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IN-Newsletter
Vol. 33, No. 26
June 30, 2010 -- Covers the period June 20-26.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Programs & Services Committee: July 15, 2010 @ 8:30am – ARRL HQ
Administration & Finance Committee: July 15, 2010 @ 8:30am – ARRL HQ
Second Board Meeting: July 16-17, 2010 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT
Development
Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH
The first Spectrum Defense Matters (SDM) newsletter is expected to mail July 2 to 50,000 members. Following that mailing an email will be prepared with a link to the current SDM which will be posted in the Development section of the website. The goal for Spectrum Defense for 2010 is $325,000. Issues of the newsletter are planned for September and November.
Planning has begun for the 2010 Education & Technology Fund campaign to mail at the end of August. This campaign will be 75,000 pieces in a new 6x9 format.
A repeat of the successful Diamond Club letter that was mailed in February will be mailed in September to lapsed Diamond Club donors and those up for renewal in the last half of 2010. The letter highlights the monthly or quarterly giving option on a credit card as an easy was to renew or upgrade unrestricted support for ARRL through the Diamond Club.
Development received notice of an estate gift which may be valued in the $1 million range.
Production/Editorial
Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE
Khrystyne wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter and voiced and produced ARRL Audio News for June 24, 2010.
Lab
Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI
D Star Repeater and W1HQ
GJK installed four new LMR-600 transmission lines for the D Star system. One line is for 2M right now—the others will be used for 70cm voice, 23cm voice, and 23 cm data. BA brought in his D Star radio into the lab for demos—visit the lab if you want to see it in action.
GJK installed a direct run from a newly installed HF vertical (courtesy of JPC) to CBS’s office—Chuck can now confirm intruder watch reports from his office.
Product Review
BA is working on the NF meter—after we are done it will be sent to ESSCO for calibration.
BA is testing a kit and a QRP radio this week.
Books
MG worked on the new EMC chapter of the 2011 ARRL Handbook.
Sales and Marketing
Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R
A quarterly review with our QST printing and distribution vendor, RR Donnelley, was attended by Amy Hurtado and Deb Jahnke last week. The review covered paper market trends and forecasting, Distribution Center operational updates and USPS rate changes for 2011, operations report on advertising ideas and production questions. Also discussed was how market trends in printing and distribution will affect ARRL. For budgeting, expect a 5-7% increase in postage for periodicals and 3-5% for other classes of mail effective January 1, 2011. Paper is on the rise due to mill closings and stronger demand RRD estimates an increase going into 2011 at 2.00/lb.
August QST is on schedule to mail July 6th thru the 13th.
The membership certificate maker is finally up on the new Web site. The next step is for Fathom to put it in the member profile, with members’ other personal information.
Summer has begun. The 50,000 piece membership mailing sent the second week in June is returning slowly – only 173 applications have been returned so far.
Diane is working on getting advertising rates and samples of possible advertising options for the fall. Included on the list are Homeland Security Today, Road King Magazine, Overdrive, Truckers News, Trailer Life and Motor Home.
To encourage end of month sales, a summer-themed email solicitation offering $5 Flat Rate Shipping was sent out early last week. The email featured a handful of new titles: ARRL’s PIC Programming for Beginners, Storm Spotting and Amateur Radio, and Remote Operating for Amateur Radio, as well as other popular ARRL publications. A follow-up email was sent out Friday, encouraging last chance orders before the special offer ends.
A TravelPlus for RepeatersTM special upgrade offer has mailed to 6,800 previous customers, offering the 2010/2011 Edition at a special price of $19.95 (plus shipping and handling).
During the last week, the warehouse team fulfilled d 861 packages for publication and product orders, 398 free books and a QST mailing supplement.
Membership & Volunteer Programs
Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N
W1AW
Field Day at W1AW was a success! 2,879 contacts were made on 80 to 2 meters using CW, Phone and RTTY for an initial claimed score of 3,829.
Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ, operated W1AW’s GOTA station. She made 100 contacts on 10 meters using SSB.
Thanks to HQ staffers Michael Corey, W5MPC, Michael Keane, K1MK, Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, Bill Moore, NC1L, Steve Sant Andrea, AG1YK, and Joe Carcia, NJ1Q for their participation. Thanks also to two amateurs from New Jersey: Cody Codianni, KC2LSD and Pete Gloistein, KC2PJH. They were present at W1AW all weekend to operate Field Day.
Joe spent a few days preparing the station for the upcoming Field Day event. He updated all the logging software on each PC and tested the networking between them. He also made a few equipment changes to the broadcast equipment to absolutely ensure that all bands were covered for the Field Day bulletin transmissions.
Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the latter part of the month of June and early July. He also assisted the DXCC department with the editing of applications.
Field Organization/Public Service Team
Official Observers in Maine are investigating a case of interference to public event communications on a local repeater there. Several updates were received regarding interference on a local California 2 meter repeater as well as on 75 meters there. The repeater to repeater interference reported earlier in Northern New Jersey has been resolved. Our Intruder Watch monitors are checking on a report that a US shortwave broadcaster is splattering into the 15 meter band.
Wisconsin Section Leaders kept Headquarters in the loop on the Amateur Radio emergency response to the severe weather and tornado that struck Eagle, Wisconsin, on June 21. The Central Area Staff of the National Traffic System conducted a teleconference and invited Field Organization Team members to take part in the call.
Ballots and candidates statements for the Southern Florida and Ohio Section Manager elections were printed this past week, and preparations are underway for mailing them out.
Sincerely Compiled by,
Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ
Assistant to the CEO
Staff Absentee List
All Staff 7/5 Holiday
Kathy Allison 7/6-7/9 Vacation
Bob Allison 7/6-7/9 Vacation
Joe Carcia 7/2-7/9 Vacation
`` 7/16 Vacation
`` 7/23 Vacation
`` 7/30 Vacation
`` 8/6-8/13 Vacation
`` 8/20 Vacation
`` 8/27 Vacation
Michael Cory 7/30-8/6 APCO Conference, Houston, TX
`` 8/20-8/22 Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, AL
Steve Ford 7/6-7/9 Vacation
Norm Fusaro 6/23-7/2 Vacation
Scott Gee 8/2-8/4 Vacation
`` 8/30-8/31 Vacation
Katie Glass 6/28-7/7 Vacation
Mike Gruber 8/23-8/27 Vacation
Joel Hallas 7/14-7/20 Vacation
Penny Harts 6/30-7/2 Vacation
Dan Henderson 6/22-7/5 Friedrichshafen/Vacation
Amy Hurtado 7/14-7/26 Vacation
Gail Iannone 7/12-7/16 Vacation
Bob Inderbitzen 8/23-8/27 Vacation
Khrystyne Keane 7/9 Vacation
Joel Kleinman 8/23 Vacation
Harold Kramer 7/29-8/6 Vacation
Zack Lau 7/12-7/23 Vacation
Dave Patton 8/6-8/7 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX
Diane Petrilli 7/2 Vacation
```` 8/23-8/27 Vacation
Allen Pitts 6/30-7/2 Vacation
`` 7/26-7/28 Vacation
Steve Sant Andrea 8/30 Vacation
Barry Shelley 8/9-8/20 Vacation
`` 8/26-8/27 Vacation
Dave Sumner 6/29-7/13 Vacation