August 2015 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:24587] FW: Letter count spreadsheets
by Kay Craigie 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

The attached spreadsheets were provided by Dan Henderson, and he asked that they be forwarded to the ODV. Although they have the same file name, they are different documents. One shows counts for S1685 and the other shows counts for HR1301. 73, Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:24585] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 26 August 5, 2015 - Covers the period July 26-August 1. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events Executive Committee October 3 @ 8:30am in Bloomington, MN Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY We are wrapping up work on the 2016 ARRL Handbook and the 23rd edition of The ARRL Antenna Book. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R July ended with 167,313 members (167,276 in June). Additional details will be reported next week. Jackie Ferriera reports that July product sales were $259,960, exceeding the sales forecast of $239,618. Direct sales were $124,862; dealer sales were $135,098 (up 21% from July 2014). Most sales categories exceeded forecast this month including license manuals, Repeater Directory publications, and general operating and technical titles. Revenue exceeding $6K was earned in July from royalties of Kindle-format ARRL e-books. A news release was produced, announcing plans to significantly increase the availability of ARRL publications as e-books. The news was posted with the introduction of 6 more ARRL titles for Kindle. We conducted an emailing promoting discounted auto and home insurance to members--serviced by Liberty Mutual Insurance, an ARRL affinity benefit provider since February. The "upcoming events" graphic on the ARRL home page is currently promoting the following Division-level conventions: New England Aug 21-23, Roanoke Sep 5-6, Southwestern Sep 11-13, and Pacific Oct 16-18. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 7/31/2015 992 424 7/24/2015 954 453 7/17/2015 749 255 7/10/2015 955 780 Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI RFI Mike Gruber wrote some proposed changes to the FCC rules and forwarded them to Ed Hare. Most of these proposed changed involved improved labeling requirements for Class A devices. He also proposed reducing the limits for Part 15 lighting devices to Part 18 levels. Mike Gruber made some final changes to the EMVC Committee report for Chairman Kermit Carlson. Mike Gruber worked on forming the recommended practice committee with Jerry Ramie. As previously reported in June, Mike Gruber helped investigate the noise from the new HVAC system that has been plaguing W1HQ. The noise was determined to be associated with the fan motors. At the time, representatives from the contractor and manufacturer looked at the problem, and some suggestions were made as to how the problem might be further investigated and corrected. Greg Kwasowski now reports that they will be back next week in order to try a proposed cure. TravelPlus Mobile GPS There are no longer any good options for downloading the TravelPlus GPS for the Garmin. Garmin has announced that "Firefox no longer supports this plugin." Chrome no longer allows plugins. The Garmin security setting changes for IE doesn't seem to work. You may be able to use plugins previously installed, but this doesn't help new customers. Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 3 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 2-4 Business Days Number of Centennial applications processed: Centennial Challenge QSO 1992 W1AW/WAS 1582 Field Organization/Public Service Team Several cases of interference taking place were received this week, one involving 3952 kHz reported by a Nevada station, one in South Dakota occurring on a 2 meter repeater, and an update on continuing interference on 3990 kHz in the Pennsylvania area. Lack of identification on the 446.000 MHz calling frequency was observed in Louisiana by individuals speaking in what sounded like Arabic. Obscene language and alleged threats were heard on 7200 kHz. These cases were forwarded to the appropriate OOs to check out. Questions handled included the Parity Act, operating in Canada, 60 meters, 440 MHz license requirements, operation in parks and near historic sites, and proper identification while taking part in a public service event. Chuck conducted one morning code practice at W1AW and hosted 2 guest operators. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ During June and July we recorded 89 instructor registrations, 10 teacher registrations, and 74 ham radio license class listings. Education & Technology Program We completed 2 sessions of the Introduction to Wireless Technology, TI-1 with 22 participants form 16 states. Ten participants were licensed entering the TI and 9 indicated an interest in getting licensed afterwards. The TI-2 on Remote Sensing and Data Gathering was completed with 10 participants from 8 states. Teachers continue to express their appreciation for the resources and training, and to donors for making the training possible by providing for travel and accommodation expenses. ARISS Scheduled school contacts resumed in late June. In a unique collaboration, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, RN3DT supported contacts with 3 US schools/events: on July 1 with Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 8 with Kopernik Observatory and Science Center in Vestal, New York and on July 18 with Frontiers of Flight Museum Moon Day celebration in Dallas, Texas. Astronauts Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS and Kimiya Yui KG5BPH arrived on the ISS on July 24, and Yui immediately took up the reigns for scheduled contacts speaking with students at United Space School in Seabrook, TX on July 28. Watch a video<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVWkPPLCEM&feature=youtu.be> of the Tulsa contact and local news coverage<http://www.dallasnews.com/photos/20150718-from-dallas-to-orbit-children-in-…> of the contact with the Frontiers of Flight Museum Moon Day event. International contacts during June-July included one in Chile, one in Australia, one in Russia, and on July 31, one at the World Scouting Jamboree in Japan. A particularly fine video<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGhQ8OamfTY&feature=player_embedded> of that contact with astronaut Lindgren reflects the truly international flavor of that event and of the ARISS program. Scouts asking questions represented countries around the world. The ARISS program launched a public fundraising campaign with ad in the August issue of QST. Read more in the ARRL news story<http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2015-07-16>. Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS Chairman, attended ISS R&D conference held in Boston, July 9 and made some promising industry contacts that may lead to funding support. The Russian ARISS team sponsored another SSTV event on July 17-19 in celebration of 40th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz mission. Hams around the world posted some very nice images on the ARISS SSTV web page<http://spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php>. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 9/7 Holiday Bob Allison 8/6-8/9 Duke City Convention, Albuquerque, NM `` 8/14-8/16 Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 10/18 Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, CT Steve Capodicasa 8/12 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/21-9/25 PTO Mike Corey 8/21-8/23 West Virginia State Convention, Weston, WV `` 11/13-11/15 HamJam, Alpharetta, GA Steve Ewald 7/28-8/7 PTO Steve Ford 8/14-8/17 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/3-9/4 PTO Mike Gruber 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/28-10/2 PTO `` 10/16 NEAR-Fest, NH Ed Hare 9/11-9/13 Southwestern Division Convention, Torrance, CA Dan Henderson 9/5-9/6 Roanoke Division Convention, Shelby, NC Gail Iannone 8/27-9/4 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 8/6-8/9 Summerfest, Austin, TX `` 8/21-8/23 New England Division Convention, Boxborough, MA `` 10/16-10/18 Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, CA Debra Johnson 8/14 PTO `` 8/31-9/4 PTO `` 9/10-9/14 PTO Sean Kutzko 8/15-8/24 PTO Diane Petrilli 8/3-8/7 PTO Dave Pingree 8/19-9/22 PTO Brennan Price 10/16-10/18 Microwave Update, San Diego, CA Barry Shelley 8/10-8/14 PTO Chuck Skolaut 8/16 Kansas State Convention, Salina, KS Dave Sumner 8/14 PTO `` 8/24 PTO

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[arrl-odv:24582] A suggested email to your members
by Mike Lisenco N2YBB 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

Good Morning, Last week, Chris Imlay and I visited 25 Senate and Congressional offices. The one common thread throughout all our visits was the need for constituent input. Each and every office asked to hear from our members directly, and a many said that they would only consider the bill if they had constituent interest. As you know, CAI is starting to gear up their response, and we fully expect that they will start to make their move after the summer recess. Quite frankly, the time for us to get out in front of their expected campaign is now! I just sent the following email to my members who live in Congressional districts in which their Representative has not yet joined our bill. While I will continue to solicit printed letters at Hamfests and Conventions, I believe that now is the time to ratchet up our effort with emails and phone calls. While sitting in various offices waiting to be seen, I saw that phone calls were taken and tallied. Some of the busier offices had the phone going non-stop. The staffers with whom we met told us that emails and phone calls we as effective as hard copy letters. Given the time constraints, I am strongly suggesting to my Division that both avenues be explored. What follows is the template I’m using. Please reach out to your members and ask them to participate. Feel free to use or adapt this template. Just plug in the Representatives name, make the email gender specific, plug in the proper link to the legislator’s email page on their Congressional website, and plug in their office phone numbers (one local number and the DC number). I’ve placed items that need to be examined in red. It will take all of a few minutes to do each one and then email it to the members in a specific Congressional district using the mass-email function available to all Directors. Please get involved. This requires little of your time but has enormous payback to the effort as a whole. Please contact me if you have any questions. 73 de Mike N2YBB = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SUBJECT: Please Help Us Get HR-1301 Through Congress Hello. It’s crunch time. To date, your Congressman, Representative XXXXX, has not joined the growing list of supporters of the Amateur Radio Parity Act (HR-1301). We expect some pushback from the opposition after the House of Representatives comes back from vacation in September. Now is the time to get out in front of the effort. I am writing to you directly because only you, a constituent of Congressman XXXXX, can email and call his office to put the pressure on. All you need to do is say: "I am a constituent and a federally licensed Amateur Radio Operator. I Support HR-1301, the Amateur Radio Parity Act, and I am asking that Congressman XXXXX support HR-1301 as well." Please do this today. Go to this website: https://xxxxx.house.gov/contact Enter your zip code and follow the prompts. Fill in the form, and either write what I’ve suggested or write whatever moves you. Please also call his District Office at (123)555-5555 AND his Washington Office at (555)555-5555 and say the same thing. Your emails and phone calls will help convince your Representative to support HR-1301. We can’t do this alone. YOU MUST BECOME PART OF THE PROCESS if you haven’t already. Please send these emails and make phone calls even if you have already written to your Congressman about the bill. Let’s work together to get these folks to support us. Let’s do it today. I will also be sending you an email in the near future regarding the Senate version of the bill. Thank you! 73 de Mike N2YBB

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[arrl-odv:24574] Using HR1301/S1685 Software Is Easy
by N2COP 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Dear Fellow Directors and Vice Directors: I just wanted to drop a note on the ODV reflector to let you all know how easy the new HR1301/S1685 letter generating software is to use. This past weekend I staffed the ARRL table at two hamfests: one small (Roanoke, VA - about 300 attendees) and one medium sized (Berryville, VA - about 1,400 attendees). From those hamfests I was able to generate 133 letters. About 15% of my production came from the P.A. announcer at both hamfests encouraging members to go to the ARRL table where you can send a letter to your U.S. Representative and Senators for free. I've been generating these letters since March, and the biggest change with the new version is the number of U.S. Senate letters now being produced. Where you might get only a handful of letters for a congressional district per section or state, you now get one for each senator in the state. Out of the 133 I generated, 78 are for the two Virginia senators, giving our efforts on Capitol Hill more clout. Two tips: 1) you must have a laptop with Access, Microsoft's database program, for the software to work. Access is available in most versions of Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 and is inside Office 2013. 2) the first set of letters to appear will be to the two U.S. senators in support of S1685. Once you print those, hit the "X" in the upper right corner, and next will appear the letter to the appropriate U.S. Representative for HR1301, giving you a total of three letters per ARRL member. Be sure to have lots of paper and a spare black ink cartridge for the printer you bring. Good luck - the process is easy, our legislative efforts are spreading good will among members, and above all, the campaign is effective. 73 de Bill, N2COP Bill Morine - N2COP Vice Director - Roanoke Division Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL - The National Association for Amateur RadioT

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[arrl-odv:24573] Committee reports now online
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

In accordance with Board policy, the committee reports to the July Board Meeting are now available online at http://www.arrl.org/committee-reports. You may receive comments from members, particularly with regard to the DXAC report. 73, Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:24572] Strategic Plan Comparison
by k9jf＠arrl.org 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

All: Per the request at the Board meeting by Director Frenaye, attached is the Strategic Plan comparison for the 2009 plan and our "In Principal" plan for 2016. Please review and comment regarding my translation of the various sections from the 2009 Plan versus the 2016 plan. Regarding the 2009 plan, I reviewed the goals and strategies. It seemed to me that most of the items listed as "strategies" are more like "tactics. My reason is that my view of a strategy is "what we want to do" - quite high level and probably sustained during the course of the plan 5-10 years. A tactic is an action that "needs to be accomplished" to satisfy one or more strategies. Your comments and observations are welcome. Perhaps you see something I missed or mis-interpreted. I did not try to view the 2003 plan as it was replaced by the 2009 version. The layout used Microsoft Excel in a 2x2 page format. If you need to print a copy, you will probably want to modify this format. 73 Jim K9JF James E. Fenstermaker K9JF 2nd Vice President American Radio Relay League (206) 930-9372

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[arrl-odv:24570] Fwd: Federal HAM Radio Legislation Has Unintended Consequences - Contact Members of Congress Today to Oppose H.R. 1301 and S. 1685
by Brian Mileshosky 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Received the message from CAI below from one of my members in Utah. Opposition is in full swing, as we already learned via other data points. I was at my Division Convention at Bryce Canyon, Utah. Dan Henderson, Ed James KA8JMW (New Mexico SM) and I ran the letter generator there and got a ton of letters signed. Ed and I will do the same at the New Mexico State convention here in Albuquerque next weekend. 73, Brian N5ZGT Begin forwarded message: > From: "Terrence Mischler" <mischltw(a)q.com> > Date: August 3, 2015 at 07:32:33 MDT > To: <N5ZGT(a)arrl.net> > Subject: FW: Federal HAM Radio Legislation Has Unintended Consequences - Contact Members of Congress Today to Oppose H.R. 1301 and S. 1685 > > Brian > > I thought you might want to see the attached email from the Utah Chapter of the CAI. > > Regards, > > Terry Mischler, KF7SRU > > From: Utah Legislative Action Committee [mailto:executivedirector@utahlac.com] > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 6:05 AM > To: mischltw(a)q.com > Subject: Federal HAM Radio Legislation Has Unintended Consequences - Contact Members of Congress Today to Oppose H.R. 1301 and S. 1685 > > > > > > Letter from CAI Senior VP of Govt Affairs > CAI and ULAC oppose HR 1301 and S 1685 > Dear CAI Member, > > The HAM Radio legislation has 86 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1301) and a new Senate Bill (S. 1685). If you don't want 75 foot towers throughout your community, you must contact your Members of Congress today and ask them to oppose H.R. 1301 (in the House) and S. 1685 (in the Senate). > > Contact your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators today and ask them to oppose all legislation prohibiting community association review or approval of HAM radio towers and large, fixed antennas by clicking here. > > H.R. 1301/S. 1685 pre-empt community associations' architectural guidelines and rules related to installation of HAM radio towers and antennas. If the legislation passes (and it is moving forward in a way that is threatening), community associations would not be able to require prior approval for 70' HAM radio towers and antennas nor would community associations have the ability to create reasonable processes and aesthetic guidelines. > > HAM radio enthusiasts indicate this legislation is needed so they may respond to and assist in communication during a local disaster. The truth is HAM radio enthusiasts who aid the public interest do so at the site of a local disaster with portable equipment. They do not need permanent equipment at their residence; especially towers and antennas that pose a health and safety risk to their neighbors. > > The truth is the majority of community associations tell CAI that HAM radio operators are welcome to pursue their hobby if they follow community guidelines > > In a 2014 survey conducted by CAI covering community associations in 46 states, 64 percent of respondents confirmed their association's board or architectural review committee had never denied a request to install a HAM radio antenna. > > An additional 27 percent of survey respondents found no record of a denial. The survey also found that associations routinely provide space for HAM radio clubs so residents can pursue their radio hobby. > > Please contact your Member of Congress today via phone and let them know you oppose the Ham Radio bill - H.R. 1301 and S. 1685. > > Thank you for taking a few minutes out of your day to preserve the self-governance model of America's community associations. > > If you need additional information about this issue, please contact us anytime at government(a)caionline.org or (888) 224-4321. > > Thank you! > > Dawn M. Bauman CAE > Sr. Vice President, Government Affairs > Community Associations Institute > dbauman(a)caionline.org | (703) 970-9224 > > P.S. Please pass this along to a friend or colleague and ask them to contact their Members of Congress too. > > > ____________________________ > > Donate Here > Donate to ULAC and help keep our volunteers hard at work on legislation that benefits Utah homeowners. > Quick Links > > ULAC > > UCCAI > > CAI > > Contact your US Reps and US Senators today > > > > > > Forward this email > > > > This email was sent to mischltw(a)q.com by executivedirector(a)utahlac.com | > Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. > > > Utah Legislative Action Committee | PO Box 951157 | South Jordan | UT | 84095 > >

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