December 2021 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:33064] Fwd: RE: W7VO ODV e-mail
by Michael Ritz 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

See below: Just a note that Jim Schaum at HQ got my Comcast/ARRL mail server issue straightened out. I am copying ODV in case any of the rest of you have the issue I just had in the future. It's a strange one! David/Bob: Huge kudos to Jim and the IT staff at HQ for getting this figured out. I really appreciate the hard work they did to get this resolved, along with all the other issues they have to deal with on a daily basis. I received several status e-mails from Jim that were obviously well after quitting time back east. Well done! Now I have to play catch-up on all the reflector e-mails I missed for the last several weeks.... 73; Mike W7VO > > > > Mike, > > > Unfortunately, there is a lot of bad information on the Internet. We had finally found out what was causing the problem with comcast.net. For some reason, our system was trying to use the newer IPv6 protocol when talking to comcast.net. Our environment is not set up to use that protocol. After trying a few options for resolving that issue, I finally found one this morning which actually worked. After making the change, I saw log records indicating successful mail delivery to users on comcast.net, including one for you. I am much more confident that this has finally resolved the comcast.net issue for good, but let me know what your experience is. Thank you for your patience in dealing with this matter. > > > > Jim > > > From: Michael Ritz <w7vo(a)comcast.net> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 6:29 PM > To: Schaum, James <jschaum(a)arrl.org> > Cc: Naumann, Robert, W5OV <w5ov(a)arrl.org> > Subject: RE: W7VO ODV e-mail > > > Jim; > > > > The Comcast issue is still there. I sent a test email to ODV from my Comcast e-mail account. It got posted, as usual, but I received no reply in my Comcast inbox from the ODV reflector. Funny though, ARRL ads and personal e-mails from "arrl.org" addresses are getting through fine, just no reflector e-mails, so it's not a generic "arrl.org" issue. It has something to do specifically with the reflectors. Either the ARRL mail server is blocking them from leaving, or Comcast is blocking them from getting to me somehow. > > > > Keep in mind that I have never lost the ability to send messages to the ARRL reflectors, the reflectors cannot get messages to me. (Except now through Gmail.) > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > 73; > > Mike > > W7VO > > > > > > On 12/14/2021 5:01 AM Schaum, James <jschaum(a)arrl.org mailto:jschaum@arrl.org > wrote: > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > I am fairly certain I got everything. If I missed something or you need to add anything additional, please let me know. Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > From: Michael Ritz <w7vo(a)comcast.net mailto:w7vo@comcast.net > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 10:39 PM > > To: Schaum, James <jschaum(a)arrl.org mailto:jschaum@arrl.org > > > Subject: RE: W7VO ODV e-mail > > > > > > I forgot the ARRLF reflector, also. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > 73; > > > > Mike > > > > W7VO > > > > > > > > > > On 12/13/2021 7:17 PM Michael Ritz <w7vo(a)comcast.net mailto:w7vo@comcast.net > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Jim! I am now getting ODV e-mails through gmail, but still not from Comcast. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you please add my mike.ritz1@gmail mailto:mike.ritz1@gmail account to all the other e-mail reflectors I have with ARRL? (PSC, Bandplanning, CAC, DXAC and CSI). > > > > > > > > > > > > If this does get cleared up with Comcast, I'll gladly take two emails over zero! ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > 73; > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > W7VO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/13/2021 6:47 PM Schaum, James <jschaum(a)arrl.org mailto:jschaum@arrl.org > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure why, but your account(s) on ODV were both blocked. The one account points directly to your comcast email and the other one points to your arrl.org email. I unblocked both of them. I also added your mike.ritz1(a)gmail.com mailto:mike.ritz1@gmail.com account. Since your arrl.org alias points to your comcast email address, you will probably get two messages for everyone that is posted. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Michael Ritz <w7vo(a)comcast.net mailto:w7vo@comcast.net > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 4:55 PM > > > > To: Naumann, Robert, W5OV <RNaumann(a)arrl.org mailto:RNaumann@arrl.org >; Schaum, James <jschaum(a)arrl.org mailto:jschaum@arrl.org > > > > > Cc: Roderick, Rick, K5UR (President) <K5UR(a)arrl.org mailto:K5UR@arrl.org > > > > > Subject: RE: W7VO ODV e-mail > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Bob. I just sent e-mails to the ARRL PSC reflector and the Bandplanning reflectors. Neither of those test messages has made it back to me yet either. Maybe we're back to the Comcast/ARRL mail server blacklisting issue again? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 73; > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > W7VO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/13/2021 1:39 PM Naumann, Robert, W5OV <rnaumann(a)arrl.org mailto:rnaumann@arrl.org > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you check into the below reported ODV email issue by Director Ritz? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike – I’m sorry, but I do not have any visibility into ODV and I am also not on that distribution list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim will be able to assist you or have one of his staff resolve the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 73, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob W5OV > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Michael Ritz <w7vo(a)comcast.net mailto:w7vo@comcast.net > > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 15:36 > > > > > To: Naumann, Robert, W5OV <w5ov(a)arrl.org mailto:w5ov@arrl.org > > > > > > Cc: Roderick, Rick, K5UR (President) <K5UR(a)arrl.org mailto:K5UR@arrl.org > > > > > > Subject: W7VO ODV e-mail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mails sent to me through the ODV e-mail reflector appear to be getting lost in the ether, perhaps back to the latter part of last month or so. (Maybe around the time the new Directors were added to ODV?) Can you check with somebody in ARRL IT and confirm that I am still on ODV? PSC seems to be working OK. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If everything on that end is OK, can you have my generic mike.ritz1@gmail mailto:mike.ritz1@gmail e-mail address added to ODV, in addition to my w7vo(a)comcast.net mailto:w7vo@comcast.net address? Somehow, Comcast may be restricting (blacklisting) ARRL e-mails again as junk mail. I'd rather get duplicate e-mails instead of zero! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 73; > > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > W7VO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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[arrl-odv:33063] Nice job Rick!
by Mark J Tharp 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

" The cup winners are Rick Niswander, K7GM, and Bob Barden, MD0CCE." http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-and-rsgb-announce-winners-of-transatlantic-ce… Mark, HDX

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[arrl-odv:33062] Test again- Sorry!
by Michael Ritz 14 Dec '21

14 Dec '21

Jim thinks he may have fixed the issue with Comcast, so I'm trying a new test. Sorry for the bandwidth.... 73; Mike W7VO

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[arrl-odv:33059] Another test- ignore
by Michael Ritz 14 Dec '21

14 Dec '21

Just seeing if this still works. I can transmit, but apparently still not receive on all the other ARRL reflectors I'm on. Just making sure this one still works... Looks like Comcast has blacklisted my incoming ARRL e-mails, and not everything at HQ has been changed to gmail yet.... 73; Mike W7VO

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[arrl-odv:33052] I'm off-line...
by Michael Ritz 14 Dec '21

14 Dec '21

Just a note that it appears a Comcast server has again blacklisted my incoming ARRL e-mails, which is keeping me from receiving anything from the reflectors. I can apparently send messages, I just can't see replies. It's probably been that way for a couple of weeks now! If you have something to complain to me about, you'll have to send it to me directly for now. ;-) The IT staff at HQ is looking into it. 73; Mike W7VO

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[arrl-odv:33050] EC meeting?
by Michael Ritz 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

I had marked on my calendar that an EC meeting was supposed to be this morning. That said, I don't find any e-mails related to a Zoom log-in for the meeting, so did this meeting happen? Was it rescheduled? Did I miss something? Is the Special Board meeting still scheduled for the 20th? Enquiring minds want to know! ;-) 73; Mike W7VO

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[arrl-odv:33049] FW: EC Meeting - Life Member Report
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

From: Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) <dmiddleton(a)arrl.org> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 1:34 PM To: Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) <dminster(a)arrl.org> Subject: FW: EC Meeting - Life Member Report For the EC meeting. From: Vinci, Yvette, KC1AIM <yvinci(a)arrl.org<mailto:yvinci@arrl.org>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 1:13 PM To: Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) <dmiddleton(a)arrl.org<mailto:dmiddleton@arrl.org>> Subject: EC Meeting - Life Member Report Diane Attached is the Life Member Report for the upcoming Executive Committee Meeting scheduled for Monday, December 13. There are 34 New Life Members since the last EC Meeting held on October 25th. Please let me know if you need anything else. Thank you, Yvette Vinci, KC1AIM Member Services Manager ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1400 Telephone: (860) 594-0257 Fax: 860-594-0303 www.arrl.org<http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:33048] Today's EC meeting
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Here is the Zoom info for the upcoming EC meeting: The next Executive Committee is scheduled for December 13, 2021, at 11 AM ET. The Zoom information is below: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81934538564?pwd=OXNkRkdNOUd1eGJSTHM2NnljSGc3dz09 Meeting ID: 819 3453 8564 Passcode: 347927 One tap mobile +13126266799,,81934538564#,,,,*347927# US (Chicago) +19294362866,,81934538564#,,,,*347927# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 819 3453 8564 Passcode: 347927

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[arrl-odv:33037] Tornadoes - ODV H&W
by Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD) 12 Dec '21

12 Dec '21

Good afternoon, Hope everyone is ok, especially the Arkansas crew. From what I gather it was far from you all, but lots of damage where it did hit. 73 Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:33039] transatlantic century QSO party
by Niswander, Rick 12 Dec '21

12 Dec '21

GB2ZE 0202Z W1AW 0205Z W1AW pile is huge. K7GM Frederick (Rick) Niswander, PhD, CPA, CGMA Professor of Accounting East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858

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