Great work, Jim! I will drop a separate note of thanks to John Meyers. 73, Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Wed 6/10/2009 11:20 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Meyers, John Subject: Letter Writing at Hamfests Lady and Gentlemen, I merely wish to make you aware of a test conducted at two hamfests in the GLD this past weekend. The test was to see if it was feasible to operate a letter-to-your-representative effort while in the field. I believe the test was successful. In summary, we learned that wireless Internet connectivity could easily be made available at each hamfest location. As a result, we set up a small printer and a laptop at the ARRL booth. Thanks to the program N6AA was able to obtain, we printed letters with the name and address of the relevant representative (including his/her name in the salutation) and the name and address of the constituent amateur while the sender was still at the table. With one printer and one laptop, the operation required about 1-2 minutes/letter. We obtained 125 signed letters. In addition, we received many comments thanking ARRL for becoming active in supporting Amateur Radio in the legislative arena. The 125 letters came in spite of the fact there was no PA system at the second hamfest. The combined attendance at the two hamfests proved to be about 600-700. FWIW. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio