July 2022 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:33770] Email issues
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 14 Sep '22

14 Sep '22

This topic came up at EC. Here's more info on the two issues: ARRL.NET We continue to struggle with the ever changing and advancing anti-SPAM measures that ISPs are putting into place. Kristin raised an interesting point in the Zoom Chat that I'm not sure everyone read, so I will repeat it here: MIT has abandoned the forwarding-only side of their alumni "email for life" service and now require anyone desiring this service to use their Office 365 in the cloud for email. You can select to forward the email from there, but here's what MIT said in reference to this: You should note, though, that new spam rules and policies make it very difficult to offer a reliable forwarding-only service at this point. We have found that email forwarding is becoming less reliable as spam filtering policies get more aggressive. In other words, forwarded mail looks suspicious and causes a red flag in spam filtering systems where mail is forwarded to. This results in the forwarded mail getting flagged as spam or silently dropped (the latter of which is becoming more common). This is why we are now offering the alumni Outlook mailbox. Unfortunately email forwarding alone is no longer a viable option and you run the risk of losing/missing mail if you use it strictly as a forwarding address. I would submit that if with MIT's vast resources they cannot provide a "reliable forwarding-only service" why would anyone think that we could? This is an ongoing major problem for us to manage and we will need to take action at some point. One way or another. ARRL.ORG We are working with consultants to determine how we can use DNS records and whitelisting services to keep ARRL.ORG emails out of SPAM folders on people's email clients - which is what we frequently find happening - or blocked entirely by ISPs who determine that something we have originated or forwarded causes us to be blacklisted. Again, if a user is forwarding their ARRL.ORG email to their personal email, the exact same results apply as described above. This was why I did not continue the conversation at EC. We are fully aware of SPF, DMARC, and DKIM in relation to not only our ARRL.ORG email configuration but also the knock on effect of using other services that send email on behalf of ARRL. This is not an easy fix to an ongoing problem that has existed at ARRL, and gotten worse, over the past decade. We are working to make ARRL.ORG email more reliable on a forwarding basis, but the very best advice is for anyone who has a .ORG address to login via web or client and access their ARRL email that way. Please address your email concerns to me directly and I will keep you apprised of what efforts and results we are achieving as we move forward managing these issues. I also want to echo what Bill Morine said and not let it get lost in the comments made or that likely will follow: Jim Schaum has been extremely responsive and very aggressive at working to solve the email delivery issues that have been brought to his attention. He is deeply ingrained in getting this solved to the extent that we can. These problems are not a result of inaction or lack of using a silver bullet to solve the problems. Thanks David

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[arrl-odv:33944] W1AW remote
by Mark J Tharp 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

W1AW will be on the air remote from Spokane Wa this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Planned operation is 20 meters until 4 East and then switch over to 17 for a bit. The operation will be from the IEEE symposium. Ed, W1RFI will be in charge of the table and we have a few ops from the NW Division on board to staff the table, and operate. If you have a few moments of free time, I'm sure the operators would enjoy working you and if you do, please let them know who you are rather than just a callsign. :) I "think" the operation will run from 0900 -1700 West coast time but that may vary. Big thanks to Ed Hare, Joe Carcia and CEO Minster for the help in coordinating this. Normal bulletin schedule will still take place, and the only change at HQ will be that 20 meters will be off the list for guest operations these three days. 73 and have a great week ODV! Mark, HDX

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[arrl-odv:33942] Lon Seidman
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

Lon has posted his first of 2 videos featuring his visit to ARRL HQ: https://youtu.be/X9megGalwJ0 Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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[arrl-odv:33941] EC=FSC Zoom meeting
by Dale Williams 30 Jul '22

30 Jul '22

You are invited to a scheduled EC-FSC Zoom meeting. The meeting agenda is attached. 73, See you Sunday evening -- Dale WA8EFK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topic: EC-FSC Zoom Meeting Time: *Jul 31, 2022 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)* Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89290158771?pwd=REZlbEpYV1k2c1hrMnNrTmVSWkZzZz09 Meeting ID: 892 9015 8771 Passcode: 283462 One tap mobile +13126266799,,89290158771#,,,,*283462# US (Chicago) +16469313860,,89290158771#,,,,*283462# US Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 931 3860 US +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 564 217 2000 US +1 669 444 9171 US +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 386 347 5053 US Meeting ID: 892 9015 8771 Passcode: 283462 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbD4uK4mhp

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[arrl-odv:33940] Know Thine Enemy
by John Robert Stratton 29 Jul '22

29 Jul '22

5G See: https://latta.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402555 We are making an effort to modify this legislation to require the FCC to retain our secondary status. Suggested language to add to the bill: /Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, pursuant to section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, promulgate regulations to restore to the Amateur Radio Service a secondary allocation to at least 200 MHz of contiguous spectrum between 3.1 and 3.5 GHz./ -- ______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS 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:33933] Fwd: [Arrl-ariss:756] details for July 28 ARISS contact at 1614 UTC, host in Paramus NJ
by Mark J Tharp 28 Jul '22

28 Jul '22

FYI. These are great to watch if you have never done so. 73.. Mark, HDX ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: White, Rosalie, K1STO via Arrl-ariss <arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org> Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 12:16 PM Subject: [Arrl-ariss:756] details for July 28 ARISS contact at 1614 UTC, host in Paramus NJ To: arrl-ariss <arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org>, Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R < rinderbitzen(a)arrl.org> Cc: Flynn, Ally, KM3ALF <aflynn(a)arrl.org> Hello to all, The Buehler Challenger Center in Paramus NJ with its multiple other Challengers Centers around the US has the date scheduled for their ARISS contact: Thu 2022-07-28 16:14:08 UTC. The livestream URL for the ARISS contact is: https://www.youtube.com/user/ccsse I'm told that each CLC is running week-long STEM camps right now. Some, for 3 weeks in a row. Some CLCs' web pages show they have been doing hybrid activities--in-person and online. Attached is the draft of the news release; the PR team will insert the date and release number and then distribute it soon. I've forwarded this Word document to all pertinent Directors/Vice Directors/SMs. Buehler selected a day/time that results in the Australian ARISS radio telebridge station supporting this radio contact. News reporters and students are always delighted with our ARISS Aussy team mate's accent and learning about his amateur radio relay operation. Sometimes that is a big part of a news reporter's story! If you have questions, let me know. 73, Rosalie K1STO On 7/9/2022 11:30 AM, White, Rosalie, K1STO wrote: Hello to all, The Buehler Challenger Center in Paramus NJ with its multiple other Challengers Centers around the US has the date range for their ARISS contact: July 25-29, 2022. More information will follow. As always, I'll inform you when the exact date of the contact is known. About 2 days before the contact, I'll email the news release prepared by the ARISS PR team. If you have further questions, let me know. 73, Rosalie K1STO ------------------------------ On 1/11/2022 7:45 PM, White, Rosalie, K1STO wrote: Hello to all, Here is a list of the schools/education organizations newly selected for ARISS contacts for the period of July 1 through December 31, 2022. One is in your ARRL Division. These groups are now at work completing an equipment plan that will be acceptable to ARISS--their plan must demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS Technical Mentors, the groups will be scheduled for a contact during July through December as their availability and flexibility match up with scheduling opportunities offered by NASA. 73, Rosalie K1STO Buehler Challenger & Science Center, Paramus NJ w/more Challenger Centers: Hammond IN, Louisville KY, Bangor ME, Ramapo in Airmont NY, San Antonio TX, Allegany NY Eaton Public Library, Eaton CO **Davis Aerospace Technical High School, Detroit MI St. Stephen's Episcopal School Houston, Houston TX Harris Middle School, Spruce Pine, NC Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal NY Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville TN Canterbury School of Fort Myers, FL _______________________________________________ Arrl-ariss mailing list Arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ariss

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[arrl-odv:33938] Fwd: [Arrl-ariss:757] International Space Station beyond 2024
by Mark J Tharp 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Inside baseball Not that any of this is secret, it is appreciated that it not be directly shared to the public. If questions come up from members however, you will have some idea of the long term plans of ARISS and its future in space. Mark, HDX snip-- (From Rosalie) Hi to all, A couple of you have emailed about CNN's story on Russia not being able to support the ISS after 2024. So I figured I'd email the committee. ARISS heard a couple of years ago that Russia was talking about this because of the annual support costs and their Service Module's age. You all probably remember when they knew they must have a small leak in their module and finally did a spacewalk to find the hole. Even before that, you'll remember I reported to the ARRL-ARISS Committee that ARISS was working with Axiom Space and other commercial space companies for future opportunities because of situations such as this one, and that the ISS couldn't last forever. NASA has been holding discussions on this for a long time and always planned on ISS activity until at least 2030 (Congress says they'll support until at least 2032, but with Russia, timing of their announcements is usually unknown. Our team will talk more about all this at our telecon next week. This week, Frank Bauer is at the annual ISS R&D Conference with all the bigwigs from the space industry. ARISS has an exhibit table and a major purpose of this conference is for the space industry to network. I'm sure he'll learn from NASA about this announcement. He called yesterday and said he's been networking with more private space companies, some of whom are interested in talking more. 73, Rosalie K1STO endsnip--

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[arrl-odv:33934] member question
by Mark J Tharp 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

Can I get some clarification as to why you have to be a member to have award credits applied to your DXCC record from LoTW yet you do not need to be a member to participate in DXCC and LoTW independently. We have additional fees for non members and this particular person for reasons I will not go into, has dropped membership, and now has been denied updating their DXCC record via LoTW. If they want to pay the extra fees, I don't understand why we would not accept that. Perhaps someone here was around when that decision was made. I do not see where LoTW is listed as a "Member Benefit" so I am confused as to why we would require membership for the award credit via LoTW. Thanks, Mark, HDX

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[arrl-odv:33927] Equipment donations
by Phil Temples 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

Is Hq. still accepting donations of old equipment from members? I thought that I'd heard somewhere this was discouraged because of the time and effort involved in liquidating all the boat anchors. But a member in our division inquired about leaving his old gear to the ARRL and he cited < http://www.arrl.org/news/donations-of-unwanted-amateur-radio-test-gear-supp… >. 73, Phil, K9HI -- Phil Temples <phil(a)temples.com>

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[arrl-odv:33924] Brazil proposes to mandate LoTW confirmations for license upgrades
by Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD) 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/july/brazil-proposed-regulatory-chang… I found this quite interesting. Some countries require proof of contacts to upgrade your class of license. Usually this is via QSL cards. But the proposal would require the use of LoTW. Ria N2RJ Ria Jairam, N2RJ Director, Hudson Division ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio Tel: +1.973.594.6275 Email: n2rj(a)arrl.org https://hudson.arrl.org http://arrl.org

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