<<070208.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 31, No. 27 July 2, 2008 -- Covers the period June 22-28. Upcoming Meetings and Events Administration &Finance Committee July 17 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee July 17 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Second Board Meeting July 18-19, 2008 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT CEO Office A thank you note to Maty Weinberg for covering the CEO area while Lisa was on vacation. The office will be closed Friday in observance of the Fourth of July. Have a safe Holiday weekend! Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP In the days preceeding Field Day, there was a flurry of radio and newspaper interviews done over the phone for ARRL nationally. Often these were reinforcement to information begun by local clubs who has passed on HQ contacts "for more information." In every case, the Field Day locator option was shared with the reporters and they were very happy to learn of it and excited to see the numbers of locations around them. It gave reporters both an easy place to go and also a larger perspective that this was NOT just a small, localized event. After deleting duplications of stories, there are 30+ pages of just the links to hundreds of Media Hits. The wire release alone received 210 hits (6 pages) and various paragraphs taken from the release were recognized in many more places. It was a great FD for PIOs. One of the sidelights was a trial by Ted Randall using 7415 Kilohertz and WBCQ to broadcast FD (phone call-in) events live. Ted says it worked out well and will be repeated. One group of soldiers working FD from Iraq called in and where overheard by American manufacturers of ham equipment resulting in their being given better antenna(s) and mikes for their Iraq station. He also appreciated the call from W1AW. One of the most interesting quotes spotted: "It's basically the ARRL saying take all your toys someplace and let's see what you can do, Schneider said." Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH The Diamond Club results through June 30 total more than $154,000 and 2033 donors. Fifty additional bricks will be laid in the Diamond Terrace during July. The W1AW Endowment Campaign is nearing its goal of $55,000. To date the campaign has raised more than $50,000 from 634 donors yielding a solid average gift of $79. The unplanned Thank You Campaign to past Spectrum Defense Donors has produced more than $68,000 from 1377 donors yielding an average gift of $49. These results bring the year-to-date revenues for Spectrum Defense to nearly $102,000. During the summer three smaller - but equally important - campaigns will be mailed. The campaign for Education & Technology that was postponed to allow for the Defense Thank You campaign will be mailed to 150,000 donors to help fund the grants portion of the ETP and to help support activities in the Education Service Department. A smaller campaign for the Historic Preservation Fund will be mailed to 10,000 prospects - past donors to that Fund and a selection from the member base. A test mailing to support the Lab Fund will be mailed to a unique selection of 10,000 donors in an effort to build revenues to support capital and operation needs. Copies of the 2007 Annual Report have been mailed to nearly 500 top donors and Legacy Circle members. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE ARRL Audio News can once again be accessed via telephone at 860-594-0384; it had been down for a few days due to equipment failure. Thanks to Greg Kwasowski, Joe Carcia and Don Durand, it was decided to redo how Audio News is accessed by telephone. Greg is working on it - we'll have more to report when it's closer to implementation. Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter, Vol 27, No 25, for June 27, 2008. It went out to 70,494 subscribers. She also voiced and produced ARRL Audio News for June 27. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch Another Field Day has come and gone. While it will be some time before the final tally of participants is known, reports from all across the country are indicating fun was had by all. For some of the story, you can visit the Field Day 2008 Blog at www.arrl.org/blog. Under the guidance of Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, Dave Patton, NN1N, and the input of several members of the contest community, the Contest Branch issued a statement that will allow the use of Skimmer technology by single operator entrants in the 2008 IARU HF Championship. Use of this technology is limited exclusively to this one running of this specific contest. This will allow us to evaluate the technology in a real world competitive environment. The statement on Skimmer can be viewed in the Contest Branch blog, found at www.arrl.org/blog. I have processed all gavels for Club Competition in numerous ARRL contests going back to late 2006 and will ship them out the door today. This gets us back up-to-date on gavels. W1AW Field Day 2008 is now a memory. But what fun was had! There were 1,079 contacts made using CW, SSB and RTTY on 160 through 2 meters. The best surprise was when 15, 10 and 6 meters became WIDE open near the end of the event! Many thanks to Katie Breen, W1KRB, Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, Sean Kutzko, KX9X, Carol Michaud, KB1QAW, her daughter Lexie, Bill Moore, NC1L and George Woodward, W1RN (a visitor who happened by) for all their participation and support. The last time W1AW broke the 1,000+ QSO mark in Field Day was back in 2005 when 1,100 QSOs were made. But, band conditions were slightly better then, and there were more operators on hand. A special thanks also to (retired staffer) Carole Dimock, N1NAM, Penny Harts, N1NAG, and Tyrique Harts, N1TJH for their operating W1AW just before Field Day. They pretty much "warmed up the station." A photographer from WFSB Channel 3 took some video of them operating. Thanks also to Bob Allison, WB1GCM, for his assisting Joe with setting up the camera and sound equipment used for the video portion of the blog. The Field Day blog was maintained by Katie, Joe and Sean, and can still be seen at http://www.arrl.org/blog/Field%20Day%202008. The one "fly in the ointment" came on Friday night when the W1AW bulletin update diskette failed between broadcasts. This caused just the 8 PM EDT broadcast of the W1AW Field Day Bulletin not to be sent. Thankfully, there were ample opportunities throughout the weekend for hams to copy the Field Day Bulletin. This includes broadcasts from Maritime Radio Historical Society Station K6KPH in California. In addition to readying the station in advance of Field Day, Joe processed regular QSL card requests. He handled the broadcast of all the weekend Field Day bulletins (except the Saturday night phone bulletin, which was read by Katie, W1KRB). He also made some additional coaxial stubs to assist with any interference problems that might have cropped up during Field Day. Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the early part of the month of July. Field Organization/Public Service Team Since the next Section Manager nomination period was announced in July QST, a petition has arrived nominating John Poindexter, W3ML, of Knox, Indiana, to run for Indiana Section Manager. As reported in a previous IN Newsletter, Raymond Andrews, K9DUR, has also been nominated for the Indiana SM position. Mike Neilson, W1MPN, has been nominated to run for the next term of office in Eastern Massachusetts. SM election ballots for Idaho and Western New York were printed and then mailed from Headquarters by July 1. Leona Adams has been assisting in the Outgoing QSL Bureau. Steve Ewald moderated a Section Manager teleconference on the evening of June 24 with the SMs of the New England and Great Lakes Divisions. Harold Kramer and Chuck Skolaut were also on the call. Section Managers continued to promote Field Day and plan for their trips to visit Field Day camps. Chuck Skolaut reports that he forwarded OO documentation to the FCC regarding a station that was not identifying properly and had been using an invalid call sign. Information about Amateur Radio was provided to Pennsylvania Senator Greenleaf's office for use regarding SB884 and pending tower legislation. The ARRL Web's index has been improved to easily locate references on the OO/Amateur Auxiliary and Intruder Watch programs. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 7/4 Holiday Leona Adams 7/3 Vacation `` 7/18 Vacation Kathy Allison 6/30-7/7 Vacation Jo-Ann Arel 7/7-7/14 Vacation Katie Breen 7/10-7/14 Rocky Mt. Division Convention, Bryce Canyon, UT Joe Carcia 7/7-7/11 Vacation `` 7/14-7/31 Sick Leave `` 8/4-8/8 Vacation Jackie Cornell 7/7-7/11 Vacation Dennis Dura 7/1-7/8 Vacation Scott Gee 6/30-7/3 Vacation Joel Hallas 7/7 Vacation Dan Henderson 6/21-7/7 Friedrichshafen, Germany/Vacation `` 8/23-8/30 Vacation Mary Hobart 9/19-9/21 W9DXCC, Chicago, IL `` 10/3 Vacation Debra Johnson 6/27-7/3 Vacation Khrystyne Keane 7/24-7/28 Vacation Joel Kleinman 7/3-7/7 Vacation Harold Kramer 7/26-8/4 Vacation Bill Moore 7/7-7/8 Vacation Ashley Rakus 7/3 Vacation Steve Sant Andrea 7/7-7/9 Vacation Dave Sumner 7/9 Washington Perry Williams 6/18-7/19 Vacation
