From w4wj at aol.com Thu Sep 3 16:49:58 2020 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 20:49:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments References: <1716094956.2133636.1599166198780.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1716094956.2133636.1599166198780@mail.yahoo.com> FYI Proposed fees for the Amateur Service.? 73, Don, W4WJ From: ARRL Web site Date: Thursday, September 3, 2020 Subject: ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments To: w4wj SB QST @ ARL $ARLB021 ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments ZCZC AG21 QST de W1AW? ARRL Bulletin 21? ARLB021 >From ARRL Headquarters? Newington CT? September 3, 2020 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB021 ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments Comments are being accepted on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which proposes application fees for radio amateurs. Formal deadlines for comments and reply comments will be determined once the NPRM appears in the Federal Register. Comments may be filed now, however, by using the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), located at, https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings , and posting to MD Docket No. 20-270. The docket is already open for accepting comments, even though deadlines have not yet been set. The NPRM can be found online in PDF format at, https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-116A1.pdf . NNNN /EX From tower2 at stx.rr.com Sat Sep 5 11:47:46 2020 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey Vordenbaum) Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 10:47:46 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] ARRL Message-ID: Don which or whom(who) ARRL officer or publisher were we talking about. I?m confused about the hierarchy of ARRL, and QST. There seems to have been some shakeups recently. For years there was David Sumner, Chief Executive Officer, with Harald Kramer Publisher. Then there was Tom Gallagher, as chief executive officer and Publisher. Then in 2018 there was Howard Michel as publisher and chief executive officer. Now there is an Interim chief executive officer, and Secretary, Barry Shelley. Did something happen with Michel? I?ll take a look on internet for Michel. Hv Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From bucket at janeandjohn.org Sat Sep 5 11:52:06 2020 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2020 10:52:06 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] ARRL In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2210329F-0BE5-409C-B182-A91963998B11@janeandjohn.org> Someone knows what's going on with ARRL leadership, but not me. John WB5THT On September 5, 2020 10:47:46 AM CDT, Harvey Vordenbaum wrote: >Don which or whom(who) ARRL officer or publisher were we talking about. >I?m confused about the hierarchy of ARRL, and QST. There seems to have >been some shakeups recently. >For years there was David Sumner, Chief Executive Officer, with Harald >Kramer Publisher. Then there was Tom Gallagher, as chief executive >officer and Publisher. >Then in 2018 there was Howard Michel as publisher and chief executive >officer. >Now there is an Interim chief executive officer, and Secretary, Barry >Shelley. >Did something happen with Michel? >I?ll take a look on internet for Michel. >Hv > > >Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >______________________________________________________________ >HCARC mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. From w4wj at aol.com Sat Sep 5 14:50:05 2020 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 18:50:05 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] ARRL In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2000061299.2713030.1599331805538@mail.yahoo.com> Harvey... I have no idea what happened to Michel. All I remember is that his tenure at ARRL was rather short. 73DonW4WJ -----Original Message----- From: Harvey Vordenbaum To: DON MURRAY via HCARC Sent: Sat, Sep 5, 2020 10:47 am Subject: [HCARC] ARRL Don which or whom(who) ARRL officer or publisher were we talking about. I?m confused about the hierarchy of ARRL, and QST.? There seems to have been some shakeups recently. For years there was David Sumner, Chief Executive Officer, with Harald Kramer Publisher.? Then there was Tom Gallagher, as chief executive officer and Publisher. Then in 2018 there was Howard Michel as publisher and chief executive officer. Now there is an Interim chief executive officer, and Secretary, Barry Shelley. Did something happen with Michel? I?ll take a look on internet for Michel. Hv Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ______________________________________________________________ HCARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From hankpac at yahoo.com Sun Sep 6 07:27:13 2020 From: hankpac at yahoo.com (Hank Ortega) Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 11:27:13 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Phone number References: <809889508.2818742.1599391633597.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <809889508.2818742.1599391633597@mail.yahoo.com> My phone number is?830-285-7176. Please ask whomever takes care of the roster to please change it.?Thank you.? From w4wj at aol.com Wed Sep 9 14:05:16 2020 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:05:16 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] =?utf-8?q?Discovering=E2=80=94and_Preserving=E2=80=94the_?= =?utf-8?q?Earliest_Known_Stereo_Recordings?= References: <1433599117.340175.1599674716783.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1433599117.340175.1599674716783@mail.yahoo.com> https://www.prosoundnetwork.com/pro-sound-news-blog/earliest-stereo-recording-wax-cylinders-preservation A great story for you audiophiles! 73 Don W4WJ From kerryk5ks at hughes.net Tue Sep 15 17:07:07 2020 From: kerryk5ks at hughes.net (Kerry) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:07:07 +0000 Subject: [HCARC] Solar Cycle 25 is here. Message-ID: <8539eca7-3f1b-54bd-c1aa-63466ce9885e@hughes.net> The Solar Cycle Prediction Panel, co-chaired by NOAA and NASA has determined that the solar minimum between Cycle 24 and Cycle 25 happened in December 2019 with a 13 month smoothed sunspot number of 1.8. The panel is predicting a peak smoothed sunspot number of 115 in 2025. Cycle 24 had a peak of 114. Note that we are about 10 months past the peak and they just made the announcement today! The predicted peak of 115 suggests that they expect this cycle to be essentially the same as the last one. They said they don't expect we will be going into a long period of very low sunspots like the infamous Maunder Minimum. This is just a prediction, by the way, and may be only slightly more accurate than any of the other recent predictions which vary from almost no sunspots to a very large cycle. Until we really understand what is going on on the sun the predictions mean little. You need to keep track of what is happening on the sun - there will be periodic outbursts which may last just a few days. The fun will be had by those who keep track of what the sun is doing. Kerry, K5KS From bucket at janeandjohn.org Tue Sep 15 17:38:43 2020 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:38:43 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Solar Cycle 25 is here. In-Reply-To: <8539eca7-3f1b-54bd-c1aa-63466ce9885e@hughes.net> References: <8539eca7-3f1b-54bd-c1aa-63466ce9885e@hughes.net> Message-ID: <4F6CFBF4-DB3F-4E57-BED6-57FFF262EFDD@janeandjohn.org> Yippee (hopefully!) On September 15, 2020 4:07:07 PM CDT, Kerry wrote: >The Solar Cycle Prediction Panel, co-chaired by NOAA and NASA has >determined that the solar minimum between Cycle 24 and Cycle 25 >happened >in December 2019 with a 13 month smoothed sunspot number of 1.8. The >panel is predicting a peak smoothed sunspot number of 115 in 2025. >Cycle 24 had a peak of 114. > > >Note that we are about 10 months past the peak and they just made the >announcement today! The predicted peak of 115 suggests that they >expect >this cycle to be essentially the same as the last one. They said they >don't expect we will be going into a long period of very low sunspots >like the infamous Maunder Minimum. > > >This is just a prediction, by the way, and may be only slightly more >accurate than any of the other recent predictions which vary from >almost >no sunspots to a very large cycle. Until we really understand what is >going on on the sun the predictions mean little. You need to keep >track >of what is happening on the sun - there will be periodic outbursts >which >may last just a few days. The fun will be had by those who keep track >of >what the sun is doing. > > >Kerry, K5KS > > >______________________________________________________________ >HCARC mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. From w4wj at aol.com Thu Sep 17 20:56:22 2020 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_=5BRmg=5D_=E2=80=A2ARRL_to_Seek_Changes_?= =?utf-8?q?in_FCC_Draft_Decision_on_Amateur_9-Centimeter_Band?= References: <1934629494.3428495.1600390582797.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1934629494.3428495.1600390582797@mail.yahoo.com> Heads up on some " it's about time" action from the ARRL regarding? recent FCC proposals.? 73, Don, W4WJ... From: Scott Armstrong Date: Thursday, September 17, 2020 Subject: [Rmg] ?ARRL to Seek Changes in FCC Draft Decision on Amateur 9-Centimeter Band To: NTMS , Email reflector for K5RMG club This was just posted in the "ARRL Letter for September 17, 2020". It hasn't made the news yet on the arrl.org homepage as of 0122 utc on 9/18/20. -Scott AA5AM ARRL to Seek Changes in FCC Draft Decision on Amateur 9-Centimeter Band ARRL efforts are under way to preserve amateur radio access to the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz (9-centimeter) band. In an 80+ page draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulelmaking (R&O) in WT Docket 19-348, the FCC announced its intention to delete the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz amateur secondary allocation, subject to a phased withdrawal tied to its licensing of new primary users. According to the FCC, the 3.450 - 3.550 GHz spectrum will be put up for auction as early as December 2021. Incumbent users will be permitted to continue operating in the band until licensing to commercial interests -- presumably 5G -- begins. That's estimated to be about 3 months after the spectrum auction concludes, or around mid-2022. No alternative spectrum was proposed to replace the 9-centimeter spectrum for amateur radio operations. In an associated Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC said it seeks comment "on whether it is in the public interest to sunset amateur use in the 3.3 - 3.55 GHz band in two separate phases," -- first above 3.4 GHz, and later below 3.4 GHz. "We find that removing the existing secondary non-federal allocations from the 3.3 - 3.55 GHz band and clearing these non-federal operations from the band is in the public interest, and therefore, we adopt this proposal," the draft R&O says. "Because the [Department of Defense and the National Telecommunications and Information Agency] agree that commercial users operating pursuant to flexible use licenses can be accommodated in the 3.45 - 3.55 GHz band at full power, and given continued interest in the 3.3 - 3.45 GHz band for future sharing for flexible-use licenses, we find that retaining the secondary non-federal allocations across this spectrum would hinder the Commission's ability to offer flexible-use licensing in the future and would undermine the intensive and efficient use of valuable mid-band spectrum." "Further, to prevent adjacent-channel issues and to preserve the possibility of additional clearing for flexible use licensing below 3.45 GHz, we find that sunsetting the secondary amateur allocation from the entire 3.3 -- 3.5 GHz portion of the band is in the public interest," the FCC said. Last February, ARRL filed comments opposing the FCC's proposal to delete the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz secondary amateur allocation, pointing to amateur radio's long history of successful coexistence with primary users of the band. The absolute deadline to submit additional comments on the draft R&O and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking via the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or to contact FCC staff on this issue is Wednesday, September 23 -- 7 days before the full Commission's consideration of the draft for final adoption -- in order to comply with FCC "Sunshine Rules." In August, the White House and the Department of Defense announced plans to allow for commercial 5G systems to operate in the 3.45 - 3.55 GHz band throughout almost all of the contiguous US. The plan would leave radio amateurs to "individually determine appropriate alternate spectrum from existing available spectrum allocations." The 3.45 - 3.55 GHz segment would be teed up for a spectrum auction that's expected to commence by the end of 2021. This would mean amateurs would have to cease all operations at 3.45 GHz and above by the middle of 2022 at the earliest, based on an FCC estimate. The 3.3 - 3.45 GHz segment is not immediately available for reallocation and auction, because more work is needed to accommodate the Department of Defense. Under the rules as proposed, amateur operations will be permitted to continue in this spectrum until sometime in the future, when FCC rulemakings establish new rules and conduct a spectrum auction and commercial licensing.