IN-Newsletter Vol. 41, No. 16 May 11, 2016 - Covers the period May 1-7. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events LoTW Study Committee July 13 @ 10:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee July 14 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee July 14 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Second Board Meeting July 15-16 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Bob Inderbitzen navigated a handful of planning details to finalize our exhibits and activities for ARRL EXPO at Dayton Hamvention 2016. Warehouse Supervisor Steve Capodicasa reports that the shipment headed to Dayton was assembled this week; 11 pallets supporting 20+ ARRL booths and exhibits. Jackie Ferreira reports that the new spring/summer publications and products catalog is expected in from the printer next week. A flyer promoting the second edition of Storm Spotting and Amateur Radio is being prepared to mail to purchasers of the first edition. ARRL's newest e-book, Digital Storage Oscilloscopes for Ham Radio by Eric Nichols, KL7AJ, is now available for Kindle from Amazon. Diane Petrilli and Yvette Vinci continue to work hard at planning for the new membership processing and recordkeeping system. ARRL has earned $13,103 through April for 2016 royalties attributed to the ARRL Visa Credit Card. There are approximately 2,600 open cards. Summary of Sales and Marketing Department telephone group, reported by Yvette Vinci: Week Ending Calls Answered Calls Per Hour Total Talking Duration Average Speed of Answer 5/6/2016 799 17.7 23:23:55 9 seconds 4/29/2016 832 18.5 29:07:34 8 seconds 4/22/2016 830 18.4 26:39:20 9 seconds 4/15/2016 828 18.4 24:13:27 8 seconds Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week Ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 5/6/2016 968 716 4/29/2016 1,042 550 4/22/2016 960 481 4/15/2016 956 440 Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI Web Martin Ewing, AA6E, a Lab volunteer, is developing a Wiki-based demo website as a possible scheme for keeping technical information more up to date and allowing expanded participation by members and staff. Ed Hare will show this to Tom Gallagher when the first page is complete, to discuss how ARRL may be able use the Wiki model for more than just its on-line forums. National Parks on the Air The National Park Service has responded to Mike Gruber's request for a special use permit to operate a NPOTA station at the Springfield Armory. Our operation will be on the 17th of June. A second operation will be planned for a weekend sometime during the summer or fall. RFI Mike Gruber conducted an investigation an RFI complaint at a funeral home in Rocky Hill. Mike was able to confirm that the noise appears to originate from inside the funeral home. The noise is also consistent with an arcing source. Unfortunately the funeral home director doesn't want to do anything about it until August. Mike will be attempting to follow up on this before Dayton. Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1-2 Days W1AW Thanks to members of the Candlewood Amateur Radio Association for operating W1AW during the 2016 New England QSO Party (NEQP). They made 306 QSOs, on 40 and 20 meters using CW and SSB, for an initial claimed score of 20,900. Joe Carcia processed regular QSL card requests. He constructed antenna patch panels for use with the ENG van. Joe also constructed and ran patch cables between the panels. Scott Gee hosted the CARA members during NEQP. He also worked on fast and slow code practice files for the week. Scott also processed some VUCC endorsements and one certificate2. Field Organization/Public Service Team Radio amateurs from Michigan, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Oregon and Maryland completed requirements this past week to become Official Observers. A very good amount of interest! Another prospective Official Observer was sent information. A report of an unknown pulse type of signal on 14.290 MHz continues to be investigated. Chuck Skolaut monitored a webinar on the 60 meter Cascadia Rising Exercise. Questions that Chuck handled included the business use of amateur radio, printing an official license copy, antenna zoning, and overseas operation. Leona Adams reports that North Dakota Section Manager Lynn Nelson, W0ND, has been nominated to run for another term of office. Charles Motes, K1DFS, of Plainville, Connecticut, has been nominated to run for the next term of Connecticut Section Manager. The new terms of office for both North Dakota and Connecticut Sections start in October. Nominations for this particular Section Manager election cycle are due at Headquarters by June 10. Steve Ewald completed editorial work and proof reading for the 2015 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test Results article that's scheduled to be published in July QST. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 5/30 Holiday All Staff 7/4 Holiday Bob Allison 5/19-5/25 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 7/22-7/23 Oklahoma Section Convention, Oklahoma City, OK Alli Barbieri 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Zoe Belliveau 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Stephanie Borden 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Margie Bourgoin 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Capodicasa 5/16 PTO `` 8/22-8/26 PTO `` 9/19-9/23 PTO Joe Carcia 5/27 PTO Lauren Clarke 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/13-6/21 PTO Steve Ewald 5/19-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Ford 5/20 PTO `` 7/5-7/15 PTO Norm Fusaro 6/3-6/5 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Tom Gallagher 5/19-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/21-6/27 International Exhibition, Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 7/14-7/16 Committee Meetings/Board Meeting Scott Gee 5/19-5/20 PTO `` 6/30-7/8 PTO Jen Glifort 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Mike Gruber 5/31-6/3 PTO `` 8/22-8/26 PTO Ed Hare 5/9-5/13 IEEE EMC Committee Meeting, Piscataway, NJ `` 5/18-5/21 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/23-5/26 IEEE EMC Society BOD meeting, San Francisco, CA `` 6/10-6/20 PTO Dan Henderson 5/19-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/27-6/3 PTO `` 7/14-7/16 Committee Meetings/Board Meeting Bob Inderbitzen 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/2-6/6 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR `` 6/7 PTO `` 6/21-6/27 International Exhibition, Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 6/28-6/29 PTO `` 7/5-7/8 PTO Deb Jahnke 5/10 PTO Lisa Kustosik 7/14-7/16 Board Meeting, Windsor, CT Zack Lau 6/17 PTO Kim McNeill 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Sant Andrea 5/18-5/24 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Michael Scharr 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Barry Shelley 5/5pm PTO `` 5/16-5/17 PTO `` 6/2 PTO `` 6/17-7/1 PTO `` 7/14-7/16 Committee Meetings/Board Meeting `` 7/18-7/26 PTO `` 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Maria Somma 5/11-5/13 PTO `` 5/19-5/21 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/31-6/1am PTO Yvette Vinci 5/18-5/22 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/31 PTO