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[arrl-odv:25967] FW: Heads-up on December CQ (and your upcoming NJ visit)
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Ladies & Gentlemen: The following message received from Rich Moseson, W2VU, the editor of CQ Magazine today: Hi Tom, I just want to give you a heads-up that there will be a couple of articles critical of ARRL actions in the upcoming December issue of CQ. First, my editorial (which has a different primary focus) takes issue with the way in which the board went about dealing with the election in the Southeastern Division. (We do not take a position on whether the action was justified or not, but rather on the process and the perceptions.) Secondly, our DX column takes issue with the rate increase for the Outgoing QSL Bureau, particularly the impact on the "little-guy" DXer of the per-transaction "processing fee" on top of the higher per-ounce rates. For those who will almost certainly accuse us of "League-bashing," I want to emphasize that we are taking issue with certain actions of the organization, not the organization itself. Both our DX Editor and I are long-time ARRL members who have served in various volunteer roles over many years. Shifting gears, I understand you will be in my back yard early next month when you come down to New Jersey to speak to the Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club. I spoke there earlier this year and found the group to be responsive and enthusiastic. In fact, just yesterday, I ran into one member who thanked me for changing his outlook on what makes someone a "real ham." My wife and I will do our best to attend. All the best to you and everyone in Newington for a very Happy Thanksgiving. Vy 73, Rich Moseson, W2VU Editor, CQ I am passing this to you immediately, without the benefit of time to absorb it. More will follow. Tom

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[arrl-odv:25965] K0TO obit
by Tom Frenaye 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Lots of things I didn't know about K0TO <http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/166883/?fullname=tod-%28theodo…>http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/166883/?fullname=tod-%28theodo… -- 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:25950] Results Rocky Mountain Division Director's election
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

The tellers appointed by the Elections and Ethics Committee have certified the following results in the election for Rocky Mountain Division Director: Garth Crowe, WY7GC 528 Dwayne Allen, WY7FD 1112 Spoiled/Blank/Invalid 8 Mr. Allen is elected for a three year term beginning 12:00 Noon on January 1, 2017. Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary - American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio 860-594-0236 dhenderson(a)arrl.org<mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:25951] Results Rocky Mountain Division Director's election
by James F. Boehner MD 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Congratulations, Dwayne! '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 RadioT From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Henderson, Dan N1ND Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:07 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:25950] Results Rocky Mountain Division Director's election The tellers appointed by the Elections and Ethics Committee have certified the following results in the election for Rocky Mountain Division Director: Garth Crowe, WY7GC 528 Dwayne Allen, WY7FD 1112 Spoiled/Blank/Invalid 8 Mr. Allen is elected for a three year term beginning 12:00 Noon on January 1, 2017. Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary - American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio 860-594-0236 <mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org> dhenderson(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:25949] IN-Newsletter 11.18.16
by Pereira, Carla 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 41, No. 41 November 18, 2016 Covers the period November 12 - November 18, 2016 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events ARISS Annual Meeting November 15 - 18, 2016 @ Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX West Central Florida Section Convention December 09 - 10, 2016 @ Tampa, FL Administration & Finance Committee Meeting January 19, 2017 @ Newington, CT Annual Board Meeting January 20 - 21, 2017 @ 8:00am in Windsor, CT Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Tom was invited to visit DX Engineering in West Middlesex, PA by CEO Tim Duffy, K3LR on November 9. While there, Tom toured the store, offices and manufacturing facilities, as well as Mr. Duffy's personal station. He also sat in on meetings, and participated in a lunch and Q&A session with all DX employees. Mr. Duffy also arranged for Tom to give a presentation at Penn State University Shenango Campus. Hosted by the Mercer County ARC, approximately 125 members of local clubs attended. The presentation, about on-going and new initiatives at ARRL, received an enthusiastic response, and Mr. Duffy continues to receive positive feedback from the attendees about the presentation. Education Reported by Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Week ending November 13, 2016 Teacher Registration Instructor Registration Graduation Kit Requests License Class Listings 4 23 10 19 Debra and the ARISS Team are working on finalizing all reports for the ARISS International Meeting that is scheduled for Nov. 14-18, in Houston TX. ARISS Contact A direct contact via N4BRF with students at Boca Raton Christian School, Boca Raton, FL, was successful on Monday, November 7. Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD answered 24 questions for an audience of 300 comprised of teachers, local government and students. A direct contact via I3XFY with students at Instituto Comprensivo, "Marco da Melo", Mel, Italy, was successful on Friday November 4. Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD answered 24 questions for an audience of 90 including 60 students, plus teachers and guests. We received 24 proposals for the upcoming ARISS Contact season. Debra has put together a strategy/vetting process to finalize 12 applications. Field Organization Reported by Steve Ewald, WV1 Mississippi Section Manager Malcolm Keown, W5XX, of Vicksburg, has been nominated to run for a new term of office that begins in April of 2017. Malcolm has been Section Manager since 1998. The nomination deadline for this election cycle is Friday, December 9, 2016. Simulated Emergency Test (SET) reports from around the country continue to arrive at Headquarters. October and November are prime times for local and section wide participation in the annual SET. This past week, we have also been receiving October Field Organization activity reports for the January QST column. Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Dave Patton and Bob Allison visited the Greenwich Country Day School in preparation for the commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the first Amateur Radio signals being heard in Europe from North America. He and Bob met with the school's Headmaster, Security Manager, and Facilities Manager. The operating event, which includes a planned QSO with a station in Ardrossan, Scotland (where the signals were heard in 1921) will occur on December 11 and use the call sign N1BCG (1BCG was the call used from the Greenwich site). DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1-2 Days Media & Public Relations Reported by Sean Kutzko, KX9X Sean has secured permission to transmit from the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford on November 30, Twain's 181st birthday. Special event station W1T will be on the air from November 28-December 4, manned by ARRL staff during their off-time. A special QSL card will be available to all stations who work the special event, and it will feature artwork from the Mark Twain Museum. The Museum staff are very excited to be working with ARRL for this event, and will feature the operation in their PR efforts surrounding their birthday celebrations. Another Special event is slated for December 11, to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the first transatlantic reception of a shortwave signal from Greenwich, CT to Scotland. ARRL is working with the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), the Radio Club of America (RCA) and our host, Greenwich (CT) Country Day School. The school is approximately ½ mile from the site of the original station location. Activity will be all day on December 11, using the call N1BCG. Sean promoted the current push for the Amateur Radio Parity Act efforts through Rally Congress via ARRL Social Media channels on November 16. Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND Preparation of the announcement to re-solicit nominations for the Southwestern Division vice-director was completed and is ready for distribution in the January 2017 QST (per the by-laws rules of 90-days after the close of the previous solicitation). Work has begun on the various announcements and notifications for the January 2017 ARRL Annual Board meeting. Thanks to Sean Kutzko, KX9X, a flier was prepared for use in the ARRL's pending trademark application for the NTS/National Traffic System registration. We continue to work in support of the DC team working to secure passage of the Amateur Radio Parity Act. The RallyCongress contract was extended for one-year, thanks to IT and Diane Petrilli for their work in prepping emails to all current and lapsed ARRL members urging them to support the Parity Act and contacting their members of the US Senate. A total of almost 64,000 letters were processed subsequent to the September RallyCongress appeal. The new appeal was started November 14, and through the first twenty-four hours a total of almost 25,000 letters had been processed through RC. Since the last report, the RIB manager also attended a sit-down meeting, along with General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, and Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, with FCC officials to discuss changes and improvements to the Amateur Auxiliary program. We have been working with Second Vice-President Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, who the Executive Committee has asked to head-up those efforts. Due to an extended medical leave 12/05 - 01/04, ARRL Lab staff has generously offered to handle FCC rules and questions, and any other regulatory questions. On a personal note, I would like to thank the staff and Board for their kind words and expressions to me on the recent passing of my mother. Being hundreds of miles away from my family has meant my friends here have been a strength to me through these days. Thanks to each of you. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R We are pleased to welcome Jon D. Faasen, KC1ECT to the ARRL staff. John has filled an open, part time position on our Member Services team. He has been serving our headquarters as a volunteer tour guide, and holds a General class license. Jon is also a member of the Insurance City Repeater Club in Farmington, Connecticut. With help from Sean Kutzko, a 30-second video<https://youtu.be/7-2Qo2gV_nc> promoting The ARRL Handbook was completed. It was published to our social media channels on Nov 14; Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. To increase its reach on Facebook, the video was promoted ("boosted") to target Facebook users outside of our page's usual reach, and in interest areas such as electrical engineering, IEEE, RF, radio communications, radio electronics, etc. The video reached 36,000 people. Yvette Vinci prepared the bulk email notification for the December 2016 digital edition of QST, distributed to ARRL members on Friday, November 11. The distribution list included 120,375 members. It also included a feature to help promote the 2017 ARRL Handbook. Jackie Ferreira reports that "happy birthday" postcards are being designed for 2017. The cards are mailed to all domestic members who share their birth date with us. Bob Inderbitzen reviewed announcements promoting RFinder's worldwide repeater directory subscription service. W1AW Reported by Joe Carcia Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He is troubleshooting the Yaesu G-5500 elevation rotator that is used with the ARISS Go-Kit. (The rotator apparently failed its first time out.) Scott worked on fast and slow code practice texts for the upcoming week. He also processed VUCC certificates and endorsements. Matt Strelow and Andrew Toth - both of XX Towers Inc. - were on hand the prior week to perform the Autumn antenna and tower inspections for W1AW and W1HQ. There were no serious issues found at W1AW, although it's suggested an antenna sidearm should be replaced in the Spring. Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 11/18 PTO Bob Allison 12/26 - 12/30 PTO Shelly Bloom 11/14 - 11/15 PTO " 11/28 - 12/02 PTO Lauren Clarke 11/22 - 11/23 PTO Steve Ewald 11/28 - 12/06 PTO Jackie Ferreira 12/27 - 12/30 PTO Steve Ford 11/23 PTO " 12/22 - 01/02 PTO Norm Fusaro 11/28 - 12/02 PTO " 12/22 - 12/27 PTO Tom Gallagher 11/18 PTO " 12/04 Fairlawn ARC 60th " 12/08 Meeting with Joe Taylor and Craig Fugate, Princeton University, NJ Meriden ARC Christmas Party (as guest of Edward Snyder, MD of Yale's W1YU) Dan Henderson 11/21 PTO " 11/28 PTO " 12/05 - 01/04 Medical Leave Gail Iannone 10/07 - 01/09 Sick Leave Debra Johnson 11/14 - 11/19 ARISS Annual Meeting, Johnson Space Center, Houston " 11/23 PTO Sean Kutzko 12/08 - 12/12 West Central Florida Section Convention, Tampa, FL Diane Petrilli 11/18 PTO " 12/05 - 12/08 PTO Barry Shelley 12/02 PTO Sincerely Compiled by, Carla Pereira, Assistant to CEO

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[arrl-odv:25942] Repeater Directory - RFinder - Coordinator Distress
by Richard J. Norton 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Here is more feedback concerning the League's present Repeater Directory and RFinder. activity. Repeater coordination is a relatively thankless job. Realistically, it looks like the League has now probably mortally alienated the repeater coordination contingent, and will likely hasten the demise of some coordination efforts. It is likely to be a tough sell to convince some uncoordinated repeater owners of the desirability of coordination. When they get adequate publicity, missing only an asterisk in the ARRL directory, this is likely to become nearly impossible. The suggestion that the directory now contains a group of prospects, ripe for harvesting into the coordination basket, will not be taken as being sincere. The complaints about the editorial changes refer to the listing of repeaters by city/village/mountain-name in an entire state. If it was on the east coast, California would stretch from New England to Georgia. To list repeaters by city name in such a large region as that, or California, suggests that a user should use a map of where he is, and then check each city, one-by-one, in the area. There are only 6 repeaters listed for Los Angeles. How is any visiting ham expected to know to check "Oat Mountain" for some of the possibly usable nearby repeater? I don't know where this idea of listing repeaters came from. I hope that the League will put pressure on RFinder to remedy some of the complaints in the attached letter. What next? 73, Dick, N6AA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fortney, James T. <Jim(a)fortney.org> Date: Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 2:06 PM Subject: Coordination To: "Richard J. Norton" <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com> Dick - Let me begin by making sure you understand that my communications on this subject are because I am a 220SMA Officer and long term supporter of the Amateur Radio Coordination activities. I do not have my Section Manager hat on when discussing this subject. Attached is one of the response letters I have seen and for the most part coves all the points of which I would want you to be aware. The one additional item I would like to point out is that whoever decided to make the format and editorial changes to the Repeater Directory for this year does not understand how the manual is used by the average Amateur. I believe the redesign will make the sales of the Repeater Directory fall significantly, maybe that was part of the bigger plan. I'll call so we can discuss your attitude about getting involved in this anti-coordination effort by the League. - JimF K6IYK -------------------------------------------- James T. Fortney Jim(a)Fortney.org --------------------------------------------

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[arrl-odv:25940] HAMJAM 2016
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

The following event is NOT a sanctioned event according to our records at HQ. However, it was sanctioned last year. HAMJAM 2016 It's All About Youth! Saturday, November 19, 2016 8:00 - 1:00pm Metropolitan Club, 5895 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia Presented by North Fulton Amateur Radio League Endorsed by: SouthEastern DX Club, Alford Memorial Radio Club, Atlanta Radio Club, Chattanooga Amateur Radio Club, Cherokee Amateur Radio Society, Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society, North Georgia QRP Club, Sawnee Amateur Radio Society, Kennehoochee Amateur Radio Club The sponsoring club is an affiliated club in good standing. Tom Tom Gallagher - NY2RF Chief Executive Officer ARRL Headquarters ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 860 594 0404 cell 704 907 7158 tgallagher(a)arrl.org<mailto:tgallagher@arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:25944] Ham Jam 2016 Sanctioning information
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

Tom asked me to look into the Ham Jam snafu. I called W3WL, who is the long-time chairman of Ham Jam, this morning. In Mid-late July he called HQ and spoke to Gail Iannone about what was necessary to register, as he had done in the past. During that conversation apparently Gail told Wes she would go ahead and ship out the gift certificates, since they were a long time sanctioned event, so they didn't get lost in the shuffle while she was on medical leave. That is how the certificates were sent. Wes turned the registration for the event over to N1DKO, who has done the PR for Ham Jam for several years. N1DKO has done an excellent job garnering local and regional PR but frankly simply forgot to do the sanctioning paperwork. So, the bottom line is this was a paper-snafu at the organizers end. He was quite apologetic for the crossed wires, which are pretty obviously not intentional. This morning after speaking with W3WL, the online formal application for the event was completed and filed. It was then sent it to Director Rehman, who expedited his approval and turned it around very quickly. CEO Gallagher then approved the event being added to the on-line database earlier this afternoon. Thanks and 73 Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary - American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio 860-594-0236 dhenderson(a)arrl.org<mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:25934] HamJam
by Bob Vallio 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

Greetings, I saw a reference, in a reflector to which I subscribe, to HamJam at http://hamjam.info. It sounded interesting, and when I went to the URL I found an ARRL Diamond at the top of the homepage, and another in the list of sponsors. Further reading listed two $50 ARRL gift certificates, and two $25 ARRL gift certificates. The fact that there is no admission fee, and that they list raffle prizes for purchase, piqued my curiosity. I checked the hamfest/convention listing at arrl.org, and found no listing for this event searching on both the state of Georgia and the Southeastern Division. Is there an omission in the website listing, or is this not an ARRL sanctioned event? It sounds like a very worthwhile event to me, other than the sanction question. Any of the readers of this reflector have an answer? Thanks. Bob Vallio, W6RGG

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[arrl-odv:25937] HamJam
by James F. Boehner MD 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

The North Fulton Amateur Radio League is one of our affiliated clubs. ’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 Brian Mileshosky Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 10:29 PM To: ARRL Subject: [arrl-odv:25936] Re: HamJam They were sanctioned in 2015 (http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/hamjam-2015) received good press from ARRL back in 2010 (http://www.arrl.org/news/coming-home-to-hamjam-2010) and appear to have a really good track record (http://www.hamjam.info/about.html) Not sure what’s up with their sanctioning status this year but, I agree with you Bob, it does appear to be a very worthwhile event. 73, Brian N5ZGT On Nov 16, 2016, at 7:53 PM, Bob Vallio <rbvallio(a)gmail.com> wrote: Greetings, I saw a reference, in a reflector to which I subscribe, to HamJam at http://hamjam.info <http://hamjam.info/> . It sounded interesting, and when I went to the URL I found an ARRL Diamond at the top of the homepage, and another in the list of sponsors. Further reading listed two $50 ARRL gift certificates, and two $25 ARRL gift certificates. The fact that there is no admission fee, and that they list raffle prizes for purchase, piqued my curiosity. I checked the hamfest/convention listing at arrl.org <http://arrl.org/> , and found no listing for this event searching on both the state of Georgia and the Southeastern Division. Is there an omission in the website listing, or is this not an ARRL sanctioned event? It sounds like a very worthwhile event to me, other than the sanction question. Any of the readers of this reflector have an answer? Thanks. Bob Vallio, W6RGG _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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