IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 22 July 1, 2015 - Covers the period June 14-27. 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 on Friday, July 3 in observance of the 4th of July. Have a safe Holiday weekend! Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY The September 2015 issue of QST is being printed. Work continues on The ARRL Handbook 2016 and the 23rd edition of The ARRL Antenna Book. Files are being created for Kindle Books for Understanding Basic Electronics, Get on the Air with HF Digital, and Your First HF Station. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Jackie Ferreira reports in celebration of summer, we are holding a price rollback event, offering 20% off select ARRL antenna-themed publications (no coupon code necessary). The special offer applies to both individual sales and dealer sales. A complete listing of the discounted titles can be found at www.arrl.org/shop/Antenna-Books-Price-Rollback/<http://www.arrl.org/shop/Antenna-Books-Price-Rollback/> 87 members responded to an email promotion offering $5 off $25 over Father's Day weekend. Email offers were sent to Technician Class and General Class members, encouraging them to upgrade to General and Extra Class . Postcards will be mailed to these individuals in the next few weeks. Now shipping: The ARRL Technician and General Class Instructor's Manual Yvette Vinci reports that on Friday, June 19, a reminder emailing was sent to members with a summary of "What's trending" in July QST-taking advantage of some early analytics shared by Alli Barbieri. The notification was sent to 121,126 members. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 6/26/2015 1,141 325 6/19/2015 875 305 6/12/2015 810 410 6/5/2015 1,476 1,088 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 4 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 2-4 Business Days Number of Centennial applications processed: Centennial Challenge QSO 1998 W1AW/WAS 1560 W1AW Another ARRL Field Day has come and gone! Thanks to Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, Dan Henderson, N1ND, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ, Sean Kutzko, KX9X and Jordan Sakal, KB1ZDZ, for operating W1AW as a 3F entry. 1,044 QSOs were made, on 80 through 6 meters, using CW, SSB, and RTTY, for an initial claimed score of 1,490. As part of the operation, Joe generated and sent a message to CT Section Manager Betsey Doane, K1EIC, using the ICS 213 General Message Format, and via WL2K on HF. Early on during the event, the app Periscope (https://www.periscope.tv/) was used to stream live video from W1AW. Joe Carcia assisted Mike Corey and Ken Miller in the installation of a new wireless Davis Weather System for use both in W1HQ, and eventual its use for beaconing weather on APRS using a Raspberry Pi and TNC. (This install required the removal of the 20-meter vertical atop the HQ penthouse roof.) In addition, Joe ran the Field Day bulletins during the weekend. He readied the station for Field Day. He updated the web code practice files and their archives. Joe also assembled a weather-box containing UHF Bias-T power injectors for use with the Satellite Antenna preamps for W1HQ. Scott has been training with Sani Zanovic on the processing of VUCC applications and their certificates. Scott will be assisting FSR with this process. He also worked on slow and fast code practice files for the week. Field Organization/Public Service Team Thanks to the Mailroom Staff, the Los Angeles Section Manager election ballots were mailed from ARRL Headquarters on June 23. Members will have until Friday, August 14, to return their ballot to Headquarters. The New Section Manager Workshop for been scheduled for September 18 - 20 (Friday through Sunday) at ARRL HQ. Invitations to attend have been sent out to eligible Section Managers. Many Section Managers shared their plans to travel throughout their sections to visit Field Day camps. Several Section Managers and their Section Leaders managed to have State Proclamations issued to recognize Amateur Radio in their respective states during the month of June or the last week of June to coincide with ARRL Field Day. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 7/3 Holiday Lauren Clarke 7/2 PTO Steve Ford 8/14-8/17 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO Mike Gruber 7/20-7/24 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/28-10/2 PTO Dan Henderson 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Gail Iannone 7/2-7/10 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 6/25-7/1 PTO `` 7/27-7/31 PTO `` 8/6-8/9 Summerfest, Austin, TX `` 8/21-8/23 New England Division Convention, Boxborough, MA Harold Kramer 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Carol Krukiel 7/10-7/27 PTO Maryann Macdonald 7/24-8/4 PTO Dave Patton 7/24-7/26 Oklahoma Section Convention, Oklahoma City, OK Diane Petrilli 6/30-7/2 PTO `` 7/10 PTO `` 7/24 PTO `` 7/31 PTO `` 8/3-8/7 PTO Dave Pingree 8/19-9/22 PTO Barry Shelley 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Dave Sumner 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Maty Weinberg 7/6-7/24 PTO