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[arrl-odv:34892] IN-NEWSLETTER JUNE 2
by Martin, Sabrina 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Attached is the IN-NEWSLETTER for May 20 - June 2. Sabrina Martin Executive Assistant ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio(r) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860)594-0242 [cid:image001.png@01D9A072.610454D0]

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[arrl-odv:34884] HR 4006-Discussion
by Boehner, James, N2ZZ (Dir, RK) 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

To All, HR 4006 was just introduced yesterday via ARRL bulletin: ARLB011 Legislation to Remove Private Land Use Restrictions on Amateur Radio Introduced in Congress I haven't heard any talk or time course as to how we plan to support the bill as well as when or how to approach our elected representatives as of yet. However, I'm happy to say that I have a new SM in my home state of SC who is very proactive, and he is ready to mobilize our section. His email below asks us when he can inform the SC section of our elected representatives and get the ball rolling. I have asked him to hold until we have a time course identified. However, the chart he produced should be on the wall of every ARRL member's ham shack in SC, regardless of this individual bill. '73 de Jim N2ZZ Director - Roanoke Division Representing ARRL members in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio Facebook Page: ARRL Roanoke Division Website: www.arrl-roanoke.org<http://www.arrl-roanoke.org/> [Text, logo Description automatically generated] SC District Representative Counties Represented Website Phone Numbers SC-01 Nancy Mace Beaufort Berkeley Charleston Colleton Dorchester Jasper Representative Nancy Mace | (house.gov)<https://mace.house.gov/> 202-225-3176 843-521-2530 843-352-7572 SC-02 Joe Wilson Aiken Barnwell Lexington Orangeburg Richland Representative Joe Wilson (house.gov)<https://joewilson.house.gov/> 202-225-2452 803-642-6416 803-939-0041 SC-03 Jeff Duncan Abbeville Anderson Edgefield Greenville Greenwood Laurens Congressman Jeff Duncan (house.gov)<https://jeffduncan.house.gov/> 202-225-5301 864-224-7401 864-681-1028 McCormick Newberry Oconee Pickens Saluda SC-04 Willaim Timmons Greenville Spartanburg U.S. Representative William Timmons (house.gov)<https://timmons.house.gov/> 202-225-6030 864-241-0175 SC-05 Ralph Norman Cherokee Chester Fairfield Kershaw Lancaster Lee https://norman.house.gov/<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnorman.house.gov%2F%3Ffbclid%3…> 202-225-5501 803-327-1114 Spartanburg Sumter Union York SC-06 Jim Clyburn Allendale Bamberg Calhoun Charleston Colleton Dorchester Congressman James E. Clyburn (house.gov)<https://clyburn.house.gov/> 202-225-3315 803-799-1100 843-355-1211 Florence Hampton Jasper Orangeburg Richland Sumter Williamsburg 803-854-4700 803-883-5020 SC-07 Russell Fry Chesterfield Darlington Dillon Florence Georgetown Horry U.S. Representative Russell Fry (house.gov)<https://fry.house.gov/> 202-225-9895 843-353-5377 843-6880 Marion Marlboro SC US Senators website Phone Numbers Senator Tim Scott Home | U.S. Senator Tim Scott (senate.gov)<https://www.scott.senate.gov/> 202-224-6121 803-771-6112 842-727-4525 864-233-5366 Senator Linsey Graham United States Senator Lindsey Graham (senate.gov)<https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/> 202-224-5972 864-250-1417 803-933-0112 843-669-1505 843-849-3887 803-366-2828 864-646-4090 Thoughts???? John P Gendron, NJ4Z ARRL Section Manager, South Carolina ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio NJ4Z(a)ARRL.ORG<mailto:NJ4Z@ARRL.ORG> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/arrlsc> (ARRLSC) ARRL SC Section - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/@arrlsc> Website: ARRL South Carolina Section - Greetings from the ARRL SC Section<http://arrlsc.org/> ARRL - Home<https://www.arrl.org/> "BE PASSIONATE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO AND BE YOUR BEST HAM!"

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[arrl-odv:34880] King Hussein's Equipment Donated to RSGB for Display
by david davidsiddall-law.com 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

ODV, Thought this would be of interest. The Radio Society of Great Britain announced earlier today that Queen Noor of Jordan is donating the amateur radio equipment of the late King Hussein to the Society. It will be on permanent display at the RSGB National Radio Centre, which reports having had over 72,000 visitors in 2022. RSGB press release at this link: https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/rsgb-notices/2023/06/13/radio-society-of-gr… Unlike some of the honorary hams among royalty, Hussein was a real ham and could hold his own in any ham radio discussion. 73, 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.

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[arrl-odv:34881] Fwd: [Arrl-ariss:993] nice media hit for ARISS and ham radio
by Mark J Tharp 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

Hope Lea is one of our 2023 Scholarship recipients as well. Mark, HDX ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: White, Rosalie, K1STO via Arrl-ariss <arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org> Date: Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 5:56 AM Subject: [Arrl-ariss:993] nice media hit for ARISS and ham radio To: arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org <arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org>, Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R <rinderbitzen(a)arrl.org>, Harrop, Sierra, W5DX < sharrop(a)arrl.org>, John Ross <jross(a)arrl.org> Cc: Baker, Mickey, N4MB (Dir, SE) <mbaker(a)arrl.org>, Beals, Jeffrey, WA4AW (VD, SE) <wa4aw(a)arrl.org> Hi all, Here's a nice media hit I learned about on Monday for ARISS and ham radio. Though the author didn't mention any female hams, Hope Lea, ND2L is a new student at Embry-Riddle and is involved with planning the ARISS contact. It's great that the undergrads are mentoring middle schoolers as a major part of this ARISS contact, something we sometimes suggest to ensure a lot of kids get to engage in lessons tied to ARISS and also the ARISS contact. 73, Rosalie K1STO STEM Outreach: Embry-Riddle to Connect Students, Astronauts - ERAU News <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://news.erau.edu/headlines/s…> ERAU News - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Embry-Riddle's *Amateur Radio* Club, including Treasurer Ethan Graham, member John Michael Hall and President Paul Bartolemea, will join the STEM ... https://news.erau.edu/headlines/stem-outreach-embry-riddle-to-connect-stude… _______________________________________________ Arrl-ariss mailing list Arrl-ariss(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ariss

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[arrl-odv:34871] First Class delivery
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

The statistics regarding First Class delivery, which was collected for the A&F Revenue Subcommittee as discussed on Sunday evening, are provided below. Miscellaneous First Class QTY Comment Term Members 410 Paid $96 for First Class Delivery Silver and above Levels (Diamond Club) 96 Maxim 202 Total 708 Unpaid QTY Comment Life Members 255 FC mail class was not paid for but given to those LM's who demanded it. Mailing List B 25 ODV get 2nd copy of QST mailed via FC to be used for member recruitment. ODV and Section Managers 70 Total 280

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[arrl-odv:34877] First Class QST Mailing
by Richard Norton 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Yawn. This is somewhat of a repeat of something I've sent to ODV every some number of years. Board members are provided with an extra copy of QST, sent by First Class Mail. The reasoning originally given was that Directors needed to be aware of things in QST in order to properly respond to member questions about them. In my 19th year, I don't believe I've ever had such an issue. If a QST issue is important, I can view it electronically. I do not need the additional copy, nor particularly do I need it sent by First Class Mail. If for some reason I need an additional QST copy, I can pick one up in person at Newington during an in person meeting. I do not need the Director's copies of QEX, NCJ, and OTA sent by First Class Mail either. I would be happier if they were sent the same way members get them. Does Anybody Need First Class Mail Delivery of QST? When I Started in ham radio, QST was the place I learned about things. QST was so important that around the time of the month it was expected, I would go home for lunch, just to get QST early. Note that one of the reasons was to see the classified ads for used equipment that was of course, time sensitive. This is something no longer of concern. Today, I don't think anything in QST is time sensitive. We get most of our ham radio news electronically. What significant benefit comes from receiving QST by First Class Mail? Special Cases There may be some special case where someone needs copies sent First Class. If they pay $96 a year for it, OK. They can spend their money as they please. I don't understand why a Life Member would be allowed to "demand" it. "I'm 95 years old and will become a Life Member if QST comes by First Class Mail," would be something I could understand. Cost Reduction Today we are at a time where some Board members are thinking about significant dues increases, increases that are of a size that will substantially impact membership. The first thing we might be doing is looking at ways we can reduce costs. I hope there is some way I can get my extra copy of QST eliminated, and my copies of QEX, NCJ, and OTA sent at regular magazine rates. 73, Dick, N6AA

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[arrl-odv:34876] FW: First Class delivery
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Thanks Mark. The ODV and SM list of FC recipients was manually added so please reflect that in the grand total of Unpaid. Thanks David From: Mark J Tharp <kb7hdx(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 5:15 PM To: Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) <dminster(a)arrl.org> Subject: Re: [arrl-odv:34871] First Class delivery The unpaid list does not seem to add up. [cid:ii_liurvzss0] On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:57 PM Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) <dminster(a)arrl.org<mailto:dminster@arrl.org>> wrote: The statistics regarding First Class delivery, which was collected for the A&F Revenue Subcommittee as discussed on Sunday evening, are provided below. Miscellaneous First Class QTY Comment Term Members 410 Paid $96 for First Class Delivery Silver and above Levels (Diamond Club) 96 Maxim 202 Total 708 Unpaid QTY Comment Life Members 255 FC mail class was not paid for but given to those LM's who demanded it. Mailing List B 25 ODV get 2nd copy of QST mailed via FC to be used for member recruitment. ODV and Section Managers 70 Total 280 _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:34875] ARRL Store - search feature
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

I understand that there have been some questions or concerns/criticisms surrounding the use of the Search functionality of our store. I know that sometimes the use of search can return too many responses, but we have an advanced search feature that can help with that. Let's say that we wanted to find a book. For example, Fred Hopengarten's book on Antenna Zoning. In the search window, if you put in Antenna Zoning, the search engine will look for either Antenna or Zoning in any descriptive field of the items in our store as not to miss anything. In this case it returns 17 products. If you click on Show All, there it is ANTENNA ZONING as the 8th item found. Let's try searching on Fred. It returns just ANTENNA ZONING. How about Fred's call? K1VR. It returns just ANTENNA ZONING. Let's try searching on Zoning. It returns just ANTENNA ZONING. But let's say we're really frustrated scanning down the screen to find ANTENNA ZONING amongst the 17 Antenna or Zoning books found in our original search. There's Advanced Search. If you click on it, there's a field called Item Name. Let's put in Antenna Zoning. It returns only ANTENNA ZONING. This functionality works like most retail websites regarding generic search versus specific or advanced search. You can also link directly to an item in the store if you are trying to direct a member looking for a title, or if you're recommending one. In this example, https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/133981 would cover it. If you need any assistance searching the store, please let me know and I can have someone from Sales and Marketing, or IT, work with you to answer your questions. Thanks. David

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[arrl-odv:34863] Member Receiving QST in First Class Mail?
by Richard Norton 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Received interesting input today. A member commented on receiving QST lately in a white envelope with $2.94 postage. The member multiplied the $2.94 by 12 months, and noticed the cost of sending the magazine for a year was $35.28 plus the cost of 12 large envelopes and the effort needed to stuff and prepare them. This is getting close to the $49 a year total dues. This was particularly noticeable with respect to the dues increase survey. Why would a member who is not a Board member or advertiser start receiving QST delivered as First Class Mail? 73, Dick, N6AA

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[arrl-odv:34860] Fwd: 60m comments to FCC?
by Michael Ritz 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Anybody know if the FCC 60 meter allocation proposal has been put out for public comment yet? I found the actual notice on the FCC website, but nothing else.... 73; Mike W7VO > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Dick Illman <ah6ez01(a)gmail.com> > To: w7vo(a)arrl.org > Date: 06/11/2023 8:05 PM PDT > Subject: 60m comments to FCC? > > > When and where are we supposed to submit our comments to the NPRM for the virtual elimination of the 60m spectrum? > > After the ARRL announcement of hitting the Federal Register in 2 weeks, there has been nothing new about it. > > -- > 73, Dick Illman AH6EZ > Jefferson County WA EC >

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