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[arrl-odv:27699] Nelson Concedes
by James F. Boehner MD 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Two Movie quotes come to mind; Ghostbusters “…I’ll miss him…” Borat “NOT” ’73 de JIM N2ZZ Lame Duck Director – Roanoke Division Representing ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio™ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of David Norris via arrl-odv Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 7:08 PM To: Jeff Ryan Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:27698] Re: Nelson Concedes image1.jpeg “Bye bye Billy! Bwhahahahahaha!” 😆😆😆 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division Sent from my iPhone On Nov 18, 2018, at 3:50 PM, Jeff Ryan <k0rm(a)comcast.net> wrote: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/11/18/politics/bill-nelso… _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrlorg <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:27708] Re: SS Numbers (corrected)
by k5ur＠aol.com 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Tom, thanks for the information. Interesting chart. Well, it sure makes you stop and think about that bubble from about 1956-1980 on the CW totals and what will happen when that group starts to fall off into SK's. It's also noteworthy to see the difference in the phone totals. I suspect, to Rod's point, that if we could compare FT8 data in some way, that we might see an even further shift. Yep, the landscape is changing..... Thanks again, Tom. 73Rick - K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Rod Blocksome <rod.blocksome(a)gmail.com> To: Tom Frenaye K1KI <frenaye(a)pcnet.com> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Sent: Mon, Nov 19, 2018 11:05 am Subject: [arrl-odv:27706] Re: SS Numbers (corrected) Some very interesting data Tom - Thanks for putting this together.I wonder what the graph would look like if there was an FT8 SS Contest?Perhaps there is a way (not too costly) to extract the year of license from call signs submitting FT8 QSOs into LoTW?Food for thought,Rod, K0DAS On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:25 AM Tom Frenaye <frenaye(a)pcnet.com> wrote: (One correction noted in bold) To follow up on Rick's comments about his SS CW experience, I've attacheda graph showing year first licensed for bothCW and Phone participants in the 2017 Sweepstakes. The datapoints are from the callsigns found in all of the logs, not just thosewho submitted logs. The logs showed 2119 different callsigns on CW and 3858 onPhone. The results article shows the number of actuallogs submitted was 1275 CW and 1688 phone. That really shows thaton CW there is a fairly limited pool of people to work that are casualoperators, while on Phone there is a significantly higher number ofstations available to work - and especially those licensed in the lastfive years. More than anything, it seems to show that Phoneis alive and well with new hams while CW is not. -- Tom At 01:55 AM 11/15/2018, Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv wrote: Hi all: I took some time and worked a few hours in the CW Sweepstakes contest acouple of weekends ago. (I won that contest many years ago back in mycontest days, and even set a new record or two as I recall…. :) Itâ€™s afun contest. As you may know, one of the exchanges in the SS contest includes the yearin which the operator was licensed. When I looked back at those I workedand the years in which they were licensed, I saw some numbers thatconcerned me. Specifically, it was a bunch of older licensed hams, andwhat struck me was the lack of newer licensed hams. The numbers belowindicate the decade and percent worked: 1940â€™s – 6% 1950â€™s – 17% 1960â€™s – 39% 1970â€™s – 22% 1980â€™s – 4% 1990â€™s – 6% 2000â€™s – 4% 2010â€™s – 2% From these numbers, you can see there was a noticeable lack of newerhams that I worked. Perhaps you could say the â€œnew generationâ€ hamdoesnâ€™t like contests. Possibly. Or, maybe you could go so far as tosay these numbers indicate that we canâ€™t attract the â€œyounger hamsâ€ (if you assume that newer licensed hams are younger in age than some ofthose licensed in the 50-60-70â€™s). Possibly. But either way, itconcerned me. I realize that statistically this is probably not a validsampling, but it was interesting to look at the numbers. Nonetheless, 84%of those I worked were hams from years ago (1940-70â€™s) and it appearedthat the â€œnew generationâ€ was noticeable absent. Think about that. Whereâ€™s our next generation of hams? Thank about howthose numbers will look when a lot of those older hams die? Whereâ€™s thegeneration behind them? OK, again, maybe they arenâ€™t contesters, butthen where are they? What are they doing? Well, 51% of hams areTechnicians which might tell us something. Things change. I donâ€™t think a similar distribution would have occurredback when I was working SS in my contest days. Maybe this is anotherwakeup call about how the landscape of what we look like has changed frommy earlier days. Just some food for thought. 73 Rick – K5UR _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv ===== e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England DivisionDirector http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone:860-668-5444 _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:27707] Re: Tuesday NIght Meeting
by k5ur＠aol.com 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Hi John: It’s a personnel related matter and CT counsel recommendedthat this call be limited to Directors and Officers in order to pass along someinformation. 73 Rick – K5UR -----Original Message----- From: John Robert Stratton <N5AUS(a)n5aus.com> To: Rick Roderick <k5ur(a)aol.com>; Barry J. Shelley <N1VXY(a)arrl.org>; arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sun, Nov 18, 2018 10:29 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:27702] Tuesday NIght Meeting Rick I understand that you have called a meeting, on short notice, of the Directors and Officers of the ARRL for Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. EST regarding "important information." I also understand the Vice Directors were not/have not been invited. Was this an oversight? If not, please forward to all Vice Directors the necessary login information.  _______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS Vice Director Legislative Director West Gulf Division Office: 512-445-6262 Cell: 512-426-2028 P.O. Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:27705] Re: SS Numbers (corrected)
by Tom Frenaye 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

(One correction noted in bold) To follow up on Rick's comments about his SS CW experience, I've attached a graph showing year first licensed for both CW and Phone participants in the 2017 Sweepstakes. The data points are from the callsigns found in all of the logs, not just those who submitted logs. The logs showed 2119 different callsigns on CW and 3858 on Phone. The results article shows the number of actual logs submitted was 1275 CW and 1688 phone. That really shows that on CW there is a fairly limited pool of people to work that are casual operators, while on Phone there is a significantly higher number of stations available to work - and especially those licensed in the last five years. More than anything, it seems to show that Phone is alive and well with new hams while CW is not. -- Tom At 01:55 AM 11/15/2018, Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv wrote: >Hi all: > >I took some time and worked a few hours in the CW Sweepstakes contest a couple of weekends ago. (I won that contest many years ago back in my contest days, and even set a new record or two as I recall. :) Itâs a fun contest. > >As you may know, one of the exchanges in the SS contest includes the year in which the operator was licensed. When I looked back at those I worked and the years in which they were licensed, I saw some numbers that concerned me. Specifically, it was a bunch of older licensed hams, and what struck me was the lack of newer licensed hams. The numbers below indicate the decade and percent worked: > >1940âs 6% >1950âs 17% >1960âs 39% >1970âs 22% >1980âs 4% >1990âs 6% >2000âs 4% >2010âs 2% > > From these numbers, you can see there was a noticeable lack of newer hams that I worked. Perhaps you could say the ânew generationâ ham doesnât like contests. Possibly. Or, maybe you could go so far as to say these numbers indicate that we canât attract the âyounger hamsâ (if you assume that newer licensed hams are younger in age than some of those licensed in the 50-60-70âs). Possibly. But either way, it concerned me. I realize that statistically this is probably not a valid sampling, but it was interesting to look at the numbers. Nonetheless, 84% of those I worked were hams from years ago (1940-70âs) and it appeared that the ânew generationâ was noticeable absent. > >Think about that. Whereâs our next generation of hams? Thank about how those numbers will look when a lot of those older hams die? Whereâs the generation behind them? OK, again, maybe they arenât contesters, but then where are they? What are they doing? Well, 51% of hams are Technicians which might tell us something. > >Things change. I donât think a similar distribution would have occurred back when I was working SS in my contest days. Maybe this is another wakeup call about how the landscape of what we look like has changed from my earlier days. > >Just some food for thought. > >73 >Rick K5UR >_______________________________________________ >arrl-odv mailing list >arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org >https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv ===== 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:27688] SS Numbers
by k5ur＠aol.com 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Hi all: I took some time and worked a fewhours in the CW Sweepstakes contest a couple of weekends ago. (I won thatcontest many years ago back in my contest days, and even set a new record ortwo as I recall…. :) It’s a fun contest. As you may know, one of theexchanges in the SS contest includes the year in which the operator was licensed.When I looked back at those I worked and the years in which they were licensed,I saw some numbers that concerned me. Specifically, it was a bunch of older licensedhams, and what struck me was the lack of newer licensed hams. The numbers belowindicate the decade and percent worked: 1940’s – 6%1950’s – 17%1960’s – 39%1970’s – 22%1980’s – 4%1990’s – 6%2000’s – 4%2010’s – 2% >From these numbers, you can seethere was a noticeable lack of newer hams that I worked. Perhaps youcould say the “new generation” ham doesn’t like contests. Possibly. Or, maybeyou could go so far as to say these numbers indicate that we can’t attract the “younger hams”(if you assume that newer licensed hams are younger in age thansome of those licensed in the 50-60-70’s). Possibly. But either way, itconcerned me. I realize that statistically this is probably not a validsampling, but it was interesting to look at the numbers. Nonetheless, 84% ofthose I worked were hams from years ago (1940-70’s) and it appeared that the“new generation” was noticeable absent. Think about that. Where’s ournext generation of hams? Thank about how those numbers will look when a lot ofthose older hams die? Where’s the generation behind them? OK, again, maybe theyaren’t contesters, but then where are they? What are they doing? Well, 51% ofhams are Technicians which might tell us something. Things change. I don’t think asimilar distribution would have occurred back when I was working SS in mycontest days. Maybe this is another wakeup call about how the landscape of whatwe look like has changed from my earlier days. Just some food for thought. 73Rick – K5UR

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[arrl-odv:27703] Advance Notice of the 2019 ARRL Annual Board Meeting
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Dear Members of the ODV: On behalf of the Secretary of the ARRL, please see the attached Advance Notice of the 2019 ARRL Annual Board Meeting. Also attached is the Accommodation Form for your trip; please complete and return it to me no later than Thursday, January 3, 2019. Respectfully, Carla Pereira, KC1HSX Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer ARRL Newington, CT 06111 860-594-0242

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[arrl-odv:27702] Tuesday NIght Meeting
by John Robert Stratton 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Rick I understand that you have called a meeting, on short notice, of the Directors and Officers of the ARRL for Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. EST regarding "important information." I also understand the Vice Directors were not/have not been invited. Was this an oversight? If not, please forward to all Vice Directors the necessary login information. _______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS Vice Director Legislative Director West Gulf Division Office:512-445-6262 Cell:512-426-2028 P.O. Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 *_______________________________________***

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[arrl-odv:27694] Fwd: Election Results
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (Secretary) 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

> Good evening. > > Today we opened and counted ballots in 7 contested elections over 5 Divisions. The results of the votes are as follows: > > Central Division Director > > Kermit Carlson, W9XA 1,898 > > Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L 1,755 > > Mr. Carlson was declared elected. > > Hudson Division Director > > Ria Jairam, N2RJ 1,292 > > Mike Lisenco, N2YBB 1,239 > > Ms. Jairam was declared elected. > > New England Division Director > > Fred Hopengarten, K1VR 1,432 > > Tom Frenaye, K1KI 1,383 > > Mr. Hopengarten was declared elected. > > Northwestern Division Director > > Mike Ritz, W7VO 1,589 > > Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ 1,308 > > Horace Hamby, N7DRW 495 > > Mr. Ritz was declared elected. > > Northwestern Division Vice Director > > Mark Tharp, KB7HDX 1,368 > > Daniel Stevens, KL7WM 1,228 > > Delvin Bunton, NS7U 767 > > Mr. Tharp was declared elected. > > Roanoke Division Director > > George Hippisley, W2RU 1,891 > > Dr. James Boehner, N2ZZ 1,365 > > Mr. Hippisley was declared elected. > > Roanoke Division Vice Director > > William Morine, N2COP 1,742 > > John Humphry, W4IM 1,505 > > Mr. Morine was declared elected. > > All of the newly elected officials will take office at noon on January 1, 2019. > > 73, > > Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY > > Secretary > > ARRL, Inc. > > The national association for Amateur Radio > > (860) 594-0212 > > www.arrl.org<http://www.arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:27695] Soon to be farewell
by Bonnie Altus 17 Nov '18

17 Nov '18

It is getting close to the time for me to say farewell to the group. I have talked to Mike Ritz on the phone and he promised to come to Jim Pace and me for advice. I wish him the best. I may run against him in 3 years in order to give the members a choice in their representation. I will pay attention to things and see how everything goes. 73, Bonnie AB7ZQ

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[arrl-odv:27693] In Newsletter November 16 2018
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

Please see this week's In Newsletter with updates from the League. Have a great weekend!

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