August 2016 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:25568] Feds Dunning Repeater Owners
by Marty Woll 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Fees and Bonding Requirements Coming to a Repeater Near You Amateur repeater sites located in areas administered by the U.S. Forest Service are now being told to pay permit-renewal processing fees and to provide bonds for dismantlement, removal and restoration (DR&R) of the sites upon termination of their respective leases (which typically run for 30 years). The fees appear to be running around $1,200 and are described as being for recovery of permit processing costs. While a burden, it's probably not a deal-killer, considering that it applies to 30 years of future usage. More onerous are the DR&R bonding requirements; the ones I've seen are from $30,000 to $100,000! At my request Barry Shelley has asked our club-insurance agent whether the carrier can provide or would consider providing the requisite bonds. Since the alternative to bonding would be a cash deposit of the required amount, this could be a real issue for repeater owners / clubs. I have also asked Dan Henderson and Chris Imlay about any prior agreements, rules or laws that would exempt Amateurs from any of these requirements. We'll see whether their research finds anything that might help. Angeles National Forest in Southern California is the bellwether for this initiative, but we are told by USFS that it will be nationwide. I have unconfirmed reports that the impetus for the bonding requirements was the abandonment of coal mines on leased Federal lands and the Feds being stuck with the related clean-up costs. It does appear that the bond amount may be negotiable if the repeater owner can demonstrate the ability to meet the DR&R requirements at a lower cost. It could be argued that some site improvements, such as grading and retaining walls, would be better left in place than removed (for slope stability, vehicle turn-arounds, etc.), thereby reducing the DRR work and related cost. It is possible that a commitment to transfer a site to a willing government agency at the end of its Amateur use could satisfy USFS as an alternative to bonding, but that remains to be seen. It may be prudent for USFS lessees to develop DR&R plans for their sites before they are under time pressure to do so. 73, Marty N6VI

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[arrl-odv:25567] Technological Advisory Council (TAC) Noise Study, Docket 16-191
by Christopher Imlay 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Greetings. With authority of the Executive Committee, I have just now filed the attached comments in response to the Public Notice issued by FCC in mid-June concerning a planned study of the radio spectrum noise floor to be conducted by the FCC's Technological Advisory Council (the TAC). Overseeing the study will be our own delegate to the TAC, Greg Lapin, N9GL, who has ably advocated for ARRL for years in this important group, and Lynn Claudy at NAB, who is also very competent. As you will see when you read these comments, the TAC was charged by FCC with doing this noise study in 1999 shortly after it was formed, but it never did one. The current docket proceeding asks for comments on how such a study should be done. These comments provide extensive input on the subject and respond to a series of detailed, multi-part questions on how an accurate and reliable noise study can be completed. We have for years urged FCC to get this data in order to make responsible spectrum management decisions. We have also gotten in a few licks about the enforcement situation with power lines, RF lighting devices, noisy switched power supplies, etc. I am very grateful for the excellent input into these extensive comments (which I think you will find impressive in the technical details) from Ed Hare especially, but also from Mike Gruber, Bob Allison and Kermit Carlson. Thanks also to the Executive Committee and especially President Roderick for extensive editorial assistance with this filing. There is no reply comment period but Ed and the EMC Committee will work directly with Greg Lapin on this on an ongoing basis. No thanks incidentally to the FCC's new, and very defective ECFS 3.0 software and their absolutely useless help desk. I somehow managed to get these filed using an old computer here in the office. Reportedly, FCC's IT staff has been working for days to figure out the glitch that doesn't allow uploading of files of any sort. PDF and WORD versions of the as filed comments are attached. 73, Chris W3KD -- Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG

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[arrl-odv:25566] July reports now posted
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 10 Aug '16

10 Aug '16

Thanks to Lisa Kustosik, the various reports to the Board for the July meeting are posted and now available at http://www.arrl.org/committee-reports 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:25564] A&F Minutes
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

Good Evening: Attached are the minutes of the Administration and Finance Committee meeting held on July 14, 2016. I apologize for the delay in the distribution. For the benefit of the Vice Directors who have not seen a copy prior to this, I've also attached the annual report to the A&F Committee by our auditors, Cohn Reznick. As you will see in the minutes, this was presented to the Committee at the July 14th meeting. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc. The National Association for Amateur Radio (860) 594-0212 www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:25558] Reflector traffic about RM-11708, from both pro and against...
by Kermit Carlson 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Good Morning - In case you have not received any emails aboutthe Commission's proposed details for RM-11708, attachedbelow are a few of the comments from Ted Rappaport N9NB andTom Whiteside N5TW, on both sides of the bandwidth issue. At least both sides are addressing their responseto the Commission and not to the League. 73, Kermit W9XA ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "'Jim McDonald' jim(a)n7us.net [NIDXA]" <NIDXA(a)yahoogroups.com> To: 'RTTY Reflector' <rtty(a)contesting.com>; 'CW Ops Yahoo Groups' <cwops(a)yahoogroups.com>; NIDXA Reflector <nidxa(a)yahoogroups.com>; MCWA Reflector <k9rn(a)yahoogroups.com>; CADXA Reflector <CADXA_SHARE1(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2016 7:14 PM Subject: [NIDXA] If you care about CW and RTTY - time is of the essence From the SMC reflector. 73, Jim N7US -----Original Message----- From: SMC [mailto:smc-bounces@w9smc.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wetzel Sent: August 07, 2016 18:38 To: smc(a)w9smc.com Subject: [SMC] if you care about CW and RTTY - time is of the essence >From Dr. Ted Rappaport N9NB Dear Colleagues: If you believe, as I do, that the proposal to unregulate the bandwidth of data signals (like Pactor 4) in the lower HF portion of the spectrum is dangerous for the hobby, both in the US and abroad, then please read on as we need your help. If you do not agree with me, or don't care about this, then feel free to delete and stop reading. I ask that you PLEASE take action by filling public comments with the FCC regarding their recent RM 11708 proposed rulemaking in WT Docket No. 16-239 and RM-11708, and please forward this to every CW and RTTY enthusiast you know in ham radio, on every reflector, in every CW and RTTY club, both in the US and elsewhere, and urge them to also file comments with the FCC. We have less than 3 weeks to voice our opinion! It was not heard in 2014-2015. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! There are less than 3 weeks during which the FCC will accept comments. I am fearful and quite certain that RM 11708, as published in WT Docket No. 16-239 , which the FCC is now seeking public comment on as a prelude to enact its ruling, will terribly erode CW and RTTY on the HF bands in its current form. The ruling will allow PACTOR 4 and multi-tone modems on any frequency within the CW/RTTY frequencies on HF. This is worse than allowing SSB to operate throughout the CW/data sub bands, something the FCC has never allowed. The FCC is proposing an unlimited bandwidth for data signals in the lower HF bands (the ARRL asked for 2.8 kHz-- the bandwidth of SSB--- which was still bad - and the FCC proposal is even worse). I would urge all of you write in to object to RM 11708 and to ask that the FCC place a 500 Hz bandwidth limit all data transmission bandwidths such as Pactor, multi tone data modems, and other experimental data modes on all HF bands within the lowest 75 or 100 kHz region of each HF band. Japan has something similar. If we don't generate large support from hams to scale back the FCC proposal, and put a bandwidth cap in some portion of the lower HF bands, these monster QRMers of unlimited bandwidth will be allowed to operate anywhere in the CW/RTTY lower HF bands, and they will lawfully fire up on your CW or RTTY QS when you are least expecting it. See below how the proponents of RM 11708, including my friend Tom Whiteside, are launching an aggressive letter-writing campaign for "pro" comments to be filed at the FCC to allow Pactor 4 and other wideband multi-tone modems to operate anywhere in the CW/RTTY spectrum, without a segregation of the band. The public filing period ends in a few weeks, so we must write now to offer opposition to the Commission. The need for WinLink/Pactor data emergency communication on HF is being used as one of the arguments for expanding the data bandwidth. See the other arguments below. I would urge CW and RTTY enthusiasts to review the arguments for and against RM 11708, see the public comments filed from March 2014 to today, and please be moved to quickly to write about your opposition to the newly proposed regulation just released by the FCC (It can be viewed here): http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0728/FCC-16-9 6A1.pdf Please see Tom's email below on how to file a comment, but I would urge you to read the FCC proposal and file comments *against* the FCC's proposed rulemaking. You can see the ballet box is again be flooded for the expanded data privileges in the past week - there are only 20 days to file comments. If this ruling is enacted, and the FCC is leaning that way, this will come at a cost to CW and RTTY . See these comments already filed: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/filings?sort=date_disseminated,DESC&proceedi ngs_name=RM-11708 Unfortunately, in the FCC proposed ruling issued over a week ago, the Commission appears to have ignored ALL comments made by hams after the initial 30 day comment period back in late 2013. During that one month period, there was a 95% "pro" letter writing campaign by over 800 people -- It was only after the CW and RTTY enthusiasts woke up in March of 2014 that public comments became overwhelmingly negative against RM 11708. Unfortunately, the FCC has apparently ignored all of those comments, so new comments need to be filed on the FCC;s recent ruling. If you care about CW and RTTY, please file comments against the ruling, to preserve some sanctuary for narrowband data (having less than 500 Hz bandwidth), the way the largest ham country (Japan) has done to ensure no QRM to CW and RTTY enthusiasts. Thanks for considering. Best 73 ted n9nb Winlink Global Radio Email for Disasters or Emergency Preparedness communications. Group 1 Message Digest #4406 1 Comments on RM-11708 - time to get those comments in! by "Tom Whiteside" n5tw Message 1 Comments on RM-11708 - time to get those comments in! Fri Aug 5, 2016 2:36 am (PDT) . Posted by: "Tom Whiteside" n5tw As you have heard on this reflector, the FCC has amended the ARRL filed RM-11708 and is now seeking comments on this. It is critical that we add our supporting comments during this period and the process below is a step by step on how to do so. I'd suggest something simple - please make it clear that you support the amended proposal - these responses are going to be tallied at least at the first level by clerks so be clear! In my filing, I emphasized the clear gain in efficiency with the elimination of the archaic symbol rate and sited currently not legal Pactor 4's ability to double the throughput in the same bandwidth as Pactor 3 and that this would bring us on par with the rest of the world. Use your own words - form letters will be seen as such. And thanks for your important support! Instructions on filing below: Tom Whiteside N5TW ===================== IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Time is running out for comments supporting RM-11708 to the FCC, which would remove the symbol rate limitation from FCC rules, and allow hams to use Pactor 4 modems in the USA. If the proposed rule change fails this time, it will be years before we have another chance. It is very easy to submit a comment. Please do. You don't have to say much other than you think it's a good idea, and that you support it. Here are the steps to submit a comment. 1. Go to <http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/> http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/ 2. Select "Submit a Filing (Express)" from the list in the upper left corner of the screen. 3. In the topmost paragraph of the next screen, click "click here to manually enter your docket number" . 4. Enter RM-11708 as the "Proceeding Number". Enter your name, address, and type your comments in the bottom field. 5. Click "Continue";, and then click the "Confirm" button on the summary page it will display. 6. If everything goes properly, it will give you a submission confirmation number. Here are the relevant points: a. The proposed change does not alter the bandwidth limits or the frequencies available for digital use, so no new frequency space is being used. It has no negative impact on the Ham spectrum. 2. The use of Pactor 4 simply makes the use of existing bandwidth more efficient, so additional traffic can be passed without allocating new frequencies. 3. The further development of even faster protocols in the same bandwidth limitations depends on the success of this rulemaking

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[arrl-odv:25557] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

IN-Newsletter [cid:image003.jpg@01D1EF0C.358E2890] Vol. 41, No. 28 August 3, 2016 - Covers the period July 24-30. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events CEO Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Alli Barbieri's last day is today. As Digital Content Coordinator has been a great asset to this organization and will be truly missed. Please join me in wishing this talented young person good luck in all of her your future endeavors! The first phase of ETP's new middle school teaching curriculum was delivered Thursday for editing and implementation. This project is scheduled to complete by 9/1/16. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Diane Petrilli reports that July ended with 167,167 members, 193 members ahead of the year-to-date goal. This represents a loss from July of 1,158 members; a loss of 883 was forecast. The on-time renewal rate for July (July expirees who renewed by end of July) is 70.20% vs. 72.06% last July. The ARRL website and targeted emails contributed the largest share of new member acquisition this month. Jackie Ferreira reports that July publication and product sales were $232,742, short of the sales forecast of $247,502. The majority of the shortfall is attributed to the discontinued TravelPlus for Repeaters software product, which was included in the 2016 forecast. Direct sales were $128,736 ($124,862 in 2015); dealer sales were $104,006. Year to date sales are $1,864,808, $48,948 ahead of forecast. It was another strong month for royalties earned on sales of our Kindle e-books; $8,424 ($54,928 year to date, and ahead of forecast). Upgrade postcards mailed to Technician and General Class members featuring the General and Extra Class license materials contributed over $21,795 in sales this month. Sales of the current edition Repeater Directory are $2,403 higher through July than during the same period last year. Yvette Vinci prepared a reminder emailing to members with a summary of "What's trending" in August QST, taking advantage of some early analytics shared by Alli Barbieri. The notification was sent to 121,545 members on Tuesday, July 19. An ad introducing the 2017 ARRL Handbook and 11th edition ARRL Operating Manual was finalized for September QST. The new editions will begin shipping in October. The books are being promoted with the current edition ARRL Antenna Book as companion titles; three books every radio amateur should have: The Power of 3. There are also plans to introduce the Operating Manual as a Kindle e-book in two parts covering four volumes. Bob Inderbitzen authored an opinion piece<http://www.arrl.org/news/editorial-radiosport-vs-pok-mon-go> comparing the current Pokémon phenomenon with Amateur Radiosport. He has received some nice comments from members about the editorial. Effective immediately, a custom Life Membership plaque will be offered as an optional add-on when an individual qualifies for Life Membership by making their paid-in-full or final payment. Existing pledgers will receive an included plaque, but the economics of continuing to fulfill new plaques at no charge has become costly-reducing the revenue collected to service the membership which includes QST for life. New Life Members will continue to receive a membership card indicating their life member status, a brass life membership pin, and window decals. Bob Inderbitzen, Steve Ford, Barry Shelley, and Tom Gallagher met with RFinder owner Bob Greenberg, W2CYK. RFinder is a web and app-based online directory of repeaters worldwide. ARRL has had a licensing agreement with RFinder since February, and we promote the service as our preferred source for online repeater listings<http://www.arrl.org/shop/RFinder-The-World-Wide-Repeater-Directory/>. Member Services Representative Cassandra Parkman, KB1WQY, has decided to leave the HQ staff. Her last day was July 29. Summary of Sales and Marketing Department telephone group, reported by Yvette Vinci: Week Ending Calls Answered Calls Per Hour Total Talking Duration Average Speed of Answer 7/29/2016 775 17.2 27:05:28 20 seconds 7/22/2016 802 17.8 25:07:22 10 seconds 7/15/2016 848 18.7 25:54:53 9 seconds 7/8/2016 (4 days) 668 18.5 21:35:26 10 seconds Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week Ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 7/29/2016 971 335 7/22/2016 782 412 7/15/2016 896 471 7/8/2016 (4 days) 1,078 208 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 3 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1-2 Days W1AW It was a rather busy week at W1AW. Each day saw participants involved in the ARRL Teachers Institute. A number of these teachers were licensed hams and spend a good amount of their free time operating W1AW. Joe Carcia updated the web page containing the weekly QST sources for code practice. He also had to recover the web code practice 20 WPM archive for 2016 (and a portion of 2015). In addition to hosting the teachers, he and Bob Allison also spend most of the week filming training videos to be used with the ARISS Go-Kit. Scott Gee worked on slow and fast code practice texts for the two upcoming weeks. He processed a number of VUCC certificates and endorsements. Field Organization/Public Service Team Radio amateurs and ARRL members from Indiana and the Los Angeles Section completed their requirements to become Official Observers this past week. ARRL Headquarters received thanks for researching antenna zoning information for a member who planned to send it to the editor since it brought him good results from his local city officials. Chuck Skolaut provided the North Carolina Section Manager information on how to establish a Local Interference Committee. A Kansas radio amateur forwarded a report of what appears to be an Over the Horizon Radar that's being heard on 40 meters. Questions this week dealt with operating overseas, proper identification while using a repeater and using APRS. Chuck also monitored ARRL sponsored webinars on "Contesting as Training for Public Service" and "Hurricane Season." Chuck, Steve Ewald and Ken Bailey administered a Volunteer Examiner Test Session for attendees of the ARRL Teacher's Institute that was at Headquarters between July 25 and 29. Leona Adams reports that Joe Shupienis, W3BC, has been nominated to run for the next term of office as Section Manager for Western Pennsylvania. Nominations for this particular Section Manager election cycle are due at Headquarters by September 9, and the new terms of office begin in January, 2017. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 9/5 Holiday Bob Allison 7/29-8/8 PTO Steve Capodicasa 8/22-8/26 PTO `` 9/19-9/23 PTO Steve Ewald 8/4 PTO `` 8/26-9/6 PTO Norm Fusaro 8/5-8/7 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX `` 8/19-8/21 West Virginia State Convention, Weston, WV Tom Gallagher 8/12 Hicksville, NY `` 8/14-8/17 APCO, Orlando, FL Mike Gruber 8/22-8/26 PTO `` 9/26-9/30 PTO Ed Hare 8/31-9/9 PTO `` 10/14 PTO Dan Henderson 8/31-9/6 NC State Convention, Shelby, NC/PTO `` 9/21-9/27 W$DXCC Convention, Pigeon Forge, TN/SEDCO/PTO Gail Iannone 8/22-8/29 PTO Debra Johnson 8/29-9/4 PTO Zack Lau 8/24-8/25 PTO Dave Patton 8/4-8/8 Northwest DX Convention, Portland, OR Diane Petrilli 8/5-8/12 PTO Chuck Skolaut 8/21-8/29 Kansas State Convention, Salina, KS / PTO Maria Somma 8/22-8/26 PTO Yvette Vinci 8/19-8/26 Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, AL/PTO

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[arrl-odv:25556] Re: Middle School Curriculum
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Marty Just mark up the lesson (there's plenty of white space) and send it to me. I am asking a couple of the TI teachers from this summers session to do the same. When combined with the actual class room experience using it and the instructors comments we will merge them all in final edit. We will have the benefit of lots of smart people in creating this. And of course when it's on line we can continuously update and revise to keep it current and fresh. Thanks for any comments. Tom Sent from my iPhone On Aug 4, 2016, at 6:12 PM, Woll, Marty, N6VI <n6vi(a)socal.rr.com<mailto:n6vi@socal.rr.com>> wrote: Hi, Tom. The lesson looks fine, but I wonder about the choice of a fox hunt as an enrichment activity for this particular lesson in that it has no apparent relationship to the lesson being taught. I’m sure it’s fun, but there may be another lesson to which it would be more applicable. It might be more instructive to let the students build larger arrays of lights in series and parallel to see what happens and perhaps do some measurements to help them see why it’s happening that way. 73, Marty N6VI p.s. With the proliferation of LEDs and the diminished presence of incandescent bulbs, it might be helpful to describe these bulbs as a kind of “indicating resistor”. From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 2:27 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:25554] Middle School Curriculum UPDATE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NEW EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM In order to meet requirements for a grant proposal from Maxim Society member Craig Goldman W2LZQ, to meet the needs the Teachers’ Institute, and those of the Grace Academy commitment, I commissioned the creation of a middle school curriculum on basic electronics oriented to Amateur Radio. The task was assigned to former ARRL staffer and current STEM instructor, Nathan McCray. The project was commenced on 08/01/16 and is scheduled for completion by 9/01/16. Today, the first third of the curriculum was delivered to ARRL HQ on schedule. It is the initial portion of a 16-week course. The material is still flat file, printed workbooks, but the content and visuals will eventually be recreated online using animation and video/audio collateral materials. After completing proof of performance in the classroom, the education department can proceed to a more robust presentation format. In order to save costs and editing time, much of the visual material in the lessons has been constructed from elements of the ARRL publication, Understanding Basic Electronics. A sample lesson (unedited) is attached: “Series/Parallel Circuits.” This material will be available for next summer’s Teachers Institute participants to take back with them for classroom use. Note that none of this material covers licensing topics in order NOT to compete with ARRL’s very successful series of licensing manuals. I am grateful to Craig Goldman and also to Directors Woolweaver and Lisenco for being the burr under the saddle on this project. Gallagher Tom Gallagher – NY2RF Chief Executive Officer ARRL Headquarters ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ 860 594 0404 cell 704 907 7158 tgallagher(a)arrl.org<mailto:tgallagher@arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:25554] Middle School Curriculum
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

UPDATE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NEW EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM In order to meet requirements for a grant proposal from Maxim Society member Craig Goldman W2LZQ, to meet the needs the Teachers' Institute, and those of the Grace Academy commitment, I commissioned the creation of a middle school curriculum on basic electronics oriented to Amateur Radio. The task was assigned to former ARRL staffer and current STEM instructor, Nathan McCray. The project was commenced on 08/01/16 and is scheduled for completion by 9/01/16. Today, the first third of the curriculum was delivered to ARRL HQ on schedule. It is the initial portion of a 16-week course. The material is still flat file, printed workbooks, but the content and visuals will eventually be recreated online using animation and video/audio collateral materials. After completing proof of performance in the classroom, the education department can proceed to a more robust presentation format. In order to save costs and editing time, much of the visual material in the lessons has been constructed from elements of the ARRL publication, Understanding Basic Electronics. A sample lesson (unedited) is attached: "Series/Parallel Circuits." This material will be available for next summer's Teachers Institute participants to take back with them for classroom use. Note that none of this material covers licensing topics in order NOT to compete with ARRL's very successful series of licensing manuals. I am grateful to Craig Goldman and also to Directors Woolweaver and Lisenco for being the burr under the saddle on this project. Gallagher 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:25553] Congressional Budget Office review of HR 1301
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

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:25551] LED Lighting--a UK perspective
by Price, Brennan, N4QX 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

The August 2016 RadCom has the attached two-page article on LED floodlights by Dr. David Lauder, G0SNO. The article contains an analysis of a defective LED floodlight, a discussion of the applicable EU regulations and how their applicability in the UK is complicated by the UK's decision to leave the EU, and efforts at market surveillance. 73 de Brennan N4QX Brennan T. Price, N4QX Chief Technology Officer American Radio Relay League PO Box 3470 Oakton VA 22124-9470 Tel +1 860 594-0247

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