February 2017 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:26249] ARRL 5 MHz allocation Petition receives FCC file number RM-11785
by Christopher Imlay 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Greetings Today's FCC releases show our 5 MHz petition for rule making having been afforded file number RM-11785. The comments are due Monday, March 20. We will likely file short comments in favor of our own petition but there should be many others in support of it as well. Public notice attached. We can live with the "AARL" reference. It happens all the time. Non-rocket scientists work in the FCC Secretary's office. 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:26248] ARRL Web Site Maintenance
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

The ARRL web site and web store will be down for maintenance on Sunday, February 19, 2017 from 0700 to 0900 UTC. Rackspace, the hosting service, will be performing mandatory maintenance on the servers during that period. 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:26241] Today's Email
by k5ur＠aol.com 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

This is to everyone..... I've been in meetings almost all day and had a conference call this evening. I was trying to keep up with the email flamers today but didn't get to really go back and read everything until tonight. The tone of the email exchange today on ODV was uncalled for. It was unacceptable. It was disappointing. I have never seen anything like it in all of my years on the Board. I want it to stop. You can get your message across and still be civil. You can get your message across and still be respectful. You can even get your message across with a little spit and gunpowder thrown in, but you don't have to be an ass doing it. You are a collection of extraordinary people. We are better than I saw today. 73 Rick - K5UR ...

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[arrl-odv:26245] ARRL QSL cards order
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

I have been asked by Dave Patton to see if anyone on ODV is in need to ARRL QSL cards. If so, now would be a good time to contact Dave as he will be placing an order in the near future. 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:26244] N4ZUW - Joey Jet
by Joseph Tiritilli 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Have Fun with your hobby!

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[arrl-odv:26242] Re: Today's Email
by ebhudgens＠comcast.net 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Thank you. My sentiments exactly. Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App Ed Hudgens 615-630-2753 ebhudgens(a)comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org To: arrl-odv(a)arrl.org Cc: Sent: 2017-02-15 11:47:49 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:26241] Today's Email This is to everyone..... I've been in meetings almost all day and had a conference call this evening. I was trying to keep up with the email flamers today but didn't get to really go back and read everything until tonight. The tone of the email exchange today on ODV was uncalled for. It was unacceptable. It was disappointing. I have never seen anything like it in all of my years on the Board. I want it to stop. You can get your message across and still be civil. You can get your message across and still be respectful. You can even get your message across with a little spit and gunpowder thrown in, but you don't have to be an ass doing it. You are a collection of extraordinary people. We are better than I saw today. 73 Rick - K5UR ... _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:26220] IN Newsletter Feb 10 2017
by Pereira, Carla 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 42, No. 5 February 10, 2017 Covers the period January 28, 2017 - February 3, 2017 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events Southeastern Division Convention, February 9 - 13, 2017 @ Orlando, FL Vermont Section Convention February 25, 2017 @ South Burlington, VT Hamvention 2017 May 19 - 21, 2017 @ Xenia, OH Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Tom Gallagher, Lauren Clarke and Sean Kutzko met with Dr. Ed Snyder about moving forward on the Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative; details below in "Development." Tom met with an Academy Award-winning producer in NYC on Friday to discuss the potential for producing documentaries with ARRL about amateur radio past, present and future. Further meetings are being discussed. Planning and preparations have begun for the Executive Committee meeting in Denver this March. Development Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD Tom Gallagher, Sean Kutzko, and Lauren Clarke met with Dr. Ed Snyder, W1YSM on January 31 to discuss ideas for the Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative. Dr. Snyder presented Tom with a check in the amount of $100,000 to endow the W1YSM Snyder Family Collegiate Amateur Radio Endowment Fund. Earnings from this fund will help advance ARRL's Collegiate Amateur Radio efforts. Dr. Snyder earlier contributed $5,000 as "seed money" to help advance this effort until endowment earnings are at a sufficient level. Education Reported by Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Teacher Registration Instructor Registration Graduation Kit Requests License Class Listings 5 27 3 55 Lisa and Debra continue tracking down issues with the instructor feedback reporting system and problems with instructor registrations. ARISS Debra hosted the second of two Orientation Sessions for the next group of ARISS host organizations. Debra also completed updates to the ARRL and ariss.org websites for the next ARISS proposal window. A new display banner about ARISS designed by Sue Fagan was produced and mailed for debut at a booth hosted by CASIS at the Space Explorers Educators Conference. Debra reached out to local teachers in CA to find support at education conferences for which CASIS is requesting ARISS representation. ARISS Contacts * January 26, a telebridge contact between students at the Swiss Space Center - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG. * February 2, a telebridge contact between students at the South Street School and Westside Middle School in Danbury CT, USA and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD. Watch a video<http://www.amsat-on.be/2017/02/02/ariss-contact-with-schools-in-danbury-ct-…> about the contact. * February 2, a telebridge contact between students at Cours Saint Maur, Monaco and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG. Education & Technology Program Debra updated the ARRL website with current information and the summer 2017 schedule for the Teachers Institute. The new 2017 brochures are now available. Lisa sent copies to each Director and notified SMs of their availability. Debra initiated a discussion with NICERC (National Integrated Cyber Education Research) about developing curriculum for the ETP, and followed up on a lead with Project Lead the Way to inquire about adding radio electronics to the PLTW (Project Lead the Way) curriculum. Debra responded to several inquiries from hams wanting support for outreach events. Field Services Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization Leona Adams reports that Robert Roschewsk, KA2PBT, of Washington, New Jersey, has been nominated to run for the Northern New Jersey Section Manager's position. The next two-year term of office begins July 1, and nominating petitions need to arrive at Headquarters by March 10. Steve Ewald has been receiving a many 2016 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test results and 2016 ARRL Emergency Coordinator annual reports from around the country in advance of the early February receipt deadline. Publications Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY The March 2017 digital edition of QST is live February 10th. PageSuite continues a resubmit process to improve image quality on iOS devices, and has assigned an Android developer to improve the download function on the Android app. Radiosport Reported by Norm Fusaro, W3IZ Radiosport Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 3 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1 - 2 Business Days 2017 DXCC Applications 1,079 2017 WAS Applications 144 2017 VUCC Applications 27 W1AW Reported by Joe Carci, NJ1Q Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He created the texts for the February W1AW Qualifying Runs. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice texts for the upcoming week. He also processed VUCC certificates and endorsements. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Jackie Ferreira reports that January product sales were $218,961; the sales forecast was $252,772. The shortfall is attributed to the postponement of a new book, and softer than predicted sales of "Beginner Training Aids" and "Upgrade Training Aids." Royalties earned on sales of our Kindle e-books were $8,774. We had stocked out of our popular title Work the World with JT65 and JT9, by Steve Ford, in late December, anticipating a new printing with some additional content in January. We resumed shipping the book during the last 3 days of January - shipping 483 copies of the new printing. This book continues to do very well. Jackie conducted some publication promotions by email, with themes for Groundhog Day and the Superbowl. These contributed sales of over $10K. A promotion for the ARRL home and auto insurance benefit, serviced by Liberty Mutual Insurance, was emailed by ARRL to members on January 31. Bob Inderbitzen worked with RFinder to commit their ad in the upcoming 2017-18 ARRL Repeater Directory. ARRL receives a 30% commission on sales of RFinder in the US. Bob and Diane Middleton met with our Federal Express account executive to review shipping discounts ARRL is receiving based on our business volume. We were also introduced to some new shipping services offered by FedEx as the continue to develop ways to remain competitive in a complex shipping & mailing landscape. Bob continues to work with Hamvention organizers to commit ARRL's participation at this year's event in May. We are now tentatively scheduled to sponsor eight forums. Hamvention has received ARRL hamfest sanctioning as this year's Ohio State Convention. Our online registration form for staff and officials attending the convention (including hotel registration) will be available soon. Hamvention is May 19-21. Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Steve Capodicasa 02/13 PTO Joe Carcia 02/17 half day PTO " 02/20 - 02/24 PTO " 03/03 half day PTO " 03/17 PTO " 03/21 PTO " 03/24 PTO " 03/31 PTO " 05/26 PTO " 04/05 - 05/07 PTO " 04/07- 04/13 PTO " 05/26 PTO " 07/05 - 07/07 PTO " 07/14 PTO " 07/21 PTO " 07/28 PTO " 08/04 PTO " 08/07 - 08/11 PTO " 08/18 PTO " 08/25 PTO " 10/09 PTO Lauren Clarke 03/06 - 03/10 PTO Tom Gallagher 02/10 - 02/12 Southeastern Division Convention, Orlando, FL Scott Gee 02/20 - 02/24 PTO Perry Green Medical Leave Bart Jahnke 02/09 - 02/12 Southeastern Division Convention, Orlando, FL Bob Inderbitzen 02/09 - 02/13 Southeastern Division Convention, Orlando, FL Sean Kutzko 02/24 - 02/25 Vermont Section Convention " 03/06 Fairfield (CT) Radio Club presentation " 03/09 - 03/12 PTO Sincerely Compiled by, Carla Pereira, Assistant to CEO

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[arrl-odv:26233] Final Results from Orlando HamCation
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

Ladies & Gentlemen: Bob Inderbitzen's complete report is available today [below], and while it doesn't differ much from my earlier estimates in prior ODV, I wanted to share the full details with you. I believe that the $14,000+ in membership transactions (totaling 238 in all) which we secured in the Southeastern Division probably says more about the climate than any other factor. Note that these events are overwhelmingly a credit-card-based business; while we pay 2.8 percent for the SQUARE product features including the card commission, we eliminate the risk and danger of carrying large amounts of cash, plus obtain good point-of-sale (POS) data in the process. These POS reports over time will enlarge our understanding of hour-by-hour traffic flows as well as provide year-to-year comparability. Then we don't have to guess: was HamCation better last year or not. Gallagher 2/15/17 Orlando HamCation - ARRL Southeastern Division Convention February 10-12, 2017 Sales Reconciliation Cash $ 3,319.00 Credit deposit from Square $ 11,052.57 Credit fees charged by Square $ 314.43 Credit: charged at ARRL $ - Coupons (publication discounts) $ - Gift Certificates $ - Total Receipts $ 14,686.00 Memberships $ 14,264.00 Life Memberships $ 153.00 Subscriptions $ 133.00 Awards (includes DXCC, etc.) $ 65.00 VEC Certificates $ - Diamond Club $ - Contributions - "General Fund" $ 42.00 Contributions - Spectrum Defense $ - QSL Bureau Fee $ - Product Sales $ - Orders shipped from ARRL $ 29.00 RSGB Subscription $ - Sales Tax (X.X%) Starter Cash $ - Total $ 14,686.00 Lapsed members: 30 First-time members: 16 Renewing: 191 New Life Membership Pledge (payment): 1 TOTAL: 238 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:26232] FCC Field Offices; A New Hope
by Christopher Imlay 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

The following was received from the National Association of Broadcasters via Riley Hollingsworth. Good news about the possible undoing of the Field Offices. Chris HOUSE PUSHBACK MAY LEAD FCC TO REOPEN REGIONAL OFFICES. (Inside Radio) • Feb 15, 2017 The money-saving decision to close and consolidate some of the Federal Communications Commission’s network of field offices may soon be reversed as Congress gives the agency a top-to-bottom review. “I would like to see a revitalization of the regional offices for the FCC so that if someone has a problem they’re not finding themselves having to call Washington DC and wait for somebody to get around to calling them back and then wait longer for somebody to get out to them,” House Communications and Technology Subcommittee chair Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said. Under the reorganization plan designed by former chair Tom Wheeler, the FCC in 2015 adopted a plan to close 11 of its regional field offices. That led to the closure of offices in Anchorage, AK; Buffalo; Detroit; Houston; Kansas City; Norfolk; Philadelphia; San Diego; San Juan, PR; Seattle; and Tampa. Plans to close five other offices were scrapped after broadcasters and members of Congress complained it would stretch agency resources too thin. Blackburn hasn’t said whether she thinks all those regional offices should be reopened, but in an interview with C-Span she said it is “important” for the FCC to have a bigger footprint. When the Obama administration shut down field offices the FCC said each location averaged $400,000 in overhead costs and support staff expenses and that by relying on so-called “tiger teams” based in suburban Washington it would be able to handle interference issues anywhere in the nation in a “timely manner,” pledging field agents will be on site “within one day.” It also left field offices open in 14 cities including New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; San Francisco; Dallas; Atlanta; Miami; Boston; Denver; Honolulu; New Orleans; and Portland, OR. The operations of the FCC are under scrutiny as the agency undergoes its first congressional reauthorization since 1990. “When you go that period of time and you don’t have reauthorization, it is easy to get off script and get away from what is mission critical,” Blackburn explained. The review also opens the door to a larger scale reassessment into how the FCC fits into a constellation of 200 federal agencies that spend $310 billion a year “As you’re doing reauthorization, it is an opportunity to revisit the structure of those agencies,” Blackburn said. “If emphasis needs to be shifted within the agencies we’ll do that.” There’s growing speculation that some of the FCC’s current functions will be off-loaded to other agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission. Blackburn believes the FCC has overstepped its bounds in recent years on issues such as adopting net neutrality regulations and online privacy rules—both of which she thinks would be better suited under FTC oversight. “They have the historical knowledge and the expertise,” she said. New FCC chair Ajit Pai hasn’t publicly said what functions he’d like the Commission to relinquish. But Blackburn expects he’ll be in agreement with what Congress decides, saying he’s already met privately with several lawmakers. The FCC will also appear before both House and Senate oversight committees on March 8. In the meantime a hiring freeze remains in place at the FCC. Republicans in Congress have put a number of sizable tasks on their list of assignments including updating laws dealing with taxes, immigration and health care. With such an agenda and focus on agency reauthorizations Blackburn doesn’t expect there will be time to update the Communication Act until 2018. “It is on the to-do list,” she assured. It has been 21 years ago since the 1996 Telecom Act upended the radio landscape and Blackburn says fresh revisions are needed. Blackburn adds that lawmakers plan “to look at the media ownership rule,” saying they “look forward” to revising the statute -- 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:26230] A&F Minutes - January 19, 2017
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

Attached are the minutes from the January 19, 2017 meeting of the ARRL Administration and Finance Committee. The Chairman has asked me to remind you that these minutes are considered "Board Confidential" and should be treated as such. 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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