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[arrl-odv:25908] Fwd: Houston, we have a problem
by John Robert Stratton 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

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[arrl-odv:25906] Message from Tom Gallagher re: Repeater Directory
by Pereira, Carla 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Dear Officers, Directors and Vice Directors: I am sending the below email (with attachments) on Tom's behalf, as he is traveling this week. He will be back in the office on Friday. Respectfully, Carla Pereira November 7, 2016 To: ODV Ladies & Gentlemen: In advance of our announcement of changes in the production and content of the 2017 Repeater Directory, I wanted you to have the timeline and some of the documents associated with the conversion in advance. The changes we are making include: 1. Discontinuing the services of DHF to collect and assemble repeater information for publication. This service cost us $25,000 annually, and the history of why and how DHF was selected is murky. Accordingly, I cannot explain it, except to say that we're done with DHF. 2. In its place, we have expanded our already profitable relationship with RFinder to included compiling the data and producing the print galleys. We plan to comingle any Coordinators data sent to RFinder with that publisher's extensive, crowd-sourced listing of all repeaters, coordinated or not. We will advise the Coordinators that their comingled data will be flagged as coordinated and source credited to them. We will pay them their entitlement of $1.00 per machine provided they deliver the data to RFinder as instructed. 3. We plan to terminate our contract with the various coordination groups effective June 15th or sooner. The coordinators are free to provide the data in the future; however, we will no longer pay for the data since RFinder does that more effectively. 4. The talking points for coordinators are as follows: a. The alternative to this set of changes is the elimination of the ARRL Repeater Directory: the upfront cost of producing it ($84,000) poses too great a risk for a declining product. b. Our readers, i.e. the people who buy the directory, want all repeaters listed, not just coordinated repeaters; they tell us that they don't care about coordination. c. If coordination groups sincerely believe that coordinating repeaters is good policy, they should not be deterred from doing so, since the designation will be preserved in all future publishings and their good work recognized. d. The new 2017 directory will indicate which repeaters are, and are not, coordinated. This will reveal the success, or not, of our coordinating activity and provide, as well, a prospect list for coordinators to ply their skills in implementing that policy. 5. There will invariably be whining and complaining from the Coordination Community. It might be helpful to point out that we have preserved a role-a recognized-in-the-publication role-for the community. For harder cases, the objective evidence of the success of coordination is informed by the large and growing number of non-coordinated repeaters. That report card is not flattering. But in all cases, the market is speaking to us: crowd-sourced information of the variety provided by RFinder is more valuable than a set speech. 6. In addition, ARRL co-brands the RFinder website and smartphone application, and we receive 30% of the revenues of that product line, budgeted $10,000 next year (but $8,600 in 2016.3 quarter). As repeater data migrates from paper to the digital world, this arrangement is hedging our bet. The interaction between the digital RFinder app and the ARRL directory is also symbiotic. We've exhausted the current inventory of desktop repeater directories (sold out) and ordered 1,000 additional copies. Inderbitzen points out that "hyper attention to the Repeater Directory product suite (app + books) has increased overall sales of the Directories." I have attached with this email four relevant documents: * RFinder Repeater Directory Transition Timeline * ODV Announcement * Notice to Frequency Coordinators * Press Release Gallagher 11/07/16

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[arrl-odv:25904] Feel The Love
by James F. Boehner MD 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

This guy obviously did not had enough hugs as a child. '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 JRS Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2016 8:32 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:25903] Feel The Love Go look at: Ham Radio Trash, Twitter account @hamradiotrash 73 ----------------------------------------------------- John Robert Stratton N5AUS Office telephone: 512-445-6262 Cell: 512-426-2028 PO Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 -----------------------------------------------------

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[arrl-odv:25903] Feel The Love
by JRS 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

Go look at: Ham Radio Trash, Twitter account @hamradiotrash 73 *-----------------------------------------------------* ** John Robert Stratton N5AUS Office telephone: 512-445-6262 Cell: 512-426-2028 PO Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 *-----------------------------------------------------*

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[arrl-odv:25902] IN-News 11.04.16
by Pereira, Carla 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 41, No. 39 November 4, 2016 Covers the period October 22 - 28, 2016 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events National Association of Broadcasters Convention November 09 - 10, 2016 @ New York, NY LoTW Study Committee November 11, 2016 @ 10:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee November 12, 2016 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Indiana Section Convention November 12 - 13, 2016 @ Ft Wayne, IN ARISS Annual Meeting November 15 - 18, 2016 @ Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX West Central Florida Section Convention December 09 - 10, 2016 @ Tampa, FL Board Meeting, Semi-Annual January 20 - 21, 2017 @ 8:00am in Windsor, CT Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Tom Gallagher met with four Air Force personnel from Pave Paws. The Captain and three 2nd Lieutenants met with several HQ staffers to discuss methods that their staff might use to detect localized interference in close proximity to their installation. Tom was interviewed for Newington Life, an award-winning monthly publication. Editor Mark Jahne met with Tom to talk about the ARRL and took a tour of the facility. A link to the interview will be provided once published. Education Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ The fall issue of Radio Waves was published and sent to 12,451 subscribers. This issue included an announcement of the launch of the new instructor reporting and recognition system. Find more details in the article on page 6 of this issue of Radio Waves<http://www.arrl.org/radio-waves>. During October we sent an online survey to hams involved with supporting ARISS contacts hosted by schools and organizations in their communities. The survey generated a strong response rate (57%) with positive feedback. 51% said the program opened additional opportunities to work with the school and 34% reported they were able to develop a sustained relationship. 100% said the activity was good for amateur radio, citing creating an opportunity to expose students, parents, educators and community to amateur radio, and convey its relevance. Failure of the Ericsson HT in the Columbus module in late October has left the program with some less than desirable options for supporting school contacts while work progresses on the development and certification of a new replacement, interoperable radio system. The targeted launch of that system is late 2017. Meanwhile, contacts will be scheduled with Russian crew using a radio in the ISS Service Module, and/or using the Ericsson UHF radio resurrected from storage. Astronaut Shane Kimbrough re-installed this radio in the Columbus module, which has restored packet operations. Scheduled contacts in October were supported by astronauts Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS and Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ, and included one in Japan and Malaysia along with 4 in the US. Field Organization/Public Service Team Reported by Steve Ewald, WV1X Chris Brewer, N5GMJ, of Saginaw, Texas, has been nominated to run for the office of Section Manager in North Texas. Chris previously served as the North Texas Section Manager from 2013 to 2015. With Chris' nominating petition, there will now be a Section Manager election in North Texas. As reported in last week's IN-News, Jay Urish, W5GM, of North Texas, was nominated. To re-cap the present Section Manager election outlook for this upcoming winter season, there will also be an election in Arizona. Virgil Silhanek, K7VZ, and Rick Paquette, W7RAP, have been nominated to run for the office of Arizona Section Manager. Leona Adams reminds us that nominating petitions for this particular Section Manager election cycle are due at Headquarters by December 9, 2016, and the new terms of office are set to begin on April 1, 2017. Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1-2 Days Emergency Preparedness This week a presentation about Amateur Radio was made to the students of Grace Academy. Matt Shea, AA1CT, and Austin Mongillo, N1UIS, presented material on an Amateur Radio club that will be offered at the school starting on November 8. Many students were interested and a final roster will be provided before the start of the club. Planning is underway for SKYWARN Recognition Day 2016. The event is sponsored by ARRL and the National Weather Service and held the first weekend of December. This year W1AW will be a bonus station during the operating event. A webinar presenting an overview of SRD 2016 is planned for late November. ARRL Emergency Preparedness Assistant Ken Bailey, K1FUG, is leading a working group that is tasked with updating the ARRL EC-001 course. The group is about two months into its work and expects to have the updates ready by mid-2017. W1AW Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He created the November W1AW Qualifying Run texts. Joe finalized the 2017 W1AW and West Coast Qualifying Run schedules and provided them to the Production Department (for QST). He partially reorganized the workshop to better secure tools and other station equipment. He began work on a second RaspberryPi project for possible RF-beacon use. Scott worked on slow and fast code practice texts for the upcoming week. He also processed VUCC certificates and endorsements. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI Product Review Bob Allison tested three kits; a 20 meter 10 Watt RF amplifier, a 40 meter QRP transmitter and a low pass filter for QST Product Review. Bob also performed additional testing of a high end software defined transceiver. Radio Frequency Interference Mike Gruber reviewed a magazine article for Jerry Ramie. It concerned AFCI breakers and the ARRL was mentioned in a footnote. Ed Hare, Bob Allison, and Mike Gruber met with Air Force personnel from PAVE PAWS. Web: Zack Lau uploaded the Propagation Forecasts for November. The predicted solar flux is just 79. Media & Public Relations Reported by Sean Kutzko, KX9X Before Mars National Geographic Channel is debuting a show called Mars, debuting November 14. As part of their promotional efforts, they made a prequel called BeforeMars, in which ham radio plays a major part. While the show takes some liberties, it is one of the better depictions of ham radio in pop culture in recent years. We have been promoting ham radio in general, and ARISS specifically, via the social media channels related to the TV series. QST Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY, has also reached out to both the scriptwriter and the ham radio consultant for possible stories. Social Media ARRL's new Social Media part-timer Michelle Patnode will be focusing on our social media presence and diving in to the world of metrics analysis, to help us better understand how our audience reacts to what we post. This will help us post material our audience wants to read. Mark Twain House Special Event Sean Kutzko, KX9X, has received permission to transmit from the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford on Wednesday, November 30, which would be Twain's 180th birthday. A special 1x1 call has been reserved. Sean is working with the PR department at the Mark Twain House to get coordinated PR for the event. N1BCG Special Event December 11 marks the 95th anniversary of the first reception of a transatlantic signal via shortwave. The signal originated from Greenwich, CT from station 1BCG in 1921and was received in Scotland. ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, will be working with N1BCG and members of the RSGB to replicate the event and have a special event station surrounding the occasion. There will be a presentation made to a local school on Friday, December 9, in conjunction with the event. ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative ARRL's Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative now has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ARRLCARI/. Work is nearly complete on a logo for the program, and ARRL PR Committee Chair Scott Westerman, W9WSW, is helping spearhead content and idea to the page. The Facebook page will serve as a gathering place for members of college clubs across the county, and ARRL will help facilitate peer discussions on several topics related to ham radio at a college club. News Media ARRL Podcasting remains in high demand. "ARRL The Doctor Is In" episodes have now been downloaded nearly 160,000 times, with each episode being downloaded around 7,000 times on average. ARRL Audio News is averaging around 2,500 downloads a week. Sean is starting to work on video content for ARRL's social media. He shot a 30-second video with Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, to promote the ARRL Handbook. This should be released via social media the week of November 7. In addition, a 20-minute video produced by the ARRL Lab on identifying power line noise and two ARRL Webinars will be posted to the ARRL YouTube Channel this week. Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY Working on the January 2017 issue of QST. Work continues on our move from Nxtbook to PageSuite. Working on the January/February issue of QEX. Alli McClellan, ARRL's newly hired Digital Media Support Specialist, has been reviewing the company website for broken links and pages that require updates. She will begin reaching out to staffers for updated information as needed. Please let her know if you require assistance in making any edits. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Diane Petrilli reports that October ended with 165,054 members, 208 members ahead of the year-to-date goal. This represents a gain from September of 6 members; a loss of 114 was forecast. The on-time renewal rate for October (October expirees who renewed by end of October) is 68.65% vs. 71.77% last October. Targeted e-mailings brought in 173 members; direct mail brought in 608 members. The September membership campaign was the largest source of acquisition this month -- a little over 4 weeks from mailing. Responses to the October campaign are coming in. Jackie Ferreira reports that October publication and product sales were $328,574, falling short of the sales forecast of $367,023. Direct sales were $193,442; dealer sales were $135,132. Year to date sales are $2,575,870, $5,208 ahead of forecast. Royalties earned on sales of our Kindle e-books was $7,329 ($74,990 year-to-date, and on target)-and boosted by the introduction of the new edition Operating Manual which debuted as a two-part e-book this month. The 2017 Handbook began shipping in October and 2,495 copies were sold, contributing sales of $93,522. This first month of Handbook sales lags behind the 2016 edition-promoted alongside a new edition Antenna Book-which last October sold 3,127 copies for contributing sales of $120,373. A handful of email solicitations were conducted throughout the final week of the month to spur on additional traffic to the online store. One email, sent to LoTW users, featured the new edition ARRL DXCC List with a 2017 ARRL Calendar - and contributed 479 orders. Bob Inderbitzen circulated a summary of changes planned for QEX and NCJ in 2017. The subscription rates for both bimonthly periodicals will increase; NCJ from $20 to $25 per year, and QEX from $24 to $29 per year (US rates). Most printed materials and online subscription forms will reflect the new rates by December 1, in time for new subscriptions and renewals that take effect with the Jan/Feb 2017 issues. Additionally, the paper used for QEX will be upgraded to a heavier quality paper - which should be met by subscribers as a welcome improvement. The same paper will be used for NCJ. Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 11/11 PTO Bob Allison 11/03 - 11/04 Club Travel, PA " 12/26 - 12/30 PTO Shelly Bloom 11/11 PTO " 11/14 - 11/15 PTO " 11/28 - 12/02 PTO Steve Capodicasa 11/07 PTO Lauren Clarke 11/22 - 11/23 PTO Steve Ewald 11/28 - 12/06 PTO Steve Ford 11/07 PTO 11/11 PTO Tom Gallagher 11/04 - 11/07 PTO 11/08 - 11/09 DX Engineering Tour and Presentation to Mercer County ARC, Pittsburgh, PA " 11/10 National Association of Broadcasters Conference, NYC " 11/18 PTO " 12/08 Meeting with Joe Taylor and Craig Fugate, Princeton University, NJ Dan Henderson 11/10 - 11/13 Indiana Section Convention, Ft Wayne, IN 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 Kutzco 11/09 - 11/10 National Association of Broadcasters Conference, NYC " 12/08 - 12/12 West Central Florida Section Convention, Tampa, FL Barry Shelley 11/04 PTO Yvette Vinci 11/03 - 11/04 PTO Sincerely Compiled by, Carla Pereira, Assistant to CEO

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[arrl-odv:25901] IARU Region 2 Band Plan revisions
by Brian Mileshosky 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

Greetings — Earlier in the year the ARRL HF Band Planning Committee solicited feedback from the United States amateur radio community regarding needed/desired revisions to the IARU Region 2 Band Plan. The changes the committee agreed were pertinent, after boiling down all input received, were approved by the ARRL board in July for proposal at the Region 2 General Assembly last month. Each of ARRL’s band plan proposals were approved unanimously. Attached to this email is a PDF document I created that provides a summary of each revision made to the Region 2 band plan that was approved by voting delegates of the General Assembly. Many of the changes were made to move the band plan closer to alignment with that of Regions 1 and 3, where appropriate. If you have any questions about revisions to the Region 2 band plan, please ask. A reminder, here in the United States, our use of spectrum (particularly where various modes and emission bandwidths can reside) is regulated by FCC Part 97. Other countries around Region 2 permit their hams to adopt their own use of spectrum and, as such, Region 2’s band plan serves as their model. A hearty thank you to each member of ARRL’s HF Band Planning Committee for their time and contribution to this process, as well as to the Board for its necessary support. 73, Brian N5ZGT

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[arrl-odv:25900] Re: Jim's Services
by Dr. David Woolweaver 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Rick: I will be there. David -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 11/2/16, Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> wrote: Subject: [arrl-odv:25899] Jim's Services To: arrl-odv(a)arrl.org Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 7:09 PM Hi all: Jim's services will be Friday at 3:00 p.m. See link below. I plan to attend. http://www.restlandfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Jimmy-Haynie/#!/Obituary 73 Rick - K5UR ... -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:25899] Jim's Services
by k5ur＠aol.com 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Hi all: Jim's services will be Friday at 3:00 p.m. See link below. I plan to attend. http://www.restlandfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Jimmy-Haynie/#!/Obituary 73 Rick - K5UR ...

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[arrl-odv:25898] Live from Val-Kill National Historic Site
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Ladies & Gentlemen: If you limit your intake of social media, don't pass up the link below. ARRL's own Becky Schoenfeld and Sean Kutzko live cast on The National Park's Facebook website. They speak about how ARRL, NPOTA and the Amateur Radio community have assisted the National Park Service in its celebration of its 100th anniversary this year. The NPOTA is approaching 700,000 QSO's and we're pushing to reach the million mark by year end. Tom https://www.facebook.com/ELRONHS/videos/1224102397648603/ 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:25897] Message from Tom to Staff
by Pereira, Carla 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Dear Officers, Directors, and Vice-Directors of the ARRL, Below is the email Tom will be sending to HQ staff tomorrow morning regarding organizational structure changes, with the attached chart. Best, Carla Pereira Good morning: Since joining the ARRL, I've been working to evaluate the organization and its various components. In conjunction with the development of the 2017 Plan and financial projections we made some decisions regarding organizational reporting relationships. First of all, I would like to thank each of you for your diligence, hard work and cooperation in these planning activities. Without it, a difficult task would have been impossible. To better position the organization going forward, we are making the following organizational changes, effective Monday, November 7th: 1. The Membership function will report directly to the CEO. This is a critical function for the vitality, sustainability and financial wellbeing of the ARRL. It is our largest revenue source and merits an appropriate level of attention at the top of the house. Bob Inderbitzen has labored long and hard on these matters for many years, and I thank him for his dedication and loyalty, and I will count on his continued support of our common goals. 2. Divide Radiosport and Field Services into two separate functions, both reporting to the CEO. This combined function is the largest member service expense center in the corporation and needs to address declining revenues and escalating costs. a. I have asked Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, to head up the Radiosport Department and lend his background in large retail management to this task. We also expect Norm to help revitalize our awards and contest programs (with an eye towards attracting new, younger participants) as he has done in the QSL bureau. b. Dave Patton will continue to be responsible for the Field Services Department which will include the Field volunteers, Emergency Preparedness, Official Observer program and Conventions and Hamfests. Dave's impressive institutional knowledge is enormously valuable to ARRL, and his status as a distinguished contester and his standing in that community will be very helpful to all of us, and I hope that he will continue to influence awards and contest policy going forward. 3. Reassign Senior Management responsibilities. With the changes described above, I believe there are other changes necessary to insure proper oversight and review of the operations. It was clear that this was required so as not to over extend the CEO span of control and allow me time to focus on the areas, at least in the near term, where that level of attention is warranted. a. The functions that will report directly to the CEO include, CFO, Membership, Radiosport, Field Services, Editorial, Media and Public Relations, Development, Education, Washington Office, Regulatory Information, ARRL Lab and the IARU. b. The functions that will report directly to the CFO will include Controller's, Information Technology, Sales and Marketing (publication sales), Business Services, VEC and Building. As always, I thank our board of directors for its support of these and other actions over the past six months. The new organization chart is attached to this e-mail.

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