IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 18 May 20, 2015 - Covers the period May 10-16. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events LoTW Study Committee July 15 @ 9:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee July 16 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee July 16 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Second Board Meeting July 17-18 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT CEO Office The office will be closed Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. Have a safe Holiday weekend! Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Bob Inderbitzen reported on a successful effort representing ARRL at Dayton Hamvention, May 15-17. The ARRL EXPO team included over 130 people: Section Managers, Board members, staff, spouses, and friends. Among the successful activities we supported was a national meeting for Section Managers, an ARRL-hosted youth luncheon with Astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, sixteen exhibits showcasing ARRL programs & services, and five ARRL-sponsored forums. Membership applications totaled 1,084 (1,150 in 2014) including applications from 88 previous members and 53 new members. Dues totaled $51K. A product sales total is pending reconciliation. Visit our photo album<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153014309012408.1073741873.20069212407&type=1&l=9f5354c1a5> on ARRL's Facebook page for a visual recap. 2015 ARRL Field Day shirts and hats have been reordered and are expected in stock before the end of the month. A Memorial Day-themed email offer promoting ARRL publications and products is being prepared. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 5/15/2015 1,131 377 5/8/2015 923 326 5/1/2015 1,086 471 4/24/2015 1,146 974 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 4 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 2-4 Business Days Number of Centennial applications processed: Centennial Challenge QSO 1843 W1AW/WAS 1402 W1AW Joe processed three Qualifying Run certificates and two endorsements. He updated the regular CW practice QST source page, as well as the web code practice files and their archives. Joe worked the early afternoon and night shifts on Thursday and Friday for the vacationing Scott Gee. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the week. Field Organization/Public Service Team Chuck Skolaut compiled and forwarded the Monthly Official Observer Summary to all OOs, OOCs, and Sections Managers. One radio amateur from Arizona completed requirements to become an Official Observer this past week. The IARU Region 1 monitoring coordinator was able to identify an unknown "beeping" type of signal heard on 14.300 MHz as PSK 2 originating in China. Another station reported hearing an Over the Horizon Radar on 17 meters. What was thought to be RF interference on 10 meters to a North Carolina amateur was discovered to be coming from a battery charger he had which had operated fine for several years. Information was received from an Ohio station that the local Best Buy store was selling some of the low priced Chinese talkies and it was suspected unlicensed individuals were using them to talk on the local repeater. Questions dealt with this week included operating in Canada, antenna zoning, and HR1301. Chuck also ran one morning code practice run at W1AW. Steve Ewald attended the Dayton Hamvention, and met up with nineteen Section Managers and several former Section Managers among the many Field Organization, NTS, and Section Leaders along with many others. On Friday afternoon, May 15, Steve joined Norm Fusaro and Jim Fenstermaker in addressing the Section Manager conference at the Courtyard by Marriott. Several other SMs called into the conference by way of "Go to Webinar." Thanks to Keith Miller, N9DGK (Tennessee), David Greenhut, N6HD (Los Angeles), Karl Bowman, W4CHX (North Carolina) and Scott Yonally, N8SY (Ohio) for organizing this conference in connection with the Hamvention. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 5/25 Holiday All Staff 7/3 Holiday Leona Adams 5/21-5/22 PTO Joe Carcia 5/22 PTO Lauren Clarke 5/26-5/27 PTO Mike Gruber 6/1-6/5 PTO `` 7/20-7/24 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/28-10/2 PTO Ed Hare 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Dan Henderson 5/26-5/29 PTO `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Harold Kramer 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR `` 6/19-6/26 PTO `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Sean Kutzko 5/22 PTO Dave Patton 7/24-7/26 Oklahoma Section Convention, Oklahoma City, OK Diane Petrilli 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Becky Schoenfeld 5/22 PTO Barry Shelley 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Dave Sumner 5/26-6/5 PTO `` 6/11-6/14 West Gulf Division Convention, Irving, TX `` 6/23-6/29 Friedrichshafen Convention, Germany `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting