July 2020 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:30631] FW: [Arrl-arldac:373] FW: KB3CMT Notice of Violation
by Rod Stafford 24 Jul '20

24 Jul '20

Mark, You know after I sent that it didn’t seem to make sense. What I meant to say is, can you make Saturday work? ;) Rod ____________________________________ Rod Stafford W6ROD ARRL Int’l Affairs Vice President <http://www.flickr.com/rodstaffordphotography> www.flickr.com/rodstaffordphotography From: Rod Stafford [mailto:w6rod@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 10:07 AM To: 'Mark J Tharp' <kb7hdx(a)gmail.com> Cc: 'arrl-arldac' <arrl-arldac(a)reflector.arrl.org>; 'k3rf(a)arrl.org' <k3rf(a)arrl.org>; 'Fred Hopengarten' <hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu> Subject: RE: [Arrl-arldac:373] FW: KB3CMT Notice of Violation Mark, Would Saturday at 5 pm be a hassle? If not, we’ll go with Saturday. Rod ____________________________________ Rod Stafford W6ROD ARRL Int’l Affairs Vice President <http://www.flickr.com/rodstaffordphotography> www.flickr.com/rodstaffordphotography From: Mark J Tharp [mailto:kb7hdx@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 8:52 AM To: Rod Stafford <w6rod(a)comcast.net <mailto:w6rod@comcast.net> > Cc: arrl-arldac <arrl-arldac(a)reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-arldac@reflector.arrl.org> >; k3rf(a)arrl.org <mailto:k3rf@arrl.org> ; Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> > Subject: Re: [Arrl-arldac:373] FW: KB3CMT Notice of Violation Sunday would be best for me, however Saturday can be done. I'll go with the majority for either day. Mark, HDX On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 8:30 AM Rod Stafford <w6rod(a)comcast.net <mailto:w6rod@comcast.net> > wrote: Gentlemen, How about a Zoom call sometime this weekend to see if the LDAC can be of some assistance in this matter? Might I suggest Saturday afternoon at about 5 pm Pacific Time? Or, Sunday afternoon at the same time? Or, is there a better time? I can set up the Zoom meeting and send out the invitations. 73, Rod ____________________________________ Rod Stafford W6ROD ARRL Int’l Affairs Vice President <http://www.flickr.com/rodstaffordphotography> www.flickr.com/rodstaffordphotography From: Bob Famiglio, K3RF [mailto:RBFamiglio@Verizon.net <mailto:RBFamiglio@Verizon.net> ] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 8:09 AM To: hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> Cc: k1twf(a)arrl.org <mailto:k1twf@arrl.org> ; 'Stafford, Rod, W6ROD (Intl Affairs VP)' <w6rod(a)comcast.net <mailto:w6rod@comcast.net> > Subject: RE: KB3CMT Notice of Violation Just confirmed: “Deadline to appeal is July 31”. Is this something the Legal defense committee wants to consider? From: Bob Famiglio, K3RF Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:56 PM To: 'hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> ' <hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> > Cc: 'k1twf(a)arrl.org <mailto:k1twf@arrl.org> ' <k1twf(a)arrl.org <mailto:k1twf@arrl.org> >; 'Stafford, Rod, W6ROD (Intl Affairs VP)' <w6rod(a)comcast.net <mailto:w6rod@comcast.net> > Subject: FW: KB3CMT Notice of Violation Hi Fred: See the issue below. Mike is a lawyer friend of mine out in Western PA, and a good zoning guy who served zoning boards in the past. This is symptomatic of what I have seen in my neck of the state as well in recent years. Is this appropriate for the Legal defense fund or what would you suggest? I think Rod is the Chairmen these days? I copy Mike and Rod here. What a problem these days given the cost of defense just to file. Bob Famiglio, K3RF Vice Director - ARRL Atlantic Division 610-359-7300 www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF <http://www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF> From: Bob Famiglio, K3RF Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:37 PM To: 'Mike Lazaroff' <k3air(a)comcast.net <mailto:k3air@comcast.net> >; 'k3rf(a)arrl.org <mailto:k3rf@arrl.org> ' <k3rf(a)arrl.org <mailto:k3rf@arrl.org> > Subject: RE: KB3CMT Notice of Violation Wow. Things have gone from bad to worse I observe. After the DePolo case, the townships in the area have all enacted clearly illegal ordinances forbidding more than one antenna, and also more than one antenna support structure as well. They went all out after winning the 3rd circuit case on bullshit decision and made it impossible to have even a 65 foot tower on a 3 acre lot unless one has at least 150 feet across the lot in all directions from the structure (setbacks count) and the top of the antenna, not the tower or other support, is less than 65 foot total. Engineering certification costs are even worse. This cut out most of the residential districts. A dipole with two supports is illegal as well and they enforce that, but no one can fight it without an expensive fight. Two townships spent over half million in fees it was learned from budget disclosures for three law firms for the two townships involved. BTW, the USSCt decided the DePolo case issue of transfer to state court (stopping the clock for state court appeal when federal filing within the same time limit) would have been valid as we all expected as you may have seen in the PA Bar journal last year. Mmmm. I will pass this upstairs today to see what we can do. WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPEAL? This is not legal advice as we have not undertaken legal representation of you or your radio club. Your local lawyer is welcomed to consider my comments but may come to a different conclusion after studying the facts and applying local law and customs. We have not studied your matter and will not do so unless a written, formal undertaking of representation is issued by our office. Bob Famiglio, K3RF, 610-359-7300 ARRL Atlantic Division Volunteer Counsel www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF <http://www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF> From: Mike Lazaroff Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:00 PM To: k3rf(a)arrl.org <mailto:k3rf@arrl.org> Subject: KB3CMT Notice of Violation Hi Bob, I have an interesting one. Attached is a "Zoning Notice of Violation" issued by Upper St Clair Township (Allegheny County). The ham put up a 42-foot mast to test a dipole for a POTA activation (it wasn't even a permanent install). Anyway, they sent him this Notice. He contacted me. I've reviewed it. USC's ordinances clearly apply to commercial antennas and also violate PRB-1 and PA's PRB-1 statute in various ways. They want him take down the antenna (which he had already done before he received the Notice, as it was a test install only) and pay a $25 "fine." I called the Township to find out their appeal process, as I don't think this should go unchallenged. They gave me the forms to file an appeal, but the catch is that their procedures state that the appeal has to go to their Zoning Hearing Board and the application fee is $500. Yep, five hundred, plus 50% of the cost of the court reporter. To appeal a $25 "ticket." Wow. How would you handle this? I really hate to ask him to pay that, but I don't want this to stand. Ideas? Thanks and 73, Mike K3AIR _______________________________________________ Arrl-arldac mailing list Arrl-arldac(a)reflector.arrl.org <mailto:Arrl-arldac@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-arldac

1 0

[arrl-odv:30627] Agenda - help me understand and explain to angry members
by rjairam＠gmail.com 22 Jul '20

22 Jul '20

Members have been emailing me, accusing us of hiding things because the agenda is not distributed to them beforehand. Now, we know better - things get added last minute, and the agenda changes. It shouldn't be, but that is what we have. Two questions: 1. How can we make it that we have an up to date agenda distributed to members before the meeting? 2. How can we effectively communicate that the final agenda was amended (or substituted) during or right before the meeting? Thanks Ria N2RJ

4 3

[arrl-odv:30337] Fwd: PPP Question
by Michael Ritz 21 Jul '20

21 Jul '20

OK, here is the first question I've received from a member in my Division related to the PPP loan. What is the ARRL "official message" on this issue, and how do I answer this? 73; Mike W7VO > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Jerry BOYD <EXLASD(a)msn.com> > To: "w7vo(a)arrl.org" <w7vo(a)arrl.org> > Date: May 21, 2020 at 11:00 AM > Subject: Question > > > Mike > > Supposedly the ARRL applied for a loan under the PPP (CoronaVirus stimulus) . If true that raises two questions in my mind. > > #1. Has the ARRL laid off any employees due to COVID 19? > > #2. Has the ARRL lost income as a result of COVID 19? > > > > I am not opposed to any “business” attempting to offset losses. However I am concerned since the League is a member based “business” as to the justification of such an application if, in fact, one was made. > > > > Thanks > > Jerry > > N7WR > > > > > > Sent from Mail https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986 for Windows 10 > > >

5 7

[arrl-odv:30624] Coronavirus travel restrictions
by rjairam＠gmail.com 21 Jul '20

21 Jul '20

It's not looking good. NJ just expanded its quarantine list: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/07/nj-expands-coronavirus-quarantine-tr… While this is relevant to NJ, I would expect that other states would have some issues. Ria N2RJ

1 0

[arrl-odv:30623] Reply Comments- FCC Docket No. 19-226
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) 20 Jul '20

20 Jul '20

Good Afternoon: Attached are ARRL's reply comments filed today in the FCC Docket No. 19-226 (RF Safety proceeding). Thanks to Ed Hare, Kermit Carlson and Mike Lazarus of Telecommunications Law Professionals, our "substitute" FCC counsel for this proceeding due to David Siddall having to recuse himself because of a conflict of interest. They all did great work on these comments in a short period of time. 73, Barry, N1VXY

1 0

[arrl-odv:30622] FW: [cwops] Watch The Resurgence Of Amateur Radio – A Silver Lining Of COVID-19
by hopengarten＠post.harvard.edu 20 Jul '20

20 Jul '20

-----Original Message----- From: main(a)cwops.groups.io [mailto:main@cwops.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tom W4NBS Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 1:44 PM To: CW Ops Subject: [cwops] Watch The Resurgence Of Amateur Radio – A Silver Lining Of COVID-19 Hello all, As a retired merchant seaman, and although I have no intentions of ever returning to that lifestyle, I still like to keep abreast of things happening in the maritime world. One of the ways I do that is by subscribing to some maritime related websites such as gCaptain. Monday morning is usually a slow news day but today I was pleasantly surprised to see an amateur radio related post. You’ll may have to cut-n-paste this link into your browser. 73, Tom, W4NBS https://gcaptain.com/watch-the-resurgence-of-amateur-radio-a-silver-lining-… -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

1 0

[arrl-odv:30616] Re: [exec-com:9597] Re: Congratulations on the Successful Virtual Board Meeting
by Jeff Ryan 20 Jul '20

20 Jul '20

Rick: I concur; I believe that an article about holding a video conference, motions approved to date and the fact that we recessed would be in order. 73, Jeff, K0RM -------- Original Message -------- From: k5ur--- via exec-com <exec-com(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sun Jul 19 14:34:32 MDT 2020 To: "david(a)davidsiddall-law.com" <david(a)davidsiddall-law.com>, "exec-com(a)arrl.org" <exec-com(a)arrl.org> Subject: [exec-com:9597] Re: Congratulations on the Successful Virtual Board Meeting Dave and all: Thanks for the nice comments about the meeting. It would be good for us to say something about the meeting even though we are recessed and minutes will not be approved until we conclude. Also, it would be good for Dave to be able to inform the FCC about the band plan as that was information the FCC wanted. We really need the FCC to get moving on our proceedings. I've asked Barry to check with Spinella, but I wonder if we could have Rick Lindquist craft a very brief article of the actions thus far. We will be getting questions from members so we need to be prepared to say something besides "we can't talk about it." Comments? Rick -----Original Message----- From: david davidsiddall-law. com <david(a)davidsiddall-law.com> To: exec-com(a)arrl.org <exec-com(a)arrl.org> Sent: Sun, Jul 19, 2020 1:26 pm Subject: [exec-com:9596] Congratulations on the Successful Virtual Board Meeting EC, Congratulations to Rick and Directors for a very well run meeting yesterday. With adoption of the band plan report, I am beginning to prepare the requisite FCC Petition for Rulemaking. A couple of questions related to this. - Do directors publicly discuss Board actions before release of the minutes, or generally are actions pretty held close to the vest until the minutes announce actions? - And second, will minutes of this portion of the meeting be released within the next several weeks , or will they be released only after the meeting is adjourned (maybe next month)? Thanks. Dave K3ZJ David R. Siddall Managing Partner DS Law, PLLC 1629 K St. NW, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 direct: +1 202 559 4690 Unauthorized Disclosure Prohibited. This e-mail is intended solely for the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, it is prohibited to disclose, copy, distribute, or use the contents of this email and its attachments. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all electronic and physical copies of the e-mail message and its attachments. Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of attorney-client or any other privilege. Thank you. _______________________________________________ exec-com mailing list exec-com(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/exec-com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ exec-com mailing list exec-com(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/exec-com

6 5

[arrl-odv:30610] Re: New proposed regulations
by hopengarten＠post.harvard.edu 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

-----Original Message----- From: Bud Hippisley [mailto:bud@w2ru.net] Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 3:29 PM To: Fred Hopengarten Subject: New proposed regulations Yes, please send me copies of your new proposed regulations and any other documents you’d like to forward. Bud, W2RU -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

2 1

[arrl-odv:30614] Resolution from NFB concerning accessibility of QST
by rjairam＠gmail.com 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

I’ve mentioned this before. There is great demand for this and we owe it to our members to make our publications screen reader compatible. I’ve suggested that a low tech but effective way to do this was to have a plain text version of each publication (behind username and password If necessary). This would work 100% with screen readers like JAWS and similar. What can we do to make this happen? 73 Ria N2RJ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <n2peq2002(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:28 PM Subject: This just passed To: <n2rj(a)arrl.net> Resolution 2020-28: Regarding the Accessibility of American Radio Relay League’s Digital Content WHEREAS, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the preeminent organization of amateur radio operators in the United States; and WHEREAS, the ARRL has avoided making its principal magazine, QST, available to its blind members because the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), a program of the Library of Congress, has published this magazine in an accessible format; and WHEREAS, this practice continued even though the ARRL has been publishing QST on the web for several years; and WHEREAS, the NLS version of QST is not as timely as the ARRL’s web version and does not contain all of the information that the web version contains, which places blind ham radio operators at a disadvantage; and WHEREAS, since nonvisually accessible publishing software exists, the National Federation of the Blind’s Amateur Radio Division has approached several of the ARRL’s directors and vice directors requesting that the web edition of QST be published with nonvisually accessible software, but thus far has been met with avoidance, stalling tactics, and referrals to staff, and therefore no action has been taken to date; and WHEREAS, this year the ARRL published three more of its magazines on the web, still in an inaccessible format, released nonvisually accessible apps, while proclaiming that all its members can read and use all four of its magazines on the web or on the app: Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention assembled this eighteenth day of July, 2020, that this organization condemn and deplore the discriminatory behavior of ARRL toward its blind members by refusing to provide accessible digital content; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization demand that ARRL immediately adopt policies and procedures to ensure that all present and future digital content be published in an accessible format on all of its platforms.

1 0

[arrl-odv:30613] A&F meeting minutes
by Mark J Tharp 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Were the minutes from the June 20 meeting ever distributed to ODV? I don't seem to be able to find them. ? Thanks. Mark, HDX

1 0