This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + Legislative News: ARRL Asks Members to Write in Opposition to HR 607
• + Public Service: New Zealand Amateurs Assist in Earthquake's Aftermath
• + WRC-12 : Amateur MF Allocation Moves a Step Closer
• + In the News : Three Yachtsmen Killed by Somali Pirates were Hams
• + On the Air : The HF Bands Come Alive for the ARRL International DX SSB Contest
• + Section Manager Elections : New Section Manager Elected in Arkansas
• ARRL Atlantic Division to Host Two Webinars in February
• ARRL Field Day: 2011 Field Day Packets Available
• Solar Update
• Amateur Radio Fun: Be a Star! Enter the ARRL Video Contest
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-02-24

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + Legislative News: Spectrum Management Bill Threatens Amateur Frequencies
• + Spaceweather : Sunspot 1158 Produces Largest Flare of Solar Cycle 24; CME Headed Toward Earth
• + Amateur Radio in Space: ARISSat-1 Deployment Postponed
• + Dayton Hamvention : Astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, to be Honored Guest of ARRL and AMSAT
• + Rockers with Ham Connection Win Big at Grammys
• QEX -- the March/April 2011 Issue
• + ARRL Atlantic Division to Host Two Webinars in February
• ARRL Headquarters to Close in Observance of Presidents' Day
• Solar Update
• ARRL Field Day: 2011 Field Day Packets Available
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:      www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-02-17

Greetings fellow Northland ARES Members!

I would like to formally request your assistance for ARES help on March 12, 2011. North Kansas City will be holding their annual Snake Saturday parade and festival. This year they will be deploying their new CERT Team on various assignments and would like to have an ARES member with each team deployed to provide reliable communications back to the EOC for each team.

We will also have a 2 meter station setup at the NKC PD EOC as part of their Communications Plan for the day. I could also use a few volunteer operators for this assigment so we can rotate net operators. We will be running 2 Meter FM simplex and FRS for this assigment.

The assignment will run from 8 AM until 2 PM on Saturday, March 12, 2011. I am told that because of traffic congestion it is generally best to plan on being here in NKC for the full assignment time. If you can volunteer for 4 hours as an ARES member then you could certainly spend your after assignment time enjoying the festivities!  It is my understanding that all volunteers will be provided with lunch in appreciation for your support.

ARES gear needed for this assigment would be: dress for the day's weather, a 2 meter HT and sufficient batteries for your assignment plus a yellow safety vest. Note that each CERT Team and their ARES person will have an assigned location to be at and you will be on foot.

CERT Teams will be additional eyes and ears for public safety at this deployment and ARES will be used for communicating any issues back to the EOC for resolution.

If you are interested in this deployment and would like to volunteer please contact me directly either by phone (daytime @ 816.918.7854), (evening @ 816.496.5546) or via email at n8tmn@yahoo.com. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Thank you in advance for your support!

73 de Dave Laskowski, N8TMN

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + Amateur Radio and the Law : Mixed Decision from the California Court of Appeals in Palmdale, California Antenna Case
• + Board of Directors : ARRL Board Sets Legislative Agenda at 2011 Annual Meeting
• + On the Air : The ARRL International DX CW Contest Is Just One Week Away!
• + Amateur Radio in Space : ARISSat-1 to Be Deployed from ISS Next Week; Watch Live on NASA TV
• FCC : FCC Adds New Country to CEPT Reciprocal Agreement for Amateurs
• + Get Ready for the March Issue of QST !
• Focus on Youth : ARRL Seeks New Youth Editor
• Happy Valentine's Day : Love Is On-the-Air
• ARRL in Action : What Have We Been Up to Lately?
• + Radio Club d'Haiti Receives Repeater from ARRL and Radio Club Dominicano
• ARRL Atlantic Division to Host Two Webinars in February
• Solar Update
• Amateur Radio Fun : New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website
• DXCC News : DXCC Desk Approves 9X0SP Rwanda 2010 DXpedition
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-02-10

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• 
  Scouting: Boy Scouts of America and ARRL Team Up to Help Scouts Learn Communications Skills
• Board of Directors : President Craigie Appoints Former SM William Hudzik as Hudson Division Vice Director
• Legislative Matters: Amateur Radio Bill Introduced in the US Senate
• ARRL Field Day: 2011 Field Day Packet Available
• Vote for your Favorite Article in the February Issue of QST
• 
  Solar Update
• This Week on the Radio

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-02-03

My wife Linda and I would like again to publicly thank everyone who lent us a helping hand yesterday, Feb 1st when we were off the road on 210 Highway!...we managed to get back into Liberty and found a room for the night!...today, the roads are quite passable, gratitude to all our state and county workers who braved the snow and wind to get things cleaned up for all of us!

Yesterdays adventure was yet another example of why you should always have a Go-Kit with you, appropriate for the conditions you may have to survive!..it would have been quite possible for us to have had to endure hours of cold if conditions would not have allowed any help to head our way!..I / we did have enough supplies to last 48 hours if we had to, but it would have been far better if we had never left the house......

It was great to have the Skywarn Net up and running during this weather event, we do have the collective ability to report on any kind of weather, not just tornado's!....

73 and thanks to everyone in the group!

Dave, N8TMN and Linda