IN-Newsletter Vol. 37, No. 12 April 2, 2014 -- Covers the period March 23-29. Upcoming Meetings and Events Administration & Finance Committee April 12 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Centennial Convention Committee Meeting May 6 @ 3:30pm in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee May 10 @ 9:00am in St. Louis, MO Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND We continue to do daily reviews of new and/or tagged-for-tracking state legislation through the LexisNexis StateNet site. The ability to have ARRL staff review legislation on a timely basis has worked well, allowing us to weed out legislation that would not affect or impact the Amateur Service as well as be able to monitor progress of legislation that could affect Amateurs and alert appropriate field officials. We continue to spend time each week "fine-tuning" the programs, forums and training track for the July Centennial Convention. We are looking at several possible options for recording some of the more high-profile presentations that can be made available on-line to members who are unable to attend the event. We also are looking into options to do a possible video stream of several of the highlight parts of the convention, including the keynote speaker and the Saturday midday presentation. No final decision has been made on this topic. We are also working with the facilitators for the Thursday training tracks to publicize the various speakers and topics that will be included in each of their daylong events. Up-to-date listings for the Thursday speakers and topics can be found on the www.arrl2014.org<http://www.arrl2014.org> website by clicking on the "Presenters and Forums" tabs near the top of the page. The usual day-to-day queries and workload of the Regulatory Branch continue. As usual at this time of year, we are getting many queries about reciprocal licensing. We have been working with Ed Savela, K8EA, who has been working on a contract for land he wishes to build a home on in Vestavia Hills, AL. The property is not covered under a CC&R but the city of Vestavia Hills has a less-than-clear zoning ordinance related to Amateur Radio support structures. Because he is in the time-period of due diligence under which he can void the contract, he is looking to ascertain how much of a "fight" he would face if the city wished to oppose his proposed towed. We have provided his personal attorney with some relevant PRB-1 materials, along with having had several phone conversations with him on PRB-1. Congratulations are in order for the Washington State ARRL team who were successful in getting an exemption for Amateur Radio towers written in to a recently passed tower-marking bill. The bill would have required specific antenna markings and paintings to alert low-flying aircraft (such as crop dusters). This is similar to a bill passed last year in Idaho, as well as another bill currently being addressed by the Colorado Section Manager and his team. We continue to work on managing the data processing issues and many queries related to things in the Contest Branch as the job search for a contest manager continues. With the recent printing of certificates for the January 2013 VHF and the 2013 ARRL International DX contests, things are back on schedule for contest certificates. We are waiting an order of DX contest plaques in order to fulfill the plaque backlog. Data for the 2014 RTTY Roundup was received, processed and the various tables sent to the author recently. The full results for the 2013 CW Sweepstakes are available on-line, including the searchable database. The full 2013 Phone Sweepstakes results will be posted soon. The 2013 10-Meter and 160-Meter data have been processed and the various results sent to the authors. All email and phone calls to Contests@arrl.org<mailto:Contests@arrl.org> or the Contest Department voicemail are current. A reminder that the 2014 ARRL Field Day Site Locator is on-line and active with over 200 locations listed by various clubs in 40 states and several Canadian provinces being listed. The locator is found at http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator Sales and Marketing Reported by Jackie Ferreira, KB1PWB Diane Petrilli reports we ended March with 163,547 members, a gain of 410 members over February (a loss of 15 was forecasted). We are now 1,148 members over goal year-to-date. On-time renewals for March is 74.57% vs. 74.21% last March. March product sales were at $206,021, falling short of the sales forecast of $250,500. Direct sales were $120,433; dealer sales were $85,588. New titles contributed the following in sales to the "Other Books" category: Your First HF Amateur Radio Station ($14,010, 754 copies) and Even More Wire Antenna Classics Volume 3 ($4,492, 426 copies). ARRL has introduced a new app for locating the frequencies of Amateur Radio repeaters in the US and Canada, The ARRL Repeater Directory(r)...Powered by Travel Plus(tm). Android phone and mobile device users can download the app from Google Play(tm). An activation code to download the app is bundled in each copy of The ARRL Repeater Directory(r), and can be purchased separately. An Apple iOS version of the app is coming soon. Now Available: The ARR Repeater Directory(r) 2014-2015 Edition (Pocket-size and Desktop Editions) and ARRL Repeater Directory App: http://www.arrl.org/shop/What-s-New/ Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity (reported by Steve Capodicasa): Week of Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 3/3/2014 1,008 410 Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 4 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 3-5 Business Days W1AW Joe processed five (5) Qualifying Run certificates and four (4) endorsements. He created the texts for the April W1AW Qualifying Runs. Joe also updated the code practice text source web pages as well as the April W1AW and West Coast Qualifying Run schedule pages. He installed the 4O3A high power band pass filters in the broadcast racks. The next step will be cabling the filters. Joe continues updating Logbook of the World with the various W1AW/xx Centennial operations as well as sorting/storing the QSL card requests being received for each operation. Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams thanks the mail staff for prompt handling of ballots and statements for the upcoming Delaware and Maine Section Manager elections which were mailed to members on March 27th. Northern Florida Section Manager ballots and statements are scheduled to be mailed by April 1st. A Section Manager nomination petition was received for Scott Yonally, N8SY for the Ohio section for the SM election term beginning October 1, 2014. One amateur from Oregon completed certification to become an Official Observer this week. Several reports were received regarding radio station YHWH heard on 40 meters in the western United States. Documentation was sent to the FCC regarding interference to local 2 meter operation in Oregon which has been identified. An unidentified signal was reported on 10 meters causing interference to a wide frequency range, it was identified by the IARU Region 1 Monitoring Coordinator as an Over the Horizon Radar from Iran. A number of complaints were received regarding operation occurring on 14313 and the FCC was updated. Chuck gave a tour to a visiting amateur from Ohio. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 4/18 Holiday Allison Barbieri 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention Margie Bourgoin 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention Steve Capodicasa 4/14-4/17 PTO Joe Carcia 4/7 PTO `` 5/2 PTO `` 5/23 PTO Lauren Clarke 4/1-4/5 PTO `` 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention `` 6/6-6/8 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR `` 8/16-8/17 Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, AL Mike Corey 5/30-6/1 Nevada State Convention, Virginia City, NV `` 8/8-8/10 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Albuquerque, NM Steve Ewald 3/31-4/8 PTO `` 5/2-5/4 South Carolina Section Convention, Spartanburg, SC Steve Ford 4/16-4/17 PTO Norm Fusaro 4/18-4/20 Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, NC Scott Gee 4/28-4/30 PTO Mike Gruber 5/2 PTO `` 6/2-6/6 PTO `` 6/27 PTO Dan Henderson 4/21-4/30 PTO `` 5/9-5/11 PSC Committee Meeting, St. Louis, MO `` 6/21-7/3 Friedrichshafen Hamfest / PTO `` 8/1-8/2 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX `` 8/16-8/17 Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, AL Mary Hobart 4/4-4/10 PTO `` 4/10-4/11 SCC Reception, Los Angeles, CA `` 5/15-5/18 Dayton Hamvention `` 6/13-6/14 Ham-Com, Plano, TX Gail Iannone 4/3 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 4/3-4/6 PTO / AES Superfest, Milwaukee, WI `` 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention `` 6/6-6/8 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR `` 6/13-6/14 HamCom, Plano, TX `` 8/16-8/17 Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, AL Harold Kramer 4/17 Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club, Warminster, PA Carol Krukiel 5/15-5/18 Dayton Hamvention Sean Kutzko 4/21-4/25 PTO `` 6/6-6/8 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Kim McNeil 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention Diane Petrilli 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention Michael Scharr 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention Dave Sumner 4/7 PTO `` 4/10-4/11am SCC Reception, Los Angeles, CA Yvette Vinci 5/14-5/18 Dayton Hamvention
