AR N S October 18, 2014 80 Scholarships Available to Amateurs Florida Hospital’s Cycle The City, Ride To Wellness Starting October 1, The ARRL Foundation will begin accepting scholarship applications from eligible young radio amateurs pursuing post-secondary education. Individuals and clubs support many of the 80 scholarships, ranging from $500 to $5,000, that are awarded annually. In addition, one applicant may be selected to receive the prestigious William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship, a “gap” scholarship that assists with the cost of college throughout four academic years to earn a bachelor’s degree in a business, computer, medical, nursing, engineering, or science-related field. Applicants for all scholarships must be active radio amateurs and must complete and submit the online application, which will be available on October 1. Florida Hospital's Cycle the City, Ride to Wellness event will be held on Sunday, November 2. Positions needed include: Sags, Rovers, Rest Stop Operators, Command Post Operators, and Shadows. If you can help, please contact John Knott, N4JTK, at [email protected] For more information: CONTENTS http://www.arrl.org/news/the-arrl-foundation-invitesscholarship-applications-for-2015-16-academic-year OCTOBER 2014 1 The Prez Says 2 Treasurer’s Chest 2 Meeting Minutes 3 Ham News 4 Membership 5 Testing 6 WWW.LMARS.ORG OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE PREZ SAYS... The Prez Says will return next month. PRESIDENT BRUCE BURPEE, KL7IV VICE PRESIDENT JIM DIGGS, K4AHO SECRETARY JOE AYALA, K4JGA TREASURER ROBERTA COHEN, WA2FRW DIRECTORS RICH WILSON, WR4RW MIKE WELCH, W1MNW AL LAPETER, W2AS HOWARD PINSKY, AJ4NM KEVIN CANNON, KG4PRA Keyed Up is the official publication of the Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society, a nonprofit organization serving Central Florida. Each club member receives a copy by email, TREASURER’S CHEST Business Expenses Business Income Donuts $24.95 Total Expenses: $24.95 OVERAL CHANGE $194.05 General Fund Reserve/Repeater Scholarship Fund Bank Balance $5895.00 $1400.00 $200.00 $7495.00 and it is available for download from the LMARS website at: www.lmars.org Editor: David Mock, KG4GAX Telephone: (321) 5276271 Email: [email protected] Web: www.lmars.org MEMBERSHIP Dues are $20.00 per year for Licensed Amateurs and $5.00 for Associates. Family dues are 25.00. Memberships are due on January 1. Please submit your material to the editor by email. OCTOBER 2014 2 Dues Coffee 50/50 Contribution Holiday Party $100.00 $31.00 $28.00 $8.00 $52.00 Total Income: $219.00 WWW.LMARS.ORG MEETING MINUTES The Meeting Minutes will return next month. OCTOBER 2014 3 WWW.LMARS.ORG HAM NEWS state statutes and municipal ordinances dealing with mobile telephone and mobile text-messaging limitations," the updated policy states. Latest Ham YouTube Videos From LMARS Member Mike Ramos Operating The ICOM 718 Ham Radio From New Smyrna Read more here: Beach,Florida http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-executive-committee- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uhuPG_m6M The Ultimate Ham Radio Case For The Zombie Apocalypse ARRL Investigating Web Server Breach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOD314Wx7oY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPBUnwzXhY Late last month, a security breach occurred, involving a web server at ARRL Headquarters. ARRL IT Manager Mike Keane, K1MK, said that League members have no reason to be concerned about sensitive personal information be ing leaked. ARRL Executive Committee Adopts Mobile Amateur Radio Operation Policy Keane said that servers were taken offline and isolated from the Internet when the hack was discovered. Certain ARRL web functions -- online DXCC in particular -- were temporarily disabled. What's Better Than An ICOM 718 Ham Radio The ARRL Executive Committee has adopted an updated Policy Statement on Amateur Radio mobile operation. While agreeing that driver inattention is a leading cause of auto accidents and that concern over driver distraction "is not unreasonable," the policy cites Amateur Radio's 70-year history of two-way mobile operation as evidence that such radio use does not contribute to driver inattention. The policy points out that Amateur Radio operation differs from cell phone communication, in part because the device need not be held to the face to listen, no text messaging is involved, and mobile ham operators only need to pick up a microphone to make "brief and infrequent" transmissions. "Legacy" URLs (ones containing "p1k.arrl.org") have been restored, as has access to the ARRL Periodicals Archive. Prompting the policy update is the 2012 federal law "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century" or MAP21, which requires states to enact and enforce statutes that prohibit "texting through a personal wireless communications device while driving" in order to qualify for federal grants to support a state's program. The League "encourages the use of the language in MAP-21 in Keane said that his department is still looking into what types of information may have been vulnerable to the hack. OCTOBER 2014 Keane stressed that it is highly unlikely that any sensitive information was compromised. Any information the hack er might have been able to glean from the ARRL server, he said, is already publicly available -- data such as names, addresses, and call signs that appear in the FCC database. The hacker may have been able to obtain site usernames and passwords that were established prior to April 2010, and that have not been changed since then. Members who have not changed their ARRL website passwords since early 2010 should do so at this time. Keane said that in addition to reporting the security breach to federal law enforcement authorities, his de partment is working to increase the League's Internet se curity posture. 4 WWW.LMARS.ORG LAKE MONROE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Please Print Today’s Date: First Name: Last Name: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: Callsign and Class: Email: Interests: Computer Contests Digital Elmer Emergency Communication Field Day Packet Programs Public Service Publicity Repeater Social License Classes Teach License Classes RFI Volunteer Examiner New: Individual Associate Family Total: $ Associate Family Total: $ Total: $ Renewal: Individual Number of Name Tags: Membership dues are $20.00 per year for an individual and $25.00 for a family. Associate Membership is $5.00 each. Dues paid on or after October 1 will carry over until December 31 of the next year. All dues renewal are due on January 1. Print the page, fill out the form, and mail it to LMARS. Make check payable to LMARS. Return to: LMARS, P.O. Box 161724, Altamonte Springs, FL, 327161724 OCTOBER 2014 5 WWW.LMARS.ORG AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE TESTING LMARS Testing LMARS conducts amateur radio exams for all elements on every odd month (January, March, May, etc.) on the fourth Saturday at the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office off of 1792 on 100 Bush Blvd. in Sanford, across from Flea World. Be there at 9:15AM. For more information and registration contact James Williams, N4ZKT at (407) 3334245. LARA Testing Exams are on the third Saturday of each month at the Lake Amateur Radio Association in Tavares on Highway 473, one mile from US 441, at 8:30AM. There is a talkin available on frequency 147.255 MHz. For more information contact Paul Branch, K3NON, at [email protected] OARC Testing OARC will give amateur radio exams on the first Wednesday of each month at the Beardall Senior Center at the corner of Gore and Delany. Be there at 5:30PM. Contact OARC at (407) 841-0874 (24/7) or email [email protected] for details. AES Testing AES conducts amateur radio exams monthly on the second Saturday at Amateur Electronic Supply, 621 Commonwealth Ave, Orlando, FL 32803 at 9:00AM (Walkins allowed). For more information and registration contact AES at 4078943238. W5YI Testing W5YI provides testing on the first Saturday of each month at 3:30PM at the Winter Park Christian Church on 760 N. Lakemont Avenue, Orlando FL 32792. The LMARS general membership meeting is held every first Thursday of the month at the Winter Springs Civic Center at 400 N. Edgemon Ave. in Winter Springs. The meeting starts at 7:30PM. Everyone is welcome. Visit us online at www.lmars.org OCTOBER 2014 6 WWW.LMARS.ORG