In-Newsletter Vol. 25, No. 3 January 22, 2002 Publications The March issue of QST, including last weekend's Board meeting report, will be released to the printer January 23. With the March 2002 issue, we are officially transitioning parts of the magazine to a computer-to-plate prepress process, which eliminates the intermediate film steps. Field & Educational Services Mary Lau reminded ARRLWeb readers that the scholarship deadline for ARRL Foundation scholarships is fast approaching -- it's Feb 1. Jean Wolfgang is seeing more inquiries on the scheduling of ARISS contacts from interested schools. She's also been receiving nominations for several ARRL educational awards. Rosalie reports that the ARISS team received word that our second antenna could be installed during January 25's spacewalk. The installation of our first ARISS antenna came off without a hitch. The installation received much good news coverage, including National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal and several NASA media venues. The antennas have been a lot of work and a long time coming! The first school QSO done by the Expedition 4 crew was a success, and got news coverage in several venues, including MSNBC. Leona Adams is still seeing a large number of SM election ballots and is separating out those for the Virginia and Pacific (Hawaii) Sections. Linda Mullally handled work for 37 C-CE students who graduated, completed data entry on 80 OO reports, and processed updates for 82 affiliated clubs. Margie Bourgoin sent hard copy letters to all affiliated clubs without e-mail who have been delinquent in updating their records. She reports a continuing high interest in publication orders from instructors. Gail Iannone completed the convention.hamfest column for March QST. She also sent 7 hamfest approval letters, 1 convention approval letter, and 3 handout packages. Steve Ewald and Mary Lau prepared an article for the ARRL Web News Page about the ARRL-sponsored Section Web Pages. Twelve more Section Leaders uploaded news and "alerts" to these pages. The newly-designed Public Service Honor Roll certificate and the NTS Service Award certificate have been added to the Section Managers' Certificate Maker Web Page. The printed versions are available. John Hennessee noted an increase in the number of questions about covenant restrictions. He heard from amateurs facing covenants in Live Oak, CA; Georgia, VT; Sterling, VA; Rockford, IL; Eagle Mountain, UT; Stone Mountain, GA; Palos Hills, IL and a local zoning restriction in Lincoln Township, MI. Brennan Price briefed Kay Craigie on some Repeater Directory issues in preparation for a meeting she had with coordinators. Volunteer Monitoring has indicated an apparent 3rd harmonic (3 x 9720 = 29160 kHz) of the Russian domestic shortwave station Radio Rossii. Jerry Hill notes that we have our logo winner for The Big Project, and it will soon be included in project communications. Membership Services DXCC Branch Week Ending January 21, 2002 Beginning Cards 89,708 Cards Received 17,928 Cards Processed 27,024 Ending Cards 80,612 Applications Pending 592 Backlog Time 4 weeks Year-to-date Cards Received 19,624 Cards Returned 244 Outgoing Mail - We are mailing applications received on December 17, 2001. Card Processing: We are entering cards received on December 31, 2001. QSL Branch QSL service status: There is a delay of approximately 1 week. Cards mailed year to date as of 01/20/2002 - 88,950. No cards mailed this week. Janet Rocco & Martin Cook spent 7 hours conducting tours around HQ. W1AW Scott Gee worked on fast and slow code practice runs. Joe Carcia handled regular W1AW QSL card requests, and has begun processing W1AW/80 card requests. He is in the process of repairing the Alpha 87A amplifier. He also updated the web code practice files. W1AW telephone sales year to date (2002): $576. Contest Branch The final draft of the 2001 IARU contest results and 10 GHz were checked and returned to production. Data entry for 2001 160 and 10 Meter Contest paper logs continued. A number of special request certificates for various contests were verified, printed and mailed. Significant time was spent assisting members and participants as the 10 Meter elog submission deadline passed during the week. The first numbers are available for how the full implementation of Cabrillo has gone. elogs elogs Total Total Total 2000 2001 Email 2000 2001 Rcvd-1 SS-CW 1000 1074 1891 1238 1273 SS-Phone 1268 1358 2341 1610 1601 160-Meter 511 652 896 668 767* 10-Meter 1759 2006 5211 2737 2300** All 2001 elogs are Cabrillo, where as 2000 were not. * - A few stragglers will be coming in the mail for the next couple of weeks. Paper logs to date have already been input into the database. ** - While the elog count is accurate, the total for 2001 is an estimate. Entry of paper has just begun. We will see more logs coming in for the next couple of weeks, primarily paper logs or postal-mailed diskettes. The implementation of the Cabrillo has not caused a decrease in the number of logs received for these contests. While other factors affect the outcome, requiring Cabrillo did not seem to cause a reduction in the number of logs received. Total logs for Sweepstakes and 160 Meters are up. We have just started processing 10 Meter logs, so a final count is not available yet. Also, these totals do not include the logs that were submitted as Checklogs, or those with which we are still working with participants to get corrected. 73, Sincerely, Mark Wilson, K1RO Chief Operating Officer MW:lk Staff Absentee List Name Date(s) Reason Steve Ford 1/28-2/1 Vacation John Proctor 1/31-2/12 Vacation