December 2022 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:34427] Fred Laun, K3ZO
by Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD) 01 Jan '23

01 Jan '23

Fred has been in ICU for over a week and today I was told that he's being taken off life support. Fred was not only an avid contester but also a U.S. information officer for many years. He famously suffered at the hands of Argentinian Marxist Guerillas after being accused of being a spy due to his ham radio equipment and antennas (David Sidall talked about this a few months ago) in an attempted kidnapping. He is a good friend and supporter of ARRL. Read an article from NCJ about him: https://ncjweb.com/features/sepoct15feat.pdf The spy accusation: http://shortwavescatter.blogspot.com/2010/03/radio-hobbyist-or-cia-spy-1974… 73 Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:34426] ARRL VEC Program Services - We already do that!
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 30 Dec '22

30 Dec '22

One of the misnomers out in the world is that we don’t do online or remote exams at the ARRL VEC. I asked Maria to send an email to all VE’s to reinforce the fact that we do and that we can help them add that to their testing capabilities. We’ve received over 50 responses in 24 hours! Maria is pleased with the initial response and we’ll see how it progresses over the next few weeks. David ================================================================================================ From: ARRL <vec(a)arrl.org<mailto:vec@arrl.org>> Date: December 29, 2022 at 7:39:24 AM CST Subject: ARRL VEC Program Services - We already do that! Reply-To: vec(a)arrl.org<mailto:vec@arrl.org> Important Message from ARRL VEC [https://arrl.informz.net/arrl/data/images/VEC/ARRL_VEC_Long_Informz.jpg?cb=…] ARRL VEC Program Services - We already do that! Online Amateur Radio Examination Since June 2020, ARRL VE teams have gone completely electronic by using a web-based examination system to administer online exams for remote, video-supervised sessions or in-person sessions. The remote sessions are conducted using a video conferencing platform with ExamTools<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMTY0NzY4NiZsaT0yN…> onscreen tests. Online exams can also be used at in-person sessions (candidates must have tablets or computers for fully electronic in-person sessions). For teams that prefer to generate and print their own exams, our blue overlay grading template designs are loaded into the program, and they can be used with the system’s printed exams for manual grading. This system replaced our ARRL VE Exam Maker exam-generating software. The online exam platform includes registering and tracking candidates throughout the session, onscreen exams and grading, online signing of Certificates of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCEs) and 605 forms, logging and compiling the session stats and VE participation list, and output files for upload to the coordinating VEC. The program manages almost everything needed to conduct a test session. Interested ARRL VE team leaders should email the ARRL VEC at VEC(a)arrl.org<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMTY0NzY4NiZsaT0yN…> for details and instructions on creating an ExamTools account and training with an experienced team. Electronically File Exam Session Documents Upload exam session documents for quicker service! This program benefit, available since November 2018, allows rapid processing to the FCC. VE teams can upload paper documents or online exam session files via the ARRL VEC’s secure web page. New and upgraded licenses are transmitted to the FCC within 1 – 2 business days for weekend sessions and are usually transmitted on the same day for weekday sessions. Please contact the VEC department at VEC(a)arrl.org<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMTY0NzY4NiZsaT0yN…> for instructions on e-filing exam session documents through our upload page. Authorized VEs will be sent the upload page URL, which is hidden from the public. Contact ARRL VEC to be more active in 2023! ARRL VEC The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street, Newington, CT, 06111-1400 USA Toll-free: 1-800-927-7583 Manage Email Preferences<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMTY0NzY4NiZsaT0yN…> or Unsubscribe<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnU9NTIxNjQ3Njg2JmxpPTI3NTAyM…> [Renew]<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMTY0NzY4NiZsaT0yN…> [Shop]<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMTY0NzY4NiZsaT0yN…> [Social]<http://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNjM1NDY1JnA9MSZ1PTUyMTY0NzY4NiZsaT0yN…> [email]<mailto:vec@arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:34425] 2023 Expense Reimbursement Template
by Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) 30 Dec '22

30 Dec '22

Good morning - Attached please find the updated Expense Reimbursement Template for 2023 which includes the new IRS mileage rate. This form should be used for any travel on or after January 1, 2023. Thank you. Diane Middleton, W2DLM Chief Financial Officer ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio(r) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860)594-0225 [cid:image001.png@01D91C31.1CCC5A30]

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[arrl-odv:34424] Fwd: [Arrl-ariss:868] great PR for ARRL, ARISS and Amateur Radio media hit
by Mark J Tharp 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

Amateur Radio is the first story. Mark, HDX Hi to everyone, This is great PR for "the 3 As" -- ARRL, ARISS, and Amateur Radio. The ISS National Lab did a photo story on scientific experiments performed in 2022 by astronauts on the ISS. ISS National Lab considers ARISS one of its educational experiments. The second photo in the story is of Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS, operating the ARISS radio on the ISS during Field Day with the ARRL Field Day flag beside the ARISS radio. How 'bout that! I know you've all seen the photo before, but tens of thousands will see it thanks to ISS National Lab's big following. 73, Rosalie K1STO https://www.issnationallab.org/iss360/2022-issnationallab-science-highlight… _______________________________________________ Arrl-ariss mailing list Arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ariss

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[arrl-odv:34403] Radiogram greetings
by Phil Temples 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

Hi everyone, Just for fun, I arranged for NTS radiograms conveying holiday greetings to be sent to all directors and vice directors using the contact information listed in QST. The radiograms went sometime on Wednesday, December 23 with HXG handling instructions. I'd be curious to know how many of you received them. I realize that this is not a controlled experiment. ;-) 73, and happy holidays, Phil Temples, K9HI -- Phil Temples <phil(a)temples.com>

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[arrl-odv:34419] Set An Example
by k5ur＠aol.com 27 Dec '22

27 Dec '22

Hi all: As the year comes to an end, I'd like to ask foryou to make a donation to the League if you haven’t already done so this year. A big thanks to those who have already given.Thank you! As volunteers, we contribute our time andeffort, but it’s important for us to be able to say that all Board membershave made a monetary donation. One of the first questions we are often askedwhen seeking donations, in particular from major donors, is whether all Boardmembers have given. That’s a challengingquestion to answer when not all of us have given. How can we ask someone to make a donationwhen we haven’t done so ourselves? We must set an example. I've made my annual donation. I am asking you to please do the same. To makea donation, click on the link below: https://home.arrl.org/action/Donate Please help us achieve 100% ARRL Boardparticipation. Take a few minutes this week and make a donation! Help set an example. Thanks. 73 Rick - K5UR

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[arrl-odv:34417] Merry Christmas!
by John Robert Stratton 25 Dec '22

25 Dec '22

_______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS 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:34399] Happy Holidays!
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 25 Dec '22

25 Dec '22

As we work to wind down this week before the Christmas weekend, I'm thinking about all we been through and all we've accomplished this year. I am wishing you and yours happy holidays, and a very Merry Christmas. Here's to a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2023! Our Year of the Volunteers! Very 73, and with warmest regards. David

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[arrl-odv:34401] The Good Guys Are On Third and The Bases Are Loaded
by John Robert Stratton 23 Dec '22

23 Dec '22

Oh, Ye Merry Ladies and Gentlemen It came to pass on Thursday, the 22nd of December /anno Domini/ 2022, that Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-6) delivered our Christmas gift to the Members — he filed H.R. 9670 — the /Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act/. It is the culmination of years of work with multiple potential sponsors to obtain Congressional sponsorship to fulfill our promise to the Members that we would seek a Congressional mandate to eliminate all land use restrictions that prohibit, restrict or impair the ability of an Amateur Radio Operator from operating and installing amateur station antennas on property subject to the control of the Amateur Radio Operator. The official ARRL press release appears at: http://www.arrl.org/news/rep-bill-johnson-introduces-bill-to-eliminate-priv… A copy of H.R. 9670 is enclosed. You are free to share the news of the filing and a copy of the Bill with the Members. We encourage you to do so. The Bill enclosed represents a year of work with Rep. Johnson, his staff and House Legislative Counsel to obtain language that our Members need and Rep. Johnson believes he can pass. We can't thank Rep. Johnson, Laura Wilson, his Legislative Director, and Mike Smullen, his Chief of Staff enough for their efforts and patience. In a personal meeting with Rep. Johnson, he assured us he would not only file the Bill, but that he intended to pass it. You should also extend your thanks to Director Tom Abernethy, Vice Director Lee Cooper, Former Director Fred Hopengarten and FCC Counsel David Siddall for the wit, wisdom and grit they invested in midwifing this opportunity for our Members to be freed from the bondage of CC&Rs. Why file H.R.9670 or for that matter, H.R. 9664, in the waning days of the 117th Congress? To riff on Donald Rumsfeld: "you go to war with the army you have ... ." Until now, we did not have a commitment by our sponsors on the language of either Bill; as soon as agreement was reached the choice was to wait until the 118th Congress convened, or plant our flag on the territory we had captured. With H.R. 9664, by filing now we have created leverage we can use in the New Year to attempt to persuade the FCC to being moving all pending Amateur Radio matters. Its filing by a Member of the Energy & Commerce Committee is a clear signal that the ARRL is serious about breaking the FCC log jam. We have discussed with Rep. Lesko filing additional "git it done" legislation to move other pending Amateur Radio petitions. The successful filing of H.R. 9664 will lend substance to our declaration to the FCC that we are done waiting for their cows to come home and that additional legislation may follow. Filing H.R. 9670 now permits us to begin building support from our Members, our allies and potential House and Senate sponsors. We have been handicapped in obtaining co-sponsors by our inability to confirm to them that the language we presented would be the actual language. Asking for a commitment to legislation whose language remains fluid is the equivalent of asking the potential sponsor out on a blind date — their concern always is that their date might turn out to be Marie Laveau. That risk is now off the table. Another benefit to filing H.R. 9670 now is that Rep. Johnson is rumored to be in the running to become Chairman of Energy & Commerce in the 188th Session starting in January 2023. His filing now strengthens his commitment to the ARRL and the Bill and it also provides he and his staff the foundation on which to begin assembling co-sponsors and committed supporters for 2023. A committee chairman's legislation has a much higher probability of passage. If he becomes Chairman, we will be riding the strong horse. We don't yet have a home run, but with the filing of these bills and two strong sponsors, our Members are now on third. As Holmes shouted to Watson, "the game's a'foot! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -- ______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS 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:34398] Member feedback to Symbol Rate
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 23 Dec '22

23 Dec '22

It's the holidays and people are distracted, but as an FYI we've begun getting feedback regarding yesterdays Member Bulletin on HR9664. We've been receiving feedback through Facebook, Twitter, and emails to HQ and NEWS accounts. The emails are largely positive. Twitter, where the age demographic skews younger is, as far as we've seen, 100% positive. Facebook, where the demographic skews much older is where we see the 3 percenters posting criticism and cynicism to the bill. We turned off comments on our post just in case Rep Lesko's team were to see our post along with the negative feedback. The negative feedback seems centered on being cynical about the lateness of the bill dropping, the fact that it will need to be reintroduced, and that we didn't say that or indicate that there's still more work to be done. David

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