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    ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up To Lately?

    By Dave Hassler, K7CCC
    Assistant News Editor
    August 1, 2003

    This feature is a quick monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of July.

  • In a historic 11th-hour compromise July 3, delegates to World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 agreed to move broadcasters out of 7100 to 7200 kHz in Regions 1 and 3 to create an exclusive 200-kHz worldwide ham allocation at 40 meters, effective in 2009. Decisions on Morse code, call signs and satellites were also made at the conference.

  • For the first time in 14 years, hams enjoyed the opening of a new amateur HF allocation on July 3: five 50 W, sideband channels just above 5 MHz. The League, which originally asked the FCC for a 150 kHz band near 5 MHz, urged all amateurs to operate with care and courtesy in the new-to-hams channels.

  • W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, got on the new 60-meter channels the first day of operation, using a Kenwood TS-50S modified by Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, to a dipole antenna cut for the band.

  • The ARRL Board of Directors met July 18-19 to determine courses of action on the decisions made at WRC-03, new band plans for frequencies above 902 MHz and a number of field organization and ARES changes.

  • In response to an FCC Notice of Inquiry (ET-03-65), the ARRL has told the FCC that improved interference standards for consumer electronic devices are vital issues as the Commission considers the interference immunity performance of receivers.

  • Additional cosponsors have signed aboard the Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003, an ARRL initiative. Now on its third try on Capitol Hill, the measure would require the FCC to provide "equivalent replacement spectrum" to Amateur Radio if the FCC reallocates primary or reduces any secondary amateur allocations.

  • Logbook of the World is nearing the end of beta testing, with almost 7.2 million QSOs in the system from 1783 testers. The contest and award contact tracking system is scheduled to be rolled out for public use September 15.

  • California Gov Gray Davis signed an Amateur Radio antenna bill July 14 that incorporates the essence of the limited federal preemption known as PRB-1 into California law. League member Mike Mitchell, W6RW, monitored the bill each step of the way through the legislature. ARRL staffer Dean Straw, N6BV, and Pacific Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, testified on behalf of the bill during public hearings.

  • ARRL Field and Educational Services has introduced the new Harmonics Web pages. The mission of the new pages is to expose children to the possibilities of Amateur Radio, not inundate them with a daunting pile of technical information, said Educational Programs Coordinator Jean Wolfgang, WB3IOS.

  • The ARRL DXCC Desk has added two new features to the DXCC Web page. The Top of the DXCC Honor Roll and DXCC QRP Award Recipients now are available on the ARRL Web site.

  • Know of a club that's looking for loads of helpful information to keep things moving? Then check out the new ARRL Active Club Online Primer. This online resource permits quick access to hundreds of pages that can enhance a club's functioning and help it attract new members.

  • The ARRL DXCC Desk approved recent operations and DXpeditions to Guinea, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Afghanistan, Angola and Uganda for DXCC credit.

  • ARRL Lab Manager Ed Hare, W1RFI, continues to collect field data on the effect of broadband Internet delivery over power line on Amateur Radio HF operation.

  • ARRL RFI Engineer Mike Gruber, W1MG, helped 68 members with technical and RFI problems in July. He also wrote three letters to utility companies concerning interference issues and aided the FCC Amateur Enforcement Bureau with data for three cases.

  • The new ARRL Instructor's Manual Supplement, edited by Jan Carman, K5MA, is now available. The 32-page booklet provides lesson plans, student assignments and review questions that are compatible with the new Technician exam. Designed for use with the new fifth edition of the popular Now You're Talking! study guide, the supplement is free for downloading in PDF format from the ARRL Web site.

  • ARRL Regulatory Information Specialist John Hennessee, N1KB, assisted amateurs with local zoning problems in California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, New Hampshire and New York, and assisted a ham with covenant restrictions in Arizona, Massachusetts, Texas, California and Colorado.

  • ARRL Field and Regulatory Correspondent Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, received reports of continuous dits sent on 20 meters, later traced to a station in Kansas. Skolaut collected information of intruders on 20, 15 and 10 meters, and intentional interference of a Missouri repeater. He noted that a superb direction finding effort in the East Bay Section led to locating an oscillating television antenna amplifier causing interference. He also discussed monitoring issues with the FCC Special Counsel for Amateur Service Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth.

  • Second Vice President Kay Craigie, N3KN, represented the League at the Utah State Convention in Bryce July 11-13, and at the Baltimore Amateur Television Society's hamfest in Timonium, Maryland July 27.

  • ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, did a live Field Day interview with WOAI-AM in San Antonio, Texas. He also represented the League at the Western North Carolina hamfest July 26.

  • The Contest Branch prepared the International DX CW and Phone Contest results for the ARRL Web.

  • ARRL Emergency Communication Course Grants Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG, give a seminar on the AREC courses at the Southeastern Division Convention in Gainesville, Georgia, July 11 and 12. Miller also represented the League July 26 at the Fort Tuthill, Arizona, hamfest.

  • The DXCC Branch continues to plow through card submissions faster than they come in, slicing the total processing time down to under six weeks in July while processing 56,133 cards.

  • Through July 25, the ARRL Outgoing QSL Service has shipped 845,375 cards to foreign destinations this year.

    Dave Hassler, K7CCC, is the Assistant News Editor of QST and ARRLWeb. He can be reached by via e-mail at k7ccc@arrl.org.

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