METEOROLOGISTS AT MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY AND IS WORKING WITH ARRL
AND HAMSCI TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.  SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
WESLEY LAMBOLEY, W3WL, WAS NOMINATED BY HIS PEERS FOR HIS LIFELONG,
HIGH ENERGY SUPPORT OF THE SCIENCE AND ART OF AMATEUR RADIO.  NOT
ONLY HAS HE SUPPORTED YOUTH COACHING, MEMBERSHIP RECRUITING, AND
TECHNICAL PROBLEM ASSISTANCE, HE ALWAYS DOES IT WITH A SMILE AND
GREAT HUMOR, THE AWARDS COMMITTEE SAID.  LAMBOLEY SPENT 40 YEARS IN
THE AERO SPAC HAPPENINGS ARRL TO EXTEND FIELD DAY RULE WAIVERS FROM
2020, ADD CLASS D AND E POWER LIMIT THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC MODIFIED
ARRL FIELD DAY RULES FROM 2020 WILL CONTINUE THIS JUNE WITH A POWER
LIMIT IMPOSED ON CLASS D HOME STATIONS AND CLASS E HOME STATIONS
EMERGENCY POWER PARTICIPANTS.  FEBRUARYS NEWS FROM THE ARRL BOARDS
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES COMMITTEE CAME AS MANY CLUBS AND GROUPS WERE
STARTING PREPARATIONS FOR FIELD DAY IN EARNEST.  FIELD DAY 2021
TAKES PLACE JUNE 26 27.  THIS EARLY DECISION SHOULD ALLEVIATE ANY
HESITANCY THAT RADIO CLUBS AND INDIVIDUAL FIELD DAY PARTICIPANTS MAY
HAVE WITH THEIR PLANNING FOR THE EVENT, SAID ARRL CONTEST PROGRAM
MANAGER PAUL BOURQUE, N1SFE.  FOR FIELD DAY 2021, CLASS D STATIONS
MAY WORK ALL OTHER FIELD DAY STATIONS, INCLUDING OTHER CLASS D
STATIONS, FOR POINTS.  THIS YEAR, HOWEVER, CLASS D AND CLASS E
STATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO 150 W PEP OUTPUT.  FOR FIELD DAY 2021,
AN AGGREGATE CLUB SCORE WILL BE PUBLISHED, AS WAS DONE LAST YEAR.
THE AGGREGATE SCORE WILL BE A SUM OF ALL INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES WHO
ATTRIBUTED THEIR SCORE TO THAT OF A SPECIFIC CLUB.  ARRL FIELD DAY
IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS ON THE AMATEUR RADIO CALENDAR.  LAST
SUMMER, A RECORD 10,213 ENTRIES WERE RECEIVED.  WITH THE GREATER
FLEXIBILITY AFFORDED BY THE RULES WAIVERS, INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
WILL STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN FIELD DAY, WHILE STILL STAYING
WITHIN ANY PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS, BOURQUE
SAID.  THE PREFERRED METHOD OF SUBMITTING ENTRIES AFTER FIELD DAY IS
VIA THE WEB APPLET.  THE ARRL FIELD DAY RULES, FOUND ELSEWHERE IN
THIS ISSUE, INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT ENTRIES, WHICH
MUST BE SUBMITTED OR POST MARKED BY TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2021.
INNOVATOR ULRICH ROHDE, N1UL, DONATES SOPHISTICATED VECTOR SIGNAL
GENERATOR TO ARRL ARRL LIFE MEMBER ULRICH ROHDE, N1UL, HAS DONATED A
ROHDE SCHWARZ SMBV100A VECTOR SIGNAL GENERATOR TO THE ARRL
LABORATORY.  THE DEVICE OFFERS INTERNAL SIGNAL GENERATION FOR ALL
MAJOR DIGITAL RADIO STANDARDS.  THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS NEWS AND
EXTREMELY GENEROUS, ARRL CEO DAVID MINSTER, NA2AA, TOLD ROHDE.  ARRL
LABORATORY MANAGER ED HARE, W1RFI, SAID THE INSTRUMENT WILL BE A
VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE LABS TESTING CAPABILITIES.  WE WILL BE ABLE
TO DO MORE COMPREHENSIVE TESTS ON MODERN RADIOS, ALMOST ALL OF WHICH
USE SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO TECHNOLOGY, HARE SAID.  WE WILL ALSO BE
ABLE TO ADD TESTING OF RECEIVERS DIGITAL CAPABILITY.  THE
FLEXIBILITY OF THIS GENERATOR WILL SERVE THE LABORATORY FOR YEARS TO
COME.  HARE SAID HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
SMBV100A ONCE ITS INSTALLED