March 2017 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:26333] Re: new bands
by Tom Frenaye 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

At 12:12 PM 3/30/2017, Christopher Imlay wrote: >Yes, the bottom line is that we got everything we asked for with respect to the new bands, except that there will be a 30-day, negative option notification requirement to UTC by all hams who wish to use this band. We will have a strategy to make sure that the notifications get made quickly by a lot of hams all at once, thus to ensure that no later PLC systems can be established that would be entitled to protection from amateur operation in the new bands.Â >The only downside of this order is the preservation of ocean buoys in the great lakes and open ocean at up to 8 watts at 1900-2000 kHz. That was unexpected, but we do get unfettered access to this band and the threat of reallocation is now gone, so there is some benefit there also. > >Overall, this is a big win for ARRL and for Amateur Radio, despite the delay in getting it to the finish line. Hey Chris - Do we need to provide some guidance to people who will want to run SSB or AM (or even Pactor 3/4) on our new 2.1 khz wide 2200 meter band? I don't think many people will have transmitters with narrow transmit filters. Plus, one AM signal will just about fill up our new 7 khz wide 630m band. Or do you consider this a band planning issue? :-) -- 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:26332] Midway and Kure being moved to Deleted Countries list
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

This press release will be released later this afternoon. Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary, the American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio Phone: 860-594-0236

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[arrl-odv:26331] In Newsletter March 31 2017
by Pereira, Carla 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 42, No. 12 March 31, 2017 Covers the period March 18 - March 24, 2017 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events: Nevada State Convention March 31 - April 2 @ Las Vegas, NV Roanoke Division Convention April 15 @ Raleigh, NC Delaware State Convention April 22 @ Georgetown, DE National VOAD Conference May 15 - 18 @ Houston, TX Hamvention 2017 May 19 - 21 @ Xenia, OH SEA-PAC 2017 June 2 - 4 @ Seaside, OR Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Tom Gallagher and Lauren Clarke met with Dr. Ed Snyder, W1YSM for dinner last week to discuss ARRL's Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative. (The Snyder Family Foundation gifted $100,000 earlier this year to fund the initiative.) Tom Gallagher and Mike Corey visited Grace Academy in Hartford last week to present to Shui Se Phoe with her Amateur Radio license, an HT and General Class study guide. Shui Se is the first student to become licensed at Grace Academy through ARRL's after-school program there. They also present Headmaster and founder Matt Fitzsimons with an Amateur Radio book set for the Grace Academy library. Michelle Patnode attended to record the presentation. The radio given to Shui Se as well as an ARRL membership were acquired with staff-contributed funds. Tom Gallagher, along with Dan Henderson and Barry Shelley, traveled to Denver, CO March 24 - 27 for the Executive and Administrative & Finance Committee meetings. The committees, comprised of Directors and Officers, discussed several issues pertaining to current ARRL concerns as well as upcoming initiatives, that will be added to the Agenda at the July Board Meeting. While in Colorado, Tom also visited with Vice Director Jeff Ryan and officers of the Rocky Mountain Ham Radio (one of the major amateur radio clubs in CO.) Education Reported by Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Teacher Registration Instructor Registration Graduation Kit Requests License Class Listings 5 12 2 6 Debra finalized the last details of the resources needed to support the 2017 Teachers Institute with instructors and placed orders and requisitions. She worked on re-sending the online survey to ETP grant recipients to undeliverable addresses. She also began organizing a team of proposal reviewers for the ARISS spring proposal window. ARISS Contacts: * March 23, a telebridge contact between students at School of Trois Paletuviers, Saint-Georges de l'Oyapock, French Guyana and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG was successful. Field Services Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N The Section Manager election ballots and candidate statements for Utah and Northern New Jersey were printed and delivered to the Mailroom at Headquarters late in the week. With our thanks to the Mailroom staff, these ballots will be in the postal mail no later than April 3. Three separate Section Managers have nominated three different individuals for the 2016 Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award. These nominations arrived at Headquarters in advance of the March 31st receipt deadline. The nominations for this award are considered at the Second Meeting of the Board of Directors in July. Lab Reported by Bob Allison, WB1GCM Product Review Bob Allison tested an AM only, 250 Watt+ transmitter for QST Product Review. Bob is currently assembling the audio chain for the transmitter, which consists of a high-quality microphone, a speech compressor/limiter/, and an audio equalizer. Once assembled, Bob will test it on air during this weekend's AM Rally, an AM operating event, organized by Clark Burgard, N1BCG, and Stephen Cloutier, WA1QIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TP8OGCo0-M Bob Also tested another TCXO for an upcoming Product Review article. RFI Mike Gruber reports that the FCC enforcement bureau's Laura Smith issued five FCC letters and that the FCC conducted a filed inspection of a solar PV system site causing harmful interference to an Amateur station on March 15. The solar panel optimizers in this case did not have a proper FCC label, and as a result, the field agent issued a warning in the case. Technical Work Bob Allison and Mike Gruber traveled to Bowie, MD to pick up a Gates BC-1T 1 KW AM transmitter. This transmitter will be restored to its original operating condition by a retired volunteer broadcast engineer and converted to the Amateur Bands (160, 80, 40 meters) by another volunteer broadcast engineer, under Bob's supervision. The transmitter will be used as a promotional tool for the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of CT and to the ARRL, who will use it during AM operating events. It will also be a useful teaching tool for those who wish to understand the basic principles of Amplitude Modulation, the oldest method of voice transmission. [2004-04-15 21] GATES BC-1T AM BC TRANSMITTER 1 KW (2) 807 DRIVING (2) 833A, MODULATED BY (2) 833a ORIGINALLY USED AT KPGE, PAGE ARIZONA, 1340 KHZ TIS Zack Lau reports that the Technical Information Service (TIS) was busy last week with many phone calls and emails. It should be noted that all emails and phone calls received by the Lab are at times challenging, due to the technical nature of the questions asked. Travel Bob Allison and Mike Gruber have made plans to travel to Xenia Ohio for the Dayton Hamvention. Laboratory Volunteers Pete Turbide, W1PT, Martin Ewing, AA6E and Matthias Zapatka, AJ4BB will be joining Bob and Mike at the Laboratory Booth once again this year. Also volunteering again will be Central Division Director, Kermit Carlson. VHF handheld transceivers will be tested for spectral purity and advertising acceptance. Media & Public Relations Reported by Sean Kutzko, KX9X ARRL has purchased upgraded video gear for the Media Room. This will greatly help our effort to increase our new media content. Some of that content will be in the form of 100-second videos called ARRL Tech Tips, targeted at newly-licensed hams, to instruct them on basic ham radio skills and terminology. These videos are a direct response to one of the items found in the 2015 Readex member survey, in which a large percentage of newer hams indicated they want more training and instruction to come from ARRL. These videos will be posted on the ARRL YouTube channel and promoted/distributed through ARRL Social Media channels. We have received two nominations for the ARRL McGan Silver Antenna Award for volunteer PR efforts to the non-ham community. Deadline is May 19. PR Manager Sean Kutzko will appear on Ham Talk Live with Neil Rapp on Thursday, June 22, to promote Field Day. Sean will start meeting regularly with Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, to begin work on the business plan for a proposed 2018 year-long on-air event, similar to the Centennial QSO Part and National Parks on the Air. Social Media stats for the week of March 13-18: Main ARRL Twitter feed: 29,812 followers (up 59 from the previous week) 943 engagements with audience (likes, retweets, comments), up 319 from previous week Most engaged tweet: promotion of "WSJT-X in the Palm of Your Hand" article in April QST (28 retweets 43 likes) Facebook: 73,782 fans (up 153 from previous week) 3588 engagements with audience (likes, shares, comments), up 950 from previous week Most engaged post: Bob Allison's coverage of an ARC-5 transmitter for Throwback Thursday (242 likes, 34 comments, 48 shares) Instagram: 2411 followers (up 36 from previous week) 143 engagements with audience (likes, comments), up 324 from previous week Most engaged post: Bob Allison's coverage of an ARC-5 transmitter for Throwback Thursday (81 likes, 2 comments) Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY Working on the May/June issues of NCJ and QEX. Working on the digital edition of the May issue of QST. Working on the June issue of QST. Work has begun on the 2018 Handbook. The Southeastern VHF Society Conference Proceedings went to press. Becky Schoenfeld has created a series of social media posts for the PR Department to release during the month of April, which is National Poetry Month. The posts will highlight ham radio-related poetry from contemporary British poet Simon Barraclough and renowned 19th-century physicist James Clerk Maxwell, as well as QST's own Rod Newkirk, W9BRD (SK), whose limericks were featured in his "How's DX?" column each May from 1952-1977. Jodi Morin resolved the font issues that were occurring for in-house ads in the digital edition of QST. Media support continues working towards improving uploading and downloading speeds. Radiosport Reported by Norm Fusaro, W3IZ Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1 - 2 Business Days 2017 DXCC Applications 2,733 2017 WAS Applications 366 2017 VUCC Applications 105 2017 WPX Applications 135 Sales & Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Our team of Membership Service Representatives completed a large amount of membership application administration and record keeping to help support the address-pull for the May issue of QST: Margie Bourgoin, Jon Faasen, Liz Karpiej, Kim McNeill, Ally Riedel, Cathy Stepina, and supervisor Yvette Vinci. Yvette Vinci prepared a report for the recent Executive Committee Meeting with a listing of the elected Life Members since the last EC meeting-147 new Life Members. She also completed "reminder letters" to 536 members making quarterly payments toward Life Membership. On Monday, March 20, Yvette sent a reminder emailing to members with a summary of "What's trending" in the April issue QST-taking advantage of some early analytics shared by Allison McLellan. The notification was sent to 118,155 members. Jackie Ferreira prepared and emailed a promotion for current edition ARRL Handbook. Bob Inderbitzen attended the Greater Houston Hamfest, March 24-25, as the staff representative. Bob was joined by Director David Woolweaver, Vice Director John Stratton, PIC Michael Manshack, AD5OG, Card Checker Bob Walworth, N5ET, and many other South Texas Section Field Organization volunteers. Bob also followed up on several requests for information and other support inquiries, and he carried back a handful of membership applications. Working with Director Tom Frenaye, we sent a bulk emailing to a random selection of ARRL members (with email addresses), inviting them to participate in an online survey being conducted by the Entry Level License Committee. Reminder: The deadline for hotel rooms for Hamvention is March 31. Board members supporting our exhibits and activities at Hamvention, May 19-21, should complete and submit the following online registration form immediately http://www.arrl.org/hamvention-arrl-team-registration. The online registration form will help us organize room reservations, badges, apparel and staffing for the event. Our registration tally to date is 93 ARRL Team members. 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 3/24/2017 TBD TBD TBD TBD 3/17/2017 (4 days) 740 20.5 28:35:42 9 seconds 3/10/2017 851 18.9 31:32:23 10 seconds 3/3/2017 922 20.4 35:50:38 10 seconds Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week Ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 3/24/2017 872 1,110 3/17/2017 (4 days) 887 0 3/10/2017 982 594 3/3/2017 1,253 511 Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 03/31 PTO " 04/07 PTO Bob Allison 04/07 - 04/10 Wayne NJ Phonograph Show, Wayne, NJ " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Margie Bourgoin 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Joe Carcia 03/31 PTO " 04/05 - 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 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Michael Corey 03/28 - 03/31 National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Governing Board Meeting, Las Vegas, NV " 05/15 - 05/18 National VOAD Conference, Houston, TX " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Steve Ewald 03/29 - 04/06 PTO " 04/07 - 04/08 Oklahoma Section Convention, Claremore, OK Jon Faasen 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Norm Fusaro 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Tom Gallagher 03/31 PTO " 04/18 Penn Fund Executive Board Meeting, NYC " 04/21 - 04/23 Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, DE " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH " 06/01 - 06-04 SEA-PAC, Seaside, OR Regina Galuppi 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Scott Gee 05/18 - 05/19 PTO " 05/30 - 06/02 PTO " 09/15 - 09/18 PTO Perry Green TBD Medical Leave Mike Gruber 04/19 IEEE EMC Society, Batavia, IL " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dan Henderson 04/13 - 04/22 Presentation at Mt Airy VHF Society's annual ARRL Night and PTO Bob Inderbitzen 03/30 - 04/03 Nevada State Convention, Las Vegas, NV " 04/14 - 04/15 Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, NC " 05/17 - 05/22 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Sabrina Jackson 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Debra Johnson 03/29 - 04/02 NSTA National Conference, Los Angeles, CA " 04/03 PTO " 04/07 PTO Sean Kutzko 04/10 - 04/13 PTO " 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH " 05/25 - 05/30 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Cody, WY " 06/29 - 06/30 PTO Zach Lau 03/31 PTO Kimberly McNeill 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dave Patton 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Michael Scharr 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Becky Schoenfeld 04/10 - 04/13 PTO " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Yvette Vinci 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Sincerely Compiled by, Carla Pereira, Assistant to CEO

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[arrl-odv:26328] new bands
by Tom Frenaye 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

I haven't read the details but FCC granted access to 135 and 472 khz bands. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0329/FCC-17-… -- 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:26327] March analysis of January 2017 lapsed memberships based on email survey
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF (CEO) 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Ladies & Gentlemen: Latest analysis of membership losses from Diane Petrilli: (I urge you to read not only Diane's summary analysis of the data, but also to read the attached PDF which reproduces all respondent's comments in their original words. An effort has been made by these "no longer members" in responding to our survey, and it reveals their interest in Amateur Radio as much as their continued good will and courtesy to the League. Note especially the restrained language used in the member comments: nobody is rude, abusive or disrespctful-TG) March analysis of January 2017 lapsed memberships based on email survey inquiries by Diane Petrilli, Membership Manager ARRL HQ: Attached are the results of the last e-mail sent to January 2017 expirees who did not renew their membership by February 28, 2017. The response rate to our survey was 20%. As you read the results, remember that we know that members for whom we have an e-mail address are more likely to be engaged with ARRL. The report is sorted by primary reason the member did not renew. A few things have been become clear after gathering this data for 3 months now (with well over 1,000 responses); note that we've never done this level of surveying before. Our members consider our value proposition to be weak and offer us suggestions in two major catagories: a. The Publications/editorial department should consider creating a new magazine. b. We should consider restructuring our dues categories. The publications/editorial department should consider creating a new magazine. - Many members consider QST the main, and very often only, benefit of membership. - Our members are even starting to recommend the creation of a "sister" magazine to QST that more closely meets their needs. - The percentage of Current Member Technicians who read, value, and are satisfied by QST is less than for Current Member Generals and Extras (Readex 2015). - New hams say QST is too technical and that they need more guidance (shouldn't our primary benefit be tied to helping achieve that end?) - We are quickly losing our base of loyal, hard-core hams who are devoted to spending hours on the hobby. It is evident from the comments below, and data from multiple other sources, that people are engaging with ham radio in a more casual way these days - they want simple and less expensive ways to get involved without a significant commitment of time (and even provide ways to involve their families). Our publication(s) should reflect the interests of these newer hams. Sample Comments "The hobby still seems geared a bit towards older people. I felt like there were not a lot of articles relevant to young, busy professionals with young families. Ways that we could be involved in amateur radio without a ton of time commitment." "I got my general license mostly as a challenge to myself and thought I'd spend time learning the hobby but most of what is in QRZ [should be QST-TG) magazine and other ARRL resources are just too far beyond my basic understanding and what I want to learn about amateur radio. Maybe if there was more attention to directing the new Ham I would have stayed interested." "Putting out some real basic articles that are designed for beginners. There seemed to be all kinds of articles about all the how to maximize your this or that, but nothing about 'so you have your first radio... now what.' That alone would have got me started and more interested." "I joined ARRL on a trial basis. I am lost in the field of HAM radio. I felt ARRL would help me. QST magazine is too advanced for me right now." "You might want to think about splitting your monthly publication into two or more specialized areas of amateur radio (e.g., DX and UHF/FM)." "The magazine was way over my head as a new ham radio operator. Too much technical articles and hardly any for new radio operators like me. If more was offered for the entry level radio operator, I might actually use my radio and learn." "Include more information for new hams and casual users. Most of the things that I saw were geared to people that have been in the hobby for a long time and have a lot of time and money to dedicate." "More pertinent articles in QST and less ads. For the past few years, I have noticed that ads take up more than half the magazine and keeps growing. One issue only had 17 pages that were not advertising. Perhaps offer sister magazines in the mix." "There isn't much I get out of it (membership). QST is nice and all, but doesn't provide much that I can't find online. Field day is fun but my experience with that is directly through my local club. I just have a hard time justifying the cost even at $35 a year." "Reason for not Renewing: local club has a bully mentality so I have lost all interest in the hobby." We should consider restructuring our dues categories. - 50% of all expirees who responded this month said "money" or "lack of value" was their primary reason for not renewing (53% for both of last 2 months). More lapsed members indicated money/value, but not as their primary reason. A new dues structure should consider: - offering a digital-only version membership category at a reduced price. Time magazine does. - offering a significantly reduced rate for associate members. The associate membership might include all benefits except any access to the magazine (hard copy and digital). Members who elect this option might be older, on a fixed income, but still want to support ARRL. Or they might be a new ham who is just testing ham radio and our association or even a pre-ham who doesn't have their license yet. NRA offers an associate membership. - allowing members to select their publication of choice. AOPA does. - offering a reduced, one-time only rate for new hams. AOPA offers an introductory rate. - In 2016, after the dues increase, we lost 659 international members. International membership prior to that had been consistent. Many international members comment that QST is now not worth the price of membership, especially in light of exchange rates. Should we consider blending the Canadian/International rates to a lower rate? - A 2011 article in Advertising Age indicates that the average net per subscription price for US magazines from 2002-2010 was $29.85. While the data is now a little old, ARRL is outside the average if you consider it is viewed as a magazine alone. http://adage.com/article/media/magazine-subscription-prices-continue-downwa… Membership in the NRA is $40, 12 issues of National Geographic costs $29, 12 issues of Boys' Life cost $24. Sample Comments "The last dues increase priced us out of the market and is not aligned with other membership associations or monthly subscriptions!" "ARRL dues are ridiculously high compared to the value returned to the average member." "...But I don't really use any of the other benefit services or even get around to reading QST.I would have renewed and would still be interested if there was an option of the old $39 rate with digital-only QST, or a lower non-QST rate, but $49 when I really don't use any of the member benefits or read QST is just over the top." Gallagher 3/29/17

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[arrl-odv:26326] In Newsletter March 24 2017
by Pereira, Carla 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 42, No. 11 March 24, 2017 Covers the period March 11 - March 17, 2017 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events: Texas State Convention March 24 - 25 @ Houston, TX ARRL Executive Committee Meeting March 25 @ Denver, CO Administrative & Finance Committee Meeting March 26 @ Denver, CO Nevada State Convention March 31 - April 2 @ Las Vegas, NV Roanoke Division Convention April 15 @ Raleigh, NC Delaware State Convention April 22 @ Georgetown, DE National VOAD Conference May 15 - 18 @ Houston, TX Hamvention 2017 May 19 - 21 @ Xenia, OH SEA-PAC 2017 June 2 - 4 @ Seaside, OR Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Tom prepared the CEO's report and presentation to the Executive and Administrative & Finance Committees in Denver, CO taking place this weekend. Education Reported by Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Teacher Registration Instructor Registration Graduation Kit Requests License Class Listings 1 8 0 10 Debra worked extensively on tracking down data issues with instructor and teacher listings produced by the new instructor reporting system. IT executed changes to the instructor and teacher listing queries. We received early responses to the online survey sent to ETP grant recipients. Debra worked on resending undeliverable emails. Debra finalized the last details of the resources needed to support the 2017 Teachers Institute with instructors. The new ARISS flyer was finalized with the Graphics team and sent to print. ARISS Contacts: * March 15, a direct contact between students at McBride High School, Long Beach, CA, USA and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG was successful. Field Services Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization Leona Adams has been coordinating with fellow staff members in preparation for the two Section Manager elections that are taking place this spring in Utah and Northern New Jersey. Leona has also been preparing the election ballots and the candidate statements. These election items are scheduled to go out the local printer during the third week of March. After printing, Headquarters will mail these ballots no later than April 3. Steve Ewald continued to receive February Field Organization activity reports during this past week, and he compiled these reports for the monthly column that will appear in May QST. Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY The May 2017 issue of QST has been uploaded to the printer. Alli and Jodi are working with PageSuite to adjust publication settings in order to improve the download speed and font problems. Alli took part in a conference call with Dave Sumner and IARU's website managers about renovating the IARU region websites. Radiosport Reported by Norm Fusaro, W3IZ Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1 - 2 Business Days 2017 DXCC Applications 2,509 2017 WAS Applications 334 2017 VUCC Applications 96 2017 WPX Applications 131 Sales & Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Jackie Ferreira reports that a solicitation was emailed during the week to help bolster sales of the 2017 ARRL Handbook. It contributed 95 orders. Bob Inderbitzen prepared an announcement<http://www.arrl.org/news/view/new-arrl-repeater-directory-is-biggest-ever> for the new 2017-2018 ARRL Repeater Directory. Membership application administration and related recordkeeping was completed to help support upcoming elections. We also provided support for a survey being conducted by the Entry Level License Committee. Bob prepared for his upcoming trips as a staff representative. He's attending the Greater Houston Hamfest, March 24-25, and the ARRL Nevada State Convention, March 31-April 2. Bob also completed some planning for ARRL's participation at July's international ham radio exhibition in Germany. Yvette Vinci is handling some of our Hamvention planning, including coordination with the exhibit services company for decorating and materials handling. Reminder: Board members supporting our exhibits and activities at Hamvention, May 19-21, should complete and submit the following online registration form by March 31: http://www.arrl.org/hamvention-arrl-team-registration. The online registration form will help us organize room reservations, badges, apparel and staffing for the event. Our registration tally to date is 75 ARRL Team members. Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 03/31 PTO " 04/07 PTO Bob Allison 04/07 - 04/10 Wayne NJ Phonograph Show, Wayne, NJ " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Margie Bourgoin 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Joe Carcia 03/24 PTO " 03/31 PTO " 04/05 - 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 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Michael Corey 03/28 - 03/31 National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Governing Board Meeting, Las Vegas, NV " 05/15 - 05/18 National VOAD Conference, Houston, TX " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Steve Ewald 03/29 - 04/06 PTO " 04/07 - 04/08 Oklahoma Section Convention, Claremore, OK Jon Faasen 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Norm Fusaro 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Tom Gallagher 03/24 - 03/27 Executive Committee and Administrative and Finance Committee Meetings, Denver, CO " 03/31 PTO " 04/18 Penn Fund Executive Board Meeting, NYC " 04/21 - 04/23 Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, DE " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH " 06/01 - 06-04 SEA-PAC, Seaside, OR Regina Galuppi 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Scott Gee 05/18 - 05/19 PTO " 05/30 - 06/02 PTO " 09/15 - 09/18 PTO Perry Green TBD Medical Leave Mike Gruber 04/19 IEEE EMC Society, Batavia, IL " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dan Henderson 03/24 - 03/27 Executive Committee and Administrative and Finance Committee Meetings, Denver, CO " 04/13 - 04/22 Presentation at Mt Airy VHF Society's annual ARRL Night and PTO Bob Inderbitzen 03/23 - 03/26 Texas State Convention, Houston, TX " 03/30 - 04/03 Nevada State Convention, Las Vegas, NV " 04/14 - 04/15 Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, NC " 05/17 - 05/22 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Sabrina Jackson 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Debra Johnson 03/29 - 04/03 NSTA National Conference, Los Angeles, CA " 04/07 PTO Sean Kutzko 04/10 - 04/13 PTO " 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH " 05/25 - 05/30 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Cody, WY " 06/29 - 06/30 PTO Zach Lau 03/31 PTO Kimberly McNeill 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dave Patton 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Michael Scharr 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Becky Schoenfeld 04/10 - 04/13 PTO " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Barry Shelley 03/24 - 03/27 Executive Committee and Administrative and Finance Committee Meetings, Denver, CO " 03/28 Risk Strategies, Chicago, IL Yvette Vinci 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Sincerely Compiled by, Carla Pereira, Assistant to CEO

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[arrl-odv:26325] Agenda - EC Meeting - Denver March 25
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

Attached please find the full agenda for this weekend's EC meeting. 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:26324] False and Defamatory Statement in Legislative Advocacy Committee Report and Board Discussions
by Richard J. Norton 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

The following paragraph appears in the ARRL's January 2017 ad-Hoc Legislative Advocacy Committee Report: "We need to spend a good amount of time and effort in strengthening our grass-roots effort in Florida to create political pressure on Mr. Nelson. *Unfortunately we received no support from ARRL Southeastern leadership the past two years*. I expect that to change dramatically this year. We will need to reach out to the various Florida Section Managers to rally the troops. And we need to them to find those members in Florida who have access to Senator Nelson." (emphasis added) At the meeting, I questioned the veracity of the bolded sentence. The committee chair strongly defended the statement as being true, saying that it was necessary to have Newington do the job. As a courtesy to the committee chair, I dropped discussion of the subject, and since then have made an effort to validate his claim. However, as the facts below illustrate, the evidence shows that the claim of "no support" in the report remains untrue. *Measures of Director Support and Its Effectiveness* Four measures are reviewed: 1) Reaction from a major target of the lobbying effort, Senator Nelson 2) Percentage of Division members participating in the letter writing campaign 3) Number of Director E-mailings to division members 4) Visits to Congressional offices *1) Senator Nelson's Staff Reaction* In arrl-odv:26082, Mr Gallagher reported that Senator Nelson's staff had communicated the fact that Nelson was receiving large amounts of critical mail from Florida amateur radio operators chastising Nelson for holding up the Parity Act last Fall, and that they would work with ARRL on it right away. The success of the effort certainly is not evidence of "no support". *2) Number and **Percentage of Division Members Sending Letters* The number and percentage of letters requesting legislative support, to each of a state's US Senators, compared to the state's ARRL membership is shown below for the larger states. State Letters Members %Letters/Members CA 3,165 16,205 20% FL 2,253 9,074 25% TX 1,565 10,935 14% NY 1,295 6,794 19% VA 1,285 5,152 25% IL 1,174 4,983 24% AZ 1,059 4,171 25% ... ND 100 304 33% all national average 17% Florida produced the second highest number and was tied for second in the highest percentage of letters from hams to their senators of all the states, and interestingly, substantially ahead of New York. Florida hams were indeed motivated. This is evidence of the opposite of "no support." *3) Director E-mailings to Members* The log of e-mails sent to division members by directors is shown on the ODV portion of the ARRL.org web-site. If an E-mail's title seemed related to the legislative effort, it was counted in the following compilation. The titles alone of the E-mails were used to compile the following information. The contents were not reviewed. The highest number of division E-mailings was 68, made by the Hudson Division director. 17 of these appeared to be duplicates, all sent on August 07, 2015, leaving an apparent total of 51 actually sent. The second highest raw total was 15, for the New England division, but 6 appeared to be duplicates, all sent on November 30, leaving a total of 9. The third highest total was the Southeastern Division, with 14. One of the 14 was sent by Newington, leaving 13 sent by the then Southeastern Division director, which after correcting for duplicates becomes the second highest number. Clearly the previous Southeastern Division director's total of 13, the second highest number of all, does not represent "no support." *4) Congressional Office Visits* Mr Rehman was one of only six ARRL directors who visited congressional offices, albeit his visits took place in 2014. Note that another director reported that Mr Imlay and Mr Lisenco were not interested in that director's assistance in talking to congressman, even though he was in Washington at the time. In spite of congressional visits apparently being repelled at times, Mr Rehman did conduct one. This is not evidence of "no support." *Conclusion* The report did not say that the committee failed to receive as much support as was humanly possible or as much might have been desired. The report said that the committee received "no support," and its chairman affirmed that statement orally at the meeting. Not only is the above-cited statement untrue, it appears that the opposite is the case. The support given by Messrs. Rehman and Lee was clearly significant when compared with that of most other board members. Why would we allow such false assertions, which would be superfluous to the report even if they were accurate, to remain in the Board’s official records? 73, Dick Norton, N6AA

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[arrl-odv:26323] HQ Information Requests
by k5ur＠aol.com 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Hi all: We’ve had a couple of misfires lately that we need toaddress. The first issue has to do with requests for information andthe second has to do with how a request is made. We have the EC and A&F meetings both this weekend, andlike what seems to occur before committee meetings, and especially the Boardmeetings, Directors ask Staff, like Barry, for information. Sometimes therequest is substantial and takes considerable time and effort to obtain. At thesame time, Staff is busy getting ready for the committee meeting only tohave to stop and address a Director’s request. This can, of course, impactother priorities, and even cause problems within the respective committee, especiallyif it is not coordinated with the chair. The other problem is simply a chain of command issue. Tomhas mentioned this before that he prefers for requests of Staff to go through him.That way he can assess the request, the impact on priorities, any cost issuesto meet the request, and who to assign it to along with tracking progress andcompletion. We need your help with this and so effective immediately let’stry to follow these guidelines: 1. Any Director request for information from Staff should bemade directly to Tom Gallagher. 2. Information requests for a committee meeting or a boardmeeting should be made at least two weeks in advance. I realize there could beextraordinary circumstances where this may not be possible, but absent suchcircumstances then let’s try to adhere to a “two week rule.” Your help on following these guidelines will be greatlyappreciated. 73, Rick – K5UR ...

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[arrl-odv:26320] FW: Hamvention / ARRL Board reminder
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Good Afternoon: Bob Inderbitzen asked that I forward the e-mail below as a reminder to the Board regarding hotel arrangements for Hamvention. The deadline for registration through us is March 31st. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc. The National Association for Amateur Radio (860) 594-0212 www.arrl.org From: Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 1:00 PM To: Shelley, Barry, N1VXY <bshelley(a)arrl.org> Subject: Hamvention / ARRL Board reminder Barry, please forward to ODV. Thanks. Bob Reminder: If you're interested in volunteering to support ARRL's exhibits and activities at Hamvention, please complete and submit the following online registration form by March 31: http://www.arrl.org/hamvention-arrl-team-registration. The online registration form will help us organize room reservations, badges, apparel and staffing for the event. We will be unable to fulfill requests for hotel reservations after March 31. The following is a list of Board members who have completed our online registration form. Please review the list, and email changes or corrections to Bob Inderbitzen, rinderbitzen(a)arrl.org<mailto:rinderbitzen@arrl.org> Boehner, Jim, N2ZZ, Director *Carlson, Kermit, W9XA, Director, HOTEL: Double 05/19/2017, 05/21/2017 *Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF, Officer (and Lindy), HOTEL: King 05/18/2017, 05/21/2017 *Lisenco, Mike, N2YBB, Director, HOTEL: Double (NEED HOTEL DATES) Norton, Dick, N6AA, Director *Roderick, Rick, K5UR, Officer (and Holly), HOTEL: Double 05/17/2017, 05/21/2017 Sarratt, Greg, W4OZK, Director (and Sherry) *Vallio, Bob, W6RGG, Director, HOTEL: Double (NEED HOTEL DATES) *Widin, Greg, K0GW, Officer, HOTEL: King 05/18/2017, 05/21/2017 *Williams, Dale, WA8EFK, Director, HOTEL: King 05/18/2017, 05/21/2017 *denotes Hotel reservation requested.

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