IN-Newsletter

Vol. 35, No. 48

November 28, 2012  --   Covers the period November 18-24.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Administration & Finance Committee

January  17 @ 8:30am in New Orleans, LA

Programs & Services Committee

January 17 @ 9:00am in New Orleans, LA

Annual Board Meeting

January 18-19, 2013 @ 9:00am in New Orleans, LA

Production/Editorial

Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY

Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, wrote and distributed the November 21 edition of The ARRL Letter.  She also wrote, edited and posted articles on the ARRL website, as well as edited and posted columns from ARRL Contributing Editors.

Lab

Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI

Product Review

Bob Allison completed testing of a medium priced HF/6 meter transceiver.  Test data and Bob’s comments were passed along to the Product Review Editor.  The HF transceiver and HF power amplifier tested the previous week were then handed off to the reviewer.

Radio Frequency Interference

Mike Gruber completed testing some CFL bulbs for conducted emissions.  Mike also started putting this data into a document for the Web.  A subset of this data is also expected to be included in a QST article.

Mike Gruber participated in a Webinar EMC Committee Meeting.

Technical Information Service

Bob Allison and Zack Lau have been monitoring the forums section of the ARRL Web site.

http://www.arrl.org/forum

Historical Committee

Photos of some of the vintage equipment items recently unpacked from storage were taken and sent to the leader of the Historical Committee for evaluation.  This committee, of which Bob Allison serves as Staff liaison to, is determining how our collection of vintage hardware can best serve the ARRL celebrate its centennial.

Membership & Volunteer Programs

Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N

DXCC Branch	Credits	Applications
2011 Carryover	214,257	1,666
2012 Received	1,157,633	11,220
Cumulative Total	1,371,890	12,886
2012 Processed	1,338,130	12,553
Remaining	33,760	333
Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time		4 Weeks
LoTW Processing Time		5 Business Days

Logbook of the World

Category	November YTD 2012	% Change Jan – Nov YTD 2012
QSO Records Entered Into System	458,410,279	14%
QSL Record Matches	62,488,268	21%
Logs Processed	3,718,897	28%
Active Certificates	80,954	13%
Registered Users in System	53,896	12%

Logbook Inquiries	November YTD 2012
Emails	1,170
Phone Calls	172
Total	1,342

Field Organization/Public Service Team

Monte Simpson, K2MLS, of Bremerton, has been appointed ARRL Western Washington Section Manager, effective December 31, 2012.  Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, made the appointment after current Western Washington Section Manager Jim Pace, K7CEX was elected as ARRL Northwestern Division Vice Director on November 16.  Pace has served as Western Washington Section Manager since October 2007.

The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected for their next two-year terms of office, beginning January 1, 2013: Phil Temples, K9HI, Eastern Massachusetts; Dale Bagley, K0KY, Missouri; Tom Dick, KF2GC, Northern New York; Marc Tarplee, N4UFP, South Carolina; George Strayline, W2GSS, Southern New Jersey; Dee Turner, N4GD, West Central Florida, and John Rodgers, N3MSE, Western Pennsylvania.

One amateur from Ohio and one amateur from Utah each successfully completed certification to become Official Observers this week.  We received a report of a fish net beacon on 1810 from a South Carolina station and several more complaints regarding 14313.  A report of interference to a local 2 meter repeater in South Florida was forwarded to the OOC there.  Questions this week included power limits on the bands, operating overseas, and several on antenna restrictions.  Chuck conducted one morning code practice session and hosted several visiting amateurs at W1AW.

Sincerely Compiled by,

Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ

Assistant to the CEO

Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations

Holiday                                 12/24-12/25        Holiday

Joe Carcia                            12/20                     PTO

Lauren Clarke                    12/26-12/31        PTO

Steve Capodicasa             12/4                       PTO

Steve Ewald                       11/26-11/30        PTO

Jackie Ferreira                   12/31                     PTO

Steve Ford                          12/20-1/2            PTO

Scott Gee                            12/21-12/26        PTO

Dan Henderson                12/17-1/7            PTO

Mary Hobart                      12/26                     PTO

Amy Hurtado                     12/17-12/21        PTO

Gail Iannone                      12/21-12/31        PTO

Bob Inderbitzen               12/26-12/31        PTO

Khrystyne Keane             12/7                       PTO

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    ``                                         12/21-31              PTO

Lisa Kustosik                       11/30-12/3          PTO

Maryann Macdonald      12/26-28              PTO

Diane Petrilli                       12/31                     PTO

Barry Shelley                      12/17-12/19        PTO

Dave Sumner                     11/29                     Business Meeting

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