] LoTW is down?
by David Norris 09 May '15

09 May '15

LoTW appears to be down. I've been in and out so much did I miss something? 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division ARRL The National Association for Amateur RadioTM

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[arrl-odv:24264] LoTW
by Bob Vallio 08 May '15

08 May '15

Seems to have stopped updating the queue status at 0259Z, and stopped processing logs at 0059Z. My login attempts are met with the following: Fatal error: initializeLOTWDB: -9807 - Too many users (task limit): General database error [initializeLOTWDB: -9807 - Too many users (task limit)] I'm sure it will be restarted in the morning, and nothing will be found as the cause. My, oh my... Bob -- W6RGG

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