The ARRL Atlantic Division will sponsor an informational webinar on HR.4969, “The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014,” on Wednesday, August 13, from 9 until 10:30 PM. In June, US Rep Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) introduced HR.4969, with US Rep Joe Courtney (D-CT) as its first co-sponsor. This bipartisan initiative would direct the FCC to apply the “reasonable accommodation” three-part test of the PRB-1 …
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ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE, has announced his retirement from the ARRL Board of Directors, effective at noon EDT on July 7. Great Lakes Division Vice Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, of Dundee, Michigan, is the Division’s new Director. The Great Lakes Division is made up of Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed W. Thomas “Tom” Dela…
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W100AW/7 will be on the air from Sea-Pac, the ARRL Northwestern Division 2014 Convention and an ARRL Regional Centennial Event, in Seaside, Oregon. W100AW/7 will be active from June 6 until June 8. Contacts with W100AW portable operations are worth 5 points in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party. Operation will be on SSB, CW, and possibly on digital modes.
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Proceeds from the 2013 ARRL Hudson Division Awards Banquet last fall have been donated to the ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund by banquet sponsor, the Orange County Amateur Radio Club (OCARC) The donation totaled nearly $ 5000, a record for the Division. Nearly 170 attended. Awards for 2012 and 2013 were presented, since the 2012 banquet had to be called off due to Hurricane Sandy.
Award recipients wer…
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Due to extenuating circumstances, the 2014 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, originally scheduled to be held July 11-13 in Laramie, Wyoming, will take place instead August 8-10 in conjunction with the Duke City Hamfest, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Laramie event has been cancelled.
Led by the same individuals who organized the 2011 Division Convention in Taos, the annual Duke City Hamf…
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The ARRL Atlantic Division leadership has created additional forum resources to assist clubs in such areas as growing and maintaining membership, club management, club newsletters, and meeting presentations. ARRL Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, K3LLR, said he’d heard from clubs in his division who were seeking resources aside from “the excellent club resources” the ARRL already offers.
“T…
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ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has tapped Oregon Section Manager Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, of Sheridan, as the League’s Northwestern Division Vice Director, succeeding Jim Pace, K7CEX. Pace acceded to ARRL Northwestern Division Director after former director Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, was elected ARRL Second Vice President earlier this month at the ARRL Board of Directors annual meeting.
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The ARRL Southeastern Division will have a new Vice Director as well as a new Director on January 1. Following balloting in November, Doug Rehman, K4AC, of Mount Dora, Florida, was declared elected to a three-year term as Director, and incumbent Vice Director Jim Millsap, WB4NWS, an appointee, was declared elected to a new term. A subsequent change in Vice Director Millsap’s job responsibilitie…
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The ARRL Southeastern Division will have a new director on January 1. Ballots were counted today, and challenger Doug Rehman, K4AC, of Mt Dora, Florida, narrowly defeated incumbent Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, of Huntsville, Alabama, 961 to 949 votes. Rehman was among challengers who ran against Sarratt in 2010. Sarratt has served as a Director since 2007.
There was no cha…
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Attention ARRL full members in the Southeastern Division (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands): An election is underway for Director and Vice Director of your division for the 3 year term beginning January 1, 2014.
The candidates for Director are Doug Rehman, K4AC, and Greg Sarratt, W4OZK. The candidates for Vice Director are George Hawrysko, K4AWA, and Jim Millsap,…
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ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed Ed Hudgens, WB4RHQ, of Nashville, Tennessee, as Delta Division Vice Director. Hudgens will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Glen Clayton, W4BDB, who stepped down August 1 for health reasons. Hudgens, who recently retired after a career in electrical engineering, will serve the remainder of the term that expires January 1, 2015. The D…
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Balloting will take place this fall to pick a Director and Vice Director in the ARRL Southeastern Division, the only division where incumbents are being challenged for re-election. Incumbent directors and vice directors in the other four other divisions in the current election cycle were unopposed have been declared re-elected for new terms.
Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, is…
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Robert “Smitty” Smithwick, W6CS (ex-W6JZU), of Los Altos Hills, California, passed away March 22. He was 92. An ARRL Life Member, Smithwick served as ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director from 1978-1981. A pediatric dentist by trade, Smithwick was one of the founders of Foothill College, a two-year community college in Los Altos Hills, and served as the first president of the college’s Board of T…
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Mary Lewis, W7QGP, of Seattle, Washington, passed away March 12. She was 85. An ARRL Life Member, Lewis served as ARRL Northwestern Division Director from 1981-1987 and 1991-1995. She also served as ARRL Section Communications Manager for Washington and ARRL Section Manager for Western Washington, as well as ARRL Assistant Section Manager and ARRL Affiliated Club Coordinator for the Western Was…
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John “Sully” Sullivan, W1HHR, of Columbia, Connecticut, passed away November 12, 2012. He was 83. An ARRL Life Member, Sullivan served as ARRL New England Division Director from 1975-1985. He was a veteran of the US Navy. A private service was held November 16 in Willimantic, Connecticut.
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On November 16, ballots were counted in the races for Director in the Hudson Division and for Director and Vice Director in the Northwestern Division. This year, there were only three contested races for Director or Vice Director in the five Divisions holding elections. In the Hudson Division, Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, defeated Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, for the top slot in that Division. In the Nort…
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The Atlantic Division Leadership is turning the traditional convention model on its head! This year — through the use of multimedia — the Division will host its convention on the Internet on Saturday, November 10. ARRL President (and former Atlantic Division Director) Kay Craigie N3KN, will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 Atlantic Division Convention.
“We will be doing the convention as an…
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As Hurricane Isaac makes its way toward New Orleans, hams in the ARRL Delta Division are bracing for the storms impact. As of 12:20 PM (EDT) on Tuesday, August 28, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center confirmed that Isaac — which is 160 miles south of New Orleans, Louisiana — had reached hurricane status.
The Delta Division ARES® EMCOMM Net activated at 12 noon (CDT) on Tuesday. Accord…
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