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As a commu- nity, how many times do we need to touch a hot stove to learn, once and for all, that it burns? You may have been one of the many, as was I, who were stunned and saddened in mid-May to learn that Ben Buettner, DL6RAI, became a Silent Key due to a tower accident. How many more radio amateurs have to die in tower incidents before we learn one critical lesson: there is nothing amateur about towers. There are professionals, both within and outside of the amateur radio community, who are in the business of fully understanding the engineering, physics, and points of potential failure of towers, and the safety contingencies one must implement to stay alive. ‘A good friend of mine, Noah Gotthied, K2NG, has a commercial tower climbing business. Over the years, any time | heard he was going to be climbing near my home in New Jersey, | would take the day off from work and go to the job site, not as a climber or even as, his helper. Butif things went sideways and he needed another pair of hands, 'd be there to help. I's what friends do, even when the friends youte supporting are deeply experienced. What about amateur climbers? The notion, the cultural excuse, that hams are cheap doesn't work when were talking about towers. Any and every point of failure in a tower job must be contemplated and compensated for — before the job begins. This means investing money and time in a safe and complete job — and yes, safety requires greater invesiment of both money and time. A tower job Is not the time to rush, or cut corners on costs. Private pilots can suffer from a condition known as, "get-there-itis,” where they subconsciously put aside or downplay warning signs — along with the associated risks — because they feel they have to get where they're going, Sadly, this urge to hurry and “just get there’ can result in @ crash few walk away from, Do hams suffer from "Tm-only-going-to-its," where we View a seemingly simple or quick task on a tower as an excuse to take shortcuts — including not geting the equipment, knowledge, of assistance required to en- sure a safe job? How many more hams do we need to leam the terible tower lessons from? Think about it How many have died? How many have survived fals, suffering lfe- altering physical or emotional damage? How many ‘amiies have been left wondering how this enjoyable pastime could take their loved one away from them? Putting aside any opinions, bravado, and gritty stub- bomness that any of us may be harboring about tower work, | say it's ust this simple — if you've got a tower, you have three choices: become an expert and invest the time and money into covering every contingency; hire a professional to do your tovier work; of roll the ice and take a chance that nothing will go wrong, “Tower safety is, literally, a deadly serious matter. Ham radio isa very small community. The hams who have been lost in tower accidents were our friends. You are cur frien. Please, take every measure necessary when doing tower work to ensure your safety and the safety of those around you. David A. A Pr, et eee ee August2023 9RAE VEE CANS ee ‘angle omnidirectional antennas. All self supporting, 1500 Walts PEP SSB, low SWR. Heavy duly, slotted, tapered, swaged, aircraft quality aluminum tubing, Stainless steel hardware. Two year limited warranty. 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Wo read QST's updates on ITU's World Radiocommunication Confer. ences (the next one isin Dubai at the end of this yean, where decisions about our precious spectrum allocations are ‘made, but beyond that, we may not know much about ITU. Tackling the Big Topics Enter Doreen Bogdan-Martin, KD2TX, who's been ITU Secretary-General since January 2023. When asked to describe ITU, she said, “To understand ITU, thik about what makes global communications possible: the radio spectrum, trestalrado systems, satolites, standards, development paces, ITUIs behind allthis! Doreen points out that a major part of What ITU does isto help ensure that radiocormunication is possible for everyone, in a way that “orngjs] out the best in technology while leaving no one behind.” Doreen describes herselt as “laser- focused on building a fit for future’ ITU,” and intends to lead ITU to achieve two strategic goals: universal connectivity and sustainable digital transformation. Ininterviews that she gave short after being elected Secretary-General, Do- reen pointed out that 2.7 billon people are not connected, and that there's a need for meaningful connectivity that Would allow users to have safe, satsty- ing, enriching, and productive oniine ‘experiences at an affordable cost. ‘Where Human Contact Meets Technology Doreen sounds like just the person to lead that tremendous change. Science was part of her life from the outset — he intially wanted to be a doctor, ke her father, but ater an undergraduate detour into chemistry, she “missed that human contact" which led herto a degree inthe social scionces, and ‘graduate stucles in international com- munication policy at the School of Intemational Service at American Uni- versity in Washington, DC. At Ameri- can, Doreen reveled in tech courses, leading one of her proessors to en- courage her to take an internship atthe ‘Commerce Department at a time when the US was reviewing is satelite poly. Doreen describes the experience as an “inflection point that led her into the world o satolites — and her careorin telecommuications policy. “While working as an intem at the Na- tional Telecommunications and Infor- mation Adminstration in DC, Iwas sent YEAR of the VOLUNTEERS ‘on a 3-month secondment to ITU — ‘and the rests history” she said ‘And what a history it's. With that sec ‘ondment, Doreen joined ITU as a Pol icy Analyst in 1994, and rose through the ranks, serving as Head of the Reg- Ulatory Reform Unit, and Director of the ‘Telecommunication Development Bu- reau, among other positions in a sor- vice career that led to her being elected ‘Seoretary-General in September 2022, Ham Radio’s Contributions Ham radio's presence in Doreen's life ‘can also be traced to her “science- loving family’ — her father was a ham, ‘and inspired her to get licensed, ‘When asked if there are ways that ham radio can help serve the ITU's goal of bringing connectivity to the uncon- nected, Doreen was enthusiastic: “Ab- solutely! Ham radio operators are an important part of the ITU tachnical com- ‘munity and have stepped up to serve ‘our connectivity goals in many ways.” In addition to expressing appreciation {or ham radio being instrumental during the pandemic, its role in emergency response efforts, and hams’ outreach to young people through programs like ARISS and YOTA, Doreen pointed out that the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is a longstancing mem- ber of ITU's Radiocommunication Sec- tor, which enables hams to contribute to technical and operational studies that ‘are pertinent tothe interests of the ‘Amateur Radio Service, including help- ing to promote the Amateur Service in developing countries, “So, keep up the great work!” she said. “Lets continue growing the amateur radio community! August2023 13ARRL’s mission: To advance the art, science, and enjoyment of Amateur Radio. 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My ambition changed with the intro- duction of Volunteer Examiners (VES). | wanted to be one, but | felt one must hold the Extra-class license to be a useful VE. | passed the Extra-class written element but flunked the 20, WPNI Morse code test. I received a Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE), which allowed ‘me to retake just the code test within @ year, but | never did. | ried for Extra class two more times, passed the writ ten element, failed the code element, and received mare CSCEs. (Onee the Morse code element was eliminated, | meant to retake the test, but things sat for 20 years. A few years ago, a test Session was announced at the Brown University Amateur Radio Club, which was within walking dis tance irom me, but it was canceled. Then, of course, there was the COVID- 19 pandemic. Finally, | went to take the test, run by the Southeastern Massachusetts ‘Amatour Radio Association, W1AEC. {As soon as | began the test, | knew | should have studied. Over the prior 2 weeks, whenever | planned to study, something else came up. Everything | had leamed about engineering and electronics was stil elevant, but ham radio had changed a lot, and there were some terms and difficult math 1 didn’t recognize. When finished, | told the examiners | thought | had likely failed, and that if | ci fail, | would take it as motivation to try again soon rather than give up. As il turned out, | passed with exactly the minimum required score. In some ways, twas embarrassing, but passing is passing, Micheel Blow, NIBEE Providence, Phode island 24 August 2023 Preparations for Future Ham Equipment Use Aer llet an estate sale, | found out that the family had dumped what was ‘atleast hundreds of dolars of equip mentin the trash, Ifyou are around my age (81) and ‘you are planning to sell your home ‘and equipment, you should provide your loved ones with insttuctons 50 they won't need to pay a scrapper to cut down your tower, and 30 rotators, control boxes, electronic parts, and various handhelds can be properly removed. Label everything, and draw a diagram of your station so the next ‘owners will know how to connect the HE outside relays to the correct an- enna, and the amp to the correct band, And they should understand thal the 2-meter moonbounce equip- ment should be kept separate from the 680-moter amp. Patrick Hamel, WSTHT ing Beach Misispi On the Fool’s Trail ‘Tho April 2023 issue of QST featured ‘especially stractive and deeply entic- ing pictorials of microphones. The ‘cover was one of the most visually ‘appealing from any magazine I have ‘sean in a while, | think we can all appreciate pages {60 and 73 in thatissue. If you haven't ‘seen or read them, go back, and if you have to, read them out loud! It feels ‘900d to be taken by surprise again, Many great cheers and laughs, tool Phil Blake, WHBANB, Val, Arizona, EmComm Direct Messaging Group Formed Building on 2 years of peerto-peer (P2P) messaging as a part of the EmComm Training Organization (ETO) ‘group, the P2P team has been divided Into its own group on the air. The new EmComm Direct Messaging (EDM) ‘group is designing a structure to pro- vvide technical training and standards to improve operational resiiency. ‘The EDM group is establishing 100% redundancy through muttiple target station groups, and is creating a call: Up procedure that is not dependent on ‘existing communications infrastructure. ‘They are building a network of stations ‘encompassing all US FEMA regions and Canada, operating on five HF bands (80 ~ 15 meters). Participants train on applicable digital modes, with the goal of passing emergency traffic regardless of the integrity of cellular systems, the internet, repeaters, the ower grid, or satelite links. Currently, primary message traffic Uses Winiink P2P HF mode, while the call-up (station availablity) process ses VarAC beaconing and broadcast alert modes. Appresentation wil be held at the 2023 Northeast HamXposition, ARRL New England Division Convention in Marl- borough, Massachusetts, on August 25 —27. Amateurs with the capablity and interest to participate are invited to send a Winlink message addressed to EDM or email w0len@arrl.net for fur- ther information, Lyn Norstad, WOLEN Saint Charles, Mingis ‘Send your ltrs "Corespendence, ARRL, 225 Man St, Newington, CT ost. Yeu can aso submit itr by fax o 860-594 9289, o va eral to etters@arrorg Wie read every etx ecoved, ‘but we can arly publish a few each man. We reserve the ight o ect youre or ot, end to ‘tne avalatle page space Lets piste in “Conespondonce” my alco spear in tte ARRL ‘media, The publahars of QST assume no respon tity for statoments made by corespanders,MFJ Weather-Proof Window Feedthrough Panels ‘Weather-proof window feedthrough panels bring HF/VHFIUHF antennas, balanced lines, random wire antennas, ‘ground, DC/AC power and RotatoriAntenna Switch Cables into your hamshack without driling through walls ed MFJ Vieather-Proot Wincow Feedthrough Panels mount in your w= ‘dow sil. 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