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[arrl-odv:35667] ARISS *STAR* update
by Mark J Tharp 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

For those following the ARISS *STAR* project, below is an update from Rosalie. https://ariss-usa.org/donate-ariss-star/ Mark, HDX ********************************************************************************************************* Here’s a good update for you on ARISS *STAR* that you may want to share. During the 2023 year-end holidays, the ARISS student who in the summer had focused on ARISS *STAR* as an intern (before he entered college in the fall) worked on further developing the controlling of an mBot robot with the ARISS Raspberry Pi. The ARISS team *currently* continuing the development of ARISS *STAR* has recently had successful tests of one educator in one location and one educator in another location being able to control the other one's mBots, another ARISS*STAR* goal. You’ll recall from last year, I had shared with the ARRL ARISS Committee that interns working on *STAR* had told ARISS that the robot we were using was somewhat dated and didn't have some capabilities of robots that students use now. ARISS tasked interns to do a thorough survey of robots/options to find: best in price, reliability, capabilities, continuing availability (and of replacement parts), etc. Then ARISS studied the survey results with the interns and they chose the mBot. Here is another update: In the last two months, the ARISS team completed a lot of work and testing, including a battery of tests at Johnson Space Center with their test engineers, and many pages of documentation/paperwork on the HamTV system (documentation is still being finalized). ARISS hopes maybe in late spring to launch the hardware back to the ISS. Once that is accomplished, ARISS will need to request crew time to set it up and install it—crew time for work on non-necessities is very incredibly limited; our work will not happen quickly. When it does, schools will be excited, just like before, to have video of the astronaut on the ISS talking to them during their ARISS contacts. 73, Rosalie K1STO

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[arrl-odv:35665] NTIA National Spectrum Strategy Symposium
by david davidsiddall-law.com 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

ODV, Last Thursday, the top domestic spectrum policymakers from across the federal government met in Washington to address implementation of the National Spectrum Strategy (NSS). The NSS was released by the White House in November, see: National Spectrum Strategy<https://www.ntia.doc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/national_spectrum…>. In it national policymakers identified roughly 2,790 megahertz to be considered for future needs. No new amateur spectrum was targeted, only the ongoing work to reallocate 3 GHz spectrum was included as a partially-completed project. The symposium was in support of finalizing an implementation plan for the strategy, which is expected to be announced by the White House in mid-March. Amateur radio must be represented at sessions such as this so that the decisionmakers have a broad, modern concept of amateur radio in mind, rather than knowing little or nothing about us and overlooking us and our interests when spectrum decisions are made. (Or worse, making decisions based upon incorrect impressions that amateur radio is “only” a hobby, old-fashioned, and slowly dying -- an incorrect view that unfortunately exists even within our own community.) I had already discussed amateur radio’s roles multiple times during development of the NSS with these same policymakers, so after consulting with Rick Roderick and David Minster, I asked Phil Karn, KA9Q, to participate to reinforce amateur radio’s important national role in workforce development with personal testimony based on his own career. We were successful in getting Phil accepted as a panelist to address how to interest and recruit youth into STEM areas, and into wireless specifically. Everyone in this space knows of Qualcomm’s early pioneering achievements, which lent special weight to Phil’s remarks about amateur radio’s role in attracting youth to STEM projects, using himself as an example of someone recruited by Qualcomm in its early days based on his pioneering amateur radio accomplishments with digital wireless projects. A picture is attached, and the entire Symposium can be viewed at the YouTube link that follows. The “workforce” panel is at 5:51 – 7:01 of the video, but other parts of it may be of interest to you if you have a spectrum policy guru within. Link: National Spectrum Policy Symposium Feb 1, 2024<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaaFb6Sh61E&t=16245s>. 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:35663] New Vice Director - Northwestern Division
by k5ur＠aol.com 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

Hi all: Michael Sterba,KG7HQ, in Sedro Woolley, Washington, has been appointed Vice Director forthe Northwestern Division. He will be set up on ODV shortly. Welcome, Michael! 73, Rick – K5UR

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[arrl-odv:35655] Board of Director Meeting Minutes - Please Review
by Danielle Bialoglowy 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

Good morning, Attached is the draft version of the minutes from the January 19 - 20, 2024 BOD meeting. Please review and advise of any requested changes. *PLEASE NOTE: Any changes you wish to submit must be emailed to me and not ODV, as I do not received messages from the ODV. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you! Danielle Danielle Bialoglowy Executive Assistant ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio(r) 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 dbialoglowy(a)arrl.org<mailto:dbialoglowy@arrl.org> www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:35649] FW: Saturday: Alex Norstom's Olympic Marathon Trial
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 02 Feb '24

02 Feb '24

FYI One of our employees literally going for the gold. David From: Harrop, Sierra, W5DX <sharrop(a)arrl.org> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 4:41 PM To: HQ Staff <hqstaff(a)arrl.org> Subject: Saturday: Alex Norstom's Olympic Marathon Trial Dear friends, As many of you know, ARRL Social Media Specialist Alex Norstrom, KC1RMO, is a world class marathon runner. His winning time of 2:16:54 in the 2023 Eversource Hartford Marathon qualified him for US Olympic Team Trials. He's been training professionally for that since November, and the big trial race is on Saturday in Orlando, Florida. [cid:06a2e379-d9a2-46f3-a1a5-dd26cc899859] [cid:9fc4af98-a5f5-42a5-baaf-8ba0ce323c4d] You can watch live coverage of the race at 10:00 am on Peacock (NBC's streaming platform) NBC.com and the NBC Sports App. There will be tape delayed coverage starting at Noon on NBC-TV. Here's a link with all the information: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/how-watch-2024-us-olympic-marathon-trials Here's Alex's bio on the Olympic web site, if you'd like to learn more about his passion for running: https://www.orlando2024trials.com/athlete/7/34/alex-norstrom (he even gives a shoutout to ARRL) Please join me in wishing our friend and colleague well as he runs for one of the two open spots at Paris 2024!!!

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[arrl-odv:35646] Recent Amateur Radio - FCC meeting In Harrisburg, PA
by Famiglio, Bob, K3RF (Dir, AD) 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Those of you who may be interested in listening to the chief FCC enforcement lawyer Laura Smith and several FCC field enforcement agents speak on amateur radio rules enforcement should check out the You Tube video recording listed in the below email I am forwarding. Riley Hollingsworth, myself and the below writer (our EPA section Technical Coordinator) were also on the panel. A large ARRL affiliated club arranged the luncheon and panel presentations afterwards. It ran from 11 AM to after 2PM local time then informal chat afterwards. The audience included some non-hams such as the PA state SWIC and also the PA State Police top communications officer (he is a relatively new ham btw). All parties thought it was successful and agreed we should do it each year (and I suspect we will). Further description is found in the below message. BTW, our EPA Tech coordinator writing below,, a high-profile ham in my division, is frequently called upon to assist the FCC agents with interference issues, amateur, commercial and public-safety service problems. Typically, pro bono. -----Original Message----- From: Jeff DePolo <jd1(a)broadsci.com> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2024 8:53 PM To: jdshop(a)broadsci.com Subject: FCC meeting After a lot of delays related to governmental bureaucracy and associated approvals, we were able to have the FCC come to speak at one of our amateur radio meetings in Harrisburg. The FCC panel consisted of: - Dave Dombrowski, Regional Director for Region 1 and former Director of the Philadelphia field office - Al Furlow, Engineer/Field Agent (KA1FFO) - Laura Smith, Special Counsel, Amateur Radio Enforcement I was invited to sit on the panel as well, along with Bob Famiglio K3RF (ARRL Atlantic Division director) and Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH, but the FCC was the main attraction. The top of discussion was enforcement. The meeting was prompted by recent work done by hams and the FCC related to several interference cases in the Harrisburg area which netted one jammer (https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-396533A1.pdf) and warning letters sent several to other jammers who have since gone into hiding. The video has been uploaded to YouTube if you're interested: https://youtu.be/86FLGl_e5nw?si=pUCADA-IGZc6QwJ5 --- Jeff WN3A [END of FORWARD] Bob Famiglio, K3RF ARRL Atlantic Division Director 610-359-7300 www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF

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[arrl-odv:35648] FW: FORM 2 LIVE
by Danielle Bialoglowy 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Good morning, Please see the below email regarding Form 2. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you, Danielle From: Johnston, Josh, KE5MHV (EMD) <JJohnston(a)arrl.org> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:18 AM To: ARRL Section Emerg Coordinators <sec(a)arrl.org>; ARRL Section Managers <smlist(a)arrl.org> Cc: Walters, Michael, W8ZY <mwalters(a)arrl.org>; Horn, Bruce, WA7BNM <bhorn(a)hornucopia.com>; Bailey, Ken, K1FUG <k1fug(a)arrl.org> Subject: FORM 2 LIVE Good Morning. We are excited to announce that the form 2 is live at https://ares.arrl.org/ your EC or DEC must simply be logged in to the ARRL Website to access the form. The instructions are live at the upper right hand corner of the page. Please share with your EC's and DEC's if you are planning to use the new form. The form 4 will be down until probably Monday to make room for the new form with the auto upload included. We also want to remind the SEC not to upload your form 4 to headquarters until you have received all of your form 2's from the local jurisdictions. If you experience any problems after Monday with either the Form 2 or Form 4 please contact ares(a)arrl.org<mailto:ares@arrl.org> and we will work with you to get your issue resolved. We will let you know for sure when form 4 is back online. Thank you all for your patience as we have worked through this process. Josh Johnston, KE5MHV Director of Emergency Management ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio(r) 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1400 USA Tel: (860) 594-0333 FAX: (860) 594-0303 jjohnston(a)arrl.org<mailto:jjohnston@arrl.org> www.arrl.org<http://www.arrl.org> [cid:image001.png@01DA54FF.874E72F0]

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[arrl-odv:35647] Fwd: A new Update-- Re: update on school schedules Re: Axiom-3 docking and school schedules
by Mark J Tharp 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

*** For those who have been following this ARISS contact we are waiting to get a new date. *** Mark, HDX _______________________________________________________________________________________________ All, we just received word regarding the Colorado schools/Thrive Home School, from the schedulers: Event removed from schedule due to necessary crew duties. #3: Fri 2024-02-02 I think I know what the crew duties are, but won't share, because I could be wrong. The ARISS team is on standby to learn more. Yep, space is fluid. 73, Rosalie K1STO

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[arrl-odv:35644] FW: Student Memberships - Thank You!
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

FYI From: Drew Mortensen <dmortensen(a)harborcreeksd.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 10:34 AM To: Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) <dminster(a)arrl.org> Subject: Student Memberships - Thank You! Mr. Minster and the ARRL Board of Directors, As a high school principal, and Lifetime Member of the ARRL, I want to express my most sincere thanks for your recent approval of free ARRL memberships for students. This decision, coupled with many others, is helping to make Amateur Radio accessible to the next generation. Your willingness to make bold choices that benefit youth will, in time, be repaid through the dedication and enthusiasm that new minds bring to our wonderful community. Thank you, and keep up the good work. Kind regards, Drew Mortensen - AC3DS Harbor Creek High School Advanced Technologies Group - KC3SGV

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[arrl-odv:35637] And It Came To Pass
by John Robert Stratton 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

All HR 4006 has given birth!!! It is the proud father of S.3690 — the Senate companion filed by Sen. Wicker with Sen. Blumenthal as co-sponsor. _______________________________________ 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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