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[arrl-odv:26299] towers and the FCC
by Tom Frenaye 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Something encouraging perhaps: http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/fcc-orielly-finds-new-faa-tower-safet… -- 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:26298] HQ Closed on Tuesday
by James F. Boehner MD 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Thanks, Barry. I think we all knew ARRL HQ would be closed today. Take care up there! '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 Shelley, Barry, N1VXY Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 5:04 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:26297] HQ Closed on Tuesday Good morning. Storm Eugene has hit Connecticut with snow falls predicted between 12"-25" (higher accumulations from Hartford area to the western hills). Highest accumulations, up to 3" per hour, expected between 8 am and 5 pm. Blizzard conditions will exist for most of the day. The Governor has issued a statewide travel ban beginning at 5 am EDT this morning which effectively closes the State. As such, ARRL headquarters will be closed today. Appropriate announcements will be posted on the web site and phone messages. We expect to be open tomorrow at the normal time but will advise if that changes. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc.

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[arrl-odv:26297] HQ Closed on Tuesday
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Good morning. Storm Eugene has hit Connecticut with snow falls predicted between 12"-25" (higher accumulations from Hartford area to the western hills). Highest accumulations, up to 3" per hour, expected between 8 am and 5 pm. Blizzard conditions will exist for most of the day. The Governor has issued a statewide travel ban beginning at 5 am EDT this morning which effectively closes the State. As such, ARRL headquarters will be closed today. Appropriate announcements will be posted on the web site and phone messages. We expect to be open tomorrow at the normal time but will advise if that changes. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc.

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[arrl-odv:26296] IN-Newsletter March 10 2017
by Pereira, Carla 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 42, No. 9 March 10, 2017 Covers the period February 25 - March 3, 2017 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events: ARRL Executive Committee Meeting March 25, 2017 @ Denver, CO Administrative & Finance Committee Meeting March 26, 2017 @ Denver, CO Hamvention 2017 May 19 - 21, 2017 @ Xenia, OH SEA-PAC 2017 June 2 - 4, 2017 @ Seaside, OR Business Services Reported by Debra Jahnke, K1DAJ We're pleased to welcome back Diamond Antenna Corporation, after a long absence, with a full page spread each month in QST. In addition, Flex Radio has also expanded their presence in QST with a second full page and Elecraft has taken the "Feature" banner spot on the LoTW Website recently vacated by DX Engineering. On the flip-side, due to evaluating advertising resources, Main Trading Company has made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend their campaign of one and two page print QST spreads (including Cover 3 of QST) for the time being. Commline (Jun's Electronics) will be taking Cover 3 for the May issue after a QST absence of several years. Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF [Ralph Crumrine N0KC with Ron Cowan KB0DTI plaque presentation] Each month, one article in QST is selected by a poll of QST readers online (at http://www.arrl.org/cover-plaque-poll) as that month's favorite article. Carla Pereira sends each winning author a plaque featuring that month's cover with their name and article title engraved. Occasionally, that division's Director, Vice Director, or Section Manager will present the plaque to the winner formally at an event or club meeting. The January cover plaque was presented to winner Ralph Cumrine, N0KC, by Kansan Section Manager Ron Cowan, KBØDTI, who kindly shared a photo of the presentation. The second episode of "60-Second Century" with Tom Gallagher was filmed last week. "60-Second Century" is a one-minute video companion to Tom's monthly editorials for QST. The new episode will be uploaded to ARRL's YouTube and social media sites soon. In the meantime, you can watch the first episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkRr8BYb9E. Tom also travelled to Florida to visit with the convention bureaus of Broward and Palm Beach counties, scouting potential event locations for future events. While in Florida he also met with five South Florida radio clubs over the weekend, accompanied by Joe Tiritilli, N4ZUW, Vice Director, Southeast Division. Education Services Reported by Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Teacher Registration Instructor Registration Graduation Kit Requests License Class Listings 11 12 1 13 Debra worked on tracking down erroneous data in instructor feedback reports, and resolving data input/interface issues with IT. We are now receiving feedback from the new instructor reporting system. We received 42 reports on 87 listed classes since the launch of the program in late October, reflecting 705 hours of volunteer instruction. Debra sent out an online survey to past recipients of Education & Technology Program grants with questions about the use of the equipment and student exposure and involvement with ham radio. ARISS Contacts: * March 1, a direct contact between students at the Ecole Albert Camus, Rueil-Malmaison, France, College Marcel Pagnol, Rueil-Malmaison, France, and Ecole "Robespierre B.", Rueil-Malmaison and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG was successful. Education/Field Services Reported by Mike Corey, KI1U Shui Se Pho, a 7th grader at the Grace Academy, became the first student to become a licensed ham radio operator through ARRL's after-school program at the Academy, taught by Mike Corey. Look for more information about Shui Se and the program in an up-coming editorial from Tom Gallagher. Field Services Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization Leona Adams reports that Rhode Island Section Manager Bob Beaudet, W1YRC, of Cumberland, has been nominated to run for a new term of office. Bob has been Section Manager since 2002. Utah Section Manager Mel Parkes, NM7P, of Layton, Section Manager since 1999, has been nominated to run for a new term of office. Nominating petitions for this particular Section Manager election cycle are due on Friday, March 10, and new terms of office begin on July 1. Leona and Steve Ewald are assisting (with materials, information and resources) the group of new, incoming Section Managers who are starting their terms of office on April 1. See last week's IN Newsletter for a list of these Section Managers. Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY Members of the Production, Education, and Advertising Departments met with Scott St. Onge to discuss the functionality of ARRL's e-newsletter tool. The April 2017 digital edition goes live today, March 10th, online and across all apps. PageSuite is updating the reader on the Kindle Fire app to improve the function of downloading editions. Radiosport Reported by Norm Fusaro, W3IZ Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1 - 2 Business Days 2017 DXCC Applications 2,027 2017 WAS Applications 289 2017 VUCC Applications 71 Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R February product sales were $214,245, falling short of the sales forecast of $226,625. Direct sales were $131,294; dealer sales were $82,951. A large amount of the shortfall is attributed to less than predicted sales of the Ham Radio License Manual, which outpaced our forecasts for most of 2016 due to exceptionally large orders from one major reseller. Royalties earned on sales of our Kindle e-books were $6,945 ($15,719 year-to-date). ARRL earned $3,279 for royalties attributed to the ARRL Visa Credit Card in February. The largest source of program growth is email conducted by ARRL on behalf of US Bank. YTD (Jan & Feb), ARRL has earned $6,378. In 2016, ARRL earned total royalties of $47,910 -- a 7% increase over 2015. There are 2,669 open cards. ARRL earns royalties on newly opened cards and on net purchases. Jackie Ferreira reports that an emailing promoting ARRL's Hands-On Radio books contributed 143 orders that included both volumes over the weekend. In May, we will introduce a new book: International Antennas, published by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB). The book is a compendium of contributions from RSGB, ARRL and the Wireless Institute of Australia. We have supplied marketing contributions for a new ARRL publication being readied by the Publications Dept: Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur, written by Ward Silver. Yvette Vinci, with others, completed tasks to support planning for the new membership system. Bob Inderbitzen reports that planning for ARRL's participation at Hamvention is ongoing. He negotiated eight ARRL-sponsored forums, and recruited presenters. REMINDER: board and staff 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 51 ARRL Team members. Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 03/31 PTO " 04/07 PTO Bob Allison 04/07 - 04/10 PTO " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Margie Bourgoin 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Steve Capodicasa 03/13 PTO Joe Carcia 03/17 PTO " 03/21 PTO " 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 03/06 - 03/10 PTO " 03/16 PTO " 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 03/10 - 03/11 Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, NB " 03/29 - 04/07 PTO Jon Faasen 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Steve Ford 03/16 PTO Norm Fusaro 03/14 Frankford Radio Club Meeting, PA 03/15 - 03/17 PTO " 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 Perry Green TBD Medical Leave Mike Gruber 04/19 IEEE EMC Society, Batavia, IL " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Ed Hare 03/09 - 03/13 Louisiana Section Convention, Rayne LA and PTO Dan Henderson 03/14 PTO " 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 Sean Kutzko 03/09 - 03/12 PTO " 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH 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:26290] Bryce Salmi KB1LQC on the future of Amateur Radio
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Ladies & Gentlemen: Several days ago, I shared with Director Olson a recent email from Bryce Salmi, KB1LQC discussing his view of Amateur Radio's future to provide some insight on millennials and Generation X hams for PSC. Bryce and his brother are lifetime hams and recipients of several ARRL scholarships in the past. Bryce (25 years old) works as a design mechanical engineer with SpaceX, and he is a contributor to the Falcon 9 rocket. After reading it, Kent urged me to share this email more widely. The email was prompted by a conversation among Bryce, Sean Kutzko and me about needs, desires and interests of his generation. While brief, it is pithy, direct, compelling and authentic. The video link contained in the phrase "busy with our day job" is a short SpaceX film that shows Bryce and his contemporaries at the Falcon9 launch. I share it with you below: Sean, Tom Thanks for the email. I do remember working with you [Sean] when Brent and I ran CollegeARC.com back around 2009, the ARRL engaged with us to help recruit college students. It turned into a committee that largely consisted of non-college students trying to figure out how to interest college students into ham radio unfortunately. I believe it was the Atlantic Division Committee For Amateur Radio Recruitment. We are onto bigger projects in ham radio that I won't mention right now as they are in their early stages but it worth noting that all of our side-projects now happen when we're not busy with our day job<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANv5UfZsvZQ>... so time is limited. Therefore I'll keep it brief, to the point, and extremely honest. Ham radio must change. The hobby as the ARRL knows it, where you make QSOs and aspire to earn a license to operate HF, is not what the ham radio of the future should look like. The future is higher in frequency (for the most part). Communications are too easy with cell phones, skype, email, etc. It's free, fast, and the bandwidth is insane. You and I watch HD video on our cell phones while in the passenger seat of a car going 70mph down a highway. This means one thing, ham radio as a communications hobby is irrelevant to the future. How do I know this? Not only did I independently come to this conclusion after years of operating HF, reaching 20wpm Morse code (my favorite mode), and running several clubs including helping to bring the RIT amateur radio club from one member in 2007 to around 20 members by 2012 but I also hear it from my peers anytime I bring up amateur radio. Especially my highly technical kick-ass coworkers at SpaceX who represent a demographic that would unleash creativity and innovation ham radio hasn't seen in decades on the hobby. Few have their licenses citing that it's not worth it, just a novelty activity. Those that do have their licenses did so for scholarships or to operate high power FPV drone gear and never had a QSO in their life... again citing that most of the hobby is a novelty they are not interested in, many cite no interested in verbally communicating with others (though they would in person i.e. club meetings). As for technology projects in mainstream ham radio media... 40 meter CW homebrew kits doesn't make any of us excited and 1200 baud APRS is not impressive since you literally cannot pay to get internet that slow in 2016. So with that honest assessment out of the way I am extremely optimistic of amateur radio's future. That is because I know I'm not the only one that thinks this is a solvable problem. Amateur radio is fundamentally an amazing hobby, an amazing opportunity from the FCC, and a medium to experiment with. FCC part 97.1d: Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts. Right there. The FCC reminds us that ham radio isn't all about providing emergency communications or ragchewing with a friend on a repeater. It's a medium, a sandbox to play and to learn in. I'd like to suggest to you and to the ARRL that if you want millennials, a generation that struggles to remember a time when their house didn't have a computer in it with internet, to get excited about ham radio en masse then consider the idea that ham radio should start to morph into something you may not be comfortable with. Change is OK. I believe ham radio will survive if it embraces that it's no longer a communications service, ham radio is a communications medium. Ham radio is only relevant today and in the future if it's the means to accomplish an act, not the act being accomplished. Examples: * Amateur radio is instantly more interesting if being used to gather remote telemetry such as sensor data and GPS position as well as being commandable remotely (APRS is similar but completely outdated for this) * Data rates of at least 30kbps or higher should be ubiquitous, cheap, and easy to understand * Amateur radio is the perfect platform to learn digital wireless fundamentals on. * How to packetize data and transmit it over RF * How to design a digital radio into a PCB for a project (CC430<http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontrollers_16-bit_32-bit/wireless_mcus/cc43…> for example which has been on the market for a decade, decade!) * How to use data from a radio to interface with a computer such as a user interface or an actuator * Amateur radio can be the way people learn digital wireless communication fundamentals, inspiring them to go on and not only become professionals but innovating in the hobby itself as a result. It's a sandbox. * I should be able to go online, learn how to experiment with ham radio just as I would if I wanted to learn C or Python to program projects and be able to unleash my creativity using ham radio. I believe ham radio will always have a communications component to it with people operating SSB, FM, CW, etc. It will however be secondary to the main activity of using amateur radio as a medium and a learning tool. The FCC has given us use of Billions of dollars' worth of frequency allocations to use, not to just establish two-way communication on. Please take these comments as constructive criticism. I want the best for ham radio, it's been an amazing hobby that allowed me to not only have fun in but it helped give me the experience necessary to professionally push my own limits. I often directly cite my amateur radio projects as a main component of why I was hired by SpaceX. Companies like SpaceX value ingenuity and creativity with technology. Ham radio is an EE's playground with this regard. Bryce Salmi KB1LQC [Design Engineer, SpaceX, 25 years old, winner of 2 ARRL Scholarships for Rochester Institute of Technology] Wishing you a safe and pleasant weekend. Gallagher 3/9/17 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:26293] Siebel Issue
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

All: For your information, we discovered this morning that the Siebel production system had been corrupted (disk error) we tried to boot it up this morning and have been working all day to identify the error and restore the system. We will be restoring the data and the production system from back-up, first testing the back-up procedures for both the data and the production software. We expect this could take at least until close of business tomorrow (Friday). This primarily impacts data entry and reports for membership and development. We are still accepting information over both the web and the phone. The web data is being queued up until the system is back on line and we are batching up the phone/mail applications, etc. 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:26289] H.R. 588: Pending Legislation to Direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Conduct a Study on Network Resiliency During Times of Emergency
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

Ladies & Gentlemen: You will recall that back on January 24th, immediately following the passage of the Parity Act in the House of Representatives, a subsequent piece of legislation, HR 588 was also passed. The bill directs the FCC to study Network Resiliency During Times of Disaster. I suggested to you that, since the bill touched upon communications during time of disaster, it might have some applicability to Amateur Radio. I asked Ed Hare and Mike Corey to explore the possibilities: to determine if we might wish a seat at that table; if we might add value in the study; and tangentially, if we might apply for some of the grant funding flowing from the bill. Ed, Mike, and Martin Ewing have completed their analysis, and their preliminary thoughts are contained in the attached memo [HR558 report 20170307.docx]. In quick summary, we believe that there is a role for Amateur Radio and ARRL in this study if the legislation passes the Senate and is signed by the President. Their recommendations (excerpted from the report) are as follows: Recommendations This Bill represents an opportunity for ARRL to demonstrate to government agencies the value of Amateur Radio. Doing so would draw on various ARRL departments, from our legislative and lobbying efforts to our organized emergency-communications operations, both staff and field to the technical resources of the ARRL Laboratory and amateurs developing digital networking capability in the field. In general, the following are the first steps in taking advantage of the opportunities provided by this pending legislation: Contact legislators to encourage the passage of this legislation and to educate them about the value of Amateur Radio * Encourage legislators to ask the FCC to include ARRL and Amateur Radio in any programs or recommendations it develops * Assess the current state of the NTS and ARES, to determine how they should be changed to make better, organized use of modern high-speed digital communications systems * Consider what rules changes may be needed to allow Amateur Radio to play a useful role in the implementation of this legislation * Contact various Amateurs that are currently doing various high-speed digital work and networking and determine how they may fit into any ARRL work that may be undertaken. * Explore the possibility of ARRL applying for grants provided by the legislation to study the topic since this is a research funding. I will ask Ed and his colleagues to rough out a plan for implementing their recommendations. As an organization, we are fortunate that, with the investment in Parity Act legislative activities, ARRL and the Amateur Radio community are better-known and more visible on Capitol Hill than before. This ought to be helpful in obtaining a seat at the table, and perhaps even in obtaining grant funding. I say "rough out" because, in advance of assurance of the bill's passage, I don't want to invest too much time and effort prematurely. But I've asked them to be ready to respond if the bill appears headed for passage. So the timing of the first recommendation, "Encourage legislators..." ought to be evaluated by others more familiar with the overall legislative goals of the organization so as not to divert attention from the Parity bill activity. Please call or email if you have questions or thoughts. Gallagher 03/07/17

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[arrl-odv:26287] Clark County Amateur Radio Club to be Acknowledged at Dayton
by Northwestern Division Director 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

2017 Hamvention® Awards Announcement Frank J. Beafore / WS8B – Chairperson February 27, 2017 I am pleased to announce the following winners of the Hamvention Awards 2017. These prestigious awards are presented every year to honor radio amateurs who have made major contributions to the art and science of our avocation. The winners are: Club of the year: Clark County Amateur Radio Club – W7AIA The Clark County Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) was established in 1930 and serves Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon. They have been an ARRL Affiliated Club since 1932 and are an ARRL Special Service Club. The club is active in community service. Using the club call sign W7AIA members participated in 8 Public Service activities in 2016 and tallied over 1500 hours of volunteer service. CCARC is actively growing a youth program. Activities include supporting the Boy Scouts of America and sponsoring a Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) station in 2016. The club is also working to establish a Communications Explorer Post in Vancouver as well as licensing teens within a local trade school. In 2016, the CCARC licensed 95 new hams. ‘Ham Basics’ classes are held periodically for new licensees and the club offers a dynamic Elmer program. The club hosts monthly interest meetings such as the ‘Digital Group’ which is an open forum to discover and explore the many types of digital modes. This meeting typically draws hams from other areas. The CCARC created the pioneering EYEWARN ® program ( www.eyewarn.net ) to provide visual situation reports to Emergency Managers. This program encourages all hams in the county to “report what they see, where they are” in a disaster.

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[arrl-odv:26286] IN Newsletter March 3 2017
by Pereira, Carla 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 42, No. 8 March 3, 2017 Covers the period February 18 - February 24, 2017 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events ARRL Executive Committee Meeting March 25, 2017 @ Denver, CO Administrative & Finance Committee Meeting March 26, 2017 @ Denver, CO Hamvention 2017 May 19 - 21, 2017 @ Xenia, OH Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Planning has begun for the July 2017 Board Meeting, which will be held at the Marriott Farmington for the first time in a very long time. (A newly hired banquet manager at the Marriott Windsor was not aware that the 3rd weekend in July "belonged" to the ARRL and contracted another event for those dates.) The Windsor management was extremely apologetic, and helped facilitate initial communication with Marriott Farmington. We are currently negotiating the contract with Farmington to stay as close to the Windsor rates as possible. So far, they have been very accommodating. We expect a successful event as usual. Development Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD Development is pleased to announce two new Maxim Society Members: Joe Dubeck, NA9A, from the Central Division, and Dr. Ed Snyder, W1YSM, from the New England Division. Education Services Reported by Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Teacher Registration Instructor Registration Graduation Kit Requests License Class Listings 2 1 1 18 ARISS Debra made contributions to the ARISS annual report, and the quarterly report to SCaN. We updated ARISS metrics for reporting to CASIS and SCaN. ARISS Contacts: * February 26, a direct contact was made between individuals at the Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg, Russia and Astronaut Sergey Ryzhikov. * February 25, a direct contact between students at Ecole primaire Elie Desplan, Boissières, France and Marie Castang, Saint Dionisy, France and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG was successful. * February 25, a direct contact between individuals at the Space Odyssey Project, Krasnoyarsk, Russia and Astronaut Andrei Borisenko was successful. * February 22, a direct contact between students at the John Glenn Middle School, Maplewood MN and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD was successful. There was an audience of 900. One television station and four print media outlets were also in attendance. Education & Technology Program Debra published the Winter issue of Radio Waves<http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Radio%20Waves%20Newsletter/Winter_2017_%20Ra…>, our e-newsletter for instructors and teachers. Field Services Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization Dan Ringer, K8WV, has been appointed the West Virginia Section Manager starting on March 1, after Section Manager Phillip Groves, N8SFO, (SM since July 2015) announced his resignation for personal reasons. Dan, who lives in Morgantown, will serve the remainder of the current term of office which ends on September 30. Dave Patton made the appointment in consultation with Director Jim Boehner. Four balloted Section Manager elections during this winter season concluded on Tuesday, February 21, when election ballots were counted and verified by Field Services staff members Leona Adams, Gail Iannone, Regina Galuppi, Dave Patton and Steve Ewald. The following elected Section Managers will begin their terms of office on April 1. In Arizona, Rick Paquette, W7RAP, of Tucson, was elected in a three-way race with Steven Wood, W1SR, and Virgil Silhanek, K7VZ. Robert Spencer, KE8DM, of Yuma, the out-going Arizona SM, decided not to run for another term of office. Robert had been Section Manager since 2013. In North Texas, Jay Urish, W5GM, of Lowry Crossing, was elected Section Manager in his race versus Brent Boydston, KF5THB. Jay returns to the position after previously serving as the North Texas SM from 2009 to 2011. He will succeed Nancy McCain, K5NLM, of Fort Worth, who has been the Section Manager in North Texas for the past two years but decided not to run for another term of office. Steve Morgan, W4NHO, was elected as the Kentucky Section Manager in his race against incumbent Section Manager Alan Morgan, KY1O. Steve, of Owensboro, has previously served as Kentucky Section Manager from 1991 to 1997. Alan has been SM for the last two years. In Iowa, incumbent Section Manager Bob McCaffrey, K0CY, was re-elected in his race versus Paul Cowley, KB7VML. Bob will be starting his third term of office. James Ferguson, N5LKE, of Searcy, will become the Section Manager of Arkansas on April 1. He was the only person nominated to run for the position when Dale Temple, W5RXU, of North Little Rock, decided not to run for another term office. Temple is completing his third consecutive term (six years) as Section Manager. The following incumbent Section Managers, who did not face opposition during the nomination period, will begin new terms office on April 1: Malcolm Keown, W5XX (Mississippi); George Forsyth, AA7GS (Montana); Carl Gardenias, WU6D (Orange); Jack Mitchell, N7MJ (Wyoming). W1AW In the previous week, Joe Carcia installed the new Icon IC-7300 HF/6m transceiver in the broadcast racks. He ran a spectral purity test on the new transceiver, as well as frequency measuring tests (center frequency adjustments) to all the broadcast transceivers. In addition, he also updated the web code practice files and their archives. Last week, Joe worked the early afternoon/night shifts on Tuesday through Friday for the vacationing Scott Gee. He also created the texts for the March W1AW Qualifying Runs. Lab Reported by Bob Allison, WB1GCM Product Review Bob Allison is currently testing Temperature Controlled Master Oscillators for QST Product Review. Two transceivers were selected and tested as "stock". Bob then tested three TCXOs in each; one that has the same name brand of the transceiver, and two "generic" brands, which cost 15 % of the price of the name brand. Bob also tested a single band RF amplifier. RFI Mike Gruber responded to numerous TIS telephone calls and emails. Mike was contacted by an Associated Press reporter regarding grow lights in Maine, concerning interference they cause. The story was published. Mike worked on writing new material for the 2018 Handbook. All work was forwarded to Ward Silver. Mike compiled a list of three complainants that were having interference issues from solar PV systems made by the same manufacturer. Mike then sent the CEO of that company a letter asking for help in resolving these issues. TIS Zack Lau handled a large volume of emails and telephone calls from members who had technical questions. Extracurricular Activities [DSC06187]Mike Gruber has had the great honor to be trustee of W1MGY for many years. During that time, Mike ran special events for the RMS Titanic in April, primarily at the Titanic Museum in Indian Orchard, MA. Barry Hutchinson, KB1TLR has now taken over as trustee "MGY." The National Park Service has agreed to host the Titanic Event, which will take place at the Cape Cod National Seashore, specifically the Salt Pond Visitor's Center in Eastham. Mike believes that this new location will provide great publicity for Amateur radio. [2004-03-21 23][2004-03-21 23]Bob Allison picked up a dilapidated Heathkit DX-100 transmitter. Despite its appearance, it works. Bob will be restoring it, after hours. Come by the Lab and see this 100 pound, 125 Watt AM/CW transmitter from 1955. Membership Manager Diane Petrilli, KB1RNF February ended with 162,802 members - 155 members ahead of year-to-date goal. Responses to the February membership mailing are starting to come in, the next mailing is set to mail March 17. Multiple targeted and untargeted e-mails to lapsed and never-members brought in 314 members this month. The on-time renewal rate for February is 69.73% vs. 68.99% last February. Radiosport Reported by Norm Fusaro, W3IZ Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1 - 2 Business Days 2017 DXCC Applications 1,836 2017 WAS Applications 267 2017 VUCC Applications 60 Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Yvette Vinci prepared a reminder emailing to members with a summary of "What's Trending" in March QST. The notification was sent to 118,475 members on Wednesday, February 22. Yvette reports that she completed a handful of tasks supporting Life Membership administration, including an order for 12 personalized plaques for newly elected Life Members. She is also working with our international mailer to investigate a small number of complaints about non delivery of QST among international members. Jackie Ferreira produced a handful of email solicitations promoting publications and products. Products featured included The ARRL Instructor's Manual, 2016 Periodicals DVD, Antenna Physics, and bundled publication offerings featuring antenna, operating, and technical titles. Promotions throughout the President's Day holiday yielded good results. Bob Inderbitzen participated in a business plan meeting, and publications meeting. Jackie and Yvette helped prepare information contributed at these meetings. Bob exchanged information with Section Manager John Bigley, to support John with materials for ARRL's exhibit at the National Association of Broadcasters show in April. Bob prepared information for Board members, Section Managers, and staff supporting ARRL's exhibits and activities at Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio, May 19-21. Board members interested in volunteering 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. ARRL has received payment of $6,975 for commissions earned on new and renewal subscriptions of RFinder made during the fourth quarter, 2016. Total commissions earned for 2016 were $23,532. ARRL established an agreement with RFinder, creator of a web and app-based directory of Amateur Radio repeaters, in February 2016 to be our preferred online resource of repeater frequencies. Secretary/Regulatory Affairs Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND In the past several weeks the Regulatory Affairs / Assistant Secretary Office has been busy on numerous fronts. Working with the Elections and Ethics Committee of the Board we are continuing the process for the special election for the Southwestern Division Vice-Director's office, which is vacant due to no candidates last fall. Three candidates have been cleared by the E&E Committee and we will have balloting this spring. The ballots will be counted at ARRL HQ on Friday May 19th. Thanks to Purchasing, Production and IT staff for their efforts with this extra election cycle work. We continue to work with Vice-President Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, Field Services Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, and Field Services Supervisor Steve Ewald, WV1X, on the project to update the Official Observer program. Bi-weekly teleconferences are being held to advance the project, and the Regulatory Affairs Manager is spearheading the re-write of the Amateur Auxiliary training guide. As secretary to the Programs and Services Committee, we participated in their teleconference of February 23, then prepared and circulated minutes. We are also working with Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzxo, KX9X, and General Counsel Imlay, on updating a chapter of the PR101 training course. We have been working with an OO in NY on a repeater interference claim. The alleged offender has now set up his one transmitter on the output frequency of the coordinated club repeater and is claiming the club is violating the Part 97 rules by interfering with his ongoing transmissions. We will be in touch with Laura Smith at the FCC so she is aware of what has taken place so far. Several times weekly we do a dedicated search for new legislation that has been introduced into the various state legislatures - with 48 of the 50 in session through the end of February. Well over 1500 pieces of legislation have been reviewed. The vast majority do not affect Amateur Radio, but are returned as a "hit" in the initial screening because of several key words. After a quick review of the content, those bills can be removed from future searches. When we tag a bill to track, every time some action is taken by the legislature related to it, we receive an email notification. Once we "suppress" a bill, it is removed from our search, which makes the LexisNexis StateNet tool very useful for initial triage on state legislation. It does not track any level of ordinances lower that a state legislature level, which is why SGLs and LGLs are very important "eyes and ears" in Amateur Radio's efforts to monitor the regulatory activity that could impact us. Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 03/31 PTO " 04/07 PTO Bob Allison 04/07 - 04/10 PTO " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Margie Bourgoin 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Steve Capodicasa 03/06 PTO " 03/13 PTO Joe Carcia 03/17 PTO " 03/21 PTO " 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 03/06 - 03/10 PTO " 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Michael Corey 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Steve Ewald 03/10 - 03/11 Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, NB Jon Faasen 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Norm Fusaro 03/14 Frankford Radio Club Meeting, PA 03/15 - 03/17 PTO " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Tom Gallagher 03/02 - 03/03 Orlando Meetings " 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 Perry Green TBD Medical Leave Mike Gruber 04/19 IEEE EMC Society, Batavia, IL " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dan Henderson 03/14 PTO " 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 Sean Kutzko 03/06 Fairfield Radio Club presentation, Fairfield, CT " 03/09 - 03/12 PTO " 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Kimberly McNeill 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dave Patton 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Carla Pereira 03/08 PTO 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 03/03 PTO " 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:26285] Publication Sales February Below Forecast
by Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Ladies & Gentlemen: Please find below the summary of Publication Sales for February 2017, and for the YTD (January, February): Publication and product sales were $433,206 during the first two months of 2017; this is $46K short of our forecast. Of the shortfall, $30.5K, is attributed to lower than predicted sales of the Ham Radio License Manual, which outpaced our forecasts for most of 2016 due to exceptionally large orders from one major reseller. Our YTD forecast had also included $16,875 for the new book Ham Radio from Indoors, the introduction of which has been postponed until the Parity Act legislation is passed. Bob Inderbitzen reports that it's early in the year, and this shortfall could still be overcome. The forecast for March could be exceeded with the earlier-than-planned introduction of the new Repeater Directory. And, 2 large Amazon orders received on the last day of Feb are shipped as March business. FORECAST / YEAR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE PRELIMINARY SALES MONTHS COVERED: FROM: JAN '17 THROUGH: FEB '17 Category Budget Actual Variance Range Percent Dollars Dollars To Target Handbook (soft and hardcover) $45,692 $41,784 ($3,908) 91.45% Repeater Directory (pocket and desktop) $14,862 $9,889 ($4,973) 66.54% Beginner Training Aids (Ham Radio License Manual) $111,461 $80,897 ($30,565) 72.58% Training Aids $74,100 $69,183 ($4,916) 93.37% Other Books $141,975 $137,132 ($4,842) 96.59% Non-ARRL Pub Sales $30,000 $24,627 ($5,373) 82.09% RSGB BOOKS $8,000 $4,229 ($3,771) 52.87% Royalty Books $29,307 $48,718 $19,412 166.24% Membership Supplies $24,000 $16,746 ($7,254) 69.77% Education $0 $0 $0 Sales Returns & Allowances (Dayton Coupons) $0 $0 $0 Sales Not Accounted For Write-Offs - Stocked $0 100.00% Totals $479,397 $433,206 ($46,191) 90.36% 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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